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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The Beatles - Help! (1965)

Year: 6 August 1965 (CD Sep 9, 2009)
Label: EMI Records (Europe), 0946 3 82415 2 2
Style: Rock, Classic Rock
Country: Liverpool, England
Time: 33:55
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 238 Mb

Seven of the fourteen songs, including the singles "Help!" and "Ticket to Ride", appeared in the film and take up the first side of the vinyl album. The second side includes "Yesterday", the most-covered song ever written. The album was met with favourable critical reviews and topped the Australian, German, British and American charts.
During the recording sessions for the album, the Beatles continued to explore the studio's multitracking capabilities to layer their sound. "Yesterday" features a string quartet, the band's first use of Baroque sensibilities, and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" includes a flute section. The North American release is a true soundtrack album, combining the first seven songs with instrumental music from the film. The omitted tracks are instead spread across the Capitol Records LPs Beatles VI, Rubber Soul and Yesterday and Today.
In the US, Help! marked the start of artistic recognition for the Beatles from mainstream critics, including comparisons to the European art music tradition. It was nominated in the category of Album of the Year at the 1966 Grammys Awards, marking the first time that a rock band had been recognised in this category. In 2000, it was voted 119th in the third edition of Colin Larkin's book All Time Top 1000 Albums. In 2020, it was ranked 266th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In September 2013, after the British Phonographic Industry changed its sales award rules, Help! was certified platinum for recorded sales since 1994.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help!)

01. Help! (02:19)
02. The Night Before (02:34)
03. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (02:09)
04. I Need You (02:28)
05. Another Girl (02:05)
06. You're Going To Lose That Girl (02:18)
07. Ticket To Ride (03:09)
08. Act Naturally (02:30)
09. It's Only Love (01:56)
10. You Like Me Too Much (02:36)
11. Tell Me What You See (02:37)
12. I've Just Seen A Face (02:05)
13. Yesterday (02:05)
14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy (02:56)

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The Hollies - Greatest Hits [2CD] (2003)

Year: 24 March 2003 (CD Mar 24, 2003)
Label: EMI Records (UK), 7243 582012 2 2
Style: Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Manchester, Lancashire, England
Time: 78:31, 77:06
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 507, 511 Mb

The Hollies are an English rock and pop band formed in Manchester in 1962. One of the leading British groups of the 1960s and into the mid-1970s, they are known for their distinctive three-part vocal harmony style.
The Hollies are one of the few UK groups of the early 1960s, along with the Rolling Stones, who have never disbanded and continue to record and perform. In recognition of their achievements, the Hollies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.
(wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollies)

01. I'm Alive (02:27)
02. Sorry Suzanne (03:01)
03. Here I Go Again (02:21)
04. On A Carousel (03:13)
05. King Midas In Reverse (03:09)
06. Look Through Any Window (02:16)
07. Blowin' In The Wind (Nash Version) (04:11)
08. The Air That I Breathe (04:12)
09. Pay You Back With Interest (02:42)
10. I've Got A Way Of My Own (02:14)
11. Stay (02:13)
12. The Very Last Day (02:58)
13. We're Through (02:15)
14. Carrie Anne (02:56)
15. Magic Woman Touch (03:19)
16. I'm Down (04:11)
17. Gasoline Alley Bred (03:55)
18. I Can't Let Go (02:27)
19. Sandy (4Th Of July, Asbury Park) (04:10)
20. Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress (03:18)
21. Stop Stop Stop (02:51)
22. If I Needed Someone (02:21)
23. Dear Eloise (03:05)
24. Long Dark Road (04:16)
25. I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top (04:17)

01. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (04:21)
02. Bus Stop (02:55)
03. Jennifer Eccles (03:01)
04. The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam Mcgee (04:27)
05. Too Young To Be Married (04:01)
06. Listen To Me (02:39)
07. Just One Look (02:30)
08. Searchin' (02:24)
09. (Ain't That) Just Like Me (02:09)
10. Yes I Will (02:56)
11. What's Wrong With The Way I Live (02:00)
12. Lonely Hobo Lullaby (04:14)
13. Daddy Don't Mind (03:37)
14. The Baby (03:56)
15. Hey Willy (03:33)
16. Son Of A Rotten Gambler (04:07)
17. Write On (04:51)
18. Star (03:39)
19. Boulder To Birmingham (03:58)
20. Soldier's Song (04:01)
21. The Woman I Love (03:37)
22. How Do I Survive (04:00)

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George Baker Selection - Paloma Blanca (1974)

Year: 1974 (CD 2003)
Label: EMI Records (Netherlands), 7243 5818482 2
Style: Folk Pop
Country: Assendelft, Netherlands
Time: 44:34
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 312 Mb

Charts: NLD #1, AUT #4, GER #1, SWE #3.
George Baker Selection was a pop-rock band from Assendelft, the Netherlands. The band is best-known for the 1969 song "Little Green Bag", the 1975 world-wide hit "Paloma Blanca" (one of the most played songs in history), and the 1985 Pan European hit "Santa Lucia by Night".
In 1968, Hans Bouwens from Wormerveer joined the band Soul Invention, a soul band that had been founded the previous year by Henk Kramer in Assendelft and played covers of songs by Otis Redding and Sam and Dave. The band consisted of Job Netten (guitar), Henk Kramer and Eric Bardoen (saxophone), Jacques Greuter (keyboard and flute), Theo Vermast and later Jan Visser (bass), and Ton Vredenburg (drums). Visser and Bouwens wrote the song "Little Greenback" [sic] in the summer of 1969. The band recorded their first album in September 1969, after which, considering this was not soul music, they changed their name to The George Baker Selection, Bouwens naming himself for a character from a detective novel. This first album, Little Green Bag (1970), produced an immediate worldwide hit: their debut single, "Little Green Bag," reached No. 16 on the Cash Box magazine chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The success came as a surprise for Baker, who remembers hearing it on the radio while he was working in a lemonade factory. The single sold over one million copies globally and received a gold disc. A string of singles and albums followed; the second single, "Dear Ann," was such a success that Baker resigned from his job in the lemonade factory and became a full-time musician. Not all band members followed suit and, besides Bouwens, the Selection from mid-1970 was formed by Jan Visser, Jan Hop (drums), Jacques Greuter and George The [nl] (voice, guitar, bass). In March 1971 Jan Visser left the band to be replaced by Cor Veerman. Besides scoring hits with his own Selection, Baker wrote songs for others, including BZN, The Shoes, Andy Star, and Next One. In 1974, singer Lida Bond [nl] joined the Selection, and combining her voice with Baker's proved highly successful.
Their fifth album, Paloma Blanca, was released in 1975, and the single "Paloma Blanca" reached No. 1 on charts in several countries. It sold more than seven million copies worldwide, making it one of the most successful Dutch singles ever.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Baker_Selection)

01. Dreamboat (04:36)
02. Rose Marie (03:04)
03. I've Been Away Too Long (04:38)
04. Sing A Song Of Love (03:28)
05. Don't Break This Heart (Of Mine) (02:48)
06. Jane (03:51)
07. Darling (04:07)
08. Love Me Like I Love You (03:54)
09. Alone (03:30)
10. Padre (03:13)
11. Paloma Blanca (03:53)
12. Some Words (03:26)

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Supertramp - Some Things Never Change (1997)

Year: 24 March 1997 (CD 1997)
Label: EMI Records (UK & Europe), 89989 2
Style: Progressive Pop, Soft Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 70:03
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 429 Mb

Charts: UK #74, CAN #44, FRA #2, GER #3, NL #12, NOR #19, SWI #2. FRA: Gold; SWI: Platinum.
Rick Davies, Bob Siebenberg, Mark Hart, and John Helliwell re-formed Supertramp with a number of anonymous studio musicians in 1997 to record and release Some Things Never Change, their first album in ten years. And the title is correct -- nothing much has changed within Supertramp's world; they're simply churning out the same sophisticated jazzy, lite-funk-inflected pop as they did in the mid-'80s. The only thing that is different is that the group can no longer write ingratiatingly catchy melodies as they did when they called it quits in the '80s, but hardcore fans will still find the instrumental interplay a joy to hear.
(allmusic.com/album/some-things-never-change-mw0000020860)

01. It's A Hard World (09:46)
02. You Win, I Lose (04:31)
03. Get Your Act Together (04:47)
04. Live To Love You (05:19)
05. Some Things Never Change (06:26)
06. Listen To Me Please (04:46)
07. Sooner Or Later (06:51)
08. Help Me Down That Road (04:37)
09. And The Light (04:41)
10. Give Me A Chance (04:23)
11. C'est What? (08:17)
12. Where There's A Will (05:35)

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The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)

Year: 26 September 1969 (CD )
Label: EMI Records (Europe), 0946 3 82468 2 4
Style: Rock, Classic Rock
Country: Liverpool, England
Time: 47:29
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 315 Mb

Charts: UK #1, AUS #1, CAN #1, FRA #1, GER #1, NOR #1, US #1. FRA & GER: Platinum; AUS: 3x Platinum; UK: 8x Platinum; CAN & US: Diamond.
After the recording sessions for the proposed Get Back album, Paul McCartney suggested to producer George Martin that the group get together and make an album "the way we used to do it", free of the conflict that had begun during sessions for The Beatles (also known as the "White Album"). Martin agreed, but on the strict condition that all the group—particularly John Lennon—allow him to produce the record in the same manner as earlier albums and that discipline would be adhered to. No one was sure that the work would be the group's last, though George Harrison later recalled that "it felt as if we were reaching the end of the line".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road)

01. Come Together (04:19)
02. Something (03:02)
03. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (03:27)
04. Oh! Darling (03:27)
05. Octopus’s Garden (02:50)
06. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (07:47)
07. Here Comes the Sun (03:05)
08. Because (02:45)
09. You Never Give Me Your Money (04:02)
10. Sun King (02:26)
11. Mean Mr. Mustard (01:06)
12. Polythene Pam (01:12)
13. She Came In Through the Bathroom Window (01:58)
14. Golden Slumbers (01:31)
15. Carry That Weight (01:36)
16. The End (02:21)
17. Her Majesty (00:25)

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Iron Maiden - Somewhere Back In Time - The Best Of 1980-1989 [Japanese Ed.] (2008)

Year: 12 May 2008 (CD May 14, 2008)
Label: EMI Records (Japan), TOCP-66795
Style: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 70:59
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 542 Mb

Charts: UK #14, AUS #81, AUT #26, BEL #19, FIN #3, GER #84, NLD #74, NZ #24, SWE #2, US #58. FIN, NZ & SWE: Gold; UK: Platinum.
Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980 - 1989 is a best of release by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, containing a selection of songs originally recorded for their first eight albums (including Live After Death).
The album was released in conjunction with the band's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour to allow new fans to listen to a selection of the band's material that was played on the tour. The cover artwork by Derek Riggs features the Pharaoh Eddie monument from Powerslave and Cyborg Eddie from Somewhere in Time.
A number of tracks were taken from the band's 1985 live album, Live After Death, because the band preferred to use recordings which featured current Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson rather than Paul Di'Anno, who sang on their first two studio releases.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somewhere_Back_in_Time)

01. Churchill's Speech (00:49)
02. Aces High (04:38)
03. 2 Minutes To Midnight (06:01)
04. The Trooper (04:12)
05. Wasted Years (05:06)
06. Children On The Damned (04:36)
07. The Number Of The Beast (04:52)
08. Run To The Hills (03:54)
09. Phantom Of The Opera (07:10)
10. The Evil That Men Do (04:35)
11. Wrathchild (03:05)
12. Can I Play With Madness (03:32)
13. Powerslave (06:49)
14. Hallowed Be Thy Name (07:13)
15. Iron Maiden (04:21)

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