Pink Floyd - Animals [Japanese Ed. 1st press] (1977)

Year: 21 January 1977 (CD Jul 21, 1985)
Label: CBS/Sony (Japan), 32DP-360
Style: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 41:48
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 267 Mb

I admit without qualm that it began for me with Animals. My brother was in college, and one day I went through his records and listened to the ones with the coolest covers. Animals fascinated me then as it still fascinates me today. It is the acute anthropomorphic fantasy, possessing a timeless quality that has thrust it into the category of "classic," though it may remain forever in the shadow of its more commercially successful older brother, Dark Side Of The Moon. Consisting of three tracks each longer than ten minutes and two tracks under two minutes, Animals is not for the attention- span- deficient. However, within this impenetrable fortress of radio- unfriendly tracks, we hear Dave Gilmour's guitars at their absolute best, get a full-on dose of Roger Waters' powerful lyrical imagery, and are presented with the worst elements of our own humanity- packaged in the skins of "Sheep," "Dogs" and "Pigs (Three Different Ones)". For those weaned on The Wall and Dark Side, you'll find Animals to be a whole new bag of feed. Where Floyd's two most recognizable albums made their mark with operatic aggression and fear, Animals deals in dirt- under- the- fingernails reality, the common smallness that simultaneously binds and repels us all. "Dogs," a 17-minute study in the commonest of all faults, lazily dispenses bite after venomous bite into the desires that drive us to seize the fast buck and screw anyone that gets in our way: "You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to, So that when they turn their backs on you, You'll get the chance to put the knife in."
All this wrapped up in the flaky coating of two hauntingly similar and musically identical tracks casting opposite views of cynicism and hope on the proceedings. Animals is like George Orwell's Animal Farm run through a full- audio acid test- spectacular in every aspect and now in full color.
I admit without qualm that it began for me with Animals.
(pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6307-animals/)

01. Pigs On The Wing(Part One) (01:24)
02. Dogs (17:06)
03. Pigs(Three Different Ones) (11:30)
04. Sheep (10:18)
05. Pigs On The Wing(Part Two) (01:27)

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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here [Japanese Ed. 3rd press] (1975)

Year: 12 September 1975 (CD Jul 21, 1985)
Label: CBS Records / Sony Records (Japan), 32DP 359
Style: Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 44:18
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 256 Mb

As the follow-up to the Floyd’s iconic, record-breaking 1973 concept album The Dark Side Of The Moon, this album is often unfairly overlooked. With the benefit of hindsight, Wish You Were Here has the same faultless pacing and sequencing of its predecessor, but a more coherent musical narrative, structure and tone, as well as greater lyrical sophistication. Here, the ‘concept’ is more down-to-earth, since much of the record is an extended tribute to the late Syd Barrett ­ the genius behind their early works, who flew too high and burned too bright, becoming one of rock’s most infamous drug casualties before Pink Floyd emerged from London?s psychedelic underground scene to become one of the biggest success stories of the 1970s. It’s also the last great album by a band that would produce something as adolescently puerile as The Wall by the end of that decade.
Barrett is the subject of the epic “Shine On You Crazy Diamond, parts One and Two” of which take up more than half the playing time and bookend just three other shorter tracks. Despite some questionable keyboard tones from Richard Wright, the majestically unhurried instrumental intro is a triumph of suspense. It?s nearly nine minutes before Roger Waters starts singing and the effect is startling, as are the words: ‘Remember when you were young?/ You shone like the sun / Shine On You Crazy Diamond!/ Now there’s a look in your eye / Like black holes in the sky’. It’s debatable whether the ‘iPod generation’ will get all of the eerie, almost visual sound detail in the more melodramatic “Welcome To The Machine”, which presages some of the pomp of their later work. Guest vocalist Roy Harper is a gritty presence on the music industry-bating “Have A Cigar” and the breathless title track finds Waters’ lyrics at their most soul searching. Some may baulk at Dave Gilmour’s long, bluesy guitar workouts, which form the backbone of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” and crop up throughout the album. Hey, these were the dying days of prog. rock. Punk was just around the corner and it’s easy to see why, but mid-seventies post-psychedelic angst seldom sounded so chilled.
(bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/b8dp/) Review by Jon Lusk. 2007

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01. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Part I, II, III, IV, V (13:31)
02. Welcome To The Machine (07:33)
03. Have A Cigar (05:24)
04. Wish You Were Here (05:22)
05. Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Part VI, VII, VIII, IX (12:25)

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Black Sabbath - Reunion [Japanese Ed. 2CD Live] (1998)

Year: 19 October 1998 (CD October 28, 1998)
Label: Sony Records (Japan), SRCS 8807-8
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 54:06, 53:32
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 432. 420 Mb

Charts: UK #41, CAN #6, FIN #29, FRA #65, GER #32, SWE #11, SWI #84, US #11. UK: Silver; CAN & US: Platinum.
Reunion is a live album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on 19 October 1998. As implied by the title, the album features a reunion of the original lineup of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward for the first time since Never Say Die! (1978). "Psycho Man", one of two studio tracks on the album, was the last to feature Ward on drums. Black Sabbath received their first ever Grammy Award in 2000 for the live recording of "Iron Man" taken from Reunion.
Six years after founding member Ozzy Osbourne departed Black Sabbath under less than amicable circumstances, he briefly rejoined his former bandmates for a single performance on 13 July 1985 at the Live Aid benefit concert in Philadelphia, and again in 1992 for the climax of his No More Tours farewell tour. Much to the dismay of fans, neither brief reconciliation had resulted in a full-fledged Black Sabbath reunion resulting in a new album and tour. A serious attempt at a reunion in 1993 proved fruitless as the band members lamented the reappearance of old animus. In 1997, Osbourne, Iommi and Butler reunited for the 1997 Ozzfest shows as Black Sabbath. Ward was absent due to health issues, and he was replaced by Faith No More's Mike Bordin. Ward had made a brief return to Black Sabbath for a short South American tour in 1994, but it was with Tony Martin fronting the band. Anticipation for a full and meaningful reunion of the Osbourne-era version of the band was high.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunion_(Black_Sabbath_album))

01. War Pigs (08:27)
02. Behind The Wall Of Sleep (04:06)
03. N.I.B. (06:44)
04. Fairies Wear Boots (06:19)
05. Electric Funeral (05:01)
06. Sweet Leaf (05:07)
07. Spiral Architect (05:39)
08. Into The Void (06:31)
09. Snowblind (06:08)

01. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (04:36)
02. Orchid - Lord Of This World (07:06)
03. Dirty Women (06:28)
04. Black Sabbath (07:29)
05. Iron Man (08:20)
06. Children Of The Grave (06:30)
07. Paranoid (04:29)
08. Psycho Man (Studio Track) (05:19)
09. Selling My Soul (Studio Track) (03:10)

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Aerosmith - Rocks [Japanese Ed.] (1976)

Year: May 3, 1976 (CD June 22, 1988)
Label: CBS/Sony Group Inc. (Japan), 25DP 5091
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Time: 34:26
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 238 Mb

Charts: US #3, AUS #45, CAN #14, SWE #46. CAN: Platinum; US: 4x Platinum.
Their ambition to be one of the greatest rock bands drove them to gradually perfect their riffs, vocals, and rhythms. ‘Rocks’ attains this optimally, to the extent that it has influenced giants of the genre like Slash, who confessed that this album is what inspired him to play the guitar.
There’s a complete coherence between Steven Tyler’s impressive vocals and the enjoyable guitars of Brad Whitford and Joe Perry. In essence, it’s a very fun album, an iconic hallmark of the band with past riffs like “Walk This Way.” Such arrangements can be heard in songs like “Last Child” or “Get The Lead Out,” where guitars and vocals combine to create different rhythmic patterns a style that few bands were embracing at that time, becoming Aerosmith’s signature.
The album can be heavy, as in songs like “Rats In The Cellar,” dark as in “Nobody’s Fault,” and sentimental as in “Home Tonight.” The combination of textures is excellent throughout the album; at no point does it become tedious or dull. On the contrary, it keeps the listener expectant for what’s next. The order of the songs is perfect, providing a journey through various passages intentionally created differently.
We hear Steven Tyler (Vocalist) at one of his peak moments, with his characteristic falsettos pushed to the maximum in songs like “Back In The Saddle.” His voice can be as melodic as it is piercing, positioning him as one of the most authentic vocalists in the scene. Much of Aerosmith’s success lies in their vocal work, and even to this day, there’s no vocalist with a similar style.
(therockreview.net/aerosmith-rocks-eng/)

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01. Back In The Saddle (04:39)
02. Last Child (03:25)
03. Rats In The Cellar (04:05)
04. Combination (03:38)
05. Sick As A Dog (04:14)
06. Nobody's Fault (04:22)
07. Get The Lead Out (03:41)
08. Lick And A Promise (03:04)
09. Home Tonight (03:15)

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