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Counting Crows - Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! (2025)

Posted By: Fizzpop
Counting Crows - Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! (2025)

Counting Crows - Butter Miracle, The Complete Sweets! (2025)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 256 MB | Cover | 40:52 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 94 MB
Rock | Label: BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Counting Crows' first full-length album in more than a decade feels like a bit of a cheat—nearly half of the songs were released on the 2021 EP Butter Miracle: Suite One. But "Spaceman in Tulsa" proves the band still has the chutzpah and pop chops that made them inescapable in the '90s. Just glam enough, and boasting an insidiously catchy chorus, it's cocksure with revved-up guitar and piano and frontman Adam Duritz's most rock 'n' roll growl. In many ways, it feels like a book-end to "Mr. Jones," the band's debut single that shot Counting Crows into the culture (and made them, right away, a love-or-hate band for most). In that 1992 song, Duritz came on like a big dreamer—a guy who wanted to be a "lion" and Bob Dylan: "We all wanna be big stars/ But we don't know why and we don't know how.

Sacred Steel - Ritual Supremacy (2025)

Posted By: gribovar
Sacred Steel - Ritual Supremacy (2025)

Sacred Steel - Ritual Supremacy (2025)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 359 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 116 MB | Covers - 31 MB
Genre: Heavy Metal | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Rock Of Angels Records (ROAR 3.0311)

Sacred Steel is a trademark in the metal scene: all Metal with attitude, never everybody’s darling - and damn proud of it! For more than 25 years, they have offered the metalhead a deadly trend-free alternative to bloated trigger drums, cheesy keyboards and boring cliché sounds that are hyped year after year as "the next big thing in metal". "Ritual Supremacy" marks their 10th album, a refreshing true metal masterpiece full of hymns and headbangers.

Anglo Saxon Brown - Songs For Evolution (1976) [2016, Expanded Edition]

Posted By: JET 1
Anglo Saxon Brown - Songs For Evolution (1976) [2016, Expanded Edition]

Anglo Saxon Brown - Songs For Evolution (1976) [2016, Expanded Edition]
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 611 MB | Scans
Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk, Disco | Label: Soul Music Records | Catalog Number: WSMCR 5131

"Songs For Evolution" the only album recorded by the group Anglo-Saxon Brown, considered a much sought-after collectable LP among rare groove music buyers and DJs alike. An expanded edition with one bonus track (the lone 1976 single, "Straighten It Out" released by Atlantic), "Songs For Evolution" was produced & mostly written by the Philadelphia team of Joseph Jefferson & Charles Simmons, who had penned a number of classic ‘70s hits for the Spinners including "Games People Play," "Mighty Love" and "Love Don’t Love Nobody") and recorded at famed Sigma Sound studios in Philly with string arrangements by Jack Faith, featuring the Don Renaldo Strings along with guitarist Bobby Eli. An accomplished ten member band based in Richmond, Virginia.

The Tubes - The Musikladen Concert 1981 (2016)

Posted By: ciklon5
The Tubes - The Musikladen Concert 1981 (2016)

The Tubes - The Musikladen Concert 1981 (2016)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:19:25 | 182 / 473 Mb
Genre: New Wave, Classic Rock

The Tubes were arch satirists of popular culture whose outrageous performance art concepts – which swung wildly from softcore pornography to suit-and-tie conservatism – frequently eclipsed their elusive musical identity. The beginnings of the group originated in Phoenix, Arizona, in the late '60s, where guitarist Bill Spooner, keyboardist Vince Welnick, and bassist Rick Anderson formed as the Beans (alternately billing themselves as the Radar Men from Uranus). After moving to San Francisco in 1972, the Beans recruited guitarist Roger Steen and drummer Prairie Prince (from Red, White & Blues), and later became the Tubes with the addition of Michael Cotten on keyboards and former roadie Fee Waybill on lead vocals.

Andrea De Carlo, Ensemble Mare Nostrum - Alessandro Stradella: La forza delle stelle ovvero Il Damone (2014)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Andrea De Carlo, Ensemble Mare Nostrum - Alessandro Stradella: La forza delle stelle ovvero Il Damone (2014)

Andrea De Carlo, Ensemble Mare Nostrum - Alessandro Stradella: La forza delle stelle ovvero Il Damone (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 262 Mb | Total time: 49:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Arcana | A 377 | Recorded: 2013

Following four successful recordings released on the Ricercar, Alpha and Arcana labels, Rome-based Andrea De Carlo and his Ensemble Mare Nostrum continue their exploration of the Roman repertoire and inaugurate here a new series of recordings, with its own distinctive artwork, devoted to the vast and multifaceted musical heritage of the Eternal City.

Peter Pontvik, Ensemble Villancico - Tambalagumbá: Early World Music in Latin America (2013)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Peter Pontvik, Ensemble Villancico - Tambalagumbá: Early World Music in Latin America (2013)

Peter Pontvik, Ensemble Villancico - Tambalagumbá: Early World Music in Latin America (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 247 Mb | Total time: 51:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | 777811-2 | Recorded: 2013

The Swedish Ensemble Villancico under its conductor Peter Pontvik guide us through the world of Latin American baroque music. This music is a merging of cultures and traditions - Indian, Spanish, and African. The Ensemble Villancico is currently regarded worldwide as one of the most important interpreters of early music from Latin America, uniting Nordic voices and the spirit of Latin American baroque music.

Anthony Halstead, Hanover Band - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos (2004)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Anthony Halstead, Hanover Band - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos (2004)

Anthony Halstead, Hanover Band - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 471 Mb | Total time: 43:47+48:58 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI | 5 86043 2 | Recorded: 1992

Listeners used to the Hanover Band will need no prompting to buy this excellent series of performances, excellently recorded. They avoid some of the more quirky and, to some, off-putting aspects of period performance. There are no ugly bulges of tone and wirey shafts of under-nourished violin tone. The wind and brass play bang in tune and the instruments are fully under the control of these top players.

Various - Sweetest Waves (1993)

Posted By: JET 1
Various - Sweetest Waves (1993)

Various – Sweetest Waves (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 683 MB | Scans
Genre: Funk, Soul, Fusion | Label: Epic / Sony Music [Japan] | Catalog Number: ESCA 5711

Absolute glorious collection of Mellow Soul, Jazz & Funk tunes. Well put together compilation CD from Sony music Japan, features George Duke, Mtume, Webster Lewis, Pattie Labelle, & Alphonso Johnson. Essential collection for any soul music fan.

Hot Chip - In Our Heads (Expanded Edition) (2012)

Posted By: ciklon5
Hot Chip - In Our Heads (Expanded Edition) (2012)

Hot Chip - In Our Heads (Expanded Edition) (2012)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:03:31 | 287 / 835 Mb
Genre: Electropop, Indie

After 2010's relatively somber One Life Stand, Hot Chip's members resurfaced in side projects including the About Group, the 2 Bears, and New Build, all of which took different approaches to electro-pop but shared an almost tangible joy in music-making. It sure feels like some of that happiness rubbed off on In Our Heads, one of Hot Chip's most confident, joyous, and danceable albums yet; if the band's previous album was about how seriously they take the relationships in their lives, then this album explores how much fun they have in them.

Charlie - Lines (1978) [Japanese Edition 2011] (Repost)

Posted By: gribovar
Charlie - Lines (1978) [Japanese Edition 2011] (Repost)

Charlie - Lines (1978) [Japanese Edition 2011]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 240 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 100 MB | Covers - 79 MB
Genre: Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Air Mail Archive (AIRAC-1619)

From the provocative opening track, "She Loves To Be In Love" (which the listener immediatley associates with the cover girl of the album), to the hilarious "Watching T.V." (wittily namechecking many a 1970's t.v. show) this album neatly encapsulates the oh so slightly off kilter and musically mannered sensibilities of this engaging band. Charlie mainstay, Terry Thomas, has a somewhat nasal vocal delivery which is instantly recognizable and brings an idiosyncratic edge to the laid back 70's vibe of the downbeat "L.A. Dreamer" and the impossibly catchy "Life So Cruel." Terry Thomas has a sharp sense of humor and fun and it works well on stuff like the already mentioned "Watching T.V." Equally though, he brings a somewhat obscure sense of class, for lack of a better word, to the proceedings on stylish excursions like "No More Heartache" and "No Strangers In Paradise"…

Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon (1976) {2004 Hip-O Select - Bonus Tracks}

Posted By: JET 1
Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon (1976) {2004 Hip-O Select - Bonus Tracks}

Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon (1976) {2004 Hip-O Select}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 647 MB | Scans
Genre: Reggae, Dub | Label: Hip-O Select | Catalog Number: B0002397-02

War Ina Babylon is the 1976 album by Max Romeo & The Upsetters. It was produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry, whose band backed up Romeo for this recording. This is the 2004 Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak Edition.

Juanita Hall - Juanita Hall Sings The Blues (1958) [Reissue 2000]

Posted By: gribovar
Juanita Hall - Juanita Hall Sings The Blues (1958) [Reissue 2000]

Juanita Hall - Juanita Hall Sings The Blues (1958) [Reissue 2000]
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 195 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 89 MB | Covers - 16 MB
Genre: Blues, Swing | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/Counterpoint (OJCCD 1928-2)

Juanita Hall is best-known for being a stage actress, playing Bloody Mary in South Pacific. However on this 1958 set for Counterpoint she shows that she could effectively sing blues. Mostly sticking to songs from the Bessie Smith songbook (including "You've Been a Good Old Wagon," "Gimme a Pigfoot" and "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out"), Hall's extroverted and shouting style fit the music quite well. Pianist Claude Hopkins arranged for the sextet and gathered quite an all-star backup group that includes tenor-saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, clarinetist Buster Bailey and trumpeter Doc Cheatham. Well worth getting.

Finch - Galleons Of Passion (1977) [2007]

Posted By: JET 1
Finch - Galleons Of Passion (1977) [2007]

Finch - Galleons Of Passion (1977) [2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image) +CUE, LOG | 315 MB | Scans
Genre: Prog Rock | Label: Belle Antique | Catalog Number: BELLE 071305

In fact this is the most complete and most symphonic album by Dutch band Finch from the Hague. Unfortunately there had been this dramatic turn of the tide in which Punk rock flushed away all good music without having been carefully listened to. This appeared to be fatal for a quality band like Finch and "The Galleons Of Passion" sadly sunk away in an ocean of musical oblivion. True progfans however should certainly check out this album, because it shows Finch at their best.

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit [Recorded 1939-1944] (1972) [Japanese Edition 1999]

Posted By: gribovar
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit [Recorded 1939-1944] (1972) [Japanese Edition 1999]

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit [Recorded 1939-1944] (1972) [Japanese Edition 1999]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 151 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 121 MB | Covers - 51 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Victor (MVCJ-19214)

A great issue of some of Billie Holiday's classic sides for the Commodore label - a company she didn't work with often, but home to some of her best material of the early years! The tracks here were mostly recorded in 1944, but the set also features some early bits from 1939 as well - and backing on all numbers is by small combos, with players who include Eddie Heywood on piano, Frankie Newton or Doc Cheatham on trumpet, Tab Smith or Lem Davis on alto, Teddy Walters on guitar, and Kenneth Hollon on tenor sax. Titles include Holiday's seminal "Strange Fruit" - a track that's stunning both for its handling of racial subject matter, and for the fact that it's one of the few penned by Billie herself!

Anekdoten - From Within (1999)

Posted By: gribovar
Anekdoten - From Within (1999)

Anekdoten - From Within (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 346 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 120 MB | Covers - 42 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Virtalevy (Virta 003)

After a long silence, Anekdoten reemerges into the darkness with a record that is both more mature than their debut, Vemod, and yet somewhat less polished than 1995's Nucleus. From Within feels like it was produced on a tighter budget, and the production can have a rehearsal-room feel - although to be sitting in Anekdoten's rehearsal room is no small privilege. The opening title track is a band tour de force of crunching bass, swooping Mellotron, and clattering snare drums; one of the real high points of the album comes with the slowly building instrumental "The Sun Absolute," built around a single pulsing bass guitar note, ghostly Mellotron flutes, and sonar ping keyboards. But this fine album still falls a little short of its predecessor, for although Anna Sofi Dahlberg is still listed in the credits, her cello work is strangely absent from the mix. Its departure only serves to emphasize its importance in the band's sound in previous albums.