Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits (2010)

Year: October 29, 2010 (CD Nov 9, 2010)
Label: Island Records (Germany), 602527523361
Style: Hard Rock, Arena Rock
Country: New Jersey, U.S. (March 2, 1962)
Time: 74:13
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 558 Mb

Charts: US #5, AUS #1, AUT #2, CAN #1, FIN #6, GER #2, NL #3, SWE #1, SWI #3, UK #2. FIN & SWI: Gold; US, EU (Europe Awards) & GER: Platinum; UK: 5x Platinum; AUS: 8x Platinum.
The standard edition of the album includes 14 of the band's hits and two previously unreleased songs, "What Do You Got?" and "No Apologies".
The font used for the band's name on the album's cover is a return to the Bon Jovi logo used from 1985 to 1988, and it was also their first release to use the heart and dagger logo.
Bon Jovi performed a special, live streaming concert for the Live on Letterman web series on November 9, 2010, where the band performed a significant part of the album during the hour-long set.
The new single, "What Do You Got?" hit radio airwaves globally August 26, 2010 and was released as a digital download on September 21, 2010. The band later confirmed that "No Apologies" will be a single. It was released on October 22, 2010, on the band website. A music video was made while performing in Australia. "This Is Our House" was released as a promo single.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Bon_Jovi_album))

01. Livin' On A Prayer (04:10)
02. You Give Love A Bad Name (03:43)
03. It's My Life (03:44)
04. Have A Nice Day (03:48)
05. Wanted Dead Or Alive (05:08)
06. Bad Medicine (05:16)
07. We Weren't Born To Follow (04:04)
08. I'll Be There For You (05:46)
09. Born To Be My Baby (04:40)
10. Bed Of Roses (06:35)
11. Who Says You Can't Go Home (04:40)
12. Lay Your Hands On Me (03:49)
13. Always (05:53)
14. In These Arms (05:19)
15. What Do You Got (03:47)
16. No Apologies (03:44)

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Various Artists - Organ Spectacular (2012)

Year: 2012 (CD 2012)
Label: Decca Records (Germany), 478 4032
Style: Pop, Classical, Folk, World
Country: Various
Time: 70:24
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 347 Mb

I very much enjoy pipe organ, and this hits a zillion right notes. Very fun listen and a lot of great tunes to show what the organ can do. Peter Hereford really plays well!
(amazon.com/Organ-Spectacular-PETER-PRESTON-HURFORD/dp/B007BLHYA0) Review by MnM Bandit
"Organ Spectacular" is truly spectacular. Peter Hurford has combined the finest organ pieces along with absolutely superb playing. All of the pieces are as if the composer himself is playing them. This recording is very rewarding and worth every penny.
(amazon.com/Organ-Spectacular-PETER-PRESTON-HURFORD/dp/B007BLHYA0) Review by George Pisula
Hurford delivers an exciting compilation of these high-powered organ favorites. For people who love the organ for its ability to rattle the fillings in your teeth, this album is a must! If you are looking for soft, mellow, soothing music, well...you're going to have your fillings rattled. His rendition of Widor's allegro from the sixth symphony is the best piece on the album, but I found the tocotta from the fifth to be rather bland. The Boellmann suite gothique (why I bought the album) is also great. Overall, money well spent.
(amazon.com/Organ-Spectacular-PETER-PRESTON-HURFORD/dp/B007BLHYA0) Review by lelandallen@yahoo.com

01. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Toccata And Fugue In D Minor (02:29)
02. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Toccata And Fugue In D Minor (05:58)
03. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme ((Sleepers, Awake) (04:55)
04. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Fantasia In G (07:51)
05. William Walton (1902 - 1983) Crown Imperial - A Coronation March (09:20)
06. Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877 - 1933) Marche Triomphale - Nun Danket Alle Gott (03:36)
07. Henri Mulet (1878 - 1967) Tu Es Petra (03:50)
08. Theodor Dubois (1837 - 1924) 12 Pieces Nouvelles, Toccata In G Minor (05:47)
09. Leon Boellmann (1862 - 1897) Suite Gothique, Op.25. 4. Toccata (03:47)
10. Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937) Pieces De Fantaisie, Suite No.3, Op.54, 6. Carillion De Westminster (06:49)
11. Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937) Symphony No.1 In D Minor, Op.14 For Organ, 6. Final (06:10)
12. Jehan Ariste Paul Alain (1911 - 1940) Trois Pieces. 3. Litanies (04:18)
13. Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937) Symphony No.5 In F Minor, Op.42 Toccata (05:29)

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Ache - Green Man (1971)

Year:  (CD Sep 2012)
Label: Esoteric Recordings (UK), ECLEC2345
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock
Country: Denmark
Time: 39:50
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 272 Mb

Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1968 - Disbanded in 1980 - Reunited briefly in 1985 and reformed in 2003
The seeds for ACHE were sown in the early 60's via the Danish beat group THE HARLOWS. When HARLOWS Torsten Olafsson (bass), Peter Mellin (organ) and Glenn Fischer (drums) were joined by former MCKENZIE SET guitarist Finn Olafsson in 1968, ACHE was born.
They spent the next two years working on an extended piece called "De Homine Urbano", which was released as programme music to an experimental "rock ballet" in 1970. Released on the Philips label the same year with an accompanying single of non-album tracks, it netted positive reviews in the Danish press. ACHE's "rock theater" created something of a sensation in the rock underground, and "Green Man" followed in 1971. The next major ACHE project, by a revised six-piece version of the band, was a conceptual work called "Pictures From Cyclus 7", written in collaboration with lyricist Bo Lillesoe in 1975 and released one year later.
Ache have remained active on and off, albeit sporadically, ever since. Their only other major work (i.e.: not counting singles and compilations) has been "Bla som altid", a folk-oriented album released in 1978.

This Danish band was founded in '68 and featured Torsten Olafsson (bass and vocals), Finn Olafsson (guitar and vocals), Peter Mellin (organ and keyboards) and Glen Fisher (drums and pecussion). They made two albums: "De hombre urbano ('70) and "Green man" ('71). The music is similar to the Early British Progressive Rock Movement (JULIAN'S TREATMENT, RARE BIRD, BEGGAR'S OPERA, ATOMIC ROOSTER), the German Krautrock (early JANE, ELOY, RAMSES, TRIUMVIRAT) and Dutch masters EARTH & FIRE (their early, con-commercial era). In 2000 both albums were released on 1 CD entitled "Ache: De hombre urbano + Green man". The music is based upon splendid keyboardplay (many floods of Hammond organ) and some fiery electric guitar. The first album contains two 'side-long tracks', the atmosphere is typically end Sixties and early Seventies with lots of solos and long, exciting interplay between guitar and keyoards, like jams. The second album includes shorter songs but the climates are in the vein of the first LP. If you listen to this CD, it's incredible that the magnificent keyboardplay is delivered by an unknown Danish musician!
This is very inspired and powerful Hammond organ driven early progrock.
(progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1753) Review by Erik Neuteboom

01. Equatorial Rainfall (07:03)
02. Sweet Jolly Joyce (03:50)
03. The Invasion (06:01)
04. Shadow Of A Gypsy (04:40)
05. Green Man (04:41)
06. Acheron (04:49)
07. We Can Work It Out - Working (08:44)

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Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)

Year: September 8, 1992 (CD Sep 8, 1992)
Label: Island Records (US), CID 9993, 512 580-2
Style: Pub Rock, Experimental, Jazz
Country: Pomona, California, U.S. (December 7, 1949)
Time: 53:41
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 280 Mb

"Bone Machine" is not just a departure from Tom’s previous sounds. It’s as if he boarded a train and traversed the landscapes of the country to birth something as unique as he is as a person. This album really contains everything that makes Tom Waits special, and I absolutely mean EVERYTHING. This is Tom Waits put into album form. The first four tracks show how dynamic his vocals can be, whether it’s his ultra-hellish bellow or his sensitive, yet off-putting falsetto. His vocal work entirely matches the tone (or tones) of the record, as the lyrics and experimental production create his most morbid work yet. The sound is almost industrial, with clangs of metal often acting as the percussion, with dissonant musical lines contributing to the everlasting apocalyptic feel this album invokes in the listener. Yet, I did say this album contains every bit of the Tom Waits we once knew (and will know in the next couple decades). "A Little Rain" and "Whistle Down The Wind" show that the "old Tom Waits" is still there, but juxtaposing those with the grotesque "In The Colosseum" and the uniquely abrasive, folk-tinged "I Don’t Wanna Grow Up" makes it clear that the Asylum Waits vanished the moment the strings in "Ruby’s Arms" faded away. Ever since, he’s gone on a path of increasingly-unorthodox artistic discovery, culminating in arguably the most avant-garde Tom would ever be. Yes, he would make things just as bold as this album in the future, but nothing would touch how jarring this was to hear for the first time, and every single track pays off his insane experimental ideals. When this album reaches its closing track, "That Feel," you get hit with a choir of every voice Tom has used in the last two decades, making this truly his career-defining work. While this isn’t my absolute favorite Tom Waits album, this was without a doubt the high point of his artistic expression.
(reddit.com/r/tomwaits/comments/199us02/review_13_bone_machine_1992/?rdt=48589)

01. Earth Died Screaming (03:39)
02. Dirt In The Ground (04:08)
03. Such A Scream (02:08)
04. All Stripped Down (03:03)
05. Who Are You (03:57)
06. The Ocean Doesn't Want Me (01:51)
07. Jesus Gonna Be Here (03:21)
08. A Little Rain (02:58)
09. In The Colosseum (04:50)
10. Goin' Out West (03:20)
11. Murder In The Red Barn (04:28)
12. Black Wings (04:37)
13. Whistle Down The Wind (04:35)
14. I Don't Wanna Grow Up (02:31)
15. Let Me Get Up On It (00:55)
16. That Feel (03:12)

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The Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) - Absolutely Free (1967)

Year: May 26, 1967 (CD 1995)
Label: Rykodisc Records (US), RCD 10502
Style: Avant-Pop, Avant-Garde, Experimental
Country: Pomona, California, U.S.
Time: 43:42
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 273 Mb

Much like their 1966 debut Freak Out!, the album is a display of complex musical composition with political and social satire, whose blend of jazz, classical, avant-garde and rock idioms within multi-sectional, suite-like compositions is seen as an important and influential precursor to progressive rock. The band had been augmented since Freak Out! by the addition of woodwinds player Bunk Gardner, keyboardist Don Preston, rhythm guitarist Jim Fielder, and drummer Billy Mundi; Fielder quit the group before the album was released, and his name was removed from the album credits.
Freak Out! cost Verve $20,000 to make, more than double the cost of a typical album at the time. When it struggled to sell, the record company only allowed a budget of $11,000 for the follow up, which was recorded on four-track over just four days from November 15–18, 1966 at TTG studios in Los Angeles, with additional mixing and editing at MGM in New York City a week later. Tom Wilson again sat in the producer’s chair, although it is generally agreed that he took a hands-off approach and let Zappa have full creative control. Unlike Freak Out!, which used extensive orchestration, the budget this time only allowed for orchestral additions to "Brown Shoes Don’t Make It", with the band playing virtually live in the studio for most tracks. Since many of the songs were complex multi-sectional pieces, the group would do up to 30 takes of each specific section of a track, which were then strung together in editing. According to Zappa, the group had "one day with 15 minutes per tune to do all the vocals on that album. That's right. It's called 'sing or get off the pot’."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolutely_Free)

01. Plastic People (03:42)
02. The Duke Of Prunes (02:13)
03. Amnesia Vivace (01:01)
04. The Duke Regains His Chops (01:52)
05. Call Any Vegetable (02:15)
06. Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin (07:00)
07. Soft-Sell Conclusion (01:40)
08. Big Leg Emma (02:31)
09. Why Don'tcha Do Me Right? (02:37)
10. America Drinks (01:53)
11. Status Back Baby (02:54)
12. Uncle Bernie's Farm (02:10)
13. Son Of Suzy Creamcheese (01:34)
14. Brown Shoes Don't Make It (07:30)
15. America Drinks & Goes Home (02:45)

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Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Highlights From Almost Blue & Imperial Bedroom (1994)

Year: 1981-1982 (CD 1994)
Label: Demon Records (UK), ECPROMO 2
Style: Rock, Folk, World, Country
Country: London, England (August 25, 1954)
Time: 19:37
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 137 Mb

Tracks 1-3: from Almost Blue, Tracks 4-6: from Imperial Bedroom. Promo, Sampler.
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), better known by his stage name Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television host. According to Rolling Stone, Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical traditions of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison with the raw energy and sass that were principal ethics of punk", noting the "construction of his songs, which set densely layered wordplay in an ever-expanding repertoire of styles." His first album, My Aim Is True (1977), spawned no hit singles, but contains some of Costello's best-known songs, including the ballad "Alison". Costello's next two albums, This Year's Model (1978) and Armed Forces (1979), recorded with his backing band the Attractions, helped define the new wave genre. From late 1977 until early 1980, each of the eight singles he released reached the UK Top 30. His biggest hit single, "Oliver's Army" (1979), sold more than 500,000 copies in Britain. He has had more modest commercial success in the US, but has earned much critical praise. From 1977 until the early 2000s, Costello's albums regularly ranked high on the Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll, with This Year's Model and Imperial Bedroom (1982) voted the best album of their respective years. His biggest US hit single, "Veronica" (1989), reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Costello)

01. Sweet Dreams (03:00)
02. Sittin' And Thinkin' (Live At The Mean Machine, Aberdeen) (02:54)
03. How Much I Lied (02:47)
04. Man Out Of Time (05:29)
05. The Loved Ones (02:50)
06. From Head To Toe (02:35)

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Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) - Hai Hai (1987)

Year: 9 October 1987 (CD 19??)
Label: A&M Records (Canada), 8283951122
Style: Rock, Pop Rock, Art Pop
Country: Oxford, England (March 21, 1950)
Time: 49:01
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 319 Mb

Charts: AUS #88, CAN #42, NLD #52, Nor #20, SWI #16, US #163. Canada: Platinum.
Hai Hai is the second solo album by ex-Supertramp singer/guitarist/keyboardist Roger Hodgson, released in October 1987. Co-produced by future No Doubt and Black Crowes producer Jack Joseph Puig, and recorded at Hodgson's 48-track home studio in Nevada City, California, the album is a merger of Supertramp-styled progressive pop-rock and extensive use of Los Angeles session musicians and late-1980s synthesizer technology.
Hai Hai features ten songs, all of which were written by Hodgson, with the exception of "Land Ho", an old Supertramp song (at the time never released on an album but only as a single), which Hodgson co-wrote in 1974 with his long-time partner Rick Davies. Hodgson had previously recorded the song in 1983 for his solo album In the Eye of the Storm, but it was never released.
Hodgson was unable to fully promote or tour behind Hai Hai, having sustained injuries to both of his wrists in a fall a week after its release. After that accident, Hodgson stopped his musical career for the next decade, returning to the public in 1997 with live shows and a live album, Rites of Passage.
In the song "Hai Hai", backmasking is used 13 seconds in. When played in reverse, a whisper says "what happened to you?"
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hai_Hai)

01. Right Place (04:06)
02. My Magazine (04:42)
03. London (04:12)
04. You Make Me Love You (05:09)
05. Hai Hai (05:31)
06. Who's Afraid? (05:00)
07. Desert Love (05:29)
08. Land Ho (04:09)
09. House On The Corner (05:24)
10. Puppet Dance (05:17)

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Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath) - Diary Of A Madman [Japan Ed. Deluxe Ed. 2CD] (2011)

Year: October 1981 (CD Nov 30, 2011)
Label: Epic Records (Japan), EICP 1456-7
Style: Hard Rock
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 43:23, 61:28
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 346, 482 Mb

CD1: "Diary Of A Madman" - original release. CD2: "Ozzy Live" - all songs recorded live during the second leg of the Blizzard of Ozz Tour (2 September 1980 - 13 September 1981).
Diary of a Madman is the second studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released in October 1981, and re-issued on CD on 22 August 1995. This is the last Osbourne studio album to feature guitarist Randy Rhoads and drummer Lee Kerslake. An altered version appeared in 2002 with the original bass and drum parts removed and re-recorded. In 2011, a Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition was released with all original parts restored. To date, the album has sold over 3 million copies worldwide.
Diary of a Madman was supported by the Diary of a Madman Tour, which began on November 5, 1981, and ended August 8, 1982, spanning Europe, North America, and Asia. On March 19, 1982, during the North American leg of the tour, Rhoads died in a plane crash in Leesburg, Florida; after a two-week break, the tour continued with guitarist Bernie Torme performing several shows in place of Rhoads before in turn being replaced by Brad Gillis.
In May 2011, Sony Legacy released its Deluxe 30th Anniversary Editions of Diary of a Madman and Blizzard of Ozz with the original bass and drum tracks. These releases also featured bonus tracks and previously unreleased live material featuring guitarist Rhoads – Diary of a Madman features a second CD entitled Ozzy Live, featuring previously-unreleased concert performances from the Blizzard of Ozz 1981 US tour.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_of_a_Madman_(album))

01. Over The Mountain (04:31)
02. Flying High Again (04:44)
03. You Can't Kill Rock And Roll (06:59)
04. Believer (05:16)
05. Little Dolls (05:39)
06. Tonight (05:50)
07. S.A.T.O. (04:07)
08. Diary Of A Madman (06:14)

01. I Don't Know (Live) (04:50)
02. Crazy Train (Live) (05:26)
03. Believer (Live) (05:37)
04. Mr. Crowley (Live) (06:32)
05. Flying High Again (Live) (04:17)
06. Revelation (Mother Earth) (Live) (05:58)
07. Steal Away (The Night) (Live) (08:00)
08. Suicide Solution (Live) (07:30)
09. Iron Man (Live) (04:09)
10. Children Of The Grave (Live) (05:42)
11. Paranoid (Live) (03:23)

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Uriah Heep - Salisbury (1971)

Year: January 1971 (CD 1996)
Label: Castle Communications (UK), ESMCD 317, GAS0000317ESM
Style: Hard Rock, Pop Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 45:23
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 303 Mb

Unlike their first album, songwriting credits for fully half of the record were attributed to Ken Hensley alone, as opposed to the debut's collaborative partnership of frontman David Byron and guitarist Mick Box. Soon after the release, drummer Keith Baker left the band, replaced by Ian Clark (from another Vertigo band, Cressida). With Clark, the band embarked on their first US tour, supporting Three Dog Night and Steppenwolf.
Salisbury is skewed toward the progressive rock genre, with its 16-minute title track featuring a 24-piece orchestra and was also significant for Hensley's instant rise to a position as main composer of the group's music.
The front cover of the album depicted a British Chieftain tank, which connects to the title, as Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, is a military training area. The original LP release was a gatefold sleeve, with a black-and-white image of the underside of a Chieftain tank on the inside with the turret facing the rear, over which were printed Hensley's comments on each track. Later reissues would be in a single sleeve. The American release on Mercury Records featured a different cover image (a man tearing out of his own skin), as did the original Canadian pressings. Subsequent Canadian pressings used the UK artwork.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_(album))

01. Bird Of Prey (04:13)
02. The Park (05:41)
03. Time To Live (04:01)
04. Lady In Black (04:44)
05. High Priestess (03:42)
06. Salisbury (16:20)
07. Simon The Bullet Freak (Bonus Track) (03:27)
08. High Priestess (Single Edit, Bonus Track) (03:13)

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James Taylor - Sweet Baby James [24kt Gold. Audio Fidelity] (1970)

Year: February 1, 1970 (CD Sep 2011)
Label: Audio Fidelity (US), AFZ 118
Style: Folk Rock, Soft Rock
Country: Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. (March 12, 1948)
Time: 31:54
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 179 Mb

Charts: US #3, AUS #7, CAN #3, UK #6. UK: Silver; US: 3x Platinum.
The album, produced by Peter Asher, was recorded at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California, between December 8 and 17, 1969, at a cost of only $7,600 (US$63,145 in 2023 dollars) out of a budget of $20,000. Taylor was "essentially homeless" at the time the album was recorded, either staying in Asher's home or sleeping on a couch at the house of guitarist Danny Kortchmar or anyone else who would have him.: 66 
The song "Suite for 20 G" was so named because Taylor was promised $20,000 (US$166,171 in 2023 dollars) once the album was delivered. With one more song needed, he strung together three unfinished songs into a "suite", and completed the album.
The album produced two charting singles: "Fire and Rain", backed by "Anywhere Like Heaven", which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 31, 1970, and "Country Road", backed by "Sunny Skies", which peaked at number 37 on March 20, 1971. An additional single, "Sweet Baby James", backed by "Suite for 20 G", did not chart.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Baby_James)

01. Sweet Baby James (02:52)
02. Lo And Behold (02:35)
03. Sunny Skies (02:20)
04. Steamroller (02:57)
05. Country Road (03:22)
06. Oh Susannah (02:04)
07. Fire And Rain (03:23)
08. Blossom (02:13)
09. Anywhere Like Heaven (03:27)
10. Oh Baby, Don't You Loose Your Lip On Me (01:48)
11. Suite For 20 G (04:48)

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The Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) - Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (1968)

Year: December 2, 1968 (CD 1995)
Label: Rykodisc Records (UK & Europe), RCD 10505
Style: Doo-Wop, Avantgarde, Experimental Pop
Country: Pomona, California, U.S.
Time: 41:23
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 279 Mb

Cruising with Ruben & the Jets is the fourth album by the Mothers of Invention, and fifth overall by Frank Zappa, released under the alias Ruben and the Jets. Released on December 2, 1968 on Bizarre and Verve Records with distribution by MGM Records, it is a concept album, influenced by 1950s doo-wop and rock and roll. The album's concept deals with a fictitious Chicano doo-wop band called Ruben & the Jets, represented by the cover illustration by Cal Schenkel, which depicts the Mothers of Invention as anthropomorphic dogs. It was conceived as part of a project called No Commercial Potential, which produced three other albums: Lumpy Gravy, We're Only in It for the Money and Uncle Meat.
The album and its singles received some radio success, due to its doo-wop sound. Subsequently, the name Ruben and the Jets continued with a different lineup, led by musician Rubén Guevara Jr., who recorded the albums For Real! (1973) and Con Safos (1974). Zappa produced the former.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruising_with_Ruben_%26_the_Jets)

01. Cheap Thrills (02:39)
02. Love Of My Life (03:08)
03. How Could I Be Such A Fool (03:34)
04. Deseri (02:08)
05. I'm Not Satisfied (04:08)
06. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (02:24)
07. Anything (03:05)
08. Later That Night (03:00)
09. You Didn't Try to Call Me (03:57)
10. Fountain Of Love (03:22)
11. No. No. No. (02:15)
12. Anyway The Wind Blows (03:01)
13. Stuff Up The Cracks (04:36)

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Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown) - Jazzin' On The Blues (2015)

Year: 2015 (CD 2015)
Label: Panache Records (US), CD #1270
Style: Instrumental, Blues, Jazz
Country: Newbridge, Caerphilly, Wales (5 December 1947)
Time: 47:13
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 313 Mb

Comes in cardboard sleeve.
Savoy Brown was formed in 1965 by guitarist Kim Simmonds in London, England. Simmonds has been the group’s guiding hand from the first singles released in 1966 through the band’s newest effort, their forty-first album “Ain’t Done Yet” to be released August 28, 2020
Energetic blues has been the calling card of the band from the beginning. Blues Rock became the catch-all phrase in the late 1960s to describe the band’s music along with that of contemporaries including Cream, Fleetwood Mac, and Jimi Hendrix.
In fact, in the 2013 movie, “Jimi Hendrix: All Is By My Side,” a Savoy Brown song co-written by Simmonds was included in the soundtrack.
Many of the band’s singles and albums have appeared on the Billboard charts. Through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980’s songs such as “I’m Tired”, “Train to Nowhere”, “Tell Mama” and “Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone” became Hot 100 entries.
Two of the band’s albums in the 1970s, “Looking In” and “Hellbound Train”, appeared on the Billboard Top Forty charts. This pattern continues today, culminating with “Witchy Feelin’,” the band’s 2017 album, reaching #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart.
Along the way, Savoy Brown has toured continuously, making it one of the longest running blues rock bands in existence. Through the years, the band has headlined concerts at many prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, the Fillmore East, the Fillmore West, and London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall.
Savoy Brown, having established national status in the 1970s, provided other groups opportunity. Kiss opened the bill on a Savoy Brown national tour as did ZZ Top, The Doobie Brothers and many, many more acts.
Former members, having cut their teeth under Simmonds’ leadership, have gone on to complete their careers with other bands. Among others, these include singer Dave Walker with Fleetwood Mac and Black Sabbath, Bill Bruford with King Crimson, Andy Pyle with the Kinks and Paul Raymond with UFO.
Many familiar names have recorded and toured with the band including Hughie Flint (original Blues Breaker with John Mayall) Miller Anderson, Stan Webb, and Dave Olson (Robert Cray Band).
Three other band alumni – Lonesome Dave Peverett, Roger Earl, and Tony Stevens, went on to become the founding members of the multi-platinum act Foghat.
A resident of the USA since 1980, bandleader Simmonds has received many accolades himself. These include placement on the front cover of Guitar Player magazine, enshrinement on the Hollywood Rock Walk of Fame and acceptance in many regional “Halls of Fame” in the USA and Canada.
“I have always opted for a non-mainstream, yet complimentary, music route,” says Kim – “one that would allow me personal and artistic freedom. In the end, it seems I’ve had the best of both worlds.”
Savoy Brown helped spawn the 1968 UK Blues Rock boom and later opened the eyes of many 1970s American teenagers to their own home territory blues artists.
More than 50 years later, Savoy Brown remains a formidable, progressive Blues Rock force. The three- piece line-up includes Kim Simmonds on guitar and vocals, Pat DeSalvo on bass and Garnet Grimm on drums. This trio has established itself as the longest-running consistent line-up in the band’s history, now going strong for more than 10 years. Their legacy continues with the coming 2020 release of “Aint Done Yet” released by the Californian-based record label, Quarto Valley Records.
Savoy Brown and Kim Simmonds have a body of work that is matched by only a small portion of musical artists. As they continue to tour the world, young and old find inspiration in their timeless music, classic style, and performances.
(savoybrown.com/biography/)

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The Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis (1975)

Year: 6 June 1975 (CD 2002)
Label: Abkco Records (Europe), 8823112
Style: Rhythm & Blues
Country: London, England
Time: 48:03
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 319 Mb

Charts: UK #45, US #8, AUS #51, FRA #10.
This is a Hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both Super Audio and regular CD players. METAMORPHOSIS is a collection of outtakes from 1975 and has never been available on CD. All tracks have been digitally remastered. The Rolling Stones: Keith Richards (vocals, guitar); Mick Jagger (vocals); Brian Jones, Mick Taylor (guitar); Bill Wyman (bass); Charlie Watts (drums). Culled from the Rolling Stones' massive archive, 1975's METAMORPHOSIS is the band's sole rarities compilation featuring material from the Stones' fertile '60s and '70s era. Cherry picked by former manager Allen Klein as a result of a bitter lawsuit that found a similar anthology contrived by Bill Wyman going unreleased, this treasure trove of cuts is a boon to both die-hard and casual Stones fans. It kicks off with a lush, orchestrated version of "Out Of Time," one of a handful of outtakes (along with "Heart Of Stone") featuring a studio full of session musicians including John McLaughlin, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones. Overseen by Mick Jagger and then manager Andrew Oldham, these tracks provide interesting insight to a time when the Stones' success allowed them to dish off songs to other UK artists, using versions like these as demos. Other highlights include a killer cover of Stevie Wonder's "I Don't Know Why" (originally recorded for LET IT BLEED) and "Memo From Turner," a Jagger/Richards number cut with Al Kooper and penned for the soundtrack to the Jagger vehicle Performance. Making its CD debut in 2002, METAMORPHOSIS remains a jewel that still glimmers almost three decades after its release.
(From cduniverse)

 01. Out Of Time (03:22)
02. Don't Lie To Me (02:02)
03. Somethings Just Stick In Your Mind (02:27)
04. Each And Everyday Of The Year (02:49)
05. Heart Of Stone (03:48)
06. I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys (02:12)
07. (Walkin' Thru The) Sleepy City (02:52)
08. We're Wastin' Time (02:44)
09. Try A Little Harder (02:19)
10. I Don't Know Why (03:02)
11. If You Let Me (03:18)
12. Jiving Sister Fanny (03:25)
13. Downtown Suzie (03:53)
14. Family (04:06)
15. Memo From Turner (02:46)
16. I'm Going Down (02:52)

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Tom Petty - An American Treasure [4CD. Deluxe Ed. Compilation] (2018)

Year: September 28, 2018 (CD Sep 28, 2018)
Label: Reprise Records (US & Europe), 9362-49055-6
Style: Punk Rock, Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Florida, U.S. (October 20, 1950 - October 2, 2017)
Time: 52:53, 63:42, 56:45, 72:11
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 380, 506, 408, 521 Mb

An American Treasure is a 2018 compilation album and box set of Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch released by Reprise Records on September 28, 2018. The set includes several rare and unreleased songs alongside more obscure album tracks that showcase Petty's songwriting. The majority of the content is Heartbreakers material but there are also several solo songs and some recordings by Mudcrutch. Critical reception has been positive.
The box set has an 89 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating universal acclaim. Writing for Uproxx, Steven Hyden called the compilation "especially refreshing" for focusing on alternative recordings and more obscure songs from Petty's catalogue, summing it up as, "a surprisingly good introduction for neophytes, no matter the dearth of hits". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the compilation 4.5 out of five stars, writing, "this box winds up as a fitting tribute to a rocker whose touch was so casual, he could be easy to take for granted, but when his work is looked at as a whole, he seems like a giant".
The deluxe version of An American Treasure features 60 songs (plus one radio promo spot and two concert dialogue snippets, for a total of 63 tracks) spread across four CDs.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Treasure)

01. Surrender (Outtake, 1976) (03:18)
02. Listen to Her Heart (Live at The Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, 4/23/77) (03:19)
03. Anything That's Rock 'N' Roll (Live at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA, 11/11/77) (03:37)
04. When the Time Comes (2018 Remaster) (03:04)
05. You're Gonna Get It (Alternate Version, 1978) (03:14)
06. Radio Promotion Spot (1977) (00:27)
07. Rockin' Around (With You) (2018 Remaster) (02:19)
08. Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) (Alternate Version, 1976) (04:10)
09. Breakdown (Live at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA, 11/11/77) (05:21)
10. The Wild One, Forever (2018 Remaster) (03:00)
11. No Second Thoughts (2018 Remaster) (02:39)
12. Here Comes My Girl (Alternate Version, 1979) (04:57)
13. What Are You Doing in My Life (Alternate Version, 1979) (03:30)
14. Louisiana Rain (Alternate Version, 1979) (05:04)
15. Lost in Your Eyes (Outtake, 1974) (04:47)

01. Keep a Little Soul (Outtake, 1982) (03:08)
02. Even the Losers (Live at Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY, 9/9/89) (03:31)
03. Keeping Me Alive (Outtake, 1982) (03:17)
04. Don't Treat Me Like a Stranger (2018 Remaster) (03:05)
05. The Apartment Song (Demo, 1984) (02:34)
06. Concert Intro (Live at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 6/28/81) (00:10)
07. Kings Road (Live at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 6/28/81) (05:13)
08. Clear the Aisles (Live at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 6/28/81) (00:16)
09. A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) (Live at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 6/28/81) (05:51)
10. Straight Into Darkness (Alternate Version, 1982) (04:29)
11. You Can Still Change Your Mind (2018 Remaster) (04:01)
12. Rebels (Alternate Version, 1985) (05:18)
13. Deliver Me (Alternate Version, 1982) (03:55)
14. Alright for Now (2018 Remaster) (02:00)
15. The Damage You've Done (Alternate Version, 1987) (03:59)
16. The Best of Everything (Alternate Version, 1985) (04:02)
17. Walkin' from the Fire (Outtake, 1984) (04:44)
18. King of the Hill (Early Take, 1987) (04:00)

01. I Won't Back Down (Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, 2/4/97) (03:39)
02. Gainesville (Outtake, 1998) (04:05)
03. You and I Will Meet Again (2018 Remaster) (03:38)
04. Into the Great Wide Open (Live at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA, 11/24/91) (04:15)
05. Two Gunslingers (Live at The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, 5/25/13) (03:50)
06. Lonesome Dave (Outtake, 1993) (03:40)
07. To Find a Friend (2018 Remaster) (03:19)
08. Crawling Back to You (2018 Remaster) (05:02)
09. Wake Up Time (Alternate Take, 1992) (05:30)
10. Grew Up Fast (2018 Remaster) (05:05)
11. I Don't Belong (Outtake, 1998) (02:54)
12. Accused of Love (2018 Remaster) (02:44)
13. Lonesome Sundown (2018 Remaster) (04:31)
14. Don't Fade on Me (Alternate Take, 1994) (04:28)

01. You and Me (Clubhouse Version, 2007) (03:13)
02. Have Love Will Travel (2018 Remaster) (04:05)
03. Money Becomes King (2018 Remaster) (05:11)
04. Bus to Tampa Bay (Outtake, 2011) (02:55)
05. Saving Grace (Live at Malibu Performing Arts Center, Malibu, CA, 7/26/06) (03:30)
06. Down South (2018 Remaster) (03:25)
07. Southern Accents (Live at Stephen C. O'Connell Center, Gainesville, FL, 9/21/06) (05:02)
08. Insider (Live at Stephen C. O'Connell Center, Gainesville, FL, 9/21/06) (04:56)
09. Two Men Talking (Outtake, 2012) (06:53)
10. Fault Lines (2018 Remaster) (04:28)
11. Sins of My Youth (Early Take, 2012) (03:39)
12. Good Enough (Alternate Version, 2012) (05:48)
13. Something Good Coming (2018 Remaster) (04:10)
14. Save Your Water (2018 Remaster) (03:17)
15. Like a Diamond (Alternate Version, 2002) (04:15)
16. Hungry No More (Live at House of Blues, Boston, MA, 6/15/16) (07:17)

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Savoy Brown - Blue Matter (1969)

Year: May 1969 (CD 1990)
Label: Deram Records (US), 820 923-2
Style: Blues Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 49:56
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

Blue Matter is the third album by the band Savoy Brown. Teaming up once again with producer Mike Vernon, it finds them experimenting even more within the blues framework. Several tracks feature piano (played by Bob Hall, guitarist Kim Simmonds, and vocalist Chris Youlden, who plays guitar here) as well as trombone.
This album featured a mix of live and studio recordings. The live tracks were recorded on December 6, 1968, at the now defunct City of Leicester College of Education, because the band was scheduled to tour the US and needed additional tracks to complete the album in time for the tour. The booking at the college represented their only chance to record the extra tracks in a live venue, before embarking on the tour. An offer to perform the concert free of charge was accepted by Chris Green, the college Social Secretary, who had made the original booking, and the concert was duly recorded, a number of the live tracks being added to the album. Because Chris Youlden was suffering from tonsillitis, Dave Peverett stood in as lead vocalist on the live tracks.
Both Zigzag magazine and Rolling Stone magazine considered "Train to Nowhere" as the quintessential Savoy Brown song.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Matter_(Savoy_Brown_album))

01. Train To Nowhere (04:14)
02. Tolling Bells (06:37)
03. She's Got A Ring In His Nose And A Ring On Her Hand (03:09)
04. Vicksburg Blues (04:07)
05. Don't Turn Me From Your Door (05:10)
06. Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around The World) (02:45)
07. May Be Wrong (07:55)
08. Louisiana Blues (09:04)
09. It Hurts Me Too (06:51)

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Strawbs - Hero And Heroine (1974)

Year: March 1974 (CD ????)
Label: A&M Records (Canada), VPCD 3607
Style: Progressive Rock, Folk Rock, Symphonic Rock
Country: England
Time: 39:30
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 239 Mb

Strawbs are an English rock band founded in 1964. Led throughout by talented musician Dave Cousins, they are best-known for their folk-rock and progressive rock albums of the 1970s and for including Sandy Denny as an early member of the band (before she joined Fairport Convention) and Rick Wakeman for two albums (before he moved on to Yes).
Strawbs were originally known as the Strawberry Hill Boys. Their long-time leader and most active songwriter is guitarist and singer Dave Cousins (guitar, dulcimer, banjo, vocals) (born David Joseph Hindson, 7 January, 1945, in Hounslow, Middlesex). In the early days Strawbs played with Sandy Denny (later lead singer of Fairport Convention and Fotheringay).
Although they started out in the sixties as a bluegrass band, the Strawberry Hill Boys' repertoire soon shifted to favour their own (mainly Cousins') material. They were the first UK signing to Herb Alpert's A&M Records and recorded their first single "Oh How She Changed" b/w "Or Am I Dreaming" in 1968, which was produced and arranged by two highly influential seventies’ producers, Gus Dudgeon and Tony Visconti, who also worked on their critically acclaimed first album, Strawbs, which was released in 1969. (Note: Although that first single was issued in the U.S. on A&M, neither of their first two A&M LP's were issued in the US until around 1975.)
(full version: last.fm/music/Strawbs/+wiki)

 01. Autumn - (i) Heroine's Theme (ii) Deep Summer's Sleep (iii) The Winter Long (08:25)
02. Sad Young Man (04:07)
03. Just Love (03:40)
04. Shine On Silver Sun (02:48)
05. Hero And Heroine (03:20)
06. Midnight Sun (03:12)
07. Out In The Sun (03:18)
08. Round And Round (04:43)
09. Lay A Little Light On Me (03:27)
10. Hero's Theme (02:27)

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