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Title: Umphrey’s McGee – Live at the Fillmore: NYE Run 2013 – 12.31.13
Release Date: 2014
Genre: Rock, progressive rock, jam band, math rock, jazz fusion, funk rock
Artist: Brendan Bayliss – guitar, vocals; Joel Cummins – keyboards, vocals; Ryan Stasik – bass guitar; Andy Farag – percussion; Jake Cinninger – guitar, vocals; Kris Myers – drums, vocals; with Joshua Redman – sax
Production/Label: Tour Gigs
Duration: 03:35:39
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-2
Audio codec: AC-3
Video: MPEG-2 13500 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Size: 22.51 GB
Set one of New Year’s Eve proper features a range of Umphrey’s tunes: look for massive improv vehicle “Ocean Billy,” prog-monster “Wizard Burial Ground,” and the debut of dance-anthem “Bad Friday,” which featured the return of Mad Dog’s Filthy Little Secret and Jeff Coffin. The horns resurfaced and joined the band for much of set two, including a “40’s Theme”, “Booth Love,” and the debut of the Phil Collins hit “Sussudio.” As the NYE run nears, the question always circles amongst fans, “What will the band play for the ball drop?” 2013’s “Hurt Bird Bath” did not disappoint as the energy mounted to a pinnacle at midnight . Keeping with tradition, midnight brought a heartfelt but rocking rendition of “Auld Lang Syne,” complete with confetti and fantastic balloon drop. Appropriately, “Hit It and Quit It” by Funakdelic was the first song played in 2014, all setting up for the grand finale encore, “Resolution.” Another fantastic New Years Run is in the books! (more…)
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Title: Umphrey’s McGee – Live at the Fillmore: NYE Run 2013 – 12.28.13
Release Date: 2014
Genre: Rock, progressive rock, jam band, math rock, jazz fusion, funk rock
Artist: Brendan Bayliss – guitar, vocals; Joel Cummins – keyboards, vocals; Ryan Stasik – bass guitar; Andy Farag – percussion; Jake Cinninger – guitar, vocals; Kris Myers – drums, vocals; with Joshua Redman – sax
Production/Label: Tour Gigs
Duration: 02:41:37
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-2
Audio codec: AC-3
Video: MPEG-2 18000 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 256 kbps
Size: 22.27 GB
Umphrey’s McGee returned to Colorado for a highly-anticipated three-night run at the Fillmore Auditorium. Wasting no time, the band took the stage to Beethoven’s “5th Symphony” which set an energetic, funk-focused groove for night one. Highlights in the first set include “Out of Order” into “Partyin’ Peeps,” along with Jake Cinninger’s keyboard cameo with Joel Cummins on “Deeper.” Set two brought fans “The Bottom Half,” featuring a lyrical stew by Brendan Bayliss that was followed by a cover of the classic “Rock The Casbah.” The segue grew into a drum solo, which found both Cinninger and Andy Farag collaborating on the percussion rig. Later, look for Brendan Bayliss utilizing a bottle of wine as a guitar slide during “Mullet (Over).” Needless to say, the band was having fun as the night came to an end with a soulful performance of “Believe the Lie.” (more…)
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DTS Blu-ray Music Demo Disc 15 2012 1080i Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 | 19.4 GB
Reference quality 5.1/7.1 Dolby TrueHD Music Demo Disc (compatible with normal Dolby Digital, too)
Great for testing your surround system, with this demo you really see how good your system can be! Even low budget systems sounds good with these tracks!
BDMV and Certificate folders for burning on BD-25,or for playing with for example Arcsoft Total Media Theatre or other BD PC players. VLC Player also plays individual tracks in BDMV/STREAM folder.
Without any copy or regional protection. With Title Menu and Auto-Loop function for In-store demo. Cover and Disc Label for printing included.
Oh, and the video is of course in Full HD 1080 uncompressed quality!
Technical Specs
Blu-ray
BD-25 Single-Layer Disc
Video Resolution/Codec
1080p/AVC MPEG-4
Aspect Ratio(s)
1.78:1
Audio Formats
DTS-HD MA 7.1
Subtitles/Captions
None
Supplements
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DTS Blu-ray Music Demo Disc 14 2010 1080i Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 | 17.15 GB
Reference quality 5.1/7.1 Dolby TrueHD Music Demo Disc (compatible with normal Dolby Digital, too)
Great for testing your surround system, with this demo you really see how good your system can be! Even low budget systems sounds good with these tracks!
BDMV and Certificate folders for burning on BD-25,or for playing with for example Arcsoft Total Media Theatre or other BD PC players. VLC Player also plays individual tracks in BDMV/STREAM folder.
Without any copy or regional protection. With Title Menu and Auto-Loop function for In-store demo. Cover and Disc Label for printing included.
Oh, and the video is of course in Full HD 1080 uncompressed quality!
Technical Specs
Blu-ray
BD-25 Single-Layer Disc
Video Resolution/Codec
1080p/AVC MPEG-4
Aspect Ratio(s)
1.78:1
Audio Formats
DTS-HD MA 7.1
Subtitles/Captions
None
Supplements
Extras
Title: Umphrey’s McGee – Live at Stubb’s BBQ, Austin, TX 04.20.2013
Release Date: 2013
Genre: Rock, progressive rock, jam band, math rock, jazz fusion, funk rock
Artist: Brendan Bayliss – guitar, vocals; Joel Cummins – keyboards, vocals; Ryan Stasik – bass guitar; Andy Farag – percussion; Jake Cinninger – guitar, vocals; Kris Myers – drums, vocals
Production/Label: Tour Gigs
Duration: 02:30:35
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-2
Audio codec: AC-3
Video: MPEG-2 17769 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Size: 20.3 GB
Umphrey’в rolled into Austin, Texas ready to rage at what has been their 4/20 destination spot for three years running: the famous Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre. Spirits were high as fans swarmed Red River and started flowing into the venue for the highly anticipated sold out show.
The band started the night off on fire with a stellar “Utopian Fir” sandwich. Fan favorites “In The Kitchen” and “Hurt Bird Bath” stood out as Jake Cinninger delivered with his signature guitar wizardry. Brendan Bayliss took the lead in “Loose Ends” and showcased vocal abilities that seemed to send a warm wave over the crowd. The set continued to cook as they broke into a spectacular cover of The Allman Brothers’ “Jessica”, allowing Joel Cummins to showcase his impressive piano skills. On top of it all, Waful lit up the night with an awe-inspiring array of colors that weaved through the leaves of the venue’s oak trees. “Puppet String” closed out the first set with monumental energy and deep bass lines provided by Ryan Stasik, leaving the crowd hungry for more.
The second set maintained the intensity as Umphrey’s busted out a huge “JaJunk, followed by a shredding version of “Push The Pig”. Fans were then treated to a perfect reggae mashup titled “Life During Exodus” which blended covers of Bob Marley’s “Exodus” and the Talking Heads’ “Life During Wartime”. The encore revisited the reggae vibe with “FF” leading into the longest jam of the night during “Divisions” which showcased amazing percussion solos by Kris Myers and Andy Farag. (more…)
Title: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Live in Milan
Release Date: 2006
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Funk Metal
Artist: Flea – bass, trumpet, keyboards; John Frusciante – guitar, backing vocals; Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals; Chad Smith – drums
Production/Label: Mexico | Zima Entertainment
Duration: 00:44:54
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-2
Audio codec: AC-3
Video: MPEG-2 30000 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9
Audio#1: English Dolby Digital 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio#2: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN –4dB
Size: 11.39 GB
The Stadium Arcadium World Tour was a 2006-2007 concert tour by the band Red Hot Chili Peppers in support of their ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium. The band started out with a pre-tour promotional leg of dates around the world while the world tour was composed of six legs, three in Europe, one in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, and the other two in the US and Canada.
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This is a huge collection of all the available streams available on iPlayer, relating to Glastonbury 2015
Names are as given by the BBC. There is almost certainly some overlap here too, but I opted for “complete” rather than miss any thing.
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Title: Caspian – Live at Larcom
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Rock, Post Rock, Indie Rock, Instrumental Rock, Experimental, Ambient, Post Metal
Director: Ryan Mackfall
Artist: Philip Jamieson – guitar, keyboards, synthesizers; Calvin Joss – guitar; Joe Vickers – drums; Erin Burke-Moran – guitar; Jonny Ashburn – guitar; Jani Zubkovs – bass guitar
Production/Label: Triple Crown
Duration: 01:44:37
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: AC-3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 24959 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
This career spanning concert film was recorded live at Caspian’s 10th anniversary concert on October 18, 2014 at the historic Larcom Theatre in their home town of Beverly, MA.
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Martina McBride completely wowed a 2,000-plus-member crowd Saturday night (Nov. 1) as she brought her Everlasting Tour to the Ryman Auditorium in her adopted hometown of Nashville. And she proceeded to remind fans just why she is truly everlasting, displaying the powerhouse vocals that have repeatedly given us chills during her formidable 22-year career.
The four-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year winner had audience members on their feet several times during the evening, especially as she belted out signature songs like “Independence Day” and “A Broken Wing.” And “In My Daughter’s Eyes” even brought tears to this writer’s eyes. Martina sings with such untempered, raw emotion and makes you feel like you’re the only one in the room.
The crowd was equally as riveted as Martina performed the R&B/pop covers that sent Everlasting to the top of the album charts. The four-piece horn section and her soulful backing singers (as well as her rocking regular band) breathed new life into classics like Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds” and Van Morrison’s “Wild Night,” among others.
But perhaps the surprise highlight of the evening was when Martina was joined onstage by rocker Gavin DeGraw to sing Sam Cooke’s “Bring It On Home to Me,” causing the crowd to erupt at their perfect harmonizing and vocal prowess.
In short, there is no one who sings like Martina McBride—no one. That alone is worth the price of admission. Everything else is just icing on the country cake.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd will team up with Brantley Gilbert for an all-new episode of CMT Crossroads scheduled to air June 27.
It marks Lynyrd Skynyrd’s second appearance on the network’s flagship music series. The band previously collaborated with Montgomery Gentry for an episode that aired in 2004.
Still led by founding member Gary Rossington on guitar, the current lineup of the band also features longtime lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant and guitarist Rickey Medlocke. Former vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, Johnny’s brother and a co-founder of the band, was one of three band members killed in 1977 when the band’s plane crashed in Mississippi en route to a concert in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
With a catalog of more than 60 albums, sales beyond 30 million worldwide, Lynyrd Skynyrd were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Their classics include “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Call Me the Breeze,” “Don’t Ask Me No Questions,” “Saturday Night Special” and “Free Bird.”
Gilbert’s gold-certified third studio album, Just as I Am, was the third-highest ountry debut of 2014 and was one of the Top 5-selling country albums of the year. The project includes hits such as “Bottoms Up,” “Small Town Throwdown” and his current single, “One Hell of an Amen.”
CMT Crossroads: Lynyrd Skynyrd and Brantley Gilbert will tape in Nashville and air June 27 at 10 p.m. ET/PT only on CMT.
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Title: Umphrey’s McGee – Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 07.05.2014
Release Date: 2014
Genre: Rock, progressive rock, jam band, math rock, jazz fusion, funk rock
Artist: Brendan Bayliss: guitar, vocals; Jake Cinninger: guitar, vocals; Joel Cummins: keys, vocals; Andy Farag: percussion; Kris Myers: drums, vocals; Ryan Stasik: bass; Dominic Lalli: saxophone; Gabe Mervine: trumpet; Matt Pitts: saxophone; Jans Ingber: vocals; Michael Travis: percussion
Production/Label: Tour Gigs
Duration: 02:41:24 + 01:07:26
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: AC-3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 11817 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 256 kbps
Some nights defy explanation. Umphrey’s 2014 return to Red Rocks could be summed up as such a night. Their first sold out show at the nation’s premiere amphitheatre created a palpable pre-show energy that never relented. Those in attendance clearly knew they were in for a ride.
The band stepped on the gas early and never let up. Set one started with the debut of a new original “Lucid State.” “Conduit” got the early treatment and “Ocean Billy” lit up the rocks, complete with “Gents” sandwiched neatly in the middle. Jake Cinninger unveiled a treat as he performed “End of the Road” on Jerry Garcia’s historic Travis Bean TB500 guitar. The band closed the set with Bob Seger’s “Hollywood Nights” which turned into a crowd sing along, 9500 voices strong.
“Little Gift,” from the band’s most recent album Similar Skin, set the stage for a relentless set two. Hometown favorite Dominic Lalli from Big Gigantic joined in on saxophone, adding a welcomed layer to the always reliable “Bad Friday.” A monstrous “Wappy Sprayberry” officially quelled any doubts that this show wouldn’t be one for the books. The encore gave the fans one more fulfilling taste of what they came for, as it featured UM in full stride alongside members of The Motet for a fun and upbeat cover of The Band’s “Ophelia.”
Filmed in stunning HD, including aerial drone footage of the concert, paired with crisp soundboard audio make this one of the finest concert videos from UM to date. (more…)
We Are Harlot – We Are Harlot (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1kHz | Time – 00:37:34 minutes | 480 MB | Genre: Rock
Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz | © Roadrunner Records
L.A. hard rock supergroup We Are Harlot offer up a debut that makes nods to the Sunset Strip rock of the ’80s, while still grounding itself in the present. Formed in 2011 by former Asking Alexandria singer Danny Worsnop and guitarist Jeff George (Sebastian Bach), the group slowly developed its sound, eventually recruiting bassist Brian Weaver (Silvertide) and drummer Bruno Agra (Revolution Renaissance) to complete the lineup. Recorded in L.A. and produced by Kato Khandwala, their debut has the cool cockiness of classic Guns N’ Roses and Mötley Crüe with plenty of strong melodies and tight harmonies, marking a real departure for each of the band’s members, especially Worsnop. ~ Timothy Monger
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Dr. Chesky – The Ultimate Headphone Demonstration Disc (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192kHz | Time – 1:30:00 minutes | 3,0 GB | Genre: Miscellaneous, Binaural+
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | © Chesky Records
There’s no doubt about it; we’re living in the Golden Age of Headphone Design. At every price category, headphones have never sounded better. I’ve heard more than a few $10 in-ears that were pretty respectable, lots of mid-priced winners, and a couple of $5,000 state of the art, full-size beauties that blew my mind. Today’s best headphones are higher resolution devices than the finest $100,000 speakers. You can hear superior detailing and clarity from headphones and typical room acoustic problems with speakers are completely eliminated. With the best headphones you hear what the microphones “heard,” and nothing else.
Of course a stellar headphone can’t make a poor quality recording sound great, so if you want to hear your headphones’ full potential you have to listen to the best recordings. Now sure, sound quality is a matter of taste, but I prefer recordings that sound as much like the real thing as possible. In other words, recordings free of compression, peak limiting, equalization, digital reverberation, Auto-Tune, or any studio processing tricks. That describes the sound of every Chesky recording ever made. They’re always pure and natural. We’ve included an assortment of the latest Chesky recordings to show off the best of what your headphones can do.
We’ve all gotten used to hearing music mixed and mastered to sound consistently loud, so a whisper quiet vocal is as loud as a scream. The uncompressed music tracks on this sampler retain their natural soft-to-loud dynamics, so you’ll probably have to turn up the volume on your phone or amplifier a notch or two from your normal listening level to enjoy the music’s full dynamic range.
Over the last few years Chesky Records has used a B&K 4100 D Binaural “head” that has microphones where the head’s “ears” would be. That one B&K is the only mic present at the sessions; no other mics are used to pick up individual instruments or voices. These Chesky Binaural+ recordings can also be enjoyed over stereo speakers.
In addition to the music tracks we have included a selection of tracks that can test your headphone’s dynamic range and imaging capabilities. Bear in mind that Binaural+’s 360 degree spatial cues will sound very different on in-ear, on-ear, and over-the-ear headphones. With the best headphones you will experience an “ear-witness” perspective; you hear what the binaural head heard at the session, exactly. There’s no after the fact mixing or alteration to the balance. There can’t be, as it’s a live to two-track recording. So if you own a bunch of headphones, check out how different they sound on the music and test tracks. You might be surprised by what you hear.
Soft-to-loud dynamic range compression is often cited as the #1 problem affecting sound quality on nearly all contemporary recordings, and I have to agree. Sadly, few music lovers have ever heard uncompressed recordings. Dynamic range compression is unrelated to lossy data compression formats like MP3 or Dolby Digital. No, I’m referring to dynamic range compression, the intentional squashing of the naturally occurring soft-to loud dynamics of voices and instruments. That’s why we’ve included a series of test tracks that demonstrate the musically disastrous effects of compression. For each group of dynamic range tests you’ll first hear the music in its natural, uncompressed state, followed by the very same track with a moderate amount of compression, and then one more time with a maximally compressed and peak limited sound mix. The differences are far from subtle; it’s a shame that few artists ever release their music in an uncompressed, or even only a mildly compressed version. Once the original sound has been compressed, it can never sound completely natural.
—Steve Guttenberg, February, 2014
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T.I. – Paperwork (Deluxe Edition) (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1kHz | Time – 01:14:29 minutes | 883 MB | Genre: Rap
Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz | © Grand Hustle – Columbia
There are moments on Paperwork where rapper T.I. sounds as vital, bright, infectious, and tuneful as Nas in his prime, but don’t get it twisted, as this vibrant effort is often so pop that it is more like an Illmatic aimed at taking on the chart dominance of Iggy Azalea and not the gang violence in Queensbridge. Fair enough, and a target well within T.I.’s means, plus the fire in rapper’s belly is stoked by executive producer Pharrell Williams here, the man who persuaded the rapper to move his Grand Hustle empire to the Columbia family of labels and live in the big and bold world of the Neptunes and their ilk. The results are gospel-seized numbers like “Oh Yeah,” where a choir underlines T.I.’s urgent stories of bad luck and surviving in the hustle, or “New National Anthem” with Skylar Grey, a number as brave as its title, where mothers lose their children to the perils of the modern world and Trayvon is killed holding nothing but a pack of Skittles. “About the Money” returns this mid 1930s mobster back to his early, scrappy days with a bragging track modeled after the twitchy sound of Danny Brown, then “No Mediocre” proves T.I. can flourish on the modern, ultra-slick strip club number — and with snarky Barbie Iggy Azalea right by his side. Toward the end there’s the sincere “Light ‘Em Up (RIP Doe B),” where Grand Hustle’s fallen soldier is eulogized with soul and spiritual hope, plus the great “Let Your Heart Go (Break My Soul)” is an open-hearted, lush, and fitting climax for an album so varied yet whole. Bright, big, and Pharrellian, Paperwork still finds T.I. at the center of its well-funded variety show, allowing him to bounce back to his streety Trouble Man persona after schooling all the Iggy’s and Macklemore’s in such vital uptown slick. ~ David Jeffries
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Richard Clayderman – Super Best (2013/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192kHz | Time – 49:07 minutes | 3,18 GB | Genre: New Age, Piano
Official Digital Download – Source: WEB | © Victor Entertainment
A highly popular pianist who specializes in light classical compositions, with a romantic yet low-profile image. He has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music.
With his lush and sophisticated instrumental approach to pop music, Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès) is, according to The Guinness Book of World Records, “the most successful pianist in the world.” Clayderman’s albums routinely sell millions of copies and his concerts are quickly sold out. His vast discography of well over 200 albums, released on and licensed to many different labels worldwide, has seen him record everything from light classics to Andrew Lloyd Webber love songs, Bollywood movie soundtracks, and the folk music of Germany, Turkey, and Japan. (more…)
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