The Beatles – Artifacts III - Solo Years : The Definitive Collection Of Beatles Rarities 1969-1994 [4 CD, 1995] [FLAC]

 

A 4-CD set of Alternate tracks spanning The Beatles careers. It includes a recording of the session from 1974 featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, and Harry Nilsson.

Aretha Franklin - Complete On Columbia - Take A Look (11 CD, 2011) [FLAC]

 

Take a Look demonstrates how Aretha was born the "Queen of Soul" paying loving care and attention to every facet of her years at Columbia. The package includes CD's of Aretha's seven full-length albums for Columbia; two CDs reflecting her collaborations with producers Bobby Scott (in 1963) and Clyde Otis (in 1964); and a bonus CD of singles produced by Bob Johnston and rarities that were "sweetened" and released after Aretha left the label. The set will also includes a DVD featuring Aretha, at the piano, performing several songs on The Steve Allen Show in 1964. Among the highlights of Take a Look is a previously unreleased version of Yeah!!! In Person With Her Quartet which strips away the artificial club ambience that was added to the album's studio performances, revealing Aretha at the peak of her powers. Another high point is an unreleased album called A Bit of Soul. Though it contains previously released material, the original album is presented here for the first time in its master form. Other revelations include riveting studio conversation between Aretha, John Hammond and pianist Ray Bryant during the making of Aretha's debut album in the summer of 1960.

CD01 - Aretha (With The Ray Bryant Combo)

CD02 - The Electrifying Aretha Franklin

CD03 - The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin

CD04 - Laughing On The Outside

CD05 - Tiny Sparrow: The Bobby Scott Sessions

CD06 - Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington

CD07 - Take A Look: The Clyde Otis Sessions

CD08 - Runnin' Out Of Fools

CD09 - A Bit Of Soul

CD10 - Yeah!!! In Person With Her Quartet

CD11 - The Queen In Waiting

Buddy Guy - Can't Quit the Blues [ 3 CD, 2006/FLAC]

Legend status came late to Buddy Guy so it shouldn't be surprising that this is the first box set devoted to the blues giant's work. Yet it is still a bit of a shock, because Guy it seems, has always been a part of the modern blues scene, ubiquitous even in the late 60's at the era's high-profile rock and folk festivals, playing the hippie ballrooms alongside the major rockers of the day.

Disc 1

1 Damn Right, I've Got The Blues 4:29

2 Lettsworth, Lousiana 5:24

3 Five Long Years 8:23

4 Honey Bee 5:46

5 She's Nineteen Years Old 5:40

6 Miss Ida B 6:32

7 Moanin' And Groanin' 3:28

8 Stone Crazy 11:49

9 When My Left Eye Jumps 3:53

10 Someone Else Is Steppin' In (Slippin' Out, Slippin' In) 4:26

11 I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled & Crazy 3:29

12 Your Mind Is On Vacation 3:18

13 Midnight Train 5:23

14 Cut You Loose 7:38

15 The Price You Gotta Pay featuring Keith Richards 3:40

16 Ten Years Ago 9:38

17 Hoodoo Man Blues 5:41

18 DJ Play My Blues 5:22

19 Come On In This House 3:39

20 Sweet Little Angel 6:18

21 Damn Right, I've Got The Blues 7:12

22 Drowning On Dry Land 16:27

23 Tramp 3:59

24 Mustang Sally 3:00

25 Louise McGhee 6:02

26 What'd I Say 3:48

Disc 2

1.Damn Right, I've Got The Blues 7:09

2 Mustang Sally 7:23

3 Five Long Years 13:43

4 Mary Ann 5:10

5 She's Nineteen Years Old 9:00

6 Miss Ida B 10:32

7 Feels Like Rain 7:15

8 7-11 10:57

9 I Smell Trouble 5:12

10 Someone Else Is Steppin' In (Slippin' Out, Slippin' In) 7:06

11 My Time After Awhile 12:07

12 Your Mind Is On Vacation 5:18

13 Midnight Train 8:43

14 Totally Out Of Control 10:47

Disc 3

1 Nobody Understands Me But My Guitar 8:29

2 Baby Please Don't Leave Me 12:03

3 Done Got Old 5:21

4 Honey Bee 9:06

5 Tramp 10:46

6 Crawlin' Kingsnake 8:36

7 Moanin' And Groanin' 5:28

8 Bad Life Blues 5:48

9 I Can't Be Satisfied (Live) 4:18

10 First Time I Met The Blues (Live) 6:52

11 I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled & Crazy 5:29

12 Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed 10:24

13 I Miss You 6:43

14 Cut You Loose 12:18

15 The Price You Gotta Pay featuring Keith Richards 5:40

Yes - From A Page [3 CD, 2021/FLAC]

From a Page is a mini-album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released on 25 October 2019 by Yes Records. It contains four previously unreleased tracks originally recorded by the 2008–2011 line-up of the group and intended for release on an album, but ultimately weren't included on Fly from Here. During this time, the lineup included bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, singer Benoît David, and keyboardist Oliver Wakeman. Wakeman, who wrote most of the material on From a Page, was inspired to release it following Squire's death in 2015. 

  From A Page 2021 contains the complete works of the Benoît David, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Oliver Wakeman and Alan White incarnation of Yes and features four previously unreleased studio tracks plus the Live From Lyon 2009 recordings (including the Japanese only bonus track Second Initial).

 

Oliver Wakeman has personally overseen the preparation of the studio recordings (from 2010) which were mixed by Karl Groom and mastered by Mike Pietrini)

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit - Live at St. Augustine Amphitheatre (2021) [FLAC]

 Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit released Live At St. Augustine Amphitheatre via Bandcamp. The live album captures Jason Isbell and company’s concert in St. Augustine, Florida from five years ago, March 5, which also happens to be Isbell’s wife and 400 Unit member Amanda Shires’ birthday.

The Live At St. Augustine Amphitheatre lineup featured guitarist Jason Isbell, fiddler Amanda Shires, guitarist Sadler Vaden, bassist Jimbo Hart, drummer Chad Gamble and keyboardist Derry DeBorja. The setlist boasts a number of favorites like “Stockholm,” “24 Frames,” “Traveling Alone,” “Something More Than Free” and “Cover Me Up” among others.

Additionally, the live album contains two songs from Isbell’s days with Drive-By Truckers: “Decoration Day” and “Never Gonna Change.” The tracklist also features the “Happy Birthday” song for Shires as well as opener “Palmetto Rose,”.