The Kinks – Celluloid Heroes (1975/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 45:19 minutes | 911 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sanctuary Records
Released in 1976, just as the Kinks ended their notoriously uneven tenure at RCA, The Kinks’ Greatest: Celluloid Heroes is a summary of their time at the label. Since they didn’t have many genuine hits while at RCA, this winds up being a haphazard sampling of concept albums. Occasionally, an album is accurately represented. For instance, the selections from Muswell Hillbilles are perfect, but considering that nearly half this compilation leans on that terrific record, they would have to be. Apart from that album, the selection is decidedly hit and miss. It isn’t that singles are missing – their lone British hit from this time, “Supersonic Rocket Ship,” is nowhere to be found – or that albums are overlooked (no Schoolboys in Disgrace), it’s that highlights like “Here Comes Yet Another Day” and “Sweet Lady Genevieve” are left on their original albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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The Kinks – Best Of (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:55:59 minutes | 1,54 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sanctuary Records
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, north London, in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s.
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The Kinks – Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire (1969/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:54 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sanctuary Records
HighRes-ReMaster of this 1969 album from the iconic British Rock band led by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. “Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)” is the seventh studio album by The Kinks, released in October 1969. Kinks frontman Ray Davies constructed the concept album as the soundtrack to a Granada Television play and developed the storyline with novelist Julian Mitchell; however, the television programme was cancelled and never produced. The rough plot revolved around Arthur Morgan, a carpet-layer, who was based on Ray Davies’ brother-in-law Arthur Anning.
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The King’s Singers – Christmas Carols with The King’s Singers (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:20 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
This brand new Christmas album from The King’s Singers features 25 tracks covering everything from contemporary choral gems and folk songs through to well-loved carols. Dotted throughout the album are several of the most famous English church carols, which take The King’s Singers right back to their earliest singing days, and which also reflect the group’s heritage at King’s College, Cambridge. In “Christmas Carols with The King’s Singers”, the group bottle that frosty, moonlit, fireside Christmas wonder and pour it into their sound. The King’s Singers have represented the gold standard in a cappella singing on the world’s greatest stages for over fifty years. They are renowned for their unrivalled technique, versatility and skill in performance, and for their consummate musicianship, drawing both on the group’s rich heritage and its pioneering spirit to create an extraordinary wealth of original works and unique collaborations.
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The King’s Men, Cambridge – Twelve Days of Christmas (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:29 minutes | 885 MB | Genre: Classical
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The King’s Men is the close-harmony vocal group formed by the current choral scholars of King’s College, Cambridge.
Following on from the success of their 2014 release, ‘After Hours’, which topped the iTunes Classical Charts in June 2014, for their latest album on the college’s own label, the King’s Men showcase the lighter side of their seasonal repertoire, performing a mixture of Christmas tunes you won’t be hearing in ‘Nine Lessons and Carols’ any time soon.
Highlights include traditional favourites such as “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” alongside Pat Dunachie (now first alto in the King’s Singers) channelling Mariah Carey on “All I want for Christmas is You” and Keith Robert’s jocular arrangement of “12 Days of Christmas”.
Unlike many close-harmony groups, the King’s Men record together, balancing their voices acoustically instead of tracking each voice individually. What this approach sacrifices in precision, it more than makes up for in musical cohesion. Whether you’re dreaming of a white Christmas, drowning in Christmas cards, waiting to catch a glimpse of Rudolph’s red nose or simply wondering when all of those lords will stop a-leaping all over your lawn, this is an essential addition to your Christmas playlist.
The King’s Men ensemble have appeared on prime-time television, including BBC’s The One Show and regularly promote their releases in-store and online. Trailers for their previous release, ‘After Hours’, have proved incredibly popular, receiving over 40,000 views on their YouTube channel, and ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ will receive similarly strong support.
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The King’s Men, Cambridge – Love From King’s (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:23 minutes | 929 MB | Genre: Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Kings College Cambridge
This year, have an a cappella Valentine’s Day with Love From King’s, the new album from The King’s Men close-harmony group. Curl up with your special one and enjoy these beautiful new arrangements of romantic pop & jazz favourites, featuring classic tracks by Adele, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Michael Bublé and more. The King’s Men is made up of singers from the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge and and nine of the fourteen arrangements on this album were written specially for this recording by current and former members of the group. Unlike many close-harmony groups, The King’s Men record most of the tracks together in a natural acoustic, instead of tracking each voice separately in a studio. This results in stronger musical cohesion and a more authentic sound. Highlights of Love from King’s include Steve Whitford’s performance of Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World, as well as the specially composed I Carry Your Heart for which there is a live video from the annual Singing on the River concert. This release joins the other critically-acclaimed titles from The King’s Men, including Twelve Days of Christmas, and After Hours which reached #1 in the iTunes Classical Charts.
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The King Blues – The Gospel Truth (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 38:52 minutes | 472 MB | Genre: Ska, Punk Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cooking Vinyl
Influenced by the Specials, Public Enemy, and the Clash, London collective the King Blues combine folk-punk, Two-Tone, and dub reggae with overtly political lyrical themes on a sound self-described as “conscious rude boy ska.” The band originally formed as a duo in 2004 before vocalist/ukulele player Jonny “Itch” Fox, and guitarist Jamie Jazz decided to expand their sound, recording with a number of various musicians before settling on the permanent lineup of guitarist Dean Ashton, bassist Kat Marsh, keyboardist Josie Dobson, and drummer Jack “Percusher” Usher. In 2005, they released their debut EP, All Fall Down, which was later followed by their 2006 full-length album, Under the Fog. After signing with Island subsidiary Field Recordings, it was reissued a year later, and following support from influential Radio 1 DJs Zane Lowe and Mike Davies, they scored a couple of minor hits from their follow-up, Save the World, Get the Girl (“Headbutt” and the title track) in 2008. A Live Lounge cover of Dizzee Rascal’s “Bonkers,” which they regularly played in their live set, became their most famous recording, and in 2011, they released their third LP, Punk and Poetry, through indie label Transmission. At the beginning of 2012, the band headed to California to record with producer John Feldmann (The Used, Good Charlotte) for what would become their third album. Releasing a statement in April 2012, the band announced they had decided to go their separate ways, with the album Long Live the Struggle becoming the final chapter of their recorded output.
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The Kills – Little Bastards (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:05:12 minutes | 766 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Domino Recording Co
The Kills have compiled an extraordinary career spanning b-sides and rarities album titled, appropriately, Little Bastards. The songs date back from the band’s first 7-inch singles in 2002 through to 2009. All of the material has been newly remastered for release on 2xLP, CD & Digital and marks the first ever vinyl pressing for some of these tracks.
The compilation includes the unreleased and never-before-heard demo Raise Me from the 2008-2009 Midnight Boom era. Other highlights include I Call It Art from the Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited covers compilation, the brilliant Midnight Boom digital bonus track Night Train, a blistering performance of Love Is A Deserter from an XFM radio session and a handful of classic American roots songs performed with the kind of bruising delivery they’re famous for: Howlin’ Wolfs’ Forty Four, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ I Put A Spell on You and Dock Boggs’ Sugar Baby.
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The Killers – Wonderful Wonderful (Deluxe) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:47 minutes | 646 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)
“Wonderful Wonderful” is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Killers. It is their first studio album in five years, and their fifth consecutive studio album to top the UK Albums Chart. “Wonderful Wonderful” was well-received by contemporary music critics upon its release. BBC News called it “The Killers’ most vital album since Sam’s Town in 2006”.
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The Killers – Pressure Machine (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:37:36 minutes | 2,03 GB | Genre: Indie Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © The Killers – 2020 P&D – Island
The Killers return with their 7th studio album Pressure Machine. The album is about the small town of Nephi, Utah where Brandon Flowers spent his youth. The songs are extremely personal and cover a spectrum of emotions in connection to growing up in a rural setting. One track features a collaboration with Phoebe Bridgers. Their classic song “Mr. Brightside” has logged over 5 years on the UK Official Singles Chart and all 6 of their prior studio albums have hit the Top 10 on the Billboard 200.
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The Killers – Imploding The Mirage (Deluxe) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:56 minutes | 1,10 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)
‘C’est La Vie’ adds more of a lilt and carefree bounce to the cosmic Americana sound and feel of ‘Imploding The Mirage’, but finds frontman Brandon Flowers in his full vividly poetic flow as he sings “it’s not about how you get lost, it’s what you do to find the trail, sometimes you’re Ahab, and sometimes you’re the whale“.
The new song comes from the sessions for their last album, which today receives the deluxe edition treatment and now comes with added stripped down versions of the singles ‘Blowback’ and ‘Caution’ – performed with one acoustic and the other in ‘Wasatch Style’, respectively. Check out all three tracks below.
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The Killers – Imploding The Mirage (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:04 minutes | 942 MB | Genre: Alternative Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)
There’s a battle raging inside Brandon Flowers. For years, the Killers frontman has played dual lead roles: the boisterous, cocksure heartthrob at the helm of one of the biggest rock bands of the 21st century, and the yearning, spiritual nomad with an eye toward eternity. “There’s sort of been a tug of war in my soul for my whole life with that,” Flowers says over the phone from his home in Park City, Utah. “I think being raised a Mormon in Las Vegas had a lot to do with that.”
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The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble – Here Be Dragons (2009/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 55:03 minutes | 518 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © denovali records
2020 Reissue of “Here Be Dragons” – the second album of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble from 2009. Not existing anymore since 2012 The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble & The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation now finally make all long-time sold out releases available again on all formats (cd | vinyl | digital).
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The Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band – All Smiles (1968/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:50 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS
In the 1960s the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band became the first important European large jazz ensemble. It was European with an asterisk. Many of the players were American expatriates (drummer/co-leader Clarke, saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Sahib Shihab, trumpeters Benny Bailey and Idrees Sulieman). But co-leader/pianist/arranger Boland was Belgian. England was well represented (saxophonists Ronnie Scott, Derek Humble and Tony Coe, trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar). Trombonists ke Persson and Erik van Lier were from Sweden and the Netherlands, respectively.
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The Julian Bliss Septet – I Got Rhythm (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:52 minutes | 888 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Signum Records
Following an acclaimed tribute album to Benny Goodman, the ‘King of Swing’, the Julian Bliss Septet returns with a new album that showcases the music of jazz legends, George and Ira Gershwin, and – by popular demand – some of Benny’s compositions and much-loved tunes.
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