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Alceu Valenca - Espelho Cristalino (1977) Reissue 1999

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Alceu Valenca - Espelho Cristalino (1977) Reissue 1999

Alceu Valença - Espelho Cristalino (1977) Reissue 1999
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 209 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 76 Mb | Scans included
MPB, Brazilian Rock, Folk-Prog | Label: Gala | # 4202-2 | Time: 00:29:44

This is the CD reissue of the third solo album recorded by Alceu Valença in 1977. Here he had also consolidated his style, a mix of strong references to his northeastern roots and electric pop/rock, and it's swinging and hot throughout. While later albums sometimes slipped to some inexpressive commercial pop effects, this release is fully dedicated to artistic creation, where Valença really achieved important results for the advancement of the tradition. The album brings "Espelho Cristalino," collected and adapted from the folklore of Alagoas, which became a hit.

Judy Dyble - Spindle (2006)

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Judy Dyble - Spindle (2006)

Judy Dyble - Spindle (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 340 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 152 Mb | Scans included
Label: Talking Elephant | # TECD 084 | Time: 00:45:58
British Folk, Folk-Rock, Folk-Prog, Prog-Rock

Judy Dyble (the original singer with Fairport Convention) now has a cross-over market appeal working with Marc Swordfish, writer and singer of Australasia, this album offers appealing treats for both to the Folk/Folk Rock and Ambient markets. With "Spindle", we see the development of Dyble's music to a much higher level with the musical directions of Mark Swordfish plus the involvement of internationally acclaimed guitarist Robert Fripp (King Crimson). Also featured here is a reworking of "See Emily Play", the classic Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd song she recorded in the 1970's with King Crimson precusor Giles Giles & Fripp.

John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon: Acoustic TV Broadcast (2006) CD + DVD Releases

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John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon: Acoustic TV Broadcast (2006) CD + DVD Releases

John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon: Acoustic TV Broadcast (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 359 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 143 Mb | Time: 00:56:18
DVD5 | PAL | 4:3 (720x576) VBR | AC3, 2.0, 192 kbps | ~ 2.94 Gb | Time: 00:55:24
Acoustic, Classic Rock, Prog-Rock | Label: Frontiers | # FR CD 277/FR DVD 012 | Scans included

Following the warm response that graced their return CD, Icon, in May 2005 and the Icon EP in August 2005, John Wetton and Geoff Downes are now offering an acoustic DVD filmed for a broadcast special at TV studios during October 2005. Stripping bare a selection of their classic songs, John and Geoff demonstrate how they originally sounded around the piano, accompanied by acoustic guitar or acoustic bass. ELO’s Hugh McDowell joins them on cello and the three virtuosos clearly enjoy the opportunity to relax while performing in front of the cameras. At the time of recording this broadcast, they were keeping quiet about the plans for a 25th anniversary reunion of the founder members of Asia, including Steve Howe and Carl Palmer, which were publicised in February 2006. 2005 and 2006 has seen the original "Heat of the Moment" grace the soundtracks of 2 Hollywood blockbusters, the number 1 film of Summer 2005 [40 year old virgin], and Pierce Brosnan’s Golden Globe nominee "The Matador" which has graced the top 10 both sides of the Atlantic.

Opa - Goldenwings (1976) + Magic Time (1977) [2 LP on 1 CD, 1997]

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Opa - Goldenwings (1976) + Magic Time (1977) [2 LP on 1 CD, 1997]

Opa - Goldenwings (1976) + Magic Time (1977) [2 LP on 1 CD, 1997]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 467 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 179 Mb | Scans included
Fusion, Latin Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Candombe | Label: Milestone | # MCD-47074-2 | 01:14:19

In 1997, it came as a quite a surprise when Fantasy reissued Opa's albums Golden Wings (1976) and Magic Time (1977) on a single 74-minute CD – surprising because the fusion trio had only a very small following; its albums were far from big sellers, and the original LP versions were in print for only a few years. If one notices some similarity between the melodic blend of jazz, rock, funk, pop, and Brazilian music heard on this disc and Airto Moreira's CTI dates of the 1970s, it's no coincidence – Moreira produced both Golden Wings and Magic Time and plays percussion on both of them. Opa members Hugh Fattoruso (keyboards, vocals), George Fattoruso (drums, vocals, percussion), and Ringo Thielmann (bass, vocals) often worked with the percussionist and his wife, Flora Purim, in the 1970s, and his influence clearly rubbed off. It's regrettable that Opa were never as commercially successful as either Moreira or Purim, although this CD points to the fact that it wasn't due to a lack of rewarding material.

H. Hawkline - Milk For Flowers (2023)

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H. Hawkline - Milk For Flowers (2023)

H. Hawkline - Milk For Flowers (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 257 MB | Cover | 46:01 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 107 MB
Progressive rock, Folk, Psychedelic | Label: Heavenly Recordings

H.Hawkline (Huw Evans) has today announced details of the release of his fifth album, Milk For Flowers. Released on Friday 10th March 2023 via Heavenly Recordings, the album was produced and features musical contributions from long-time collaborator and celebrated solo artist Cate Le Bon.

Anthony Phillips - Private Parts & Pieces Part I (1978) + Part II: Back To The Pavilion (1980) 2CD Set, Remastered 2009

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Anthony Phillips - Private Parts & Pieces Part I (1978) + Part II: Back To The Pavilion (1980) 2CD Set, Remastered 2009

Anthony Phillips - Private Parts & Pieces Part I + Part II: Back To The Pavilion (2009) 2 CD Set
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 635 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 305 Mb | Scans ~ 18 Mb
Prog-Rock, Folk, Finger-Picked Guitar, Art Rock | Label: Voiceprint | # VP532CD | 02:13:19

Two CD set containing a pair of releases from the veteran guitarist and former member of Genesis: Private Parts & Pieces Pt. 1 and Private Parts & Pieces Part 2: Back From The Pavillion. Private Parts and Pieces was originally released in the UK as a free bonus album as part of the Sides release. It was released as a stand alone album shortly afterwards in late 1978. The album is almost all acoustic based material that had been written between Ant leaving Genesis and the release of The Geese and The Ghost. Pt. 2: Back To The Pavillion was released in early 1980 due to the incredible success of the original Private Parts and Pieces album.

Dalbello - Whomanfoursays (1984)

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Dalbello - Whomanfoursays (1984)

Dalbello - Whomanfoursays (1984)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 233 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 98 Mb
Label: Capitol | # CDP 748991-2 | Time: 00:41:23 | Scans ~ 48 Mb
Experimental Rock, Alternative, Art-Rock, New Wave, Synthpop

Whomanfoursays is the fourth studio album by Canadian musician Dalbello. It is Dalbello's first concept album. Lisa Dalbello describes its concept as "[a collection of] songs about relationships with people that sometimes are forced into molds, that they don't know that they can break out of. These are stories about people that are trying to become the people that they really wanna be." The album was released in 1984, which marked a change in direction in her musical career, away from the soul R&B image of her previous albums and toward a more individual and avant-garde sound. Dalbello wrote every track herself, and changed her recording name from Lisa Dal Bello to her last name only. Musician Mick Ronson, who collaborated extensively to the project, produced the album with her; all instruments were played by either or both of them. The title is a homophone for the words "human forces". The original vinyl album cover features in either black or white the name in faux Cyrillic letters; on the CD version, this was replaced with regular uppercase lettering. Lisa's face is featured on the cover in tribal warpaint.

Asia - Alpha (1983) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered 2017]

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Asia - Alpha (1983) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered 2017]

Asia - Alpha (1983)
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio, 2017, Hybrid SACD, Audio CD Layer
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 275 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 105 Mb | Scans included | 00:42:25
Pop Rock, Prog-Rock, Symphonic Rock, Arena Rock | Label: Audio Fidelity | # AFZ 263

Following the success of their highly regarded self-titled debut, the original supergroup made up of four members of different '70s progressive rock bands, including lead vocalist and bassist John Wetton of King Crimson, guitarist Steve Howe of Yes, keyboardist Geoff Downes of Yes and The Buggles, and drummer Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer released Alpha. The album was certified platinum in the US and silver in Britain by the BPI and eventually sold over two million copies. Released in 1983, one year before the departure of guitarist Steve Howe, this would be the last album with the band's original line-up.Alpha focused more on mainstream pop/rock sounds, and is less characterized by progressive rock elements than its predecessor. The album reached #6 on the Billboard album chart and Top Five in the UK Albums Chart. The lead single, "Don't Cry," was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and returned the band to #1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.

Warhorse - Warhorse (1970) Expanded Remastered 2010

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Warhorse - Warhorse (1970) Expanded Remastered 2010

Warhorse - Warhorse (1970) Expanded Remastered 2010
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 472 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 188 Mb | Scans included
Hard Rock, Prog-Rock | Label: Repertoire Records | # REP 5195 | Time: 01:10:03

Digitally remastered and expanded digisleeve edition. Warhorse was formed by former Deep Purple bass guitarist Nick Simper and this debut album was first released in 1970. A long lost classic from this highly underrated outfit with seven tracks including a version of the Easybeats' song `St. Louis' plus five rare live and demo bonus tracks. Galloping into action with a thunder of Heavy Metal hooves, Warhorse was a sturdy steed of the '70s.

Anna von Hausswolff - The Miraculous (2015)

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Anna von Hausswolff - The Miraculous (2015)

Anna von Hausswolff - The Miraculous (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 328 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 162 Mb | Scans included
Label: City Slang, Pomperipossa | # Slang50087, PRCD001 | Time: 00:49:29
Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Space Music, Neo-Classical, Organ

With The Miraculous, Swedish singer, songwriter, and keyboardist Anna von Hausswolff has delivered an album as different from 2013's celebrated Ceremony as that was from 2010's Singing From The Grave. On Ceremony, Hausswolff discovered the sonic possibilities of the cathedral organ. Her four-octave vocal range rose above compositions that wove classically tinged Gothic art pop and skeletal post-rock that touched on Sweden's gloomy operatic and folk traditions. Sometimes gentle and dreamy, and just as often moody and droning (sometimes inside the same tune), she has created an iconoclastic brand of indie music. On The Miraculous, Hausswolff doubles down on the organ. The instrument she's using here is an enormous 9,000-pipe Acusticum Organ designed by Gerard Woehl. Its vast tonal and instrumental possibilities include sounds for glockenspiel, vibraphone, celeste, percussion, and indefinable high-pitched shrieking sounds that extend the upper reaches of the Western harmonic system (these pipes are partially submerged in water).

Anna von Hausswolff - Ceremony (2013)

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Anna von Hausswolff - Ceremony (2013)

Anna von Hausswolff - Ceremony (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 354 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 183 Mb
Label: City Slang | # Slang50053 | Time: 01:01:05 | Scans included
Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Space Music, Neo-Classical, Organ

Swedish singer, songwriter, and keyboardist Anna von Hausswolff issued her debut full-length Singing from the Grave in 2012. Despite its sobering title, the album was full of melodic, fragile, Gothic ballads. On Ceremony, the term "Gothic" applies even more here than on its predecessor, yet the music has progressed almost immeasurably. Von Hausswolff employed an Annedal church organ as her primary instrument on this date (it's on nine of the 13 songs), though she also plays piano and synth. Its amazing array of tones, sounds, and timbres color the proceedings with an array of possibilities most pop recordings never imagine, let alone use. Further, Von Hausswolff's approach here has been influenced directly – and admittedly – by the post-metal sonics of Earth and the groundbreaking vocal innovations of Diamanda Galas.

Spirit - The Family That Plays Together (1968) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered 2017]

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Spirit - The Family That Plays Together (1968) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered 2017]

Spirit - The Family That Plays Together (1968)
Mastered by Steve Hoffman and Stephen Marsh, 2017
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 301 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 130 Mb | Scans ~ 128 Mb | 00:56:51
Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog-Rock | Label: Audio Fidelity | # AFZ 260

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.

Decameron - Third Light (1975) + Tomorrow's Pantomime (1976) [2 LP in 1 CD, 2000]

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Decameron - Third Light (1975) + Tomorrow's Pantomime (1976) [2 LP in 1 CD, 2000]

Decameron - Third Light (1975) + Tomorrow's Pantomime (1976) [2 LP in 1 CD, 2000]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 423 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 185 Mb | Scans included
British Folk-Rock, Prog-Folk, Psychedelic | Label: Castle Music | # CMAR635 | Time: 01:17:56

Decameron produced four albums between 1973 and 1976 (Some discographies listed a recording called "Beyond the Light" but this never saw release). This long CD contains all of the third disk and a most of the worthiest pieces on the fourth. Considering their short recording career, Decameron exhibited a fairly wide range of musical styles and talent as they flitted from label to label. But it was all loosely in the British folk rock realm with more than a casual nod to the lighter elements of progressive rock in vogue at the time. The enigmatic style of that genre is displayed in the stunning "All the Best Wishes", the reverent "The Ungodly", the intensely melodic "Journey's End" bathed in mellotron, and "The Deal". The lighter pieces are equally engaging, such as "Saturday" about rolling down the windows and blasting the stereo and shouting obscenities at the market crowd, "Road to the Sea" with its rollicking rhythms and musical and lyrical allusions to the nautical, "Fallen Over", and "Tomorrow's pantomime".

Spirit - Spirit (1968) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered 2017]

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Spirit - Spirit (1968) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered 2017]

Spirit - Spirit (1968) Mastered by Steve Hoffman, 2017
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 353 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 146 Mb | Scans ~ 125 Mb | 01:03:52
Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog-Rock | Label: Audio Fidelity | # AFZ 520

Spirit's 1968 debut album spent more than six months on the Billboard album charts and received heavy airplay on underground FM radio. Their music was part of the core, essence, and heartbeat of the the hippie, psychedelic, counter culture movement. The album is timeless, as fresh today as when it first appeared. The band could play more styles than almost any other group. On Spirit they unveiled a mélange of rock, jazz, blues, folk-rock, and even a bit of classical and Indian music. The music is experimental. The vocals flow as easily as the instrumentals. Spirit struck a careful balance between disciplined studio chops, jazz improvisation, and driving rock and roll. Guitar prodigy Randy California is a clear standout, but the other band members are superb as well; John Locke's shimmering keyboards, Mark Andes' subsonic wall of bass, and Ed Cassidy's precision drumming. Big credit has to go to lead singer Jay Fergusson, whose phrasing is always just right with a wonderful spontaneous feel. The Marty Paich string arrangements are sublime.

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) [Non-Remastered, UK Press]

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Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) [Non-Remastered, UK Press]

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985) [Non-Remastered, UK Press]
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 289 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 138 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Prog-Rock, Art Rock | Label: EMI | # CDP 7 46160 2 | Time: 00:41:17

After the album-tour-album cycle of Script for a Jester's Tear, Fugazi, and the subsequent Euro-only release of Real to Reel, Marillion retreated to Berlin's Hansa Ton Studios with Rolling Stones producer Chris Kimsey to work on their next opus. Armed with a handful of lyrics born out of a self-confessed acid trip, Fish came up with the elaborate concept for 1985's Misplaced Childhood. Touching upon his early childhood experiences and his inability to deal with a slew of bad breakups exacerbated by a never-ending series of rock star-type "indulgences," Misplaced Childhood would prove to be not only the band's most accomplished release to date, but also its most streamlined. Initial record company skepticism over the band's decision to forge ahead with a '70s-style prog rock opus split into two halves (sides one and two) quickly evaporated as Marillion delivered its two most commercial singles ever: "Kayleigh" and "Lavender." With its lush production and punchy mix, the album went on to become the band's greatest commercial triumph, especially in Europe where they would rise from theater attraction to bona fide stadium royalty.