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Woong San - Best Of The Best (2016) {UHQCD, Japan}

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Woong San - Best Of The Best (2016) {UHQCD, Japan}

Woong San - Best Of The Best (2016) {UHQCD, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 428 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 162 Mb
Full Scans ~ 112 Mb | 01:07:22 | RAR 5% Recovery
Vocal Jazz | Pony Canyon #PCCY-50077

Woong San (born Kim Eun Young) is an award-winning South Korean musician, actress and TV show host. She has been a leading figure in the Jazz music scene in Korea and Japan for over a decade, having performed live over 500 times since her 1998 Japanese debut. By the end of 1998 she was a recognizable figure in both Korea and Japan, and since then, she has released six albums, garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim, and continues to tour prolifically. She is the first Korean-born musician to perform at New York City's historic Blue Note Jazz Club and has collaborated with many other well-known jazz musicians including Benny Green, Lonnie Plaxico, Rodney Green, Conrad Herwig and Suzuki Hisatsugu. WoongSan's style is a distinctive blend of jazz, blues, Latin and funk style.

Queen - Made In Heaven (1995) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

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Queen - Made In Heaven (1995) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

Queen - Made In Heaven (1995) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 476 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 203 Mb
Full Scans | 01:10:27 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock / Arena Rock / Art Rock / Classic Rock
Island Records / Universal Music #UICY-40265

Made in Heaven is the fifteenth and final studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 6 November 1995 by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom and by Hollywood Records in the United States. It was the band's first release after the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury in 1991. Following Mercury's death, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bass guitarist John Deacon worked with vocal and piano parts that Mercury recorded before his death, adding new instrumentation to the recordings. Both stages of recording, before and after Mercury's death, were completed at the band's studio in Montreux, Switzerland. The album debuted at number 1 in the UK where it went 5× platinum. The album became the band's best-selling studio album, selling over 19 million copies around the world.

Queen - A Kind Of Magic (1986) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

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Queen - A Kind Of Magic (1986) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

Queen - A Kind Of Magic (1986) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 308 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 128 Mb
Full Scans | 00:40:39 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Dance-Rock, Classic Rock | Island Records / Universal Music #UICY-40261

A Kind of Magic is the twelfth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 3 June 1986 by EMI Records in the UK and by Capitol Records in the US. It was their first studio album to be recorded digitally, and is based on the soundtrack to the film Highlander, the first in a series directed by Russell Mulcahy. A Kind of Magic was Queen's first album to be released since they had been acclaimed for their performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert. It was an immediate hit in the UK, going straight to number one and selling 100,000 copies in its first week. It remained in the UK charts for 63 weeks, selling about six million copies worldwide (600,000 in the UK alone). The album spawned four hit singles: the album's title track "A Kind of Magic", "One Vision", "Friends Will Be Friends", and "Who Wants to Live Forever", which features an orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen, while the last track, "Princes of the Universe", is the theme song to Highlander.

Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973) {2019, Japanese UHQCDs, The Steven Wilson Remixes}

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Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973) {2019, Japanese UHQCDs, The Steven Wilson Remixes}

Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973) {2019, Japanese UHQCDs, The Steven Wilson Remixes}
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 652 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 265 Mb
Full Scans | 00:40:51 + 00:40:25 | RAR 5% Recovery
Atlantic / Rhino Records / Warner Music Japan Inc. #WPCR-18159/60
Progressive Rock / Art Rock

Four decades after its release, this is still the most controversial record in Yes' output. Tales from Topographic Oceans was the place where Yes either fulfilled all of the promise shown on their previous five albums or slid off the rails in a fit of artistic hubris, especially on the part of lead singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe, who dominated the composition credits here. Actually, the group probably did a bit of both here across 80 minutes of music on a fully packed double-LP set; the group's musical ambitions were obvious on its face, as it consisted of four long songs (really suites) each taking up a side of an album, and each longer than the previous album's side-long "Close to the Edge."

Queen - Greatest Hits II (1991) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

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Queen - Greatest Hits II (1991) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

Queen - Greatest Hits II (1991) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 620 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 237 Mb
Full Scans | 01:19:50 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock / Art Rock / Glam Rock / Arena Rock / Classic Rock
Island Records / Universal Music #UICY-40264

The second volume of Queen’s Greatest Hits appeared a decade after the first; a decade after the group started its slow shift from international superstars toward ruling the world that existed outside of the United States. Apart from “Under Pressure” and “Radio Ga Ga,” all of the 17 singles here did not crack the American Top 40, but they’re well-known throughout the world, particularly the operatic anthems “A Kind of Magic,” “I Want It All,” “I Want to Break Free,” and “Who Wants to Live Forever.” Generally, the songs here favor melodrama to untrammeled rock & roll, which means while there’s nothing here that hits as hard as “Tie Your Mother Down”; there’s also nothing as light on its feet as “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” either. This is not necessarily a bad thing: nobody scaled the dramatic heights like Queen, and this captures their pomp & circumstance at its most polished.

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (1974) {2018, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

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Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (1974) {2018, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (1974) {2018, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 286 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 120 Mb
Full Scans | 00:39:08 | RAR 5% Recovery
Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock | Island Records / Universal Music #UICY-40253

Queen II was a breakthrough in terms of power and ambition, but Queen's third album Sheer Heart Attack was where the band started to gel. It followed quickly on the heels of the second record – just by a matter of months; it was the second album they released in 1974 – but it feels like it had a longer incubation period, so great is the progress here. Which isn't quite to say that Sheer Heart Attack is flawless – it still has a tendency to meander, sometimes within a song itself, as when the killer opening "Brighton Rock" suddenly veers into long stretches of Brian May solo guitar – but all these detours do not distract from the overall album, they're in many ways the key to the record itself: it's the sound of Queen stretching their wings as they learn how to soar to the clouds.

Queen - Jazz (1978) {2018, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

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Queen - Jazz (1978) {2018, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

Queen - Jazz (1978) {2018, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 339 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 139 Mb
Full Scans | 00:44:52 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock / Pop Rock / Arena Rock / Classic Rock
Island Records / Universal Music #UICY-40256

Famously tagged as "fascist" in a Rolling Stone review printed at the time of its 1978 release, Jazz does indeed showcase a band that does thrive upon its power, thrilling upon the hold that it has on its audience. That confidence, that self-intoxication, was hinted at on News of the World but it takes full flower here, and that assurance acts as a cohesive device, turning this into one of Queen's sleekest albums. Like its patchwork predecessor, Jazz also dabbles in a bunch of different sounds – that's a perennial problem with Queen, where the four songwriters were often pulling in different directions – but it sounds bigger, heavier than News, thanks to the mountains of guitars Brian May has layered all over this record. If May has indulged himself, Freddie Mercury runs riot all over this album, infusing it with an absurdity that's hard to resist.

Queen - The Miracle (1989) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

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Queen - The Miracle (1989) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}

Queen - The Miracle (1989) {2019, MQA-CD x UHQCD, Remastered, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 335 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 130 Mb
Full Scans | 00:41:21 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop Rock, Art Rock, Classic Rock | Island Records / Universal Music #UICY-40262

Following their massive 1986 European stadium tour for the A Kind of Magic album, Queen took an extended break. Rumors swirled about an impending breakup, but it turned out the break was brought on by a painful marital divorce for guitarist Brian May (who subsequently battled depression and contemplated suicide), and Freddie Mercury being diagnosed with AIDS. Instead of sinking further into misery, the band regrouped, worked on each other's mental state, and recorded one of their most inspired albums, 1989's The Miracle. Lyrically, the songs tend to reflect on the band's past accomplishments ("Khashoggi's Ship," "Was It All Worth It") as well as the state of the world in the late '80s (the title track, "I Want It All").

Diana Krall - When I Look In Your Eyes (1999) {2020, Japanese MQA-CD x UHQCD, Limited Edition, Remastered}

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Diana Krall - When I Look In Your Eyes (1999) {2020, Japanese MQA-CD x UHQCD, Limited Edition, Remastered}

Diana Krall - When I Look In Your Eyes (1999) {2020, Japanese MQA x UHQCD, Limited Edition, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 390 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 212 Mb
Full Scans | 00:54:38 | RAR 5% Recovery
Verve Records / Universal Classics & Jazz #UCCU-40146
Vocal Jazz / Standards / Traditional Pop

When I Look in Your Eyes is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer Diana Krall, released on June 8, 1999, by Verve Records. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, the first time in 25 years that a jazz album was nominated in that category, and won two awards for Best Jazz Vocal and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical at the 42nd Grammy Awards. The album also won the Juno Award for Best Vocal Jazz Album in 2000.