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The Replacements - The Shit Hits The Fans (1985)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 19, 2022
The Replacements - The Shit Hits The Fans (1985)

The Replacements - The Shit Hits The Fans (1985)
FLAC (tracks) - 329 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 135 MB
51:38 | Rock & Roll | Label: Twin/Tone Records

The Shit Hits the Fans is a Twin/Tone Records (TTR 8443) cassette-only live album by The Replacements which was released January 25, 1985. It was recorded live at The Bowery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on November 11, 1984. The cassette J-Card cover art is by Chris Mars. According to the Twin/Tone website, 10,000 copies were produced, of which 9,276 sold immediately. The rest were given away as promotional copies.

Stevie Wonder - Love Songs: 20 Classic Hits (1985)  Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 31, 2023
Stevie Wonder - Love Songs: 20 Classic Hits (1985)

Stevie Wonder - Love Songs: 20 Classic Hits (1985)
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 416 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 184 Mb
Full Scans | 00:58:40 | RAR 5% Recovery
R&B, Soul, Funk | RCA Records / Motown Records #530 037-2

Stevie Wonder is a much-beloved American icon and an indisputable genius not only of R&B but popular music in general. Blind virtually since birth, Wonder's heightened awareness of sound helped him create vibrant, colorful music teeming with life and ambition. Nearly everything he recorded bore the stamp of his sunny, joyous positivity; even when he addressed serious racial, social, and spiritual issues (which he did quite often in his prime), or sang about heartbreak and romantic uncertainty, an underlying sense of optimism and hope always seemed to emerge. Much like his inspiration, Ray Charles, Wonder had a voracious appetite for many different kinds of music, and refused to confine himself to any one sound or style.

Jimi Hendrix - The Singles Album (1983)  Music

Posted by Oksana_m at Jan. 27, 2017
Jimi Hendrix - The Singles Album (1983)

Jimi Hendrix - The Singles Album (1983)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log > 566 Mb | Mp3 CBR 320Kpbs > 213 Mb
Hard/Psychedelic/Blues Rock | 2CD | Label: Polydor KK | Cat. # P58P 20112~3 | 1989, Japan
Scans > 15 Mb | IcerBox

This 23-song compilation was a choice European release when it first appeared as a double-LP from Polydor in 1983, partly because of the cool looking cover, but also for doing the welcome job of assembling together the A- and B-sides of all of the Jimi Hendrix singles released between January 1967 and 1983…
VA - Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros Records - The First Fifty Years (2008)

VA - Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros Records - The First Fifty Years (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 4.9 GB | MP3 CBR 320kbps - 1.7 GB
12:51:32 | Hip Hop, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Latin, Funk, Soul, Blues, Non-Music, Pop, Children's, Folk, Country, Stage & Screen
Label: Warner Bros.

Unlike other labels subjected to exhaustive multi-disc retrospectives like this whopping ten-disc Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records – The First Fifty Years, Warner Brothers never embodied a scene or sound: they've always embodied what a major label should be – a dominant force that chronicles and dictates the sound of the mainstream. Coming out at the tail-end of 2008, when the influence of major labels is on a slow steady decline, Revolutions in Sound can be seen as a portrait of a time that's beginning to recede into the past: a time when there was such a thing as mass entertainment, when the pop audience all shared a common bond of hit records they either loved or rallied against. Perhaps the greatest things about this monumental box set is that it captures that colossus while also illustrating that for a while, majors did take risks. Of course, Warner was the riskiest of all the majors, never held back by an anti-rock & roll sourpuss like Mitch Miller, who struggled to keep CBS out of the tumult of the '60s (this with no less than Bob Dylan as the label's flagship rock artist). Instead, Warner embraced the underground, recording some of the strangest to shake out of the '60s, and that adventure fits a label that turned to rock & roll to help establish themselves as a real player at the turn of the '60s.

The Cats - Collected (2014)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 29, 2024
The Cats - Collected (2014)

The Cats - Collected (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 544 MB
3:53:18 | Pop, Rock | Label: Universal Music

Dutch pop group, active from 1964 - 1979 and 1982 - 1985. Most successful in the Netherlands and Germany. Best known for their hit 'One Way Wind'. In 2006, the remaining members got together for the first time in 15 years and recorded 2 songs together.

The Cats - Collected (2014)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 29, 2024
The Cats - Collected (2014)

The Cats - Collected (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 544 MB
3:53:18 | Pop, Rock | Label: Universal Music

Dutch pop group, active from 1964 - 1979 and 1982 - 1985. Most successful in the Netherlands and Germany. Best known for their hit 'One Way Wind'. In 2006, the remaining members got together for the first time in 15 years and recorded 2 songs together.
Ramones - The Sire Years 1976-1981 (2013) {6CD Box Set Rhino-Warner 8122796278}

Ramones - The Sire Years 1976-1981 (2013) {6CD Box Set Rhino-Warner 8122796278}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 1.44 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 461 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 42 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1976-81, 2013 Rhino / Sire / Warner | 8122796278
Rock / Punk Rock/ Alternative

Not many bands can honestly say they changed the shape of rock & roll as we know it and upended part of the larger global culture at the same time. The Ramones did just that; by stripping down and speeding up rock & roll like a hot rod that could outrun all competition, and injecting it with a massive dose of snotty, absurdist humor, they gave the music a new lease on life, and left behind a handful of brilliant recordings that are still a solid kick to hear nearly four decades after their debut hit the streets. Punk rock first emerged from a very specific time and place, but the best of it is timeless in its joyous roar, and the first four Ramones albums absolutely live up to that description.
Glenn Gould - The Goldberg Variations: The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions (Remastered) (2022)

Glenn Gould - The Goldberg Variations: The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions (Remastered) (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 2,26 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1,46 Gb | 10:45:16
Classical | Label: Sony Classical

Forty years ago, on September 2, 1982 – the year of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Steven Spielberg’s E.T. – Glenn Gould’s legendary second recording of the Goldberg Variations closed a circle that his revolutionary 1956 recording of Bach’s masterpiece had opened. While his first recording is the exuberant, fast-paced work of a 22-year-old pianistic prodigy, his second is the measured, richly detailed interpretation of an experienced studio artist. Just five weeks later, the Canadian pianist died unexpectedly, leaving the world a masterpiece of recording art that – awarded two GRAMMYs – is still one of the most listened to classical albums worldwide.

VA - 50 Jaar Nederpop: Rare & Obscure (2008)  Music

Posted by Rtax at April 7, 2024
VA - 50 Jaar Nederpop: Rare & Obscure (2008)

VA - 50 Jaar Nederpop: Rare & Obscure (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 713 MB
5:06:25 | Rock, Pop | Label: Universal Music / Fonos / Beeld En Geluid

Boxje van vier cd’s met zeer zeldzame plaatjes uit het archief van popkenner Leo Blokhuis. Tussen de vele onbekende namen vinden we obscure werkjes van bands als Earth & Fire, Rick van der Linden, The Scene, Tröckener Kecks, Sjako!, Bintangs en Doe Maar.50 Jaar Nederpop, Rare & Obscure is een verzamelalbum van (vaak) vergeten vaderlandse popmuziek. De verzameling kwam tot stand na een uitzending van De nacht van de popmuziek in dit geval De nacht van de nederpop.
De samenstelling was in handen van Leo Blokhuis, Het Nederland Instituut voor Beeld en geluid (Oscar Smit) en schrijver Ed Hoogeveen. De vier compact discs geven een beeld van de ontwikkeling van de Nederpop, maar laat daarbij vooral het onbekend repertoire horen. Voorwaarde om opgenomen te worden in deze verzameling, was dat het nummer nog niet voorhanden was op een normale compact disc.

The Cats - Collected (2014)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 29, 2024
The Cats - Collected (2014)

The Cats - Collected (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 544 MB
3:53:18 | Pop, Rock | Label: Universal Music

Dutch pop group, active from 1964 - 1979 and 1982 - 1985. Most successful in the Netherlands and Germany. Best known for their hit 'One Way Wind'. In 2006, the remaining members got together for the first time in 15 years and recorded 2 songs together.