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John Cage - A Chance Operation (The John Cage Tribute) (1993) Music

Posted by peachfuzz at Oct. 5, 2007

John Cage: A Chance Operation (The John Cage Tribute) (1993)
Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 525 MB
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This two-CD set celebrating John Cage features works by various luminaries in the international avant-garde circle performing works by or in memoriam of the iconoclastic composer John Cage. Programmed to random play by the listener qua co-creator and mixed with whatever other sounds the listener brings to the listening space and whatever sounds happen to be present, the album becomes what Cage calls "real music," not a relic of music: One hundred and forty-one minutes of 183 pieces of 23 works, in any order, with any other sounds. The irony will not be lost on fans of Cage's work that a recorded tribute album for a composer who disliked the recorded medium is at best a strange tribute. But that said, considering the uniqueness of the collection – and indeed the clout of the listed performers – even the most orthodox of Cage disciples will be pleased with this recording.
Some would say that Frank Zappa's participation alone in this project, featuring his rendition of Cage's infamous 4'33", is worth looking into.

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The Flower Kings: 4CD (1995-1997) [2015, Belle Antique, Japan] Music

Posted by v3122 at Oct. 19, 2015

The Flower Kings: 4CD (1995-1997)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
4CD | Belle Antique | ~ 1935 or 640 Mb | Scans(png) -> 1277 Mb
Progressive Rock

Sweden played a crucial part in the progressive rock revival of the 1990s, but amid dark-sounding King Crimson-influenced bands like Anekdoten and Anglagard, the positive-thinking Yes-enlightened act the Flower Kings felt almost out of place. Yet, the Flower Kings became, along with the American Spock's Beard, the '90s prog rock band with the largest fan base, the biggest sales, and the widest international appeal…

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Dionysis Savvopoulos - The LYRA years (9CD, 1997) Music

Posted by Speedyclick at Oct. 29, 2012

Dionysis Savvopoulos is one of the most important personalities of the greek musical scene. He is composer, poet and singer, and in the period 1966 - 1983 he released 9 legendary studio albums under the label LYRA. In his music he mixed rock musicians like Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa with greek folk music and lyrics with political and social content. This excellent release includes a fully illustrated book of 180 pages with hundreds of rare photos from Savvopoulos' life and the historical events of the period. The last pages of the book contain 9 remastered CDs in small "pockets" with nice replicas of the original LP covers. Enjoy an amazing artistic offer with the most important part of the unique work of the great Dionysis Savvopoulos. Full book scans included.

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Rabih Abou-Khalil 8 Albums [RS.com] Music

Posted by Alagnaby at June 7, 2007

Abou-Khalil's music uses elements from Arab music traditions, together with many jazz, rock and classical references, particularly to the school of Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry, which itself broke ground in terms of introducing new global influences. Other influences include Frank Zappa, Bela Bartok, and such unexpected musicians like the Mighty Sparrow and Lord Kitchener from Trinidad. Jazz elements are present in most of his recorded work, for instance in the use of the acoustic pizzicato bass, generally played by recognized jazz musicians like Steve Swallow and Glen Moore. At the Beijing Jazz Festival of 2003 he performed to great acclaim accompanied by tuba and clarinet as well as the percussion he has always favoured.

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Gentle Giant - Way Of Life (2003) Music

Posted by v3122 at June 18, 2022

Gentle Giant - Way Of Life (2003)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | Recall 2cd, SMDCD455 | ~ 761 or 328 Mb | Artwork -> 1.50 Mb
Progressive Rock

This is a 2-CD compilation of live tracks (1973-1977) from the previous GlassHouse releases: "In A Palesport House", "Prologue" ,"Interview In Concert", and "The Missing Face"…

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Gary Moore - The Collection (61CD, 8DVD) (1973-2011) Music

Posted by rd at May 28, 2012

Gary Moore - The Collection (61CD, 8DVD) (1973-2011)
Genre: Blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz fusion

Lily Rendle-Moore spoke of her father as "a man with rather colourful shirts, who possessed a childlike quality and was an inspiration to many and the kind of person you could never forget".

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Battiato - Pollution (1972) {1998 Ricordi/BMG} Music

Posted by TestTickles at Dec. 5, 2019

Battiato - Pollution (1972) {1998 Ricordi/BMG}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and LOG | scans | 170 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 75 mb
Genre: progressive rock, experimental rock

Pollution is the 1972 album by Italian man Franco Battiato, who simply went by Battiato for this release. This is the 1998 pressing released by Ricordi via BMG.

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Raymond Scott - The Jingle Workshop: Midcentury Musical Miniatures 1951-1965 (2020) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Jan. 10, 2020

Raymond Scott - The Jingle Workshop: Midcentury Musical Miniatures 1951-1965 (2020)
FLAC tracks | 01:20:05 | 244 Mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: Modern Harmonic

In addition to being a pioneer of early electronic music, Raymond Scott generated hymns to hunger, odes to pudding and pilsner, and crafted carols for countless other products, elevating the form of advertisement to an art. If Zappa had written music for commercials, it's not hard to think his approach would have been similar! This first ever collection contains varied styles in both instrumentation and vocalization, previously unavailable electronic works, and more.

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Kim Fowley - Outrageous `68 & Good Clean Fun `69 (1995) Music

Posted by v3122 at Oct. 14, 2018

Kim Fowley - Outrageous `68 & Good Clean Fun `69 (1995)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Rev-ola, CREVO33CD | ~ 432 or 168 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 7.05 Mb
Garage / Psychedelic Rock

One of the most colorful characters in the annals of rock & roll, Kim Fowley was, over the course of his decades-long career, a true jack-of-all-trades: singer, songwriter, producer, manager, disc jockey, promoter, and published poet. He was also the catalyst behind much of the pop music to emerge from the Los Angeles area during the 1960s and '70s, guiding several of his associates and protégés to fame and fortune, while remaining himself a shadowy cult figure well outside the margins of the mainstream…

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Can: Collection part 01 (1975-1981) [5LP, Vinyl Rip 16/44 & mp3-320 + DVD] Music

Posted by v3122 at Nov. 25, 2018

Can: Collection part 01 (1975-1981)
Vinyl Rip 16/44 | Flac(Image + Cue) > 1163 Mb
MP3 CBR 320Kbps > 505 Mb | Artwork(jpg) > 42 Mb
DVD-9: NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | LPCM, 2 ch, 24 bit, 96 kHz > 6.75 Gb
Label: Various | Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental

Always at least three steps ahead of contemporary popular music, Can were the leading avant-garde rock group of the '70s. From their very beginning, their music didn't conform to any commonly held notions about rock & roll – not even those of the countercultures. Inspired more by 20th century classical music than Chuck Berry, their closest contemporaries were Frank Zappa or possibly the Velvet Underground. Yet their music was more serious and inaccessible than either of those artists. Instead of recording tight pop songs or satire, Can experimented with noise, synthesizers, non-traditional music, cut-and-paste techniques, and, most importantly, electronic music; each album marked a significant step forward from the previous album, investigating new territories that other rock bands weren't interested in exploring…

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