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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale (1998) [Japanese Edition 2008]

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Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale (1998) [Japanese Edition 2008]

Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Walking Into Clarksdale (1998) [Japanese Edition 2008]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 422 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 150 MB | Covers - 54 MB
Genre: Classic Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music (UICY-93587)

For all of the acclaim it received, there's no denying that No Quarter was a tentative reunion for Page & Plant, containing only a handful of new songs that were scattered among many reworked old favorites. Since its supporting tour went well, the duo decided to make their reunion permanent, setting to work on an album of entirely new material. Taking the world music dabblings of No Quarter as a cue, Page & Plant tempered their eclecticism with a healthy dose of their monolithic guitar army, hiring Steve Albini, the indie rock producer notorious for his harsh, brutal recordings, to helm the boards. In other words, it sounds perfect on paper - groundbreaking veteran artists still taking chances and working with younger collaborators who would challenge them…

Matthias Eisenberg - J.S. Bach: Orgel-Werke, Vol. 6a - An der Flentrop-Orgel in St. Marien zu Osnabrück (1992)

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Matthias Eisenberg - J.S. Bach: Orgel-Werke, Vol. 6a - An der Flentrop-Orgel in St. Marien zu Osnabrück (1992)

Matthias Eisenberg - J.S. Bach: Orgel-Werke, Vol. 6a - An der Flentrop-Orgel in St. Marien zu Osnabrück (1992)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:08:31 | 437 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: RAM | Catalog: RAM 59047

Matthias Eisenberg, born in Dresden in 1956. Piano lessons and at an early age, first attempts on the organ of his home town church in Saxony; played the organ regularly at services there from the age of 9. Intermezzo in the Dresden “Kreuzchor”. Continued studies on the organ, with special emphasis on Bach's organ works.

Chuck Mangione - 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Chuck Mangione (2002)

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Chuck Mangione - 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Chuck Mangione (2002)

Chuck Mangione - 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Chuck Mangione (2002)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 618 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 199 MB | 01:18:00
Genre: Jazz | Label: A&M Records

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection - Chuck Mangione gathers ten of the jazz-pop maestro's best-known performances, including "Land of Make Believe," "Feels So Good," "Chase the Clouds Away," and "Children of Sanchez." As with the other Mangione compilations available, 20th Century Masters focuses on his '70s heyday, and while this collection doesn't offer anything particularly different, it's also a good starting point for anyone interested in one of crossover jazz's pioneering, and most successful, artists.

Champion Jack Dupree - The Hamburg Session (1974) [Reissue 2007]

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Champion Jack Dupree - The Hamburg Session (1974) [Reissue 2007]

Champion Jack Dupree - The Hamburg Session (1974) [Reissue 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 240 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 98 MB | Covers - 23 MB
Genre: Blues, New Orleans Blues, Piano Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Take 5 (TAKE 35002)

New Orleans pianist who was a master of hard-driving boogie and blues. A formidable contender in the ring before he shifted his focus to pounding the piano instead, Champion Jack Dupree often injected his lyrics with a rowdy sense of down-home humor. But there was nothing lighthearted about his rock-solid way with a boogie; when he shouted "Shake Baby Shake," the entire room had no choice but to acquiesce.

Keren Ann - La Biographie de Luka Philipsen (2000)

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Keren Ann - La Biographie de Luka Philipsen (2000)

Keren Ann - La Biographie de Luka Philipsen (2000)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 310 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 120 MB | 46:31
Genre: Pop, Chanson | Label: EMI

Like Coralie Clément, Keren Ann may not have the widest range, but she makes the most of it. Her vocals are light, delicate, and pretty, as if she has found a way to combine talking, whispering, and singing into one fluid approach (and as if she has listened to a few Astrud Gilberto albums in her time). La Biographie de Luka Philipsen was the French singer/songwriter's debut and many of the songs were co-written with longtime associate Benjamin Biolay (Clément's older brother).

Beaux Arts Trio - Beethoven: Piano Trios - "Archduke" & "Ghost" (2013)

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Beaux Arts Trio - Beethoven: Piano Trios - "Archduke" & "Ghost" (2013)

Beaux Arts Trio - Beethoven: Piano Trios - "Archduke" & "Ghost" (2013)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 373 MB | 01:17:08
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca

The Beaux Arts Trio's 1964 recordings of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Archduke" and "Ghost" trios have long been staples in the catalog, despite being superseded in 1979 by more polished recordings. To avoid confusion, the 2013 reissue in the Virtuoso series on Decca is merely a repackaging of the 1964 Philips sessions, which also include the early "Gassenhauer" Trio.

Monique Zanetti, Francoise Masset, Matthieu Dupouy - Couperin: Lecons de Tenebres du premier jour (2013)

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Monique Zanetti, Francoise Masset, Matthieu Dupouy - Couperin: Lecons de Tenebres du premier jour (2013)

Monique Zanetti, Francoise Masset, Matthieu Dupouy - Couperin: Lecons de Tenebres du premier jour, Messe pour les Convents / Campra: Cantate Domino (2013)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 56:17 | 374 MB
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Label: Herissons | Catalog: LH09

There’s an embarrassment of riches where Couperin’s Read more are concerned. My current favorite is Christie/Les Arts Florissants (Erato 017067), with Patricia Petibon and Sophie Daneman the latter exquisite in her tightly focused but sweet tone and immaculate ornamentation. Equally good in its way, with a slightly richer tone though a trifle too expressively restrained for my tastes, is Christopher Hogwood with Emma Kirkby and Judith Nelson (L’oiseau Lyre 430283).

Beaux Arts Trio - Rorem: Spring Music / Baker: Roots II / Rochberg: Piano Trio No. 3 (1994)

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Beaux Arts Trio - Rorem: Spring Music / Baker: Roots II / Rochberg: Piano Trio No. 3 (1994)

Beaux Arts Trio - Rorem: Spring Music / Baker: Roots II / Rochberg: Piano Trio No. 3 (1994)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 287 MB | 01:12:00
Genre: Classical | Label: Philips

This is a very rare gathering of American piano trios, each of which significantly adds to the repertoire of 20th-century chamber music. Rorem's Spring Music (1990) is an intimate yet energetic encounter with both tonality and atonality, affectionately played by the Beaux Arts group. Baker's Roots II (1992) is a five-movement suite with hints of the composer's African musical roots: here you will find intimations of jazz, blues, ragtime, spirituals, calypso, field hollers, and work songs. Rochberg's Summer 1990 is his Piano Trio No. 3

Vadim Gluzman, Angela Yoffe - Auerbach, Shostakovich: Ballet for a Lonely Violinist - Music for violin & piano (2006)

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Vadim Gluzman, Angela Yoffe - Auerbach, Shostakovich: Ballet for a Lonely Violinist - Music for violin & piano (2006)

Vadim Gluzman, Angela Yoffe - Auerbach, Shostakovich: Ballet for a Lonely Violinist - Music for violin & piano (2006)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 67:16 | 305 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS| Catalog: BIS-CD-1592

I read a rave review of Vadim Gluzman in concert, and since I hd never heard of the Ukraine-born, naturalized Israeli violinist, I sought out this CD. The 45-year-old virtuoso is from the Oistrakh-Vengerov mold: intense, large-scaled, and powerful. All his talents are needed in the late, bleak Shostakovich Violin Sonata. The cover art, showing Gluzman dressed in black gazing out over a flat gray landscape typifies the music.

Hiromasa Suzuki - Skip Step Colgen (1977) [Japanese Edition 1995]

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Hiromasa Suzuki - Skip Step Colgen (1977) [Japanese Edition 1995]

Hiromasa Suzuki - Skip Step Colgen (1977) [Japanese Edition 1995]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 254 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 98 MB | Covers - 38 MB
Genre: Jazz-Funk, Fusion | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Toshiba-EMI (TOCT-9221)

A killer record from the Japanese scene of the 70s - one that begins with a funky drum break, then only gets better and better as things move on! Hiromasa Suzuki plays plenty of sweet keyboards on the record - at a level that's definitely influenced by Herbie Hancock's work from the time, but which also brings in some of the best funky currents of Japanese soundtrack material - so that there's a blend of electric jazz with some great crime/cop movie modes too - served up with some nice saxophone solos from Takeru Muraoka on a few tracks, and tenor from Mabumi Yamaguchi on the rest.

Vanisha Gould - She's Not Shiny, She’s Not Smooth (2024)

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Vanisha Gould - She's Not Shiny, She’s Not Smooth (2024)

Vanisha Gould - She's Not Shiny, She’s Not Smooth (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 298 MB | Cover | 48:32 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 112 MB
Jazz, Vocal | Label: Cellar Live

She’s Not Shiny, She’s Not Smooth, an homage to the beauty that abides within and around the flaws in everyone’s perfect plans. Vanisha Gould embracing of imperfection was not something that initially came naturally, but was a realization and perspective that came with experience. “All of these little things we do, that I do, to make sure everything goes smoothly - you can bet your bottom dollar that something will go wrong,” Vanisha expresses. “That perfect outfit I finally chose? I’ll sweat through it within ten minutes on the stage. That perfect makeup? It’s gone by the time I get off the subway to the gig.” Amidst the ever-present torrent of potential hangups that encompass daily life for a performer, Vanisha embodied the choice that every individual has to make: either be crippled by the entropy of one’s circumstances, or use the cracks in the wall as a new canvas for something remarkable. “This album was created when I realized I can’t be perfect,” she says. “And you know what? Dammit, I like that. What a relief to embrace that idea.”

Amon Düül II - Made In Germany (1975) [Reissue 2004]

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Amon Düül II - Made In Germany (1975) [Reissue 2004]

Amon Duul II - Made In Germany (1975) [Reissue 2004]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 453 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 164 MB | Covers - 135 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Krautrock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Garden of Delights (CD 099)

Made In Germany was a real musical transformation for Amon Düül II. If you took this album, and ADII's first album "Phallus Dei" and played them both for an unknowing listener, they would never even suspect it was the same band! The songs like "Ludwig" have an almost Beatlesesque quality to them (albeit on much more drugs). Ambitious vocal harmony arrangements, pristine production values, orchestral flourishes… Amon Duul? Anyway, this album is a masterwork of a completely different sort than their earlier releases, so naturally many fans will not still be onboard at this point. Short, vaguely Floydian spacy instrumental breaks replace the full-on sonic assaults of yore, and the main feature is… songs. Beautiful, sometimes achingly melancholic, sometimes witty and humorous, always honed like a gem; this is top-notch songwriting without ever losing ADII's keen eye for ambition.

Serge Douw - In Touch with Light (1992)

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Serge Douw - In Touch with Light (1992)

Serge Douw - In Touch With Light (1992)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 277 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 118 MB | Covers - 30 MB
Genre: Traditional Electronic, Ambient, Space Music | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: New World Company (NWCD 770)

Serge Douw was born in Australia and is an expert in laser technology, this album being the musical score to a laser light show which tracks the formation of life on Earth.
Powerful and emotive, grand and majestic, the strength and purpose of this futuristic music will entrance you. Monumentally moving music with percussive and inventive scores that captivate the essence of life on Earth, and the changes that are needed to create harmony and to evolve positively into the future.
Basically if you are "into" Jarre then you should find much to your liking on this album.

Pet Shop Boys - New London boy / All the young dudes (2024)

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Pet Shop Boys - New London boy / All the young dudes (2024)

Pet Shop Boys - New London boy / All the young dudes (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 180 MB | Cover | 23:25 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 63 MB
Synth-pop, New Wave | Label: Parlophone UK

Pet Shop Boys have released a new double A-side single, ‘New London Boy’ / ‘All The Young Dudes’.

Markus Poschner, Manuel Hernandez-Silva, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln - Haydn Opera Gala (2015)

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Markus Poschner, Manuel Hernandez-Silva, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln - Haydn Opera Gala (2015)

Markus Poschner, Manuel Hernandez-Silva, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln - Haydn Opera Gala: L'infedeltà delusa, La vera costanza (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 396 Mb | Total time: 64:48+77:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Capriccio | # C5255 | Recorded: 2009, 2011

Although Joseph Haydn is still regarded principally as a master of instrumental music, he was also one of the forward-looking opera composers of his day, devoting a significant portion of his working life to the genre. As the opera director for Prince Esterházy, he oversaw more than a thousand opera productions at the Esterházy court, which included popular stage works of the time, as well as his own. These two operas are unusual and ahead of their time in that it is women who take centre stage. These female protagonists are people of real flesh and blood, strong, pragmatic, and clearly representative of the spirit of the Enlightenment.