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Rosanne Cash – The Wheel (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:29:38 minutes | 1,80 GB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia Records
In 1990 Rosanne Cash was moving to New York City, divorcing Rodney Crowell, and looking for a songwriting partner. She reached out to guitarist John Leventhal who’d written songs and produced albums with Shawn Colvin, Jackson Browne and Crowell. Collaborating on songs soon turned to making an entire album, a budding romance and finally a marriage in 1995. The resulting album is an emotional whirlwind full of strong songwriting that chronicles the journey between leaving one marriage and getting into another. It’s headlined by the brisk, tuneful title track which features Patty Larkin and Mary Chapin Carpenter on background vocals. In “Change Partners”—with Benmont Tench from the Heartbreakers on piano—Cash goes full autobiography: “. Somehow I break free/ Someone becomes me/ And when I stand upright/ I’m filled with a new light/ I’m given one more chance/ So I change partners/ In this new dance.”
Cash knows how to use her voice to its best effect, which is most often an earnest alto that excels at low key duets—like the one with Marc Cohen on “Sleeping in Paris.” Originally recorded and mixed at several N.Y.C. studios, this 30th anniversary remastering has added a lot of audible clarity to the occasionally sonically-muddy-in-spots original. The midtempo gallop of “You Won’t Let Me In” has a new snap; the same is true for “Roses in the Fire.” “From the Ashes,” which also features personal lyrics (“I feel inspiration when all may be lost/ I claim resurrection no matter the cost”), has added depth in the new mix. After the improved sound, the other new additions are 11 live tracks taken from a 1993 Austin City Limits set and a stripped-down acoustic performance for the Columbia Records Radio Hour recorded that same year. A cover of Lucinda Williams’ “Crescent City” in the Austin set is a nice surprise. And her version in the Columbia performance of the melancholy “Seventh Avenue,” one of the first songs she wrote for The Wheel, is definitive.
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Olivia Rodrigo – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:56 minutes | 557 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. under exclusive license to Geffen Records
When Olivia Rodrigo was approached to write a song for “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” she didn’t hesitate. “When they asked me if I was interested in writing for this, I was like, ‘Oh, of course! I’m such a fan of everything ‘Hunger Games.’”
Speaking to Variety at the Los Angeles premiere of the long-awaited prequel film, Rodrigo revealed that she started the writing process for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from scratch after watching the movie and collecting her thoughts.
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Olivia Newton-John – Totally Hot (45th Anniversary) (1978/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:42 minutes | 855 MB | Genre: Pop Rock, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Geffen Records
The late and much-missed Olivia Newton-John will have her tenth studio album, 1978’s Totally Hot, released in new vinyl and CD editions by MCA/UMe on November 17. The album was certified platinum and in the US, reaching the Top 10 on both the all-genre and country charts, and in many other countries worldwide. The new releases mark the set’s 45th anniversary, in tribute to the superstar entertainer who died in August 2022 at the age of 73.
Totally Hot thus returns to vinyl for the first time in decades in two different options, with a limited edition 1LP neon coral red vinyl format available as well as a standard weight black vinyl LP, 1CD, and digital editions.
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Nikki Iles & NDR Bigband – Face to Face (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:51 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Edition Records
This highly anticipated album stands as a resounding testament to the unmatched quality, meticulous artistry, and virtuosity of these extraordinary musicians. “Face to Face” marks a transformative turning point, propelling her artistry onto a grand stage where it rightfully belongs. Her piano compositions bear an unparalleled emotional depth, captivating listeners with each exquisite note.”
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Neil Young – Before and After, Pt. 2: On The Way Home/If You Got Love/A Dream That Can Last (Single) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 11:28 minutes | 115 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Reprise
If there’s one thing you can rely on in the wild world of rock’n’roll, it’s that Neil Young never ceases to surprise his listeners. In the last 55 years, in which he has released albums, this is a constant. On his new album “Before And After”, Young approaches a completely eclectic collection of mostly obscure songs like a painter approaches a new color palette.
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Muse – Absolution XX Anniversary (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:42:53 minutes | 1,81 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Records
In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the band’s seminal album ‘Absolution’, Muse have announced the November 17th release of ‘Muse Absolution XX Anniversary’.
Continuing where Origin Of Muse left off, ‘Muse Absolution XX Anniversary’ edition features remastered audio, never before released live versions, demos, photos and an in-depth interview with the band where they discuss the ups and downs of the recording process as well as the social environment they found themselves in which influenced the album’s themes. There is an additional interview and Q&A with Rich Costey.
The deluxe box set is housed in a silver foiled slipcase and includes a 40 page casebound book with debossed cover detailing. The remastered Absolution album is on one CD and two 12” silver vinyl. The bonus audio is featured on a second CD and a third clear 12” vinyl.
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Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Joseph Middleton – A Most Marvellous Party: Noel Coward and Friends (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:24 minutes | 1,32 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Noel Coward,celebrated musicians and regular Signum artists Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence and Joseph Middleton join forces for this album of works by Noel Cowardand his contemporaries.Featuring songs such as ‘Parisian Pierrot’ and ‘The Man I Love’, the album comprises of a collection ofsolos, duets and instrumental songs by composerssuch as Ned Rorem, Liza Lehmann, William Walton and Benjamin Britten.
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Luis Cobos – Oscars (Remastered) (1994/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:58:49 minutes | 2,09 GB | Genre: Classical Crossover, Easy Listening, Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Music Entertainment
“Luis Cobos gives us a wonderful selection of soundtracks of all time… music of John Williams, Henry Mancini, Vangelis, Leonard Bernstein, Maurice Jarre, Víctor Young, Frank Waxman (beautiful and spectacular music in this selection), Miklos Rozsa, among other great geniuses of music for film. Luis Cobos works here with two marvelous orchestras specializing in recording these wonderful compositions full of great lyricism, impeccable execution and excellent recording. A true tribute to these musical works and their great composers. A cds wonderful.”
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Loren Stillman – Time and Again (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:43 minutes | 904 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sunnyside
One of the most difficult things to accomplish in music is making the complicated sound natural and easy. Saxophonist Loren Stillman continues to challenge himself in the arena of composition by writing pieces of music that sound freely played but adhere to an architecture, requiring the players to move forward within the piece as they deal with the fabric of the composition.
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John Vincent III – Songs For The Canyon (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 43:37 minutes | 496 MB | Genre: Folk Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Concord Records
Following his acclaimed, self-released 2019 album Songs From The Valley, John Vincent III returns with Songs For The Canyon. Co-produced by John Vincent with Tom Elmhirst (Adele, David Bowie, Beck), Tony Berg and Ryan Hadlock, Songs For The Canyon is a massive leap forward from a traditional artist who has already built a diehard fanbase on the strength of his classic, stripped-down, indie-folk tinged sound.
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Jeroen Van Veen – Merry Christmas Pianomania (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:29:23 minutes | 2,51 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Brilliant Classics
This album features Christmas music for the piano in a timeless journey through the decades and centuries. These songs have been through a remarkable evolution over the course of several centuries, with the changes they have undergone reflecting the shifting musical styles and cultural influences that prevailed in various times.
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Hansjorg Albrecht – The Bruckner Symphonies, Vol. 8: Organ Transcriptions (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:48:39 minutes | 1,68 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Oehms Classics
“This series marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner, which falls in 2024. It’s dedicated to Bruckner’s symphonies, most of which are heard in new transcriptions for organ performed by Hansjörg Albrecht. This latest album in the edition features Erwin Horn’s transcription of Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony, performed on the organ of the Musikverein in Vienna.
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Frank Zappa – Over-Nite Sensation (50th Anniversary) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 04:52:26 minutes | 6,41 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Frank Zappa Catalog
‘Over-Nite Sensation’ turns 50 years old. Featuring the 2012 remaster of the original album by Bob Ludwig along with additional masters, highlights and mix outtakes from the original 1973 sessions mastered by John Polito. Also included are live recordings from 1973 showcasing the same band that recorded the album, one from the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the other recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit. The Blu-ray contains the album newly re-mixed in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround by Karma Auger and Erich Gobel at Studio1LA, Zappa’s original 4-channel Quadraphonic mix (available for the first time since 1973), and the Hi-Res stereo 2012 remaster at 192K24B and 96K24B. The package features unseen photos from the album cover shoot along with liner notes and essays by Mark Smotroff and Vaultmeister Joe Travers.
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Emeli Sandé – How Were We To Know (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:19 minutes | 287 MB | Genre: Pop, R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Chrysalis Records
Introduced to the world ten years ago, Emeli Sandé MBE has gone on to become an icon of British singer-songwriting: emotional, honest and prolific in a way that establishes her as an artist with a heart for pop sensibility.
This latest pop record harks back to 2012, when Emeli had her first breakthrough hit. “How Were We To Know” is Emeli’s second independent album released through Chrysalis Records. “There was a lot I wanted to say about myself, and I hope people can understand me on a deeper level through the lyrics.” The 11 tracks on “How Were We To Know” explore intimate encounters with love in all its forms, along with the risk required to pursue it. “Once you’ve been hurt, it’s very hard to pick up the pieces and allow yourself to be vulnerable,” Sandé says. “I think these songs are about the bravery of love, of loving others, but also loving yourself. These songs were pieces of a puzzle that I needed to put together, and now it feels like it’s the right time to share them.” The album was produced by Jonny Coffer (Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus), Jim Jonsin (ASAP Rocky, Usher, Eminem), DI Genius (Drake, Raye, Sean Paul), Rxwntree, Chris Loco and Mac & Phil.
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Bob Dylan – The Complete Budokan 1978 (Live) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 04:29:12 minutes | 5,60 GB | Genre: Rock, Folk Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
The original double album included 22 tracks, selected from the two shows Dylan played at the legendary Budokan Hall in Tokyo on February 28 and March 1, 1978 during his first ever tour of Japan. Fast forward to 2006, when our Japanese office found the original multi-track tapes to both full shows in their archives. It’s taken 17 long years since then but we are now finally getting ready to release all 58 songs from the two nights that were recorded in a fantastic new mix by the original engineer Tom Suzuki and with new artwork by the original art director Teruhisa Tajima. This CD box set includes all 58 songs, 36 of which are previously unreleased, in a stunning 12×12 inch box set with a 60-page book including tons of unseen photography, a copy of the original 20-page tour book, ticket stub replicas, two posters and two facsimile print ads. This box is being imported from Japan.
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