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The Good Rats: CD Collection (1968-2000) Music

Posted by v3122 at April 28, 2015

The Good Rats: CD Collection (1968-2000)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
5CD | Label: Various | ~ 1352 or 525 Mb | Scans Included
Psychedelic Rock / Art-Rock / Hard Rock / Classic Rock

While countless rockers started their careers in the New York suburb of Long Island before going on to worldwide success (Billy Joel, Twisted Sister, Steve Vai, Brian Setzer, Blue Öyster Cult, etc.), there have been countless acts that appeared poised for a breakthrough, but for whatever reason, fell short. Many longtime followers of Long Island-based rock would probably agree that tops on the "woulda/coulda/shoulda" list were the Good Rats, a group who played at some of the East Coast's best-known/biggest venues (Madison Square Garden, Nassau Coliseum, the Philadelphia Spectrum) during the '70s, while opening for such big names as Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, the Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Kiss, Journey, Heart, Styx, Meat Loaf, and Rush, among others…

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Roy Orbison - The MGM Years 1965-1973 (Remastered) (2015) Music

Posted by Rtax at May 14, 2022

Roy Orbison - The MGM Years 1965-1973 (Remastered) (2015)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 2.6 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.04 GB
7:35:48 | Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Country Rock, Pop Rock, Stage & Screen | Label: UMe

Roy Orbison left Monument for MGM Records in 1965, not long after "Oh, Pretty Woman" gave him his second number one single in 1964. He did not see those heights again during his stint at MGM, but it wasn't for lack of trying. During those eight years, he released 12 full-length albums – another, One of the Lonely Ones, was rejected in 1969 and wasn't unearthed until 2015 – and a clutch of non-LP singles, all rounded up and released in this 13-disc box set, The MGM Years 1965-1973 (One of the Lonely Ones is not part of the box). Demon put this material out as a series of two-fers in the mid-2000s, but The MGM Years trumps those CDs by offering each album as a mini-LP in a cardboard sleeve, while adding a disc of B-Sides & Singles, plus a nice thick booklet filled with memorabilia and justifications for a rocky patch in Orbison's career. After a few modest hits – "Ride Away" and "Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart" made the Top 40 in 1965, "Twinkle Toes" just barely cracked that bar in 1966 – Orbison dropped off the charts completely but continued to cut records designed with a crossover in mind.

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Great Conductors Of The 20th Century, Volume 8: Nikolai Golovanov (2002) 2CDs Music

Posted by Designol at Dec. 12, 2023

It goes without saying that recording has transformed music from an evanescent art to one which can be readily preserved for the study and enjoyment of future generations. the EMI Great Conductors Edition - Nikolai Golovanov Among its services is the perpetuation of the art of musicians who were barely known in their time outside their own immediate spheres of influence. Golovanov surely was among these. Although he was the dominant force in Russian opera for nearly thirty years, he was summarily purged in 1952 (literally refused admission to his opera house one morning), died the following year and was conveniently forgotten as a political imperative of Soviet rewriting of Russian cultural history. Only recently have his records resurfaced to reveal an extraordinary outsized personality, a visionary galaxies apart from the polished discipline of Mravinsky and others who better towed the party line, both politically and aesthetically, and whose art has been touted as representing the Soviet ideal. Over half this set is devoted to five Liszt tone poems from Golovanov's pioneering set.

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Mott The Hoople - Original Album Classics (2009) 5 CD Box Set Music

Posted by Designol at June 8, 2025

2009 UK five CD set containing a quintet of albums from the British rockers: 'All The Young Dudes' (1972), 'Mott' (1973), 'The Hoople' (1974), 'Drive On' (1975) and 'Shouting & Pointing' (1976).

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Samantha Jones - Surrounded By A Ray Of Sunshine: The United Artists Recordings (2000) {Rec. 1964-1968} Music

Posted by BlondStyle at April 20, 2022

Samantha Jones - Surrounded By A Ray Of Sunshine: The United Artists Recordings (2000) {Rec. 1964-1968}
Pop/Rock, Vocal, British Invasion | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 54:56 | 316,01 Mb
Label: RPM Records (UK) | Cat.# RPM 199 | Released: 2000-06-13 (Rec. 1964-1968)

This has 20 tracks from her 1964-68 stint with United Artists, concentrating on the ten or so singles she made during that era, with a few LP cuts, a previously unreleased 1964 version of "As Long As You're Happy" (more famous as done by Sandie Shaw), and a rare Ford Cars promotional single. Jones was an okay but not great singer. These sides, some of them anyway, are most noteworthy for the inventive pop/rock-soul-orchestral production, particularly those by Charles Blackwell, who also handled Francoise Hardy and P.J. Proby during the era. Her 1964 debut single, "It's All Because of You," is stunning and strange for the time with its ghostly echoing percussive rattles, ominous melody, and brilliant orchestration; it's like Cilla Black's "You're My World" with more ambition. Francoise Hardy fans should note that the 1965 cuts "Don't Come Any Closer" and "Just Call and I'll Be There" are the English originals of tunes subsequently covered by Hardy in French (as "Non Ce N'est Pas Un Reve," and "Le Temps Des Souvenirs" respectively).

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VA - The 1959 R&B Hits Collection (2023) Music

Posted by Rtax at Feb. 2, 2023

VA - The 1959 R&B Hits Collection (2023)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 697 MB
4:50:35 | R&B, Soul, Pop, Blues | Label: Acrobat

This continues the strand of R&B and country collections associated with Acrobat’s highly popular “America’s Greatest Hits” series, this one focusing on the top R&B records in the US Billboard charts during 1959. This great value 115-track 4-CD anthology includes, with the exception of certain records which are unavailable for inclusion due to copyright restrictions, just about every record which peaked in the Top 14 positions of Billboard’s “Hot R&B Sides” chart during the year. The pop and R&B market was continuing to evolve as rock ‘n’ roll matured, and new strands arrived, with pop-flavoured R&B vocal groups making a significant impact, along with fine R&B vocalists who readily crossed into the pop charts, while the boundaries between pop and R&B continued to become less clear, as some pure pop records got traction on R&B radio stations.

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VA - The Ultimate Christmas Album, WCBS-FM 101.1, Vol. 7 (2008) Music

Posted by Designol at Dec. 22, 2024

Collectables presents 24 more of the greatest holiday hits of all time. All songs are the original hits by the original artists that made them great. Elvis Presley, Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra, Bing Cosby, Brian Wilson, Perry Como, Johnny Mathis, Barry Manilow, Luther Vandross, Michael Bolton, Gloria Estefan, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kenny Loggins, Buster Poindexter, Englebert Humperdinck, Donny Osmond, John Denver, The Manhattan Transfer, Gladys Knight, Kenny Vance, Bobby Vinton and Aretha Franklin.

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Oscar and The Wolf - Infinity (2017) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at Jan. 4, 2018

Oscar and The Wolf - Infinity (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 49:49 minutes | 543 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Despite playing to arenas of twenty thousand strong in mainland Europe, Oscar And The Wolf is little known in this country. But being big in Europe is not necessarily a good sign. There are many matters of taste and style that just do not cross the Channel, east to west, anyway. The embodiment of two sides of Max Colombie’s personality, Oscar And The Wolf links Europop, fashion and the show as spectacle, theatrics that many British music fans find distracting. It is a cultural gap the Belgian pop superstar is unlikely to bridge on this second album Infinity.

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VA - Songs from the 100 Best Australian Albums [5CD Box Set] (2010) Music

Posted by JET 1 at April 26, 2023

VA - Songs from the 100 Best Australian Albums [5CD Box Set] (2010)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 2.43 GB
Genre: Rock, Pop, Alternative | Label: Sony Music | Catalog Number: 8357545

5CD compilation entitled: 'Songs From The 100 Best Australian Albums'. It is a companion to a new book written by John O'Donnell, Toby Creswell & Craig Mathieson. As the name suggests, the book counts down the 100 Best Aussie albums of the pop era with detailed exploration of why the albums were chosen. The compilation is a 5CD pack and will include many tracks which rarely clear for compilations including not one, but two Midnight Oil tracks. It also features Easybeats - Friday On My Mind, Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock, The Saints - I'm Stranded, John Farnham - You're The Voice, Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon, Powderfinger - These Days, The Presets - My People, and many more.

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The Economic Singularity: Artificial Intelligence and the Death of Capitalism [Audiobook] Audiobooks

Posted by TheInsertus at Sept. 8, 2020

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