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Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Renaissance - Prologue (1972) (Vinyl Rip)

Year: 1972 (LP 1972)

Label: Sovereign Records (UK), SVNA 7253

Style: Symphonic Rock

Country: UK

Time: 41:27

Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz

Size: 252 Mb

01. A1 Prologue (05:37)

02. A2 Kiev (07:38)

03. A3 Sounds Of The Sea (07:05)

04. B1 Spare Some Love (05:12)

05. B2 Bound For Infinity (04:24)

06. B3 Rajah Kahn (11:29)

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Friday, 17 June 2016

Renaissance - Turn of the Cards (1974) (Vinyl Rip)

Year: 1974 (LP 1974)

Label: BTM Records (UK), BTM 1000 (SAS 7502)

Style: Symphonic Rock

Country: UK

Time: 41:00

Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz

Size: 251 Mb

Turn of the Cards is the fifth studio album by the British progressive rock band Renaissance, released in 1974. It was the last Renaissance studio album to include excerpts from existing classical pieces.

In the UK, this was the very first release (BTM 1000) on Miles Copeland's fledgling label, BTM Records (British Talent Managers). In 1977, after releasing a total of 10 albums, including 2 more by Renaissance (BTM 1006: Scheherazade and Other Stories, and the double LP, BTM 2001, Live at Carnegie Hall), the label folded due to bankruptcy.

The cover picture features Warwick Castle. The first BTM UK pressings had an alternate back cover, with a moody close-up portrait of Annie Haslam framed in one of the 'cards'. Later pressings, and in the US, a rather bland picture consistent in style and size with the other members portraits were added.

"Things I Don't Understand" was founder member Jim McCarty's last contribution to the band. "Running Hard" quotes a melodic phrase first used in "Mr. Pine" from the Illusion album, as well as the piece "Litanies" by French composer Jehan Alain. The music to "Cold Is Being" is taken entirely from "Adagio in G minor" (attributed to Tomaso Albinoni) and, contrary to the album credits, was not composed by Michael Dunford; it was, however credited in the back notes ("Thanks to Jehan Alain for the opening piece of RUNNING HARD and Albinoni for COLD IS BEING"). "Mother Russia" is cited by Jon Camp as being a case where he made major compositional contributions without being credited for them.

(Wikipedia)

01. A1 Running Hard (09:34)

02. A2 I Think Of You (03:10)

03. A3 Things I Don't Understand (09:26)

04. B1 Black Flame (06:28)

05. B2 Cold Is Being (03:02)

06. B3 Mother Russia (09:18)

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Saturday, 21 May 2016

Rainbow - Down To Earth (1979) (Vinyl 1st press)

Year: 1979 (LP 1979 1st press)

Label: Polydor Records (UK), POLD 5023, 2490 151

Style: Hard Rock

Country: UK

Time: 36:28

Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz

Size: 256 Mb

Producer, bass guitar – Roger Glover

Vocals - Graham Bonnet

Guitar - Ritchie Blackmore

Keyboards - Don Airey

Drums - Cozy Powell (29 December 1947 – 5 April 1998)

Matrix Side A: POLD5023 A1//E, Side B: POLD5023 B1//E

01. A1 All Night Long (03:52)

02. A2 Eyes of the World (06:39)

03. A3 No Time To Lose (03:45)

04. A4 Makin' Love (04:34)

05. B1 Since You Been Gone (03:19)

06. B2 Love's No Friend (04:53)

07. B3 Danger Zone (04:28)

08. B4 Lost In Hollywood (04:54)

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Thursday, 19 May 2016

Ten Years After – Cricklewood Green (1970) (Vinyl Rip)

Year: 1970 (LP 197?)

Label: Deram Records (UK), SML 1065

Style: Rhythm and Blues, Hard Rock

Country: UK (Nottingham, Ilkeston, Mansfield)

Time: 38:37

Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz

Size: 254 Mb

Cricklewood Green a firmly positive retrospective review, praising each individual track and summarizing that "the band and engineer Andy Johns mix studio tricks and sound effects, blues-based song structures, a driving rhythm section, and Alvin Lee's signature lightning-fast guitar licks into a unified album that flows nicely from start to finish.

Lee died on 6 March 2013 in Spain. According to his website, he died from "unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure". He was 68. His former bandmates lamented his death. Leo Lyons called him "the closest thing I had to a brother", while Ric Lee (no relation) said "I don't think it's even sunk in yet as to the reality of his passing". Billboard highlighted such landmark performances as "I'm Going Home" from the Woodstock festival and his 1971 hit single "I'd Love to Change the World".

01. A1 Sugar The Road (04:02)
02. A2 Working On The Road (04:16)
03. A3 50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain (07:33)
04. A4 Year 3,000 Blues (02:23)
05. B1 Me And My Baby (04:12)
06. B2 Love Like A Man (07:27)
07. B3 Circles (03:57)
08. B4 As The Sun Still Burns Away (04:44)

All songs written by Alvin Lee.

Alvin Lee (19 December 1944 Nottingham – 6 March 2013) – guitar, vocals

Leo Lyons (born 30 November 1943 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire) – bass

Ric Lee (born 20 October 1945 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire) – drums

Chick Churchill (born 2 January 1946 Ilkeston, Derbyshire) – organ

Matrix side A: XZAL-9583P-IW JT, side B: XZAL-9584P-IW DA

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Friday, 13 May 2016

Jethro Tull - 20 Years Of J. T. The Definitive Collection (1988) (Vinyl, Box Set 5LP)

Year: 1988 (LP 1988)

Label: Chrysalis Records (UK), T BOX 1/1

Style: Art Rock, Gothic Rock

Country: UK

Time: 43:03, 46:21, 43:45, 46:46, 52:25

Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz

Size: 299, 306, 307, 331, 381 Mb

DISC 1:

Ian Anderson (flute, mouth organ, claghorn, piano, vocals, harmonica, mandolin) plays on all tracks

Mick Abrahams (guitar, 9-string guitar, vocals) plays on tracks 1 - 2, 5, 23 and 25

Clive Bunker (drums, hooter and charm bracelet) plays on tracks 1 - 6, 22 - 23 and 25

Glenn Cornick (bass) plays on tracks 1 - 2, 4 - 6, and 22 - 25

Neil Smith (electric guitar) plays on track 24

Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba) plays on tracks 4, 6, 9, 11 - 16 and 18 - 22

Barriemore Barlow (drums, percussion) plays on tracks 8 - 9, 15, 18 - 21 and 24

Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass) plays on tracks 15 and 17 - 18

John Glascock (bass, vocals) plays on tracks 9 and 19

John Evans (piano) plays on tracks 9, 17 - 19, 20 - 21 and 24

Gerry Conway (drums, percussion) plays on tracks 11 - 13, 14 and 16

Dave Pegg (bass, mandolins, vocals) plays on tracks 11 - 14, 16 and 20

Peter-John Vettese (piano, synthesizer) plays on track 11

David Palmer (keyboards, orchestra conductor) plays on tracks 14 - 15 and 20 - 21

DISC 2:

Ian Anderson (flute, mouth organ, claghorn, piano, vocals, harmonica, mandolin) plays on all tracks

Clive Bunker (drums, hooter and charm bracelet) plays on track 1

Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba) plays on tracks 1 - 14 and 17 - 18

Barriemore Barlow (drums, percussion) plays on tracks 2 - 5, 8, 13 - 14 and 18

Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass) plays on tracks 1 - 2 and 5

John Glascock (bass, vocals) plays on tracks 3 - 4, 8, 13 - 14 and 17 - 18

John Evans (piano) plays on tracks 1, 3 - 5, 8, 13 - 14 and 18

Gerry Conway (drums, percussion) plays on tracks 6 - 7 and 9 - 12

Dave Pegg (bass, mandolins, vocals) plays on tracks 6 - 7, 9 - 12 and 15

Peter-John Vettese (piano, synthesizer) plays on tracks 6 - 7 and 9

David Palmer (keyboards, orchestra conductor) plays on tracks 3, 14 and 18

Martin Allcock (bouzouki, electric guitar, keyboards) plays on track 10

DISC 3:

Ian Anderson (flute, mouth organ, claghorn, piano, vocals, harmonica, mandolin) plays on all tracks

Clive Bunker (drums, hooter and charm bracelet) plays on tracks 1 and 16

Glenn Cornick (bass) plays on tracks 1 and 16

Martin Barre (electric guitar, marimba) plays on tracks 1 - 8 and 11 - 18

Barriemore Barlow (drums, percussion) plays on tracks 2 and 12 - 13

Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (bass) plays on tracks 2, 9 and 12

John Evans (piano) plays on tracks 1 - 2, 12 - 13 and 16

Gerry Conway (drums, percussion) plays on tracks 5 - 8 and 17 - 18

Dave Pegg (bass, mandolins, vocals) plays on tracks 3 -8, 10 - 11, 14 - 15 and 17 - 18

Peter-John Vettese (piano, synthesizer) plays on tracks 5 - 8 and 17 - 18

David Palmer (keyboards, orchestra conductor) plays on tracks 2, 9 and 12 - 13

Don Airey (keyboards) plays on tracks 3 - 4, 10 and 14 - 15

Doane Perry (drums) plays on tracks 3 - 4 and 14- 15

LP1 "The Radio Archives":

01. A1 Song For Jeffrey (02:51)

02. A2 Love Story (02:50)

03. A3 Fat Man (02:57)

04. A4 Bouree (04:04)

05. A5 Stormy Monday Blues (04:07)

06. A6 A New Day Yesterday (04:17)

07. B1 Cold Wind To Valhalla (01:33)

08. B2 Minstrel In The Gallery (02:13)

09. B3 Velvet Green (05:54)

10. B4 Grace (00:41)

11. B5 The Clasp (03:31)

12. B6 Pibroch (Pee Break) - Black Satin Dancer (Instrumental) (04:02)

13. B7 Fallen On Hard Times (03:57)

LP2 "The Rare Tracks (Released But Only Just)":

01. C1 Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow (03:20)

02. C2 I'm Your Gun (03:18)

03. C3 Down At The End Of Your Road (03:34)

04. C4 Coronach (03:52)

05. C5 Summerday Sands (03:46)

06. C6 Too Many Too (03:26)

07. C7 March The Mad Scientist (01:47)

08. D1 Pan Dance (03:26)

09. D2 Strip Cartoon (03:17)

10. D3 King Henry's Madrigal (02:58)

11. D4 A Stitch In Time (03:37)

12. D5 17 (03:07)

13. D6 One For John Gee (02:05)

14. D7 Aeroplane (02:16)

15. D8 Sunshine Day (02:25)

LP3 "Flawed Gems (Dusted Down)":

01. E1 Lick Your Fingers Clean (02:46)

02. E2 The Chateau D'Isaster Tapes (11:05)

03. E3 Beltane (05:17)

04. E4 Crossword (03:33)

05. F1 Saturation (04:18)

06. F2 Jack-A-Lynn (04:41)

07. F3 Motoreyes (03:38)

08. F4 Blues Instrumental (Untitled) (05:14)

09. F5 Rhythm In Gold (03:08)

LP4 "The Other Sides Of Tull":

01. G1 Part Of The Machine (06:50)

02. G2 Mayhem, Maybe (03:03)

03. G3 Overhang (04:27)

04. G4 Kelpie (03:30)

05. G5 Living In These Hard Times (03:10)

06. G6 Under Wraps (02:14)

07. H1 Only Solitaire (01:29)

08. H2 Cheap Day Return (01:22)

09. H3 Wond'ring Aloud (01:53)

10. H4 Dun Ringill (03:04)

11. H5 Salamander (02:50)

12. H6 Moths (03:24)

13. H7 Nursie (01:35)

14. H8 Life's A Long Song (03:17)

15. H9 One White Duck - O12 Nothing At All (04:32)

LP5 "The Essential Tull":

01. I1 Songs From The Wood (04:29)

02. I2 Living In The Past (04:05)

03. I3 Teacher (04:48)

04. I4 Aqualung (07:41)

05. I5 Locomotive Breath (05:58)

06. J1 Witch's Promise (03:48)

07. J2 Bungle In The Jungle (03:35)

08. J3 Farm On The Freeway (06:46)

09. J4 Thick As A Brick (06:36)

10. J5 Sweet Dream (04:34)

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