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Asia - Astra (1985) {1992, Japanese Reissue}

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Asia - Astra (1985) {1992, Japanese Reissue}

Asia - Astra (1985) {1992, Japanese Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 291 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 109 Mb
Full Scans ~ 147 Mb | 00:45:09 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | MCA Victor, Inc. / Geffen Records #MVCG-21008 (GEF-D-24072)

Astra is the third studio album by British rock band Asia, released in late 1985. It was the final studio album to feature original member John Wetton until 2008's reunion album Phoenix. The recording of the album took place at several studios in London during 1984-85. It reached #67 in the US on the Billboard 200 chart and #68 in the UK Albums Chart. Strangely, although Astra itself didn't make the top 50, two songs charted well on the US Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, receiving radio airplay in various markets: "Go" (#7) and "Too Late" (#30), and the video of "Go" (based on the futuristic heroine on the album cover) received airplay on MTV. Allmusic critic Matt Collar gave Astra a three-star rating in a review full of praise. He called the album "a solid prog rock outing", "a truly underrated '80s rock album and a must-hear for fans".

Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco (2006/1990)

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Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco (2006/1990)

Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco (2006/1990)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 7.62 Gb (DVD9) | 127 min
Classical | NVC ARTS | Sub: English, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Italiano, Portugues, Japanese

Stage and television director Werner Herzog, one of the most highly acclaimed German film makers of all time, joins forces with the great Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly to effect a masterful rendition of this rarely-performed opera involving spectacular scenes of alternating light and dark, pageantry and intimacy. The production is further complemented by the great Italian baritone Renato Bruson as Giacomo, the American soprano Susan Dunn as Giovanna and the outstanding tenor Vincenzo La Scola as the Dauphin. The magnificent Teatro Comunale di Bologna provides an intimate yet ornate setting for this production of Verdi's seventh opera, the story of the Maid of Orleans.

Scorpions - The Original Scorpions (1972) {1986, Japan 1st Press}

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Scorpions - The Original Scorpions (1972) {1986, Japan 1st Press}

Scorpions - The Original Scorpions (1972) {1986, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 297 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 130 Mb
Full Scans | 00:40:43 | RAR 5% Recovery
Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock | Brain (Metronome) / Polystar #P33X-20003

Lonesome Crow (The Original Scorpions with a different running order for a Japanese release in 1981 and its first-ever CD issue in 1986) is the debut album by the German hard rock band Scorpions. It was recorded soon after Scorpions became a fully professional band under the production of Conny Plank, apparently in only six or seven days, and released February 1972 in West Germany as the soundtrack to the German anti-drug movie Das Kalte Paradies, and May 1973 in the United States. It is the band’s only album with lead guitarist Michael Schenker as a full-time member. He left not long after to join UFO and was replaced by Ulrich Roth on later albums. Schenker, however, would rejoin the band briefly during the recording and touring of 1979’s Lovedrive.

Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)

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Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)

Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 295 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 139 Mb
Full Scans | 00:38:19 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly | Virgin Records #7 91058-2 / 2-91058

Mystery Girl is the last album recorded by Roy Orbison, posthumously released on the Virgin label in 1989. The album became a hit worldwide, reaching #5 on the US Billboard 200, and #2 on the UK Albums Chart. Roy Orbison's comeback started in 1986, when David Lynch used "In Dreams" for a pivotal sequence in his masterwork Blue Velvet. So mesmerizing was Dean Stockwell's pantomime of the 1963 hit that Orbison soon became in demand. He re-recorded his hits for a collection naturally called In Dreams, he gave a star-studded concert called Black & White Night, and then he began work with ELO leader Jeff Lynne on a comeback album. The duo tabled the album to join the supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, a collaboration with Tom Petty, George Harrison, and Bob Dylan that turned into a surprise smash in 1988. Once that record began its run up the charts, Lynne and Orbison completed the album that became Mystery Girl, but the record didn't come out until February 1989, a few months after Roy's tragic death.

Julian Sas - Electracoustic (2022)

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Julian Sas - Electracoustic (2022)

Julian Sas - Electracoustic (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 515 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 195 Mb
Full Scans | 01:17:46 | RAR 5% Recovery
Blues Rock | Cavalier Recordings #CR 255628 | Unofficial Release

ELECTRACOUSTIC, an unusual title for an unusual album. It is the 11th studio album of guitar-ace JULIAN SAS. The record is the result of a journey for which the description 'emotional rollercoaster' is an understatement. Playing live, playing long shows, being on the road. That is the lifeline of the Julian Sas Band. The pandemic hit. In a flash that lifeline was cut. But then disaster struck even harder Friend and fellow musician Fotis Anagnostou was diagnosed with a terrible disease and passed away soon therafter in Athens. JULIAN SAS: 'When we saw him depart on his final journey I felt our feelings could not be expressed in words. Several months later when I was listening to some of the demos I realized we could. The music was there. It was good, honest, and waiting for us.'

VA - NOW 100 Hits Movies (2019)

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VA - NOW 100 Hits Movies (2019)

VA - NOW 100 Hits Movies (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.4 GB
6:01:24 | Scans - 12 MB | Alternative Rock, Brit Pop, Country Rock, Instrumental, Pop Rock, Soundtrack | Label: Sony Music

This instalment of the popular 'NOW 100 Hits' series comprises 5 discs of tracks that have featured in motion pictures over the years, including the iconic 'My Heart Will Go On' (Titanic), '(I've Had) The Time of My Life' (Dirty Dancing), 'Rocket Man' (Rocket Man), any many more.

Pat Travers - The Art Of Time Travel (2022)

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Pat Travers - The Art Of Time Travel (2022)

Pat Travers - The Art Of Time Travel (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 401 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 164 Mb
Full Scans | 00:47:55 | RAR 5% Recovery
Blues Rock, Hard Rock | Cleopatra Records #CLO2686

The blues rock icon and guitar-slingin' wizard returns with a masterful new studio album!Musically, the album harkens back to the muscular playing of Travers' late '70s hey day while tackling current subjects from the COVID quarantine ("Breaking Up In Lockdown") to Travers' tribute to his friend and mentor Ronnie Montrose ("Ronnie")!

VA - Maybe Someone Is Digging Underground: The Songs Of The Bee Gees (2004)

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VA - Maybe Someone Is Digging Underground: The Songs Of The Bee Gees (2004)

VA - Maybe Someone Is Digging Underground: The Songs Of The Bee Gees (2004)
CD-Rip FLAC (tracks, no cue, no log) - 446 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 194 MB
1:13:06 | Full scans Included | Pop Rock | Label: Castle Music

Concentrating on Some of the More Interesting Bee Gee Cover Versions to Come Out of Britain During the Late 60s, "Maybe Someone is Digging Undergroud" Loosely Groups (In Order of Time of Writing) the Efforts of a Wide Variety of Singers and Musicians. Ranging from the Soulful Tones of P.p. Arnold to the Drunken Shenanigans of the Mysterious Fut, Each Performer Brings their Own Distinctive Style and Individuality to Bear Upon the Unmistakable Songrwriting Prowess from which the Bee Gees have Become Household Names all Over the World.

Chaka Khan - The Essential Chaka Khan (2011)

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Chaka Khan - The Essential Chaka Khan (2011)

Chaka Khan - The Essential Chaka Khan (2011)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.1 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 393 MB
2:35:06 | Full Scans - 38 MB | Funk, Disco, Soul | Label: Music Club Deluxe

UK two CD collection from the veteran Soul vocalist. With her soulful powerhouse vocal style, Chaka Khan has influenced generations of female singers everywhere, including such contemporary hitmakers as Mary J Blige and Erykah Badu. From her mid- 70's association with the massively successful group Rufus through her own dazzling solo career, eight time Grammy winner Chaka Khan has achieved legendary status thanks to classics like 'I'm Every Woman,' 'I Feel for You,' 'Through the Fire' and, through her final reunion with Rufus in 1982, the timeless dance anthem 'Ain't Nobody.' This collection features massive hits from the Queen of Funk including the massive UK #1 hit; the Prince penned 'I Feel for You' and 'Fate' which was sampled by Stardust on their massive hit single 'Music Sounds Better with You' which reached # 2 in the UK Charts & # 1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Chart.

Marc-André Hamelin, Michael Stern - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 38: Rubinstein & Scharwenka: Piano Concertos (2005)

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Marc-André Hamelin, Michael Stern - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 38: Rubinstein & Scharwenka: Piano Concertos (2005)

Marc-André Hamelin, Michael Stern, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 38: Rubinstein & Scharwenka: Piano Concertos (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & no Log) ~ 246 Mb | Total time: 59:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67508 | Recorded: 2005

These two works are undoubtedly the greatest of the forgotten concertos we have not previously tackled and have been much requested. Both were written by hugely successful virtuoso pianists who were also composers, and both had a major place in the nineteenth-century repertoire, only falling from favour in the 1920s as modernism found its place in the concert hall.

T.J. Hustler Metaphysical Synthesized Orchestra - Age of Individualism (1979/2017)

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T.J. Hustler Metaphysical Synthesized Orchestra - Age of Individualism (1979/2017)

T.J. Hustler Metaphysical Synthesized Orchestra - Age of Individualism (1979/2017)
FLAC (tracks) - 313 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 112 MB
49:15 | Electronic, Funk, Experimental | Label: Companion Records

T.J. Hustler Metaphysical Synthesized Orchestra is the work of one Tim Jones, a Bay Area soul and funk scene veteran who had previously released two 45s in the early '70s as part of the group Dawn And Sunset and an LP in 1975 as leader of The Mysterious Minds. Though Jones plays a keyboard instrument of his own creation (The Brass Orchestra Cabinet) on The Mysterious Minds LP, none of his previous work could possibly predict the visionary brilliance that is 1979's Age Of Individualism. A concept album performed entirely by Jones and his ventriloquist dummy partner, the titular T.J. Hustler. Age of Individualism is part party record, part philosophical manifesto, part self-actualization workshop, part comedy routine.

The Action - Brain - The Lost Recordings 1967-1968 (1995)

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The Action - Brain - The Lost Recordings 1967-1968 (1995)

The Action - Brain - The Lost Recordings 1967-1968 (1995)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 318 MB
52:18 | Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Mod | Label: Autumn Stone Archives

The band was formed as The Boys in August 1963, in Kentish Town, North West London. After Peter Watson (born 18 October 1941, Romford, Essex) joined them as an additional guitarist in 1965, they changed their name to The Action. The original members were Reg King (lead vocals) (born Reginald King, 5 February 1945, Paddington, West London, died, 8 October 2010, Belvedere, Kent), Alan 'Bam' King (lead guitar, vocals) (born Alan King, 18 September 1945, Muswell Hill, North London), Mike "Ace" Evans (bass guitar, vocals) (born Michael Evans, 10 July 1944, Henley, Berkshire, died 15 January 2010, London) and Roger Powell (drums) (born 4 July 1945, Camden Town, North West London).

Philippe Jaroussky, Artaserse - La vanità del Mondo: Oratorio Arias (2020)

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Philippe Jaroussky, Artaserse - La vanità del Mondo: Oratorio Arias (2020)

Philippe Jaroussky, Artaserse - La vanità del Mondo: Oratorio Arias (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 363 Mb | Total time: 73:10 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 9029517929 | Recorded: 2020

Philippe Jaroussky brings his musical and dramatic powers to a programme of music from Italian oratorios of the baroque era, including five arias in world premiere recordings. La vanità del mondo, takes it's name from an oratorio by Pietro Torri and among the other composers are Händel, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Hasse, Fago and Caldara. "I think composers of this period often give of their best when setting the great stories of the Old Testament," says Jaroussky. "And if oratorio stories are more static than opera, they allow for deeper reflection on the place of mankind in the universe. I think that resonates with particular intensity in 2020, a year of pandemic."

Wen-Sinn Yang - Carl Davidoff: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (2007)

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Wen-Sinn Yang - Carl Davidoff: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (2007)

Wen-Sinn Yang - Carl Davidoff: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (2007)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:05:19 | 338 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: CPO | Catalog: 777263

All five of nineteenth century Russian-Latvian cellist and composer Carl Davidov's cello concerti are important and valuable concert works for the cello, and you'd never know that to the extent they have been recorded. The Concerto No. 2 in A minor has fared the best at four recordings, whereas Concerto No. 1 in B minor enjoys its second recording in this fine CPO performance by Wen-Sinn Yang and the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra under Terje Mikkelsen.

Alexander Rudin - Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (1997)

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Alexander Rudin - Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (1997)

Alexander Rudin - Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (1997)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 56:37 | 200 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos | Catalog: 553788

If you are unfamiliar with the music of Kabalevsky, this is a great place to start. Kabalevsky's music is very melodic and extremely accessable. He wrote at the same time as Prokofiev and Shostakovich and his music has the immediate appeal of all the other Russian masters of the late 19th and early to mid twentieth centuries.
His Cello Concertos are especially wonderful - but as a starting point. Check out his Piano concertos and his Symphonies as well. This recording of the Cello Concertos is beautifully played by Alexander Rudin and the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.