The Checkmates Ltd. – Love Is All We Have To Give (1969/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:56 minutes | 844 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M
Love Is All We Have to Give is the second album by Checkmates, Ltd. and was released in 1969. It reached #178 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.
The album featured four singles: “Black Pearl”, which reached #8 on the R&B chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100,”Proud Mary”, which reached #69 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “Love Is All I Have to Give” which reached #65 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “I Keep Forgettin'”, which did not chart on the pop chart.
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Title: Toto – Live at Montreux 1991
Release Date: 2016
Genre: Rock, AOR
Production/Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 1:09:41
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM, DTS-HD
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 27921 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio 1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio 2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2811 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Size: 17,04 GB
Toto have welcomed many different band members across their long career but in the early nineties they had a short period as a four-piece featuring Steve Lukather (guitar & lead vocals), David Paich (keyboards & vocals), Jeff Porcaro (drums & percussion) and Mike Porcaro (bass). The line-up, with some additional touring members, performed this concert at Montreux in July 1991 and would go on to make the Kingdom Of Desire album released in 1992, shortly after the tragic early death of drummer Jeff Porcaro. The Montreux show, now being released for the first time, combines then unreleased tracks from the Kingdom Of Desire album with classic hits and covers of songs by Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone. It is a perfect addition to any Toto fan’s collection.
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Tony Bennett – Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album (1968/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 29:02 minutes | 1,23 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album is a 1968 studio album by Tony Bennett, his first Christmas album. It was arranged and conducted by Robert Farnon.
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Tom Waits – Blood Money (Remastered) (2002/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:16 minutes | 880 MB | Genre: Pop Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Anti – Epitaph
“Blood Money” is based on the socio/political play “Woyzeck”, originally written by a young German poet Georg Buchner as a spare, cinematic piece in 1837 and inspired by the true story of a German soldier who was driven mad by bizarre army medical experiments and infidelity, which led him to murder his lover. Waits, along with wife and collaborator Kathleen Brennan, wrote songs for an avant-garde production of “Woyzeck” directed by Robert Wilson, which premiered in November 2000 at the Betty Nansen Theater in Copenhagen and went on to win Denmark’s version of the Tony for Best Musical. The album careens from the brutal to the tender with assaulting rhythms and romantic melodies.
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Southern Accents (1985/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:34 minutes | 865 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Geffen*
Exclusively on HDtracks, images of the master tapes are included with every download, along with a note from the remaster producer, Ryan Ulyate.
This album is the Heartbreakers’€™ sixth and featured multiple producers on various tracks including Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Jimmy Iovine, Dave Stewart, and Robbie Robertson. It was recorded at Gone Gator One Studios, Sound City, Village Recorder, Sunset Sound, and Church Studio, London. Southern Accents made it to number 7 on the US Billboard 200 after its release in 1985. Singles from this album include “Make It Better (Forget About Me)”, “Rebels” and “Don’€™t Come Around Here No More”, which peaked at number 13 on Billboard‘s Hot 100.
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Sly & The Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On (1971/2013)
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 48:01 minutes | 1,9 GB | Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: ProStudioMasters | Booklet, Front Cover | © Epic Records
Recorded: 1970–71, The Record Plant, Sausalito, California
During the late ’60s, Sly and the Family Stone was the house band for the new utopia: celebratory, integrated, intent on breaking down walls, and full of relentlessly positive, idealistic energy. 1971’s „There’s A Riot Goin’ On“ directly contradicted all of these characteristics. Instead, the album represented the dark days of post-’60s disillusionment–a move from right-here/right-now ethos to reflection (‘Time’), from integration to separatism (‘Thank You For Talkin’ To Me Africa’), and from Sly’s exuberant cheerleading to a weary, craggy-voiced vocal style. Many fans considered the album a ‘downer’ at the time.
In truth, „There’s A Riot Goin’ On“ is stunningly innovative and artistically accomplished. Here Sly began playing with subtle, sophisticated rhythms, creating webs of interlocking parts and textures, foregrounding mood over pop structures. The production is murky, keeping with the dark, edgy themes of the album, yet it is packed with detail. The burbling guitars, keys, lock-pop bass, and ghostly vocals create a warm, enveloping cocoon, as on the honeyed, heavy-lidded groove of ‘Just Like A Baby,’ the percolating surge of ‘Family Affair’ (one of Sly’s finest moments), and ‘(You Caught Me) Smilin’,’ which catches a wistful flash of the old optimism. Though it may be a challenging listen for the uninitiated, „There’s A Riot Goin’ On“ rewards endless repeated listens.
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Stevie Nicks – Stand Back: 1981-2017 (Deluxe) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:41:42 minutes | 4,65 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic
In 1981, six years after joining Fleetwood Mac, Nicks went solo for the first time with her debut ‘Bella Donna’. A massive success, it sold more than five million copies in the U.S., topped the album charts and produced four hit singles, including her signature anthem, ‘Edge of Seventeen’. More platinum albums followed – ‘The Wild Heart’ (1983), ‘Rock a Little’ (1985), and ‘The Other Side of the Mirror’ (1989). Music from all eight of Nicks’ studio albums are included in the set, from Top 10 hits like ‘Stand Back’ and ‘Talk To Me’ to ‘The Dealer’ from her latest, 2014’s ’24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault’.
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Stevie Nicks – Stand Back (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:02:57 minutes | 3,90 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic
In 1981, six years after joining Fleetwood Mac, Nicks went solo for the first time with her debut ‘Bella Donna’. A massive success, it sold more than five million copies in the U.S., topped the album charts and produced four hit singles, including her signature anthem, ‘Edge of Seventeen’. More platinum albums followed – ‘The Wild Heart’ (1983), ‘Rock a Little’ (1985), and ‘The Other Side of the Mirror’ (1989). Music from all eight of Nicks’ studio albums are included in the set, from Top 10 hits like ‘Stand Back’ and ‘Talk To Me’ to ‘The Dealer’ from her latest, 2014’s ’24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault’.
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Orkesta Mendoza – Curandero (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 39:57 minutes | 521 MB | Genre: World
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Glitterbeat Records
Border music without borders. Sergio Mendoza (a longtime member of Calexico) grew up on both sides of the US/Mexican frontier. On the band’s 3rd album, “Curandero,” his musical melding of that experience explodes from the speakers. Boogaloo, cumbia, ranchera & rock’n’roll.
“Mixing 60s rock styles with traditional Latin stompers, the US-Mexican band are both experimental and rousing.” – The Guardian
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Seether – Poison the Parish (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:52 minutes | 729 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fantasy Records
“Poison the Parish” is the 7th studio album by South African rock band Seether. Loudly and proudly proclaimed as Seether’s heaviest, Poison The Parish comes on the heels of the trio’s two most successful albums, 2011’s Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray and 2014’s Isolate and Medicate. Produced for the first time by the group’s frontman Shaun Morgan, Poison The Parish features the top 25 rock radio track Let You Down, previewed by the band months in advance. Subsequent teasers leading up to this release include Stoke The Fire, Nothing Left and Count Me Out.
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Xiu Xiu – Ignore Grief (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:12 minutes | 823 MB | Genre: Experimental, Indie Rock, Industrial, Drone, Darkwave
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Polyvinyl Records
Ignore Grief is the thirteenth studio album by American experimental band Xiu Xiu, released on March 3, 2023, by Polyvinyl. It was written by band frontman Jamie Stewart and new member David Kendrick. It was produced by fellow member Angela Seo, and recorded by Stewart at his home studio in Los Angeles, alongside a wide array of guest musicians including Charlie Looker, Ben Chisholm, Ezra Buchla, Patrick Shiroishi and Ian Wellman. The album artwork was designed by Janelle Abad, and depicts a white bat over a black background.
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Seamus Fogarty – A Bag Of Eyes (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:06 minutes | 437 MB | Genre: Indie Rock, Indie Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Domino Recording Co
A Bag Of Eyes is Seamus Fogarty’s third album — a wholly different sonic prospect to 2017’s much-lauded The Curious Hand. Weary of the guitar, and seeking something darker than its predecessor, he chose to lean more heavily on synths and drum machines, and additionally, to self-produce.
The album was recorded across London, Kent and East Sussex and features Fogarty’s partner Emma Smith, Meilyr Jones, long-time collaborators Leo Abrahams, Aram Zarikian & John Fogarty, as well as someone slightly more unexpected, an audience member recorded live at one of Seamus’ gigs in Dublin.
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Stevie Nicks – Complete Studio Albums & Rarities (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 09:07:02 minutes | 11,57 GB | Genre: Pop, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic
The boxed set underscores Nicks’ longevity as a solo artist. Six of her eight studio albums were Top 10 hits in the U.S., including her solo debut, ‘Bella Donna’ (1981), which topped the Billboard 200 in 1981. That album was certified quadruple platinum and remains her best-selling solo effort. Her other albums enjoyed incredible commercial success as well. ‘The Wild Heart’ (1983) is double platinum, ‘Rock a Little’ (1985) and ‘The Other Side of the Mirror’ (1989) are platinum, while ‘Street Angel’ (1994) and ‘Trouble in Shangri-La’ (2001) are certified gold.
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Soko – Feel Feelings (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 46:16 minutes | 525 MB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Babycat Records
Following I Thought I Was An Alien (2012) and My Dreams Dictate My Reality (2015), Soko releases her third studio album Feel Feelings – 12 tracks of dreamy, spacious, and searing songs about self-love, acceptance and all the complexities of life.
A France-born singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles, Soko is a figure known for her remarkable access to emotion— having earned two acting nomination at the César awards.
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Ringo Starr – What’s My Name (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:45 minutes | 791 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ringo Starr 2019
What’s My Name, Ringo’s 20th studio album, features brand new recordings with special guests Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Edgar Winter, Steve Lukather & Dave Stewart.
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