Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks (Deluxe Version) (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks (2013) [Deluxe Version]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 2:01:36 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Rock
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | © Columbia

“It’s grand and disquieting, creepy and meticulously realized, minimalist and overstuffed. It’s one of the best albums of the year and NIN’s finest work since at least 1999’s The Fragile.”

–Allison Stewart, The Washington Post, September 2, 2013

…Hesitation Marks is more electronic than 2008’s muscularly strummy The Slip; the opening of the most classically NIN track, “Copy Of A,” is pure acid techno. Reznor’s vocals come from down a hole, an inch away from the speaker or the fifth ring, toying with the listener’s sense of personal space as always. But this time when that closing piano tinkles in, it sounds peaceful, not ironic.

–Kerri Mason, Billboard magazine

Hesitation Marks is the eighth studio album by Nine Inch Nails, and their first release since 2008’s The Slip, and the first release on a major record label since 2007’s Year Zero. This is NIN’s first release on Columbia Records. The album title is a reference to hesitation wounds, which are produced by testing a bladed weapon before inflicting self-harm or attempting suicide. This deluxe edition of Hesitation Marks was mastered at 48kHz/24-bit and has a greater dynamic range than the standard edition (Note from HDTracks).

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King Crimson – Three of a Perfect Pair (1984/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

King Crimson – Three of a Perfect Pair (1984/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:08:14 minutes | 734 MB | Genre: Rock
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Upon its release in 1984, Three of a Perfect Pair caused some unrest among fans of King Crimson. Most of their audience felt that the band had made a conscious and obvious decision to try to break through to a more mainstream pop audience. But in hindsight, this is hardly the case; it sounds unlike anything that was out at the time. Like 1982’s Beat, Three of a Perfect Pair doesn’t quite meet the high standards set by 1981’s Discipline, but does contain a few Crimson treats. The opening title track has an unrelenting groove that never seems to let up, while “Sleepless” starts off with Tony Levin laying down some funky bass until Adrian Belew’s trademark paranoid vocals kick in and assure the listener that “it’s alright to feel a little fear.” Also included are the seven-minute instrumental soundscape “Industry,” and the cautionary tale of a “Model Man.” This would prove to be the new King Crimson’s last release for nearly ten years; the group disbanded soon after as its members concentrated on solo careers and other projects, until a mid-’90s reunion brought them all back together.

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Jamie Baum – Bridges (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Jamie Baum – Bridges (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:30 minutes | 1,12 GB | Genre: Jazz
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Simply one of the best flute players around! Sunnyside Records presents the sixth album ‘Bridges’ by Jamie Baum and her septet, which features guitarist Brad Shepik and pianist John Escreet.

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The Archies – The Archies: Greatest Hits (1969/2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

The Archies – The Archies: Greatest Hits (1969/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 31:05 minutes | 348 MB | Genre: Pop
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Most ’60s bubblegum groups were faceless studio concoctions, made up of hired professionals and given nominal group identities after the fact. The Archies made no pretense of being a real band in the first place their music, including the smash hit “Sugar, Sugar,” was “performed” by the animated TV cartoon characters spun off from Archie comics. In reality, of course, they were a studio concoction made up of hired professionals (most notably lead singer Ron Dante), but in this case, they weren’t technically faceless.

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My Bloody Valentine – MBV (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

My Bloody Valentine – MBV (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:36 minutes | 979 MB | Genre: Rock,Shoegaze
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Even though My Bloody Valentine promised late in 2012 that they would release new music in the near future, when m b v arrived in the middle of a February weekend in 2013, it was hard to believe it actually existed — and not just because demand for the album kept crashing the band’s website. For years, a follow-up to their 1991 masterpiece Loveless seemed impossible, and perhaps even unnecessary. What could live up to Kevin Shields’ notorious perfectionism, never mind the expectations of rabid fans (some of whom weren’t even alive when Loveless was released)? With a title that evoked years of scrawling initials on mixtapes and playlists, m b v answered those worries with a set of songs that felt immediately familiar. And, appropriately enough given the 22-year wait, many of these tracks are decidedly unhurried, and maybe even hazier than what came before. “who sees you” and “if i am” churn and hover, full of cloudy vocals and lingering guitars, while “she found now” recalls Loveless’ “Sometimes” in its whispery bliss. Yet there are differences, too: m b v’s production is surprisingly direct and intimate, at times almost insular compared to Loveless’ panoramas. “is this and yes,” which jettisons guitars in favor of organ and brass that evoke Stereolab’s regal serenity, is one of the most strikingly different songs in their catalog. Shields and company spend much of the album avoiding the rhythmic heft that made their previous music equally lush and propulsive. Instead, they save m b v’s loudest and most daring moments for last. “in another way” pairs a stair-stepping vocal melody with tones that approach free jazz in their dense clusters, while “nothing is” rides a pummeling riff and drums that are almost perversely loud, as if to make up for muffling them elsewhere. The most exciting moment is “wonder 2,” which makes the jet engine comparisons to their music more literal than ever before, with rapid-fire beats and streaking sonics that suggest the song is being shot into space. Occasionally, m b v’s songwriting doesn’t always feel as immediate as before: “only tomorrow” and “new you” are among the tracks that make the most of their poppy structures and Bilinda Butcher’s sugared murmurs, but as fans know, most of the band’s hooks take their time to emerge. More comforting than revelatory, m b v reaffirms that My Bloody Valentine are one of a kind; the subtlety to their melodies, instrumentation, and the way they blur together belongs to them alone. They’re not trying to re-create Loveless, nor should they, and m b v doesn’t have to reinvent music (again) to be worth the wait.

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Delphine Galou, Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina – Vivaldi: Arie e cantate per contralto (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Delphine Galou, Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina – Vivaldi: Arie e cantate per contralto (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:35 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
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When it comes to prosperity, Vivaldi got pretty lucky. Thanks to a succession of happy accidents, his personal collection of manuscripts has survived through the centuries, allowing his music to be preserved, then later played and recorded. The contralto Delphine Galou and Ottavio Dantone, the director of the Accademia Bizantina, drew from this priceless batch of nearly 450 compositions to develop the program for this album of sacred music pieces dedicated to the alto voice.

This new recording of the Vivaldi Edition, begun by NAÏVE many years ago, offers cantatas and arias for viola, functioning as perfect companions for the album of works sung by the same Delphine Galou. The lyrics, often by unknown authors, do not have a strong literary interest. Here, we find a pastoral world populated by shepherds in need of love as well as cruel and fickle nymphs, obeying the cannon of the time.

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The Answer – New Horizon (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

The Answer – New Horizon (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:31 minutes | 683 MB | Genre: Rock
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With New Horizon, The Answer releases the most thrillingly vital album of their career to date. This album is a statement of intent that showcases their trademark rock ‘n’ roll evangelism. Produced by Little Angels front man, Toby Jepson and mixed by the renowned Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Metallica) with artwork by the late Storm Thorgerson (Pink Floyd/Muse/Led Zeppelin). You might know them from their 2008-2009 Worldwide tour as opening band for AC/DC on the Black Ice tour!!! For fans of AC/DC, Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, Airbourne.

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Maria Callas – Remastered The Complete Studio Recordings 1949-1969 (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Maria Callas – Remastered The Complete Studio Recordings 1949-1969 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 65:49:52 minutes | 56.8 GB | Genre: Classical , Opera
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Featuring 26 complete operas and 13 recitals, this must be the gramophone event of the year. Callas’s voice recorded perfectly well; it was its transfer to and from disc which caused the problems. Thanks to new state-of-the-art software and painstaking editing of the original tapes, we are now as close as we shall ever be to hearing this unique artist as she actually sounded live in the studio. –Gramophone

“The complete recordings of Maria Callas, one of the greatest vocal artists of the 20th century, have been collected and issued once again, this time in impressively remastered versions” –Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 2014

The EMI masters of Maria Callas were re-mastered for the purposes of CD and released as a physical product in 2014. We are happy to offer it now as a full digital product in supreme audio quality. More than 25 years’ worth of music has been collected here, and filter applications have been applied to cover up sound defects (and other distortions). The recordings were passed into the expert hands of sound engineers Allan Ramsey and Simon Gibson, both of Abbey Road, who have made the recordings, under the directions of the Warner Classics label, as close to the sound of the originals as possible.  The gain in terms of sound is undeniable, whether by removing harsh noise or treating distorted sounds, and the natural harmonics have not been altered. What’s more, this decision to remaster everything has resulted in the recovering of the entirety of Callas’s oeuvre – meaning that we need no longer fear the disastrous loss of copies… But who said greater definition and cleanliness of sound permitted a better perception of detail! If we discern the disc’s nuances more clearly, the dynamic adjustments, soundscapes, etc., then we discern a greater fidelity in terms of timbre. Certain defects are, importantly, still left in play. Above all, Callas’s voice sounds more dramatic, brighter, more present, and more beautiful in its phrasing; especially pleasing is that it has been revealed for the first time in all of its acidity, in all of its cracks. With the sound completely rejuvenated, recordings such as La Tosca, Madame Butterfly, Il Trovatore, the Barber of Seville, and others, are as irreplaceable as ever.

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Matthias Kirschnereit – Schumann: Concertant (Concert Pieces and Piano Concerto) (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Matthias Kirschnereit – Schumann: Concertant (Concert Pieces and Piano Concerto) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:27 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre:  Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Berlin Classics

It’s a perfect match: Matthias Kirschnereit, the “Poet at the Piano” (according to Süddeutsche Zeitung), and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Jan Willem de Vriend play Schumann’s large-scale work for piano and orchestra. All of the musicians are experienced, skilled artists and they have produced a performance clearly based on knowledge of the work and musical experience. The album’s concept is impressive: Schumann’s Piano Concerto, the most frequently recorded work in the history of the CD, is presented as the highlight, but also as a sort of encore after the three lesser known Concert Pieces opp. 86, 92 and 134.

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Led Zeppelin – HD Studio Album Collection 1969-1982 (9x Deluxe Edition ‘2014/15) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Led Zeppelin – HD Studio Album Collection 1969-1982 (9x Deluxe Edition ‘2014/15)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 818:38 minutes | 18,15 GB
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Led Zeppelin continues to be honored for its pivotal role in music history. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, and a year later was awarded with the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm. This combined collection of Led Zeppelin’s studio albums originally released between 1969-1982 and newly remastered in 2014-2015 by Jimmy Page, features more than six hours of bonus material, includes alternate mixes & unreleased takes, a full Paris’ concert in October 1969, and many more…

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1969) [Deluxe Edition 2014]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 116:21 minutes | 1,88 GB
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Led Zeppelin had a fully formed, distinctive sound from the outset, as their eponymous debut illustrates. Taking the heavy, distorted electric blues of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Cream to an extreme, Zeppelin created a majestic, powerful brand of guitar rock constructed around simple, memorable riffs and lumbering rhythms. But the key to the group’s attack was subtlety: it wasn’t just an onslaught of guitar noise, it was shaded and textured, filled with alternating dynamics and tempos. As Led Zeppelin proves, the group was capable of such multi-layered music from the start. Although the extended psychedelic blues of “Dazed and Confused,” “You Shook Me,” and “I Can’t Quit You Baby” often gather the most attention, the remainder of the album is a better indication of what would come later. “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You” shifts from folky verses to pummeling choruses; “Good Times Bad Times” and “How Many More Times” have groovy, bluesy shuffles; “Your Time Is Gonna Come” is an anthemic hard rocker; “Black Mountain Side” is pure English folk; and “Communication Breakdown” is a frenzied rocker with a nearly punkish attack. Although the album isn’t as varied as some of their later efforts, it nevertheless marked a significant turning point in the evolution of hard rock and heavy metal.

Tracklist:
01 – Good Times Bad Times
02 – Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
03 – You Shook Me
04 – Dazed and Confused
05 – Your Time Is Gonna Come
06 – Black Mountain Side
07 – Communication Breakdown
08 – I Can’t Quit You Baby
09 – How Many More Times
10 – Good Times Bad Times, Communication Breakdown (Live in Paris 1969)
11 – I Can’t Quit You Baby (Live in Paris 1969)
12 – Heartbreaker (Live in Paris 1969)
13 – Dazed and Confused (Live in Paris 1969)
14 – White Summer, Black Mountain Side (Live in Paris 1969)
15 – You Shook Me (Live in Paris 1969)
16 – Moby Dick (Live in Paris 1969)
17 – How Many More Times (Live in Paris 1969)

Please note: track “10” is 24bit/44kHz; tracks “11-17” in 24bit/48kHz.

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II (1969) [Deluxe Edition 2014]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 74:19 minutes | 1,68 GB
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Recorded quickly during Led Zeppelin’s first American tours, Led Zeppelin II provided the blueprint for all the heavy metal bands that followed it. Since the group could only enter the studio for brief amounts of time, most of the songs that compose II are reworked blues and rock & roll standards that the band was performing on-stage at the time. Not only did the short amount of time result in a lack of original material, it made the sound more direct. Jimmy Page still provided layers of guitar overdubs, but the overall sound of the album is heavy and hard, brutal and direct. “Whole Lotta Love,” “The Lemon Song,” and “Bring It on Home” are all based on classic blues songs – only, the riffs are simpler and louder and each song has an extended section for instrumental solos. Of the remaining six songs, two sport light acoustic touches (“Thank You,” “Ramble On”), but the other four are straight-ahead heavy rock that follows the formula of the revamped blues songs. While Led Zeppelin II doesn’t have the eclecticism of the group’s debut, it’s arguably more influential. After all, nearly every one of the hundreds of Zeppelin imitators used this record, with its lack of dynamics and its pummeling riffs, as a blueprint.

Tracklist:
01 – Whole Lotta Love
02 – What Is And What Should Never Be
03 – The Lemon Song
04 – Thank You
05 – Heartbreaker
06 – Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)
07 – Ramble On
08 – Moby Dick
09 – Bring It On Home
10 – Whole Lotta Love (Rough Mix With Vocal)
11 – What Is And What Should Never Be (Rough Mix With Vocal)
12 – Thank You (Backing Track)
13 – Heartbreaker (Rough Mix With Vocal)
14 – Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman) (Backing Track)
15 – Ramble On (Rough Mix With Vocal)
16 – Moby Dick (Backing Track)
17 – La La (Intro, Outro Rough Mix)

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III (1970) [Deluxe Edition 2014]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 84:39 minutes | 1,95 GB
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On their first two albums, Led Zeppelin unleashed a relentless barrage of heavy blues and rockabilly riffs, but Led Zeppelin III provided the band with the necessary room to grow musically. While there are still a handful of metallic rockers, III is built on a folky, acoustic foundation that gives the music extra depth. And even the rockers aren’t as straightforward as before: the galloping “Immigrant Song” is powered by Robert Plant’s banshee wail, “Celebration Day” turns blues-rock inside out with a warped slide guitar riff, and “Out on the Tiles” lumbers along with a tricky, multi-part riff. Nevertheless, the heart of the album lies on the second side, when the band delve deeply into English folk. “Gallows Pole” updates a traditional tune with a menacing flair, and “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp” is an infectious acoustic romp, while “That’s the Way” and “Tangerine” are shimmering songs with graceful country flourishes. The band hasn’t left the blues behind, but the twisted bottleneck blues of “Hats off to (Roy) Harper” actually outstrips the epic “Since I’ve Been Loving You,” which is the only time Zeppelin sound a bit set in their ways.

Tracklist:
01 – Immigrant Song
02 – Friends
03 – Celebration Day
04 – Since I’ve Been Loving You
05 – Out On The Tiles
06 – Gallows Pole
07 – Tangerine
08 – That’s The Way
09 – Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
10 – Hats Off To (Roy) Harper
11 – The Immigrant Song (Alternate Mix)
12 – Friends (Track – No Vocal)
13 – Celebration Day (Alternate Mix)
14 – Since I’ve Been Loving You (Rough Mix)
15 – Bathroom Sound (Track – No Vocal)
16 – Gallows Pole (Rough Mix)
17 – That’s The Way (Rough Mix)
18 – Jennings Farm Blues (Rough Mix)
19 – Key To The Highway/Trouble In Mind (Rough Mix)

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (1971) [Deluxe Edition 2014]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 83:08 minutes | 1,92 GB
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Encompassing heavy metal, folk, pure rock & roll, and blues, Led Zeppelin’s untitled fourth album is a monolithic record, defining not only Led Zeppelin but the sound and style of ’70s hard rock. Expanding on the breakthroughs of III, Zeppelin fuse their majestic hard rock with a mystical, rural English folk that gives the record an epic scope. Even at its most basic – the muscular, traditionalist “Rock and Roll” – the album has a grand sense of drama, which is only deepened by Robert Plant’s burgeoning obsession with mythology, religion, and the occult. Plant’s mysticism comes to a head on the eerie folk ballad “The Battle of Evermore,” a mandolin-driven song with haunting vocals from Sandy Denny, and on the epic “Stairway to Heaven.” Of all of Zeppelin’s songs, “Stairway to Heaven” is the most famous, and not unjustly. Building from a simple fingerpicked acoustic guitar to a storming torrent of guitar riffs and solos, it encapsulates the entire album in one song. Which, of course, isn’t discounting the rest of the album. “Going to California” is the group’s best folk song, and the rockers are endlessly inventive, whether it’s the complex, multi-layered “Black Dog,” the pounding hippie satire “Misty Mountain Hop,” or the funky riffs of “Four Sticks.” But the closer, “When the Levee Breaks,” is the one song truly equal to “Stairway,” helping give IV the feeling of an epic. An apocalyptic slice of urban blues, “When the Levee Breaks” is as forceful and frightening as Zeppelin ever got, and its seismic rhythms and layered dynamics illustrate why none of their imitators could ever equal them.

Tracklist:
01 – Black Dog
02 – Rock And Roll
03 – The Battle Of Evermore
04 – Stairway To Heaven
05 – Misty Mountain Hop
06 – Four Sticks
07 – Going To California
08 – When The Levee Breaks
09 – Black Dog (Basic Track With Guitar Overdubs)
10 – Rock And Roll (Alternate Mix)
11 – The Battle Of Evermore (Mandolin/Guitar Mix From Headley Grange)
12 – Stairway To Heaven (Sunset Sound Mix)
13 – Misty Mountain Hop (Alternate Mix)
14 – Four Sticks (Alternate Mix)
15 – Going To California (Mandolin/Guitar Mix)
16 – When The Levee Breaks (Alternate UK Mix In Progress)

Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy [Deluxe Edition 2014]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 77:07 minutes | 1,79 GB
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Houses of the Holy follows the same basic pattern as Led Zeppelin IV, but the approach is looser and more relaxed. Jimmy Page’s riffs rely on ringing, folky hooks as much as they do on thundering blues-rock, giving the album a lighter, more open atmosphere. While the pseudo-reggae of “D’Yer Mak’er” and the affectionate James Brown send-up “The Crunge” suggest that the band was searching for material, they actually contribute to the musical diversity of the album. “The Rain Song” is one of Zep’s finest moments, featuring a soaring string arrangement and a gentle, aching melody. “The Ocean” is just as good, starting with a heavy, funky guitar groove before slamming into an a cappella section and ending with a swinging, doo wop-flavored rave-up. With the exception of the rampaging opening number, “The Song Remains the Same,” the rest of Houses of the Holy is fairly straightforward, ranging from the foreboding “No Quarter” and the strutting hard rock of “Dancing Days” to the epic folk/metal fusion “Over the Hills and Far Away.” Throughout the record, the band’s playing is excellent, making the eclecticism of Page and Robert Plant’s songwriting sound coherent and natural.

Tracklist:
01 – The Song Remains The Same
02 – The Rain Song
03 – Over The Hills And Far Away
04 – The Crunge
05 – Dancing Days
06 – D’yer Mak’er
07 – No Quarter
08 – The Ocean
09 – The Song Remains The Same (Guitar Overdub Reference Mix)
10 – The Rain Song (Mix Minus Piano)
11 – Over The Hills And Far Away (Guitar Mix Backing Track)
12 – The Crunge (Rough Mix – Keys Up)
13 – Dancing Days (Rough Mix with Vocal)
14 – No Quarter (Rough Mix With JPJ Keyboard Overdubs – No Vocal)
15 – The Ocean (Working Mix)

Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2015]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 124:23 minutes | 2,91 GB
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Led Zeppelin returned from a nearly two-year hiatus in 1975 with the double-album Physical Graffiti, their most sprawling and ambitious work. Where Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy integrated influences on each song, the majority of the tracks on Physical Graffiti are individual stylistic workouts. The highlights are when Zeppelin incorporate influences and stretch out into new stylistic territory, most notably on the tense, Eastern-influenced “Kashmir.” “Trampled Underfoot,” with John Paul Jones’ galloping keyboard, is their best funk-metal workout, while “Houses of the Holy” is their best attempt at pop, and “Down by the Seaside” is the closest they’ve come to country. Even the heavier blues – the 11-minute “In My Time of Dying,” the tightly wound “Custard Pie,” and the monstrous epic “The Rover” – are louder and more extended and textured than their previous work. Also, all of the heavy songs are on the first record, leaving the rest of the album to explore more adventurous territory, whether it’s acoustic tracks or grandiose but quiet epics like the affecting “Ten Years Gone.” The second half of Physical Graffiti feels like the group is cleaning the vaults out, issuing every little scrap of music they set to tape in the past few years. That means that the album is filled with songs that aren’t quite filler, but don’t quite match the peaks of the album, either. Still, even these songs have their merits – “Sick Again” is the meanest, most decadent rocker they ever recorded, and the folky acoustic rock & roll of “Boogie with Stu” and “Black Country Woman” may be tossed off, but they have a relaxed, off-hand charm that Zeppelin never matched. It takes a while to sort out all of the music on the album, but Physical Graffiti captures the whole experience of Led Zeppelin at the top of their game better than any of their other albums.

Tracklist:
01 – Custard Pie
02 – The Rover
03 – In My Time Of Dying
04 – Houses Of The Holy
05 – Trampled Under Foot
06 – Kashmir
07 – In The Light
08 – Bron-Yr-Aur
09 – Down By The Seaside
10 – Ten Years Gone
11 – Night Flight
12 – The Wanton Song
13 – Boogie With Stu
14 – Black Country Woman
15 – Sick Again
16 – Brandy & Coke (Trampled Under Foot) [Initial/Rough Mix]
17 – Sick Again (Early Version)
18 – In My Time Of Dying (Initial / Rough Mix)
19 – Houses Of The Holy (Rough Mix With Overdubs)
20 – Everybody Makes It Through (In The Light) [Early Version/In Transit]
21 – Boogie With Stu (Sunset Sound Mix)
22 – Driving Through Kashmir (Kashmir Rough Orchestra Mix)

Led Zeppelin – Presence (1976) [Deluxe Edition 2015]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 76:19 minutes | 1,81 GB
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Created at a time of intense turmoil for Led Zeppelin – they scrapped a planned international tour in the wake of Robert Plant’s car accident in Greece in August 1975 – Presence is a strange, misshapen beast of a record that pulls upon its own tension. With Plant somewhat on the sidelines – he recorded many of the vocals while in a wheelchair – Jimmy Page reasserted himself as the primary creative force in the band, helping steer Presence toward a guitar-heavy complexity, perched halfway between a return to roots and unfettered prog. This dichotomy means it feels like Presence sprawls as wildly as Physical Graffiti even though it’s half its length: the four epics tend to overshadow the trio of lean rockers that really do hark back to the Chess boogie and rockabilly that informed Zeppelin’s earliest work. Each of these three – “Royal Orleans,” “Candy Store Rock,” “Hots on for Nowhere” – plays as snappily as the throwaways on the second half of Physical Graffiti, containing a sexy insouciance; the band almost seems to shrug off how catchy Page’s riffs and how thick the grooves of John Bonham and John Paul Jones actually are. No matter how much fun this triptych is, they’re lost underneath the shadow of “Achilles Last Stand,” a ten-minute exercise in self-styled moody majesty and the turgid blues crawl of closer “Tea for One.” In between, there are two unalloyed masterpieces that channel all of the pain of the period into cinematic drama: a molten blues called “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” and “For Your Life,” as sharp, cinematic, and pained as Zeppelin ever were. Added together, Presence winds up as something less than the sum of its parts but its imbalance also means that it’s a record worth revisiting; it seems different upon each revisit and is always compelling.

Tracklist:
01 – Achilles Last Stand
02 – For Your Life
03 – Royal Orleans
04 – Nobody’s Fault But Mine
05 – Candy Store Rock
06 – Hots On For Nowhere
07 – Tea For One
08 – Two Ones Are Won (Achilles Last Stand) (Reference Mix)
09 – For Your Life (Reference Mix)
10 – 10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (Pod) (Reference Mix)
11 – Royal Orleans (Reference Mix)
12 – Hots On For Nowhere (Reference Mix)

Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door (1979) [Deluxe Edition 2015]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 85:26 minutes | 1,99 GB
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Marshalling their strength after the dark interlude of Presence – a period that extended far after its 1976 release, with the band spending a year in tax exile and Robert Plant suffering another personal tragedy when his son died – Led Zeppelin decided to push into new sonic territory on their eighth album, In Through the Out Door. A good deal of this aural adventurism derived from internal tensions within the band. Jimmy Page and John Bonham were in the throes of their own addictions, leaving Plant and John Paul Jones alone in the studio to play with the bassist’s new keyboard during the day. Jones wound up with writing credits on all but one of the seven songs – the exception is “Hot Dog,” a delightfully dirty rockabilly throwaway – and he and Plant are wholly responsible for the cloistered, grooving “South Bound Saurez” and “All My Love,” a synth-slathered ballad unlike anything in Zeppelin’s catalog due not only to its keyboards but its vulnerability. What’s striking about In Through the Out Door is how the Plant-Jones union points the way toward their respective solo careers, especially that of the singer’s: his 1982 debut Pictures at Eleven follows through on the twilight majesty of “In the Evening” and particularly “Carouselambra,” which feels like Plant and Jones stitched together every synth-funk fantasy they had into a throttling ten-minute epic. With its carnivalesque rhythms, “Fool in the Rain” also suggests the adventurousness of Plant, but it’s also an effective showcase for Bonham – it’s a monster groove – and Page, whose multi-octave solo is among his best. Elsewhere, the guitarist colors with shade and light quite effectively, but only the slow, slumbering closer “I’m Gonna Crawl” feels like his, a throwback to Zeppelin’s past on an album that suggests a future that never materialized for the band.

Tracklist:
01 – In The Evening
02 – South Bound Saurez
03 – Fool In The Rain
04 – Hot Dog
05 – Carouselambra
06 – All My Love
07 – I’m Gonna Crawl
08 – In The Evening (Rough Mix)
09 – Southbound Piano (South Bound Saurez) [Rough Mix]
10 – Fool In The Rain (Rough Mix)
11 – Hot Dog (Rough Mix)
12 – The Epic (Carouselambra) (Rough Mix)
13 – The Hook (All My Love) (Rough Mix)
14 – Blot (I’m Gonna Crawl) (Rough Mix)

Led Zeppelin – Coda (1982) [Deluxe Edition 2015]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 97:08 minutes | 2,21 GB
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Released two years after the 1980 death of John Bonham, Coda tied up most of the loose ends Led Zeppelin left hanging: it officially issued a bunch of tracks circulating on bootleg and it fulfilled their obligation to Atlantic Records. Coda doesn’t contain every non-LP track Zeppelin released – notably, the B-side “Hey Hey What Can I Do” and anything from the BBC sessions were left untouched (they’d be added to Coda on a 1993 CD revision of the compilation, and also appear on the major three-disc overhaul Jimmy Page masterminded in 2015) – but it does gather much of what was floating around in the wake of their demise, including three blistering rockers that were rejected for In Through the Out Door. If “Ozone Baby,” “Darlene,” or “Wearing and Tearing” – rockers that alternately cut loose, groove, and menace – had made the cut for In Through the Out Door, that album wouldn’t have had its vague progressive edge and when they’re included alongside a revival of the band’s early raver “We’re Gonna Groove,” the big-boned funk of the Houses of the Holy outtake “Walter’s Walk,” and the folk stomp “Poor Tom” (naturally taken from the sessions for Led Zeppelin III), they wind up underscoring the band’s often underappreciated lighter side. For heaviness, there’s a live version of “I Can’t Quit You Baby” and “Bonzo’s Montreux,” a solo showcase for the departed drummer, and when this pair is added to the six doses of hard-charging rock & roll, it amounts to a good snapshot of much of what made Led Zeppelin a great band: when they were cooking, they really did groove.

Tracklist:
01 – We’re Gonna Groove
02 – Poor Tom
03 – I Can’t Quit You Baby
04 – Walter’s Walk
05 – Ozone Baby
06 – Darlene
07 – Bonzo’s Montreux
08 – Wearing And Tearing
09 – We’re Gonna Groove (Alternate Mix)
10 – If It Keeps On Raining (Rough Mix)
11 – Bonzo’s Montreux (Mix Construction In Progress)
12 – Baby Come On Home
13 – Sugar Mama (Mix)
14 – Poor Tom (Instrumental Mix)
15 – Travelling Riverside Blues (BBC Season)
16 – Hey, Hey, What Can I Do
17 – Four Hands (Four Sticks) (Bombay Orchestra)
18 – Friends (Bombay Orchestra)
19 – St. Tristan’s Sword (Rough Mix)
20 – Desire (The Wanton Song) (Rough Mix)
21 – Bring It On Home (Rough Mix)
22 – Walter’s Walk (Rough Mix)
23 – Everybody Makes It Through (In The Light) (Rough Mix)

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Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy [Deluxe Edition 2014]

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Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (1975) [Deluxe Edition 2015]

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Omnibus Wind Ensemble – Music By Frank Zappa (1995/2014) [Official Digital Download DSF DSD128/5.64MHz + FLAC 24bit/176,4kHz]

Omnibus Wind Ensemble – Music By Frank Zappa (1995/2014)
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,64 MHz | Time – 01:05:30minutes | 5,17 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:05:30 minutes | 2,3 GB
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The Omnibus Wind Ensemble’s interest in Frank Zappa’s music dates back to the beginning of the 1980s, almost from their very beginnings. Under the motto “From Mozart to Zappa”, which also became the title of their 1st, widely acclaimed release on the Opus3 label, they have had many of Frank Zappa’s compositions in their repertoire over the years.

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Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left (1969/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left (1969/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:07 minutes | 773 MB | Genre: Folk
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Nick Drake’s bucolic autumnal shades in his 1969 debut album heralded a new signing for Island Records: not traditional enough to be folk, not weird enough to be psychedelic, Drake avoided the pitfalls of what was expected and collaborated with producer Joe Boyd, orchestrator Robert Kirby and recording engineer John Wood to make a singular and almost unique record released to a largely indifferent media.

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Andrew Lockington – Rampage (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Andrew Lockington – Rampage (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:48 minutes | 800 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
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Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (OST) from the movie Rampage. Music composed by Andrew Lockington (Incarnate, The Space Between Us). Rampage is a 2018 American action adventure monster film, based on the video game series of the same name by Midway Games. The film written by Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal and Adam Sztykiel, directed by Brad Peyton, starring – Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Joe Manganiello, Jake Lacy, Marley Shelton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

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America – Homecoming (2001) [DVD-Audio ISO]

America – Homecoming
Artist: America | Album: Homecoming | Style: Folk Rock | Year: 2001 [1972 original] | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 192kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 5.1) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 10 | Size: ~3.17 Gb | Recovery: 5% | Covers: in archive | Release: Rhino | Warner Archives (8122-74367-9 GEMA), 2001 | Note: Watermarked

Homecoming, America’s finest album, refines and focuses the folk-pop approach found on their debut release. The songs here are tighter and more forthright, with fewer extended solo instrumental sections than before. The sound quality is clear and bright; the colorful arrangements, while still acoustic guitar-based, feature more electric guitar and keyboards. The performance quality is more assured, among the most urgently committed the group would ever put on vinyl. Verses are still sometimes banal and clunky (“You can’t disregard your friends/But life gets so hard when you reach the end”) or cryptic (“Sorry, boy, but I’ve been hit by purple rain”), but a number of the song subjects here exhibit a yearning sense of wanderlust and love of the outdoors that proves to be highly evocative and compelling (particularly on “Moon Song,” “Ventura Highway,” “California Revisited,” and “Cornwall Blank”). Chordal progressions are sophisticated and contain many subtle surprises. A few new style wrinkles can be seen in the country-influenced “Don’t Cross the River,” the drivingly gutsy “California Revisited” (perhaps the hardest-rocking song the group would ever produce), and the hushed yet mildly funky “Head & Heart.” Chart hits from this release include “Ventura Highway,” “Only in Your Heart,” and “Don’t Cross the River,” but each song here has something to recommend it. This top-flight album is a very rewarding listen. (more…)

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Grady Tate – Movin’ Day (1974/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Grady Tate – Movin’ Day (1974/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:14 minutes | 443 MB | Genre: R&B
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Best known as an innovative drummer who helped to define a particular hard bop, soul jazz and organ trio sound during the mid-1960s, Grady Tate was also an accomplished vocalist. His drum sound can be heard on the classic Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery albums recorded on the Verve label in the 1960s. As a sideman he has also played with Lionel Hampton, Grant Green, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Lena Horne, Astrud Gilberto, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Blossom Dearie, Chris Connor, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Cal Tjader, Peggy Lee, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tom Rapp, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Stanley Turrentine, Charles Earland, Quincy Jones, Stan Getz, and Simon & Garfunkle. As a vocalist, Tate became popular as the voice behind many of the tunes in the Schoolhouse Rock series, including “I Got Six,” “Naughty Number Nine,” and “Fireworks.” Presented here is Tate’s classic 1974 album “Movin’ Day,” which showcases his prowess as a great vocalist, covering tunes from Van Morrison to Jimmy Cliff in his inimitable laid back style.

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