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Japan - Live From the Budokan, Tokyo FM, 1982 (2020)  Music

Posted by Rtax at March 13, 2024
Japan - Live From the Budokan, Tokyo FM, 1982 (2020)

Japan - Live From the Budokan, Tokyo FM, 1982 (2020)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 578 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 245 MB
1:41:52 | Synth-pop, Art Rock | Unofficial Release | Label: Voiceprint

Two CDs. Japan was an English new wave band formed in London in 1974 by David Sylvian (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steve Jansen (drums), Richard Barbieri (keyboards) and Mick Karn (bass guitar). They started out as a glam rock-inspired band but developed their sound to incorporate electronic music and art rock influences, eventually becoming an influence on the 1980s New Romantic scene in the UK, although the band themselves were not a part of it. This set was recorded at The Budokan, Tokyo in December 1982 and was their fifth from last show on that tour. The band had become friends with Yellow Magic Orchestra who joined them on some of the performances here - "Bamboo Music" is a duet featuring Akiko Yano, and "Taking Islands In Africa" features Yukihiro Takahashi. Ryuichi Sakamoto also plays on those tracks.
Bach Collegium Japan & Masaaki Suzuki - J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 (2020)

Bach Collegium Japan & Masaaki Suzuki - J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245 (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 522 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 254 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:45:28
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: BIS

Suzuki presents the 1749 version of the St. John Passion, a work that underwent many changes since its first performance in 1724. This fourth version, performed at the end of Bach's life, represents his ultimate vision of this great work. (Suzuki includes in an appendix three arias from the 1725 version that Bach removed from this later version.)

Billy Preston - 8 Albums 1971-1977 (2008) [Japan SHM-CD]  Music

Posted by JET 1 at Sept. 5, 2021
Billy Preston - 8 Albums 1971-1977 (2008) [Japan SHM-CD]

Billy Preston - 8 Albums 1971-1977 (2008) [Japan SHM-CD]
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 2.32 GB | Scans
Genre: Funk, Soul | Label: Universal Japan | Catalog Number: UICY-93455-62

It's advantageous to get an early start on your chosen career, but Billy Preston took the concept to extremes. By age ten he was playing keyboards with gospel diva Mahalia Jackson, and two years later, in 1958, he was featured in Hollywood's film bio of W.C. Handy, St. Louis Blues, as young Handy himself. Preston was a prodigy on organ and piano, recording during the early '60s for Vee-Jay and touring with Little Richard. He was a loose-limbed regular on the mid-'60s ABC TV series Shindig, proving his talent as both a vocalist and pianist, and he built an enviable reputation as a session musician, even backing the Beatles on their Let It Be album. That impressive Beatles connection led to Preston's big break as a solo artist with his own Apple album, but it was his early-'70s soul smashes "Outa-Space" and the high-flying vocal "Will It Go Round in Circles" for A&M that put Preston on the permanent musical map. Sporting a humongous Afro and an omnipresent gap-toothed grin, Preston showed that his enduring gospel roots were never far removed from his joyous approach. He continued to perform and record throughout the '80s, '90s, and 2000s, until he fell into a coma caused by pericarditis late in 2005; sadly, he never regained consciousness and passed away on June 6, 2006.
Chicago - Chicago Live In Japan (1972) [2CD] [2012, Japanese Paper Sleeve Mini-LPs]

Chicago - Chicago Live In Japan (1972) [2CD] [2012, Japanese Paper Sleeve Mini-LPs]
Rock, Pop Rock, Jazz-Rock, Live | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:44:26 | 1,08 Gb
Label: Rhino/Warner Music Japan Inc. (Japan) | Cat.# WPCR-14472~73 | Released: 2012-05-28 (1972)

This double-length set, not the "legendary" four-LP Carnegie Hall concert, is the one to get to hear what Chicago sounded like in their classic early period. In contrast to the Carnegie Hall show, where the band emphasized its precision to the point of deadening any excitement that might have been generated, here Chicago sounds upbeat and lively, bent on giving a good, exciting show and not on capturing a perfect performance. There are moments, as on the crescendo of "Dialogue," where the spirit outstrips the cleanness of the performance, but the group is so tight and forceful that one lets them slide by; at other times, as on "Beginnings," they're so smooth and lithe in their extension of the piece that one just wants to bask in it; and then they switch gears to the rougher, harder "Mississippi Delta City Blues," and make that work too. The whole performance is good, with a steady stream of worthwhile high points.

Japan - The Other Side Of Japan (1991)  Music

Posted by v3122 at July 16, 2020
Japan - The Other Side Of Japan (1991)

Japan - The Other Side Of Japan (1991)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Receiver Records, RRCD 150 | ~ 342 or 138 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 5.17 Mb
New Wave, Art Pop

The Other Side of Japan is a compilation album by the British band Japan, released in 1991 by Receiver Records…

The Doors - Singles Box (2013) [14CD Box Set, Japan] Repost  Music

Posted by v3122 at April 14, 2021
The Doors - Singles Box (2013) [14CD Box Set, Japan] Repost

The Doors - Singles Box (2013)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Warner Music Japan, WPCR-14801/14 | ~ 532 or 198 Mb | Artwork(png) -> 2.12 Gb
Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Acid Rock, Jazz Fusion, Art Rock, Classic Rock

Japanese original release. Special box set release from The Doors contains 28 tracks total, including 17 ones available as CD format for the first time. EP covers faithfully replicate the ones released from Victor from 1967 to 1972.
Ryusuke Numajiri, Taizō Takemoto & Japan Philharmonic Orchestra - John Williams: Film Spectacular (2017)

Ryusuke Numajiri, Taizō Takemoto & Japan Philharmonic Orchestra - John Williams: Film Spectacular (2017)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 551 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 275 Mb | 02:00:10
Classical, Soundtrack | Label: King Records

The album commemorating the 85th anniversary of the birth of'John Williams', a giant in the movie music industry, his musical world heard through high-spec recording.

Duran Duran - Future Past (2021) [Japan]  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Sept. 25, 2023
Duran Duran - Future Past (2021) [Japan]

Duran Duran - Future Past (2021) [Japan]
Pop/Rock, Dance-Rock, Electronic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (TIF) | 01:05:35 | 1,24 Gb
Label: Tape Modern/BMG (Japan) | Cat.# WPCR-18454 | Released: 2021-10-27 (2021-10-22)

"Future Past" is the 15th studio album by the British band Duran Duran, released on 22 October 2021. It is the band's first album to be released through BMG. The album, co-produced by the band alongside Mark Ronson, Giorgio Moroder and Erol Alkan, also features guest appearances by Tove Lo, Ivorian Doll, Japanese band Chai, and Mike Garson. Blur's Graham Coxon is the guitarist on the album. The band released the album's first single "Invisible" on 19 May 2021. The tracks "More Joy!" featuring Chai, "Anniversary", "Tonight United" and "Give It All Up" featuring Lo were also released in advance of the album.
Jackson Browne - The Road East: Live In Japan (2017) {Japanese Blu-Spec CD2}

Jackson Browne - The Road East: Live In Japan (2017) {Japanese Blu-Spec CD2}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 384 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 153 Mb
Full Scans ~ 153 Mb | 01:03:31 | RAR 5% Recovery
Classic Rock / Folk Rock / Soft Rock / Singer-Songwriter
Inside Recordings / Sony Music Labels #SICX 30050

Japanese original release. Jackson Browne brings a live album with tracks selected from his Japan tour in 2015, featuring a tight band of top-notch musicians. The songs are selected and mastered by Jackson Browne himself, including “These Days,” “The Crow on the Cradle,” and “Far From the Arms of Hunger.” Clyde Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne has written and recorded songs such as "These Days", "The Pretender", "Running on Empty", "Lawyers in Love", "Doctor My Eyes", "Take It Easy", "For a Rocker", and "Somebody's Baby". In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and given an honorary doctorate of music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. In 2015, Rolling Stone listed him as the 37th greatest songwriter of all time in its list of "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time".
Jackson Browne - The Road East: Live In Japan (2017) {Japanese Blu-Spec CD2}

Jackson Browne - The Road East: Live In Japan (2017) {Japanese Blu-Spec CD2}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 384 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 153 Mb
Full Scans ~ 153 Mb | 01:03:31 | RAR 5% Recovery
Classic Rock / Folk Rock / Soft Rock / Singer-Songwriter
Inside Recordings / Sony Music Labels #SICX 30050

Japanese original release. Jackson Browne brings a live album with tracks selected from his Japan tour in 2015, featuring a tight band of top-notch musicians. The songs are selected and mastered by Jackson Browne himself, including “These Days,” “The Crow on the Cradle,” and “Far From the Arms of Hunger.” Clyde Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne has written and recorded songs such as "These Days", "The Pretender", "Running on Empty", "Lawyers in Love", "Doctor My Eyes", "Take It Easy", "For a Rocker", and "Somebody's Baby". In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and given an honorary doctorate of music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. In 2015, Rolling Stone listed him as the 37th greatest songwriter of all time in its list of "100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time".