VA - Billboard Top 500 songs of 80's

 

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming in the United States.

10cc - Classic Album Selection: Five Albums 1975-1978 (6 CD, 2012/FLAC)

 

Grobschnitt - The International Story (2 CD, 2006/FLAC)

 

Formed in 1970 the band existed till 1989, GROBSCHNITT (which translates to ROUGH CUT) was the best German band from the mid-Seventies. All of the members of the band adopted pseudonyms, namely "Eroc", "Mist", "Wildschwein", "Lupo" and "Popo". The band was created by Joachim "Eroc" Ehrig (drums, percussion), Stefan "Wildschwein" Daneliak (guitars & vocals), and Gerd-Otto "Lupo" Kühn (guitar, vocals). This nucleus was later completed by Wolgang "Popo" Jäger (bass) and Volker "Mist" Kahrs (keyboards, Mellotron, synthesizers). They were best known as a clone of YES (symphonic progressive group), but they also explored other progressive rock styles (either psychedelic prog or more cohesive "Krautrock" with some stunning instrumental passages that will be familiar to anyone into the likes of MAN, AMON DUUL II, WISHBONE ASH and many similar bands). Their sound was characterized by sometimes long suites allowing ambitious composition developments, with intermingled themes, rhythms, climates changes and symphonic passages. A VERY COMPELLING BRAND OF MUSICAL MOODS: haunting melodies, funny voices (by Eroc), wonderful guitar work, great synthesizer sounds, strange drumming/effects man, and sophisticated arrangements. This eclectic German band became one of the most popular live acts in German history.

Grateful Dead - Fillmore West 1969 [3 CD, 2005/FLAC]

 Fillmore West 1969 is a three-CD album composed of selections from four concerts by the Grateful Dead. These concerts, performed on four consecutive nights from February 27 through March 2, 1969, were the basis for Live/Dead (rock's first 16-track live album, released in November 1969).

Fillmore West 1969 includes highlights of the four nights that did not appear on Live/Dead (with the exception of "Feedback" and the full-length version of "And We Bid You Good Night", which had appeared in truncated form on Live/Dead). 

•     Tom Constanten - organ
•     Jerry Garcia - lead guitar, vocals
•     Mickey Hart - drums
•     Bill Kreutzmann - drums
•     Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
•     Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - harmonica, organ, percussion, vocals
•     Bob Weir - rhythm guitar, vocals

Roger Taylor - The Lot [12 CD, 2013/FLAC]

 

Expansive collection of solo material by Queen drummer Roger Taylor including albums from his side project The Cross. This box set celebrates his 35 years of activity outside of his `day job' in Queen. The Lot features all Taylor's solo and Cross albums. Four bonus CDs of solo/The Cross single remixes, edits and b-sides are included, as is an exclusive box set version of his  album Fun On Earth.