Motorhead – Bad Magic (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time –42:48 minutes | 558 MB | Genre: Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | © UDR
The immortal Motörhead (Lemmy, Phil Campbell and Mickey Dee) are still going strong with their 2015 release, Bad Magic. This is their 22nd studio album! (more…)
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Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’ (1958/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 00:37:23 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: acousticsounds.com | Artwork: Front cover | © Blue Note Records
Recorded: January 5, 1958 at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey.
“With the single exception of Kind of Blue, Sonny Clark’s Cool Struttin’ is almost certainly the coolest jazz album of all time.” –100 Greatest Jazz Albums
Cool Struttin’ features a constellation of jazz greats: Jackie McLean on alto sax, Art Farmer on trumpet, and two members of Miles Davis’ Quintet (Philly Joe Jones on drums and Paul Chambers on bass). While Kind of Blue focused on modal jazz, Cool Struttin’ takes its soul from the heart of the blues. (more…)
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Сomposer: Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Title: La donna del lago
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Classical, Opera
Director: Paul Curran
Conductor: Michele Mariotti
Artist: Joyce DiDonato (Elena), Juan Diego Flórez (Giacomo V), John Osborn (Roderigo), Daniela Barcellona (Malcolm), Oren Gradus (Douglas), The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Production/Label: Erato
Duration: 02:44:35
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 31000 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: Italian / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: Italian / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish
Size: 43.38 GB
The Metropolitan Opera give this live performance of Rossini’s work based on the poem by Sir Walter Scott. Michele Mariotti conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus with Joyce DiDonato as Elena, the lady of the lake, who loves the heroic Malcolm (Daniela Barcellona). However, King James V (Juan Diego Flórez) arrives in the Highlands and sets his sights on Elena while her father Douglas (Oren Gradus), who is rebelling against the King’s rule, promises his daughter to clan chief Rodrigo (John Osborn).
Joyce DiDonato can do almost anything. She can sing high and low, loud and soft, and somehow make it all seem natural. She can manage florid runs and agitated climaxes as if they were expressive devices, not just vocal pyrotechnics. She can look sweetly demure, fondling flowers, or awesomely heroic, confronting royalty. She can make a simple gown look elegant, and a small gesture look big. Most important, she can reinforce such achievements with a mezzo-soprano — maybe a soprano sfogato — equally notable for richness and purity. – Martin Bernheimer, Wall Street Journal Joyce DiDonato is the world’s greatest living mezzo-soprano, thrilling audiences with, and garnering universal critical acclaim for, her expression, stagecraft, and flawless technique. The reception of her performances in the Paul Curran production of Rossini’s La Donna del Lago for the Metropolitan Opera were no exception, and this DVD and Bluray release, whose stellar cast includes Juan Diego Florez, John Osborn and Daniela Barcellona, cements this as a signature role for DiDonato. (more…)
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Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (2000) [Deluxe Eition 2016]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 2:09:00 minutes | 2,64 GB | Genre: Rock, Alternative
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Artwork: Front cover | © Pax Americana
Ryan Adams’ debut solo album and modern classic, Heartbreaker. Originally released in 2000, this new Deluxe edition contains newly released outtakes and demo versions. (more…)
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Сomposer: Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Title: Capriccio, Op. 85
Release Date: 2014
Genre: Classical, Opera
Director: Marco Arturo Marelli
Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach
Artist: Renée Fleming (Countess), Bo Skovhus (Count), Michael Schade (Flamand), Markus Eiche (Olivier), Angelika Kirchschlager (Clairon), Kurt Rydl (La Roche); Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Production/Label: C Major Entertainment GmbH
Duration: 02:42:33
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 26955 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: German DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3867 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: German LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
Size: 41.3 GB
Richard Strauss’s last stage work is an opera about opera as an art form, depicting the creation of a music drama in a wise and witty way. Which came first – words or music? That is the question that Strauss and his librettist Clemens Krauss address through the story of a Countess torn between a composer and a poet. “Renée Fleming is a world-class Countess, moving and intense … All around her there is luxury casting: Bo Skovhus as the Count, Michael Schade as Flamand, Markus Eiche as Olivier, Kurt Rydl as the theatre director La Roche, the wonderful Angelika Kirchschlager as Clairon – all strike exactly the right note, as do the singers in the smaller roles, turning this Capriccio into an event of the first importance.” –Der Kurier, Vienna (more…)
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Rory Block – Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:35 minutes | 886 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover | Source: HDTracks | © Stony Plain Records
Rory Block is the most celebrated living female acoustic blues artist. On her fifth release in the acclaimed ‘Mentor Series’ on Stony Plain, Rory pays tribute to Skip James, one of the most important country blues artists in history. Rory actively tours internationally and each new release is a high profile occasion in the blues community. “Today, she is regarded as the top female interpreter and authority on traditional blues worldwide”. (more…)
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Сomposer: Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Title: Arabella, Op. 79
Release Date: 2014
Genre: Classical, Opera
Director: Florentine Klepper
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Artist: Renée Fleming (Arabella), Thomas Hampson (Mandryka), Albert Dohmen, Gabriela Beňačková (Adelaide), Albert Dohmen (Waldner), Hanna-Elisabeth Müller (Zdenka), Daniel Behle (Matteo), Derek Welton (Dominik), Benjamin Bruns (Elemer), Steven Humes (Lamoral), Daniela Fally (Fiakermilli), Jane Henschel (Kartenaufschlägerin); Staatskapelle Dresden; Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Production/Label: C Major Entertainment GmbH
Duration: 02:48:40
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 26959 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: German DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4181 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: German LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
Size: 43.24 GB
2014 marks a year of celebration recognizing the 150th birthday year of the German late-Romantic orchestral, operatic and lied master composer, Richard Strauss (1864-1949). Arabella (premiered 1933, Dresden) was the last of the half dozen Strauss works to feature a libretto by the great Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal. This production, from the most recent Salzburg Easter Festival is, after Capriccio, the second of three Richard Strauss operas C Major is releasing in honor of the composer’s birth, life and work. The star-laden cast includes soprano Renèe Fleming, baritone Thomas Hampson, Albert Dohmen (Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, MET) and Gabriela Benacková (Wiener Staatsoper, Covent Garden). With Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden, “the music of Richard Strauss is in the best of hands.” (ORF) “Thielemann gets the best out of the cast…especially Renée Fleming with her “luxurious” soprano …” FAZ (more…)
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Keith Sweat – Dress To Impress (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 1:06:19 minutes | 783 MB | Genre: Funk, Soul
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: 7digital | © RAL/Sony Music
Keith Sweat’s first studio album since 2011 arrived as the singer’s syndicated radio program, The Sweat Hotel, was approaching its tenth year. It could be deduced that the gig has sharpened Sweat’s ears and pen, as Dress to Impress features his best round of songs in well over a decade. Beside a small cast of writing and production associates that includes Wirlie Morris and Derek Allen, Sweat focuses on romance and emotional connection. The album sounds fresh while drawing from numerous eras, just as the Sweat Hotel playlist roams from decade to decade. (more…)
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Сomposer: Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Title: Ariadne Auf Naxos: Staatskapelle Dresden
Release Date: 2013
Genre: Classical, Opera
Director: Philippe Arlaud
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Artist: Renée Fleming (Ariadne/Prima Donna), Robert Dean Smith (Bacchus/The Tenor), Sophie Koch (Komponist), Jane Archibald (Zerbinetta), Eike Wilm Schulte (Musiklehrer), René Kollo (Haushofmeister), Kevin Conners (Brighella), Steven Humes (Truffaldino), Kevin Conners (Brighella), Lenneke Ruiten (Echo), Christina Landshamer (Naiad), Rachel Frenkel (Dryad), Christian Baumgärtel (Tanzmeister), Roman Grübner (Lackey), Michael Ventow (Officer), David Jerusalem (Peruckenmacher); Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Production/Label: Decca
Duration: 02:15:50
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM, DTS
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 21993 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: German DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3542 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: German LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese
Filmed live in Baden-Baden by the veteran director Brian Large, Renée Fleming makes her debut in the role of Ariadne together with fellow key Strauss interpreters Sophie Koch and Christian Thielemann, following on from their Rosenkavalier triumph. Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden, the orchestra to whom Strauss dedicated his Alpine Symphony and which premiered Feuersnot, Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier and Daphne. Fleming’s voice might have been made for Ariadne and she achieved a great personal triumph in this production: “The chief glory of the evening was hearing Renée Fleming, the Straussian soprano par excellence, making her role debut as Ariadne… As the possessor of what is, possibly, the most beautiful soprano voice in the world, she put her vocal treasures in the service of an empathic, nuanced interpretation of the role. From the creamy top, through a rich, warm middle, to the bewitching, darker colours of her lower register, Fleming poured her magnificent sound into Strauss’s enchanting melodic arcs, animating the sadness, vulnerability, and desire of the bereft princess…” –Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (more…)
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Michael Jackson – Dangerous (1991/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:05 minutes | 1,6 GB | Genre: Pop, R&B
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: Qobuz | Label: © Epic/Legacy
Despite the success of Bad, it was hard not to view it as a bit of a letdown, since it presented a cleaner, colder, calculated version of Thriller — something that delivered what it should on the surface, but wound up offering less in the long run. So, it was time for a change-up, something even a superstar as huge as Michael Jackson realized, so he left Quincy Jones behind, hired Guy mastermind Teddy Riley as the main producer, and worked with a variety of other producers, arrangers, and writers, most notably Bruce Swedien and Bill Bottrell. The end result of this is a much sharper, harder, riskier album than Bad, one that has its eyes on the street, even if its heart gets middle-class soft on “Heal the World.” The shift in direction and change of collaborators has liberated Jackson, and he’s written a set of songs that is considerably stronger than Bad, often approaching the consistency of Off the Wall and Thriller. If it is hardly as effervescent or joyous as either of those records, chalk it up to his suffocating stardom, which results in a set of songs without much real emotional center, either in their substance or performance. But, there’s a lot to be said for professional craftsmanship at its peak, and Dangerous has plenty of that, not just on such fine singles as “In the Closet,” “Remember the Time,” or the blistering “Jam,” but on album tracks like “Why You Wanna Trip on Me.” No, it’s not perfect — it has a terrible cover, a couple of slow spots, and suffers from CD-era ailments of the early ’90s, such as its overly long running time and its deadening Q Sound production, which sounds like somebody forgot to take the Surround Sound button off. Even so, Dangerous captures Jackson at a near-peak, delivering an album that would have ruled the pop charts surely and smoothly if it had arrived just a year earlier. But it didn’t — it arrived along with grunge, which changed the rules of the game nearly as much as Thriller itself. Consequently, it’s the rare multi-platinum, number one album that qualifies as a nearly forgotten, underappreciated record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (more…)
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Title: Michael Jackson – Bad 25
Release Date: 2012/2013
Genre: Documentary
Director: Spike Lee
Artist: Michael Jackson (archive footage), Glen Ballard, John Barnes, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Batten (archive footage), Justin Bieber, Jim Blashfield, John Branca, Miko C. Brando, Chris Brown, Ollie E. Brown, Gregg Burge, Mariah Carey, Colin Chilvers, Andraé Crouch, Sheryl Crow, Jeffrey Daniel, Matt Forger, Siedah Garrett, Nelson George, CeeLo Green, Andre Harrell, Jerry Hey, Whitney Houston (archive footage), Jermaine Jackson (archive footage), Quincy Jones, Jerry Kramer, Karen Langford, Nelson Mandela (archive footage), Vincent Paterson, Greg Phillinganes, Richard Price, Princess Diana (archive footage), Joe Pytka, Usher Raymond, L.A. Reid, Seth Riggs, John Robinson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese, Danyel Smith, Larry Stessel, Steve Stevens, Bruce Swedien, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Tatiana Thumbtzen, Will Vinton, Kanye West, Walter Yetnikoff
Production/Label: Optimum Home Entertainment
Duration: 02:11:16
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: AC-3, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 31000 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English LPCM 5.1 / 48 kHz / 6912 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: English Dolby Digital 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Audio#3: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Twenty-five years after Michael Jackson’s visionary Bad album and tour left an indelible mark on pop culture, the full 2-hour version of BAD25 takes you back inside the recording sessions, film shoots and sold-out stadiums for an intimate look at the King of Pop’s creative genius. Poignant and candid, Spike Lee directed a documentary that goes beyond paying homage to the record-setting album featuring such iconic songs as “Bad” and “Man In the Mirror.” Using never-seen footage and candid interviews with subjects ranging from Martin Scorsese to Kanye West, Lee chronicles what became not only a watershed moment in Michael Jackson’s growth as an artist but in popular music as well. The New York Times called BAD25 “filled with oh-wow moments,” while Time lauded the film as “an intimate view of a performer at his peak in the intense splendor of creativity.” (more…)
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The Accidentals – Odyssey (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 48:59 minutes | 565 MB | Genre: Alternative, Indie
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz | Booklet, Front Cover | © Masterworks
Named among Yahoo Music’s Top 10 Bands to Watch in 2017, The Accidentals new album, ODYSSEY, affirms the band’s place among contemporary music’s most original and adventurous new bands. Multi-instrumentalists Sav Buist and Katie Larson joined on stage and in the studio by drummer Michael Dause have crafted a genre all their own, fueled by their uniquely limitless approach to musicality and songcraft. Lyrically powerful songs like Earthbound and the potent title track see the band embracing their choice to lead an unconventional life with all its many surprising twists and turns.
The Accidentals adventure began in their hometown of Traverse City, MI, when Larson, a sophomore cellist, and Buist, a junior violinist, were paired for a high school orchestra event. The gifted young musicians became fast friends and before long, bandmates. Having both grown up in musical families with professional pianists for fathers and vocalists for mothers, their shared influences bounced between classical, jazz, bluegrass, country, alt-rock, and the obscure.
Co-produced by Buist, Larson, and Dause with engineer Jason Lehning (Mat Kearney, Guster, George Jones, Alison Krauss), ODYSSEY sees The Accidentals joined by such friends and fans as acoustic guitar maestra Kaki King, bassist and fellow Michigander Dominic John Davis (Jack White, Beck), Carbon Leaf guitarist Carter Gravatt, Keller Williams and The Decemberists Jenny Conlee, who spent three days in the studio alongside the band, lending her distinctive organ to a number of the album’s key tracks.
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Сomposer: Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Title: Ariadne auf Naxos
Release Date: 2012
Genre: Classical, Opera
Director & Set Designer: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Artist: Emily Magee (The Prima Donna/Ariadne), Elena Moșuc (Zerbinetta), Jonas Kaufmann (The Tenor/Bacchus), Eva Liebau (Naiad/A Shepherdess), Marie Claude Chappuis (Dryad/A Shepherd), Eleonora Buratto (Echo/A Singer), Gabriel Bermúdez (Harlequin), Michael Laurenz (Scaramuccio), Tobias Kehrer (Truffaldino), Martin Mitterrutzner (Brighella), Peter Matić (The Major-Domo), Cornelius Obonya (M. Jourdain), Thomas Frank (The Composer), Michael Rotschopf (Hofmannsthal), Regina Fritsch (Ottonie/Dorine), Stefanie Dvorak (Nicolina), Johannes Lange (Flunky), Wiener Philharmoniker
Production/Label: Sony Classical
Duration: 03:12:22
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 23656 kbps 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD Master Audio German 3603 kbps 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3603 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 (48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles: English, Chinese, French, German, Korean, Spanish
With great result opera director and acting director of the Salzburg Festival Sven-Erich Bechtholf at the Salzburg Festival in 2012 staged an enriched with elements of theater, comedy and dance original version of Richard Strauss’s opera Ariadne auf Naxos. The premiere was hailed as a highlight of the festival, which was also due to the outstanding musical performance of all parties involved: the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and outstanding soloists shone under the baton of Daniel Harding. Jonas Kaufman gave a highly acclaimed debut as Bacchus and the other soloists were studded cast that includes Emily Magee (Ariadne), Elena Mosuc (Zerbinetta), Peter Mati (Steward), Cornelius Obonya (Monsieur Jourdain), Roberto Saccà, Regina Fritsch and Stefanie Dvorak.
Ariadne auf Naxos was the third collaboration by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, written directly after the great success of Der Rosenkavalier. Originally planned as a “divertissement with a small chamber orchestra”, the project expanded into a grand venture combining opera, drama and ballet – and was a flop at its world premiere in 1912. Now the Salzburg Festival pledges to fulfill “the still-wonderful dream of its creators: to bring together the different genres of theater, ballet, drama, music and singing.” Sven-Eric Bechtolf will direct this unconventional production, and has not only adapted Molière’s play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, which preceded the opera at the time, but has also reinstated the ballet music written for it subsequently. “A hundred years have passed since Hofmannsthal began to work on this tale with the fiercely practical and dramaturgically highly talented Strauss, one hundred years since the disastrous world premiere of Ariadne auf Naxos. We take this ‘anniversary’ as an opportunity to revisit the original version. And where would this make more sense than in Salzburg?”
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Nina Simone – High Priestess Of Soul (1967/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:50 minutes | 1,61 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: PonoMusic | © Verve Music
Nina Simone is accompanied on this classic 1967 release by a large orchestra, arranged and led by Hal Mooney. Neither strictly jazz nor soul, the material here is eclectic as Simone interprets these covers in her inimitable style. The album also includes two original songs, the sparse and intimate Come Ye featuring Simone accompanied by nothing but percussion and the centerpiece track, Take Me To The Water. (more…)
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Title: Europe – The Final Countdown – 30th Anniversary Show – Live at the Roundhouse
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Hard rock
Director: Patric Ullaeus
Starring: Joey Tempest, John Norum, John Leven, Mic Michaeli, Ian Haugland
Production/Label: HELL & BACK RECORDINGS
Duration: 01:43:25
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM, AC3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 24973 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: German / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Audio #2: German / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Size: 22.09 GB
Swedish rock ‘n’ roll legends, Europe, will share their unique 30th Anniversary performance of The Final Countdown from London’s legendary Roundhouse. The Final Countdown 30th Anniversary Show – Live at the Roundhouse celebrates the multi-platinum album’s triple decade success. The band played the album in its sequential entirety during a series of selected cities in 2016, with London’s most historically venerated venue playing host to an exceptionally special night on November 12th 2016. Preceding the landmark event, fans were also treated to a live performance of Europe’s latest album War of Kings, a release which re-established Europe as one of the top classic rock bands in the world. (more…)
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