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Frank Zappa – Studio Tan (1978/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:26 minutes | 1,58 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Zappa Records
Studio Tan is the 24th album by American musician Frank Zappa, first released in September 1978 on his own DiscReet Records label. It reached #147 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States.
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Frank Zappa – Over-Nite Sensation (1973/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:31 minutes | 1,77 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Frank Zappa Catalog
Over-Nite Sensation is a studio album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, released in September 1973. It was followed by Zappa’s solo album Apostrophe (‘) (1974), which was recorded during the same sessions.
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Frank Zappa – Orchestral Favorites (40th Anniversary) (1979/2019/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:30131 minutes | 3,06 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Zappa Records
Orchestral Favorites is an album by Frank Zappa first released in May 1979 on his own DiscReet Records label. The album is entirely instrumental and features music performed by the 37-piece Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra. It reached #168 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States.
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Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention – One Size Fits All (1975/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 42:55 minutes | 2,13 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Zappa Records
Frank Zappa had a long career and while the early records were singled out early for their innovative mastery, many of his mid-70s works get lost in the shuffle. One Size Fits All, however, should be in every Zappa collector’s possession. Much is often made of Zappa’s social/ sexual commentary, but it is his instrumental prowess that deserves to be treasured above all. The charging hard rock of “San Ber’dino” sounds like the “Life In the Fast Lane” Eagles with stronger, blazing chops. “Inca Roads” takes a frantic bass line from James “Bird Legs” Youman and brings Zappa’s guitar chops into focus with one of his most sublime solos. “Can’t Afford No Shoes” plays like demented pop-rock with a cruising ’70s-styled flair. Johnny “Guitar” Watson overdubbed some vocal tracks. Captain Beefheart, credited as ‘Bloodshot Rollin’ Red,’ adds harmonica, with Chester Thompson, George Duke and Ruth Underwood filling out the super-tight backing ensemble.
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Frank Zappa – Chunga’s Revenge (1970/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:27 minutes | 2 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Zappa Records
Chunga’s Revenge is the third solo album by Frank Zappa, released on October 23, 1970. Zappa’s first effort of the 1970s marks the first appearance of former Turtles members Flo & Eddie on a Zappa record, and signals the dawn of a controversial epoch in Zappa’s history. Chunga’s Revenge represents a shift from both the satirical political commentary of his 1960s work with The Mothers of Invention, and the jazz fusion of Hot Rats.
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Frank Zappa – Chicago ’78 (2016/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:59:36 minutes | 2,51 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Frank Zappa Catalog
Chicago ’78 is a two-disc live album by guitarist, singer, and songwriter Frank Zappa, released in November 2016, consisting of the recording of the entire second concert held on September 29, 1978 at the Uptown Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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Frank Zappa – Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:18 minutes | 1,78 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Frank Zappa Catalog
Burnt Weeny Sandwich is the sixth studio album by the American rock band the Mothers of Invention, and the ninth overall by Frank Zappa, released in 1970. It consists of both studio recordings and live elements. In contrast to the next album Weasels Ripped My Flesh, which is predominantly live and song-oriented, most of Burnt Weeny Sandwich focuses on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions.
The LP included a large triple-folded black and white poster (“The Mothers of Invention Sincerely Regret to Inform You”) which has never been reproduced in any of the CD reissues.
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Frank Zappa – Bongo Fury (1975/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:06 minutes | 1,99 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Frank Zappa Catalog
Bongo Fury is a collaborative album by American artists Frank Zappa and the Mothers, with Captain Beefheart, released in October 1975. The live portions were recorded on May 20 and 21, 1975, at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas. Tracks 5, 6 and 9 (intro only) are studio tracks recorded in January 1975 during the sessions which produced One Size Fits All (1975) and much of Studio Tan (1978).
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Frank Zappa – Apostrophe(‘) (1974/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 31:55 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Universal Music Enterprises
Apostrophe (‘) is the eighteenth album by Frank Zappa, released in March 1974 in both stereo and quadraphonic formats. An edited version of its lead-off track, “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow”, was the first of Zappa’s three Billboard Top 100 hits, ultimately peaking at number 86.
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Frank Zappa – Absolutely Free (2012/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 43:32 minutes | 1,78 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Frank Zappa Catalog
Absolutely Free is the second studio album by American rock band the Mothers of Invention, released on May 26, 1967 by Verve Records. Much like their 1966 debut Freak Out!, the album is a display of complex musical composition with political and social satire. The band had been augmented since Freak Out! by the addition of woodwinds player Bunk Gardner, keyboardist Don Preston, rhythm guitarist Jim Fielder, and drummer Billy Mundi; Fielder quit the group before the album was released, and his name was removed from the album credits.
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Christian von Blohn – Widor – Organ Symphonies, Vol. 5 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:17 minutes | 1,26 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Naxos
Widor’s cycle of ten organ symphonies underwent profound development and transformation over many years. Classical elements became more obviously virtuosic and, by the time of these Op. 42 symphonies, his musical language had become monumental.
Symphony No. 5 in F minor is world famous for a single movement, its concluding Toccata, a moto perpetuo of astonishing brilliance, but the whole work is imbued with structural and musical genius. Striking rhythms, dynamic contrasts and technical roulades mark out Symphony No. 6 in G minor. Also included is a graceful movement from Symphony No. 8 that Widor later omitted.
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Christian von Blohn – Widor – Organ Symphonies, Vol. 4 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:22 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Naxos
Widor’s cycle of organ symphonies sits at the heart of his compositional achievement. They are vivid and innovative – none more so than Symphony No. 8 in B major, which takes performer and listener alike to the limits of the genre: its glittering sonorities, lyric intensity and technical power offer a tour-de-force of organ writing. The artfully woven Symphonie romane, the last of the ten, utilises a Gregorian chorale in music of increasing splendour, melancholy and, finally, sublime peace.
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Christian von Blohn – Widor – Organ Symphonies, Vol. 3 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:25 minutes | 1,34 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Naxos
Charles-Marie Widor’s ten organ symphonies sit at the heart of his extensive oeuvre. They reveal Widor’s mastery of the form with their profundity, technical difficulty and sonorous colour. Symphony No. 7, Op. 42, No. 3 inaugurated a new, orchestral approach to the genre and encompasses dreamlike sonorities, Chopinesque melancholy and majestic bravura. The Symphonie gothique, Op. 70 makes explicit reference to Gregorian chant, developing a kind of theological ‘programme music’ that is both austere and consolatory.
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Christian McBride, Hank Jones, Jimmy Cobb – West of 5th (2006)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 1:02:07 minutes | 1,25 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Artwork: Digital booklet | © Chesky Records
Veteran pianist Hank Jones is hardly slowing down at the age of 87, as heard on this beautifully recorded session in early 2006. With drummer Jimmy Cobb (who sticks to brushes) and Christian McBride rounding out his potent trio, Jones keeps old warhorses like “On Green Dolphin Street” fresh, giving ample space to his partner and adding a humorous detour into Billy Strayhorn’s “Rain Check.” Other highlights include his elegant treatment of his late brother Thad’s timeless ballad “A Child Is Born” and a hard driving take of Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation.” McBride shows depth beyond his years with strong accompaniment and swinging solos. This Hybrid Super Audio CD, recorded without any gimmickry such as remixing or compression, enables the listener to enjoy these intimate performances as if sitting in the studio with the players. Highly recommended!
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101 Strings Orchestra – Songs Written by Carole King (Remastered) (1972/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 30:00 minutes | 624 MB | Genre: Easy Listening
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Alshire
The legendary 101 Strings Orchestra pays tribute to the most successful songstress of the late 20th century, Carole King (having written/co-written 118 Bill Hot 100 hits!), on this legacy recording.
101 Strings Orchestra was a brand for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding 150 albums and a creative lifetime of around 30 years beginning in 1957. 101 Strings had a trademark sound, focusing on melody with a laid-back ambiance most often featuring strings. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan “The Sound of Magnificence.” The 101 Strings orchestra included 124 string instruments, and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan.
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