The Music And The Mirror

The latest in Ace Records’ Songwriters series takes the listener from a version of ‘Why Don’t You Smile Now’ from Lou Reed’s pre-Velvet Underground days through selections from the band’s albums to three from 1972’s solo “Transformer”.

SIX CD SET OF LIVE DREAM THEATER BROADCAST RECORDINGS FROM THE 1990s Formed in 1985, originally going under the name Majesty, by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while all three attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston MA, they subsequently dropped out of their studies to concentrate further on the band that would ultimately become Dream Theater. Though a number of line-up changes followed, the three original members remained together until September 2010, when drummer Mike Portnoy left the band. Mike Mangini was announced as the new, permanent drummer in April 2011. This 6 CD set captures classic-era Dream Theater while performing live at various junctures in the earlier part of their career, specifically in 1993, 1995 and 1999, with full shows included from each of these years. All recorded for FM Radio Broadcast, resulting in perfect audio quality throughout, this boxed set will prove a very welcome reminder for fans of this enormously talented group of what a truly extraordinary musical phenomena they have always been within a live setting.

VA - The Akron Compilation
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 852 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 267 MB
Cat#: TELDEC, Stiff Records 6.23538 | Country/Year: Germany 1978
Genre: Punk, New Wave | Hoster: FS + HF/FF

…Released in June of 1978, a month before the first album by Akron’s finest deserters DEVO, The Akron Compilation attempts to document the wave of creativity that swelled in the Rubber City. There’s no doubt, however, that DEVO’s visibility is what brought attention to the Akron bands documented on this disc—and no small coincidence that it was a Stiff Records release, the label that brought DEVO’s first three singles out to the world outside of Ohio. Hell, the cover art even echos the iconic shot of the “Shine On America” mural in Akron that had been immortalized in DEVO’s 1975 film “The Truth About De-Evolution”…