Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune (1976)

Year: May 21, 1976 (CD 1992)
Label: Epic Records (UK), 982732 2
Style: Classic Rock, Rock
Country: Stony Brook, New York, U.S.
Time: 36:27
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 232 Mb

Agents of Fortune is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Blue Oyster Cult, released by Columbia Records in May 21, 1976.

The Platinum-selling album peaked at No. 29 on the U.S. Billboard chart, while the cryptic single "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making it BOC's biggest hit. The band became a bigger concert attraction after the release of the album, in part due to extensive airplay of "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", to this day a staple of rock-station playlists.

This is also the only album in the band's catalog to have every original member perform lead vocals on at least one song, and the only to not feature any songwriting contributions from Eric Bloom. However, the 2020 live album 40th Anniversary: Agents of Fortune Live 2016 added Bloom's name to the writing credits on "E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence)".

01. This Ain't the Summer of Love (02:21)

02. True Confessions (02:56)

03. (Don't Fear) The Reaper (05:07)

04. E.T.I. (Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) (03:42)

05. The Revenge Of Vera Gemini (03:49)

06. Sinful Love (03:29)

07. Tattoo Vampire (02:40)

08. Morning Final (04:29)

09. Tenderloin (03:39)

10. Debbie Denise (04:11)

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Cactus - Tightrope (2xLP on 1 CD) (2021)

Year: Apr 2, 2021 (CD Apr 2, 2021)
Label: Purple Pyramid (U.S.), CLO 2201
Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Blues Rock
Country: Long Island, New York, U.S.
Time: 62:55
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 459 Mb

Cactus was initially conceived as early as late 1969 and originally featured the Vanilla Fudge rhythm section of bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, guitarist Jeff Beck, xylophone player/vocalist Adele Smitchell, and Rod Stewart (also from the already dissolved Jeff Beck Group). However, Beck had an automobile accident and was out of the music scene for over a year and Stewart joined Ronnie Wood in Faces.

Early 1970 Appice and Bogert brought in blues guitarist Jim McCarty from Mitch Ryder's Detroit Wheels and The Buddy Miles Express, and singer Rusty Day (born Russell Edward Davidson) from Amboy Dukes.

This line-up managed three albums (Cactus, One Way...Or Another and Restrictions) before intraband troubles led to McCarty quitting at the end of 1971. Shortly afterwards Day was fired from the group. The fourth and last Cactus album ('Ot 'N' Sweaty) featured original rhythm section Bogert and Appice joined by Werner Fritzschings on guitar, Duane Hitchings on keyboards and Peter French (ex-Leaf Hound and Atomic Rooster) on vocals.

The 2012 line up is Jim McCarty, Carmine Appice, Jimmy Kunes, Pete Bremy and Randy Pratt.

The New Cactus Band, led by Duane Hitchings, released one album (Son Of Cactus) and featured nobody of the original Cactus. Mike Pinera, formerly of Blues Image and Iron Butterfly, came in on guitar, along with Roland Robinson on bass and Jerry Norris on drums. The band then toured live in the Midwest and on the East Coast in mid 1973 with Captain Beyond drummer Bobby Caldwell and former Gregg Allman bass player Charlie Souza. The New Cactus Band soon disbanded. In the late '70s Rusty Day formed another version of Cactus in Orlando, where he had relocated. This version of Cactus featured Steve Dansby on guitar, Dan Keylon (and later, John Sauter) on bass, Frankie Robbins (and later, Gary Moffatt) on drums. Frankie Robbins' brother Dennis along with Dan Keylon also played with the Rockets and Jim McCarty. There are no known studio recordings from this era, though live recordings do circulate. On March 6, 1982 Rusty Day died from gunshots as a victim of a drug deal gone bad.

After a long hiatus, Cactus re-emerged in June 2006 with two appearances in New York City: a radio appearance on The Radiochick Show, and their first show since 1972 at B.B. King's Blues Club in Times Square (on June 3, 2006). This show was a warm up for the gig which sparked the reunion, an appearance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Norje, Sweden on June 9, 2006. The 2006 version of Cactus saw original members Appice, Bogert and McCarty reunited and joined by former Savoy Brown frontman Jimmy Kunes on vocals. Randy Pratt joined the band in NYC and Sweden on harmonica. The group also released a new album, Cactus V. In 2008, McCarty left the band again and, coincidentally repeating history, was once again replaced by Werner Fritzchings. Elliot Dean Rubinson replaced Tim Bogert who retired from touring. In 2011 McCarty returned to the band with Pete Bremy taking over on bass. Bremy also took over for Bogert in Vanilla Fudge and is the only non-original member who has played for both bands.

The band has been cited as an influence by such groups as Van Halen, Anvil, The Black Crowes, Montrose, and The Black Keys.

(dictionary.sensagent.com/Cactus_(band)/en-en/)

01. Tightrope (03:47)
02. Papa was a rolling stone (06:18)
03. All shook up (05:34)
04. Poison in paradise (05:31)
05. Third time gone (04:44)
06. Shake that thing (05:25)
07. Primitive touch (04:36)
08. Preaching woman man blues (05:47)
09. Elevation (04:44)
10. Suite 1 and 2- Everlong; All the madmen (07:30)
11. Headed for a fall (04:12)
12. Wear it out (04:43)

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Kevin Ayers - That's What You Get Babe [Japan Edition] (1980)

Year: February 1980 (CD Mar 12, 2014)
Label: Parlophone Records (Japan), WPCR-15531
Style: Rock, Soft Rock, Classic Rock
Country: Kent, England (16 August 1944 - 18 February 2013)
Time: 68:06
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 394 Mb

Ayers had retired to Deia, Spain directly after 1978's Rainbow Takeaway and That's What You Get Babe was his first public appearance in two years. It was arranged and produced by multi-instrumentalist Graham Preskett [fr] who had been instructed by Harvest to give the album a more mainstream production, resulting in the offbeat and eccentric presence of Ayers and sidekick Ollie Halsall sounding rather absent from the proceedings.

Although the polished arrangements of the LP met with some hostile responses from fans and critics on release in 1980, it has been reassessed and noted to contain a strong selection of Ayers compositions. The production dichotomy perhaps best exemplified in the lyrics of the title song: "That's what you get for following dreams / Never turn out how they should it seems / That what you get for losing yourself / That's what you get, babe."

'Money Money Money' was released as a single in the UK backed with 'Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes' and Ayers performed shows in New York and London to promote the LP. However, he quickly withdrew to more sympathetic audiences in France and Spain, in the latter of which he released a single of non-LP tracks 'Animals'/'Don't Fall In Love With Me' on Columbia Records.

It would be three and a half years before Ayers would release his next album, Diamond Jack and the Queen of Pain in June 1983.

Album review - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_What_You_Get_Babe)

01. That's What You Get (03:15)

02. Where Do I Go From Here (02:39)

03. You Never Outrun Your Heart (03:06)

04. Given And Taken (02:54)

05. Idiots (03:07)

06. Super Salesman (05:03)

07. Money, Money, Money (03:12)

08. Miss Hanaga (03:18)

09. I'm So Tired (02:36)

10. Where Do The Stars End (03:04)

11. Don't Let It Get You Down (Live) (bonus track) (04:45)

12. We Did It Again (Live) (bonus track) (11:23)

13. Why Are We Sleeping (Live) (bonus track) (16:05)

14. After The Show (Live) (bonus track) (03:32)

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The Pretty Things - Parachute [Japan Edition] (1970)

Year: June 1970 (CD June 27, 2007)
Label: Victor Records (Japan), VICP-63815
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Rock, R&B
Country: London, England
Time: 62:59
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 416 Mb

The Pretty Things was an English rock band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent, with their name from Willie Dixon's 1955 song "Pretty Thing". They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues (and later, psychedelia) that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British 'invasion', particularly The Rolling Stones, and David Bowie whose first hero was Phil May (born 1944; died 2020). The band did their final tour in 2018.

The Pretty Things was preceded by Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys which consisted of Dick Taylor, fellow Sidcup Art College student Keith Richards, and Mick Jagger. When Brian Jones joined Little Boy Blue and the Blues Boys as guitarist, Taylor was pushed from playing guitar to bass and the Rolling Stones were formed.

Several months later Dick Taylor (born Richard Clifford Taylor, 28 January 1943, in Dartford, Kent) quit the newly formed Rolling Stones to pursue his schooling when he was accepted at London Central School of Art, where he met up with Phil May (born Phillip Arthur Dennis Kattner, on 9 November 1944, in Dartford, Kent: died 15 May 2020) and they formed Pretty Things.

Taylor was once again playing his preferred guitar with May singing and playing harmonica. They recruited Brian Pendleton (born 13 April 1944 in Wolverhampton–died 16 May 2001 in Maidstone, Kent) on rhythm guitar; John Stax (born John Edward Lee Fullegar, 6 April 1944 in Crayford, Kent) on bass; and, after trying a couple of different drummers, including Pete Kitley and Viv Andrews, stuck with Viv Prince (born Vivian St John Prince, 9 August 1944, in Loughborough, Leices).

(last.fm/music/The+Pretty+Things/+wiki)

01. Scene One (01:50)
02. The Good Mr. Square (01:26)
03. She Was Tall, She Was High (01:35)
04. In the Square (01:55)
05. The Letter (01:38)
06. Rain (02:28)
07. Miss Fay Regrets (03:27)
08. Cries From the Midnight Circus (06:28)
09. Grass (04:20)
10. Sickle Clowns (06:36)
11. She's a Lover (03:32)
12. What's the Use (01:45)
13. Parachute (03:52)
14. Blue Serge Blues (Bonus) (03:54)
15. October 26 (Bonus) (04:56)
16. Cold Stone (Bonus) (03:11)
17. Stone-Hearted Mama (Bonus) (03:29)
18. Summer Time (Bonus) (04:28)
19. Circus Mind (Bonus) (02:00)

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Nina Hagen - In Ekstasy (1985)

Year: January 10, 1985 (CD ????)
Label: Columbia Records (Germany), 477530 2
Style: Punk Rock, New Wave
Country: East Berlin, East Germany (11 March 1955)
Time: 35:29
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 251 Mb

Catharina Hagen, 11 March 1955, East Berlin, Germany. After her parents divorced in 1957, Hagen was raised in a suburb in the eastern bloc by her actress mother and her stepfather, dissident poet and songwriter Wolf Biermann. In 1964, she joined the Thalmann-Pioneers, a Communist youth organization and, four years later, the Freie Deutsche Jugend - from which she was excluded for her hand in a demonstration (instigated by Biermann) against the participation of East German militia in the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. On failing a 1972 entrance test for a Berlin-Schonweide drama college, she sang a mixture of blues and soul with a Polish outfit for several months prior to enrolment at the Studio Fur Unterhaltungsmusik (Studio For Popular Music) where she was an outstanding student. For a few years, she toured East Germany as featured vocalist with the Alfons-Wonneberg-Orchester before fronting Automobil and then Fritzens Dampferband (Fred’s Steamboat Band) but when Biermann was expelled from Soviet territory in 1976, she followed him to West Germany where her worth as an entertainer was sufficiently known for a recording contract to be offered. Her imagination captured by punk, she flew to London where she and Ari-Up of the Slits collaborated on a number of songs. On returning to Germany, she formed the Nina Hagen Band with former members of Lok Kreuzberg - Bernhard Potschka (guitar) and Manfred Praeker (bass) - plus Herwig Mitteregger (drums) and Reinhold Heil (keyboards). Released in 1979, ‘African Reggae’ was enough of a ‘turntable hit’ to bring Hagen a cult following - particularly in Australia - that grew steadily during the 80s. She relocated to New York to pursue a solo career, recording her first English language album, the quasi-religious Nunsexmonkrock. 1984’s Fearless was produced by Giorgio Moroder and included the disco hit ‘New York New York’.

During the late 80s Hagen’s career faltered outside her native Germany, with a number of ill-advised recordings on the Phonogram Records label. One oddity was the Punk Wedding EP, a four song ‘celebration’ of Hagen’s 1987 marriage. Relocating to Paris in 1989 she overhauled her image with the help of designer Jean-Paul Gautier, and returned to her musical roots with a series snappy, punk-influenced albums. Already a veteran of German underground film and cable television, Hagen popped up on UK television in 1998 as the host of a weekly science fiction show on the Sci-Fi Channel. Hagen’s long-standing interest in India was reflected on the following year’s Om Namah Shivay!, half of the profits from which went towards charitable causes.

(The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin.) (oldies.com/artist-biography/Nina-Hagen.html)

01. Universelles Radio (03:35)
02. Die Ufos Sind Da (03:28)
03. Russischer Reggae (04:31)
04. My Way (04:27)
05. 1985 Ekstasy Drive (03:22)
06. Prima Nina In Ekstase (04:00)
07. Gott Im Himmel (Spirit In The Sky) (03:36)
08. Atomic Flash De Luxe (04:05)
09. Vater Unser (03:21)
10. Gott Im Himmel  (Spirit In The Sky)/Reprise (00:59)

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Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency (2xLP on 1xCD) (1969)

Year: 1969 (CD ????)
Label: Verve Records (U.S.), 314 539 117-2
Style: Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock
Country: Chicago, U.S. (December 12, 1945 - February 23, 1997)
Time: 70:35
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 453 Mb

Emergency! is the debut double album by American jazz fusion group The Tony Williams Lifetime. It was released in 1969 and was one of the first significant jazz fusion recordings. The album has commonly been regarded as a pioneering, influential, and original album in the jazz, rock, and fusion genres.

According to jazz scholar Christopher Meeder, the Lifetime eschewed the funk influence of Miles Davis' early fusion music with a mixture of heavy rock drumming and the "light, rapid swing" that was Williams' signature. "Emergency! synthesized the best elements of free jazz, modal jazz, and British rock", Meeder wrote, "and added a rhythmic complexity in tracks like 'Via the Spectrum Road,' a blues of sorts in the unusual time signature of 11/8." In Paul Hegarty's opinion, the music was more oriented with progressive music's rock side rather than its jazz, fusing psychedelic elements while featuring "reprises, crescendos, an oscillation between the simpler time signatures of rock and the more progressive metres of jazz". He cited "Via the Spectrum Road" as an example of how Williams' singing approached the "non-rock, non-jazz softness" of progressive rock pioneer Robert Wyatt.

"Via the Spectrum Road" was viewed by Stuart Nicholson as one of the album's most blatant explorations of rock rhythms. "Spectrum", on the other hand, utilized rhythms from post-bop. Composed by guitarist John McLaughlin, it was first recorded for his 1969 Extrapolation debut and was regarded by Nicholson as an extension of that album's "free-flowing approach ... but reinforced by the volume and energy associated with rock".

A mistake during Emergency's production led Meeder to believe it helped lend a "raw power" to the music: "A cynical engineer used to recording mainstream jazz recorded the band carelessly, allowing the tape to distort, unintentionally adding satisfyingly raw edges to the album."

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency!_(album)

01. Emergency (09:36)
02. Beyond Games (08:18)
03. Where (12:10)
04. Vashka (05:00)
05. Via The Spectrum Road (07:50)
06. Spectrum (08:51)
07. Sangria For Three (13:07)
08. Something Special (05:40)

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The Greatest Show On Earth - Horizons (1970)

Year: December 15, 1998 (CD 2006)
Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 5059
Style: Blues Rock, Prog Rock
Country: UK
Time: 47:33
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 320 Mb

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH were originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Garth-Roy and his bass-playing brother Norman. The original line-up included organist Mick Deacon, drummer Ron Prudence and three horns players, Dick Hanson, Tex Phillpotts and Ian Aitcheson. The band's first vocalist was black American Ozzie Lane but he returned to his native New Orleans a year later and was replaced by Colin Horton-Jennings, not only a strong gravel-voiced singer but also quite adept on the guitar, bongos and flute. The group's mixture of R&B soul, jazz and prog rock brought them to the attention of EMI's progressive label Harvest Records, who signed the band and issued, in february 1970, the single, "Real Cool World"/"Again And Again" which, though not a hit in the UK, gave the band a medium-sized hit across Europe where they were also an in-demand live attraction. Both tracks featured on their March 1970 debut LP, "Horizons" which was housed in a distinctive sleeve designed by Hipgnosis and coincided with a Radio One session for Mike Harding on which they played three new songs: "Borderline", "Mountain Song" and "Time". A second session for Harding, in November 1970, featured "The Leader" and "Check Me Into Your Life", the latter of which has never officially been released. "Tell The Story"/"The Mountain Song" had failed to chart when released in September 1970, and the same fate awaited the band's second album "The Going's Easy" though one track from the LP, "Magic Woman Touch" was later released by THE HOLLIES.

The lack of chart success contributed to the band splitting in mid-1971. Ron Prudence, Ian Aitcheson and Tex Phillpotts quit music altogether, whilst Horton-Jennings joined CHASER and later turned up in TAGGET releasing one self-titled album for EMI in 1974. Dick Hanson turned to session work and recorded with the likes of THE BLUES BAND, GRAHAM PARKER, DAVE EDMUNDS, KIRSTY McCOLL and SHAKIN' STEVENS. Mike Deacon joined VINEGAR JOE and then became a member of both the SUZI QUATRO BAND and DARTS. Norman Watt-Roy formed GLENCOE releasing two albums for Epic, "Glencoe" and "The Spirit Of Glencoe". He then formed LOVING AWARENESS, releasing one self-titled LP in 1976 for More Love Records, before the band eventually evolved into THE BLOCKHEADS, the backing band for IAN DURY. Today he is a member of the WILKO JOHNSON BAND. Garth Watt-Roy joined FUZZY DUCK before undertaking session work for the likes of EAST OF EDEN, LIMEY and BONNIE TYLER as well as being a member of MARMELADE, THE Q-TIPS and THE BARRON KNIGHTS.

(progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2416)

01. Sunflower Morning (04:57)

02. Angelina (04:06)

03. Skylight Man (04:31)

04. Day Of The Lady (04:10)

05. Real Cool World (04:49)

06. I Fought For Love (04:23)

07. Horizons (13:58)

08. Again And Again (04:02)

09. Real Cool World (single edit) (02:33)

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UB40 - Greatest Hits (2008)

Year: 2008 (CD 2008)
Label: Virgin Records (U.S.), 509992 37509 20
Style: Reggae, Rock
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 75:44
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 520 Mb

UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold over 70 million records worldwide. The ethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish, and Yemeni parentage.

Their hit singles include their debut "Food for Thought" and two Billboard Hot 100 number ones with "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". Both of these also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band's version of "I Got You Babe". Their two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. UB40 and the English ska band Madness hold the record for most weeks spent by a group in the UK singles chart during the 1980s, with 214 weeks each.

The band's line-up was stable for nearly 29 years, from March 1979 until January 2008, when frontman Ali Campbell left the band, followed shortly thereafter by keyboardist Mickey Virtue. Another member, Astro, remained with the band until November 2013, when he departed the original band to team up with Campbell and Virtue in a new version of UB40. In 2014, legal advice was sought by the original band (now consisting of remaining co-founding members drummer Jimmy Brown, guitarist Robin Campbell, bassist Earl Falconer, percussionist Norman Hassan, and saxophonist Brian Travers, along with new vocalist Duncan Campbell) who took action against the group containing Campbell, Virtue, and Astro over usage of the band name, due to it being used by both parties. On 5 July 2021, it was announced that Matt Doyle (formerly of the reggae band Kioko) would become the band's new vocalist, following Duncan Campbell's retirement due to ill health. Travers died from cancer on 22 August 2021, and Astro died on 6 November 2021 after a short illness.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UB40#Discography)

01. (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You (03:26)
02. One in Ten (04:33)
03. Red Red Wine (03:04)
04. If It Happens Again (03:43)
05. Here I Am (Come and Take Me) (04:04)
06. Sing Our Own Song (04:00)
07. I Got You Babe (03:09)
08. Groovin' (Out on Life) (03:48)
09. My Way of Thinking (03:23)
10. The Way You Do the Things You Do (03:02)
11. Higher Ground (04:21)
12. Please Don't Make Me Cry (03:26)
13. Kingston Town (03:50)
14. Come Back Darling (03:28)
15. Don't Break My Heart (03:50)
16. Cherry Oh Baby (03:17)
17. Breakfast in Bed (03:20)
18. Rat in Mi Kitchen (03:06)
19. Homely Girl (03:25)
20. Until My Dying Day (03:53)
21. Swing Low (03:26)

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Glass Hammer - Cor Cordium (2011)

Year: October 25, 2011 (CD 2011)
Label: Arion Records (U.S.), SR2921
Style: Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock, Art Rock
Country: Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Time: 62:20
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 383 Mb

Glass Hammer is a progressive rock band from Chattanooga, Tennessee. They formed in 1992 when multi-instrumentalists Steve Babb (then known as "Stephen DeArqe") and Fred Schendel began to write and record Journey of the Dunadan, a concept album based on the story of Aragorn from J.R.R. Tolkien"s The Lord of the Rings. To their surprise, the album sold several thousand units via the Internet, TV home shopping, and phone orders, and Babb and Schendel were convinced that the band was a project worth continuing.

While many musicians have appeared on Glass Hammer albums over the years, Babb and Schendel have remained the core of the band. Both men play a variety of instruments, but Babb mainly concentrates on bass guitar and keyboards while Schendel also plays keyboards as well as various guitars and drums (until the addition of live drummer Matt Mendians to the studio recording band in 2004). They also sing, although a number of other vocalists (most notably Michelle Young, Walter Moore and Susie Bogdanowicz) have also handled lead vocal duties.

Lyrically, Glass Hammer is inspired mostly by their love of fantasy literature (most notably Tolkien and C. S. Lewis) and by their Christian faith. Although by their own admission they have tried to avoid becoming an overtly Christian band, their 2002 release Lex Rex was a concept album based on a Roman soldier"s encounter with Jesus.

Musically, their most apparent influences are Yes, Kansas, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and, to a less noticeable extent, Genesis. While Glass Hammer has, for the most part, combined those influences into a characteristic style of their own, they made much more direct references to the aforementioned bands on their 2000 album Chronometree, which told the story of a drug-addled progressive rock fan who becomes convinced aliens are speaking to him through the music he listens to.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_Hammer)

01. Nothing Box (10:54)
02. One heart (06:22)
03. Salvation station (05:10)
04. Dear Daddy (10:32)
05. To someone (18:21)
06. She, a lonely tower (10:59)

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Roger Daltrey (The Who) - Anthology (1998)

Year: 1998 (1973-1987), (CD 2006)
Label: Repertoire Records (Europe), REP 4670-WY
Style: Classic Rock, Rock
Country: London, England (1 March 1944)
Time: 78:45
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 543 Mb

Roger Harry Daltrey CBE (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, songwriter, actor and film producer. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the rock band the Who.

Daltrey's hit songs with the Who include "My Generation", "Pinball Wizard", "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Baba O'Riley" and "You Better You Bet". He began his solo career in 1973, while still a member of the Who. Since then he has released ten solo studio albums, five compilation albums, and one live album. His solo hits include "Giving It All Away", "Walking the Dog", "Written on the Wind", "Free Me", "Without Your Love" and "Under a Raging Moon".

The Who are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century and have sold over 100 million records worldwide. As a member of the band, Daltrey received a Lifetime achievement award from the British Phonographic Industry in 1988, and from the Grammy Foundation in 2001. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. He and Pete Townshend received Kennedy Center Honors in 2008 and The George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement at UCLA on 21 May 2016. Daltrey has also been an actor and film producer, with roles in films, theatre, and television. Planet Rock listeners voted him rock's fifth-greatest voice in 2009, and he was ranked number 61 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest singers of all time in 2010.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Daltrey)

01. Giving It All Away (03:28)
02. Thinking (04:22)
03. It's A Hard Life (03:36)
04. One Man Band (03:48)
05. Get Your Love (03:42)
06. Walking The Dog (04:34)
07. Written On The Wind (03:22)
08. Say It Ain't So, Joe (04:15)
09. One Of The Boys (02:40)
10. Avenging Annie (04:30)
11. Free Me (03:58)
12. Without Your Love (03:14)
13. Waiting For A Friend (03:22)
14. Walking In My Sleep (03:27)
15. If Parting Should Be Painless (03:40)
16. After The Fire (04:31)
17. Under A Raging Moon (04:31)
18. The Pride You Hide (04:24)
19. Let Me Down Easy (04:06)
20. Hearts Of Fire (05:05)

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Badlands - Dusk (1998)

Year: December 15, 1998 (CD 2000)
Label: Z Records (UK & Europe), ZR1997024
Style: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Glam Metal, Blues Rock
Country: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Time: 43:07
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 309 Mb

Dusk is the third and final studio album by the band Badlands. The album was originally a collection of demos recorded in 1992-1993 to be submitted to their label, Atlantic Records. The demo tracks were released posthumously on December 15, 1998 in Japan on Pony Canyon. A European release on UK-based Z Records, with different artwork, followed in 2000.

The song "Lord Knows" was originally written and demoed for the first Badlands record, but ultimately left off the album. The song "The River" was re-recorded by Greg Chaisson for his 1994 solo album It's About Time with Rob Lamothe of the Riverdogs on lead vocals. Guitarist Jake E. Lee would re-use the main riff in "Sun Red Sun" for the song "Blood Provider" and the main riff in "Walking Attitude" for the song "The Key", demoed with his post-Badlands group, Wicked Alliance, which featured World War III vocalist Mandy Lion and future Korn drummer Ray Luzier.

After leaving Badlands and moving back to the East Coast, vocalist Ray Gillen joined New York-based all-star band Sun Red Sun, which he named after the Badlands song.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusk_(Badlands_album)

01. Healer (04:47)
02. Sun Red Sun (05:29)
03. Tribal Moon (03:55)
04. River (04:41)
05. Walking Attitude (02:55)
06. Fire Lasts Forever (04:04)
07. Dog (03:27)
08. Fat Cat (04:33)
09. Lord Knows (04:55)
10. Ride the Jack (04:17)

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