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Tanita Tikaram - The WEA / Eastwest Albums 1988-1995 (Remastered) (2024)

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Tanita Tikaram - The WEA / Eastwest Albums 1988-1995 (Remastered) (2024)

Tanita Tikaram - The WEA / Eastwest Albums 1988-1995 (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.8 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 776 MB
5:37:14 | Acoustic, Pop Rock, Trip Hop, Vocal, Folk, Ballad | Label: Cherry Red

Five CD clamshell box set. Featuring singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram's first five albums, all of her studio recordings made for WEA and EastWest, recorded between 1988 and 1995. Remastered and including many bonus tracks including B-sides, radio edits and original material. Tanita Tikaram is supporting this release and has provided exclusive album introductions and track-by-track annotations for the 24-page booklet. The booklet also includes many rare photos and memorabilia. Each disc is housed in a card recreation of the original album sleeve and features the original label design. The first two discs are expanded versions of the Top Three albums 'Ancient Heart' (2 x Platinum) and 'The Sweet Keeper' (Gold). These albums were worldwide hits. The other discs include the critically acclaimed 'Everybody's Angel', 'Eleven Kinds Of Loneliness' and the 'Lovers In The City' albums, all which feature many legendary musicians including Rod Argent, Jennifer Warnes, Carol Kenyon, Jim Keltner and Helen O'Hara. Tanita Tikaram has just finished recording her much anticipated new album, details of which will be shared shortly. She continues to regularly play live throughout the world.

Steve & Eydie - The Ultimate Collection (2023)

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Steve & Eydie - The Ultimate Collection (2023)

Steve & Eydie - The Ultimate Collection (2023)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 519 MB
3:34:12 | Pop, Stage & Screen, Vocal | Label: Real Gone Music

The 4-CD box set - available exclusively as a "thank you" gift to Public Television donors - has been curated by David Lawrence and is thematically arranged by disc. It features highlights from Steve and Eydie's vibrant discography from their early days at ABC-Paramount and United Artists through their halcyon period at Columbia Records, subsequent classics for Calendar, RCA, and MGM, and favorites from their own Stage 2 and GL Music labels.

Crowded House - Farewell To The World (2006) 2CDs

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Crowded House - Farewell To The World (2006) 2CDs

Crowded House - Farewell To The World (2006) 2CDs
Live at Sydney Opera House on November 24, 1996; Remastered 10th Anniversary Edition

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 770 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 253 Mb | Scans ~ 42 Mb
Label: EMI, Parlophone | # 370 329 2, 00946 370329 2 3 | Time: 01:50:46
Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, College Rock, Jangle Pop

Two CD set containing the final live performance by this Australian band fronted by Neil Finn (also of Split Enz and the Finn Brothers) finally released on the 10th anniversary of it's recording. In Novermber of 1996, Crowded House played their final gig in front of 120,000 fans in Sydney, Australia. Farewell To The World is the offically released recording of that bittersweet concert. All the Crowdies hits are here including 'Don't Dream It's Over', 'World Where You Live', 'Weather With You', 'Something So Strong', 'It's Only Natural' and many more.

Laura Nyro & Labelle - Gonna Take a Miracle (1971)

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Laura Nyro & Labelle - Gonna Take a Miracle (1971)

Laura Nyro & Labelle - Gonna Take a Miracle (1971)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 188 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 84 Mb | Scans included
R&B, Soul, Soft Rock | Label: Columbia | # CK 30987 | Time: 00:33:17

Gonna Take a Miracle is the fifth album by New York City-born singer, songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro, with assistance by vocal trio Labelle. It was released on Columbia Records in November 1971, one year after its predecessor, Christmas and the Beads of Sweat. The album is Nyro's only all-covers album, and she interprets mainly 1950s and 1960s soul and R&B standards, using Labelle as a traditional back-up vocal group. In 2005, music magazine The Word voted Gonna Take a Miracle among the 60 Best Underrated Albums of All Time.

VA - Young Limbs Rise Again (The Story Of The Batcave Nightclub 1982-1985) (2023)

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VA - Young Limbs Rise Again (The Story Of The Batcave Nightclub 1982-1985) (2023)

VA - Young Limbs Rise Again (The Story Of The Batcave Nightclub 1982-1985) (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 3.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 864 MB
6:15:49 | Alternative Rock, Glam, Goth Rock, Indie Rock, Industrial, New Wave, Post-Punk, Psychobilly, Punk, Synth-pop | Label: Edsel

Limited five CD set. London 1982. As the new romantic youthquake of 1981/1982 faded, and after what felt like a lifetime since punk's last gasp, a tiny nightclub opened it's doors in London's Soho. Drawing to it a new generation of misfits and miscreants with a penchant for polysexual hedonism, for dressing up and showing out, The Batcave became the dark heart of alternative club culture, just like The Roxy and The Blitz before it. With it's very strong tracklisting, Young Limbs Rise Again includes music from just about everybody that mattered - from The Cure to Joy Division, from The Sisters Of Mercy to Sparks. Accompanying the 5CDs is a stunning 80-page hardback book, with an introduction from Kris Needs, packed with flyers, record sleeves, over 100 photographs, many previously unseen, and the full story of the club as told by the people who were there. From Sydney to Mexico City to Paris to Brazil to Berlin - what came to be known as goth here in early-80s London, is arguably one of the UK's greatest cultural exports. The goth aesthetic forged in those tiny west end dives has gone on to inform generation after generation of bands from Nine Inch Nails to Yungblud as well as walking fashion runways for Burberry, McQueen and Galiano and giving Hollywood a whole new dark palette to work with - from Tim Burton's weird cinematic adventures to TV shows as diverse as Buffy The Vampire Slayer and American Horror Story.

Cutting Crew - Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven (Limited Edition) (2020)

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Cutting Crew - Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven (Limited Edition) (2020)

Cutting Crew - Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven (Limited Edition) (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 518 MB
3:45:38 | Pop Rock | Label: August Day Recordings

2020 release. With a sound that helped define the 1980's music scene and a presence amongst popular culture which has seen them appear across TV, film and video games, Cutting Crew return with a stellar album, Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven featuring their best-loved songs recreated in a completely new style. Now with the added emotion and power of a full philharmonic orchestra, vocalist, Nick Van Eede and long-time Cutting Crew guitarist, Gareth Moulton, look to both their die-hard fanbase and new generations of 80's acolytes to enjoy tracks which just refuse to get old! The band continues to tour the world to rapturous receptions, with very recent visits to Mexico, Canada, Australia and Japan reinforcing their global popularity. Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven is a welcome reminder of a band who have always delivered beautiful, classy anthems for the past four decades.

Plainsong - Following Amelia: The 1972 Recordings & More (2022)

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Plainsong - Following Amelia: The 1972 Recordings & More (2022)

Plainsong - Following Amelia: The 1972 Recordings & More (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 2.5 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.08 GB
7:17:32 | Country Rock, Folk Rock | Label: Cherry Red Records

Six CD set from legendary British country rock/folk rock band Plainsong. Features a 50th anniversary reissue of their 1972 debut album In Search Of Amelia Earhart, digitally remastered from the original reel-to-reel master tapes. This set not only contains that album but also the Now We Are 3 second album, alongside a host of previously unissued tracks from Iain and Andy's own archives and from the collections of fans worldwide. Plainsong's 1972 BBC In Concert special for Bob Harris gets it's first official airing on CD, as does the rare Sounds On Sunday radio broadcast, their very last recording together before the break-up.

Edward Ball - It's Kinda Lonely Where I Am - Anthology 1977-2010 (2022)

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Edward Ball - It's Kinda Lonely Where I Am - Anthology 1977-2010 (2022)

Edward Ball - It's Kinda Lonely Where I Am - Anthology 1977-2010 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) - 1.5 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 559 MB
3:58:42 | Acid House, Alternative Rock, Britpop, Post-Punk, Power Pop, Mod, Indie Rock | Label: Cherry Red

UK three CD anthology from Edward Ball, a celebration of his work and the perfect introduction to Edward's world, from the teenage DIY punk and power pop of 'O'Level and Teenage Filmstars through the indie mod of The Times to Ball's years at the Creation label. 61 tracks, cherry picked from his wonderfully wide-ranging musical journey. Highlights include The Times' smashing 1981 debut single, 'Red With Purple Flashes', their 1982 fan favourite, 'I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape' inspired by cult TV series The Prisoner, the irresistible 1996 solo near-hit, 'The Mill Hill Self Hate Club' and the full 10:35 version of Love Corporation's 'Give Me Some Love' with stunning production by Andy Weatherall from 1991. Plus a previously unreleased gem for the anthology, 'Song To The Lighthouse', an out- take from his soundtrack to the 2010 Carol Morley film The Edge. The Whaam! Label set up by Edward Ball with the Television Personalities' Dan Treacy and Ball's own Artpop! Label were a direct inspiration for Alan McGee to set up Creation Records who signed Edward in 1988. Brit Pop era solo albums saw Edward joined by musical friends such as Ride's Andy Bell, Nick Heyward and members of The Boo Radleys while Ball's dance and world music influenced project Love Corporation were remixed by Andy Weatherall, Danny Rampling and Monkey Mafia. Ball also resurrected The Times and Teenage Filmstars monikers at Creation, under the former name Ball melded indie and dance music before Primal Scream's 'Screamadelica', while, with the latter, he embraced psychedelic noise.

John Zorn - Godard / Spillane (1999)

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John Zorn - Godard / Spillane (1999)

John Zorn - Godard/Spillane (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 300 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 144 Mb | Scans included | 00:50:05
Avant-Garde Jazz, Structured Improvisation, Modern Composition | Label: Tzadik | # TZ 7324

Godard/Spillane is a compilation album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn consisting of music created through Zorn's file-card compositional process. He first released the composition "Godard", a tribute to French film-maker Jean-Luc Godard whose jump-cut technique inspired Zorn's compositional approach, on the French tribute album The Godard Fans: Godard Ca Vous Chante? in 1986, "Spillane was first released on Zorn's Nonesuch Records album Spillane in 1987 and "Blues Noel" was first released on the compilation album Joyeux Noel - Merry Christmas Everybody! on the French Nato label in 1987.

Maxwells - Maxwell Street (1969) [Reissue 2003]

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Maxwells - Maxwell Street (1969) [Reissue 2003]

Maxwells - Maxwell Street (1969) [Reissue 2003]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 316 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 123 MB | Covers - 118 MB
Genre: Progressive/Psychedelic/Jazz Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Long Hair (LHC 00028)

Originally released 1969 on MPS Records Germany - which became world famous for Dave Pike´s Noisy Silence Gentle Noise released in the same era. This is a true jewel for all progressive music enthusiasts.Ahead of its time the album is an eclectic mixture of beat, psychedelia and little hints of jazz rock. The album is compared with the similarly styled debut of Burnin' Red Ivanhoe. 14 Minutes title song 'Maxwells Street' sounds like a continuation of the Rolling Stones' 'Their Satanic Majesty's Requests'. Lars Bisgaard and Bent Hesselmann later played with Rainbow Band. Comes with bonus tracks, digitally remastered from the original tapes and with informative booklet.

Genesis - From Genesis To Revelation (1969) {2004, Japanese Reissue}

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Genesis - From Genesis To Revelation (1969) {2004, Japanese Reissue}

Genesis - From Genesis To Revelation (1969) {2004, Japanese Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 441 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 209 Mb
Full Scans | 01:07:14 | RAR 5% Recovery
Psychedelic Rock, Art Rock, Progressive Rock | Imperial Records #TECI-21223

This debut Genesis album, which has appeared under license to various labels in addition to Decca and London in different configurations, is largely of historical interest. The group was still in its formative stages, the members barely past their 18th birthdays and still working out what they wanted to sound like. Mostly they sound like the Bee Gees trying to be the Moody Blues (picture something similar to the sound of the former group's Odessa album). "The Silent Sun" and "Where the Sour Turns to Sweet" are pleasant enough, but scarcely indicate the true potential of the group or its members. A pleasant enough piece of pop-psychedelia/art rock, but not a critically important release, except to the truly dedicated.

Miles Davis - The Miles Davis Collection (2006)

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Miles Davis - The Miles Davis Collection (2006)

Miles Davis - The Miles Davis Collection (2006)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 697 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 333 Mb
Full Scans | 01:03:27 + 01:06:34 | RAR 5% Recovery
Cool, Hard Bop, Trumpet Jazz | M & M #MUS 10011-2

Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-'40s to the early '90s, since he was in the thick of almost every important innovation and stylistic development in the music during that period, and he often led the way in those changes, both with his own performances and recordings and by choosing sidemen and collaborators who forged new directions. It can even be argued that jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward.

VA - David Bowie Songbook (1997)

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VA - David Bowie Songbook (1997)

VA - David Bowie Songbook (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 465 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 168 Mb | Scans included
Label: Connoisseur Collection | # VSOP CD 236 | Time: 01:08:42
Pop/Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, Synthpop

Tribute to David Bowie. Includes: Blondie, Duran Duran, Mott the Hoople, Midge Ure, Tears for Fears, Bauhaus, Iggy Pop, Susanna Hoffs and More…

Tab Benoit, Debbie Davies, Kenny Neal - Homesick For The Road (1999)

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Tab Benoit, Debbie Davies, Kenny Neal - Homesick For The Road (1999)

Tab Benoit, Debbie Davies, Kenny Neal - Homesick For The Road (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 308 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 125 Mb
Label: Telarc | # CD-83454 | Time: 00:54:25 | Scans ~ 37 Mb
Blues, Swamp Blues, Soul-Blues, Louisiana Blues

Homesick for the Road provides a showcase for three fine blues singer/guitarists. The recording is clean and crisp, as is typical of the Telarc label, and the music cooks from start to finish. This disc provides an excellent introduction to each performer, with ample opportunities for each to shine. Debbie Davies brings to mind Bonnie Raitt, with her appealing vocal timbre and bluesy delivery. The youthful Benoit sings with an authority beyond his 31 years, making Screamin' Jay Hawkins' classic "I Put a Spell on You" his own. Kenny Neal has the scruffy, soulful delivery of a man who knows what the blues are all about. His "I've Been Mistreated" sounds like a late '60s slice of Muscle Shoals soul. All three of the co-leaders are excellent guitarists, and the band is solid and tight. Homesick for the Road rolls down the car window for an enticing look at three relatively young performers carrying the blues torch into the future.

Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears) - Tomcats Screaming Outside (2000)

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Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears) - Tomcats Screaming Outside (2000)

Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears) - Tomcats Screaming Outside (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 358 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 125 Mb | Scans ~ 35 Mb
Label: Eagle Records | # EAGCD159, EDL EAG 295-2 | Time: 00:54:42
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Electronic, New Wave

Although Tomcats Screaming Outside is technically his debut album, Roland Orzabal has been a solo artist in all but name for the best part of a decade. The dominant half of Tears for Fears, Orzabal turned the 1980s pop duo into a one-man band after the departure of Curt Smith in the early 1990s, releasing two albums, Elemental and Raoul and the Kings of Spain. Although "Ticket to the World," "Bullet for Brains," and "For the Love of Cain"–big chorus, guitar-led pop/rock anthems–could happily fit into either of his post-Curt Smith albums, Tomcats is very much a return to the experimental ways of Tears for Fears' heyday. The dark production and menacing rhythm tracks of "Under Either" and "Hypnoculture," the ambient sway of "Day by Day," the grunge-esque "Dandelion," and the drum & bass of "Kill Love" and "Hey Andy" are all coupled with contagious melodies and Orzabal's twisted vocals, leaving little doubt that the imagination that separated his former band from their peers and made their songs so enduring is still incredibly fertile. Solo album or not, Tomcats Screaming Outside is the best Tears for Fears album in a decade.