Supertramp - It Was The Best Of Times [2CD Live] (1999)

Year: 12 April 1999 (CD 1999)
Label: EMI Records (UK), 7243 4 99390 2 8
Style: Pop Rock, Soft Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 69:06, 61:08
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 508, 406 Mb

The album title makes use of the opening line from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. It Was the Best of Times was recorded in September 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK during the "It's About Time" tour (set up in support of the Some Things Never Change studio album).
The band includes vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Mark Hart performing songs originally sung by Roger Hodgson.
Supertramp are also augmented by additional players added for this album and tour which later would also take part in the recording of Slow Motion, the follow-up studio album released in 2002.
The 2-CD version features the song "Don't You Lie to Me", a blues song that the band had performed on their 1988 tour and the only song not written by a current or former band member.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Was_the_Best_of_Times)

01. It's A Hard World (09:17)
02. You Win, I Lose (04:36)
03. Listen To Me Please (05:03)
04. Ain't Nobody But Me (06:14)
05. Sooner Or Later (07:35)
06. Free As A Bird (04:49)
07. Cannonball (07:52)
08. From Now On (08:05)
09. Breakfast In America (02:47)
10. Give Me A Chance (04:39)
11. Rudy (08:05)

01. Downstream (03:53)
02. Another Man's Woman (11:21)
03. Take The Long Way Home (05:10)
04. Bloody Well Right (06:58)
05. The Logical Song (04:04)
06. Goodbye Stranger (06:52)
07. School (06:27)
08. And The Light (05:03)
09. Don't You Lie To Me (03:31)
10. Crime Of The Century (07:46)

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Yes - The Ladder (1999)

Year: September 20, 1999 (CD Oct 20, 1999)
Label: Beyond Records (US), 63985-78046-2
Style: Art Rock, Symphonic Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 60:22
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 443 Mb

Oh... Yes,Yes,Yes again and again!!! Long live for this band! The name of the next album is Magnification,but the magnification begin from here,again and again!It is very pleasant for someone simple person like me when see that five big persons (or six) repair their mistake! And Yes made it perfectly! After the absolute failure Talk and the problems with the sound tuning and some other circumstances in Open Your Eyes Yes are here again! The Ladder is the first album with crystal and synchronic sound and mystical perfection in songwriting since Drama and the first in typical classic Yes sound since Going for the One.I exclude Union,because it is different and its beauty shine in other way!I think that a returning to the top is harder than reaching it for first time. And that's the importance of The Ladder and the greatness of Yes. There are many band,but there aren't others like Yes. The Ladder contains one of the most famous and one of the best Yes' songs - Homeworld (The Ladder). All of the other songs are very good,without anything weak. The Ladder is album that makes you happy,satisfied and pleased from life.It turns you free and positive. Appropriate for everyday use and for all moods.A must recording for every little progressive rock fan!
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1848) Review by poslednijat_colobar. October 6, 2008. ****
The appeal of THE LADDER wore off rather easily, much faster than I had anticipated. It's as if I bought THE LADDER and subsequently walked right under another one. We have two nine minute things here, and they may lead one to believe that Yes may have returned to their old style back in the early 70's. The sound produced here is far from classic Yes with the two longer songs being teases to prog fans, much like the epic on TALK.
I'll admit that ''Homeworld'' is the best epic here, one that could faintly harken back to Yes of old even with that over-produced 90's Yes sound. ''New Languages'' isn't horrible, but plagued with cringeworthy AOR choruses and ideas that sound ''borrowed'' from THE YES ALBUM. Pop music pretty much dominates the rest of the material; the reggae-esque ''The Messenger'' is the best here although also noticeable is the short ''Can I?'' with its world music thingys. Parts of ''Lightning Strikes'' sound laughable, and the whole song sounds like a kids tune in 7/8 time (which would scare the kids more than anything). Everything else need not be mentioned.
If the poppier Yes doesn't offend you, then this album should not be difficult to digest as it gets a little proggy in spots. Those looking for a more classic Yes should skip ahead to MAGNIFICATION or get a classic Yes album; THE LADDER is not classic Yes.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1848) Review by Sinusoid. January 16, 2009. **

01. Homeworld (The Ladder) (09:34)
02. It Will Be A Good Day (The River) (04:53)
03. Lightning Strikes (04:35)
04. Can I? (01:32)
05. Face to Face (05:03)
06. If Only You Knew (05:43)
07. To Be Alive (Hep Yadda) (05:07)
08. Finally (06:01)
09. The Messenger (05:13)
10. New Language (09:19)
11. Nine Voices (Longwalker) (03:20)

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Ginger Baker And The DJQ 2O - Coward Of The County (1999)

Year: 1999 (CD 1999)
Label: Atlantic Recording Corp. (Germany), 7567-83168-2
Style: Instrumental, Smooth Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Country: Canterbury, Kent, England (19 August 1939 - 6 October 2019)
Time: 60:25
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 410 Mb

DJQ 2O - Denver Jazz Quintet-to-Octet.

Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer", for a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music.
Baker gained early fame as a member of Blues Incorporated and the Graham Bond Organisation, both times alongside bassist Jack Bruce, with whom Baker would often clash. In 1966, Baker and Bruce joined guitarist Eric Clapton to form Cream, which achieved worldwide success but lasted only until 1968, in part due to Baker's and Bruce's volatile relationship. After working with Clapton in the short-lived band Blind Faith and leading Ginger Baker's Air Force, Baker spent several years in the 1970s living and recording in Africa, often with Fela Kuti, in pursuit of his long-time interest in African music. Among Baker's other collaborations are his work with Gary Moore, Masters of Reality, Public Image Ltd, Hawkwind, Atomic Rooster, Bill Laswell, jazz bassist Charlie Haden, jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, and Ginger Baker's Energy.
Baker's drumming is regarded for its style, showmanship, and use of two bass drums instead of the conventional single one, after the manner of the jazz drummer Louie Bellson. In his early days, he performed lengthy drum solos, most notably in the Cream song "Toad", one of the earliest recorded examples in rock music. Baker was an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Cream in 1993, of the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2008, and of the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2016. Baker was noted for his eccentric, often self-destructive lifestyle, and he struggled with heroin addiction for many decades. He was married four times and fathered three children.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Baker)

01. Cyril Davies (08:49)
02. Ginger Spice (08:29)
03. Dangle The Carrot (06:04)
04. Megan Showers (07:30)
05. Jesus Loves Me (09:32)
06. Coward Of The County (05:45)
07. Daylight (07:28)
08. Jesus, I Just Want To Go To Sleep (06:44)

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Bangles - Best Of The Bangles (1999)

Year: May, 1999 (CD 1999)
Label: Sony Music (UK), 494469 2
Style: Power Pop, Pop
Country: Los Angeles, California
Time: 59:42
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 420 Mb

The music then had so many influences on the music of today. The Bangles did it there way ,had there own special sound that made them different but also better!!!! This cd is part of the music many of us have grown up with and when you play the cd it will bring you back in time where things where a little more light hearted and fun.!!Don't miss out on this band because it completes apart of the history in music!!!!!!!!!!!
(amazon.ie/Best-Bangles/dp/B00002571X) Review by Jim. Reviewed in the United States on 14 May 2014

01. Walk Like An Egyptian (03:25)
02. If She Knew What She Wants (03:49)
03. In Your Room (03:27)
04. James (02:34)
05. More Than Meets The Eye (03:18)
06. Not Like You (03:07)
07. All About You (02:26)
08. Hero Takes A Fall (02:52)
09. Complicated Girl (03:38)
10. Let It Go (02:30)
11. Live (02:35)
12. September Gurls (02:43)
13. Some Dreams Come True (03:26)
14. Waiting For You (03:37)
15. Watching The Sky (04:11)
16. I'll Set You Free (04:50)
17. Manic Monday (03:04)
18. Eternal Flame (03:59)

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