Mott The Hoople - The Ballad Of Mott: A Retrospective [2CD] (1993)

Year: 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1993 (CD Jun 1993)
Label: Columbia / Legacy (U.S.), C2K 46973
Style: Glam Rock, Classic Rock, Rock
Country: Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Time: 73:43, 76:01
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 453, 395 Mb

Although it was subsequently rendered academic by the release of the All the Young Dudes box set, Ballad of Mott would stand proud as the finest Mott the Hoople collection on the market for close to five years -- and, in many ways, it remains so. The emphasis is on the band's years at the top, the 1972-74 period when they machine gunned out hit singles, at the same time as operating a virtual revolving door for guitarists. Mick Ralphs, Ariel Bender, and Mick Ronson all filed through the band during that period, and all three left some startling classics behind them -- the tasteful effervescence of "All the Young Dudes," "Violence," and "Whizz Kid" (Ralphs); the playful flash of "Roll Away the Stone," "Crash Street Kids," and "Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll" (Bender); the majestic sobriety of "Saturday Gigs" and "Lounge Lizard" -- both present here in previously unreleased form (Ronson). Of course all the hit singles are aboard, together with four well-chosen cuts from the band's years with Island/Atlantic in the days before fame came knocking. There's also some meaty rarities above and beyond the aforementioned -- the jokey "Henry & the H Bombs," recorded during the Dudes sessions with producer David Bowie, a version of The Hoople's masterful "Through the Looking Glass," which dissolves midway through into an utterly unexpected barrage of invective; and the opening verse of Don McLean's "American Pie," with which Mott introduced their 1974 era tours. Add a clutch of U.K. B-sides (nothing spectacular, but nice to have), and a generous dose of primo album cuts and, while The Ballad of Mott did draw some criticism from a Mott fanbase which was hoping for even more vault-exhuming lovelies, in terms of truly telling the story, it's a peerless collection. Yes, even more so than the box set.
(allmusic.com/album/the-ballad-of-mott-a-retrospective-mw0000100029)

01. Rock And Roll Queen (05:08)
02. Walkin' With A Mountain (03:51)
03. Waterlow (03:01)
04. Sweet Angeline (04:52)
05. All The Young Dudes (03:33)
06. Momma's Little Jewel (04:26)
07. One Of The Boys (06:46)
08. Sucker (05:01)
09. Sweet Jane (04:22)
10. Sea Diver (02:55)
11. Ready For Love / After Lights (06:47)
12. Ballad Of Mott The Hoople (March 26, 1972 - Zurich) (05:24)
13. Drivin' Sister (03:52)
14. Violence (04:49)
15. Rose (03:57)
16. I Wish I Was Your Mother (04:51)

01. Honaloochie Boogie (02:44)
02. All The Way From Memphis (04:59)
03. Whizz Kid (03:26)
04. Hymn For The Dudes (05:24)
05. The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll (03:26)
06. Rest In Peace (03:55)
07. Marionette (05:04)
08. Crash Street Kidds (04:31)
09. Born Late '58 (03:59)
10. Roll Away The Stone (03:09)
11. Where Do You All Come From (03:27)
12. Henry & The H-Bomb * (03:30)
13. Foxy Foxy (03:31)
14. Saturday Gigs (04:28)
15. Lounge Lizard * (04:19)
16. Through The Looking Glass (04:38)
17. American Pie (Excerpt) * (01:23)

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Mike Oldfield - Voyager [Japanese Ed.] (1996)

Year: 26 August 1996 (CD September 25, 1996)
Label: WEA Music (Japan), WPCR-807
Style: Celtic, Instrumental, New Age
Country: Reading, Berkshire, England (15 May 1953)
Time: 58:30
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 354 Mb

The music on this album is the most overtly Celtic music Mike Oldfield has produced. The album was originally recorded using only acoustic hand-played instruments. After the daughter of a Warner Music exec said it sounded boring, Oldfield added synthesizers and more instruments to the album.
"The Song of the Sun" is song composed by Bieito Romero of the Galician Celtic band Luar na Lubre whose original title is "O son do ar" ("The sound of the air")."The Hero" is a Scottish piece originally written by James Scott Skinner in 1903, as "Hector the Hero". "She Moves Through the Fair" is a traditional Irish song, the melody of which had been used by Simple Minds for "Belfast Child" in 1989. "Women of Ireland", although credited as a traditional song, is not: the main theme is a melody written by Irish composer Sean O Riada as a musical setting of the poem "Mna na hEireann", written by Peadar O Doirnin; Oldfield's rendition also includes an interpolation of the fourth movement (Sarabande) of George Frideric Handel's Keyboard suite in D minor, popularised by its use by Stanley Kubrick in his 1975 film Barry Lyndon, where O Riada's tune also appears (Oldfield's "Women of Ireland" was reportedly inspired by the coupling of both pieces in the film). "Dark Island" is a Scottish instrumental and song; the original music was written by Iain Maclachlan as Dr. Mackay's Farewell to Creagorry in 1958. Later used as the theme to a 1962 BBC TV series and re-titled for the series. A set of words were later written by David Silver in 1963. Another well known set of words were also set to a variation of the tune in 1963, by Stewart Ross. "Flowers of the Forest" is a traditional Scottish song, a lament for the defeat at Flodden in 1513.
"Mont Saint-Michel", a piece on the album composed by Oldfield, refers to a tidal island in France.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_(Mike_Oldfield_album))

01. The Song Of The Sun (04:32)
02. Celtic Rain (04:41)
03. The Hero (05:03)
04. Woman Of Ireland (06:29)
05. The Voyager (04:26)
06. She Moves Through The Fair (04:06)
07. Dark Island (05:43)
08. Wild Goose Flaps Its Wings (05:04)
09. Flowers Of The Forest (06:03)
10. Mont St Michel (12:17)

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Queen - Greatest Hits II [1981-1991 Japanese Ed.] (1991)

Year: 28 October 1991 (CD March 20, 2019)
Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-40264
Style: Pop Rock, Arena Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 79:49
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 569 Mb

The album consisted of Queen's biggest hits between 1981 and 1991, from the UK chart-topper "Under Pressure" to "The Show Must Go On".
The compilation Greatest Hits II reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and is the tenth best-selling album in the UK with sales of 3.9 million copies as of 2014. It is the seventh best-selling album in Germany, the thirteenth best-selling album in France, and the best-selling album by a foreign artist in Finland. Accumulated sales (Greatest Hits II and Classic Queen for the US and Canada combined) are in excess of 25 million worldwide.
Freddie Mercury designed the crest on the album cover, using the astrological signs of the four members: two Leos (Roger Taylor and John Deacon), one Cancer (Brian May) and one Virgo (Mercury).
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_II_(Queen_album))

01. A Kind Of Magic (04:21)
02. Under Pressure (03:56)
03. Radio Ga Ga (05:43)
04. I Want It All (04:01)
05. I Want To Break Free (04:18)
06. Innuendo (06:28)
07. It's A Hard Life (04:08)
08. Breakthru (04:08)
09. Who Wants To Live Forever (04:56)
10. Headlong (04:31)
11. The Miracle (04:53)
12. I'm Going Slightly Mad (04:08)
13. The Invisible Man (03:39)
14. Hammer To Fall (03:39)
15. Friends Will Be Friends (04:08)
16. The Show Must Go On (04:23)
17. One Vision (04:00)
18. I Was Born To Love You (Bonus Track) (04:21)

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Savoy Brown - A Step Further [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1969)

Year: September 1969 (US/Canada), October 1969 (UK) (CD 27 Sep, 2017)
Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-78487
Style: Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 40:16
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 251 Mb

A Step Further is the fourth album by the band Savoy Brown. It was released by Decca in the United Kingdom and by Parrot in the United States in the fall of 1969. It is the last of the band's albums on which their long-time pianist Bob Hall played. The album track "Made Up My Mind" had first appeared as the B-side of the U.S. single release on Parrot Records 45-40039 (released June 1969), fronted by "Train to Nowhere", from their album Blue Matter. The track "Waiting in the Bamboo Grove" would later be released as the B-side of the U.K. single release on Decca F 13019 (released May 1970), of "A Hard Way To Go" from their album Raw Sienna.
Side two was recorded live at Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton, London, on Monday 12 May 1969.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Step_Further)

I really expected more from this group - they sound like they have potential, and had been around a while. But as a blues band - not a bad thing in itself - they rely way too much on the same song format.
Only frontman Chris Youlden brings something interesting to the table - the other band members lack any distinct sound. This is probably why most of the first side is masked with dated-sounding orchestral accompaniment, and is pretty derivative.
The real problem is the second side though, a live boogie montage that starts out as a good time then quickly deflates. I mean, 22 minutes of the same beat in the same key (A) is going to get tiring. Along the way they manage to disgrace not only "Purple Haze" but also "Hernando's Hideaway".
I don't really want to rate A Step Further because listening to the second side puts me to sleep every time.
(alltime-records.com/01-albums-0004/0004349.php)

01. Made Up My Mind (02:56)
02. Waiting In The Bamboo Grove (03:38)
03. Life's One Act Play (06:30)
04. I'm Tired-Where Am I (05:05)
05. Savoy Brown Boogie - Feel So Good - Whole Lotta Shakin' Go (22:06)

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Alice Cooper - From The Inside [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1978)

Year: November 17, 1978 (CD Jan 18, 2012)
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Japan), WPCR-14310
Style: Hard Rock, Glam Rock
Country: Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (February 4, 1948)
Time: 39:02
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 284 Mb

From the Inside is the fourth solo and overall eleventh studio album by American rock singer Alice Cooper, released on November 17, 1978. It is a concept album about Cooper's stay in a New York asylum due to his alcoholism. Each of the characters in the songs were based on actual people Cooper met in the asylum. Among other collaborators, the album features three longtime Elton John associates: lyricist Bernie Taupin, guitarist Davey Johnstone and bassist Dee Murray.
The lead single from the album was the power ballad "How You Gonna See Me Now", which peaked at No. 12 in the US Hot 100 chart. A music video was also created for it. The 'Madhouse Rocks Tour' in support of From the Inside lasted from February to April 1979 and saw all songs from the album as regular parts of the setlist except "Millie and Billie", "For Veronica’s Sake" and "Jackknife Johnny". Since 1979, however, songs from From the Inside have rarely been performed live, with the only cases being "Serious" on the 2003 'Bare Bones' tour and his 2018 One Night with Alice Cooper tour. "Wish I Were Born in Beverly Hills" on the 2005–2006 Dirty Diamonds Tour, "Nurse Rozetta" on the 'Descent into Dragontown' and 'Theatre of Death' tours, and "From the Inside" between 1997 and 1999 and on the late 2000s 'Theatre of Death' tour.
The album was adapted into a comic book, Marvel Premiere #50.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Inside_(Alice_Cooper_album))

01. From The Inside (03:54)
02. Wish I Were Born In Beverly Hills (03:37)
03. The Quiet Room (03:52)
04. Nurse Rozetta (04:14)
05. Millie And Billie (04:12)
06. Serious (02:44)
07. How You Gonna See Me Now (03:57)
08. For Veronica's Sake (03:37)
09. Jackknife Johnny (03:45)
10. Inmates (We're All Crazy) (05:05)

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Alice Cooper - The Alice Cooper Show [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD. Live] (1977)

Year: 1977 (CD Jan 18, 2012)
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Japan), WPCR-14309
Style: Hard Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (February 4, 1948)
Time: 40:43
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 288 Mb

The Alice Cooper Show is a live album by Alice Cooper, released by Warner Bros. in December 1977.
It was recorded live in Las Vegas at the Aladdin Hotel on August 19 and 20, 1977, during Cooper's "King of the Silver Screen" United States tour. Before doing the gig that would become this album, Alice Cooper was exhausted from constant touring, recording and drinking. Contractual obligations resulted in him being heavily pressured into doing it. Alice states "Whenever a fan comes to me with this album to sign, I tell them I hate this album". The TV special Alice Cooper and Friends featured live footage from that tour.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alice_Cooper_Show)

01. Under My Wheels (02:35)
02. Eighteen (04:58)
03. Only Women Bleed (05:55)
04. Sick Things (00:59)
05. Is It My Body (02:35)
06. I Never Cry (02:48)
07. Billion Dollar Babies (03:17)
08. Devil's Food / The Black Widow (05:50)
09. You And Me (02:25)
10. I Love The Dead - Go To Hell - Wish You Were Here (06:36)
11. School's Out (02:39)

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The Remo Four - The Early Days - The Pye Singles [1963-1964] (1991)

Year: 1963-1964 (CD 1991)
Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 4186-WZ
Style: British Invasion, Merseybeat, Beat, Rock
Country: Liverpool, England
Time: 51:44
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 176 Mb

An obscure Merseybeat band that went through several stylistic changes over the course of their nearly decade-long life, the Remo Four were very popular for a time in Liverpool around the time the Beatles were still playing in the Cavern, and were even signed by Brian Epstein, but never had anything approaching a hit single. In the early '60s they were known both for Shadows-type instruments and harmony vocals with a country & western flavor. Their versatility made them suitable to act as a backing group for other singers, and they recorded in this capacity with obscure solo vocalists Tommy Quickly, Johnny Sandon, and Gregory Phillips; they turned down an opportunity to become Billy J. Kramer's backing group, and may have worked with Cilla Black had not her boyfriend, Bobby Willis, objected. The Remo Four also recorded a couple of average pop/rock singles on their own in the mid-'60s, the best of these being their fairly tough instrumental version of Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn."
By 1966, the Remo Four were spending most of their time in Hamburg, Germany, where they played the Star Club. Their personnel also altered around this time, and with the incorporation of organist Tony Ashton, their sound took on far more of a soul-jazz flavor. They did a couple of singles and an album, Smile!, for the Star Club's label in 1966 and 1967, and these show quite a bit of artistic growth from their Merseybeat days. The Remo Four were now a sophisticated soul-jazz-rock group with prominent organ, in the mold of other British artists of the era like Graham Bond, Georgie Fame, Zoot Money, and Brian Auger, although they were not explicitly derivative of any of the aforementioned figures, with hints of the straighter rock approach of the Animals and the Spencer Davis Group. Although they wrote little original material, their arrangements and interpretations were forceful and imaginative, though by 1967 the approach was getting outdated.
After returning to England, they backed a fading Billy J. Kramer for a while before breaking up. In the late '90s, however, a surprising find was unearthed of the Remo Four doing a psychedelic pop track, "In the First Place," that was produced by George Harrison during the sessions for the Wonderwall soundtrack in 1967. These were not released in 1967, however; two different mixes of the song were released by Pilar in 1999. After the Remo Four split, Tony Ashton and drummer Roy Dyke joined guitarist Kim Gardner (formerly of the Birds and the Creation) to form Ashton, Gardner and Dyke, who had an international hit in the early '70s with "Resurrection Shuffle."
(allmusic.com/artist/remo-4-mn0001174297)

01. Tip Of My Tongue (02:08)
02. Heaven Only Knows (02:19)
03. Lies (02:07)
04. On The Horizon (02:22)
05. Yes (02:34)
06. Magic Potion (02:17)
07. Kiss Me Now (01:54)
08. No Other Love (Could Ever Be The Same) (01:59)
09. Prove It (02:30)
10. Haven't You Notified (01:58)
11. I Wish I Could Shimmy As My Sister Kate (02:14)
12. Peter Gunn (03:14)
13. You Might As Well Forget Him (02:40)
14. It's Simple As That (01:56)
15. Sally Go Round The Roses (02:22)
16. I Know A Girl (02:28)
17. The Wild Side Of Life (02:12)
18. Forget The Other Guy (02:15)
19. Humpty Dumpty (03:10)
20. I Go Crazy (02:08)
21. Everybody Knows (02:53)
22. Closer To Me (01:55)

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Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz [Japanese Ed. 1988] (1980)

Year: September 12, 1980 (CD Sep 30, 1988)
Label: CBS Records / Sony Records (Japan), 25DP 5220
Style: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Country: Marston Green, Warwickshire, England (3 December 1948)
Time: 39:33
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 273 Mb

Much of the album was written by guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Bob Daisley, and Ozzy Osbourne while staying at the Monnow Valley Studio near Monmouth, Wales, with a friend of Osbourne's named Barry Scrannage performing as the group's drummer. Scrannage was never considered as a candidate to be the group's permanent drummer and was not involved in the songwriting process at all. The band recorded demos of the songs "I Don't Know" (which became Osbourne's second most-performed song), "Crazy Train" (the most performed one), "Goodbye to Romance", and "You Looking at Me Looking at You" in Birmingham in early 1980 with ex-Lone Star drummer Dixie Lee. They had hoped Lee would be a permanent member but "he wasn't the final piece of the puzzle", bassist Daisley recalls. After auditioning several drummers, ex-Uriah Heep member Lee Kerslake was hired as the permanent drummer. The completed lineup retreated to Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire for six days to rehearse and give Kerslake an opportunity to learn the new songs. A week later, they travelled to Ridge Farm Studio to commence recording.
The first track written for the album was "Goodbye to Romance". Osbourne has stated that the song was his way of saying goodbye to his former band Black Sabbath, as he had thought his career was over after leaving the band. After performing a show in Birmingham, the band hastily returned to Ridge Farm to remix "Goodbye to Romance" for a single. The next morning they were informed that their label Jet Records instead wanted a brand new song to release as a single. Rhoads, Daisley, and Kerslake quickly put together the song "You Said It All", with drummer Kerslake performing the guide vocal at soundcheck while a drunken Osbourne slept under the drum riser. The song was ultimately never recorded, though a live version was released on Ozzy Osbourne Live EP in 1980.
(full version: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_of_Ozz)

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01. I Don't Know (05:16)
02. Crazy Train (04:56)
03. Goodbye To Romance (05:36)
04. Dee (00:50)
05. Suicide Solution (04:20)
06. Mr. Crowley (05:02)
07. No Bone Movies (03:53)
08. Revelation (Mother Earth) (06:09)
09. Steal Away (The Night) (03:29)

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Soft Machine Legacy (Soft Machine) - Soft Machine Legacy (2006)

Year: 2006 (CD 2006)
Label: Moonjune Records (US), MJR008
Style: Progressive Rock, Contemporary Jazz
Country: England
Time: 57:30
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 344 Mb

In October 2004, the members of Soft Works, with John Etheridge permanently replacing Holdsworth, took the name "Soft Machine Legacy" and performed two festival shows; one on 9 October in Turkey and the other on 15 October in the Czech Republic. Liam Genockey temporarily replaced John Marshall who had ligament problems. The new band's line-up was Elton Dean, John Etheridge, Hugh Hopper and Liam Genockey. Soft Machine Legacy released three albums: Live in Zaandam (2205), the studio album Soft Machine Legacy (2006), which was recorded in September 2005 and features fresh material, and Live at the New Morning (2006). After Elton Dean died in February 2006, the band continued with the British saxophonist and flautist Theo Travis, formerly of Gong and The Tangent.
In December 2006, the new Legacy line-up recorded the album Steam in Jon Hiseman's studio. Steam was released in August 2007 by Moonjune Records before a European tour. Hopper left the band in 2008 because he was suffering from leukaemia, so for live performances Fred Thelonious Baker deputising for Hopper. Following Hopper's death in 2009, the band announced they would continue with Roy Babbington again replacing Hopper on bass.
Soft Machine Legacy released their fifth album in October 2010; the 58-minute record Live Adventures was recorded live in October 2009 in Austria and Germany during a European tour. Founding Soft Machine bassist Kevin Ayers died in February 2013 at aged 68, and 77-year-old Daevid Allen died in March 2015 following a short battle with cancer. On 18 March 2013, the Legacy band released a new studio album titled Burden of Proof. Travis stated: "legally we could actually be called Soft Machine but for various reasons it was decided to be one step removed".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Machine)

 
Recorded in September of 2005 at East Cote Studios, London (UK) by Philip Bagenal.
A powerful, rock-edged collaboration from the four legendary members of the seminal pioneers of jazz-rock, Soft Machine. The lineup features: the late, great free-jazzer Elton Dean on saxophones and Fender Rhodes; innovative, rock-solid bassist Hugh Hopper; virtuosic, pioneering guitarist John Etheridge, and; the intuitive, forceful drummer John Marshall.Soft Machine Legacy's first studio album rocks as hard as any of the original group's efforts ever did, but there is still an ever-present magical chemistry at play with this band. Full of fire, energy, great chops and imagination, this "instant classic" self-titled studio debut proves itself to be well worth the wait.Following on the heels of 2005's Live In Zaandam (SML's debut effort, and initial release for MoonJune Records), this smoking session combines new writing and spirited improvs with a fresh take on some classic Softs material. Soft Machine Legacy demonstrates that "spirit, not a style" is truly Soft Machine's greatest legacy. This is a hard-hitting effort that will not only appeal to fans of the original band, but to anyone who likes their fusion wide open, their jams loose and totally spontaneous, and their jazz combined with potent grooves and fiery energy.
(softmachine-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/soft-machine-legacy)

01. Kite Runner (06:57)
02. Ratlift (07:55)
03. Twelve Twelve (10:20)
04. F & I (02:08)
05. Fresh Brew (06:24)
06. New Day (03:47)
07. Fur Edge (02:49)
08. Theta Meter (03:44)
09. Grape Hound (06:56)
10. Strange Comfort (06:26)

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The Alan Parsons Project - The Instrumental Works [compilation] (1988)

Year: November 1988 (CD 1988)
Label: Arista Records (Germany), 259 237
Style: Progressive Pop, Electronic, Soft Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 44:01
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb

Instrumental Works collects ten of The Alan Parsons Project's best musical pieces and acts as a wonderful journey through some of this group's most innovative material. Although famous for his concepts, Alan Parsons is equally renowned for his illustrious mood-invoking instrumentals that helped create atmosphere on all of his albums. These movements can easily be taken away from their master albums without losing their grandeur and charm, unlike his vocal works that act as pieces in a thematic puzzle and are better left within their conceptual domain. Both intricacy and subtlety are depicted here, with selections such as "I Robot," "Paseo de Gracia," and "Hawkeye." The all-encompassing "Mammagamma" from Eye in the Sky is wisely included as well, as is the peculiar "Urbania," one of the best tracks from Stereotomy. Noticeably missed, on the other hand, are two of their finest instrumentals in "Lucifer" and the short but stunning "Sirius." Even without these pieces, Instrumental Works spotlights Parsons' fine employment of musical diversity through his keyboard and guitar manipulation, while at the same time the music's simplicity is admirably felt. These selections are an entertaining jaunt across Parsons' non-vocal material.
(allmusic.com/album/the-instrumental-works-mw0000196611)

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01. Pipeline (Ammonia Avenue) (03:58)
02. Where's The Walrus (Stereotomy) (07:25)
03. I Robot (I Robot) (06:02)
04. Mammagamma (Eye In The Sky) (03:34)
05. Hawkeye (Vulture Culture) (03:49)
06. Voyager (Pyramid) (02:16)
07. Paseo De Gracia (Gaudi) (03:45)
08. Urbania (Stereotomy) (04:59)
09. The Gold Bug (The Turn of a Friendly / Card) (04:29)
10. Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 (I Robot) (03:39)

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Steve Winwood (ex Traffic) - Keep On Running [compilation] (1991)

Year: June 1991 (CD 1991)
Label: Island Records (France), IMCD 224
Style: Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Birmingham, England (12 May 1948)
Time: 76:02
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 398 Mb

One of the best introduction to the world of Stevie Winwood from the The Spencer Davis Group ("Keep on Running", "I'm a Man"), Traffic ("Paper Sun", "John Barleycorn (Must Die)"), Blind Faith to his solo career.
"Keep On Running" is a well-regarded compilation album featuring Steve Winwood, highlighting his early work with the Spencer Davis Group. It's praised for its brilliant early tracks, including "Gimme Some Lovin'," and for showcasing Winwood's blues vocals. While some listeners find the later tracks less appealing, the album is generally lauded for its musicality and quality.

01. Spencer Davis Group - Keep On Running (02:43)
02. Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin' (02:53)
03. Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me (02:00)
04. Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man (02:51)
05. Spencer Davis Group - Every Little Bit Hurts (03:30)
06. Traffic - Paper Sun (04:15)
07. Traffic - Smiling Phases (02:40)
08. Traffic - Heaven Is In Your Mind (04:16)
09. Traffic - Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (02:41)
10. Traffic - No Face,No Name,No Number (03:33)
11. Blind Faith - Well Alright (04:26)
12. Traffic - Empty Pages (04:37)
13. Traffic - John Barleycorn (06:22)
14. Kebaka-Amao-Winwood - Happy Vibes (05:00)
15. Traffic - Something New (03:13)
16. Steve Winwood - Time Is Running Out (06:28)
17. Steve Winwood - Hold On (04:27)

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Queen - News Of The World [Japanese Ed.] (1977)

Year: 28 October 1977 (CD Nov 6, 1998)
Label: Toshiba-EMI Ltd. (Japan), TOCP-65106
Style: Pop Rock, Arena Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 39:20
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 258 Mb

Charts: UK #4, AUS #8, AUT #9, FRA #1, GER #7, JPN #3, NLD #1, NOR #4, SWE #9, US #3. UK & FRA: Gold; GER & NLD: Platinum; US: 4x Platinum.
News of the World was the band's second album to be recorded at Sarm and Wessex Sound Studios in London, and engineered by Mike Stone, and was co-produced by the band and Stone.
In 1977, punk rock acts, most notably the Sex Pistols, sparked massive backlash against progressive rock artists such as Queen, to which the band responded by simplifying their symphonic rock sound and gearing towards a more spontaneous hard rock sound. The album subsequently reached number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and number 3 on the US Top Albums chart while achieving high certifications around the world. It has sold over 4 million copies in United States. Its lead single, "We Are the Champions", reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the Billboard Hot 100. Critical reaction to News of the World was initially mixed, with many reviewers commenting on the band's change in musical style. However, it has since come to be regarded as one of Queen's greatest albums, while "We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You" have since become rock anthems.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_of_the_World_(album))

01. We Will Rock You (02:02)
02. We Are The Champions (03:02)
03. Sheer Heart Attack (03:27)
04. All Dead, All Dead (03:10)
05. Spread Your Wings (04:35)
06. Fight From The Inside (03:04)
07. Get Down, Make Love (03:51)
08. Sleeping On The Sidewalk (03:07)
09. Who Needs You (03:06)
10. It's Late (06:26)
11. My Melancholy Blues (03:26)

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Osibisa - The Best Of Osibisa [1975-1979] (1991)

Year: 1975, 1976, 1979 (CD 1991)
Label: Kwest Records (Europe), KWEST 5226
Style: Afro Rock, Pop, Funk
Country: Accra, London, Ghana and England
Time: 45:10
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 281 Mb

Osibisa was formed in London, England in 1969 by Teddy Osei, Sol Amarfio and Mac Tontoh , together with Spartacus R (Grenada), Robert Bailey ( Trinidad), Wendell Richardson (Antigua), and Lasisi Amao ( Nigeria). The Ghanaian members already seasoned highlife artistes in Accra before moving to London to launch their attack on the world stage. They were joined soon by Darko Adams on percussions.
Their ground-breaking blend of African rhythms with Rock and Soul made their music appeal as much to the African as it did to the European or American. They played an integral role in developing an awareness of African music among European and North American audiences in the 1970s. Before Osibisa, Teddy and Sol had played with the Star Gazers and had a hit, Pete Pete with the Comets. Mac was also a member of the Uhuru Dance Band. Osibisa's single, Music For Gong Gong became an immediate hit in 1970 with three others later making the UK Top 10: Sunshine Day, Dance The Body Music and Coffee Song.
Their debut album, Woyaya reached number 11 and its title track was later covered by Art Garfunkel. Their music gradually faded out in the mid 1980a€™s for several reasons and the group broke up. They occasionally staged reunion concerts but to little avail. Sequel Records reissued much of their past catalogue in 1999 and today their music is still enjoyed by both the old and young. The living members of the band recently announced that they would regroup soon to tour the world like they did several decades ago.
(ghanaweb.com/person/Osibisa-605)

01. The Coffee Song (03:17)
02. Sunshine Day (04:58)
03. The Warrior (03:46)
04. Densu (05:23)
05. Uhuru (03:29)
06. Ojah Awake (04:56)
07. Keep On Trying (05:28)
08. Gumbe (04:47)
09. Dance The Body  Music (03:48)
10. Seaside Meditation (05:15)

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Joe Walsh (ex Eagles) - The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get [24kt Gold] (1973)

Year: June 18, 1973 (CD 2009)
Label: Audio Fidelity (US), AF AFZ059
Style: Rock, Blues Rock, Ballads
Country: Wichita, Kansas, U.S. (November 20, 1947)
Time: 36:08
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 215 Mb

Charts: US #6. US: Gold.
The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get is the second studio album by American rock guitarist and singer Joe Walsh, released in 1973. It proved to be his commercial breakthrough, largely on the strength of the Top 40 hit single, "Rocky Mountain Way", which helped propel the album into the Top 10.
On this album, Walsh shares the vocals and songwriting with the other three members of Barnstorm: drummer/multi-instrumentalist Joe Vitale, bassist Kenny Passarelli, and new member, keyboardist Rocke Grace. As a result, a variety of styles are explored on this album; there are elements of blues, jazz, folk, pop, and even Caribbean music. However, the album is only credited to Walsh as a solo artist, not to Barnstorm, which led to the band's demise. After the success of this album, Walsh continued making albums as a solo artist.
The cover art for the album features a First World War era British Sopwith Snipe fighter plane, with fanciful coloration.
Writing retrospectively for AllMusic, critic Ben Davies wrote of the album "Walsh's ability to swing wildly from one end of the rock scale to the other is unparalleled and makes for an album to suit many tastes... [it] features some of the most remembered Joe Walsh tracks, but it's not just these that make the album a success. Each of the nine tracks is a song to be proud of. This is a superb album by anyone's standards."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smoker_You_Drink,_the_Player_You_Get)

01. Rocky Mountain Way (05:15)
02. Book Ends (02:47)
03. Wolf (03:10)
04. Midnight Moodies (03:38)
05. Happy Ways (02:48)
06. Meadows (04:47)
07. Dreams (05:37)
08. Days Gone Bye (05:59)
09. Day Dream (Prayer) (02:03)

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Love - Love Lost [previously unreleased] (1971)

Year: Recorded in 1971 (CD Oct 27, 2009)
Label: Sundazed Records (U.S.), SC 11207
Style: Rhythm and Blues, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Time: 53:51
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 289 Mb

Love Lost, Sundazed's surprise unearthing of all-but-forgotten 1971 session tapes (laid down during the band's brief alliance with Columbia Records), throws a fascinating wrinkle into Love's disintegration. Veering from captivating to frustrating, charming to maddening, it's a typically uneven set. Yet there are moments of sheer beauty, and Lee clearly poured his heart into the grooves. Reinventing himself in the image of his recently deceased friend Jimi Hendrix, interweaving blazing rock with sublime, fly-on-wall acoustic tracks, Dear You, as the Columbia album was to be called, had enough mojo to fuel a plausible comeback.
Evidence that Hendrix's death hit Arthur Lee hard lurks everywhere - in his vocal phrasing and spoken asides, in guitarist Craig Tarwater's high-voltage riffs, in the souped-up bluesy arrangements. In fact, if imitation is the highest form of flattery, Love Lost could be interpreted as a Hendrix tribute album par excellence (although, to be fair, bits of Cream, Mountain, the Jeff Beck Group, and others percolate throughout). "I Can't Find It", which with a bit more work might have been the single, echoes "The Wind Cries Mary"; the stuttering strut of "Midnight Sun" is drenched in Electric Ladyland-isms. And on and on.
These are fine efforts - vicarious pleasures to be sure - that nonetheless get under your skin. "Product Of The Times" even gets away from stock paeans to troubled love affairs for a bit of self-reflective commentary, a flicker of Lee's old songwriting spark. "Product," riding a gutbucket riff and some sizzling lead guitar, and everyman anthem "Everybody's Gotta Live", given a hair-raising Lee vocal, are impassioned, fully realised gems.
Yet, for all the group's chutzpah, Arthur Lee‘s indulgences - a tendency to over-sing into a screech, some cringeworthy misogyny - blunt the impact. Curiously, Columbia assigned no producer for these sessions, terminating the band's contract without releasing a note. A clearheaded producer, one capable of adding some discipline, focus and editing, might well have crafted Dear You into a remarkable rebirth.
(full version: uncut.co.uk/reviews/love-lost-love-5126/)

01. Love Jumped Through My Window (03:23)
02. I Can't Find It (04:51)
03. He Said She Said (03:41)
04. Product of the Times (04:22)
05. Sad Song (02:56)
06. Everybody's Gotta Live (04:03)
07. Midnight Sun (04:13)
08. Good & Evil I (04:25)
09. He Knows a Lot of Good Women (03:15)
10. Find Somebody (03:59)
11. For a Day (02:09)
12. Good & Evil II (02:58)
13. Looking Glass (02:32)
14. Trippin' & Slippin'/Ezy Ryder (06:58)

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Robert Plant (ex Led Zeppelin) - Digging Deep: Subterranea [2CD] (2020)

Year: 2 October 2020 (CD Oct 2, 2020)
Label: Es Paranza Records (U.S. & Europe), 0190295211950
Style: Rock, Folk Rock, Hard Rock
Country: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England (20 August 1948)
Time: 71:27, 71:53
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 457, 484 Mb

Charts: AUS #42, Belgium #20, Czech #39, GER #33, Hungary #6, Poland #14, Portugal #32, Scotland #14, Switzerland #15, UK #33.
Digging Deep: Subterranea is a compilation album featuring solo performances from English rock singer Robert Plant, released on 2 October 2020. The songs were assembled as a companion to his podcast series Digging Deep with Robert Plant that explores the composition and recording of hits, album tracks, and previously unreleased songs throughout Plant's post-Led Zeppelin career.
New Tracks:
"Nothing Takes the Place of You" is a Toussaint McCall cover recorded for the 2013 film Winter in the Blood.
"Too Much Alike" is a Charle Feathers cover recorded with Patty Griffin.
Also featured is "Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up – Part 1)", a reworking of the song "Turn It Up" from Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar, planned for a follow-up album to Band of Joy.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digging_Deep:_Subterranea)

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Yes - Relayer [Japanese Ed. 1989] (1974)

Year: November 29, 1974 (CD Aug 10, 1989)
Label: Warner-Pioneer Corporation (Japan), 18P2-2887
Style: Symphonic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 40:30
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 280 Mb

Charts: CAN #22, US #5, JPN #37, AUS #15, FRA #9, GER #27, ITA #17, NLD #10, NOR #18, UK #4. FRA & US: Gold.
After keyboardist Rick Wakeman left the group in May 1974 over disagreements with the band's direction following their double concept album Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973), Yes entered rehearsals as a four-piece in Buckinghamshire. They auditioned several musicians, including Greek keyboardist and composer Vangelis, before settling with Swiss musician Patrick Moraz of Refugee who incorporated elements of funk and jazz fusion to the album. Relayer is formed of three tracks, with "The Gates of Delirium" on side one and "Sound Chaser" and "To Be Over" on side two.
The album's sleeve was designed and illustrated by English artist Roger Dean, who had designed artwork for the band since 1971, including their logo. In his 1975 book Views, Dean picked the cover as his favourite for Yes, and the recording he enjoyed the most. He revealed his intention of depicting "a giant 'gothic' cave" for the sleeve, "a sort of fortified city for military monks". The painting originated from a watercolour sketch Dean had done while studying in college. Speaking about the cover in 2004, he said: "I was playing with the ideas of the ultimate castle, the ultimate wall of a fortified city. That was more of a fantastical idea. I was looking for the kinds of things like the Knights Templar would have made or what you'd see in the current movie Lord of the Rings. The curving, swirling cantilevers right into space." The images depicted in many of Dean's album covers set an otherworldly tone and are an identifiable part of the band's visual style. For Relayer, the warriors on horseback reflect the lyrical themes of war present in "The Gates of Delirium". The sleeve includes an untitled four-stanza poem by writer Donald Lehmkuhl dated October 1974, and features a band photograph taken by Moraz's former Mainhorse bandmate, Jean Ristori.[nb 1] The album's CD reissue features two additional paintings, and further unused designs are included in Dean's 2008 book Dragon's Dream. At the 1975 edition of the NME Awards, the album won Best Dressed LP.
Dean has said that "The Gates of Delirium" may be his favourite Yes track and that he felt the album should have been named after it. By 2020, the painting had been on sale for $6 million.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relayer)

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01. The Gates Of Delirium (21:54)
02. Sound Chaser (09:30)
03. To Be Over (09:05)

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Mott The Hoople - Mott The Hoople Live [Japanese Ed.] (1974)

Year: Recorded December 1973 and 8 and 9 May 1974 (CD Nov 1, 1992)
Label: Sony Music (Japan), SRCS 6246
Style: Classic Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Time: 53:52
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 335 Mb

Charts: UK #32, CAN #51, SWE #8, US #23.
By 1974, Mott the Hoople was quite possibly the greatest concert band in the world, a blur of high-energy rock, high content poetics, and high camp costuming -- Ian Hunter the tough guy in leather and shades; Ariel Bender the street kid, all satin hat flash; Overend Watts, the freakoid in skyscraper thigh boots; and a live show which out-dressed the lot of them. If any band deserved a live album, it was Mott. And if any live album failed to deliver, it was this one. Today, the album's deficiencies seem less severe. Though the band's Bender era remains considerably less well-documented than the earlier Mick Ralphs period, still live material has poured out from a variety of sources, from the Shades of Ian Hunter compilation to the All the Young Dudes box set, and onto the spring 2001 reissue of Bender's own Floodgates solo album (an excellent version of "Here Comes the Queen"). There's even a quasi-legal fan club release for the 1974 King Biscuit broadcast which remains the highpoint of the band's live career. Live, however, remains the only official document of the glory, and the problems commence on the back cover -- a great shot of the band performing "Marionette" on a stage hung with puppets, when the song itself is nowhere in sight. Two shows recorded five months and two continents apart (London's Hammersmith Odeon in December 1973; New York's Uris Theater in May 1974) are highlighted by just seven songs and one medley. The hits "All the Young Dudes" and "All the Way From Memphis," of course, are present, but the remainder of the track list is bizarre to say the least -- the ballads "Rest in Peace" and "Rose" were British B-sides only, while "Sucker," "Walking With a Mountain," and "Sweet Angeline" were never much more than filler on their own original albums (Dudes, Mad Shadows, and Brain Capers, respectively). The medley is mightier, spanning both Mott's own history, and rock & roll's in general -- who, after all, would deny the band their own exalted place in the lineage which stretches from "Whole Lotta Shakin'" to "Get Back" and beyond (the uncredited snatch of Bowie's "Jean Genie")? But even here, one cannot help but think more must have happened that night than a breakneck assault on a handful more cuts -- and sure enough, it did. The Hammersmith show was the night when the management tried to halt the gig during the closing number, and wound up causing a riot. The liner notes remember it well, but the "Mountain" here was found in New York. It is a great album in its own way, the band are in terrific form, and Bender plays the guitar hero better than anyone else of his entire generation. But Mott gigs, like their albums, were about more than simple snapshots -- that was what made the band so important, that's what made their music so memorable. And that's what the fearfully episodic Live completely overlooks.
(allmusic.com/album/live-mw0000653827)

01. All The Way From Memphis (05:04)
02. Sucker (06:06)
03. Rest In Peace (05:57)
04. All The Young Dudes (03:49)
05. Walking With A Mountain (05:02)
06. Sweet Angeline (07:02)
07. Rose (04:47)
08. Medley (16:00)

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Raspberries - The Very Best Of The Raspberries - Overnight Sensation (2002)

Year: November 26, 2002 (1972-74) (CD 2002)
Label: Cherry Red Records (UK), CDM RED 224
Style: Power Pop, Rock
Country: Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Time: 78:21
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 560 Mb

Several Raspberries best-of collections preceded the release of this one in 2002. It's something of a toss-up as to whether it or the best previous one, Capitol Collectors Series, should be given the nod. Each has 20 tracks and there's much duplication, though six of the songs on The Very Best of the Raspberries don't appear on Capitol Collectors Series. Still, all the songs that would probably be considered essential and the most familiar and popular appear on both: "Go All the Way," "Let's Pretend," "I Wanna Be With You," "Overnight Sensation," "Don't Wanna Say Goodbye," "Tonight," "Ecstasy," and "Starting Over," for starters. The difference lies chiefly in the selection of secondary tracks, and Cherry Red generally opts for some of the songs that represent their more harder-rocking side. Each best-of does the job about as well as the other for the fan who wants just one Raspberries album.
(allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-the-raspberries-overnight-sensation-mw0000663781)

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Mott The Hoople - Greatest Hits (1976)

Year: 1 March 1976 (CD ????)
Label: Columbia Records (Europe), CD 32007
Style: Glam Rock, Classic Rock, Rock
Country: Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Time: 38:39
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 228 Mb

A petty little package this is, and no mistake. It was no secret, of course, that the end of Mott the Hoople was a rancorous, bitter affair. But while former frontman Ian Hunter was igniting his solo career with an album of songs which could have been Mott's, did his erstwhile bandmates truly have nothing better to occupy their time with than compiling a collection which not only skews all that they really achieved during three years of hits, but also undermines those who played on them as well? True, guitarist Mick Ronson was a member of the band for a mere matter of months before he split for a new band with Hunter; true, too, that his contributions to Mott's recorded catalog amounted to just one minor hit single, the spookily valedictory "Saturday Gigs." But to see his name in the same tiny print reserved for the session players who appear elsewhere revises history with semi-Stalinist zeal -- or at least, spitefulness. So, though it now seems equally petty to suggest it, did the inclusion of "Born Late 58," written by one of the Hooplers who stayed behind (bassist Overend Watts), in place of any one of a dozen more deserving moments -- all of which, of course, were penned by the errant Hunter. Oh, the politics of pop, how important they all seemed at the time. Today, of course, Greatest Hits exists as a mere prelude to the flood of Mott compilations which have since hit the shelves, and one whose ten-song contents seem impossibly skimpy -- you can be in and out of the album in under 40 minutes. But, in fairness, that was all that was demanded of it. Each of the band's U.K. hits is here, including two ("Foxy Foxy" and the aforementioned "Saturday Gigs") which, at the time, had yet to appear on LP, while two slabs of unabashedly autobiography from the Mott album and one more from The Hoople basically appear as bonus tracks. Sharp and to the point -- would that all compilations could make their mark so unerringly!
(allmusic.com/album/greatest-hits-mw0000191127)

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Styx - Edge Of The Century [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1990)

Year: October 9, 1990 (CD Oct 26, 2016)
Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-77892
Style: Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Country: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Time: 42:44
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 295 Mb

Edge of the Century is the twelfth studio album by Styx, released in 1990 on A&M Records. It was the first Styx album featuring A&M solo artist Glen Burtnik and the final album to feature drummer John Panozzo before his death in 1996. It is also their final album to be released on A&M Records.
The album spawned two international singles. "Show Me the Way" was written by DeYoung and peaked at #3 on both the Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart and Adult Contemporary Chart. Some radio stations played a version edited with snippets of congressional debate and caller dedications to troops in the Gulf War.[9] "Love Is the Ritual," (Pop singles peak #80) written by Burtnik and Plinky Giglio, and "Love at First Sight" (Pop singles chart peak, #25 - only released in the United States), written by Burtnik, DeYoung and Young, were also released as singles, but neither garnered the same amount of success as "Show Me the Way."
The album sold more than 500,000 copies and was certified gold by the RIAA.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_the_Century)

01. Love Is The Ritual (03:48)
02. Show Me The Way (04:36)
03. Edge Of The Century (04:21)
04. Love At First Sight (04:35)
05. All In A Day's Work (04:12)
06. Not Dead Yet (03:32)
07. World Tonite (03:39)
08. Carrie Ann (04:28)
09. Homewrecker (05:13)
10. Back To Chicago (04:15)

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Roxy Music - Country Life [Japanese Ed.] (1974)

Year: 15 November 1974 (CD July 31, 2013)
Label: Virgin Records (Japan), VJCP-98139
Style: Art Rock, Glam Rock, Pop Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 41:47
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 285 Mb

Charts: UK #3, AUS #26, AUT #10, CAN #47, GER #38, NOR #15, NZ #8, SWE #4, US #37. UK: Gold.
Band leader Bryan Ferry took the album's title from the British rural lifestyle magazine Country Life.
The opening track, "The Thrill of It All", is an uptempo rocker that builds on the style of previous Roxy Music songs such as "Virginia Plain" (1972) and "Do the Strand" (1973); it includes a quote from Dorothy Parker's poem "Resume": "You might as well live". Eddie Jobson's violin dominates the heavily-flanged production of "Out of the Blue", which became a live favourite. Esoteric musical influences are betrayed by the German oom-pah band passages in "Bitter-Sweet", the Elizabethan flavour of "Triptych" and the lighthearted, boogie-blues, Southern rock edge to "If It Takes All Night".
"Three and Nine" has been likened to the whimsical songs of the Kinks' Ray Davies, with Ferry looking back nostalgically to a time of watching the moving pictures in cinemas in his youth, for the pre-decimalization price of 3 shillings and ninepence.
"Casanova" was singled out for praise by a number of critics as a more cynical and hard-rocking number than the usual Roxy Music fare. Like the earlier "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" (1973), it was seen as a critique of the hollowness of the contemporary jet set, and contained further instances of Ferry's idiosyncratic word association ("Now you're nothing but / Second hand in glove / With second rate"). A re-recorded version, more mellow than the original, appeared on Ferry's 1976 solo studio album Let's Stick Together.
The final track, "Prairie Rose", is an ode to Texas and sometimes mistakenly thought as a reference to Jerry Hall. However, Ferry would not meet Hall until 1975.
Shot by Eric Boman, the Country Life cover features two scantily clad models, Constanze Karoli (sister of Can's Michael Karoli) and Eveline Grunwald (who was also Michael Karoli's girlfriend). Bryan Ferry met them in Portugal and persuaded them to do the photo shoot as well as to help him with the words to the song "Bitter-Sweet". Although not credited for appearing on the cover, they are credited on the lyric sheet for their German translation work.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Life_(Roxy_Music_album))

01. The Thrill Of It All (06:25)
02. Three And Nine (04:04)
03. All I Want Is You (02:54)
04. Out Of The Blue (04:46)
05. If It Takes All Night (03:12)
06. Bitter-Sweet (04:50)
07. Triptych (03:09)
08. Casanova (03:27)
09. A Really Good Time (03:45)
10. Prairie Rose (05:12)

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Tracy Nelson Mother Earth - Poor Man's Paradise (1973)

Year: 1973 (CD 2001)
Label: Acadia Records (UK), ACA 8008
Style: Folk Rock, World & Country, Ballads
Country: Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. (December 27, 1944)
Time: 38:04
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 209 Mb

Tracy Nelson (born December 27, 1944) is an American country and blues singer. She has been involved in the recording of over 20 albums in her recording career, which started in 1965.
Nelson was born and grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. There, she first learned about R&B music from nighttime listening to WLAC radio from Nashville, Tennessee. In her teens, Nelson sang folk music in coffeehouses and with The Fuller-Wood Singers group, and was lead singer in The Fabulous Imitations band. She attended the University of Wisconsin as a social science major.
In 1965, Nelson recorded an acoustic blues album released on Prestige Records, Deep Are the Roots. It featured blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite as a member of her backup band. In Chicago, where the album was recorded, Nelson met and learned from artists including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Otis Spann.
Nelson moved to San Francisco in 1966, where she became part of the music scene there. Her band Mother Earth played the Fillmore Auditorium, sharing bills with the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and Jimi Hendrix. It was during this period that Nelson wrote and first recorded her signature song "Down So Low" (released on the first Mother Earth album Living with the Animals, tracked in Nashville and the vocal recorded in Memphis with Terry Manning), which was later covered by Linda Ronstadt, Etta James, Diamanda Galas, Dee Dee Warwick, Ellen McIlwaine, Maria Muldaur, and Cyndi Lauper. Nelson also re-recorded "Down So Low" herself several times. The album also featured Mike Bloomfield, who she had met earlier in Chicago, on the band's eponymous song, "Mother Earth."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Nelson_(singer))

01. Poor Man`s Paradise (03:53)
02. Cruel Wind (03:56)
03. When I Need You Most Of All (04:11)
04. I Hate To Say Goodbye (03:00)
05. You And Me (04:05)
06. Jack`s Waltz (05:35)
07. I Can`t Seem To Care (04:31)
08. Going Back To Tennessee (04:23)
09. Whatever I Am, You Made Me (04:26)

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Alice Cooper - Lace And Whiskey [Japanese Ed. SHM-CD] (1977)

Year: April 29, 1977 (CD Jan 18, 2012)
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Japan), WPCR-14308
Style: Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Gothic Rock
Country: Detroit, Michigan, U.S. (February 4, 1948)
Time: 41:57
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 296 Mb

Charts: US #42,    UK #33,    AUS $3, CAN #27, NZ #32, SWE #43. AUS: Platinum.
After many years of portraying a dark and sinister persona Alice Cooper decided to try something new and donned the persona of a heavy drinking comic PI named "Maurice Escargot" — a fictional character in the same vein as Inspector Clouseau. Cooper is pictured as Escargot on the back cover of Lace and Whiskey, which was still a rock-based album but was stylistically influenced by Cooper's love for 1940s' and 1950s' movies and music.
The album's lead single, "You and Me", was an easy listening ballad which provided Cooper with his last US top-ten single for twelve years. "(No More) Love at Your Convenience", a disco-inspired pop song, was released as the second single — it did not chart in most countries. Music videos were created for both songs, at a time well before the advent of MTV.
It was after the completion of the 1977 tour, that Cooper checked into a New York-based sanitarium for his first treatment for alcoholism.
During the initial stage of this album's era, when it was clear that Cooper was not going to return from his new success, original Alice Cooper group members Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, and Michael Bruce formed a new band with Mike Marconi and Bob Dolin called "The Billion Dollar Babies". Michael Bruce sang their lead vocals.
The opening song "It's Hot Tonight" would be sampled by the rap rock group Beastie Boys for the song "What Comes Around" on their second studio album Paul's Boutique (1989).
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace_and_Whiskey)

01. It's Hot Tonight (03:22)
02. Lace And Whiskey (03:15)
03. Road Rats (04:53)
04. Damned If You Do (03:15)
05. You And Me (05:10)
06. King Of The Silver Screen (05:36)
07. Ubangi Stomp (02:12)
08. (No More) Love At Your Convenience (03:53)
09. I Never Wrote Those Songs (04:34)
10. My God (05:43)

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Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes (1972)

Year: 8 September 1972 (CD 2006)
Label: Columbia/Legacy (Germany), 82796 93809 2
Style: Rock, Classic Rock, Glam Rock, Hard Rock
Country: Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Time: 72:57
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 505 Mb

 

Charts: UK No. 21 / U.S. No. 89

All the Young Dudes was a turning point for the then-struggling British band. Mott the Hoople were on the verge of breaking up when David Bowie stepped in and gave them the song "All the Young Dudes". Bowie also produced the album, which took Mott "from potential has-beens to avatars of the glam rock movement". A remastered and expanded version was released by Sony BMG on the Columbia Legacy label in the United Kingdom and the United States on 21 February 2006.

The title track, "All the Young Dudes", was released as a single prior to the album and charted worldwide, becoming the "ultimate '70s glitterkid anthem". "Sweet Jane", a cover of the Velvet Underground song from their 1970 album Loaded, was issued as a single in Canada, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United States, though not in their home market of the UK. "One of the Boys", originally the B-side of "All the Young Dudes", was also released in North America and Continental Europe.

In 2003, the album was ranked No. 491 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2012's revised list, the magazine ranked it at No. 484, saying, "Mott would sound more soulful but never more sexy or glittery."

"Ready for Love" was reworked by Mick Ralphs's subsequent band Bad Company on their self-titled debut. "Soft Ground" was written by organist Verden Allen and, other than the 2013 reunion album, the only occasion when he recorded lead vocal with Mott the Hoople.

01. Sweet Jane (04:21)
02. Momma's Little Jewel (04:26)
03. All The Young Dudes (03:32)
04. Sucker (05:03)
05. Jerkin' Crocus (04:00)
06. One Of The Boys (06:46)
07. Soft Ground (03:17)
08. Ready For Love / After Lights (06:47)
09. Sea Diver (02:55)

Bonus Tracks:

10. One Of The Boys (Demo Version) (04:18)
11. Black Scorpio (Demo Version Of ''Momma's Little Jewel'') (03:35)
12. Ride On The Sun (Demo Version Of ''Sea Diver'') (03:36)
13. One Of The Boys (U.K. Single Version) (04:21)
14. All The Young Dudes (David Bowie / Ian Hunter Vocal) (04:25)
15. Sucker (Live 1973 At The Hammersmith Odeon) (06:27)
16. Sweet Jane (Live 1973 At The Hammersmith Odeon) (05:00)

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