The Sweatbox (2002)

The Wildweeds - No Good To Cry: The Best of The Wildweeds (2002)

The Wildweeds - No Good To Cry: The Best of The Wildweeds (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 318 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 137 MB
49:45 | Full Scans Included | Rock, Garage Rock, Soul | Label: Confidential Recordings

Before a teenaged Al Anderson began his 22-year run with the well-loved and prolific NRBQ, he had The Wildweeds. Big Al, as he is known, wrote most of this collection of scorching rock and soul-influenced songs. This definitive lineup of The Wildweeds never put out an LP. Thus these tracks - many never released - form a great "lost" album of the 1960s.
For Confidential Recordings' in-depth package, Big Al not only lent his full cooperation, but also provided access to his personal collection of photographs and memorabilia. In addition, Wildweeds historian Richard Brukner interviewed other original band members and scores of family, friends and fans. His resulting sixteen pages of liner notes tell the complete story of The Wildweeds. That story is also told by the music. At the collection's core are the eight songs that comprise the entirety of The Weeds' four single records released on Chess' Cadet label. Six previously unreleased tracks round out the set, including a searing cover of The Soul Sisters classic "I Can't Stand It" and "Fuzzy Wuzzy," a red-hot, fuzzed-out original instrumental. This compilation also debuts "No Good To Cry" in stereo and instrumental versions re-mixed and re-mastered from the original multi-track tapes by original producer Thomas "Doc" Cavalier.
Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band - Rendezvous With The Blues (2002)

Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band - Rendezvous With The Blues (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 374 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 128 Mb | Scans ~ 58 Mb
Label: Evidence Records | # ECD 26123-2 | Time: 00:55:38
Electric Blues, Chicago Blues, Blues-Rock, Jazz-Blues

Rendezvous With the Blues marks another step in the normalization of Melvin Taylor. With Lucky Peterson on keyboards, Taylor is much more the featured lead guitarist in a straight-band context that too often finds him fighting for room to move in the full arrangements. He takes a jazzy lead on the opening "Coming Home Baby," but that runs counter to the measured, mid-tempo groove that dominates the first three tracks and seems like a move to court the contemporary rock-blues audience. So does some of the material – no originals, with ZZ Top, Stephen Stills, and Carlos Santana's tribute to John Lee Hooker in the songwriter credits on one side and Charles Singleton and Prince for contemporary black funk/rock relevance on the other. Horns kick in to punctuate the slinky, clavinet-anchored funk on "I'm the Man Down There," but Taylor's solo gets cluttered up by a duel with Peterson (on guitar here). Taylor is better-served when he escapes the rock beat straitjacket on "Tribute to John Lee Hooker" – the Latin-tinged rhythms give his guitar more freedom to float and sting.

Steve Tyrell - This Time of the Year (2002)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Nov. 14, 2021
Steve Tyrell - This Time of the Year (2002)

Steve Tyrell - This Time of the Year (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 249.47 Mb | 39:22 | Covers
Vocal Jazz, Christmas | Country: USA | Label: Columbia - CK 86638

Steve Tyrell has attracted enough attention for his two regular albums, A New Standard and Standard Time, that he is almost beyond journalists' usual tack of describing a new singer's voice by who he sounds like; pretty soon, they'll be saying that other singers sound like him. But it remains true that if you have never heard him but you are familiar with Dr. John, your first reaction upon hearing him is likely to be that you are listening to Dr. John. Well, maybe a younger Dr. John, and one whose accent isn't quite as swampy. But the basic elements – the grit and gravel in the tone, the slurred, deep South phrasing – are much the same.
The Chieftains - Live Over Ireland: Water From The Well (2002)

The Chieftains - Live Over Ireland: Water From The Well (2002)
DVD-5: PAL 16:9 (720x576) VBR | Dolby AC3, 2 & 6 ch
Folk, Celtic | 01:27:04+00:17:52 | ~ 4.53 Gb

Journey with The Chieftains to the special places and people of the home counties that formed the band's musical soul. Derek Bell, Kevin Conneff, Martin Fay, Sean Keane, Matt Molloy and Paddy Moloney tell the tales of their earliest memories of Irish music. Their thoughtful and often amusing stories capture the emotion behind the scenes of every performance.
The Doors - Maximum Doors: The Unauthorised Biography Of The Doors (2002)

The Doors - Maximum Doors: The Unauthorised Biography Of The Doors (2002)
Flac(Image) + Cue & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Chrome Dreams, ABCD113 | ~ 296 or 159 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 8.62 Mb
Non-Music

More than 30 years after the death of Jim Morrison, interest in The Doors is as strong as ever. They have been the posthumous subject of both a best-selling biography and a cinema film. 'Maximum Doors' presents the complete and unauthorised audio-biography of this ground-breaking quartet from their earliest days, through their rise to fame and enormous success, to the death of Morrison in Paris and the demise of the band. A perfect addition to every Doors fan's collection.

Gato Barbieri - The Shadow Of The Cat (2002)  Music

Posted by gribovar at June 18, 2021
Gato Barbieri - The Shadow Of The Cat (2002)

Gato Barbieri - The Shadow Of The Cat (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 394 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 138 MB | Covers included
Genre: Smooth Jazz, Latin Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Peak Records (PKD-8509-2)

According to the press biography disseminated with advance copies of Gato Barbieri's Peak Records debut, The Shadow of the Cat, he was nearing 70 at the time of this release (previous published accounts would have put him at only 67) and this is the 50th album on which he is either featured or is the leader. One cannot, then, reasonably expect the old cat to have learned new tricks. Nor has his new label required him to; the company, run by contemporary jazz guitarist Russ Freeman, specializes in a melodic, commercial style of jazz. Producer Jason Miles (whose previous clients include Miles Davis and Luther Vandross) seems to have aimed at re-creating the sound of Barbieri's mid-'70s albums for A&M Records…

André Rieu / Andre Rieu. Love Around The World (2002)  Music

Posted by RSU75 at Feb. 27, 2022
André Rieu / Andre Rieu. Love Around The World (2002)

André Rieu / Andre Rieu. Love Around The World (2002)
DVD Video | Video ts | PAL 16:9 | 720x576 | 0hr 53mn | 4.00 Gb
German: Dolby AC3, 6 ch / Dolby AC3, 2 ch
Subtitles: English, Nederlands
Genre: Show, Music, Classical, neo-Classical, Classical Crossover

A portion of “Love Around The World” takes place on a beautiful cruise ship called the MS Deutchland; the other portion is filmed at various locations. There are 13 songs on the DVD, plus 3 bonus selections; there is also a section of special features with a discography section. The special features section is very interesting and very enjoyable.

The Tornados - Ridin the Wind - The Anthology (2002)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at May 24, 2023
The Tornados - Ridin the Wind - The Anthology (2002)

The Tornados - Ridin the Wind - The Anthology (2002)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:34:28 | 355 / 547 Mb
Genre: Rock & Roll / Label:Castle Communications

This magnificent anthology currently serves humanity both as a tribute to record producer Joe Meek and as the unparalleled definitive history of the British pop/rock group known as the Tornados. Famous for their recording of Meek's peculiarly unforgettable space age instrumental that was inspired by and named after Telstar (the U.S.A.'s belated answer to the Soviet Union's Sputnik), the group was initially formed by Meek as a nameless backup band for a series of now nearly forgotten pop singers.

Motörhead - Tear Ya Down: The Rarities (2002)  Music

Posted by v3122 at July 19, 2022
Motörhead - Tear Ya Down: The Rarities (2002)

Motörhead - Tear Ya Down: The Rarities (2002)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | Castle, CMDDD444 | ~ 621 or 195 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 65 Mb
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll

Motörhead have an overabundance of rarities in their vaults, as evidenced by the bonus tracks included on the 2001 Castle reissues of their early releases. Somehow, the group even had more rare tracks lying around, which comprise the 2002 double-disc set Tear Ya Down: The Rarities…
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002) [Japanese SHM-CD, 2008]

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002) [Japanese SHM-CD, 2008]
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 470 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 157 Mb | Scans ~ 43 Mb
Label: Interscope Records/Universal Music K.K. | # UICY-91287 | Time: 01:08:37
Hard Rock, Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock, Stoner Metal

Songs for the Deaf is the third studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on August 27, 2002 by Interscope Records. It features Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters on drums, alongside other guest musicians, and was the last Queens album to feature bassist Nick Oliveri. Songs for the Deaf is a loose concept album, taking the listener on a drive through the California desert from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree, tuning into radio stations from towns along the way such as Banning and Chino Hills. Songs for the Deaf received critical acclaim, and earned the band their first gold certification in the United States. One million copies were sold in Europe, earning a platinum certification from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry in 2008. Three singles were released from the album: "No One Knows", "Go with the Flow", and "First It Giveth".