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Ultravox - Quartet
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 856 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 278 MB
Cat#: Chrysalis 205 043-320 | Country/Year: Germany 1982
Genre: Pop Rock | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

With the successes of Vienna and its follow-up, Rage in Eden, Ultravox's position in the music scene was unassailable, further fortified by frontman Midge Ure's foray into solo-dom with the summer 1982 hit cover of the Walker Brothers' "No Regrets." The band's "Reap the Wild Wind" followed it up the U.K. chart that fall, a taster for the band's sixth album. And what a portentous taste it was…

Ideal - Der Ernst Des Lebens
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 837 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 268 MB
Cat#: Eitel Imperial, WEA 58 400 | Country/Year: Germany 1981
Genre: New Wave | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

German new wave quartet Ideal were formed around the talents of Annette Humpe, Ernst Ulrich Deuker, Frank Jürgen Krüger, and Hans-Joachim Behrendt. They released three records in the early '80s on Tangerine Dream's Klaus Schulze's record label, the self-titled Ideal, Der Ernst des Lebens, and Bi Nuu, before disbanding in 1984.

Jesus Jones - Doubt
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 901 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 302 MB
Cat#: EMI Electrola 064-7 95715 1 | Country/Year: Germany 1991
Genre: Rock, Electro, Crossover | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

Jesus Jones' best album, Doubt, benefits greatly from Mike Edwards' improved songwriting, as well as a better idea of how to effectively fuse guitar-rock with samples and dance-club beats that hint at techno…

Michelle Shocked - Captain Swing
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 685 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 234 MB
Cat#: Mercury 838 878-1 | Country/Year: Netherlands 1989
Genre: Singer/Songwriter | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

Shocked made a big jump from The Texas Campfire Tapes to Short Sharp Shocked, but no one expected the direction she would take for Captain Swing. Rather than continuing as a folky singer/songwriter, she opted instead to take on western swing and big-band music, complete with horn-heavy arrangements and bright orchestration…

Roaring Jack - Street Celtability
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 449 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 162 MB
Cat#: Mighty Boy MBEP00002 | Country/Year: Australia 1987
Genre: Celtic Folk, Folk Rock | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

Roaring Jack is an Australian Celtic punk/Folk punk band of the 1980s and 1990s. The band built a cult following by playing the Sydney pub circuit eventually scoring regular slots at the Harold Park Hotel in Glebe and the Sandringham Hotel in Newtown. Their music had a strong political focus with emphasis on Scottish sectarianism, Aboriginal Rights and union activism. The band went on to support the likes of Billy Bragg, the Pogues and The Men They Couldn't Hang during their Australian tours.

Chris Hinze Combination, The - Nazali
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 882 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 281 MB
Cat#: Keytone KYT 747 | Country/Year: Netherlands 1986
Genre: World Fusion, Jazz | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

Hinze was born in 1938 in Hilversum, The Netherlands. Shortly after his birth he moved to Indonesia. Because of the liberation war he returned back to The Netherlands in 1948. Started playing the piano at a young age but moved to the flute. Followed the music school in Den Haag and earned a scollorship to the Berkeley College Of Music in Boston…

Michael Quatro Jam Band - Look Deeply Into The Mirror
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 702 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 213 MB
Cat#: Bellaphon BI 15174 | Country/Year: Germany 1973
Genre: Prog Rock, Pop Rock | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

Mike Quatro is a singer and songwriter who released several albums in the 1970s. These albums became especially popular in Detroit, Michigan, where Quatro was popular on the club scene. He is the brother of Suzi Quatro…

Finntroll - Ur Jodens Djup
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 1,07 GB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 358 MB
Cat#: Back On Black BOBV031LP | Country/Year: UK 2007
Genre: Folk Black Metal | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

Finntroll certainly aren't the only Scandinavian black metal/death metal band that has been greatly influenced by Nordic folk music, but they have managed to set themselves apart from many of their peers because of their emphasis on Finnish humppa (as opposed to Swedish or Norwegian folk) and because of all the humor and irony they bring to the table…

Don McLean - Don McLean
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 694 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 204 MB
Cat#: United Artists UAS 5651 | Country/Year: US 1972
Genre: Singer/Songwriter | Hoster: Filesonic/Uploaded

When Don McLean was recording his second album, American Pie, in 1971, he was a little-known singer/songwriter whose first album, Tapestry, had had little commercial impact. Only a year later, when he came to make his third LP, Don McLean, he was attempting to follow up a chart-topping album that had spawned two chart-topping hits, "American Pie" and "Vincent"…