Michael Rother - Sterntaler (1978) (2007)

Michael Rother - Sterntaler (1978) (2007)

The second solo album from Krautrock legend Michael Rother (Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Neu!) was originally released in 1978. Featuring Jaki Leibzeit of Can on drums and produced by Conny Plank (Kraftwerk, Ash Ra Tempel, Brian Eno, Devo) Sterntaler is wildly ahead of its time. Rother himself handles duties on guitar, syth, piano, bass and more creating transcendent and trance-inducing ambient rock of the highest level. A Krautrock classic that ventures beyond the limitations of its genre into the territory of pioneering electronica. Hugely influential.

Sterntaler marked the beginning of Michael Rother's deep preoccupation with introspective melodies projected outward. Where Flammende Herzen was full of anthemic instrumental rock that was constructed to be just that, Sterntaler is more reflective even if its drive is as insistent and mechanically accurate. Again collaborating with producer Conny Plank and Can's drummer, Jaki Leibzeit, Rother set out with Sterntaler to create true electronic rock music -- even if what he came up with was the first real ambient trance music. Unlike his former bandmates in Kraftwerk and Harmonia who had wholeheartedly embraced electronic music as an end in and of itself, Rother was deeply entrenched in the idea that the entire idea for synthesizers and drum machines was to make rock & roll itself more futuristic. What's so odd about that notion is his method of composition. On the opener, "Sonnenrad," his signature electric guitar sound plays melodies that are almost folk-like in their simplicity over his trademark Motorik percussion and rhythmic churn. On "Blauer-Regen" Leibzeit's cymbals mark the simple chord changes on an introspective ballad filled with the sounds of falling rain cascading down through the guitars. "Stremlinien" and the title track are more hypnotic rock tracks with veritable choruses of guitars all playing the same notes in harmony over a cut-time drumbeat and Leibzeit's percussive embellishments. Keyboards swim through the mix, creating a chords progression -- though it feels like one phrase over and over again -- and Rother concentrates on using a slide guitar to control and advance dynamics in the swirl. This is awesome driving music, perfect maybe for the Autobahn, but certainly for American two-lane blacktops during the first flush of fall...Thom Jurek

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Genre : Ambient, Krautrock

Tracklisti:

01. Sonnenrad (6:04)
02. Blauer Regen (3:11)
03. Stromlinien (8:12)
04. Sterntaler (6:47)
05. Fontana Di Luna (6:39)
06. Orchestrion (3:41)
07. Lichter Von Kairo [1993] (6:44)
08. Patagonia Horizont [1993] (6:08)
09. Südseewellen [1993] (Extended Dance Remix) (5:08)

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Selftitled (1967) (Remaster Edit 2008)

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Selftitled (1967) (Remaster Edit 2008)

The debut, self-titled album from Big Brother & the Holding Company is an evolving paradigm, ten tracks initially issued on Mainstream Records, a label that would have success in 1968 with "Journey to the Center of the Mind" by Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes. Unfortunately for Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company, the respectable performances and all of the material on this disc are undercut by a weak production that sounds rushed. Recorded on December 12, 13, and 14 of 1966, it's quite telling that perhaps the best two songs from the sessions, Peter Albin's tribal-sounding "Coo Coo," and Janis Joplin's fiery "The Last Time," were only available on a 45 rpm and played as treats on FM radio "rare tape" nights. Those two songs have an intensity and drama missing from laid-back album cuts like "Easy Rider" and "Intruder." Big Brother's strength sans Janis was their ability to experiment and rely heavily on ideas to make up for their lack of musical prowess. Sad to say, there is little of that experimentation here. Even a potential science fiction Peter Albin composition, "Light Is Faster Than Sound," comes off like an audition tape instead of the hit it could have been had it the cosmic explosion of a "Journey to the Center of the Mind." The album does contain interesting studies of future classics, like Moondog's "All Is Loneliness" (the street poet eventually signing with Columbia himself), and Joplin's creative arrangement of "Down on Me," making it more of an entertaining textbook than a deep musical experience. It was the lack of product from superstar Janis Joplin which kept putting an emphasis on this release with little else available to satisfy rabid fans who couldn't get enough Janis. Columbia picked up the album and re-issued it in its original form, then reissued it again with "The Last Time" and "Coo Coo" added...J. Viglione

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78 MB

Tracklist:

01. Bye Bye Baby 2.35
02. Easy Rider 2.21
03. Intruder 2.25
04. Light Is Faster Than Sound 2.29
05. Call on Me 2.32
06. Women Is Losers 2.01
07. Blindman 2.00
08. Down on Me 2.02
09. Caterpillar 2.15
10. All Is Loneliness 2.15
11. Coo Coo [Single] 1.59
12. Last Time [Single] 2.17
13. Call on Me [Alternate Take] 2.42
14. Bye Bye Baby [Alternate Take] 2.39

Manfred Mann - World of Mann: The Very Best of...(2CD Remaster Edit 2006)

Manfred Mann - World of Mann: The Very Best of...(2CD Remaster Edit 2006)

Digitally Remastered Anthology Comprehensively Surveys the Entire Recording Career of One of the Most Endearing and Enduring Figures in Rock Music. The Tracks Date Back to 1964 with the Group Manfred Mann's First Single "5-4-3-2-1" to the Earth Band's Unique 2004 Version of the Super Furry Animal's Song "Demons" (Retitled as "Demons and Dragons"). It also Includes a Rare Recording by Mike D'abo of Manfred Mann of "Handbags and Gladrags", which He Composed and Became a Hit for Rod Stewart as Well as the Stereophonics a Generation Later as Well as Finding Fame as the Theme to the Hit TV Show "The Office" .

I really like several of Manfred Mann's most popular songs and wanted them all in one collection. This collection offers them all: The Mighty Quinn, Do-Wah Diddy, Pink Flamingo, Blinded by the Light (full version), Spirits in the Night, and Runner. It ends with a rousing live edition of The Mighty Quinn. The mastering is excellent--but there are absolutely NO liner notes past the general track information. You'd think with such a career spanning set there would be some brief history inside...D. W. Kelly

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Tracklist:

CD 1 (Manfred Mann)

01 54321 2:00
02 Hubble Bubble (Toil & Trouble) 2:25
03 Do Wah Diddy Diddy 2:24
04 Sha La La 2:33
05 Come Tomorrow 2:45
06 Oh No Not My Baby 2:22
07 The One in the Middle 2:40
08 If You Gotta Go, Go Now 2:31
09 Pretty Flamingo 2:35
10 Just Like a Woman Stereo Version 2:50
11 Semi-Detached Surburban Mr. James 2:33
12 Ha! Ha! Said the Clown Stereo Version 2:28
13 Sweet Pea 3:08
14 The Mighty Quinn Stereo Version 2:51
15 My Name Is Jack Stereo Version 2:55
16 Fox on the Run 2:46
17 Ragamuffin Man 3:09
18 Handbags and Gladrags / Michael d'Abo 4:12

CD 2 (Manfred Mann's Earth Band)

01 Blinded by the Light 7:06
02 Davy's on the Road Again 3:38
03 Demolition Man 3:46
04 You Angel You 3:46
05 Joybringer 3:24
06 For You 3:52
07 Spirits in the Night 6:27
08 Don't Kill It Carol 3:55
09 The Runner 3:44
10 Lies (Through the 80s) 4:36
11 Father of Day Father of Night 3:02
12 Questions / Manfred Mann's Earth Band 3:58
13 California / Manfred Mann's Earth Band 3:45
14 Redemption Song (No Kwazulu) 4:12
15 Pleasure and Pain 5:40
16 It's All Over Now Baby Blue 4:28
17 Demons and Dragons 3:28
18 Mighty Quinn / Live 3:36

Uriah Heep - Very 'Eavy...Very 'Umble (1970) (Remaster Edit 2003)

Uriah Heep - Very 'Eavy...Very 'Umble (1970) (Remaster Edit 2003)

2003 remastered reissue of 1970 album with deluxe packaging includes an expansive booklet with rare memorabilia & photo's, plus eight bonus tracks, 'Bird Of Prey' (US album version), 'Born In A Trunk' (previously unreleased vocal version), 'Come Away Melinda' (previously unreleased version), 'Gypsy' (previously unreleased extended version), 'Wake Up (Set Your Sights)' (previously unreleased version), 'Born In A Trunk' (previously unreleased instrumental version), 'Dreammare' (BBC session) & 'Gypsy' (BBC session).

I love the early Uriah Heep material as much as the next mid-Boomer, but "Salisbury" and "Very 'eavy, Very 'umble" would be an extremely redundant combination to purchase. If one is not familiar with U. Heep, better to pair either of these early recordings with a "Best of U. Heep" or one featuring the current U. Heep lineup of musicians.
The album art for "Very 'eavy, Very 'umble" was actually used on the U.S. release of "Salisbury" (or I have my vinyl LPs in the wrong sleeves, but I think not). The cobweb face guy was also projected onto the drum kit's double bass drum heads for an interesting lighting effect.
Unless one is an extreme U. Heep fan, either of these early albums would be a great investment; either, but not both together...m. Osterbuhr

Line-up

David Byron Lead Vocals
Ken Hensley Organ, Slide Guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Vocals
Mick Box Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Paul Newton Bass, Vocals
Ollie Olsson Drums (Dreammare & Lucy Blues)

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183 MB

Tracklist:

01. Gypsy 6.38
02. Walking In Your Shadow 44.30
03. Come Away Melinda 3.49
04. Lucy Blues 5.10
05. Dreammare 4.40
06. Real Turned On 3.39
07. I'll Keep On Trying 5.27
08. Wake Up (Set Your Sights) 6.28
09. Bird Of Prey (US Album version) 4.08
10. Born In A Trunk (prev. unreleased vocal version) 4.32
11. Come Away Melinda (prev. unreleased version) 4.16
12. Gypsy (prev. unreleased extended version) 7.07
13. Wake Up (Set Your Sights) (prev. unreleased version) 6.31
14. Born In A Trunk (prev. unreleased instrumental version) 4.35
15. Dreammare (BBC session) 3.08
16. Gypsy (BBC session) 5.14

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974) (Remaster Edit 2001)

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974) (Remaster Edit 2001)

While the speed-freak adrenaline heaviness and shrouded occult mystery of Tyranny and Mutation is the watermark for Blue Öyster Cult's creative invention, it is Secret Treaties that is widely and critically regarded as the band's classic. Issued in 1974, Secret Treaties is the purest distillation of all of BÖC's strengths. Here the songs are expansive, and lush in their textures. The flamboyance is all here, and so are the overdriven guitar riffs provided by Buck Dharma and Eric Bloom. But there is something else, texturally, that moves these songs out from the blackness and into the shadows. Perhaps it's the bottom-heavy mix by producer and lyricist Sandy Pearlman, with Allen Lanier's electric piano and Joe Bouchard's bass coming to rest in an uneasy balance with the twin-guitar attack. Perhaps it's in the tautness of songwriting and instrumental architectures created by drummer Albert Bouchard, Bloom, and Don Roeser (Buck Dharma). Whatever it is, it offers the Cult a new depth and breadth. While elements of psychedelia have always been a part of the band's sound, it was always enfolded in proto-metal heaviness and biker boogie. Here, BÖC created their own brand of heavy psychedelic noir to diversify their considerably aggressive attack. Listen to "Subhuman" or "Dominance and Submission." Their minor chord flourishes and multi-tracked layered guitars and Bouchard's constantly shimmering cymbals and snare work (he is the most underrated drummer in rock history) and elliptical lyrics -- that Pearlman put out in front of the mix for a change -- added to the fathomless dread and mystery at the heart of the music. Elsewhere, on "Cagey Cretins" and "Harvester of Eyes" (both with lyrics by critic Richard Meltzer), the razor-wire guitar riffs were underscored by Lanier's organ, and their sci-fi urgency heightened by vocal harmonies. But it is on "Flaming Telepaths," with its single-chord hypnotic piano line that brings the lyric "Well, I've opened up my veins too many times/And the poison's in my heart in my heart and in my mind/Poison's in my bloodstream/Poison's in my pride/I'm after rebellion/I'll settle for lives/Is it any wonder that my mind is on fire?" down into the maelstrom and wreaks havoc on the listener. It's a stunner, full of crossing guitar lines and an insistent, demanding rhythmic throb. The set closes with the quark strangeness of "Astronomy," full of melancholy, dread, and loss that leaves the listener unsettled and in an entirely new terrain, having traveled a long way from the boasting rockery of "Career of Evil" that began the journey. It's a breathless rock monolith that is all dark delight and sinister pleasure. The 2001 remastered edition includes three unreleased cuts from the same sessions that focus on the rave-up side of the band's temperament but were incompatible with the album's aesthetic. Also included is the 45 version of "Career of Evil" and its B-side, a studio version of the band's cover of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild." While the Cult went on to well-deserved commercial success with Agents of Fortune an album later, the freaky inspiration that was offered on their debut, and brought to shine like a black jewel on Tyranny and Mutation, was fully articulated as visionary on Secret Treaties...T. Jurek

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Tracklist:

01 Career of Evil 4:00
02 Subhuman 4:38
03 Dominance and Submission 5:22
04 ME 262 4:47
05 Cagey Cretins 3:16
06 Harvester of Eyes 4:41
07 Flaming Telepaths 5:19
08 Astronomy 6:28
09 Boorman the Chauffer previously unreleased / Bonus 3:12
10 Mommy previously unreleased / Bonus 3:32
11 Mes Dames Sarat previously unreleased / Bonus 4:06
12 Born to Be Wild Bonus / Non LP Single (Single B-Side) / Version 3:40
13 Career of Evil Bonus / Single Version 3:00

The Smiths - Rank (1986) (2006)

The Smiths - Rank (1986) (2006)

Recorded live by the BBC at the National Ballroom, Kilburn, England on 23rd October 1986 during The Smiths' "The Queen Is Dead" tour, "Rank", the only officially released live concert, has many drawbacks, most of which could have been avoided. But first, the plus points:There's a nice mix of songs, albeit predominately from their later years. There's the catchy ones, such as "Panic", "Ask", "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", as well as those which reward perseverance, such as "Rusholme Ruffians" and "I Know It's Over".The Smiths were often bootlegged, but the sound quality on "Rank", despitemore… sounding a bit tinny and confined, is better than you will find on almost all of them, probably only with the exception of their performance at The Apollo Theatre, Oxford, England on 18th March 1985 (also recorded by the BBC, and has been broadcast on radio in the past, so watch out for it).Now the negative points:This is not the complete concert! "I Want The One I Can't Have", "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", "Shakespeare's Sister", "Frankly, Mr. Shankly", "Never Had No One Ever", "Meat Is Murder" and "How Soon Is Now?" were all played at this concert, so why oh why aren't they here?Morrissey's harmless comments during the show have also been cut. These would add nicely to the atmosphere, so once again, why aren't they here?Finally, I expect any officially released live concert to have a seamless changing between tracks (even if a concert has been edited, it's still do-able). For the most part, the track changes are pretty seamless, but, in the middle of the CD, there's a fade-out then a fade-in between tracks, which really destroys the continuation - was this really necessary?!Conclusion: "Rank" is the only official way to hear The Smiths live, which, for all its faults, makes it essential. Alternatively, you could watch out for the full "Rank" concert to be broadcast on radio, as it has been in the past (including recently on the digital BBC Radio 6).

For many Smiths fans, Rank is as close as they will get to a live performance from Morrissey, Johnny Marr, and company. Recorded live at The National Ballroom in London in October of 1986, roughly six months before they disbanded altogether, these 14 songs capture the Smiths performing in full-on rock-star mode. Though Grant Showbiz's production and engineering work consistently places Morrissey's voice too loud in respect to the rest of the band, the performance is suitably epic, hit-packed, and engrossing. Morrissey is in fine form, randomly trilling and squawking throughout, providing enough cocky banter and personality that the fact that he's nearly out of breath for half the performance doesn't put a damper on the festivities. Highlights abound: the opening shot of "The Queen Is Dead" bristles with emotion and post-punk fury; "Vicar in a Tutu" sees an energized Morrissey employing interesting, bizarre vocal inflections and a series of endearing growls; "I Know It's Over" is perhaps more harrowing and brittle here than anywhere else in the band's discography, as Morrissey surrenders to emotion while the soil falls over his head. It's hard to tell if Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke were having their best nights, since their contributions are buried deeper in the mix than would seem appropriate. Somehow, Johnny Marr's distinctive, manic jangle manages to escape the production and demand attention, especially on his solo creation "The Draize Train." Still, one has to wonder why "The Draize Train" was included over such staples as "How Soon Is Now," "I Want the One I Can't Have," and the eight other songs that were recorded during the concert but not included on the album. Perhaps they weren't seen as worthy representations, but there is certainly additional time left available on the CD edition, where at least two or three more songs could have been added. It really would be interesting to see how the band tackled "Meat Is Murder," "How Soon Is Now," and "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" that night. Absolute completists might want to track down the bootleg recording ...The Bad Boy From a Good Family, which presents the National Ballroom concert in a more complete light. Rank is an essential part of any Smiths fan's collection, and it's an enlightening live peek at a foursome who many deem the greatest band of the 1980s, and more than a few others deem the last great band period. ~ Tim DiGravina

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128 MB

Tracklist:

01 The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty) 4:13
02 Panic 3:06
03 Vicar in a Tutu 2:33
04 Ask 3:21
05 Rusholme Ruffians 3:55
06 The Boy with the Thorn in His Side 3:48
07 What She Said 3:43
08 Is It Really So Strange? 3:44
09 Cemetry Gates 3:09
10 London 2:19
11 I Know It's Over 7:47
12 The Draize Train 4:26
13 Still Ill 4:10
14 Bigmouth Strikes Again 5:51

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune (1976) (Remaster Edit 2001)

Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune (1976) (Remaster Edit 2001)

If ever there were a manifesto for 1970s rock, one that prefigured both the decadence of the decade's burgeoning heavy metal and prog rock excesses and the rage of punk rock, "This Ain't the Summer of Love," the opening track from Agents of Fortune, Blue Öyster Cult's fourth album, was it. The irony was that while the cut itself came down firmly on the hard rock side of the fence, most of the rest of the album didn't. Agents of Fortune was co-produced by longtime Cult record boss Sandy Pearlman, Murray Krugman, and newcomer David Lucas, and in addition, the band's lyric writing was being done internally with help from poet-cum-rocker Patti Smith (who also sings on "The Revenge of Vera Gemini"). Pearlman, a major contributor to the band's songwriting output, received a solitary credit while critic Richard Meltzer, whose words were prevalent on the Cult's previous outings, was absent. The album yielded the band's biggest single with "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," a multitextured, deeply melodic soft rock song with psychedelic overtones, written by guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser. The rest of the album is ambitious in that it all but tosses aside the Cult's proto-metal stance and instead recontextualizes their entire stance. It's still dark, mysterious, and creepy, and perhaps even more so, it's still rooted in rock posturing and excess, but gone is the nihilistic biker boogie in favor of a more tempered -- indeed, nearly pop arena rock -- sound that gave Allen Lanier's keyboards parity with Dharma's guitar roar, as evidenced by "E.T.I.," "Debbie Denise," and "True Confessions." This is not to say that the Cult abandoned their adrenaline rock sound entirely. Cuts like "Tattoo Vampire" and "Sinful Love" have plenty of feral wail in them. The 2001 remastered edition contains four bonus cuts: an early version of "Fire of Unknown Origin" and unreleased demo versions of "(Don't Fear) The Reaper," "Sally," and "Dance the Night Away." Ultimately, Agents of Fortune is a solid record, albeit a startling one for fans of the band's earlier sound. It also sounds like one of restless inspiration, which is, in fact, what it turned out to be given the recordings that came after. It turned out to be the Cult's last consistent effort until they released Fire of Unknown Origin in 1981...T. Jurek

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105 MB

Tracklist:

01 This Ain't the Summer of Love 2:20
02 True Confessions 2:56
03 (Don't Fear) The Reaper 5:08
04 E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) 3:42
05 The Revenge of Vera Gemini 3:52
06 Sinful Love 3:29
07 Tattoo Vampire 2:41
08 Morning Final 4:30
09 Tenderloin 3:39
10 Debbie Denise 4:13
11 Fire of Unknown Origin - previously unreleased 3:29
12 Sally - previously unreleased / Demo Version 2:39
13 (Don't Fear) The Reaper - previously unreleased / Demo Version 6:19
14 Dance the Night Away - previously unreleased / Demo Version 2:37

Man - Back Into The Future (1974) (Remaster Edit 1993)

Man - Back Into The Future (1974) (Remaster Edit 1993)

Rock music is littered with bands that wrecked on the studio/live double album concept; Man is rare in that their attempt, despite the departure of Clive John, brought them their first real success. The band's tight performance and increasingly ambitious musical experimentation made Back Into the Future the first Man album to chart in the U.K.; when it hit #23, it was to be the band's high-water mark. Despite the band's live reputation, the studio album probably holds greater interest for listeners today. The title track is a lyrical evocation of the album's charming cover art -- a staged before-and-after shot of a railway station in its Edwardian prime, and then in modern decrepitude. The song's wistful glance at the past blurs with dabs of modern psychedelia, and it conveys the post-Sergeant Pepper fascination of British rockers with the costumed grandeur of Empire past. But it is "Ain't Their Fight," with its echoing vocals and windmilling guitar riffs, that stands out as one of the band's most satisfying tracks. Most of the rest of the album is comprised of lengthy instrumentals, but the opening "Never Say Nups to Nepalese" is worth noting for its gloriously crashing crescendo, cheerfully lifted from Pink Floyd's "Echoes." And while the live set uses a male choir to haunting effect in the slow psychedelic jam of "C'mon," it's more typified by the indulgent 21-minute boogie marathon of "Jam Jelly Up Tight." Much like the third record of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, it must have seemed a great idea when stoned, but it's interminable today. Nonetheless, the album stands up as a fine artifact of the band's heyday...Bob Hope

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174 MB
Genre : Acid Rock, Space Rock

Lineup:

Micky Jones (vocals, guitar)
Terry Williams (drums, 1969-76)
Phil Ryan (keyboards, guitar, 1972-73, 1975-76)
Michael "Will" Youatt (bass, 1972-73)
Alan "Tweke" Lewis (guitar, keyboards, 1973)

Tracklist:

01. A Night In Dad's Bag 4:04
02 .Just For You 5:13
03. Back Into The Future 4:06
04. Don't Go Away 4:00
05. Ain't Their Fight 7:40
06. Never Say Nups To Nepalese 7:32
07. Sospan Fach 3:33
08. C'mon 19:02
09. Jam Up Jelly Tight 21:04

Focus - Hocus Pocus: The Best of...(1994) (Remaster Edit 2001)

Focus - Hocus Pocus: The Best of...(1994) (Remaster Edit 2001)

Reissue of 1994 compilation for the Dutch progressive rock act best known for their 1973 hit single 'Hocus Pocus', featured here alongside 15 other tracks (16 in all) including the U.S. single version of 'Hocus Pocus'. 2001 release. Standard jewel case.

Has it really been over 30 years since this terrific group of musicians from Holland scored a huge success with their "Moving Waves" album, and the highly original signature tune, "Hocus Pocus" ? Time flies--but, in the case of Focus, time has been kind--their music still sounds fresh, melodic and exciting.
The band went through some personnel changes, but the key members were Thijs Van Leer ( keyboards, flute, vocals ), and guitar whiz, Jan Akkerman. I have fond memories of seeing them live in Montreal--an awesome concert.
This CD is an excellent retrospecive of their most memorable numbers. Their music was primarily instrumental,and "progressive" in the most positive sense. The "focus" here--if you'll pardon the pun--was on musicianship--these guys could really play. I suspect Akkerman and Van Leer might have had some classical training in their youth. All their well-known numbers are included--"Harem Scarem", "Sylvia", "Janis" and two different versions of "Hocus Pocus". The 70s was an era where bands flourished who had only the most talented musicians. Later, progressive rock groups were often labelled pretentious--usually by critics who could only appreciate three-chord boogies ! Well--this "pretentious" music gave us some of the most incredible musicians rock has ever had--Steve Howe, Tony Banks, Keith Emerson, Dave Gilmour, Phil Manzanera, Robert Fripp, Daryl Way and--yes--Jan Akkerman. When I hear some of the junk that is selling today, I don't know whether to laugh or cry !
OK--I'm off my soapbox ! Bottom line--Focus were easily one of the best 70s bands, and this CD is a worthy compilation. Recommended...P. Kanata

"Hocus Pocus: The Best Of Focus" is an excellent reptrospective of this underrated progressive rock band. Focus was a number of "Best New Band" awards form music magazines in 1972. The lynch pins of the band were guitarist Jan Akkerman and keyboardist/flutist Thijs Van Leer. The muscianship is excellent and the songs are predominantly instrumental. Their best known song "Hocus Pocus" appears twice in full-length lp version and single version. The song contains a mixture of heavy riffing guitar via Akkerman and some unexpected yodeling interludes. "House Of The King" sounds a little like an early period Jethro Tull outtake as Van Leer plays his flute in the same style as Ian Anderson on the track. Songs like "Anonymous" and "Harem Scarem" feature some great playing by Akkerman as his style varies from metallic riffing to more of a jazz fusion style. He was also adept at more low key playing such as on the tracks like "Janis". Other catchy tracks include "Tommy" and "Sylvia". The combination of guitar, keyboards and flute is both interesting and effective. The music mixes rock, jazz and classical to form a great symphonic progressive rock hybrid. Highly recommended for progressive rock fans!...J. E. Fell

Line-up

- Jan Akkerman / guitar
- Thijs Van Leer / keyboard, flute, vocals
- Colin Allen / drums
- Hans Eric Cleuver / drums
- Martin Dresden / bass
- Cyril Havermanns / bass
- David Kemper / bass
- Bert Ruiter / bass
- Pierre VanDer Linden / drums

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176 MB
Genre :Prog. Rock

Tracklist:

01. Hocus Pocus (6:42)
02. Anonymus (6:36)
03. House of the King (2:52)
04. Focus [instrumental] (9:49)
05. Janis (3:10)
06. Focus II (4:05)
07. Tommy (Eruption) (3:27)
08. Sylvia (3:33)
09. Focus III (6:09)
10. Harem Scarem (5:53)
11. Mother Focus (3:07)
12. Focus IV (4:01)
13. Bennie Helder (3:33)
14. Glider (4:40)
15. Red Sky at Night (5:49)
16. Hocus Pocus [US Single Version] (3:24)

Fury in the Slaughterhouse - Mono (1993)

Fury in the Slaughterhouse - Mono (1993)

The German band Fury In The Slaughterhouse were already a successful act in their homeland by the time they made their American debut in 1993. The six-piece quickly gathered some attention with the radio track "Every Generation Got Its Own Disease," a dark, brooding cut with a hypnotic guitar line courtesy of Thorsten Wingenfelder. Brother Kai delivered the band's bleak lyrical observations with in a menacing voice that lacked much range. It's pretty standard guitar-driven alternative rock on Mono. There isn't a lot that distinguishes itself save for a couple of tracks like "When I'm Dead andmore… Gone," which samples Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Make'r" and "Won't Forget These Days," where the band lightens things up a bit and serves up their best melody aside from "Every Generation Got Its Own Disease." Mono isn't a bad record. It's just not likely to impress anyone that isn't already a fan.

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117 MB
Genre : Rock

Tracklist:

01 The Brainsong 2:25
02 Every Generation Got Its Own Disease 5:47
03 Dead Before I Was Born 3:02
04 Radio Orchid 4:31

There’s an old lady living in an old house
Since her husband died she hasn’t been out
She lives in her own world with her own little nightmares
And she stopped counting the days

She buys a radio station with her husbands legacy
She does her own show ten hours a day
Plays poems and listens let’s feelings run free
Helps people talk the pain away

So if your world falls down
Can’t see the light of day
Call the lady call the station today
And listen

This is radio orchid listen and cry
To all the others that suffer and die
This is radio orchid listen and cry
Take your lonely heart and let it fly

Sending her message she’s solving the problems
Of millions and millions but who solves hers?
The old lady gets older still lives in the old house
But when she dies we’ll all live alone

05 Waiting For Paradise 4:07
06 Haunted Head and Heart 4:55
07 When I'm Dead and Gone 3:56
08 When God Goes Home 4:47
09 Friendly Fire 4:17
10 Hell Gets You Nowhere 3:48
11 Money Rules 3:55
12 In Your Room 3:05
13 Money Junkie 2:40

Van der Graaf - Pawn Hearts (1971) (Remaster Edit 2005)

Van der Graaf - Pawn Hearts (1971) (Remaster Edit 2005)

I berate myself for waiting ten odd years after I heard of these guys for buying an album. After twenty years of being an on-again, off-again prog fan (to be "prog" is an ambivalent phenomenon in this world!), I broke down and checked these guys out. Know what? There has never been an album like this by any band. This captures a band at the height of their powers and emotions. Peter Hammill sounds like he's going to crawl into your skin. David Jackson is the Rahsaan Roland Kirk of rock. Millions upon millions of people who think they know rock (including myself) have been missing out on something without comparison for years and years now (with the exception of the Italians and the French who propelled this to number one in their countries in the day).
If you are a progressive rock fan, you will lose your mind over this one. As good as anything King Crimson ever did, if not better. A whole different experience than Yes (the lyrics are about obsession instead of transcendence, the music fit-inducing instead of euphoria-inducing). They share the prolonged keyboard excursions of ELP, but Hammill & Co. actually do free jazz whereas ELP were a little too "polished" for that. Jethro Tull, Genesis, Hawkwind . . . all the bigger prog names. _Pawn Hearts_ surpasses most anything any of them ever did.
I've bought three other of their albums on an impulsive week-long spree. None of them live up to the manic magic of this one, but still VDGG will stick in your head no matter what you hear of them. They are completely their own entity...Z. A. Hanson

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Tracklist:

01. Lemmings (Including Cog) 11.38
02. Man-Erg 10.24
03. A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers (Medley) 23.12
04. Theme One [Original Version] [Bonus] 3.15
05. W [Alternate Take] [Bonus] 2.02
06. Angle Of Incidents [Previously Unreleased] [Bonus] 44.48
07. Ponker's Theme [Previously Unreleased] [Bonus] 1.28
08. Diminutions [Previously Unreleased] [Bonus] 5.59

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - The Collection (2001)

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - The Collection (2001)

The British import The Collection offers original versions of most of BTO's definitive songs, including "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," "Roll on Down the Highway," and, of course, "Takin' Care of Business." Though it's not quite as deep a collection as Anthology, this 17-song strong compilation offers plenty for Bachman Turner Overdrive's longtime fans and newcomers...H. Phares

Formed by guitarist/singer Randy Bachman, a former member of The Guess Who, and augmented by his brothers Robbie (drums) and Tim (guitar), and bassist C F 'Fred' Turner, BTO took their name from truckers' magazine Overdrive and laid out their boozy, bluesy stall over the course of two self-titled albums in 1973 and '74.
The first flopped, but the second was massively successful in the USA, as the Overdrive followed in the footsteps of fellow
Canadians The Band and successfully sold American music back to their nearest neighbours. They soldiered on through line-up changes, a split and a bizarre reformation in the '80s when two groups claiming BTO lineage were on the go simultaneously, but their best work was always going to be behind them.
This compilation collates 17 tracks from the '73 - '75 heyday, with the obvious singles shored up by some fine boogie rock essays, including the preposterously titled but nevertheless quite grand 'Rock Is My Life And This Is My Song'. And while you may have to be part of Overdrive magazine's target demographic to fully appreciate cuts like 'Roll On Down The Highway', 'Four Wheel Drive' or 'Shotgun Rider', you can still have plenty of fun pretending that's who you are. They let us rock - and we salute them. Marvellous.

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Tracklist:

01 You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 3:54
02 Roll on Down the Highway 3:58
03 Flat Broke Love 3:48
04 Blue Collar 6:10
05 Takin' Care of Business 4:51
06 Gimme Your Money Please 4:41
07 Welcome Home 5:31
08 Not Fragile 4:06
09 Rock Is My Life and This Is My Song 4:39
10 Four Wheel Drive 4:21
11 Don't Let the Blues Get You Down 4:13
12 Lookin' out for #1 5:20
13 Shotgun Rider 5:21
14 I'm in Love 3:51
15 Sledgehammer 4:34
16 Find Out About Love 4:43
17 Hold Back the Water 5:06

Van der Graaf - The Least We Can Do...(1969)(Remaster Edit 2005)

Van der Graaf - The Least We Can Do...(1969)(Remaster Edit 2005)

Peter Hammill has always had an abiding interest, it seems, in the blurred boundary between the mystical and the scientific, and between the rational and magical mind; this is certainly evident on the debut Van Der Graaf Generator album, even though Hammill had yet to really begin focusing himself on what it was that was driving him (despite the fact that the band's very name referenced a device that resembles a bastard mix of scientific apparatus and shamanic totem). The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other brings those concerns to the fore with ferocity, with time out for a couple of more personal pieces ("Refugees" and "Out of Our Book"). Hammill's lyrics, delivered with all the passion and intent he can muster, reference mysticism, numerology, astrology, various religious pantheons, the Malleus Maleficarum (leading Hammill to conclude, a bit too hopefully, that magic needs to be gray to be balanced), Robert van deGraaf himself (in "Whatever Would Robert Have Said?"), the future of humanity, and surviving ecological catastrophe. This being the start of the 1970s, the hopeful notes are drowned out by the tidal wave of fear, sadness, and despair, despite which, the music does tend to be rather uplifting, thanks to the undercurrent of barely restrained majesty VDGG tended to have (possibly thanks to Hugh Banton, who had been rather used to communicating with God via church and cathedral organs; he brought that expertise to a position more normally occupied by determined B-3 thumpers engaged in battle with show-horse guitarists). [The 2005 remastered edition of the album contains two bonus tracks: the single version of "Refugees" and "Boat of Millions of Years."]...S. McDonald

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Tracklist:

01 Darkness (11/11) 7:30
02 Refugees 6:25
03 White Hammer 8:18
04 Whatever Would Robert Have Said? 6:09
05 Out of My Book 4:06
06 After the Flood 11:36
07 Boat of Millions of Years( Bonus) 3:54
08 Refugees (Bonus / Single Version) 5:18

Edgar Broughton Band - Sing Brother Sing (1970)(Remaster Edit 2004)

Edgar Broughton Band - Sing Brother Sing (1970)(Remaster Edit 2004)

UK remastered reissue of 70's British blues-rockers sophmore album, originally released in 1970, features 18 tracks including 8 bonus tracks, 'Out Demons Out' (A-side 1970), 'Rag Doll' (previously unreleased), 'There's No Vibrations But Wait' (previously unreleased alt. version), 'The Locket' (previously unreleased), 'We've Got The Power' (previously unreleased), 'Up Yours' (A-side 1970), 'Freedom' (B-side 1970), & 'Apache Dropout' (Peter Jenner version - previously unreleased). EMI. 2004.

Sing Brother Sing almost equals the psychedelic cohesiveness and insouciant air of the Edgar Broughton Band's debut album, but, even without doing so, it still stands as their second strongest release. All the songs on Sing Brother Sing wallow in a hippie-ish, kick-backed experimental blues-rock style, extenuated to perfection by Broughton's resonant grumble and vocal staunchness, and surrounded by chem lab mixtures of guitar and bass. The group's peculiar instrumental outputs give odd tracks such as "There's No Vibrations but Wait," "Momma's Reward," and the two parts of "Psychopath" progressivemore… rock-type tendencies with a homemade wit, which would be the band's most daunting characteristic outside of Edgar Broughton's singing. Although the Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa comparisons are unavoidable, the rest of Sing Brother Sing's facets and odd instrumental avenues emit a distinctness that remains the whole album through. The quaint but humorous English air that encircles "Officer Dan" and "Old Gopher" reflects Broughton's adept satirical approach, maybe without him even knowing it. Held together with elements of jazz, rock, and blues, the music on Sing Brother Sing is captivating because of its raw integrity, and in its refusal to adhere to structure, formula, or to travel a beaten path...Rudhy Rondo

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Tracklist:

01 Theres No Vibrations But Wait! 04:15
02 The Moth: a. The Moth / b. People / c. Peter 05:16
03 Momma's Reward (Keep The Freak's A Rollin') 03:07
04 Refugee 03:41
05 Officer Dan 01:40
06 Old Gopher 03:55
07 Aphrodite 04:07
08 Granma 02:29
09 Psychopath: a.The Psychopath/b.Is For Butterflies 06:53
10 Its Falling Away 05:35
11 Out Demons Out (Bonus, Single A-side, April 1970) 04:50
12 Rag Doll (previously unreleased) (Bonus) 05:33
13 There's No Vibrations But Wait! (prev. unreleased) (Bonus) 04:17
14 The Locket (previously unreleased) (Bonus) 06:02
15 We've Got The Power (previously unreleased) (Bonus) 06:32
16 Up Yours (Bonus, Single A-side, Mai 1970) 03:03
17 Freedom (Bonus, Single B-side, November 1970) 03:15
18 Apache Dropout (previously unreleased) (Bonus, P. Jenner version) 03:02

Pretenders - Pretenders II (1981) (2CD Remaster Edit 2006)

Pretenders - Pretenders II (1981) (2CD Remaster Edit 2006)

Rhino released a re-mastered edition of Pretenders II in 2006, including with it a second disc of live tracks and outtakes. On disc two, tracks 1-3, 5-6, 8-13, and 15 originally appeared as a Warner Bros. promotional live album, Pretenders Live at the Santa Monica Civic, from 1982. Tracks 4 and 14 appeared as b-sides to the single release of "I Go to Sleep." Tracks 14 and 16-18 are previously unreleased.

The Pretenders' second album received a much-deserved upgrade in the fall of 2006, as Rhino reissued it as a double-disc set containing a remastered version of the original album on the first disc and a wealth of rarities on the second. If this bonus disc pales in comparison to the bonus disc on the reissue of The Pretenders, it's because it packs few revelations or unexpected rarities among its 18 tracks. Which isn't to say that there's a lot of familiar recordings here: all but two of the tracks are previously unreleased, but all but three are live tracks. Since the original lineup of the Pretenders was one of the great rock & roll bands of its time, these live tracks are all very good, bordering on excellent, but it's not quite the same as hearing rough demos and unheard songs, which is what makes the bonus disc on The Pretenders so good. That said, the live cuts here are all excellent, the demo of "Talk of the Town" is fine, and the alternate guitar version of "I Go to Sleep" is worth having, so this will hardly be a disappointment to those who love the album. In fact, since this lineup of the Pretenders didn't leave much of a recorded legacy behind, it's easy to argue that this is closer to being essential than being a curiosity for those who love this band...S. T. Erlewine

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Line-up

Chrissie Hynde – lead vocals and rhythm guitar
Pete Farndon – bass and backing vocals
Martin Chambers – drums and backing vocals
James Honeyman-Scott – lead guitars, keyboards and backing vocals

Tracklist:

CD 1 - Original Album

01 The Adultress 3:58
02 Bad Boys Get Spanked 4:07
03 Message of Love 3:30
04 I Go to Sleep 2:56
05 Birds of Paradise 4:15
06 Talk of the Town 2:46
07 Pack It Up 3:51
08 Waste Not Want Not 3:45
09 Day After Day 3:47
10 Jealous Dogs 5:37
11 The English Roses 4:28
12 Louie Louie 3:29

CD 2 - Bonus CD

01 The Wait Live / previously unreleased 3:23
02 The Adultress Live / previously unreleased 4:07
03 Message of Love Live / previously unreleased 3:28
04 Louie Louie Live 3:50
05 Talk of the Town Live / previously unreleased 3:27
06 Birds of Paradise Live / previously unreleased 4:27
07 The English Roses Live 4:51
08 Up the Neck Live / previously unreleased 6:16
09 Bad Boys Get Spanked Live / previously unreleased 3:19
10 Stop Your Sobbing Live / previously unreleased 3:46
11 Private Life Live / previously unreleased 7:04
12 Kid Live / previously unreleased 3:48
13 Day After Day Live / previously unreleased 4:41
14 Brass in the Pocket Live / previously unreleased 3:28
15 Higher and Higher Live / previously unreleased 4:24
16 Talk of the Town previously unreleased / Demo Version 2:49
17 I Go to Sleep previously unreleased / Guitar Version - Outtake 2:59
18 Pack It Up previously unreleased / Radio Mix - Outtake 3:50

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of...( 2CD Limited Edition) (1998)

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing: The Very Best Of...( 2CD Limited Edition) (1998)

Limited edition UK reissue of 1998 'best of' collection includes a bonus CD featuring seven live tracks, 'Calling Elvis' , 'Walk Of Life', 'Last Exit To Brooklyn', 'Romeo & Juliet ', 'Sultans Of Swing', 'Brothers In Arms', & 'Money For Nothing'. Slimline double jewel case.

Exactly ten years after Dire Straits' first compilation, Money for Nothing, appeared in the stores, their second, Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits, was released. Though a decade is a significant span of time, Dire Straits had released just two subsequent albums -- 1991's On Every Street and 1993's On the Night, a live album culled from tapes of the record's supporting tour. Not quite enough material for a new greatest-hits album, but it had been years since Dire Straits had released an album of any sort (a compilation of BBC sessions snuck into the stores in 1995) -- hence the birth of Sultans of Swing. Unsurprisingly, it covers much of the same ground as Money for Nothing, containing all the essentials ("Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet," "Tunnel of Love," "Private Investigations," "Twisting by the Pool," "Money for Nothing," "Brothers in Arms," "Walk of Life"), with the exception of "Telegraph Road," which was left on the earlier compilation. A live "Love Over Gold," "Lady Writer" and "So Far Away" replace "Down to the Waterline," "Where Do You Think You're Going" and a live "Portobello Belle," which is really just a trade-off, since they're all equal in quality. Then there are the three hits from On Every Street ("Calling Elvis," "Heavy Fuel," "On Every Street"), all of which are pleasant recreations of the Brothers in Arms sound; a live version of "Your Latest Trick" from On the Night, and, inexplicably, Mark Knopfler's "Wild Theme (Theme from Local Hero)." Fine tunes all, but none of them are reason enough to replace Money for Nothing with Sultans of Swing. For casual fans or curious listeners looking for an introduction/sampler, it's the better choice, simply because it covers more ground and contains more music while remaining quite listenable and entertaining...S. T. Erlewine

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Tracklist:

CD 1

01 Sultans of Swing 5:45
02 Lady Writer 3:39
03 Romeo and Juliet 5:51
04 Tunnel of Love 8:07
05 Private Investigations 5:45
06 Twisting by the Pool 3:30
07 Love over Gold Live 3:27
08 So Far Away 4:02
09 Money for Nothing 4:05
10 Brothers in Arms 4:56
11 Walk of Life 4:07
12 Calling Elvis 4:37
13 Heavy Fuel 4:54
14 On Every Street 4:34
15 Your Latest Trick (Live) 6:29
16 Local Hero/Wild Theme (Live) 4:19

CD 2 - Live At The Royal Albert Hall

01 Calling Elvis 9:05
02 Walk Of Life 5:29
03 Last Exit To Brooklyn 2:23
04 Romeo And Juliet 7:31
05 Sultans Of Swing 13:14
06 Brothers In Arms 8:55
07 Money For Nothing 6:37

Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974)(35th Anniversary Edition 2009)

Deep Purple - Stormbringer (1974)(35th Anniversary Edition 2009)

2009 special digitally remastered and expanded two disc (CD + PAL/Region 0 DVD) 35th anniversary edition of the veteran British Hard Rockers' 1974 album comes with a crisp new remaster, and a host of collectable extras. The CD features the original album remastered, plus a clutch of tracks remixed by Glenn Hughes at Abbey Road Studios especially for this release. The DVD contains the original Quad mix of the album presented in both 5.1 surround sound and stereo. Stormbringer was the ninth studio album by Deep Purple, originally released in November 1974. (and featuring the Mark 3 line-up of the band that included David Coverdale on vocals and Glenn Hughes on bass) this album, much more prominently featured the soul and funk elements that were only hinted at on previous album Burn. EMI.

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Tracklist:

01. Stormbringer 4:06
02. Love Don't Mean A Thing 4:23
03. Holy Man 4:29
04. Hold On 5:06
05. Lady Double Dealer 3:21
06. You Can't Do It Right 3:23
07. Highball Shooter 4:27
08. The Gypsy 4:02
09. Soldier Of Fortune 3:13
10. Holy Man [Glenn Hughes Remix] 4:33
11. You can't do it Right [Glenn Hughes Remix] 3:28
12. Love don't Mean a Thing [Glenn Hughes Remix] 5:09
13. Hold On [Glenn Hughes Remix] 5:14
14. High Ball Shooter [Instrumental] 4:30

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Spirit - The Family That Plays Together (1968)(Remaster Edit 1996)

Spirit - The Family That Plays Together (1968)(Remaster Edit 1996)

On this, the second Spirit album, the group put all of the elements together that made them the legendary (and underrated) band that they were. Jazz, rock & roll, and even classical elements combined to create one of the cleanest, most tasteful syntheses of its day. The group had also improved measurably from their fine debut album, especially in the area of vocals. The album's hit single, "I Got a Line on You," boasts especially strong harmonies as well as one of the greatest rock riffs of the period. The first side of this record is a wonderful and seamless suite, and taken in its entirety, one of the greatest sides on Los Angeles rock. The CD reissue also boasts some excellent bonus tracks. "So Little to Say" is one of Jay Ferguson's finest compositions ever, and the jazz-inspired instrumentals such as "Fog" and "Space Chile" showcase pianist John Locke as one of the most inspired and lyrical players in the rock idiom to date. All in all, a classic album and a true landmark...M. Greenwald

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Genre : Acid Rock

Line-up

Jay Ferguson / vocals, percussion
Randy California / guitars, vocals
John Locke / piano, keyboards
Ed Cassidy / drums, percussion
Mark Andes / bass, vocals
Marty Paich / strings and horns arrangements

Tracklist:

01 I Got a Line on You 2:37
02 It Shall Be 3:25
03 Poor Richard 2:29
04 Silky Sam 4:06
05 Drunkard 2:38
06 Darlin' If 3:38
07 It's All the Same 4:40
08 Jewish 2:48
09 Dream Within a Dream 3:01
10 She Smiles 2:30
11 Aren't You Glad 5:31
12 Fog Bonus Track 2:24
13 So Little to Say previously unreleased / Bonus 2:59
14 Mellow Fellow previously unreleased / Bonus 3:48
15 Now or Anywhere Bonus 4:21
16 Space Child previously unreleased / Bonus 6:26

Arthur Brown - Fire-The Story Of Arthur Brown (2003)

Arthur Brown - Fire-The Story Of Arthur Brown (2003)

This 2003 compilation marks the 35th anniversary of his #1 psychedelic hit 'Fire' (included here twice, Stereo Version & Die Krupps Remix). The first ever anthology of tracks from throughout his illustrious career. Includes rare 1965 flexi & previously unavailable 60s soundtrack material. Includes fold-out sleeve with extensive liner notes, many photos & other memorabilia. 36 tracks with a slipcase. Castle.

Weighing in at two discs and 36 tracks, Castle's 2003 retrospective Fire! The Story of Arthur Brown is not only the most thorough Arthur Brown compilation to date, it's the only one. Even if there were others on the market, this would still be among the best because it covers his entire career, from 1965 to 1985, giving a complete picture of one of the weirdest eccentrics in rock & roll. That eccentricity means that his body of work can be a little inconsistent, both in his '60s prime and his later years, but he's often interesting even when the music isn't as strong as it was during the heyday of the Crazy World of Arthur Brown; other '60s vets also dabbled in synths in the '80s, but his experiments are as odd as his fiery psychedelia. It's true that those who love "Fire" and want more of that sound should stick with his debut album -- it will give you more of what you're looking for -- but if you ever wandered what that freak did after "Fire," this is the place to find out...S. T. Erlewine

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Genre: Psychedelic rock, Rock and roll, Shock rock

Tracklist:

CD 1

01 Prelude: Nightmare 3:52
02 You Don't Know 3:33
03 Don't Tell Me 2:29
04 Baby You Know What You're Doing 1:55
05 The Green Ball 3:22
06 Devil's Grip 3:20
07 Give Him a Flower 3:01
08 Rest Cure 2:46
09 Fanfare - Fire Poem Mono Version 2:02
10 Fire! Stereo Version 2:53
11 I Put a Spell on You 3:43
12 Child of My Kingdom 7:00
13 The Lord Doesn't Want You 3:00
14 Eternal Messenger 3:49
15 Night of the Pigs 1:04
16 Sunrise 6:49
17 Creep/Creation 4:06
18 Love Is (The Spirit That Will Never Die) 4:20
19 Time Captives Alternate Take 7:46
20 Spirit of Joy 3:15

CD 2

01 Gypsy 9:11
02 The Lord Will Find a Way 4:15
03 Eyesight to the Blind 5:54
04 The Gremlin (The Song Of) 3:22
05 Universal Zoo 2:43
06 The Lord Is My Saviour 3:40
07 Tight Rope 3:54
08 Speaknotech 5:15
09 The Fire-Ant Said to the Cockroach 5:29
10 Lord of the Dance 3:11
11 Hound Dog 2:16
12 Let a Little Sunshine (Into Your Life) 4:11
13 Heartaches 5:13
14 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 5:30
15 Silver Machine 5:16
16 Fire! (Die Krupps Remix) 3:13

Jefferson Airplane - Flight Box (3CD Live-Set 2009)

Jefferson Airplane - Flight Box (3CD Live-Set 2009)
Flight Box: at Golden Gate Park/Last Flight I & II

The legendary concerts featured in this 3-CD box set were recorded at famous venues in their hometown and capture the group at the peak of their powers. The 1st concert, recorded at Golden Gate Park on 5th July 1969 featured the group's classic line-up; as well as four numbers from their then-latest & most radically political album, 'Volunteers', it featured live favourites from the start of their career, includingtheir two biggest hit singles, 'White Rabbit' & 'Somebody To Love' alongside rarities in the form of one of their trademark improvised jams and the non-album & rarely-heard number, 'Uncle Sam Blues'. The 2nd concert was the group's last-ever performance which took place at the Winterland Arena on 22nd September 1972; the songs featured were drawn mainly from the group's last two studio albums, 'Bark' & 'Long John Silver', with a sprinkling of old favourites, the rarely-performed 'The Son Of Jesus' and more.. Each CD is presented in a card picture sleeve and comes housed in a clamshell style picture box complete with a 20-page picture booklet chronicling the events and circumstances of the two concerts.)...M. Mandel

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Genre : West Coast psychedelia

Tracklist:

CD 1 – Golden Gate Park 1969

01.TThe Other Side Of This Life [06:37]
02.Somebody To Love [04:18]
03.Farm [03:20]
04.Greasy Heart [03:44]
05.Good Shepherd [05:36]
06.Plastic Fantastic Lover [03:46]
07.Uncle Sam Blues [08:38]
08.Volunteers [04:23]
09.White Rabbit [02:27]
10.Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon [05:09]
11.Jam [10:09]
12.We Can Be Together [06:58]
13.3/5 Of a Mile In 10 Seconds [05:40]

CD 2 – Last Flight I (Winterland Arena 1972)

01.Introduction by Bill Graham [01:14]
02.Somebody to Love [04:39]
03.Twilight Double Leader [04:30]
04.Wooden Ships [06:18]
05.Milk Train [04:10]
06.Blind John [04:27]
07.Come Back Baby [07:01]
08.The Son Of Jesus [05:13]
09.Long John Silver [05:16]
10.When The Earth Moves Again [03:56]
11.Papa John's Down Home Blues [05:26]
12.Eat Starch Mom [05:36]

CD 3 – Last Flight II (Winterland Arena 1972)

01.John's Other [06:09]
02.Trial By Fire [04:25]
03.Law Man [02:40]
04.Have You Seen The Saucers [04:04]
05.Aerie (Gang Of Eagles) [03:31]
06.Feel So Good [11:00]
07.Crown Of Creation [03:24]
08.Walking The Tou Touh [05:12]
09.Medley Diana/Volunteers [05:21]

Van der Graaf - H to He, Who Am the Only One(1970)(Remaster Edit 2005)

Van der Graaf - H to He, Who Am the Only One(1970)(Remaster Edit 2005)

Remastered album includes the bonus tracks 'Squid/Octopus' (live) & 'The Emperor In His War-room' (early take). EMI. 2005.

I went out and bought all of the EMI remastered albums and they are simply superb. The sound quality of H to He Who am the Only One has been vastly improved upon and the liner notes are wonderfully detailed and include various photos of the band scattered throughout. In addition to the original tracks, the electrifying and thunderous 15'24" Squid1/Squid 2/Octopus was added on along with the first version of The Emperor in his War Room. I should note that EMI did not use copy-control technology on the remastered albums so playback problems should not plague listeners.

This is the bleakest, most gothic prog rock I have ever heard. Instrumentation is sparse, with great drumming from Guy Evans (I can really hear the subtleties of his playing on the cleaned up recording), solid bass playing from Nic Potter, twisted Hammond organ work from keyboardist Hugh Banton, angular and aggressive sax playing from David Jackson (he would play two saxes at the same time - in fact Jackson, not to mention Colosseum sax player Dick Heckstall-Smith borrowed this technique from jazzer Rahsaan Roland Kirk) and a tiny bit of aggressive guitar work from guest Robert Fripp on "The Emperor in his War Room". Although synthesizers are largely absent, Hugh Banton is in fact credited with using an oscillator - which is a crude synthesizer (wave form generator actually). The most distinctive aspects of the music are Peter Hammill's anguished lyrics and his vocal delivery, which ranges from a tortured, heavy metal rasp to a smooth, high-pitched falsetto. While some folks find his vocals overwrought and excessively dramatic (this reaches a peak on "Lost"), it really makes this music work. Pieces are in the 6'00-12'25 range, with the heaviest track being the introductory "Killer". Although describing the music in terms of tortured, harsh, and anguished must conjure up sounds of a bandsaw ripping through galvanized steel, the music is not entirely abrasive. "House with No Door" is a very quiet and sad piece, and "The Emperor in his War Room", "Lost", and "Pioneers over c" all feature haunting and reflective sections in amongst the chaos. Though "H to He: Who am the Only One" is a good starting point, other excellent recordings by Van der Graaf Generator include "The Least we can do is Wave to Each Other (1970); Pawn Hearts (1971); Godbluff (1975) and Still Life (1976). Of these recordings, Pawn Hearts is their acclaimed best yet makes for extremely difficult listening...J. J. Park

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Tracklist:

01. Killer 8.22
02. House with No Door 6.30
03. Emperor in His War-Room: The Emperor/The Room 8.18
04. Lost: The Dance in Sand & Sea/The Dance in the Frost 11.13
05. Pioneers Over Csquid/Octopus 12.15
06. Squid/Octopus [Previously Unreleased] 15.23
07. Emperor in His War-Room [Early Take, Previously Unreleased] 8.50

Electric Light Orchestra - Time (1981) (Remaster Edit 2001)

Electric Light Orchestra - Time (1981) (Remaster Edit 2001)

Time was the last truly great album from the Electric Light Orchestra, released as their world-conquering fame was starting to ebb. A concept album (in itself a brave undertaking by 1981), Time is set at the end of the 21st century and is populated by a host of space-age themes and characters. What's most remarkable about the album is how all this science fiction silliness is salvaged by the overall exuberance of the playing. "Yours Truly, 2095" uses a number of ELO hallmarks--a catchy synth riff, sweeping strings and over-the-top-production--to tell it's tale, of a man in love with a robot, andmore… become the album's highlight (and what should have been a hit single). Other tracks such as the epic "Twilight" and "Hold On Tight"--which practically bounces along like an overexcited puppy--also stand amongst ELO's finest works. Moreover, critical darlings Grandaddy have frequently stated the album's influence on the recording of their excellent The Sophtware Slump, proof that this futuristic concept album was itself years ahead of its time...R. Hoffnung

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Tracklist:

01. Prologue 1.16
02. Twilight 3.42
03. Your's Truly, 2095 3.12
04. Ticket To The Moon 4.07
05. The Way Life's Meant To Be 4.39
06. Another Heart Breaks 3.49
07. Rain Is Falling 3.56
08. From The End Of The World 3.17
09. The Lights Go Down 3.33
10. Here Is The News 3.50
11. 21st Century Man 4.03
12. Hold On Tight 3.06
13. Epilogue 1.36
14. The Bouncer (Bonus Track) 3.15
15. When Time Stood Still (Bonus) 3.33
16. Julie Don't Live Here (Bonus) 3.42

Jethro Tull - Thick Is A Brick (1972) (Remaster Edit 1999)

Jethro Tull - Thick Is A Brick (1972) (Remaster Edit 1999)

Jethro Tull's first LP-length epic is a masterpiece in the annals of progressive rock, and one of the few works of its kind that still holds up decades later. Mixing hard rock and English folk music with classical influences, set to stream-of-consciousness lyrics so dense with imagery that one might spend weeks pondering their meaning -- assuming one feels the need to do so -- the group created a dazzling tour de force, at once playful, profound, and challenging, without overwhelming the listener. The original LP was the best-sounding, best-engineered record Tull had ever released, easily capturing the shifting dynamics between the soft all-acoustic passages and the electric rock crescendos surrounding them...Bruce Eder

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Tracklist:

01. Thick as a Brick (part one) 22:45
02. Thick as a Brick (part two) 21:05
03. Thick as a Brick (live at Madison Square Garden, 1978) 11:50
04. Interview with Jethro Tull 16:28

Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (1969) (Remaster Edit 2001)

Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (1969) (Remaster Edit 2001)

Japanese reissue of their third album, originally released in 1969. Remastered using 20 bit K2 Mastering technology. Packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. 2001 release.

This album, the group's third, was where they showed just how far their talents extended across the musical landscape, from blues to R&B to classical rock. In contrast to their hastily recorded debut, or its successor, done to stretch their performance and composition range, A Salty Dog was recorded in a reasonable amount of time, giving the band a chance to fully develop their ideas. The title track is one of the finest songs ever to come from Procol Harum and one of the best pieces of progressive rock ever heard, and a very succinct example at that at under five minutes' running time -- the lyric and the music combine to form a perfect mood piece, and the performance is bold and subtle at once, in the playing and the singing, respectively. The range of sounds on the rest includes "Juicy John Pink," a superb piece of pre-World War II-style country blues, while "Crucifiction Lane" is a killer Otis Redding-style soul piece, and "Pilgrim's Progress" is a virtuoso keyboard workout. [A Salty Dog was reissued by Repertoire Records in 1997 with enhanced sound and the lost B-side "Long Gone Geek," a Robin Trower guitar workout par excellence.]...B. Eder

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144 MB

Tracklist:

01 A Salty Dog 4:41
02 The Milk of Human Kindness 3:47
03 Too Much Between Us 3:45
04 The Devil Came from Kansas 4:38
05 Boredom 4:34
06 Juicy John Pink Mono Version 2:08
07 Wreck of the Hesperus 3:49
08 All This and More 3:52
09 Crucifiction Lane 5:03
10 Pilgrims Progress 4:32
11. Long Gone Geek 3:09
12. All This and More 4:12
13. The Milk of Human Kindness (Take 1) 3:57
14. Pilgrims Progress (Take 1) 3:15
15. McGreggor 2:47
16. Still There'll Be More (Take 8) 5:03

Van der Graaf Generator - Vttal (1978) (2CD Remaster Edit 2005)

Van der Graaf Generator - Vttal (1978) (2CD Remaster Edit 2005)

"From the most extreme live band in the world," warned the album's advertising, "the most extreme live album." And, though that was certainly a dangerous boast in 1978, at the height of the U.K. punk explosion, it was also an accurate one. From the moment the show opened with a blistering version of the B-side "Ship of Fools," on through three new songs ("Mirror Images," "Door," and "Urban") that would never see release during what was left of VDGG's own lifetime, and continuing through a dynamic stretch of old favorites, Van Der Graaf's live show was at its most dynamic since the early '70s, and the ensuing Vital double live album recaptured every last drop of sweat. The record's transition to CD was never going to be easy. Too long for one CD but too short for two, it was finally shorn of two tracks ("Sci-Finance" and the closing "Nadir's Big Chance" shakedown), and it never really got over the operation. It sounded unfinished, and a less than pristine mastering job left most fans still playing their vinyl copies. However, 2005 saw Vital regain its right to its title. A lot of bands released double live albums during the 1970s and some of them were even rather good, but only Van Der Graaf constructed the one that should be part of every rock fan's library, and the one that still reminds listeners why the group was worth reissuing in the first place...D. Thompson

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197 MB

Tracklist:

CD 1

01 Ship of Fools 6:44
02 Still Life 9:44
03 Last Frame 9:05
04 Mirror Images 5:51
05 Medley: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers/The Sleepwalkers 13:43

CD 2

01 Pioneers Over C 17:08
02 Sci-Finance 6:13
03 Door 5:29
04 Urban/Killer/Urban 8:18
05 Nadir's Big Chance 3:59

Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977) (Remaster Edit 2002)

Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick (1977) (Remaster Edit 2002)

Cheap Trick's eponymous debut is an explosive fusion of Beatlesque melodic hooks, Who-styled power, and a twisted sense of humor partially borrowed from the Move. But that only begins to scratch the surface of what makes Cheap Trick a dynamic record. Guitarist Rick Nielsen has a powerful sense of dynamics and arrangements, which gives the music an extra kick, but he also can write exceptionally melodic and subversive songs. Nothing on Cheap Trick is quite what it seems. While the songs have hooks and attitude that arena rock was sorely lacking in the late '70s, they are also informed by a bizarre sensibility, whether it's the driving "He's a Whore," the dreamy "Mandocello," or the thumping Gary Glitter perversion "ELO Kiddies." "The Ballad of TV Violence" is about mass murder, while "Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School" concerns pedophiles. All of it is told with a sense of humor, but it doesn't come off as cheap or smirking because of the group's hard-rocking drive and Robin Zander's pop-idol vocals. Even "Oh, Candy," apparently a love song on first listen, is an affecting tribute to a friend who committed suicide. In short, Cheap Trick revel in taboo subjects with abandon, devoting themselves to the power of the hook, as well as sheer volume and gut-wrenching rock & roll -- though the record is more musically accomplished than punk rock, it shares the same aesthetic. The combination of off-kilter humor, bizarre subjects, and blissful power pop made Cheap Trick one of the defining albums of its era, as well as one of the most influential. [The 2002 Epic/Legacy reissue of Cheap Trick features a different track sequence than the original and also adds several bonus tracks, many of which are previously unreleased.]...S. T. Erlewine

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135 MB

Tracklist:

01 ELO Kiddies 3:41
02 Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School 4:44
03 Taxman, Mr. Thief 4:15
04 Cry, Cry 4:22
05 Oh, Candy 3:06
06 Hot Love 2:30
07 Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace 4:34
08 He's a Whore 2:42
09 Mandocello 4:46
10 The Ballad of TV Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy) 5:25
11 Lovin' Money p. unreleased / Bonus / Outtake 4:09
12 I Want You to Want Me p. unreleased / Bonus / Early Version 2:44
13 Lookout Bonus / p. Unreleased Studio Version 3:30
14 You're All Talk Bonus / p.Unreleased Studio Version 3:31
15 I Dig Go-Go Girls p. unreleased / Bonus 3:06

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The Who - Live at Leeds (1970) (2CD Deluxe Edit 2001)

The Who - Live at Leeds (1970) (2CD Deluxe Edit 2001)

Japanese-only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) pressing of this classic rock album. SHM-CDs can be played on any audio player and delivers unbelievably high-quality sound. You won't believe it's the same CD!

Anyone who owned the vinyl copy of Live at Leeds will barely recognize its digitized namesake. While the 1970 record offered a mere six selections, the 1995 CD reissue is fleshed out with a full 14 tracks. Reveling in the augmented Leeds prompts one to wonder why in the name of "Heaven and Hell" they didn't put out a double record in the first place. No matter. This Live at Leeds is actually superior to its revered predecessor. The Who are at their Maximum R&B peak here, bringing an almost proto-metal aggression to supercharged covers of "Young Man Blues," "Summertime Blues," and "Shakin' All Over" (all from the original record) and treating fans to originals familiar ("I Can't Explain," "My Generation," "Magic Bus") and less known ("Heaven and Hell," "Tattoo," "A Quick One"). An improved-upon classic...S. Stolder

Rushed out in 1970 as a way to bide time as the Who toiled away on their follow-up to Tommy, Live at Leeds wasn't intended to be the definitive Who live album, and many collectors maintain that the band had better shows available on bootlegs. But those shows weren't easily available whereas Live at Leeds was, and even if this show may not have been the absolute best, it's so damn close to it that it would be impossible for anybody but aficionados to argue. Here, the Who sound vicious -- as heavy as Led Zeppelin but twice as volatile -- as they careen through early classics with the confidence of a band that finally achieved acclaim but had yet to become preoccupied with making art. In that regard, this recording -- in its many different forms -- may have been perfectly timed in terms of capturing the band at a pivotal moment in its history.

There is certainly no better record of how this band was a volcano of violence on-stage, teetering on the edge of chaos but never blowing apart. This was most true on the original LP, which was a trim six tracks, three of them covers ("Young Man Blues," "Summertime Blues," "Shakin' All Over") and three originals from the mid-'60s, two of those ("Substitute," "My Generation") vintage parts of their repertory and only "Magic Bus" representing anything resembling a recent original, with none bearing a trace of its mod roots. This was pure, distilled power, all the better for its brevity; throughout the '70s the album was seen as one of the gold standards in live rock & roll, and certainly it had a fury that no proper Who studio album achieved. It was also notable as one of the earliest legitimate albums to implicitly acknowledge -- and go head to head with -- the existence of bootleg LPs. Indeed, its very existence owed something to the efforts of Pete Townshend and company to stymie the bootleggers.

The Who had made extensive recordings of performances along their 1969 tour, with the intention of preparing a live album from that material, but they recognized when it was over that none of them had the time or patience to go through the many dozens of hours of live performances in order to sort out what to use for the proposed album. According to one account, the band destroyed those tapes in a massive bonfire, so that none of the material would ever surface without permission. They then decided to go to the other extreme in preparing a live album, scheduling this concert at Leeds University and arranging the taping, determined to do enough that was worthwhile at the one show. As it turned out, even here they generated an embarrassment of riches -- the band did all of Tommy, as audiences of the time would have expected (and, indeed, demanded), but as the opera was already starting to feel like an albatross hanging around the collective neck of the band (and especially Townshend), they opted to leave out any part of their most famous work apart from a few instrumental strains in one of the jams. Instead, the original LP was limited to the six tracks named, and that was more than fine as far as anyone cared.

And fans who bought the original LP got a package of extra treats for their money. The original album's plain brown sleeve was, itself, a nod and nudge to the bootleggers, resembling the packaging of such early underground LP classics as the Bob Dylan Great White Wonder set and the Rolling Stones concert bootleg Liver Than You'll Ever Be, from the latter group's 1969 tour -- and it was a sign of just how far the Who had come in just two years that they could possibly (and correctly) equate interest in their work as being on a par with Dylan and the Stones. But Live at Leeds' jacket was a foldout sleeve with a pocket that contained a package of memorabilia associated with the band, including a really cool poster, copies of early contracts, etc. It was, along with Tommy, the first truly good job of packaging for this band ever to come from Decca Records; the label even chose to forgo the presence of its rainbow logo, carrying the bootleg pose to the plain label and handwritten song titles, and the note about not correcting the clicks and pops. At the time, you just bought this as a fan, but looking back 30 or 40 years on, those now seem to be quietly heady days for the band (and for fans who had supported them for years), finally seeing the music world and millions of listeners catch up.

The album was duly re-released on compact disc in its original six-track version early in the CD era. But the increasingly common practice of adding bonus tracks and going back to original source tapes eventually caught up with the Who. In the '90s, Live at Leeds was expanded twice, first as a superb 14-track single disc containing excerpts of their Tommy performance from that February 14, 1970, gig, along with all the non-Tommy music, and then in 2001 as a double-disc deluxe edition containing the entirety of the show. It's a treat to hear more (or all, depending on the edition) of this great performance, all in remastered sound, but there's something to be said for the original LP, which packed a lethal, lean punch quite unlike any other Who album. And what is equally amazing, hearing whatever form of the album one happens to have, is the nature of the performances -- one realizes, hearing them do "Substitute," not how much it sounds like the record (though it does), but rather how amazingly fully the Who of 1965-1966 captured their live sound in that record; neither the Beatles, for certain, nor even the Rolling Stones ever nailed their live sound quite so well on their studio sides.

The same is true, in the expanded version, of "Tattoo," "I Can't Explain," "Happy Jack," etc., so that hearing this album -- superb as it is in its own right as a self-contained musical entity -- only elevated the level of respect one felt for the band across its entire recorded history. And then there were those extended jams, moving from "My Generation" and "Magic Bus" into new and expansive territory, and showing that numbers like "Sparks" and "Amazing Journey" on Tommy had not been side-filling studio indulgences, but honest studio captures of the kind of playing that Townshend, Keith Moon, and John Entwistle had been doing for years. And this album, especially in its original LP form and in the single-CD expanded version, also showcased exactly how much Tommy, and a year of performing it on-stage, had improved Roger Daltrey's singing in intonation, control, and sheer power. It was the greatest Who album heard up to that time, and one of the best live albums ever done by anyone -- and ironically enough, was a stopgap release, to give the band time to finish its next project, the film Lifehouse. Even more ironically, the latter would never get completed, but in salvaging it the Who would create Who's Next, an album that came as close to matching Live at Leeds as any studio recording ever could...B. Eder

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291 MB

Tracklist:

CD 1

01. Heaven And Hell 5:10
02. I Can't Explain 2:26
03. Fortune Teller 3:22
04. Tattoo 3:01
05. Young Man Blues 5:56
06. Substitute 3:04
07. Happy Jack 2:13
08. I'm A Boy 2:45
09. A Quick One, While He's Away 13:42
10. Summertime Blues 3:34
11. Shakin' All Over 4:35
12. My Generation 15:25
13. Magic Bus 8:22

CD 2

01. Overture 6:55
02. It's A Boy 0:31
03. 1921 2:26
04. Amazing Journey 3:18
05. Sparks 4:22
06. Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker) 1:58
07. Christmas 3:18
08. The Acid Queen 3:35
09. Pinball Wizard 2:52
10. Do You Think It's Alright 0:22
11. Fiddle About 1:13
12. Tommy Can You Hear Me? 0:55
13. There's A Doctor 0:23
14. Go To The Mirror 3:24
15. Smash The Mirror 1:18
16. Miracle Cure 0:12
17. Sally Simpson 4:00
18. I'm Free 2:38
19. Tommy's Holiday Camp 1:00
20. We're Not Gonna Take It 8:50

Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) (Remaster Edit 2008)

Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) (Remaster Edit 2008)

For the most part, 1979's Eve is somewhat overlooked as being one of the Alan Parsons Project's finest work, when in fact it involves some of this group's most intricate songs. The album's concept deals with the female's overpowering effect on man. Each song touches on her ability to dissect the male ego, especially through sexual means, originating with Eve's tempting Adam in the beginning of time. Not only does this idea gain strength as the album progresses, but a musical battle of the sexes begins to arise through each song. The gorgeous "You Won't Be There" spotlights man's insecurity. Sung by Dave Townsend, its melodramatic feel sets a perfect tone. The classically enhanced "Winding Me Up" follows suit, based on a woman's ability to dominate her mate and opening up with sound of a wind-up doll being cranked. Other gems include the bitter but forceful "Damned If I Do" sung by Lenny Zakatek, and the dominating fury of "Lucifer," a powerful instrumental. Even the loutish "You Lie Down with Dogs" bears wit with its gender inclined mud-slinging. The female vocalists, Lesley Duncan and Clare Torry do a splendid job of representing the females point of view throughout the album. Not only does Eve solidify its main idea, but the songs are highly entertaining with catchy rhythms and intelligent lyrics. Musically, the tempo appealingly switches back and forth from slow to quick, as does the temperament of the album. Somehow, Eve is dismissed as one of this band's greatest efforts, when in fact it's one of their finest marriages of both concept and music. [The 2008 Sony BMG reissue included bonus tracks.]...M. DeGagne

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Tracklist:

01 Lucifer 5:08
02 You Lie Down with Dogs 3:48
03 I'd Rather Be a Man 3:53
04 You Won't Be There 3:43
05 Winding Me Up 3:55
06 Damned If I Do 4:52
07 Don't Hold Back 3:37
08 Secret Garden 4:43
09 If I Could Change Your Mind 5:59
10 Elsie's Theme (Bonus) (The Project That Never Was) 3:00
11 Lucifer (Bonus) Demo Version 2:48
12 Secret Garden (Bonus) Early Rough Mix 4:41
13 Damned If I Do (Bonus) Rough Mix 4:46
14 Don't Hold Back (Bonus) Vocal Rehearsal Rough Mix 3:43
15 Lucifer Early (Bonus) Rough Mix 4:17
16 If I Could Change Your Mind (Bonus) Rough Mix 5:46