Grateful Dead - Wake Of The Flood: The Angel's Share (2023) [FLAC]

The previously unreleased, never-before-heard, Grateful Dead session tapes for Wake Of The Flood.

Recorded August 6 -17, 1973 at Record Plant, 2200 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA

Today, in continued celebration of Wake Of The Flood's 50th Anniversary, the Grateful Dead vaults have been reopened to reveal a treasure trove of studio material that Dead Heads have never heard before. For the third edition of The Angel's Share series, more than two hours of expertly-curated, previously-unreleased session tapes are now available via Rhino, for the first time ever on all DSPs worldwide. 

Similar to previous installments that accompanied milestone reissues of Workingman's Dead and American Beauty, Wake Of The Flood: The Angel's Share brings together the outtakes, alternate versions, and in-studio conversations behind the creation of the album, including "Eyes Of The World," "Stella Blue," "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" and every other song on the LP. Some unexpected moments and revelations are found in takes of "Let Me Sing Your Blues Away," Keith Godchaux's first and only vocal on a Grateful Dead studio record, and Bobby Weir's continually evolving "Weather Report Suite." Also featured is the track "Phil's Song (Unbroken Chain)" that appeared later on The Mars Hotel. As the lid is lifted and the curtains are pulled back on a pivotal record – filled with classics that remain instant crowd-pleasers to this day – Wake Of The Flood: The Angel's Share transports the listener to August 6-17, 1973 at Sausalito, CA's Record Plant, turning it into a fly-on-the-wall experience of the band's joyous and collaborative process.

John Lennon - Imagine: The Ultimate Collection (4 CD, 2018) [FLAC + 24/96]

 

Universal Music celebrates the apex of John Lennon’s solo career with a six-disc box set  Imagine: The Ultimate Collection. This historical, remixed and remastered 140-track collection is fully authorised by Yoko Ono Lennon who oversaw the production and creative direction.

Spread across four CDs and two Blu-ray discs, this truly unique expanded edition offers a variety of listening experiences that are at once immersive and intimate, ranging from the brand new Ultimate Mixes of the iconic album, which reveal whole new levels of sonic depth, definition and clarity to these timeless songs, to the Raw Studio Mixes that allow listeners to hear Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band’s original, unadorned performances, to enveloping 5.1 surround sound mixes and a Quadrasonic Album Mix, presenting the original four speaker mix remastered in Quadrasonic sound for the first time in nearly fifty years. This ultimate deep listening experience, which features scores of previously unheard demos, rare outtakes and isolated track elements, also includes The Evolution Documentary, a unique track-by-track audio montage that details the journey of each song from demo to master recording via instructions, rehearsals, recordings, multitrack exploration and studio chatter. The comprehensive nature of the full Imagine – The Ultimate Collection is the absolute best representation of a career artist working at the top of his creative game. imagine – the ultimate deep listening experience.

Glenn Hughes - Songs In the Key of Rock [3 CD] (2023) [FLAC]

With a title that pays homage to one of Glenn’s heroes, Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life”, this 2003 album mixes his beloved funk with a deliberate 70s style hard rock. As well as featuring long-time collaborator JJ Marsh on guitar, the album includes guest spots from bassist Billy Sheehan and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, as well as co-producer Jeff Kollman. ‘Higher Places (Song for Bonzo)’ is a song dedicated to Glenn’s dear friend, Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham.

This 3CD edition includes both the European bonus track ‘Secret Life’, plus ‘Change’, a Japanese bonus track. The second disc is a recording from his 2003 UK tour to support the album, and includes rare live versions of ‘In My Blood’, ‘Higher Places (Song for Bonzo)’, ‘Written All Over Your Face’ and ‘Wherever You Go’. Always one to give the fans what they want, this disc also features takes on Deep Purple’s ‘Mistreated’, ‘Gettin’ Tighter’ and ‘You Keep On Moving’, plus Black Sabbath’s ‘Seventh Star’. As an added bonus, this set is completed by a third disc from an acoustic show in Rome, which features unplugged versions of Purple’s ‘Stormbringer’, ‘Mistreated’ and ‘You Keep On Moving’, Procol Harum’s ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’, and Trapeze’s ‘Coast To Coast’.

The Beatles - Complete BBC Sessions [10 CD, 2004] [FLAC]

The Beatles performed for fifty-two BBC Radio programmes, beginning with an appearance on the series Teenager's Turn—Here We Go, recorded on 7 March 1962, and ending with the special The Beatles Invite You to Take a Ticket to Ride, recorded on 26 May 1965; in total, 275 performances of 88 different songs were broadcast. Early bootlegs of some of the performances were based on low-quality home recordings of the broadcasts from the radio. It was not the BBC's practice to archive either the session tapes or the shows' master tapes, but many good quality distribution copies were found in various BBC departments during research for BBC radio specials produced in the 1980s.

Elvis Presley - The Complete '70s Albums Collection (21 CD, 2015) [24-96]

Elvis Presley may be the single most important figure in American 20th century popular music. Not necessarily the best, and certainly not the most consistent. But no one could argue with the fact that he was the musician most responsible for popularizing rock & roll on an international level. Viewed in cold sales figures, his impact was phenomenal. Dozens upon dozens of international smashes from the mid-’50s to the mid-’70s, as well as the steady sales of his catalog and reissues since his death in 1977, may make him the single highest-selling performer in history.

Disc 01 • Let's Be Friends (1970)

Disc 02 • On Stage (1970)

Disc 03 • Almost In Love (1970)

Disc 04 • That's The Way It Is (1970)

Disc 05 • Elvis Country (1971)

Disc 06 • Love Letters From Elvis (1971)

Disc 07 • C'mon Everybody (1971)

Disc 08 • I Got Lucky (1971)

Disc 09 • Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971)

Disc 10 • Elvis Now (1972)

Disc 11 • He Touched Me (1972)

Disc 12 • As Recorded At Madison Square Garden (1972)

Disc 13 • Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite (1973)

Disc 14 • Elvis (The Fool Album)

Disc 15 • Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake (1973)

Disc 16 • Good Times (1974)

Disc 17 • Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (1974)

Disc 18 • Promised Land (1975)

Disc 19 • Today (1975)

Disc 20 • From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976)

Disc 21 • Moody Blue (1977)