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Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987) {1994, 20-bit K2 HQCD, Japan}

Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation (1987) {1994, 20-bit K2 HQCD, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 467 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 207 Mb
Full Scans | 00:52:00 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock, Classic Rock | Geffen Records / MCA Victor #MVCZ-71

Permanent Vacation is the ninth studio album by American rock band Aerosmith, released in August 1987 by Geffen Records. The album marks a turning point in the band's career. It is their first album to employ professional songwriters, instead of featuring material solely composed by members of the band. This came as a suggestion of executive John Kalodner, who also pushed the band to work with producer Bruce Fairbairn, who remained with them for another two albums. It was also the first Aerosmith album to be promoted by heavy music video airplay on MTV. Though Done with Mirrors was intended to mark Aerosmith's comeback, Permanent Vacation is often considered their true comeback album, as it was the band's first truly popular album since their reunion. "Rag Doll", "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", and "Angel" all became major hit singles (all three songs charted in the Top 20) and helped Permanent Vacation become the band's most successful album in a decade.
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Cook (1974) [2011, Japanese HQCD]

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Cook (1974)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
3CD | Victor, VICP-75014~16 | ~ 878 or 381 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 83 Mb
Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock

This excellent live recording served as my introduction to the wonderful Italian-flavoured progressive rock of PFM back in '74. The songs represented are all superlative, and the musicianship is amazing…
I Solisti Italiani: Handel - Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 1, 2, 6, 7, 10 (1989) [2010, Japan HQCD, COCQ-84756]

I Solisti Italiani: Händel - Concerti Grossi Op. 6, Nos. 1, 2, 6, 7, 10 (1989)
Classical | EAC Rip | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2010 | Columbia, COCQ-84756 | ~ 434 or 184 Mb | Scans

I Solisti Italiani is a chamber string orchestra consisting of about 12 players, known particularly for their spirited readings of works from the Baroque and Classical periods. They have performed and recorded much Vivaldi over the years and have devoted nearly as much effort to the works of Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Rossini…
Alban Berg Quartett - Mozart: String Quartets Nos. 18 & 19 (1989) [2010, Japan HQCD, TOCE-91034]

Alban Berg Quartett - Mozart: String Quartets Nos. 18 & 19 (1989)
Classical | EAC Rip | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log | MP3 CBR 320Kbps | 8 Tracks
EMI Music Japan | TOCE-91034 | HQCD | ~275 + 162 Mb
Scans(jpg 300dpi) Included | Scans(png, 600dpi) -> 446 Mb

Ian Anderson - Homo Erraticus (2014) {K2HD HQCD, Japan}  Music

Posted by popsakov at April 3, 2022
Ian Anderson - Homo Erraticus (2014) {K2HD HQCD, Japan}

Ian Anderson - Homo Erraticus (2014) {K2HD HQCD, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 338 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 126 Mb
Full Scans ~ 203 Mb | 00:51:57 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Folk Rock | WHD Entertainment, Inc. #IECP-10292

Two years after Thick as a Brick 2, an explicit 2012 sequel to the 1972 prog classic, Ian Anderson embarked on another ambitious journey, this time assembling a concept record called Homo Erraticus. A loose – very loose – album based on a "dusty, unpublished manuscript, written by local amateur historian Ernest T. Parritt (1873-1928)," Homo Erraticus is an old-fashioned prog record: it has narrative heft and ideas tied to the '70s, where jazz, classical, folk, orchestral pop, and rock all commingled in a thick, murky soup. Divorced from Tull, Anderson favors fruitiness – he likes ripe melodies and baroque arrangements that showcase either his flute or the dexterity of his band – and if the music by and large isn't as forceful as Aqualung, partially due to the absence of muscular musicians, it nevertheless demonstrates a clear-eyed conception that is in the same lineage.
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Photos Of Ghosts (1973) [Japanese HQCD, VICP-75012]

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Photos Of Ghosts (1973)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Victor Japan, VICP-75012 | ~ 465 or 175 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 65 Mb
Progressive Rock

PFM were already Italy's premiere progressive rock band when Emerson, Lake & Palmer signed them to the British trio's own Manticore label in 1972 and turned to King Crimson alumnus Peter Sinfield to write English-language words (sung phonetically) for this, the Italian group's debut international release. A phantasmagorical creation, Photos of Ghosts is filled with lush melodies and rich musical textures, all wrapped around Sinfield's frequently surreal lyrics, which seem an extension of some of his better work from King Crimson's Lizard and Islands albums…
Premiata Forneria Marconi - Jet Lag (1977) [2011, Japanese HQCD]

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Jet Lag (1977)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Victor, VICP-75019 | ~ 396 or 139 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 64 Mb
Progressive Rock / RPI

As PFM's work showed the increasing influence of electric jazz, the releases showed more impressive chops and yet also became less compelling to listen to. Jet Lag is the first release of theirs to cross this line, as it's noticeably less enjoyable than the previous year's Chocolate Kings…

VA - HQCD Jazz Selection (2009) {Japanese Limited Edition}  Music

Posted by popsakov at June 26, 2023
VA - HQCD Jazz Selection (2009) {Japanese Limited Edition}

VA - HQCD Jazz Selection (2009) {Japanese Limited Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 379 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 174 Mb
Full Scans | 01:00:54 | RAR 5% Recovery
Bop, Hard Bop, Post Bop, Vocal Jazz | EMI Music Japan Inc. #TOCJ-90010

Limited two-disc edition (HQCD + standard CD) for comparing sound. The collection includes Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Chet Baker, Duke Ellington, Sonny Clark, Art Pepper and others…
Katie Melua - The Katie Melua Collection (2010) {HQCD, Hong Kong}

Katie Melua - The Katie Melua Collection (2010) {HQCD, Hong Kong}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 344 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 148 Mb
Full Scans ~ 115 Mb | 01:01:09 | RAR 5% Recovery
Vocal Jazz, Pop | EvoSound #EVSA116HQ

With combined U.K. album sales of nearly three million copies, Georgian-born Katie Melua has quietly become one of the biggest-selling female artists of the decade. Without the media profile of Britney Spears, the powerhouse vocals of Anastacia, or the critical acclaim of Dido, her success has been based purely on old-fashioned songs that have managed to have appeal beyond the usual folk-pop market. Indeed, just like her biggest influence, Eva Cassidy, who appears here on a posthumous cover of "What a Wonderful World," Melua's soothing and jazz-tinged tones found an audience through repeated plays on Terry Wogan's BBC Radio 2 show. So the fact that the majority of The Katie Melua Collection never really moves past first gear shouldn't come as any surprise.
Sahib Shihab - Sahib's Jazz Party (1963) {2009 Japan MiniLP HQCD Remaster}

Sahib Shihab - Sahib's Jazz Party (1963) {2009 Japan MiniLP HQCD Remaster}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 481 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 169 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 130 Mb | 5% repair rar | DSD Remaster
© 1963, 2009 Debut / Muzak | MZCB-1190
Jazz / Bop / Saxophone

Limited remastered reissue paperlseeve edition released by indie Japanese label, Muzak. HQCD, 24-bit remastering. One of the first European recordings from Sahib Shihab – a classic set that's the start of an amazing 60s run on the continent! Shihab here is quite different than his American dates of the 50s – bolder, and blowing with a really open, fluid sort of groove that marks a great development in his sound – using baritone sax, soprano, and flute – a range of instruments that really creates a wide range of feeling in the set! The performance is a live one, and the group is great too – with Allen Botschinsky on flugelhorn, Ole Molin on guitar, Niles Henning Orsted Pedersen on bass, and both Alex Riel and Bjarne Rostvold on drums.