Metallica – Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1993/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 177:10 minutes | 3,68 GB | Genre: Metal
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: Metallica.com | Artwork: Front cover | © Warner Bros. Records
Live Shit: Binge & Purge is the first live album by Metallica. The initial first pressings contained three CDs or cassette tapes, with songs from concerts in Mexico City on the Nowhere Else to Roam tour, as well as three VHS tapes and a black T-shirt, while a newer version contains two DVDs from concerts in San Diego on the Wherever We May Roam Tour and Seattle on the Damaged Justice Tour. It was originally released as a cardboard box depicting the style of a typical tour equipment transport box. (more…)
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The Australian Art Orchestra – Water Pushes Sand (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:26 minutes | 711 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Booklet, Front Cover | © Jazzheads
Water Pushes Sand is a major new musical work that sees virtuosic Chinese and Australian musicians reinvigorate the endangered music of China’s Sichuan Province to create an entirely new sound world. Traditional Sichuan melodies and rhythms are fused with modern jazz improvisation in a wild intercultural celebration.
The Australian Art Orchestra, led by artistic director Peter Knight, is renowned for creating work that merges musical styles and cultures in a thrilling way. Australian Art Orchestra Associates Erik Griswold and Vanessa Tomlinson have been travelling to Sichuan for 15 years and their collaborations with musicians from Sichuan have produced three large-scale shows – Chengdu Streetsongs, Sichuan Fantasy, and The Wide Alley – that have toured in China, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
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John Coltrane – Ballads (1962/2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 32:08 minutes | 687 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | Digital Booklet | © Impulse Records
A breathtaking album by the single most influential saxophone player (and perhaps jazz artist) in history. Featuring his stellar quartet of McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, and Jimmy Garrison, BALLADS finds Coltrane at his most pensive and lyrical. The result is one of the great jazz albums of the 20th Century. Absolutely essential. (more…)
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John Coltrane and Milt Jackson – Bags & Trane (1961/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:01 minutes | 1,36 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Rhino Atlantic
Recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York City in 1959, Bags & Trane features Milt Jackson and John Coltrane and was produced by Neshui Ertegün.
Vibraphonist Milt Jackson and tenor saxophonist John Coltrane make for a surprisingly complementary team on this 1959 studio session, their only joint recording. With fine backup by pianist Hank Jones, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Connie Kay, Bags and Trane stretch out on two of Jackson’s originals (including “The Late Late Blues”) and three standards: a romping “Three Little Words,” “The Night We Called It a Day,” and the rapid “Be-Bop.” This enjoyable music has been included as part of Rhino’s Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings box. –AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow (more…)
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John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman – John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman (1963/1995/2008)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:15 minutes | 599 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Impulse Records
A true jazz classic, this 1963 album paired tenor saxophone legend John Coltrane with the golden-voiced bass singer Johnny Hartman. Backed by McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison, the duo moves through breathtaking covers of “Lush Life,” “My One and Only Love” and more. This album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013. (more…)
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Joe Satriani – Not Of This Earth (1986/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:38 minutes | 846 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | © Epic/Legacy
When Joe Satriani released Not of This Earth, he stated that his goal was “to make a ‘guitar-record- that would be enjoyed by all; not just a ‘guitar-chops-record’ but one with real music on it.” Remastered by John Cuniberti, analog mixes are 30ips 1/2″ tape, transferred and mastered to digital at 96/24. (more…)
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Joe Satriani – Engines Of Creation (2000/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:39 minutes | 1,01 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | © Epic Records
Engines of Creation is guitarist Joe Satriani’s eighth album that was originally released in 2000. The record peaked at number 90 on the Billboard 200 chart, remaining there for three weeks. This was a different album for Satriani, he backed away from his typical blues/rock sound and decided to venture into the realm of electronic music. “Until We Say Goodbye”, the single on Engines of Creation, was nominated for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 2001 Grammy Awards. (more…)
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Hank Mobley – Workout (1961/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:22 minutes | 1,56 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | © Blue Note Records
Workout is the 1961 hard bop album released by tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley under Blue Note. The record features jazz aficionados Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Grant Green and Philly Joe Jones. Workout features “The Best Things in Life Are Free” and “Three Coins in the Fountain”. (more…)
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Fred Chapellier – Electric Communion (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1 kHz | Time – 01:28:07 minutes | 943 MB | Genre: Blues Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: Qobuz | Artwork: Front cover , Booklet | © Dixiefrog
Recorded: “Caf ’conc’ des trois frontières”, Bartenheim, France in January 2014
Fred Chapellier has now joined the ranks of the top French blues rock guitarists. Semi-finalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis (the largest gathering of blues musicians in the world) and having toured with some of the best French vocalists, all this managed to propel him front stage.
With this ‘Electric Communion’ totally warm and dynamic, the logical continuation of his recent ‘Electric Fingers’, Fred confirms that he is more than able to succeed when recording in a studio as well as performing on stage.
Hugh Coltman – Shadows: Songs of Nat King Cole (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1kHz | Time – 47:00 minutes | 505 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Q0buz | © Okeh Records / Sony Music Entertainment
Recorded: November 2014 at MidiLive Studios, Villetaneuse France
„Shadows – Songs of Nat King Cole“, has been an idea brewing in Hugh’s mind for a few years. Cole was one of the Jazz artists that Hugh’s mother often played in the family home and his music became part of the soundtrack of Hugh’s formative years before his mother’s untimely death when he was 7 years old. After having released and toured two self penned albums distinctly pop on Universal records, Hugh was invited to tour and record with French/Italian Jazz pianist and producer Eric Legnini. This experience of a working Jazz musician gave him the confidence to finally approach Nat King Cole’s repertoire. (more…)
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The Avett Brothers – True Sadness (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:02 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Front Cover | © RRE, LLC / Republic
True Sadness is the lastest album released by the Grammy Award®-nominated alternative folk collective The Avett Brothers. The album reflects The Avett Brothers’ artistic, musical, and personal evolution over 16 years as a band. Eloquently describing what’s to come on the horizon, Seth writes, “True Sadness is a patchwork quilt, both thematically and stylistically. Wherein a myriad of contrasting fabrics make perfect sense on the same plane, this album draws upon countless resources from its writers and performers.”
Most importantly, he assures, “Throughout the album, we stitched together the boldest red and the calmest green, polka dots and stripes, the roughest denim and the smoothest velveteen. They came together because they are the best patterns we have and because each of us brought our own fabric to the quilting frame.” (more…)
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Sarah McLachlan – Wonderland (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time – 36:47 minutes | 472 MB | Genre: Holiday
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Artwork: Digital Booklet | © Verve Records
Three Time Grammy Winner and legendary singer songwriter Sarah McLachlan will release her holiday album “Winter Wonderland” on October 21, 2016. The album features a selection of holiday classics including “Winter Wonderland” and “Let It Snow”. Sarah has sold over 40 million albums in her career and is one of the most respected female artists in music today. (more…)
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Lake Street Dive – Side Pony (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:22 minutes | 849 MB | Genre: Folk, Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Nonesuch
Lake Street Dive’s presents their Nonesuch Records debut album, Side Pony. The four band members—drummer Michael Calabrese, bassist Bridget Kearney, singer Rachael Price, and guitarist/trumpeter Michael “McDuck” Olson—worked with Nashville-based producer Dave Cobb (Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Secret Sisters) on the record.
“. . .We’ve always been this somewhat uncategorizable, weird, outlying, genre-less band. That’s the statement we wanted to make with this record: be yourself.” – bassist Bridget Kearney (more…)
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The Avison Ensemble – Arcangelo Corelli: Opus 5 – Violin Sonatas (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 133:26 minutes | 5,81 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: LinnRecords.com | Covers & Digital Booklet
In celebrating Corelli’s 300th anniversary – this marks the second recording in a series which will see Linn and The Avison Ensemble record Corelli’s complete chamber music. The Avison Ensemble comprises some of Europe’s leading Baroque musicians, including artists from The Hague, Germany, France, Austria and London, with international soloists from all over the globe. The Ensemble has attracted great critical acclaim since its formation in 1985. (more…)
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The Avison Ensemble – Arcangelo Corelli: Opus 2 & 4 – Chamber Sonatas (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 151:23 minutes | 3,33 GB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: LinnRecords.com | Covers & Digital Booklet
‘Opus 2 & 4: Chamber Sonatas’ marks the third recording in a series which will see The Avison Ensemble record Corelli’s complete chamber music celebrating the 300th anniversary of the composer’s death in 2013. Popular since their publication, Corelli’s two sets of chamber sonatas are a pinnacle of Baroque Italian instrumental music. They demonstrate a superior level of craftsmanship; they are of the highest quality, exquisitely refined and a good example of perfection in music. (more…)
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