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Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (1973) {2014, Deluxe Edition} CD/DVD

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Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (1973) {2014, Deluxe Edition} CD/DVD

Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (1973) {2014, Deluxe Edition} CD/DVD
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 287 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 115 Mb | 00:47:37
DVD9 | ISO | Audio: DTS 4.0, 96 kHz/24-bit; LPCM 2.0, 96 kHz/24-bit; DD 4.0, 48kHz/16-bit
MPEG-2 Video, NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VRB 5000-8595 kbps, 29.97 fps | ~ 7,38 Gb
Full Scans ~ 107 Mb | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock | A&M Records #5356238

The Six Wives of Henry VIII is the first studio album from the English keyboardist and composer Rick Wakeman as a solo artist, released in January 1973 on A&M Records. It is an instrumental progressive rock album with its concept based on his interpretations of the musical characteristics of the six wives of Henry VIII. Wakeman decided on the concept in 1972 while he toured the United States with the progressive rock band Yes. As he read a book about the wives on his travels, melodies he wrote the previous year came to him and were noted down. Musicians from Yes and Strawbs, who he performed with prior to Yes, also play on the album.

Gandalf - Magic Theatre (1983) {1990, Reissue} Re-Up / New Rip

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Gandalf - Magic Theatre (1983) {1990, Reissue} Re-Up / New Rip

Gandalf - Magic Theatre (1983) {1990, Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 331 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 146 Mb
Full Scans | 00:51:45 | RAR 5% Recovery
Ambient / Progressive Electronic / Crossover Progressive Rock / Symphonic Rock
WEA #2292-40293-2

With his fourth album Gandalf continues the same formula of the previous "To Another Horizon" record. A whole instrumental opus based on spiritual or phylosophical reflection. The sense of loss and the chance to get up of each single man and woman is what he's trying to explain in music. So the nine tracks are put in a precise order that goes from desperation to real joy. His visionary and fertile imagination builds up the scene of a magic theatre in front of which the listener comes, alone. When he enters in, through the main door that stands in front, he is at the beginning of a long corridor with seven doors.

Def Leppard With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Drastic Symphonies (2023) {Deluxe Edition, Japan}

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Def Leppard With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Drastic Symphonies (2023) {Deluxe Edition, Japan}

Def Leppard With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Drastic Symphonies (2023) {Deluxe Edition, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 614 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 205 Mb
Covers Included | 01:22:04 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock, Symphonic Rock, Glam Rock | Universal Music Recordings #UICY-80322

Strap yourselves in for the sonic ride of your life. Rock and classical royalty unite on Drastic Symphonies - a brand-new euphoric album featuring Def Leppard’s greatest produced tracks dramatically reimagined, and sounding more exhilarating than ever before, via the band teaming with London’s iconic The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This album represents a bold new approach to Def Leppard’s most loved songs. Def Leppard have deconstructed and rebuilt not only some of their most well-known tracks, but also some of their hidden gems as well. By and large, they have intertwined the audio from the original tapes and performed them alongside The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, consistently ranked as one of the world's leading orchestras. The album additionally includes new vocals and guitars that culminate in stunningly beautiful symphonic arrangements, which at different points you can hear Joe Elliott duetting with his younger self.

Alan Parsons - The Secret (2019) {Japanese Deluxe Edition}

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Alan Parsons - The Secret (2019) {Japanese Deluxe Edition}

Alan Parsons - The Secret (2019) {Japanese Deluxe Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 339 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 144 Mb
Full Scans | 00:51:59 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock | King Records #KIZC-549/50

Whether on his own or with his Project, Alan Parsons vacillated between arch artiness and immaculate soft pop. With The Secret, his first album in 15 years, he veers decisively toward the former. The opening pomp of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" – which is indeed the Paul Dukas composition, here presented as a collaboration with Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett – is a bit misleading. While Parsons doesn't avoid other old-fashioned prog tropes – parts of Todd Cooper's lead vocals on "One Note Symphony" are delivered through a robotic effect – he certainly dresses these affectations in adult contemporary threads.

Ian Anderson - Divinities: Twelve Dances With God (1995)

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Ian Anderson - Divinities: Twelve Dances With God (1995)

Ian Anderson - Divinities: Twelve Dances With God (1995)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 327 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 168 Mb
Full Scans | 00:47:20 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock, New Age, Folk | EMI #7243 5 55262 2 9

This album, along with Aqualung and Thick As A Brick, constitutes Ian Anderson's thrust for serious music credibility–unlike the two Tull albums, however, this one started out with a serious intent and seems to be roughly Anderson's equivalent to Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, except that there's nothing remotely as embarrassing here as there was in that piece of overblown North England drivel (also done for EMI, on should recall). The familiar voice is absent, as Anderson confines his work to the flute and, with keyboard player/arranger Andrew Giddings, gets backing from various size classical ensembles.

Peter Gabriel - Live Blood (2012)

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Peter Gabriel - Live Blood (2012)

Peter Gabriel - Live Blood (2012)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 852 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 383 Mb
Full Scans | 01:02:29 + 01:18:52 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock / Progressive Rock / Symphonic Rock
Real World / Eagle Records #EDGCD474 / GAS 0000474 EDG

Live Blood is the third live album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel. Recorded at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London on 23 and 24 March 2011, the concert featured Gabriel singing with the New Blood Orchestra and vocalists Ane Brun, Melanie Gabriel, Sevara Nazarkhan and Tom Cawley. The setlist included songs from his previous orchestral covers album Scratch My Back and new orchestral arrangements of his solo songs, most of which went on to appear on the studio album New Blood.

Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead Symphony (2010)

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Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead Symphony (2010)

Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead Symphony (2010)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 384 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 129 MB | Covers - 74 MB
Genre: Symphonic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Reprise Records (9362-49728-3)

With the glut of "String Tribute To" albums floating around out in the world, an orchestral version of an album is typically just cause to run in the other direction. That said, the orchestral version of Elect the Dead is a welcome re-imagining of the System of a Down frontman’s solo debut. On Elect the Dead Symphony, Serj Tankian worked with composer John Psathas and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to convert the album from biting prog rock to an elegant symphony that was performed live in Auckland, New Zealand in 2009. Thanks to the singer’s prog leanings, the album translates surprisingly well from one medium to another, bridging the already short gap between progressive rock and classical music…

Serj Tankian - Imperfect Harmonies (2010) [Japanese Edition]

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Serj Tankian - Imperfect Harmonies (2010) [Japanese Edition]

Serj Tankian - Imperfect Harmonies (2010) [Japanese Edition]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 336 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 112 MB | Covers - 53 MB
Genre: Alternative Rock, Symphonic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner Music Japan (WPCR-13900)

Imperfect Harmonies is the second studio album by Serj Tankian, the frontman of System of a Down.
When Serj Tankian released Elect the Dead Symphony (the live orchestral version of his debut solo effort), he shifted his already nearly unclassifiable post-System of a Down musical vision to entirely new terrain. His prog rock leanings already clearly displayed, he also embraced everything from romantic and 20th century classical and opera to Armenian traditional music and even electronic music, while retaining rock’s aesthetic dynamics. On Imperfect Harmonies, he utilizes the sonic possibilities of orchestral music to integrate various forms into a wildly excessive near theatrical effort that never escapes his control. Imperfect Harmonies was recorded at his home studio in Los Angeles, and Tankian wrote, produced, arranged, sang, and performed the vast majority of the album with help from select guests…

Def Leppard & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Drastic Symphonies (2023)

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Def Leppard & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Drastic Symphonies (2023)

Def Leppard & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Drastic Symphonies (2023)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:17:09 | 177 Mb
Soft Rock, Symphonic Rock | Label: Universal Music

Strap yourselves in for the sonic ride of your life. Rock and classical royalty unite on a brand-new album, Drastic Symphonies. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, Def Leppard have drastically deconstructed and reimagined some of their biggest hits, collaborating with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This bold new approach to the orchestral hits formula sees new vocal and guitar recordings from the band.

The Alan Parsons Project - The Collection (2010)

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The Alan Parsons Project - The Collection (2010)

The Alan Parsons Project - The Collection (2010)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 454 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 178 Mb
Full Scans | 01:07:32 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock / Art Rock / Symphonic Rock / Electronic
Camden / Sony Music #88697808482

The Alan Parsons Project was a progressive rock music entity comprised of engineer/ producer Alan Parsons and songwriter, musician and manager Eric Woolfson. They released 10 concept albums between 1976 – 1987 and have sold over 50 million albums world-wide. Their focus was on very high quality studio sound production and they recorded most of their work at Abbey Road Studios in London. They used a variety of different lead vocalists and musicians on every album – choosing who they felt was the best for each song rather than being constrained to moulding the material for one specific artist. They have been name-checked in The Simpsons and Austin Powers film and their music is used regularly in adverts, films, sporting events and is often sampled by US rap artists.

Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue (1977) {2007, 30th Anniversary Edition, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}

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Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue (1977) {2007, 30th Anniversary Edition, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}

Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue (1977) {2007, 30th Anniversary Edition, Japanese Limited Edition, Remastered}
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 504 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 185 Mb
Full Scans ~ 103 Mb | 00:34:12 + 00:42:15 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock / Progressive Rock / Pop Rock / Symphonic Rock
Epic / Jet Records / Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc. #MHCP 1157~58

Jeff Lynne reportedly regards this album and its follow-up, Out of the Blue, as the high points in the band's history. One might be better off opting for A New World Record over its successor, however, as a more modest-sized creation chock full of superb songs that are produced even better. Opening with the opulently orchestrated "Tightrope," which heralds the perfect production found throughout this album, A New World Record contains seven of the best songs ever to come out of the group. The Beatles influence is present, to be sure, but developed to a very high degree of sophistication and on Lynne's own terms, rather than being imitative of specific songs.

Marillion - Seasons End (Deluxe Edition) (1989/2023)

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Marillion - Seasons End (Deluxe Edition) (1989/2023)

Marillion - Seasons End (Deluxe Edition) (1989/2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 894 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 338 MB
2:27:22 | Prog Rock, Pop Rock, Symphonic Rock | Label: Parlophone

Marillion will release the deluxe edition of Seasons End in a 3CD/Blu-ray package. Packed full of tonnes of bonus content, the album has had a fresh 2023 Stereo Remix by Mike Hunter, alongside a new documentary on the 3CD/Blu-Ray, liner notes by Rich Wilson, and brand-new artwork. Originally released in 1989, Seasons End was Marillion’s fifth studio album and first with Steve Hogarth fronting the band, following the departure of former frontman Fish. The album was co-produced by the band and Nick Davis, who also worked with the likes of Genesis, Mike + The Mechanics and more. It spawned three singles; Hooks In You, The Uninvited Guest and Easter which all went on to chart in the UK.

Electric Light Orchestra - Definitive Collection (1992)

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Electric Light Orchestra - Definitive Collection (1992)

Electric Light Orchestra - Definitive Collection (1992)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 544 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 198 Mb
Full Scans | 01:17:21 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock | Epic #472421 2

The 1992 Holland collection Definitive Collection isn't really definitive, of course – it's the kind of title common to budget-line discs or European and Asian-only compilations – but it is a good sampler of ELO's hits all the same, containing 19 songs, including many, many hits: "Showdown," "Can't Get It out of My Head," "Evil Woman," "Strange Magic," "Livin' Thing," "Turn to Stone," "Don't Bring Me Down," and "Rock N' Roll Is King."

Electric Light Orchestra - The BBC Sessions (1999)

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Electric Light Orchestra - The BBC Sessions (1999)

Electric Light Orchestra - The BBC Sessions (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 351 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 143 Mb
Covers Included | 00:56:57 | RAR 5% Recovery
Eagle Records #EDL EAG 215-2 / EAMCD095 / GAS 0000095 EAM
Progressive Rock / Art Rock / Symphonic Rock / Classic Rock

For the ELO lover who enjoyed the full sound from the early days heavy on cello and classical strings to accompany the developing ELO sound. These recordings were done live in the BBC studio in three seperate sessions during 1972-1974 and are made without a live audience. Great cuts from the first three ELO albums are featured and performed in grand style. If you enjoy early ELO, you won't be disappointed with this set.

Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone In The Universe (2015) {Deluxe Edition}

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Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone In The Universe (2015) {Deluxe Edition}

Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone In The Universe (2015) {Deluxe Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 266 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 90 Mb
Full Scans ~ 99 Mb | 00:37:18 | RAR 5% Recovery
Big Trilby Records / Columbia / Sony Music #88875164642
Symphonic Rock / Pop Rock / Art Rock / Classic Rock

Alone in the Universe isn't the first Jeff Lynne album of the 21st century, nor is it the first Electric Light Orchestra of the 21st century. That honor belongs to Zoom, a 2001 comeback that faded quickly into history books, its lack of success blamed in some quarters on Lynne's reluctance to tour. If Jeff didn't want to hit the road, his old bandmate Bev Bevan had no problem constituting a lineup and touring under the name ELO Part II, whose presence somewhat explains why Alone in the Universe is credited to the somewhat convoluted Jeff Lynne's ELO – a truncation of the band's full name that also assigns credit where it's due, as most listeners associate this majestic post-Abbey Road pop with Lynne alone.