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Neil Young – Archives Volume I (1963-1972)
Genre: rock | Year: 2009 | Duration: 8:33:32 | Format: Blu-Ray mux format BD25
Audio Codec: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 – 24 bit 192 kHz | File Format: BDMV / AVCHD | Size: 21.49 GB
This is the first volume of the Neil Young Archives series of box sets, produced by Neil Young himself. This series is the definitive, comprehensive, chronological survey of his entire body of work. Volume I covers the period from his earliest recordings with the Squires in Winnipeg, 1963, through to his classic 1972 album, Harvest and beyond, including studio and live tracks with the legendary Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Neil Young with Crazy Horse. This Blu Ray disc edition contains 10 discs, each in its own custom sleeve. 9 of these discs hold a total of 128 tracks (12 hidden), all presented in ultra high resolution 24-bit/192 Khz stereo PCM state-of-the-art master quality sound, and featuring nearly 60 previously unreleased songs, versions, mixes, or rare tracks. Also found on these 9 multimedia discs are 20 special feature videos, film clips, and film trailers, an additional 55 audio tracks of rare interviews, radio spots, and concert raps, and an array of interactive features, including image galleries of archival photos, press, lyric manuscripts, documents, biographies, tour dates, and complete lyrics, as well as an interactive timeline feature which presents an in-depth overview of Young’s life and career. Each of the 10 Blu Ray discs feature 1920X1080 high definition picture quality. In addition, a Blu Ray disc of Young’s acclaimed first film, ‘Journey Through The Past’, available for the first time since its original theatrical release in 1973, is included, featuring pristine picture transfer, audio presented in both DTS 5.1 surround and stereo 24-bit/96 Khz PCM, plus archival materials. Included in the durable custom display box are a digital download card to access MP3 files of all 128 audio tracks, a lavish 236 page fullcolor hardbound book that features additional archival materials, tapes database, and detailed descriptions of the music and artwork, a foldout Archives poster, a custom keeper for the 10 sleeved discs, and more.
Transfer audio:
FLACs -> foobar2000 + eac3to -> single mono wavs for each album + cue -> DTS-HD Encoder Suite ->
DTS-HD MA (dtshd) -> multiAVCHD + cue -> BDMV (one title for each album)
Titus Groan – Titus Groan
Label: Get Back/Get 564 | Released: 1970/2000 | Genre: Progressive-Rock
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz
Not quite a “masterpiece,” but almost. Titus Groan were an early (they formed sometime in 1969 and released their only album and single in 1970) art rock/ progressive band who sounded uncannilly like a cross between Czar without the mellotron and The Move circa Message From The Country with a bit of Jethro Tull thrown in for good measure. This means high energy melodic songs with lots of guitars. sax, vocal harmonies, and great percussion work/drumming. There’s occaisonal organ and electric piano, but mainly a much earlier guitar battling with flute, sax, and oboe sound. The first song “It Wasn’t For You” is very bluesy and grooves along with a restrained hard edge. The vocal sounds eerily like Ian Anderson and this is true for the lead vocals for the whole album. I have no idea which of the four band members took care of lead voice, but he has a great one and if you love Tull (I do) you’ll love this. The guitar, which is strong and confident, also brings to mind that group, while the bass and percussion have a jazzier approach like Cream or King Crimson. The hard hitting attack balanced with good melodies always reminded me of Czar on this album, and that can only be good. Every song is excellent, and there is no problem with any of the words or music here. The only problem is a “rushed” quality that leaves me salivating for more. It sounds like Titus Groan were a confident band who hurried into a studio and gave it their very best and suceeded in making a fantastic album, why wasn’t there a second one? My favourite tracks here are on Side Two, the dark and ominous turning into light and playful at the end epic “I Can’t Change” and Czar soundalike “Fuschia.” Play the two albums together and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Hey, I prefer Titus Groan to Blodwyn Pig- this is prime period Jethro Tull and NOT the much inferior first album with Mick Abrahams. There’s strong melodies here, and even at their most daringly progressive on “Hall Of Bright Carvings” these guys cook and are impressive singers and musicians. If you like early prog with lots of energy this album will knock you out. I don’t know why Titus G. have always been slammed by critics and dealers, I think this is a great album, in fact I know it is. The single wasn’t too good, though, so skip over that if you get the reissue with the 7 inch tracks. Same scenario as another band wonder who that is… Czar. Surprised? Well I’m not, like I said take out the mellotron and put in saxes and flutes, it’s the same great solid sound.
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Planxty – Words & Music
Label: WEA/240101 1 | Release: 1983 | Genre: Irish-Folk
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz
The last of the official discography of Planxty. There is a loss of that signature sound that made them famous : The traditional and rustic irish-folk except of course, for the noble Liam O’Flynn, that keeps your sound intact.
But why?
Because, if I using my logic, memory and point of view, we were in the eighties (1982 to be precise). Which group did not succumb that artificial sound to the eighties? That decade (my decade of life), was the turning point in terms of what was the excellence music.
Well, unfortunately fell into a pseudo-pop-folk. The classic wear after the first ten years of life. The disc itself is a collector’s item and can not be unaware the fame of its members, vocal and instrumental quality is the same , the opinion expressed is personal.
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Neil Young – Greatest Hits (2004)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 77:09 minutes | 1,63 GB
Source: ADVD (Reprise Records) | Artwork
2004’s Greatest Hits is not only the first retrospective Neil Young has released since 1977’s Decade, it’s the first ever single-disc collection of his best-known songs. Greatest Hits offers the basic canon, with no frills and none of Young’s trademark idiosyncracies, but ultimately that doesn’t matter much, because Greatest Hits has all the songs that every Neil Young fan agrees are his biggest and best: “Down by the River,” “Cinnamon Girl,” “Helpless,” “After the Gold Rush,” “Southern Man,” “Ohio,” “The Needle and the Damage Done,” “Old Man,” “Heart of Gold,” “Like a Hurricane.” It works as an introduction for the uninitiated and as a concise summary for more casual fans. In other words, it’s as good a compilation as it could have been. (more…)
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R.E.M. – The Best Of R.E.M. In Time 1988-2003
Artist: R.E.M. | Album: The Best Of R.E.M. In Time 1988-2003 | Style: Alternative Rock | Year: 2003 | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 192kHz/24Bit, DTS 5.1, Dolby AC3 5.1, Dolby AC3 2.0) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 18 | Size: ~7.49 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Warner Music (48381-9), 2003 | Note: Watermarked
Tracklist:
01. Man Of The Moon (from “Automatic for the People”) (05:14)
02. The Great Beyond (soundtrack from “Man on the Moon”) (05:06)
03. Bad Day (04:07)
04. What`s The Frequency, Kenneth? (from “Monster”) (04:01)
05. All The Way To Reno (from “Reveal”) (04:44)
06. Losing My Religion (from “Out Of Time”) (04:29)
07. E-Bow The Letter (from “New Adventures in Hi-Fi”) (05:25)
08. Orange Crush (from “Green”) (03:53)
09. Imitation Of Life (from “Reveal”) (03:58)
10. Daysleeper (from “Up”) (03:40)
11. Animal (04:02)
12. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (from “Automatic for the People”) (04:08)
13. Stand (from “Green”) (03:12)
14. Electrolite (from “New Adventures in Hi-Fi”) (04:06)
15. All The Right Friends (soundtrack from “Vanilla Sky”)(02:48)
16. Everybody Hurts (from “Automatic for the People”) (05:19)
17. At My Most Beautiful (from “Up”) (03:35)
18. Nughtswimming (from “Automatic for the People”) (04:17)
R.E.M. – Green
Artist: R.E.M. | Album: Green | Style: Alternative Rock | Year: 2005 [1988 original] | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 192kHz/24Bit, DTS 5.1, Dolby AC3 5.1, Dolby AC3 2.0) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 11 | Size: ~6.64 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Warner | Athens. LCC (8122-73948-2), 2005 | Note: Watermarked
Tracklist:
01. Pop Song 89 (03:03)
02. Get Up (02:35)
03. You Are The Everything (03:45)
04. Stand (03:10)
05. World Leader Pretend (04:15)
06. The Wrong Child (03:35)
07. Orange Crush (03:50)
08. Turn You Inside-Out (04:15)
09. Hairshirt (03:55)
10. I Remember California (05:05)
11. 11 (03:15)
Talking Heads – The Studio Albums: 1977-1988 (2005/2006)
MLP to FLAC Stereo (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 365:30 minutes | 7,98 GB
Source: Rhino Entertaintment’s 8x DVD-Audio (2006) | Artwork
Technical details::
DVD-A, MLP 2.0 > DVD-Audio Explorer > WAV 24/96 > FLAC Frontend > FLAC 24/96 > Fully Tagged manually.
Track “13” from Talking Head ’77 presented in 24bit/48kHz. The Sourced DVD-A discs is watermarked!
File: fkkhd-jalin720p.mkv
Size: 2841621127 bytes (2.65 GiB), duration: 01:07:48, avg.bitrate: 5588 kb/s
Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5:1 (eng)
Video: h264, yuv420p, 1280×720, 23.98 fps(r) (eng)
Jane’s Addiction has always thrown THE most provocative and extravagant parties in rock, mixing a fierce musicality and streetwise lyrics with a theatrical flair. Filmed at New York City’s Terminal 5 on July 25, 2011 and captured in Dolby TrueHD-5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby TrueHD Stereo, LIVE IN NYC encapsulates the true essence of Jane’s Addiction in concert, mixing music with performance art. With the band as the ringleaders, they take you, along with a diverse cast of vagabonds, through an extravagant world of flying burlesque dancers, trapeze artists and carnival sideshow antics, offering stunning visuals enhanced with a visual masterpiece of lasers, capturing the incredible mood of this spectacular night. Amidst it all, Jane’s Addiction, featuring frontman Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Chris Chaney, gives astonishing performances of one classic after another including their 1988 Top 10 hit ‘Jane Says,’ and live staples such as ‘Whores’ and ‘Up The Beach,’ and crushing versions of ‘Ocean Size’ and ‘Mountain Song.’
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Linda Ronstadt and The Nelson Riddle Orchestra – What’s New
Artist: Linda Ronstadt, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra | Album: What’s New | Style: Vocal Jazz, Pop Jazz, Pop | Year: 2002 [1983 original] | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 192kHz/24Bit, DTS 5.1 48kHz/16Bit, Dolby AC3 5.1, Dolby AC3 2.0) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 9 | Size: ~3.81 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Elektra / Asylum / Rhino / Warner (8122-78341-9), 2002 | Note: Watermarked
Tracklist:
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01. What’s New? (03:55)
02. I’ve Got a Crush on You (03:28)
03. Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry (04:13)
04. Crazy He Calls Me (03:33)
05. Someone to Watch over Me (04:09)
06. I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You (04:06)
07. What’ll I Do? (04:06)
08. Lover Man (04:18)
09. Goodbye (04:47)
Joe Satriani – Dreaming #11 (Featuring “Hordes Of Locusts” Live)
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz
Label: Relativity / 88561-8265-1 | Mastered By Bernie Grundman | US Release: 1988 | Genre: Hard-Rock
Dreaming #11 is something of an oddity: a mini-disc released in 1988 with three live tracks and one new studio track. The live tracks, taken from the Surfing with the Alien tour and featuring the powerful duo of Stuart Hamm on bass and Jonathan Mover on drums, showcase Satriani’s outstanding talents in a live atmosphere; however, they’ve been heard before (“Ice Nine” was on Surfing with the Alien and “Memories” and “Hordes of Locusts” came from Not of This Earth). The studio track, “The Crush of Love,” immediately became a favorite of Satriani fans everywhere, mostly because of its catchy tune and its creative use of the wah-wah pedal to give the guitar an almost human voice. A recommended disc for musicians and fans, but not essential to the casual collector.
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Vinyl Notes:
Originally released in 1988, this grouping assembles all variations of the “Dreaming #11” EP as well as its re-releases and subsequent remastered versions. Side B Recorded live at the California Theater, San Diego, CA. on June 11, 1988.
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Buck Clayton – The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam Sessions 1953-1956 (1993) {200g 8LP BOX Mosaic}
Vinyl rip @ 24/96 | FLAC(tracks) – 6.79 Gb | Full Scans – 57 Mb | Label: Mosaic Records
Genre: Jazz | Rec. CAT #MQ8-144
The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam Sessions (extremely rare & limited 1993 US 32-track Mosaic audiophile 8-LP box set) is a superlative package contains all the jam session recordings for CBS, plus alternate takes and originals restored to their full length, with soloists including Joe Newman, Ruby Braff, Urbie Green, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman & more. Housed in a beautifully presented textured outer black box with front pasted picture cover, complete with an informative 20-page LP sized booklet, featuring stunning black & white session photographs and extensive liner notes). (more…)
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Michael Hedges – Aerial Boundaries
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC | 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz
Label: Windham Hill Records / WH-1032 | Release: 1984 | Genre: Acoustic-Fusion
It’s a pleasure to introduce one of the brightest members of the Windham Hill label, Michael Hedges. “Aerial Boundaries” is the most important works of this curious guitarist. I say curious about this strange way of playing the guitar, with a good friend called this way of playing as “percussive guitar” (for those strums and blows the lid, and use the guitar like a piano). In a clean technique in implementation, apart from playing a strange guitar called “harp guitar”. The album is very even with well-known pieces from his repertoire (the album that should be a fan of Hedges). A few days ago, reviewing Youtube submissions of this guitar player, I found that has a string of clones … but Hedges, is one.
Ah! and on top, is a great singer.
Appaloosa - Appaloosa (Featuring Al Kooper)
Vinyl | LOG | CUE | FLAC | Tags | Full LP Cover (1:1)
24bit/96kHz: 927mb – 16bit/44kHz: 265mb
Genre: Psychedelic-Folk | Label: Columbia / CS 9819 | Original First US Pressing: 1969
From the Boston folk scene, emerged John Parker Compton’s band of Appaloosa, from which would also come Earth Opera (and its continuity Sea Train) and James Taylor. JPC (vocals & ac guitars) had formed an experimental duo with David Batteau and his cello that played a few gigs around Boston and Cambridge as they were still teenagers. The duo evolved with David’s brother Robin taking over with his violin, before expanding to a quartet with the arrival of Eugene Rosov (cello) and David Reiser (electric bass) and opened for Tim Harding and played every Sunday afternoon at the Cambridge Common Music Concerts. Rosov and Batteau were Harvard students, while Reiser sat in with prominent jazzmen in Boston clubs.
The group popped down to NY to get an audition with the legendary Al Kooper, playing directly in his office and getting instantly a recording deal. The prominent Kooper (producer and musician with The Blues Project, Blood Sweat & Tears, Bloomfield and by then a solo artiste as well and too many sessions to list) was to produce their sole album.
This album was labelled as folk baroque (as was popular at the time), a term also applying to Donovan, Gordon Lightfoot, Tom Rush, Nick Drake, Bobbie Gentry, Tim Buckley, Phil Ochs, the Bee Gees, and Tim Hardin, and meant folk mixed with classical/symphonic music. Sadly the album got almost no notice, staying four weeks in the US billboard, peaking at 128, as these folk baroque albums were flooding the airwaves at the time. It would be Appaloosa’s only album, the band splitting up when Compton, Batteau, and some friends drove out to California. John and Robin worked as a duo on Columbia for the Compton & Batteau in California album, with John doing his first solo album shortly afterward. To this day JPC is still active in the folk circles and reformed the group in 05, but nothing yet has come out of that.
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Vocal Trance Vol.4 | 2008-2013 | 720p/1080p WEBRip | 3.2 Gb
Original title: Vocal Trance [A selection of clips] Vol.4
Genre: Pop
Year: 2008-2013
Duration: 2:19:33
Video Quality: WEBRip 720p-1080p
video Codec: AVC, MPEG-4
Frame size: 1920×1080, 1280×720
Bitrate: 4000 kb / s
Language: English
Translation: the original
Codec: ACC
Bitrate: 192 kb / s
Vocal Trance Vol.1 | 2008-2013 | 720p/1080p WEBRip | 3.1 Gb
Original title: Vocal Trance [A selection of clips] Vol.1
Genre: Pop
Year: 2008-2013
Duration: 2:19:33
Video Quality: WEBRip 720p-1080p
video Codec: AVC, MPEG-4
Frame size: 1920×1080, 1280×720
Bitrate: 4000 kb / s
Language: English
Translation: the original
Codec: ACC
Bitrate: 192 kb / s