Carole King - Paper Sleeve Collection (Victor Japan 8 CD, 2007/FLAC)

 

Carole King, original name Carol Joan Klein, (born February 9, 1942, New York, New York, U.S.), American songwriter and singer (alto) who was one of the most prolific female musicians in the history of pop music.

1977 - Simple Things (2006)

1978 - Welcome Home (2006)

1979 - Touch The Sky (2007)

1980 - Pearls Songs Of Goffin And King (2007)

1993 - Colour Of Your Dreams (2007)

1994 - In Concert (2006)

2001 - Love Makes The World (2007)

2005 - The Living Room Tour (2CD) (2006)

 

  

Gentle Giant - Unburied Treasure [29 CD, 2019/FLAC+320]

Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band were known for the complexity and sophistication of their music and for the varied musical skills of their members. All of the band members were multi-instrumentalists. Although not commercially successful, they did achieve a cult following. 

This Box set contents:

- Remastered versions of the 12 albums the band released between 1970 and 1980

- 15 concert albums (7 previously released, 7 never previously officially released and 1 previously unavailable on CD)

 

Rare Bird - Beautiful Scarlet: The Recordings 1969-1975 (6 CD, 2021/FLAC)

 Rare Bird was a late 1960’s/early 1970’s UK progressive rock band that lived up to their name by recording their first two albums without a guitarist, led instead by two keyboard players. This would change, with the band including lead guitar on their final three LP’s before calling it a day in 1975.

 Esoteric Recordings has gathered together all five studio albums, supplemented by all extant single sides, and included a previously unreleased live performance from 1974 in their new six disc box set named for a track from their self-titled 1969 debut long player.

 

VA - The Krautrock & Progressive Box Set (6 CD, 2016/FLAC)

 Six CD set. 2018 collection. Music Brokers' exploration into legendary progressive rock keeps expanding. After the success of our progressive and krautrock box, we return to the rock sub-genre that combined complex arrangements and improvisation with fantasy aesthetics and lyrics. 

The Progressive Rock Box: The Secret Archives digs deep into some of it's lesser known artists like Mogul Trash, Beggars Opera, Ashkan and Agitation Free and combines them with many of the most essential names of the '60s and '70s like Carmen, Andromeda, Atomic Rooster, Greenslade and John Gustafson. With fantastic artwork and remastered sound, The Progressive Rock Box: The Secret Archives is another essential addition to your collection

 

Chris Robinson Brotherhood - 5 Nights at Betty’s Blends, San Francisco, CA - Dec 2012

  

Betty’s Blends: Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco was recorded on December 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16 of 2012. Recorded and mastered Betty Cantor-Jackson, a longtime recording engineer for the Grateful Dead. Almost from the outset, the Dead were meticulous about taping their concerts.

During several periods in their history, Cantor-Jackson did the taping, mixing the soundboard feed directly onto a two-track tape as the music was being performed.

Robinson and co. strike a psychedelic balance between lush jamming and bluesy rocking. The result is a real trip down the rabbit hole complete with some of Robinson’s most poetic lyrics and truly impressive musicianship. It’s a fascinating, fiery, and formidable introduction to the group and one of the year.

Jefferson Starship discography [1974-2020]

 Jefferson Starship were among the most successful arena rock bands of the 1970s and early '80s. Guitarist Paul Kantner and singer Grace Slick started the group after the disbandment of Jefferson Airplane, adding former Airplane vocalist Marty Balin not much later. Red Octopus, their second album, established Jefferson Starship as a mainstream rock powerhouse. It topped Billboard's album chart and its smooth single "Miracles" gave the band a number three hit that crossed over to the adult contemporary charts. Many Airplane fans decried the Starship's more mainstream musical direction, especially after Airplane singers Grace Slick and Marty Balin departed in 1978. But with shifting personnel still anchored by Kantner and bassist David Freiberg, the group managed to please its new fans, and some old ones, over a period of a decade before shifting gears into even more overtly pop territory and changing names again to simply Starship. Kantner revived Jefferson Starship in the '90s, bringing Freiberg back into the fold in the mid-2000s, and the bassist kept the band going into the 2020s after the 2016 death of Kantner.

 

Jefferson Starship.1974 Dragon Fly

Jefferson Starship.1975 Red Octopus (Remastered + Expanded 2005)

Jefferson Starship.1976 Spitfire

Jefferson Starship.1978 Earth

Jefferson Starship.1979 Freedom At Point Zero

Jefferson Starship.1981 Modern Times

Jefferson Starship.1982 Winds of Change

Jefferson Starship.1984 Nuclear Furniture

Jefferson Starship.1993 Jefferson Starship - At Their Best

Jefferson Starship.1998 Windows of Heaven

Jefferson Starship.2003 Platinum & Gold Collection

Jefferson Starship.2008 Jefferson's Tree Of Liberty

Jefferson Starship.2014 Soiled Dove

Jefferson Starship.2019 Starship Enterprise (The Best Of)

Jefferson Starship.2020 Mother of the Sun

Rolling Stones discography [1964-2016] (FLAC)

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in April 1962 by guitarist and harmonica player Brian Jones, pianist Ian Stewart, vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards. Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early lineup. American R&B and blues cover songs dominated The Rolling Stones' early material, but from the start they have included rock and roll in their repertoire. The Rolling Stones are credited for raising the international regard for the primitive blues typified by Chess Records' artists such as Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters, the latter of whom wrote the song "Rollin' Stone", after which the band is named.

Active for almost six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. Diverging from the pop rock of the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, heavier-driven sound that came to define hard rock. Their first stable line-up comprised of vocalist Mick Jagger, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, guitarist Keith Richards, bassist Bill Wyman, and drummer Charlie Watts. During their formative years Jones was the primary leader: he assembled the band, named it, and drove their sound and image. After Andrew Loog Oldham became the group's manager in 1963, he encouraged them to write their own songs. Jagger and Richards became the primary creative force behind the band, alienating Jones, who developed a drug addiction that interfered with his ability to contribute meaningfully. 

[1964] - 12 x 5 [2002 Remaster ABKCO 94022]

[1964] - England's Newest Hit Makers [2002 Remaster ABKCO 8822872]

[1965] - December's Children (And Everybody's) [2002 Remaster ABKCO 8822922]

[1965] - Out Of Our Heads [2002 Remaster ABKCO 8822912]

[1965] - The Rolling Stones No. 2 [Polydor P25L 25033]

[1965] - The Rolling Stones, Now! [2002 Remaster ABKCO 94202]

[1966] - Aftermath [2002 Remaster ABKCO 94762]

[1967] - Between The Buttons [2002 Remaster ABKCO 8822972]

[1967] - Their Satanic Majesties Request [2002 Remaster ABKCO 90022]

[1968] - Beggars Banquet [2002 Remaster ABKCO 95392]

[1969] - Let It Bleed [2002 Remaster ABKCO 90042]

[1971] - Sticky Fingers [1994 Remaster Virgin CDV 2730]

[1972] - Exile On Main St. [1994 Remaster Virgin 7243-8-39524-2-7]

[1973] - Goats Head Soup [1986 Remaster CBS 450207 2]

[1974] - It's Only Rock 'N Roll [1986 Remaster CBS 450202 2]

[1976] - Black And Blue [1986 Remaster CBS 450203 2]

[1978] - Some Girls [1987 Remaster CBS 450197 2]

[1980] - Emotional Rescue [1994 Remaster Virgin CDV 2737]

[1981] - Tattoo You [1994 Remaster Virgin CDV 2732]

[1983] - Undercover [1994 Remaster Virgin CDV 2741]

[1986] - Dirty Work [1994 Remaster Virgin CDV 2743]

[1989] - Steel Wheels [1994 Remaster Virgin CDV 2742]

[1994] - Voodoo Lounge [1994 Remaster Virgin CDV 2750]

[1997] - Bridges To Babylon [Virgin CDV 2840]

[2005] - A Bigger Bang [Virgin CDV 3012]

[2016] - Blue & Lonesome [Polydor 571 494-2]

Carly Simon - The Studio Album Collection 1971-1983 (11 CD, 2014/FLAC)

Carly Simon was one of the most popular of the confessional singer/songwriters who emerged in the early '70s. The youngest daughter in an upper-class New York family (her father, Richard Simon, co-founded the Simon & Schuster publishing company), Simon got her start in music as part of a duo with her sister Lucy (who later wrote the music for the Broadway show The Secret Garden). The Simon Sisters had a chart single with "Winkin' Blinkin' and Nod" in April 1964. But Simon's solo debut did not come until the release of her self-titled first album in February 1971. It contained her first solo hit, "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," an anti-marriage song co-written with Jacob Brackman that reached the Top Ten...

CD1 - Carly Simon (February 1971)

CD2 - Anticipation (November 1971)

CD3 - No Secrets (1972)

CD4 - Hotcakes (1974)

CD5 - Playing Possum (1975)

CD6 - Another Passenger (1976)

CD7 - Boys in the Trees (1978)

CD8 - Spy (1979)

CD9 - Come Upstairs (1980)

CD10 - Torch (1981)

CD11 - Hello Big Man (1983)

Eric Clapton - God's Extracurricular Activities (4 CD, 2011/FLAC)

04 June 2011
Wintershall Estate
Bramley, Surrey
United Kingdom

24 June 2011
Stadio di Cava De' Tirreni
Cava De' Tirreni
Italy

The Beatles - Mythology Vol. 1- 3 [1963-1969] [11 CD/FLAC]

 

Apart from The Complete BBC sessions, this is the one bootleg that all British Beatle fans should own. In addition to an excellent selection of studio outtakes, it includes every known British concert recording between 1963 and 1965, as well as key interviews and spoken performances such as Juke Box Jury. This captures, what the British experience of Beatlemania felt like at the time. Even the later, admittedly more tedious, interviews, remind us of how it was towards the end. In short, a necessary and highly enjoyable part of any serious Beatles fan's collection, whether you happened to be there or not.

 

Canned Heat discography [1967-2015] (FLAC)

 

Canned Heat is an American blues/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965.

The group has been noted for its own interpretations of blues material as well as for efforts to promote the interest in this type of music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, who took the name from Tommy Johnson's 1928 "Canned Heat Blues", a song about an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking Sterno, generically called "canned heat". After appearances at Monterey and Woodstock, at the end of the 1960s the band acquired worldwide fame with a lineup consisting of Bob Hite, vocals, Alan Wilson, guitar, harmonica and vocals, Henry Vestine (or Harvey Mandel) on lead guitar, Larry Taylor on bass, and Adolfo de la Parra on drums.

Sonny Boy Williamson II - Nine Below Zero 1951-1962 (4 CD, 2017) [FLAC]

 Alex or Aleck Miller (originally Ford, possibly December 5, 1912 – May 24, 1965), known later in his career as Sonny Boy Williamson, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He was an early and influential blues harp stylist who recorded successfully in the 1950s and 1960s. Miller used various names, including Rice Miller and Little Boy Blue, before calling himself Sonny Boy Williamson, which was also the name of a popular Chicago blues singer and harmonica player. To distinguish the two, Miller has been referred to as Sonny Boy Williamson II.

He first recorded with Elmore James on "Dust My Broom". Some of his popular songs include "Don't Start Me Talkin'", "Help Me", "Checkin' Up on My Baby", and "Bring It On Home". He toured Europe with the American Folk Blues Festival and recorded with English rock musicians, including the Yardbirds, the Animals. "Help Me" became a blues standard, and many blues and rock artists have recorded his songs. 

Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) [3 CD, 1997/FLAC]

 Terrapin Station (Limited Edition) is a triple CD live album by the Grateful Dead released in 1997. It was recorded on March 15, 1990 — bassist Phil Lesh's 50th birthday — at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, and contained a rare Beatles cover, "Revolution". "Revolution" was a favorite song of Lesh's and had previously been played at his request. It also features the first performance of "Easy to Love You" in almost 10 years. The concert performance from the previous night, recorded at the same venue, can be found on Spring 1990 (The Other One). Likewise, the concert from the following night, at the same venue, is contained on Spring 1990. Additionally, the performances of "Walkin' Blues" and "Althea" from this show can be found on the live compilation album Without a Net. 

The Faces discography [1970-1975] (FLAC)

 When Steve Marriott left the Small Faces in 1969, the three remaining members brought in guitarist Ron Wood and lead singer Rod Stewart to complete the lineup and changed their name to the Faces, which was only appropriate since the group now only slightly resembled the mod-pop group of the past. Instead, the Faces were a rough, sloppy rock & roll band, able to pound out a rocker like "Had Me a Real Good Time," a blues ballad like "Tell Everyone," or a folk number like "Richmond" all in one album. Stewart, already becoming a star in his own right, let himself go wild with the Faces, tearing through covers and originals with abandon. While his voice didn't have the power of Stewart, bassist Ronnie Lane's songs were equally as impressive and eclectic. Wood's rhythm guitar had a warm, fat tone that was as influential and driving as Keith Richards' style.

Notorious for their hard-partying, boozy tours and ragged concerts, the Faces lived the rock & roll lifestyle to the extreme. When Stewart's solo career became more successful than the Faces, the band slowly became subservient to his personality; after their final studio album, Ooh La La, in 1973, Lane left the band. After a tour in 1974, the band called it quits. Wood joined the Rolling Stones, drummer Kenny Jones eventually became part of the Who, and keyboardist Ian McLagan became a sought-after supporting musician; Stewart became a superstar, although he never matched the simple charm of the Faces.

While they were together, the Faces never sold that many records and were never considered as important as the Stones, yet their music has proven extremely influential over the years. Many punk rockers in the late '70s learned how to play their instruments by listening to Faces records; in the '80s and '90s, guitar rock bands from the Replacements to the Black Crowes took their cue from the Faces as much as the Stones. Their reckless, loose, and joyous spirit stayed alive in much of the best rock & roll of the subsequent decades.

Lane was diganosed with multiple sclerosis in the 1970s but continued to work. He relocated to Austin, Texas in the 1980s and worked until the disease claimed his life in 1997.

MacLagan also relocated to Austin, where he became an integral part of the city's vibrant music scene. In addition to leading his own group, the Bump Band, he collaborated with musicians--well known and obscure--in recording sessions and on the stage. He suffered a stroke on December 2, 2014, and passed away a day later.

1970. Faces - The First Step (1993)

1971. Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse (1993)

1971. Faces - Long Player (1993)

1973. Faces - Ooh La La (1993)

1975. Faces - Snakes And Ladders. The Best Of Faces (1990)

2004. Faces - Five Guys Walk Into A Bar (4 CD)

2015. Faces - 1970-1975 You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything (5 CD)

Bruce Springsteen - In Concert MTV Plugged (1992) [2 x DVDRIP video)

 

 

Garaj Mahal - Live Vol. 1 - 3 (2003)

 Garaj Mahal is a jazz fusion band formed in 2000 that combines jazz, rock, Indian music, and funk. The band consists of Fareed Haque (guitar), Kai Eckhardt (bass), Sean Rickman (drums), and Eric Levy (keyboards). Garaj Mahal allows its music to be recorded at concerts.

In early 2007, Mahal's Blueberry Cave won Best Jam Album in the 6th Annual Independent Music Awards.

Alanis Morissette discography [1991-2020] (FLAC)

Pitched halfway between glossy mainstream pop and angst-ridden alternative rock, Alanis Morissette's American debut Jagged Little Pill caught the zeitgeist of the mid-'90s, splitting the difference between Gen-X cynicism and self-help actualization. Spinning off a series of Top Ten singles, including "You Oughta Know," "Hand in My Pocket," and "Ironic," and winning the 1996 Grammy for Album of the Year, Jagged Little Pill became an international blockbuster so squarely tied to its time, it threatened to leave Morissette behind in the '90s. Instead, the album gave her a lasting career, one she cultivated through emotional candor and music she gently modulated as she matured. The Top 40 hits slowed after "Hands Clean," the single pulled from 2002's self-produced Under Rug Swept, but Morissette worked steadily, her albums reflecting an earned serenity while retaining the wit and insight that made her a cultural phenomenon in the '90s.

 

The Doors - No One Here Gets Out Alive (4 CD, 2001/FLAC)

 No One Here Gets Out Alive is a box set by the band The Doors, released in 2001.

The box set consists of four shows, one on each disc, of a syndicated radio show called Innerview. The show was a music interview series that was hosted by Los Angeles disc jockey Jim Ladd.

The box set consists of music by the Doors and interviews of the surviving members of the band. Various topics are discussed, even the possibility of singer Jim Morrison being alive and well in Africa. Guitarist Robbie Kreiger answers the question regarding Morrison being alive after the tape recorder has been switched off, effectively furthering the Morrison myth. 

Tedeschi Trucks Band discography [2011-2019] (FLAC)

 

The Tedeschi Trucks Band, formerly known as the Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band is a blues rock group based in Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 2010, the band is led by husband-and-wife musicians Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, and primarily features members from their solo groups. Their debut album, Revelator, won a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album.

2011 - Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator

2012 - Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybody's Talkin'

2013 - Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind

2016 - Tedeschi Trucks Band - Let Me Get By

2019 - Tedeschi Trucks Band - Signs

Supergrass - The Strange Ones 1994-2008 (13CD, 2020/FLAC)

 

Supergrass‘ career-spanning box set The Strange Ones 1994-2008 contains all six albums on vinyl picture disc and on CD, along with four further CDs of live material, a two-CD set of remixes, B-sides and rarities and a final CD of unreleased demos, outtakes and ‘oddities’.

That’s a 19-disc set made up of 13 CDs and six vinyl records; in fact, make that 14 discs since a seven-inch single with ‘Caught By The Fuzz’ / ‘Richard III’ 2020 remixes. 

CD1 - Rarities, Remixes & B-Sides Disc 1 (00:59:16)

CD2 - Rarities, Remixes & B-Sides Disc 2 (01:17:22)

CD3 - Live Disc 1 (01:05:20)

CD4 - Live Disc 2 (01:19:33)

CD5 - Live Disc 3 (01:19:48)

CD6 - Live Disc 4 (01:15:06)

CD7 - Roots & Vines (Demos, Out-Takes and Oddities) (01:00:18)

CD8 - I Should Coco (00:40:16)

CD9 - In It for the Money (00:43:02)

CD10 - Supergrass (00:45:31)

CD11 - Life On Other Planets (00:40:37)

CD12 - Road to Rouen (00:35:18)

CD13 - Diamond Hoo Ha (00:41:10)