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Enya - Amarantine (2005) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 23, 2024
Enya - Amarantine (2005) {Japan 1st Press}

Enya - Amarantine (2005) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 266 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 110 Mb
Full Scans ~ 150 Mb | 00:45:35 | RAR 5% Recovery
New Age, Ambient | Warner Bros. Records #WPCR-12221

Amarantine is the sixth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter and musician Enya, released on 21 November 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. Amarantine was recorded in Ireland with her longtime recording partners, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. It is Enya's first album not to include a song in Irish and her first to include songs sung in Japanese and Loxian, a fictional language created by Roma. Amarantine received mixed reviews from critics, but it was a commercial success and reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, where it sold one million copies in its first month of release, and No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2007, the album won Enya her fourth Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. According to Nielsen SoundScan, it was the third top selling new age album of the 2000s in the United States.

Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper (2008) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 22, 2024
Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper (2008) {Japan 1st Press}

Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper (2008) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 398 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 123 Mb
Full Scans ~ 120 Mb | 00:50:45 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Hard Rock | Sanctuary Records / Universal Music #UICO-9038

Although Uriah Heep is known for its extensive personnel changes, its lineup has been stable since the mid-'80s; unfortunately, that stability coincided with the band's commercial decline (its last album to chart in the U.S. came in 1983, its last in its native U.K., 1985). So, no one outside the group's fan base noticed that the quintet of founding member and guitarist Mick Box, drummer Lee Kerslake (1971-1978, 1982-2007), bassist Trevor Bolder (who joined in 1977, left during the band's hiatus in the early '80s, and returned a couple of years after its re-formation), singer Bernie Shaw, and keyboard player Phil Lanzon (both of whom joined in the mid-'80s) remained in place through numerous world tours and the studio albums Raging Silence (1989), Different World (1991), Sea of Light (1995), and Sonic Origami (1998).
Paice Ashton Lord - BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (1992) {Japan 1st Press}

Paice Ashton Lord - BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (1992) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 340 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 127 Mb
Covers Included | 00:50:51 | RAR 5% Recovery
Classic Rock, Blues Rock | Brunette / Alfa Records #ALCB-825

Paice Ashton Lord was a short-lived British rock band featuring Deep Purple band members Ian Paice and Jon Lord with singer Tony Ashton. The band was formed in 1976, released its only album in 1977 and broke up in 1978. Recorded in 1977, on the tails of the post-Deep Purple supergroup's Malice In Wonderland album, this extremely well-recorded broadcast catches the trio (and friends) stretching out in directions that the album itself never managed. On vinyl, after all, PAL sounded constricted, forever teetering on the brink of a no-holds-barred jam, but never quite mustering the strength to leap in. On stage, however, the improvisational instincts that Paice and Lord had built their very reputations upon were given full rein to spread and stretch.
Prefab Sprout - Let’s Change The World With Music (2009) {2013, Blu-Spec CD2, Remastered, Japan}

Prefab Sprout - Let’s Change The World With Music (2009) {2013, Blu-Spec CD2, Remastered, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u8 + Log ~ 336 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 113 Mb
Full Scans ~ 243 Mb | 00:46:32 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop Rock / Alternative Rock / Indie Rock / Sophisti-Pop
Epic / Sony Music Japan #SICP 30406

From Prefab Sprout's early-'80s singles up through their often brilliant but much maligned album The Gunman and Other Stories in 2001, Paddy McAloon has written some of the finest pop tunes you're likely to hear in your lifetime. Comparisons have been made with Cole Porter, Lennon/McCartney, Brian Wilson, Stephen Sondheim, Jimmy Webb, Elvis Costello, and many others, but he remains a truly original and gifted singer and songwriter. While Prefab Sprout could never be called prolific in terms of physical album releases, McAloon has continued to write and demo material throughout the band's 20-plus-year career.

Atoll - Tertio (1977) {1993, Japan Early Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 28, 2024
Atoll - Tertio (1977) {1993, Japan Early Press}

Atoll - Tertio (1977) {1993, Japan Early Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 259 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 102 Mb
Covers Included | 00:37:39 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | CRiME #KICP-2723

The French equivalent of prog-rock bands Yes and Genesis, Atoll recorded four albums in the mid- to late '70s with a lineup that stabilized by the time of the group's second album. L'Araignee Mal (1975) included vocalist/percussionist André Balzer, guitarist Christian Beya, bassist Jean-Luc Thillot, keyboard player Michel Taillet, and drummer Alain Gozzo. Gradually commercializing its sound beginning with third album Tertio, Atoll released only one more studio album Rock Puzzle before breaking up. In the late '80s, however, a new, pop-oriented version appeared. Including only Beya from the previous lineup, the band released L'Ocean and the live album Tokyo C'est Fini (both 1989).

Atoll - Rock Puzzle (1979) {1989, Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 27, 2024
Atoll - Rock Puzzle (1979) {1989, Japan 1st Press}

Atoll - Rock Puzzle (1979) {1989, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 321 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 118 Mb
Scans Included | 00:43:14 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | CRiME #292E 2030

The French equivalent of prog-rock bands Yes and Genesis, Atoll recorded four albums in the mid- to late '70s with a lineup that stabilized by the time of the group's second album. L'Araignee Mal (1975) included vocalist/percussionist André Balzer, guitarist Christian Beya, bassist Jean-Luc Thillot, keyboard player Michel Taillet, and drummer Alain Gozzo. Gradually commercializing its sound beginning with third album Tertio, Atoll released only one more studio album Rock Puzzle before breaking up. In the late '80s, however, a new, pop-oriented version appeared. Including only Beya from the previous lineup, the band released L'Ocean and the live album Tokyo C'est Fini (both 1989).

Alice Cooper - Constrictor (1986) {1991, Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 15, 2024
Alice Cooper - Constrictor (1986) {1991, Japan 1st Press}

Alice Cooper - Constrictor (1986) {1991, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 275 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 97 Mb
Scans Included | 00:37:18 | RAR 5% Recovery
Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal | MCA Victor, Inc. #MVCM-21028

At a time when many of the forgotten bands of the '70s began to resurface, Alice Cooper released Constrictor in 1986, his first album in three years. The album attempts a fresh start, which made sense, since Cooper suffered physically, creatively, and commercially over the past decade due to changing trends and alcoholism, which left his latest releases void of the energy that had made Killer and Welcome to My Nightmare so popular. For the most part, Cooper succeeded in re-establishing himself – this is arguably some of the best work he put forth in years. Nothing comes close to the songs he recorded in his '70s heyday, but what's here is surprisingly lively and sharp-witted: "Simple Disobedience" is a catchy anthem of rebellion, and "Teenage Frankenstein" is a straightforward, amusingly melodramatic rocker.
Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) {2011, 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition, Remastered, Japan}

Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) {2011, 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition, Remastered, Japan}
4CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 2,05 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 819 Mb
Full Scans | 04:14:42 | RAR 5% Recovery
Alternative Rock, Grunge | DGC / Universal Music #UICY-75124

20th Anniversary Edition. 90 page special collector's book - unreleased photos and exclusive memorabilia. 70 total tracks - 35 unreleased. Nevermind was never meant to change the world, but you can never predict when the Zeitgeist will hit, and Nirvana's second album turned out to be the place where alternative rock crashed into the mainstream. This wasn't entirely an accident, either, since Nirvana did sign with a major label, and they did release a record with a shiny surface, no matter how humongous the guitars sounded. And, yes, Nevermind is probably a little shinier than it should be, positively glistening with echo and fuzzbox distortion, especially when compared with the black-and-white murk of Bleach.

Eric Sardinas - Black Pearls (2003) {Japan 1st Press}  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 23, 2024
Eric Sardinas - Black Pearls (2003) {Japan 1st Press}

Eric Sardinas - Black Pearls (2003) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 417 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 149 Mb
Full Scans | 00:52:35 | RAR 5% Recovery
Favored Nations / Victor Entertainment, Inc. #VICP-62371
Blues Rock / Hard Rock / Modern Electric Blues

Eric Sardinas is an American blues-rock slide guitarist born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is noted for his use of the electric resonator guitar and his live performances. He sometimes sets his guitar alight on stage and during shows. In 2000 in Sydney, Sardinas suffered third degree burns to his left wrist. Sardinas began to play the guitar at age six and leaned toward vintage recordings by such Delta bluesmen as Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters. Although he was left-handed, he eventually started to play right-handed. In 2002, he featured on the Bo Diddley tribute album Hey Bo Diddley - A Tribute!, performing the song "Ride On Josephine". He signed to Steve Vai's Favored Nations record label and was the opening act for Vai's The Real Illusions Tour 2005 around the world. In 2008, Sardinas released Eric Sardinas and Big Motor on Steve Vai's Favored Nations record label in the U.S.
Wings - Wings At The Speed Of Sound (1976) {1993, Remastered Reissue, Japan}

Wings - Wings At The Speed Of Sound (1976) {1993, Remastered Reissue, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 361 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 194 Mb
Full Scans | 00:56:47 | RAR 5% Recovery
Soft Rock, Pop Rock | MPL / Odeon / Toshiba-EMI Ltd. #TOCP-7857

Wings at the Speed of Sound is the fifth studio album by Wings, released on 25 March 1976 as a follow-up to their previous album Venus and Mars. Issued at the height of the band's popularity, it reached the top spot on the US album chart and peaked at number 2 on the UK album chart. Both singles from the album also reached the top 5 of the UK and US singles charts, with 'Silly Love Songs' reaching number 1 in the US. The album was recorded and released in the midst of Wings' highly successful Wings Over the World tour, with songs from the album performed on the tour after its release. Subsequently, performances of "Let 'Em In", "Time to Hide", 'Silly Love Songs' and "Beware My Love" were included on the live album Wings over America, released in December 1976. As a reaction to critics who believed Wings was merely a vehicle for Paul McCartney, the album featured every member of the band taking lead vocals on at least one song, and two songs from the album are written or co-written by band members other than the McCartneys. In 1993, Wings at the Speed of Sound was remastered and reissued on compact disc as part of The Paul McCartney Collection series; added as bonus tracks were "Walking in the Park with Eloise" by the Country Hams, its B-side "Bridge on the River Suite", and the Wings track "Sally G" (the B-side to their single "Junior's Farm"). All were recorded in Nashville in 1974.