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a-ha - Hunting High And Low (1985) [2010, Japan] {25th Anniversary 2CD Deluxe Edition}

a-ha - Hunting High And Low (1985) [2010, Japan] {25th Anniversary 2CD Deluxe Edition}
Pop/Rock, New Wave, Synth-pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 02:14:52 | 1,08 Gb
Label: Warner Bros. Rec./Rhino/Warner Music (Japan) | Cat.# WPCR-13890~1 | Released: 2010-07-21 (1985)

"Hunting High and Low" is the debut studio album by Norwegian new wave band a-ha. Released on 1 June 1985 by Warner Bros. Records, the album was a huge commercial success selling more than 11 million units worldwide, peaking at #15 on the US Billboard 200 and reaching high positions on charts worldwide. The album was recorded at Eel Pie Studios in Twickenham, produced by Tony Mansfield, John Ratcliff and Alan Tarney. In all, five singles from the album were released, though not all were released internationally: "Take On Me", "Love Is Reason", "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.", "Train of Thought" and song of the same name. The group was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards in 1986, making A-ha the first Norwegian band to be nominated for a Grammy. "Hunting High and Low" was expanded and remastered in 2010.
Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning (1983) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2013]

Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning (1983) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 852 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 277 MB | Covers - 14 MB
Genre: Hard Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mercury Records (2792223)

Thin Lizzy's final studio release, Thunder and Lightning, was their most consistent album since 1979's Black Rose. Guitarist John Sykes replaced Snowy White, and the new blood must have inspired Lynott and company to write some of their best compositions in years. Although a pop-metal production hinders the tracks, there's more of a harder edge present than on their last release, Renegade. While the title track served as the ensuing tour's raging opener, half-baked lyrics detailing a fistfight and an unwarranted synth-solo weakens what should have been a straight-ahead rocker. But such heavies as "This Is the One" and "Cold Sweat" suit the band much better. Lizzy takes a stab at dance-rock with "The Holy War," while laying back with the tranquil "The Sun Goes Down" and the album's underrated highlight, the melodic "Bad Habits"…

David Grisman - Mondo Mando (Deluxe Edition) (1981/2023)  Music

Posted by Rtax at July 21, 2023
David Grisman - Mondo Mando (Deluxe Edition) (1981/2023)

David Grisman - Mondo Mando (Deluxe Edition) (1981/2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 318 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 138 MB
58:44 | Country, Bluegrass | Label: Acoustic Disc

In 1981, David Grisman recorded the second of four studio albums for Warner Brothers Records. Mondo Mando featured the stellar playing of quintet members and alumni. Founding members Tony Rice on guitar and Darol Anger on violin and violectra, join Mike Marshall (mandolin and guitar) Mark O'Connor on fiddle and bassist Rob Wasserman to create some true Dawg classics. The original LP (and limited edition CD) have long been out of print and this Deluxe Edition presents all of the original master takes plus an alternate studio take of "Albuquerque Turkey" featuring Mark O'Connor fiddling seven choruses, as well as live versions of "Dawg Funk" and "Mondo Mando," with mandolin jazz master Jethro Burns and the Kronos Quartet.

ABBA - The Album (1977) [Deluxe Edition 2007] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 14, 2024
ABBA - The Album (1977) [Deluxe Edition 2007] (Repost)

ABBA - The Album (1977) [Deluxe Edition 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 473 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 157 MB | Covers - 135 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (060251731763)

ABBA's fifth album was a marked step forward for the group, having evolved out of Europop music into a world-class rock act over their previous two albums, they now proceeded to absorb and assimilate some of the influences around them, particularly the laid-back California sound of Fleetwood Mac (curiously, like ABBA, then a band with two couples at its center), as well as some of the attributes of progressive rock. That they did this without compromising their essential virtues as a pop ensemble makes this album seem even more extraordinary, though at the time nobody bothered to analyze it - The Album was simply an incredibly popular release, yielding two British number one singles in "The Name of the Game" and "Take a Chance on Me" (which made the Top Five in America, their second-best showing after "Dancing Queen")…
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (1973) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2009] (Repost)

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (1973) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2009]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 495 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 247 MB | Covers - 149 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mercury Records (270 354-1)

Mike Oldfield's groundbreaking album Tubular Bells is arguably the finest conglomeration of off-centered instruments concerted together to form a single unique piece. A variety of instruments are combined to create an excitable multitude of rhythms, tones, pitches, and harmonies that all fuse neatly into each other, resulting in an astounding plethora of music. Oldfield plays all the instruments himself, including such oddities as the Farfisa organ, the Lowrey organ, and the flageolet. The familiar eerie opening, made famous by its use in The Exorcist, starts the album off slowly, as each instrument acoustically wriggles its way into the current noise that is heard, until there is a grand unison of eccentric sounds that wildly excites the ears…

The Kinks - Kinks (1964) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2011]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 9, 2024
The Kinks - Kinks (1964) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2011]

The Kinks - Kinks (1964) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2011]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 745 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 303 MB | Covers - 73 MB
Genre: Garage Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Sanctuary Records/Universal Music (275 627-4)

By sheer size alone, Universal’s 2011 Deluxe Edition of the Kinks' debut album trumps any previous reissue of the album, weighing in at a whopping 56 tracks spread over the course of two CDs. This includes the album in both its stereo and mono mixes, both sides of the “Long Tall Sally,” “You Still Want Me,” and “All Day and All of the Night” singles, the tracks from the Kinksize Session EP, the demo of “I Don’t Need You Anymore,” a couple of alternate takes and mixes, and a clutch of BBC sessions punctuated by interviews with Ray Davies. Although the album proper is slowed down by a little filler, the wealth of bonus material improves the overall experience: many of the single and EP tracks are better than what’s on the LP, the live sessions smoke, and the remastering kicks hard, all factors in making this the best edition ever of the Kinks' debut.

ABBA - Arrival (1976) [Deluxe Edition 2006] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 12, 2024
ABBA - Arrival (1976) [Deluxe Edition 2006] (Repost)

ABBA - Arrival (1976) [Deluxe Edition 2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 431 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 139 MB | Covers - 183 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (985 836-2)

Widely considered the Swedish foursome's first classic album - and historically important as the first to use the now-famous mirror-B logo - 1976's Arrival contains three huge hit singles, the dramatic "Money Money Money," the downcast "Knowing Me, Knowing You," and quite possibly the band's finest four minutes, the absolutely perfect pop classic "Dancing Queen," a combination of Spector-ian grandeur, McCartney-esque melody, and the indescribable vocals of Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The rest of ABBA's fourth album is strikingly consistent and accomplished, from the sly, bouncy "When I Kissed the Teacher" to the atmospheric title track, making room in between for the three excellent singles and five other substantial pop tunes. Although three LPs and a greatest-hits compilation preceded it, Arrival is aptly titled, as this album announces the band's move beyond bubblegum.
The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2011]

The Kinks - The Kink Kontroversy (1965) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2011]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 396 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 174 MB | Covers - 84 MB
Genre: Garage Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Sanctuary Records/Universal Music (275 628-5)

The Kinks came into their own as album artists - and Ray Davies fully matured as a songwriter - with The Kink Kontroversy, which bridged their raw early British Invasion sound with more sophisticated lyrics and thoughtful production. There are still powerful ravers like the hit "Til the End of the Day" (utilizing yet another "You Really Got Me"-type riff) and the abrasive, Dave Davies-sung cover of "Milk Cow Blues," but tracks like the calypso pastiche "I'm on an Island," where Ray sings of isolation with a forlorn yet merry bite, were far more indicative of their future direction. Other great songs on this underrated album include the uneasy nostalgia of "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?," the plaintive, almost fatalistic ballads "Ring the Bells" and "The World Keeps Going Round," and the Dave Davies-sung declaration of independence "I Am Free."

ABBA - ABBA (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2012] (Repost)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 11, 2024
ABBA - ABBA (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2012] (Repost)

ABBA - ABBA (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2012]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 315 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 113 MB | Covers - 118 MB
Genre: Pop, Europop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polar/Universal Music (00602537123094)

ABBA's self-titled third album was the one that really broke the group on a worldwide basis. The Eurovision Song Contest winner "Waterloo" had been a major international hit and "Honey, Honey" a more modest one, but ABBA was still an exotic novelty to most of those outside Scandinavia until the release of ABBA in the spring of 1975. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do," a schmaltzy tribute to the sound of '50s orchestra leader Billy Vaughn, seemed an unlikely first single, and indeed it barely scraped into the Top 40 in the U.K. But in Australia, it topped the charts, causing the Australian record company to pull its own second single, "Mamma Mia," off the album. This far more appealing pop/rock number followed its predecessor into the pole position Down Under and also topped the charts throughout Europe…

The Pineapple Thief - Dissolution (2018) [2CD Deluxe Edition]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 12, 2024
The Pineapple Thief - Dissolution (2018) [2CD Deluxe Edition]

The Pineapple Thief - Dissolution (2018) [2CD Deluxe Edition]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 425 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 172 MB | Covers - 364 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Kscope (KSCOPE544)

Dissolution was the follow-up album to 2016's Your Wilderness, and was the band’s second album to feature King Crimson and Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison, spurring The Pineapple Thief on as leaders of Europe’s experimental rock domain. Their efforts on Your Wilderness produced 4m+ album streams, a #7 in the UK Independent Charts and two extensive headline European tours culminating at London’s Islington Assembly Hall where the concert was recorded for the live release Where We Stood.
The new material established The Pineapple Thief's intent to elevate themselves to new heights, with a desire to develop their songwriting and technical capabilities, and with artwork created by iconic design agency Stylorouge, whose previous work includes Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Blur and British film Trainspotting…