Toto – Live In Amsterdam (25th Anniversary) (2003/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:00 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © earMUSIC Classics
25th Anniversary: Live in Amsterdam is a live album by Toto, released in 2003, in the 25th anniversary of the band. And this was also the band’s last live album to feature keyboardist/vocalist David Paich and bassist Mike Porcaro; Paich, before his semi-retirement from touring in 2005 until his return to the band in 2010 with Greg Phillinganes taking his place, and Porcaro, before his retirement from touring due to a ALS four years later and his death on March 15, 2015.
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Toto – Toto IV (1982) [Reissue 2002]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 42:15 minutes | Scans included | 3,26 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 41:57 mins | Scans included | 863 MB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound
It was do or die for Toto on the group’s fourth album, and they rose to the challenge. Largely dispensing with the anonymous studio rock that had characterized their first three releases, the band worked harder on its melodies, made sure its simple lyrics treated romantic subjects, augmented Bobby Kimball’s vocals by having other group members sing, brought in ringers like Timothy B. Schmit, and slowed down the tempo to what came to be known as “power ballad” pace. Most of all, they wrote some hit songs: “Rosanna,” the old story of a lovelorn lyric matched to a bouncy beat, was the gold, Top Ten comeback single accompanying the album release; “Make Believe” made the Top 30; and then, surprisingly, “Africa” hit number one ten months after the album’s release. The members of Toto may have more relatives who are NARAS voters than any other group, but that still doesn’t explain the sweep they achieved at the Grammys, winning six, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year (for “Rosanna”). Predictably, rock critics howled, but the Grammys helped set up the fourth single, “I Won’t Hold You Back,” another soft rock smash and Top Ten hit. As a result, Toto IV was both the group’s comeback and its peak; it remains a definitive album of slick L.A. pop for the early ’80s and Toto’s best and most consistent record. Having made it, the members happily went back to sessions, where they helped write and record Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
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Toto – Hydra (1979) [Reissue 2000]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 41:10 minutes | Scans included | 1,66 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 0,98 GB
If Toto’s musical advantage was that, since its members continued to play on many of the successful records made in L.A., its own music was popular almost by definition, its disadvantage was that it made little attempt to seek an individual musical signature — a particular style, say, or a distinctive singer (Bobby Kimball was not it) who could make its records immediately identifiable. “Hold the Line” had been a big hit, but who did it? Boston? Foreigner? As a result, Toto was less well positioned than most to come off a big debut album with the follow-up, and Hydra was unusually dependent on its leadoff single, “99.” Maybe it was a tribute to the female lead on the old Get Smart TV show, but many listeners didn’t get a song with a chorus that went, “Oh, 99, I love you,” and the single stalled in the bottom half of the Top 40. The album went gold on momentum, but the songs, however well-played, simply were not distinctive enough to consolidate the success Toto had achieved with its debut album.
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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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Title: Toto – Falling in Between Live
Release Date: 2007
Genre: Rock
Production/Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 01:52:40
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio codec: LPCM, DTS, AC3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 28296 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio 1: LPCM 2.0, 48 kHz, 24 bit, 2304 kbps
Audio 2: DTS-HD MA 5.1, 48 kHz, 24 bit, 5213 kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio 3: AC3 5.1, 48 kHz, 448 kbps
Size: 37,85 GB
Toto were formed in LA in the late 70’s by a group of friends who were all much in demand session musicians. They went on to epitomize the classic American pop/rock sound of the 80’s and 90’s with hit albums and singles including Hold The Line, Africa, I’ll Be Over You and the multi-Grammy winning worldwide hit Rosanna. This concert was recorded at Le Zenith in Paris in March 2007 in front of a wildly enthusiastic sell-out crowd. It captures the band rocking at their hardest and most powerful and giving a new life to all their best loved tracks.
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Toto – With A Little Help From My Friends (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:00 minutes | 1,51 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © The Players Club
Recorded live in Los Angeles, California, With a Little Help from My Friends offers Toto’s fans a full recording of their November 2020 performance, initially a pay-per-view livestream. The concert marks the debut of the group’s new line-up: Alongside founding members Steve Lukather and David Paitch are long-standing vocalist Joseph Williams, keyboardist Dominique “Xavier” Taplin, multi-instrumentalist Warren Ham, and new members John Pierce (Huey Lewis and the News), Steve Maggiora (Robert Jon & the Wreck), and Robert “Sput” Searight (Ghost-Note). – David Crone
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Toto – Turn Back (Remastered) (1979/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:22 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia
Turn back is the most unpopular Toto album. The band is clearly searching for their own distinctive sound. Steve Lukather presented for the first time his own written song Live for today. He only succeeded this twice with I won’t hold you back on IV and How does it feel on Isolation. On the rest of the “Lukather” songs in the Toto repertoire Luke appears as a co-writer. Read more on this subject in the essay on this website.
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Toto – Toto XX: 1977-1997 (Remastered) (1998/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 57:14 minutes | 2,17 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia
Toto XX: 1977-1997 is a compilation album by Toto to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The album features rare original demos, outtakes, previously unreleased recordings and live tracks from the band’s 20-year career.
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Toto – Toto IV (1982/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:51 minutes | 1,59 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia
Toto IV is the fourth studio album by American rock band Toto released in the spring of 1982.
The lead single, “Rosanna”, peaked at number 2 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, while the album’s third single, “Africa”, topping the Hot 100 chart, became the group’s first and only number 1 hit. Both songs were hits in the UK as well, reaching number 12 and 3, respectively. The fourth single, “I Won’t Hold You Back”, also peaked within the top ten on the Hot 100, at number 10, but atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts for three weeks. It also went into the top 40 in the UK. With the success of “Africa”, the album climbed back into the top 10 in early 1983 on both sides of the Atlantic.
Toto IV received six Grammy Awards in 1983 including Album of the Year, Producer of the Year for the band, and Record of the Year for “Rosanna”. It reached number four on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States, shortly after its release. It also reached the top ten in other countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Japan. It was also the last Toto album to feature their original bassist David Hungate until his return in 2014 (with the release of their 2015 album Toto XIV) when he replaced by Mike Porcaro after the band’s recording of the album, and also the final album to feature original lead vocalist Bobby Kimball until his comeback in 1998 (with the release of the 1999 album Mindfields).
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Toto – Toto (1978/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:01 minutes | 964 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia Records
Toto is the debut studio album by the American band Toto. It was released in 1978 and includes the hit singles “Hold the Line”, “I’ll Supply the Love” and “Georgy Porgy”, all three of which made it into the Top 50 in the USA.[1] “Hold the Line” spent six weeks in the Top 10, and reached Number 14 in the UK as well. Although not initially very well received by critics, the band quickly gained a following, and the album gained a reputation for its characteristic sound, mixing soft pop with both synth- and hard-rock elements.
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Toto – The Seventh One (Remastered) (1988/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 53:43 minutes | 2,03 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia
The Seventh One is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Toto. It was released in 1988, and became the best-received Toto album since Toto IV.
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Toto – Tambu (Remastered) (1995/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:09:58 minutes | 2,58 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings
Tambu is the ninth studio album by American rock band Toto. It was released in May 1995 through Sony Records. It is the first album by the group since the death of Jeff Porcaro in 1992. The album includes the single “I Will Remember”, which failed to chart in the US but was the band’s first chart hit in the UK since “I Won’t Hold You Back” twelve years before.
Tambu is the first Toto studio album with Simon Phillips on drums.
Tambu sonically shines as well, as engineers Elliot Scheiner, Bill Smith and Al Schmidt work audio wizardry. Lukather provides melodic touches on guitar, but his main tool is the piano where he provides flourishes which neatly tie into the cinematic landscape of the song. Lukather also provides touches of synthesizer, while David Paich furnishes the supportive string arrangement.
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Toto – Old Is New (2018/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:10 minutes | 923 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings
Old Is New is the 14th and final studio album (though counted as the 15th album overall) by the American rock band Toto.
The “Old Is New” album features ten tracks, seven are previously unreleased along with “Spanish Sea,” “Alone” and “Struck By Lighting” which are featured on the band’s most recent greatest hits collection “40 Trips Around The Sun”. One of the new tracks on Old Is New is “Devil’s Tower”.
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Toto – Mindfields (Remastered) (1999/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:19:14 minutes | 2,96 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings
Mindfields is the 10th studio album (though counted as the 11th album overall — see Toto XIV) by the American rock band Toto. It was released on November 16, 1999. Mindfields saw the return of vocalist Bobby Kimball, who had departed the band following the 1982 album Toto IV. And this was also the last Toto album to feature keyboardist/vocalist David Paich before his semi-retirement in 2005 until his return to the band in 2010.
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Toto – Live in Tokyo (1980/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 27:04 minutes | 336 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy
Toto’s well-honed musical craftsmanship helped sell more than 40 million albums in four decades together. In 1980, the band embarked on their first tour of Japan, forming a lifelong bond with fans in that country who adored their polished West Coast rock style. For the first time as a standalone release, the Live In Tokyo 1980 EP captures the original line-up of the band – vocalist Bobby Kimball, guitarist Steve Lukather, keyboardists David Paich and Steve Porcaro, bassist David Hungate and drummer Jeff Porcaro – performing four tracks from their then-new sophomore album Hydra (plus the unreleased track “Runaway”) during that historic trek.
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