Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings – Struttin’ Our Stuff: In Concert (2004) [2.0 & 5.1]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 65:08 minutes | Scans included | 3,84 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,36 GB
The late ’90s saw former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman return to recording/touring duty with a new outfit, Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings. As expected, Wyman managed to retain some bluesy elements from his previous band, but the Rhythm Kings primarily specialized in a musical form that made a surprise comeback during this time – swing. (more…)
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Title: The Rolling Stones – Olé Olé Olé! A Trip Across Latin America
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Rockumentary
Director: Paul Dugdale
Artist: Mick Jagger – vocals, guitar, harmonica; Keith Richards – guitar, vocals; Charlie Watts – drums; Ronnie Wood – guitar; Darryl Jones – bass guitar, backing vocals; Chuck Leaveli – keyboards; Karl Denson – saxophone; Tom Ries – saxophone, keyboards; Bernard Fowler, Sasha Allen – backing vocals
Production/Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 01:40:33 + 0:53:33
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 25548 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2076 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio#2: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese
Size: 34.27 GB
The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America is a feature documentary that follows the Rolling Stones’ tour of early 2016 through 10 Latin American cities. The film combines electrifying live performances from across the tour and from their historic tour finale as the first ever rock band to perform to an audience of 1.2 million in Havana, with an intimate insight into the world of The Rolling Stones. A road movie that celebrates the revolutionary power of Rock n Roll, exhilarating and vivid, the film chronicles the tour, local culture and unique bond that exists between the Latin American people and The Rolling Stones. A portrait of a band still at the very top of their game that have seen it all but remain as hungry as ever to break new ground. Directed by Paul Dugdale, produced by Sam Bridger and shot throughout February and March 2016, the film is produced by JA Digital in co-production with Eagle Rock Films for Eagle Rock Entertainment and Promotone . The documentary captures blistering performances and unique personal experiences as the band visited Latin America for the first time in ten years. True pioneers of rock, the Stones, who have toured every corner of the globe, explored new horizons bringing their high octane performances to countries Uruguay, Peru and Colombia and the city of Porto Alegre, and of course, Cuba, for the very first time. Fans will see Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood mesmerize their generations of fans with full performances of classic hits from their extraordinary catalog such as, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, “It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll”, “Wild Horses”, “Honky Tonk Women”, “Sympathy For The Devil”, “Paint It Black” and “Miss You”. Throughout the film viewers will hear personal stories and insights from the band on their chemistry, what it is like to tour and perform for tens of thousands of adoring fans, and memories and influences of these cities over the past 50 years. The 105 minute film, kicks off at the bands tour rehearsal’s in Los Angeles, before they embark on the 2 month tour. The band immerses in the local cultures of these cities and the viewer learns about each destination’s influence on the band and how the Rolling Stones impacted the cities and its people. In Argentina the Rolingo superfan culture is examined; in Uruguay the group visits a family of local drummers and jams with them; in Brazil, Mick and Keith fondly recall writing “Honky Tonk Women” in a ranch hours outside of Sao Paulo in the 1960’s and tell stories before sitting down to play an acoustic rendition of the hit song; also in Sao Paolo Ronnie paints with a Brazilian friend Ivald Granato and discusses the importance of art in his life; in Lima the band watches Afro Peruvian dancers perform before joining in with them; and in Cuba we learn the stories of a Cuban mechanic and instrument repair woman, who discuss the positive changes coming to the island. Throughout the film the viewer gets an inside look at the interworking of the creation of the historic Cuba show, through interviews with the tour promoter, management, production and logistics managers, and the band members themselves. (more…)
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Michael Jackson – HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book 1 (1995/2007)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:28:32 minutes | 3,15 GB | Genre: Soul, Funk, R&B
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover | © Epic
Michael Jackson’s double-disc HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I is a monumental achievement of ego. Titled “HIStory Begins,” the first disc is a collection of his post-Motown hits, featuring some of the greatest music in pop history, including “Billie Jean,” “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” “Beat It,” and “Rock with You.” It leaves some hits out — including the number ones “Say Say Say” and “Dirty Diana” — yet it’s filled with enough prime material to be thoroughly intoxicating. That can’t be said for the second disc, called “HIStory Continues” and consisting entirely of new material — which also happens to be the first material he released since being accused of child molestation. “HIStory Continues” is easily the most personal album Jackson has recorded. References to the scandal permeate almost every song, creating a thick atmosphere of paranoia. If Jackson’s music had been the equal of Thriller or Bad, the nervous, vindictive lyrics wouldn’t have been quite as overbearing. However, “HIStory Continues” reiterates musical ideas Jackson had been exploring since Bad. Jackson certainly tries to stay contemporary, yet he has a tendency to smooth out all of his rougher musical edges with show-biz schmaltz. Occasionally, Jackson produces some well-crafted pop that ranks with his best material: R. Kelly’s “You Are Not Alone” is seductive, “Scream” improves on the slamming beats of his earlier single “Jam,” and “Stranger in Moscow” is one of his most haunting ballads. Nevertheless, “HIStory Continues” stands as his weakest album since the mid-’70s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (more…)
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Michael Jackson – Bad (1987) [3LP, 25th Anniversary Edition, 2012]
Vinyl rip in 24 bit/96 kHz | FLAC | Artwork | 2,15 GB, 3% RAR Recovery
MJJ/EPIC/LEGACY | Pop
Digitally remastered and expanded triple vinyl LP edition of this classic album from the King of Pop. Disc Two features 12 tracks including previously unreleased recordings and remixes. Bad was the third Michael Jackson album produced by Quincy Jones and was originally released on August 31, 1987. It was monumental in many ways; Michael wrote nine of the album’s 11 tracks and received co-producer credit for the entire album. The album was #1 around the world, made history with five consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard chart, produced 10 chart-topping singles, nine ground breaking short films and to date, the Bad album has generated over 45 million units in sales. Bad was nominated for six Grammys and won two. (more…)
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Bonnie Raitt – Nick Of Time
Artist: Bonnie Raitt | Album: Nick Of Time | Style: Contry, Rock | Year: 2004 [1989 original]| Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 96kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 96kHz/24Bit, DTS 5.1 48kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 5.1 48kHz/16Bit) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 11 + 3 videoclips | Size: 6.6 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: only front | Release: Capitol Records, 2004 | Note: Not Watermarked
Prior to Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt had been a reliable cult artist, delivering a string of solid records that were moderate successes and usually musically satisfying. From her 1971 debut through 1982’s Green Light, she had a solid streak, but 1986’s Nine Lives snapped it, falling far short of her usual potential. Therefore, it shouldn’t have been a surprise when Raitt decided to craft its follow-up as a major comeback, collaborating with producer Don Was on Nick of Time. At the time, the pairing seemed a little odd, since he was primarily known for the weird hipster funk of Was (Not Was), but the match turned out to be inspired. Was used Raitt’s classic early-’70s records as a blueprint, choosing to update the sound with a smooth, professional production and a batch of excellent contemporary songs. In this context, Raitt flourishes; she never rocks too hard, but there is grit to her singing and playing, even when the surfaces are clean and inviting. And while she only has two original songs here, Nick of Time plays like autobiography, which is a testament to the power of the songs, performances, and productions. It was a great comeback album that made for a great story, but the record never would have been a blockbuster success if it wasn’t for the music, which is among the finest Raitt ever made. She must have realized this, since Nick of Time served as the blueprint for the majority of her ’90s albums. (more…)
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Genre: Rock / New Wave / Pop Rock / Synth-Pop
Year: 2016
Label: Virgin Records / Universal Music Group
Catalog number: 4722072
Audio codec: FLAC (* .flac)
Rip type: image + .cue
Duration: 4:18:58 + 00:54:14 (DVD Audio)
Super deluxe six disc edition boasts an abundance of material. Disc one features a 2016 remaster (by Andrew Walter at Abbey Road) approved by Charlie Burchill and the second disc gathers 12-inch remixes and instrumentals of the singles, a few of which enjoy their CD debut. Various edits and B-sides can be found on the third CD in the set while disc four features previously unreleased BBC John Peel and Kid Jensen radio sessions, recorded in February and August 1982. All ten tracks on disc five are previously unreleased; made up of alternative mixes and demos and the icing on the cake is the sixth and final disc which is a DVD, featuring Charlie Burchill and Ronald Prent’s 5.1 surround sound mix, first released on the now long out-of-print DVD-Audio in 2005. This mix of the album is a unique ‘full duration’ mix which is different to the standard version. DVD also includes promo videos and a few Top of the Pops performances. Note, this is a DVD-V unlike the DVD-A/V disc from previous Simple Minds box sets. Universal. 2016.
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Anathema are a British rock band from Liverpool.The line-up consists of singers and guitarists Vincent and Daniel Cavanagh, their brother Jamie Cavanagh on bass, siblings John and Lee Douglas, respectively drummer and singer, and keyboardist Daniel Cardoso since November 2012.
The band was founded as Pagan Angel in 1990 by the three Cavanagh siblings, John, and singer Darren White, as a death/doom band. At the time White was the only singer of the band. The following year, Jamie left and was replaced by Duncan Patterson. Under this line-up, Anathema released their first EP, The Crestfallen (1992), and their first album, Serenades (1993). However, White left in 1995; Vincent decided to act as Anathema’s vocalist in addition to his guitarist function in the albums The Silent Enigma (1995) and Eternity (1996), which were going into a more gothic metal direction.
In 1997, John left the band, and was replaced by Shaun Steels for the album Alternative 4 (1998). Both Patterson and Steels left the same year, replaced by Dave Pybus and a returning John Douglas, while former My Dying Bride keyboardist and violinist Martin Powell also joined the band (Daniel Cavanagh was also acting as the band’s only keyboardist, and shared this position since). The only album released with this line-up was Judgement (1999): the same year Powell switched positions with Cradle of Filth’s keyboardist Les Smith who joined Anathema, and Lee Douglas, John’s sister, was added to the line-up as a backing and occasional lead vocalist.
The band released their sixth album A Fine Day to Exit in 2001, turning to an alternative sound. Shortly after the release, Pybus announced his departure and was replaced by the band’s original bassist, Jamie Cavanagh, reuniting the three brothers in the band for the first time since 1991. There were no new members for the next ten years, with the albums A Natural Disaster (2003) and We’re Here Because We’re Here (2010) all being recorded and released by the same line-up, with the sound turning even more towards progressive rock; however, Daniel Cavanagh left Anathema in 2002 to join Antimatter, returning in 2003. Smith left Anathema in 2011, and Vincent and Daniel both assumed the function of keyboardist for the band’s ninth album, Weather Systems, in 2012. The same year, Cardoso, the band’s live keyboardist since 2011, joined as a full-time member.
The band’s tenth studio album, Distant Satellites, was released on 9 June 2014 via Kscope.
Album Llist
Anathema · Alternative 4
Anathema · Judgement
Anathema · A Fine Day To Exit
Anathema · A Natural Disaster
Anathema · We’re Here Because We’re Here
Anathema · Weather Systems
Anathema – Weather Systems (Bonus DVD)
Artist: Anathema | Album: Weather Systems | Style: Progressive-Rock, New Prog | Year: 2012 | Quality: DVD-Audio (PCM 48kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 5.1, 48kHz/16Bit) + Audio-DVD (Dolby AC3 5.1, 48kHz/16Bit) + FLAC 5.1 (.flac+.cue, 48kHz/24Bit) | Bitrate: ~448 kbps + lossless | Tracks: 9 | Size: ~201 Mb + 1.9Gb + 2.98 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Kscope (KSCOPE206), 2012 | Note: Not Watermarked
After Falling Deeper, Anathema’s orchestral detour into greatest hitsville, the Liverpool band return with a true follow-up to We’re Here Because We’re Here. What Falling Deeper accomplished was to make the band comfortable with the string arrangements of Dave Stewart; they’re used abundantly — and to great benefit — on Weather Systems (produced by Christer-Andre Cederberg with Daniel and Vincent Cavanagh). Guitarist Daniel has written a set of songs that are more daring, harmonically ambitious, and poetically sophisticated than anything he’s previously attempted. Vocalist and occasional keyboardist Vincent arranges them for drummer John Douglas, vocalist Lee Helen Douglas, and help from Cederberg on bass. Piano, acoustic, and electric guitars continue to dominate Anathema’s latter-day sound, but strings are now an immense part of their textural architecture. Anathema’s brand of 21st century prog embraces pop’s grandest scales and accessibility without mindless kitsch, shallowness, or phony detachment. This material, which is lyrically on the heavy end of the emotional scale, is offset by the sheer beauty of the compositions and orchestrations. The album explores the range of human emotions regarding death — the acceptance of its inevitability and the transcendence of the fear it engenders — which illuminates these nine songs. According to Daniel’s lyrics, it’s the ferocity of love that both bridges the mortal divide and renders fear impotent. While on the surface the piano and acoustic guitar intros on most of these songs may seem to be repetitive, they are merely feints, serving as guideposts to vast interiors, musically, sonically, and lyrically. It’s a gorgeous whole, but there are standouts. The two parts of “Untouchable” feature Vincent and Douglas on alternate, contrasting leads. The first part is mostly driven by guitars and drums with strings added for depth; the second is drenched in strings and becomes the first part’s mirror image. “Lightning Song” features Douglas. Her crystalline vocal helms the track as it gradually gathers intensity until explosive electric guitars transform it into an anthem, yet she rises above to carry it home. “Sunlight” begins quietly, but its drums and electric guitars gather into a storm force, yet the hook remains transparent. Closer “Internal Landscapes” — introduced with ambient electronics and a field recording of a near-death experience — breaks free from its initial weightiness with its sheer musicality and honest emotional expression from Vincent and Douglas. Weather Systems stands with Anathema’s finest work. They’ve not only escaped the limitation of expectations, they’ve exceeded them. (more…)
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Berlioz, Ravel – Works for Soprano & Orchectra – Veronique Gens, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, John Axelrod (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1kHz | Time – 01:05:28 minutes | 869 MB | Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | © Ondine Oy, Helsinki
Recorded: La Cité, Salle 2000, Nantes; 25.9.2009, 26–28.10.2010
On this release famous soprano Véronique Gens performs Herminie and Les Nuits d’été by Hector Berlioz and Shéhérazade by Maurice Ravel with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire under the baton of its music director John Axelrod.
Véronique Gens is internationally recognised as one of the greatest sopranos. She has made a big career with baroque repertoire and Mozart, but French repertoire, especially Berlioz and Ravel, are “as natural to her as the air that she breathes”. Her French remains a model of immaculate diction, fluid and luminous.
Having a very special relationship to Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été and Herminie, Véronique Gens combines them on this release with Shéhérazade by Ravel, which conjures up a totally different world. On this CD Herminie is released the first time with Véronique Gens.
The charismatic conductor John Axelrod is music director of the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire since 2009, following the philosophy of being “open to the world” by extraordinarily diverse repertoire choices and innovative programming. Also internationally he is a sought after conductor both for concerts and opera productions.
Founded in 1971, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, a “national” orchestra since 1996, is based in two cities, in Angers and Nantes. Today about 200 concerts attract yearly about 200,000 listeners, among them more than 10,000 subscribers. (more…)
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Сomposer: Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Artist: Isabelle van Keulen Ensemble
Title: Tango!
Genre: Classical, Jazz, Tango, Chamber Music, South American Traditions
Label: © Challenge Records Int.
Release Date: 2013
Recorded: MotorMusic Studios, Mechelen, Belgium
Recording dates: 29 January 2013
Quality: Blu-ray
Duration: 01:02:44 + 0:22:46 (documentary)
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 20893 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / Main Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6492 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3118 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#3: English Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 384 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio#4 (documentary): English DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2126 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitle (documentary): English, German, French, Dutch
Size: 17.55 GB
Classical music lovers all over the world will know her name: violinist Isabelle van Keulen is a soloist who, for many years now, has built a strong career worldwide. She plays with all the important orchestra’s, performs in the famous concert halls and keeps on recording extraordinary CD’s of a very high level. Take for instance her latest release of December 2012 with music of Prokofiev together with her duo partner Ronald Brautigam. But now she dares to do something totally different! She wanted to do this for many years and now her dream can come true to play and record the music of Astor Piazzolla. This music she has loved since she was a child of six years old. With her new ensemble she also plays in concert halls and she recorded this beloved tango music on SACD and on film (on DVD and Bluray) in January 2013 in mechelen (Belgium). In a bonus documentary that goes with the BluRay, Isabelle and her colleagues Ulrike Payer, Christian Gerber and Rudiger Ludwig tell about this music, about the tango technique and about their instruments. This not only gives us insight in Piazzolla himself but also tells more about the typical tango sound and how this is produced and why, according to the musicians, this music is so moving and goes straight to the heart! (more…)
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B. J. Cole – Trouble in Paradise
Artist: B. J. Cole | Album: Trouble in Paradise | Style: Jungle, Drum’n’bass, Electronica | Year: 2004 | Quality: DVD-Audio(MLP 5.1 48kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 48kHz/24Bit, Dolby AC3 5.1, Dolby AC3 2.0) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 12 | Size: ~4.28 Gb | Recovery: 3% | Covers: in archive | Release: Silverline Records, 2006 | Note: Not Watermarked
Pedal steel ace B.J. Cole’s Trouble in Paradise picks up where Stop the Panic, his collaboration with Luke Vibert, ended; it is another step toward the futurist exotica he began seeking on 1995’s Heart of the Moment. Here he teams with a slew of DJs — Groove Armada, Trash Palace, Fluid, Kumo, Banknote Rajah, Vibert, Laura B — and other musicians; he gets further, deeper, harder, stranger on an aural road trip into the desperate side of the tourist travel paradise. It’s like waking into a weird dream where everything is supposed to be fine, supposed to be groovy and relaxing, but is somehow freakish and even a bit frightening, but one can’t figure out why. This isn’t space-age bachelor pad music; it’s more like tiki longue noir for the Blade Runner fan. It sits right in the speakers — or better yet, oh so cool high-end headphones. Trash Palace kicks some restrained sound effects and cheap drum machine loops and breakbeats into the mix as Cole’s pedal steel becomes an elastic band of sound that doesn’t whine so much as snicker. “The Interloper” hosts Fluid, with his library of sampled loops of Indian percussion. Cole gets downright funky before the fully synthetic breaks pop in and a saxophone begins soloing somewhere in the background as spooky laughter and conversation float in and around the proceedings. It’s creepy cool. A3 offers a vocal for the distorted pedal steel deep-toned loops in “Are You Ready for Some Country.” (This could the new Sopranos if Tony and company relocated to the South Pacific.) The track has no country music in it, but is more in line with a hard-bitten, hard-billed future blues. Longtime keyboard and sequencing partner Guy Jackson is here helping out almost everywhere, and drum boss Neil Conti does so on the silvery, mercurial late-night lonesome of “Downtown Motel Blues,” with a vocal by Geoff McIntire (aka Dempsey). Conti’s rim shot kit work was processed into a killer loop and processed by Brian Eno. Cole’s steel is strictly the atmospheric in this pre-dawn high lonesome as a harmonica whines through the edges, bringing to mind the Western scores of Morricone. Kumo’s “East of Eden,” with its live tables, sampled Jackson’s keyboards, including a wonderful part for Cole’s pedal steel processed to sound like a sitar, and Ben Davies’ haunted cello is one of the most delightful things here. In all, Trouble in Paradise is a nice ride, a small sonic escape, a pleasant little nightmare that echoes — in terms of feel — the records of Stan Ridgway, though it’s a steamier, more international kind of future blues. Cole’s idiosyncratic and records infrequently. Trouble in Paradise is a weird stop in aural no man’s land. (more…)
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Сomposer: Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Title: Winterreise, Op. 89, D911 (Song Cycle, lyrics by Wilhelm Müller)
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Classical, Vocal Music
Stage Director and Visuals: William Kentridge
Artist: Matthias Goerne, baritone; Markus Hinterhäuser, piano
Production/Label: C Major Entertainment GmbH
Duration: 01:21:57 + 0:52:35
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 16966 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: German LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, Japanese
Size: 20.35 GB
Franz Schubert´s “Winterreise” engages with its audience in a new and unexpected form: in a creative encounter with Schubert’s masterpiece. Matthias Goerne, ”the voice of perfection” (Le Figaro), pianist Markus Hinterhäuser and South African director, set designer and theatre artist William Kentridge joined forces on stage and traced newly imagined, deeply moving images. In short animated films, Kentridge visualises Goerne’s and Hinterhäuser’s sonic contribution. A memorable meeting “of melancholy and magic.” (La Marseillaise). “Mr. Kentridge’s 24 stop-action films – made up of animated ink drawings and collages – offer a visually mesmerizing and thought-provoking commentary on Schubert’s song cycle.” (New York Times). “There is an unusual robustness to Matthias Goerne´s wanderer, infused by the virile beauty of his powerful baritone.” (New York Times) (more…)
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The Modernaires – The Mods Salute Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass (1966/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 24:28 minutes | 843 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Columbia/Legacy
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass sold more albums than almost anyone else in the ’60s, so it’s no surprise that any goofball with a trumpet would try to cash in on their effortlessly enjoyable, upbeat, instrumental style. And, indeed, there were plenty of those. Making a vocal album, however, is another story. Who in their right mind would attempt an entire album of singing new words to famous instrumentals?
But that is what Big Band veterans the Modernaires did, setting lyrics to Alpert & Co.’s numerous hit tunes (apart from songs like “All My Loving” that, of course, already had lyrics). The tight-harmony vocal quintet used to sing with the likes of Glen Miller back in the ’40s, so presumably this was their attempt to get, er, “mod.” Of course, it’s utterly ridiculous, even more removed from anything resembling actual Mexican music than even Alpert was. But like the TJ Brass itself, it’s so gosh-darn HAPPY! that it’s hard to resist.
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Title: Waldbühne 2015 | Lights, Camera, Action!
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Classical
Director: Henning Kasten
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Artist: Berliner Philharmoniker
Production/Label: EuroArts Music International
Duration: 01:13:45
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 19965 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3794 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 16.45 GB
The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent, is the home of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s summer concerts. With over 20.000 in attendance, they are some of the most popular classical music concerts in the world. In 2015 the Berliner Philharmoniker surrounded themselves with plenty of celebrities, including not only conductor Sir Simon Rattle, but also many figures from film history: Indiana Jones, Robin Hood, Ben Hur and many more. They were all brought to life musically when the orchestra performed some of Hollywood’s most famous film music. With film music from Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T. composed by John Williams. Live from the Waldbühne Berlin, 2015. (more…)
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The Who – Tommy (1969) (2013, Super Deluxe Box Set, 3CD+Blu-ray)
Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Rock Opera | Label: Polydor, Universal | Catalog Number : 3747396
Disc 1,2,4 FLAC (image+.cue) | Duration: 3:24:50 | 1.26 GB | Full Scans : (JPG, 600dpi, 842Mb)
Disc 3: LPCM 2.0, DTS-HD MA 5.1 | Duration: 01:14:56 | 8.49 GB
The Who’s defining, breakthrough concept album – a full-blown rock opera about a deaf, dumb and blind boy that launched the band to international superstardom, written almost entirely by Pete Townshend is now available as a new LIMITED EDITION Super Deluxe version that that includes 4 audio discs, an 80 page hardback book and a poster.
The audio features the original album re-mastered along with a wealth of previously unheard material in the form of 20 demos from Pete Townshend’s archive and also a full live performance of Tommy from 1969 taken from tapes that infamously Townshend asked the band’s sound engineer to burn. 18 of the previously unheard and thought to be long lost live tracks are taken from a live show at the Capital Theatre, Ottowa, Canada on October the 15th 1969. Three others, ‘I’m Free,’ ‘Tommy’s Holiday Camp,’ and ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ were lost due to tape reels being changed during the show so are taken from later shows of the same era. As discussed at length in Pete Townshend’s autobiography the tapes were all supposed to be destroyed but were kept by long time Who sound man Bob Pridden despite Pete’s instructions.
The Super Deluxe box also features a 5.1 mix featuring the complete album remixed in surround sound on new Hi Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray format.
The hardback 80-page full-colour book features rare period photos, memorabilia, a 20,000-word essay by legendary Who aficionado Richard Barnes and a rare facsimile Tommy poster housed in a hard-back deluxe slip-case.
(Disc 1) The original album digitally re-matsered in HD.
(Disc 2) The demos and out-takes. Features 25 tracks (20 previously-unreleased) from Pete Townshend’s archive. Tracks 1-23 – Pete Townshend original demos.
All previously unreleased except 2, 11 and 12 – released in 2003.
Track 24 – The Who studio demo/out-take.
Track 25 – The Who studio recording. (NOTE: This version was previously only available on ‘The House That Track Built’ vinyl sampler).
(Disc 3) The 5.1 album mix – Hi Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray.
(Disc 4) The live ‘bootleg’ album – Features 21 previously-unreleased tracks from various live shows from 1969. (more…)