Los Angeles Times June 30, 2024
Love - The Best of Love (2003) Music
Posted by Designol at Oct. 11, 2024
Love - The Best of Love (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 499 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 205 Mb
Label: Elektra/Rhino | # R2 73840 | Time: 01:15:50 | Scans included
Folk-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Baroque Pop
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 499 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 205 Mb
Label: Elektra/Rhino | # R2 73840 | Time: 01:15:50 | Scans included
Folk-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Baroque Pop
Love is in the air on a 22-track compilation from Arthur Lee's Legendary Band! The oft-overused word groundbreaking could in fact have been coined to describe the brief and brilliant career arc of Love, the pioneering psychedelic folk-rock group that was the brainchild of singer-songwriter and formidable frontman Arthur Lee. They are one of the first fully integrated acts in popular music - the visionary Lee is an African-American from Memphis, TN, who migrated west before finding fame. It's also a fact that Love was the first rock band signed to Jac Holzman's now-legendary 1960s Elektra roster, where they were instrumental in helping The Doors get started. Love's genius 1967 LP Forever Changes is considered one of the best pop albums ever made, and undoubtedly vies for most inclusions on the all-time Top 10 lists of music critics everywhere. Love made four albums from 1966-69 (including that masterwork), and it's from this quintessential quartet of recordings - plus two non-LP singles from the era - that THE BEST OF LOVE draws its incandescent repertoire.
Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra & John Adams - John Adams: Doctor Atomic (2018) Music
Posted by delpotro at Aug. 19, 2024
Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra & John Adams - John Adams: Doctor Atomic (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 687 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 360 Mb | 02:37:11
Classical, Opera | Label: Nonesuch Records
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 687 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 360 Mb | 02:37:11
Classical, Opera | Label: Nonesuch Records
John Adams’ 2005 opera explores the personal and moral issues surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb. Captured live in concert, it has colossal power and conviction. At its center is Gerald Finley’s commanding performance as Robert Oppenheimer, a scientist wracked by doubts. Having sung it at the premiere and many times since, he produces a magnificently characterized creation. Julia Bullock, Brindley Sherratt, Samuel Sakker, and Andrew Staples are all superb in supporting roles and Adams himself draws virtuoso playing from a truly galvanized BBC Symphony Orchestra. A major recording of a modern operatic classic.
Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra & John Adams - John Adams: Doctor Atomic (2018) Music
Posted by delpotro at Aug. 19, 2024
Julia Bullock, Gerald Finley, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra & John Adams - John Adams: Doctor Atomic (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 687 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 360 Mb | 02:37:11
Classical, Opera | Label: Nonesuch Records
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 687 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 360 Mb | 02:37:11
Classical, Opera | Label: Nonesuch Records
John Adams’ 2005 opera explores the personal and moral issues surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb. Captured live in concert, it has colossal power and conviction. At its center is Gerald Finley’s commanding performance as Robert Oppenheimer, a scientist wracked by doubts. Having sung it at the premiere and many times since, he produces a magnificently characterized creation. Julia Bullock, Brindley Sherratt, Samuel Sakker, and Andrew Staples are all superb in supporting roles and Adams himself draws virtuoso playing from a truly galvanized BBC Symphony Orchestra. A major recording of a modern operatic classic.
Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Stranger In My Own Back Yard (1974) Remastered Reissue 2012 Music
Posted by Designol at Oct. 11, 2024
Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Stranger In My Own Back Yard (1974) Remastered Reissue 2012
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 390 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 142 Mb | Scans ~ 39 Mb
Singer-Songwriter, AM Pop, Soft Rock | Label: Salvo | # SALVOXCD004 | Time: 01:02:02
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 390 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 142 Mb | Scans ~ 39 Mb
Singer-Songwriter, AM Pop, Soft Rock | Label: Salvo | # SALVOXCD004 | Time: 01:02:02
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1974 album from the Irish/British singer/songwriter. Recorded in Los Angeles, Gilbert's fourth album, another UK Top Ten hit, is full of witty, carefully-crafted songs and very successfully blends his very British dancehall sensibility with a smooth West Coast feel. This remastered edition features seven non-album singles and hard-to-find B-sides as bonus tracks.