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.

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.

Hans Knappertsbusch - The Opera Edition (2022)

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Hans Knappertsbusch - The Opera Edition (2022)

Hans Knappertsbusch - The Opera Edition (2022)
FLAC (tracks) - 4.9 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 2.6 GB
19:38:13 | Classical | Label: Decca Eloquence

This Original Jackets collection offers the opportunity to celebrate the art of Hans Knappertsbusch, held in the deepest affection by many of the musicians and singers who worked with him. He was considered by many as High Priest of Bayreuth, and accordingly this edition includes his 1951 and 1962 Bayreuth traversals of Parsifal as well as the heartwarming Vienna Meistersinger of 1950–51, the Munich Fidelio of 1961 and several highlights with notable opera stars of his time.

Hans Knappertsbusch - The Orchestral Edition (2022)

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Hans Knappertsbusch - The Orchestral Edition (2022)

Hans Knappertsbusch - The Orchestral Edition (2022)
FLAC (tracks) - 4.1 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 2.2 GB
16:22:46 | Classical | Label: Decca Eloquence

Gathered together for the first time on Universal Music labels, including several first CD releases on Decca, is the orchestral legacy of an inimitable genius of the podium: Hans Knappertsbusch. Even in his own lifetime, Hans Knappertsbusch divided opinion, between listeners affronted by technical slips caused by his notorious aversion to rehearsal and those who saw in him the last representative of a performing tradition dating back to Richard Wagner. Working mostly in the opera houses of Munich and Vienna, he never became music director of a symphony orchestra, but his postwar Decca recordings of central repertoire from Beethoven to Strauss, including three distinguished concerto collaborations with Clifford Curzon, preserve interpretations of a flexibility, sweep and grandeur scarcely imaginable today.

Medeski Martin & Wood – The Dropper (2000) (Hi-Res)

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Medeski Martin & Wood – The Dropper (2000) (Hi-Res)

Medeski Martin & Wood – The Dropper (2000) (Hi-Res)
Vinyl FLAC (tracks) 24bit-192kHz - 2 GB
51:17 | Future Jazz, Experimental | Label: Blue Note

Imagine the cubist angles of Sun Ra’s alto saxophonist Marshall Allen fluttering in between beats, Marc Ribot on guitar, plus strings, and a percussion ensemble, and you have a glimpse into what the Dropper is about. The album organically weaves avant-garde experimentalism and hypnotic thunder music into a well-developed dropper. Witness the trio’s maturing sound metamorphize once again.

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977/2024)

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Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977/2024)

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977/2024)
Blu-ray FLAC (tracks) - 298 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 107 MB
44:47 | Pop Rock, Soft Rock | Label: Rhino / Warner Records

DTS HD Stereo mixes. Considered by many to be among the greatest albums of all time, winning the Grammy® Award for Album of the Year in 1978. The album includes the band’s first No.1 smash, “Dreams.” RUMOURS has been certified Double Diamond by the RIAA, selling more than 40 million copies worldwide.

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977/2024) (Hi-Res)

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Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977/2024) (Hi-Res)

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977/2024)
Blu-ray FLAC (tracks) 24bit-96kHz - 890 MB
44:47 | Pop Rock, Soft Rock | Label: Rhino / Warner Records

DTS HD Stereo mixes. Considered by many to be among the greatest albums of all time, winning the Grammy® Award for Album of the Year in 1978. The album includes the band’s first No.1 smash, “Dreams.” RUMOURS has been certified Double Diamond by the RIAA, selling more than 40 million copies worldwide.

VA - Classical Music For Dummies (2012)

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VA - Classical Music For Dummies (2012)

VA - Classical Music For Dummies (2012)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.9 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.06 GB
7:41:37 | Classical | Label: EMI Classics

Sure. You know your Chuck Berry from your Teddy Bears, but maybe there's a 1,500-year gap in your knowledge of music. To know, know, know classical music is to love, love, love it. The 6 CDs in this collection take you from the middle ages to the Renaissance, the Baroque, to Romanicism to Modernism. They greatest conductors and orchestras play some of the greatest sonatas and symphonies ever written as you read about them in a special 48-page book. Before you know it, you'll be exploring works by your favorite composers or from your favorite era in music. This is the perfect newcomer's guide to music that is no where near as daunting, elitist or impenetrable as you might think.

Claudine Longet - Hello, Hello: The Best Of Claudine Longet (Remastered) (2005)

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Claudine Longet - Hello, Hello: The Best Of Claudine Longet (Remastered) (2005)

Claudine Longet - Hello, Hello: The Best Of Claudine Longet (Remastered) (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 409 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 165 MB
1:13:33 | Pop, Vocal, Easy Listening, Bubblegum | Label: Rev-Ola Records

Rev-Ola's 25-track Hello Hello: The Best of Claudine Longet collection covers a wide range of the French pop siren's numerous recordings between her 1967 eponymous debut and 1972's Let's Spend the Night Together. The remastered recordings of '60s vocal pop standards like the infectious title cut, "Look of Love," "Man in a Raincoat" and "Walk in the park" sound as smooth as ever, and the lengthy liner notes provided by Steve Stanley cover the occasionally controversial chanteuse's short career with enough zeal to warrant more than a cursory perusal.

The Emperors - I Want My Woman (2024) (Hi-Res)

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The Emperors - I Want My Woman (2024) (Hi-Res)

The Emperors - I Want My Woman (2024) (Hi-Res)
FLAC (tracks) 24bit-44.1kHz - 175 MB
27:07 | Garage Rock | Label: BeatRocket

Blisterin' bleach blonde garage punk from Long Beach's Emperors! Previously limited to a handful of singles, this full length album includes all of their material, including 4 unissued tracks! From the maniacal laughter on "Laughin' Linda" to their foot-tappin' cover of the Zombies' "You Make Me Feel So Good" it's easy to see why this group of teens were hailed as Long Beach's favorite group. Susan Gilmore, an Emperor fan, recollects, "The highlight of the dances were when they played.

Modesto Duran - Fabulous Rhythms of Modesto (1960/2024) (Hi-Res)

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Modesto Duran - Fabulous Rhythms of Modesto (1960/2024) (Hi-Res)

Modesto Duran - Fabulous Rhythms of Modesto (1960/2024) (Hi-Res)
FLAC (tracks) 24bit-96kHz - 643 MB
30:54 | Exotic, Latin, Afro-Cuban | Label: Numero Group

A student of mambo inventor Perez Prado, Cuban-born Modesto Duran was a key figure in Latin dance music's transitional period in the mid-20th century. His smooth slaps can be heard on dozens of 1950s mega-sellers, from Esquivel to Belafonte, Eartha Ktit to Lena Horne. On his 1960 solo debut, Duran assembles a who's who of conga men, including Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo and Juan Cheda, delivering a cinematic and percussive melange of Afro-Cuban, cha cha and exotic jazz styles for the discerning listener.

VA - French Piano Music - Essential Masterpieces (Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Fauré) (2024)

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VA - French Piano Music - Essential Masterpieces (Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Fauré) (2024)

VA - French Piano Music - Essential Masterpieces (Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Fauré) (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 594 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 430 MB
3:05:11 | Classical | Label: Menuetto Classics

Released by Menuetto Classics, this album brings together essential works by four of France's most celebrated composers: Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Maurice Ravel, and Gabriel Fauré. These masterpieces showcase the depth and beauty of French piano music, from Debussy's impressionistic textures and Satie's minimalist elegance to Ravel's rich harmonies and Fauré's lyrical charm. Ideal for both seasoned listeners and newcomers, this collection offers a captivating journey through the timeless genius of these iconic composers.