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Yes - The Yes Album (1971) [2010, MFSL 24kt Gold UDCD 779]  Music

Posted by v3122 at Dec. 13, 2021
Yes - The Yes Album (1971) [2010, MFSL 24kt Gold UDCD 779]

Yes - The Yes Album (1971) [2010, MFSL 24kt Gold UDCD 779]
Progressive/Art Rock | EAC Rip | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log | MP3 CBR 320Kbps | 6 Tracks
Scans | MFSL | UDCD 779 | ~278 + 103 Mb

The key components to every great prog-rock album comprise memorable guitar riffs, punchy immediacy that draws you into the song, ample rhythmic kick, and the imaginative capacity to transport the listener to a place well beyond the confines of reality. Yes’ The Yes Album features all of these rare qualities and more, the 1971 record as significant for saving the band’s career as well as for establishing new parameters in virtuosic technicality and skilled composition. The first set recorded with guitarist Steve Howe, it remains Yes’ grandest achievement and claims a musical vision the British quintet’s contemporaries struggled to match…

Jeff Beck - Truth (1968) [MFSL 2021] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC  Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at Aug. 7, 2023
Jeff Beck - Truth (1968) [MFSL 2021] SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Jeff Beck - Truth (2021) [MFSL 2021]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:21 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 1,15 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,01 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 944 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2223

The core lineup - Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Mickey Waller, Ron Wood – responsible for the groundbreaking performances Truth alone qualifies as a watershed accomplishment. That the 1968 landmark predated and impacted Led Zeppelin's debut; involved members of Led Zeppelin, The Faces, and The Who; continues to be cited by many experts as the blueprint for hard rock; and unspools with indescribable guitar wizardry and primal energy put it into rarefied territory. Among the most influential sets ever released, Beck's solo debut has never spoken with more truth than on this exceptional reissue.

Queen - A Night At The Opera (1975) [MFSL, 1992] (Re-up)  Music

Posted by gribovar at June 28, 2023
Queen - A Night At The Opera (1975) [MFSL, 1992] (Re-up)

Queen - A Night At The Opera (1975) [MFSL, 1992]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 246 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 101 MB | Covers - 76 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Prog Related | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (UDCD 568)

Queen were straining at the boundaries of hard rock and heavy metal on Sheer Heart Attack, but they broke down all the barricades on A Night at the Opera, a self-consciously ridiculous and overblown hard rock masterpiece. Using the multi-layered guitars of its predecessor as a foundation, A Night at the Opera encompasses metal ("Death on Two Legs," "Sweet Lady"), pop (the lovely, shimmering "You're My Best Friend"), campy British music hall ("Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon," "Seaside Rendezvous"), and mystical prog rock ("'39," "The Prophet's Song"), eventually bringing it all together on the pseudo-operatic "Bohemian Rhapsody." In short, it's a lot like Queen's own version of Led Zeppelin IV, but where Zep find dark menace in bombast, Queen celebrate their own pomposity…

Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) [MFSL, 1997]  Music

Posted by gribovar at May 24, 2023
Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) [MFSL, 1997]

Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) [MFSL, 1997]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 299 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 112 MB | Covers - 41 MB
Genre: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (UDCD 714)

Steppenwolf entered the studio for their recording debut with a lot of confidence - based on a heavy rehearsal schedule before they ever got signed - and it shows on this album, a surprisingly strong debut album from a tight hard rock outfit who was obviously searching for a hook to hang their sound on. The playing is about as loud and powerful as anything being put out by a major record label in 1968, though John Kay's songwriting needed some development before their in-house repertory would catch up with their sound and musicianship. On this album, the best material came from outside the ranks of the active bandmembers: "Born to Be Wild" by ex-member Mars Bonfire, which became not only a chart-topping high-energy anthem for the counterculture (a status solidified by its use in Dennis Hopper's movie Easy Rider the following year)…
V.A. - Top 100 60's Rock Albums By Ultimate Classic Rock: CD51-CD75 (1963-1969)

V.A. - Top 100 60's Rock Albums By Ultimate Classic Rock: CD51-CD75 (1963-1969)
FLAC (*tracks+.cue+log ,scans) | Run Time: 19:30:35 | 7.79 Gb
Genre: Classic rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock, pop-rock, rock & roll
Label: Parlophone, Columbia, Capitol Records, Epic…

The Top 100 '60s Rock Albums represent the moment when popular music came of age. In the earliest part of the decade, bands were still regularly referencing earlier sounds and themes. By the middle, something powerful and distinct was happening, which is why the latter part of the '60s weighs so heavily on our list. A number of bands evolved alongside fast-emerging trends of blues rock, folk rock, psychedelia and hard rock, adding new complexities to the music even as the songs themselves became more topical. If there's a thread running through the Top 100 '60s Rock Albums and this period of intense change, it has to do with the forward-thinking artists who managed to echo and, in some cases, advance the zeitgeist. Along the way, legends were made.

Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (SACD) (1967/2020)  Music

Posted by delpotro at May 31, 2020
Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (SACD) (1967/2020)

Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (SACD) (1967/2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 162 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 109 Mb | Covers included | 00:43:49
Psychedelic Rock | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Mastered from the Original Master Tapes and Limited to 2,000 Numbered Copies: Sonically Superb Hybrid SACD Presents the Record in True-to-the-Original Mono.
The Allman Brothers Band - Fillmore East, February 1970 (1997) [Re-Up]

The Allman Brothers Band - Fillmore East, February 1970 (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 435 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 178 Mb | Scans included
Southern Rock, Blues-Rock, Jam Band | Label: Grateful Dead | # GDCD 4063 | 01:11:19

The Allman Brothers shared the bill with the Grateful Dead on several notable occasions. This release recalls the Brothers in support of the Dead and Love in February 1970 at the fabulous Fillmore East. No specific dates for the performances are noted, so it is presumed this release is a composite from recordings made at some point during the two sets per night that the Allman's performed on February 11th through the 14th. There is no mistaking the unbridled fervor of the original line-up of the band. Rising to the challenge of exploratory psychedelia – while remaining ever faithful to their Southern blues roots – blues standards such as "(I'm Gonna Move to The) Outskirts of Town" and "Hoochie Coochie Man" are strengthened and extended beyond their typical assertions. No longer are they relegated to the inadequately rendered thrashings of garage rock. Betts and the Allman's understand the dynamics of blues. It is out of this respect for the art form that the band is able to pull off such authentic psychedelia-tinged Delta sounds.
Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2015]

Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2015]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 780 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 239 MB | Covers - 218 MB
Genre: Alternative Rock, Funk Metal | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner/Slash Records (0825646120970)

Starting with the careening "From Out of Nowhere" driven by Roddy Bottum's doomy, energetic keyboards, Faith No More rebounded excellently on The Real Thing after Chuck Mosley's was fired. Given that the band had nearly finished recording the music and Mike Patton was a last minute recruit, he adjusts to the proceedings well. His insane, wide-ranging musical interests would have to wait for the next album for their proper integration, but the band already showed enough of that to make it an inspired combination. Bottum, in particular, remains the wild card, coloring Jim Martin's nuclear-strength riffs and the Bill Gould/Mike Bordin rhythm slams with everything from quirky hooks to pristine synth sheen. It's not quite early Brian Eno-joins-Led Zeppelin-and-Funkadelic…