King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King [DTS 5.1]

 King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King [DTS 5.1] 
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Release: Oct 10, 1969 | Label: Virgin Records
DTS Release: Jule 12, 2009 by EktorasClub & ECMusic St. | Number: ECM10100
Genre: Progressive Rock | Mono/Stereo: Multi Channel
Size: 447 MB | RAR files | RS.com
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In the Court of the Crimson King (an observation by King Crimson) is the 1969 debut album by the British progressive rock group King Crimson. The album reached #3 on the British charts. The album is certified gold in the United States.

The album is generally viewed as one of the strongest of the progressive rock genre, where blues-oriented rock was mixed together with jazz and European symphonic elements. In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, criticmusicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released. The Who's Pete Townshend was quoted as calling the album an uncanny masterpiece.

The album was remastered and re-released on vinyl and CD several times during the 1980s and 1990s. The original stereo master tapes were finally located in a Virgin Records storage vault in 2003, leading to a much improved remastered CD version released in 2004.
Album cover
Barry Godber (1946–1970), an artist and computer programmer, painted the album cover. Godber died in February 1970 of a heart attack, shortly after the album's release. It would be his only painting, and is now owned by Robert Fripp. Fripp had this to say about Godber:
Peter brought this painting in and the band loved it. I recently recovered the original from EG's offices because they kept it exposed to bright light, at the risk of ruining it, so I ended up removing it. The face on the outside is the Schizoid Man, and on the inside it's the Crimson King. If you cover the smiling face, the eyes reveal an incredible sadness. What can one add? It reflects the music.
The Music
The album consists of only 5 long songs. Most of these have additional titles given to sub-sections. This was done not to reflect actual divisions in the music but to ensure that the group would receive the full amount of song writing royalties from their music publisher. With the sub-sections included the album can be seen as having a full 12 songs, the typical number for a standard rock album. Since the album was made new rules have become standard in the music publishing business which take into account the length of the songs as well as the number of titles on an album.
Production details
Initial sessions for the album were held early 1969 with producer Tony Clarke, most famous for his work with the Moody Blues. After those sessions failed to work out the group was allowed to produce themselves. However, unofficially it is thought by most fans that Greg Lake actually did most of the production work on the album by himself. The album was recorded on an 8-channel master tape recorder at Wessex Sound Studios in London. The engineer was Robin Thompson. It took many hours of overdubbing to build up the orchestral sound of multiple layers of Mellotron and woodwinds played by Ian McDonald. Robert Fripp has since claimed that at least some of the original 8-channel master multitrack tapes for the album have been lost.
Soon after the recording sessions were completed in 1969 it was discovered that a stereo tape recorder used to mix the album had recording heads that were mis-aligned. A loss of high-frequencies and undesired distortion affected some parts of the album, most apparently on 21st Century Schizoid Man. While preparing the first American release on Atlantic Records a stereo sub-master tape copy was created that attempted to correct some of the sound problems. The first-generation stereo master tapes were filed away and forgotten for many years.
CD editions
The most recent CD version (described as the "Original Master Edition", DGM0501) was released in 2004 on Robert Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile label. This release has greatly improved sound over previous CD editions. LP and CD re-issues during the 1980s and 1990's by Polydor and EG Records were taken from tape copies several generations removed from the corrected stereo sub-master tape. This resulted in a lack of clarity and excessive tape hiss. Several different remastered CD versions were released in this period while attempting to make the best use of the tape recordings that were available. The first generation stereo master tapes for the album were finally rediscovered in the archives of Virgin Records in 2003. They had been misplaced for many years. The latest digital technology was used to repair high frequency problems caused during the original mixing sessions. 24 bit mastering was also utilized to enhance the sound. This latest edition also has a twelve-page booklet that includes pictures and press clippings from the period.

Steven Wilson has begun remixing the original master tapes into 5.1 Surround Sound, and a 40th Anniversary edition is scheduled to be released around October of 2009.

TrackListing:
01 - 21st Century Schizoid Man
- "Mirrors"
02 - I Talk To The Wind
03 - Epitaph
- a) "March For No Reason"
- b) "Tomorrow And Tomorrow"
04 - Moonchild
- a) "The Dream"
- b) "The Illusion"
05 - The Court Of The Crimson King
- a) "The Return Of The Fire Witch"
- b) "The Dance of the Puppets"
Total Time: 00:43:53

Personnel
* Robert Fripp – guitar
* Ian McDonald – flute, clarinet, saxophone, vibes, keyboards, mellotron, vocals
* Greg Lake – bass guitar, lead vocals
* Michael Giles – drums, percussion, vocals
* Peter Sinfield – lyrics, illumination
* Barry Godber – cover illustrationsusmn

VA - I Love Disco Diamonds Collection Vol. 07

VA - I Love Disco Diamonds Collection Vol. 07 [12'Inch]
Release: Jun, 2001 | Label: Blanco y Negro | Number: MXCD 1161
Genre: Italo Disco | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
EAC Rip | Included: EAC Log + CUE + Flac + Full Covers
Size: 613 MB | RAR files | RS.com
Mastered by Quim Quer at Blanco y Negro Music Studios
Created & compiled by Rafael Carmona Perez
Special Limited Edition

Album Notes
"Mike Cannon - Voices In The Dark", "Pink Project - B.Project (Medley Billy Jean & Jeopardy)", "Mr. Zivago - Little Russian", "Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (Let΄S Go Back To My Room)" and more... are the songs which included on the 7th volume of "I Love Disco Diamonds", released in 2001 by Spain's Blanco y Negro label. This is part of one of the most extensive Euro-dance (Italo Disco) series available. Since the series is so extensive, you can bet there's plenty of filler, and that's definitely the case here.

Review by Andy MacLennan
Every cd in this series gets better and better and has rarer and rarer songs on, you must be mad if you don't buy them all !!!!!!!! 10 out of 10 again.

Tracklisting:
01 - Mike Cannon - Voices In The Dark
02 - Albert One - Turbo Diesel
03 - Mauro Micheloni And F.M. Band - Looking For Love
04 - Pink Project - B.Project (Medley Billy Jean & Jeopardy)
05 - Jonathan Gable - Central Park
06 - Eugene - Free Your Love
07 - Mr. Zivago - Little Russian
08 - Max Coveri - One More Time
09 - Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom (Let΄S Go Back To My Room)
10 - Joy Peters - Don΄T Lose Your Heart Tonight
11 - Gino - Everybody΄S Chic
12 - Video Kids - Woodpeckers From Space
13 - Laban - Love In Siberia
Total Time: 01:17:32
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Pink Project - Domino (24Bit - 96KHz)

Pink Project - Domino (24Bit - 96KHz)
Release: 1982 | Label: Baby Records, Milano-Italy | Number: BR 74200
Genre: ItaloDisco, Electronic Disco | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
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Size: 869 MB | RAR files | RS.com

Biography:

Pink Project is the name of an Italo disco production created, like its contemporary Kano, by italian composer/keyboardist/producer Stefano Pulga, together with his colleagues Luciano Ninzatti (also guitarist/programmer), Matteo Bonsanto (keyboardist) and sound engineer Massimo Noe. Their biggest hit, which also provided them with their name, was a mashup - one of the very first such creations, actually, in Italy - entitled "Disco Project".

"Disco Project" was born out of the mixes that Pulga used to create during his club nights. In early 1982, he and Ninzatti had realized that Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall (Part II), which was a big hit in Italy in that period, and The Alan Parsons Project's equally popular "Mammagamma" had the same tempo and, in some sections, the same key. Plus, APP's instrumentals were often mistaken for Pink Floyd by Italian club goers and 'dance' fans in general.

Pulga and Ninzatti made a mix which started with APP's "Sirius" (another popular track from their 1982 album Eye in the Sky), then went straight into "Mammagamma" (avoiding Parson's transition to his album's title track), over which an a cappella version of the kids' choir from Another Brick was superimposed, with the octave bass and steady drums from "Mammagamma" running all the way through.

The vocals from Pink Floyd's song fitted perfectly on the Parsons piece, so Pulga and Ninzatti decided to officially release the mix as "Disco Project". However, the final recording was not a mix, in that it did not feature any actual samples from the Parsons or Floyd records; instead, everything (i.e. the whole instrumentation) was very carefully re-played by Pulga, Ninzatti and Bonsanto - in particular, Ninzatti played a nice rendition of David Gilmour's famous guitar solo - while the choir was performed by a group of schoolkids from an international school in Rimini. [All of this was mainly done because Pink Project had no authorization at all from the any of the songwriters - indeed, they never asked for any - so the only way for them to release "Disco Project" was to actually make cover versions of the three pieces featured in it.] The choir also followed the key shift in the music of "Mammagamma", which was not present in the original mix by Pulga & Ninzatti.

"Disco Project" was a major hit in Italy during the summer of 1982, and this implicitly obliged Pulga & Co. to put up a fictional band for TV performances. Indeed they did - the song was mimed various times on Italian TV by four people (on bass, guitar, drums and keyboards) dressed up in black monk-like robes and black pointed hoods. Although there were rumors at the time about three of the mysterious individuals being actually Pulga, Ninzatti and Bonsanto themselves (with the fourth "member" being Massimo Noe), this was never really confirmed or denied by anyone. Also, the TV performances did not feature any choir or anyone lip-synching the lyrics, although the vocals were clearly heard.

After the big hit with "Disco Project", the three producers used the Pink Project moniker for two compilation albums, mainly made up of more mashups in the same style as "Disco Project", borrowing from Jean Michel Jarre, The Police, Falco, Vangelis and Deep Purple (among others) while continuing their APP association. Two further singles, 'B-Project' [Michael Jackson's Billie Jean + Greg Kihn Band's Jeopardy] and "Hyper-Gamma-Oxygene" [combining APP's "Hyper-Gamma-Spaces" and Jarre's Oxygene Part II], respectively taken from Pink Project's first and second albums "Domino" and "Split", were minor hits in 1983, like their follow-up (a Pulga/Ninzatti Jarre-styled original, entitled "Magic Flight"). Despite a substantial amount of radio promotion none of Pink Project's albums were hits, and Pulga's creation rapidly died out.

The albums and the singles, released by the Italian pop/dance label Baby Records, have gone out of print since then, but "Disco Project" and "Hyper - Gamma - Oxygene" can still be found as mp3s on the various Peer-to-peer networks.

Tracklisting:
01 - Der Da Da Da (Medley: Da Da Da I Don't Love You, You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha Der Kommissar (Rap' That) Meeting)
02 - Disco Project (Medley: Mammagamma/Sirius Another Brick In The Wall Part 3)
03 - Hiper Gamma Oxygene (Medley: Hyper Gamma Spaces Oxygene Part 4)
04 - Voices Of Independence (Medley: State Of Independence Voices Inside My Head)
05 - Smoke Like A Man (Medley: Smoke On The Water Love Like A Man)
06 - Amama
07 - Magic Flight (Medley: Connecting Flight Magic Fly)
Total Time: 00:41:24
Credits:
Bass - Pier Michelatti
Drums - Bruno Bergonzi , Ellade Bandini
Guitar - Luciano Ninzatti
Keyboards - Stefano Pulga
Percussion - Bruno Bergonzi , Maurizio Preti
Producer - R. Fraschini , Salvatore Annunziata
Saxophone -Claudio Pascoli
Vocals - Lella Esposito , Linda Wesley , Luciano Ninzatti , Massimo Noe* , Naimy Hackett , Rossana Casale , Silvio Pozzoli , Stefano Pulga
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OFF - Electrica Salsa (Baba Baba)

OFF - Electrica Salsa (Baba Baba)
Release: 1987 | Label: ZYX Music | Number: GDC 2040-8
Genre: EuroDance, ElectroPop | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
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Size: 103 MB | RAR files | RS.com

Biography:
OFF was an Eurodisco-project and important member of the “Sound of Frankfurt”. OFF was founded in 1986 by Sven Vath but also by Michael Munzing and Luca Anzilotti (who both became very famous as SNAP!). In the same year they produced the debut single “Bad News”. That year the second single “Electrica Salsa” was released. This song was very successful in the charts in Germany, Austria, France and Italy. Suddenly, Sven Vath was a pop star. Electrica Salsa was immediately marketed internationally and released on different labels.
Also in 1986 the project “16 Bit” 16 BIT was started by Michael Munzing und Luca Anzilotti. The songs “Where are you?” and “Changing Minds”, with the voice of Sven Vath were succesful in the charts.
In 1987 the singles Step By Step, Harry … Aber Jetzt and Timeoperator were released, but none of these reached the success of Electrica Salsa.
In november 1987 the first OFF album appears: “Organisation For Fun”. In England this album is quite successful, but goes unnoticed in Germany. In the end of 1988 the next OFF-Single “La Casa Latina” is released, an attempt to bring the populair Acid-bandwagon to Germany - it is also the last production involving Sven Vath, Michael Munzing and Luca Anzilotti.
In 1989 the success of the Acid-sound fades quicky and more ambient House-sounds are popular. Sven Vath ends the cooperation with Michael Munzing and Luca Anzilotti. Together with Matthias Hoffmann he produces the second and last OFF-Album “Ask Yourself”. From this album, only the track “Move Your Body” has some success. Halfway 1990, Sven Vath ends the story of OFF.

Tracklisting:
01. Electrica Salsa (Baba Baba)
02. Electrica Salsa (Dub Version)
03. Step By Step (Vocal Mix)
Total Time: 00:00:00

Personal:
Vocals by Sven Vath
Produced by: Sven Vath, Matthias Hoffmann, Luca Anzilotti, Michael Munzig
Country: Germany
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VA - I Love Disco Diamonds Collection Vol. 06

VA - I Love Disco Diamonds Collection Vol. 06
Release: Jun, 2001 | Label: Blanco y Negro | Number: MXCD 1159
Genre: Italo Disco | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
EAC Rip | Included: EAC Log + CUE + Flac + Full Covers
Size: 605 MB | RAR files | RS.com

Album Notes
"Radiorama - Vampires", "Round One - In Zaire", "Den Harrow - To Meet Me", "Fun Fun - Give Me Your Love" and more... are the songs which included on the 6th volume of "I Love Disco Diamonds", released in 2001 by Spain's Blanco y Negro label. This is part of one of the most extensive Euro-dance (Italo Disco) series available. Since the series is so extensive, you can bet there's plenty of filler, and that's definitely the case here.

Review by Andy MacLennan
Check out the track listing of this cd, some very rare and sort after songs on here and all in full 12" verisons, i can't stop playing ALAN COOK - BAD DREAMS it's a real classic, thanks Rafa and keep up the excellent work.

Tracklisting:
01 - Den Harrow - To Meet Me
02 - Albert One - Heart On Fire
03 - Radiorama - Vampires
04 - Fun Fun - Give Me Your Love
05 - Alan Cook - Bad Dreams
06 - Rudy & Co. - Play The Game (Lolly Dance)
07 - Lou Sern - Swiss Boy
08 - Atrium - Over And Over
09 - Eddy Huntington - Up & Down
10 - Michael Fortunati - Give Me Up
11 - Thai Break - Flowers In The Rain
12 - Kelly Brown - Only You Can (You Make Me Feel)
13 - Round One - In Zaire
Total Time: 01:18:09
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Air Supply - Forever Love (36 Greatest Hits 1980-2001)

 Air Supply - Forever Love (36 Greatest Hits 1980-2001)

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Release: 2003 | Label: Arista/BMG | Number: 74321 97903-2

Genre: Soft Rock, Balland | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel

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Biography: 

Air Supply are a soft rock duo who had a succession of hits worldwide through the late 1970s and early 1980s. It consists of British guitarist and vocalist Graham Russell (born Graham Cyril Russell, 11 June 1950, Sherwood, Nottingham, England, UK)[1] and Australian lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock (born Russell Charles Hitchcock, 15 June 1949, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia).

The two met in May 1975 while performing in the Australian production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, Jesus Christ Superstar. Later that year, the duo, along with Chrissie Hammond and two others, formed Air Supply as a five-man group. Hammond left the band and was replaced by Jeremy Paul in time for the group's first Australian hit single, "Love and Other Bruises." It was followed by a debut album that reached gold in Australia, which featured keyboardist/arranger Adrian Scott, drummer Jeff Browne, and guitarist Mark McEntee. Singles during this period included "Empty Pages" and "Do What You Do". The group was invited to open for Rod Stewart during his tour of Australia; he was so impressed with their performance that he invited them to be the opening act during his tour of the United States. During this tour, Jeremy Paul left the band. (He later played with the original lineup of the Divinyls, led by Chrissie Amphlett and Mark McEntee.)

Eager to prove that they could succeed as a duo, Air Supply released the album Love & Other Bruises, which included re-recordings of many of their earlier hits. Although their music met with some success, Graham Russell on the 1995 DVD recalls that he and Hitchcock were so poor that they were reduced to checking the backs of hotel sofas for change so that they could buy bread to make toast.

Hitchcock and Russell started out fresh again in 1978, and the band that was to record almost all of the hit records was formed. It featured Frank Esler-Smith (arranger and keyboardist), David Moyse, and Rex Goh (guitars) as well as the rhythm section of David Green (bass) and Ralph Cooper (drums).

In 1979, the band released Life Support, a concept album that included a picture disc on its first printing. Produced by Charles Fisher, it was recorded in the tiny Trafalgar Studios in Sydney, Australia where, as Graham recalls on the 2005 DVD, he had half an inch between the end of his guitar and the studio wall. It was on this album that a five-and-a-half minute version of "Lost in Love" was introduced to Australian audiences. Written by Russell in fifteen minutes, the song caught the attention of music mogul Clive Davis, and his record label, Arista, remixed the song and released it as a single in the United States.

Their 1980 album, Lost in Love, contained three U.S. Top Five singles, including the title track (a U.S. #3), plus "Every Woman in the World" (#5) and "All Out of Love" (#2). The album sold two million copies in the U.S. The following year they released The One That You Love, and the title song was released as a single and went number #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also featured two other Top 10 hits, "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" and "Sweet Dreams". A fourth single "I'll Never Get Enough", co-written by Jeanne Napoli, Gary Portnoy and Judy Quay, was released in Japan and achieved Top 10 status. Their third album, in 1982, Now And Forever, continued the group's popularity with the Top 10 hit, "Even the Nights Are Better" and two top 40 singles "Young Love" and "Two Less Lonely People In The World". In 1983, they released their "Greatest Hits" album with a new single called "Making Love out of Nothing at All" written by Jim Steinman. The song was one of their biggest hits ever spending three weeks at number 2, and the album eventually sold 5 million copies.

In 1984, their song "I Can Wait Forever" was included (although barely audible) in a scene in the blockbuster movie Ghostbusters, and was included on the soundtrack album.

Air Supply released their first live video, Air Supply Live in Hawaii. In 1985, they had one semi-major Billboard hit with "Just As I Am" and a couple of minor hits. Russell and Hitchcock recorded a 1987 Christmas album before taking a break from studio recordings. During this time, Russell Hitchcock released his self-titled album in 1988 which was not a big seller. However, he did have the single "Swear To Your Heart" in 1990 from the movie soundtrack for Arachnophobia which received significant airplay.

On August 21, 1989, using their old producer and welcoming the return of drummer Ralph Cooper, the duo decided to enter the studio again to record The Earth Is, which was released in 1991 by Giant Records under Warner Brothers. The recording contains their hit single "Without You," along with singles for "Stronger Than the Night" (with a music video announcing that Air Supply was back) and "Stop the Tears." Inside the album is a note about Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell's original Musical Director of their meeting place during Jesus Christ Superstar (and long time Band Member/Orchestrator): "This Album is Dedicated to the Memory of Frank Esler-Smith."

The official fan club released The Earth Is World Tour video, a rare collector's item that contains live footage from the band's global tour in support of the album.

The album was followed by The Vanishing Race in 1993, which was supported by the hit single "Goodbye" produced by David Foster, (Barbra Streisand, the rock band Chicago, Josh Groban, and Celine Dion), with lyrics written by a former girlfriend of Elvis Presley (David Foster's current wife) Linda Thompson--which, although not popular in the United States, was critically praised and gained a large following outside the country, especially in Asia where in many countries they would reach number #1. This would lead to another world tour in 1993. "It's Never Too Late" was another single released from the Vanishing Race. The album itself was dedicated to the plight of the American Indians, the "Vanishing Race" of the album's title.

Their third album of the decade, News from Nowhere, was released in 1995. It contained the Asian hit singles "Someone", "Always", and a cover of "Unchained Melody", a song made famous by The Righteous Brothers.

Their popularity continued to soar in Southeast Asian countries, culminating in the release of Now and Forever: Greatest Hits Live, a CD and DVD recording of a live concert in Taipei, Taiwan, also in 1995, which stayed at the top of the Taiwanese album charts for 16 weeks.

They continued to tour heavily throughout Asia and in select venues in the U.S. as well as record into the new millennium, releasing the more adult contemporary-titled The Book of Love (1997), Yours Truly (2001), and Across the Concrete Sky (2003). In 2005 they once again released a live CD/DVD recording; also in 2005 they performed in Havana, Cuba, becoming one of the first foreign bands invited to perform in the country. They were booked to perform two concerts, and played the first show on July 7, the day before Hurricane Dennis hit the country. In high winds their first concert had an audience of 175,000. Due to the hurricane they could not play the second show. Fans staying at the same hotel as Air Supply on July 8 had to be content with Graham performing acoustically for them, as there was no electricity.

Their songs were featured in Mr. and Mrs. Smith and The Wedding Date.

In 2006 they released an acoustic album, The Singer and the Song, and are gearing up for the release of their first studio album in three years, Zed. In support of the acoustic album they made their first trip to India in May 2006. December 2, 2006 saw the duo perform to a capacity crowd in Kingston, Jamaica. This was their second visit to Jamaica, having performed at the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival in January 2006. They also have been seen endorsing Time–Life's Classic Soft-Rock Collection. In 2007, Graham Russell released his first adult contemporary solo album called The Future.

Graham Russell recently made an appearance in Believe, a comedy about Multi-Level Marketing.

In 2008, Air Supply was named as the number 83 best musical act of all time in the Billboard Hot 100's 50 year anniversary edtion. This was based purely on their performance on the charts.

They appeared on the December 19, 2008, edition of Don't Forget the Lyrics.

There will be a new album in September, 2009. ---Wikipedia

TrackListing:

Disc: 1

01. Lost in Love

02. Every Woman in the World

03. All Out of Love

04. Chances

05. One That You Love

06. Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)

07. I'll Never Get Enough of You

08. Tonite

09. Sweet Dreams

10. Come What May

11. Even the Nights Are Better

12. Two Less Lonely People in the World

13. Young Love

14. Taking the Chance

15. Making Love Out of Nothing at All

16. I Can Wait Forever

17. Just as I Am

18. Power of Love (You Are My Lady)

Total Time: 00:00:00

Disc: 2

01. Lonely Is the Night

02. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

03. Someone Who Believes in You

04. Where Did the Feeling Go?

05. Without You [Live]

06. Goodbye

07. It's Never Too Late

08. Too Sentimental

09. Always

10. Unchained Melody

11. I Want to Give It All [Live]

12. Way I Feel

13. Now and Forever

14. Strong, Strong Wind

15. Once

16. Daybreak

17. Only One Forever

18. Yours Truly

Total Time: 00:00:00

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Whitesnake - Greatest Hits

Whitesnake - Greatest Hits
Release: 1994 | Label: EMI Records | Number: 7243 8 30029 2 4
Genre: Hard Rock, Rock | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
EAC Rip | Included: EAC Log + CUE + Flac + Covers
Size: 541 MB | RAR files | RS.com

History
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple). Some of the more notable musicians who have been members of the band include: Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden, Mel Galley, Cozy Powell, Aynsley Dunbar, Rudy Sarzo, John Sykes, Adrian Vandenberg, Vivian Campbell, Tommy Aldridge and Steve Vai.
The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, not only because three past members of the band were once in Deep Purple, but also because of their sound and influences. Later, the band took on a sound more in line with the melodic hard rock popular in the mid to late eighties.
David Coverdale officially founded Whitesnake in 1978. However, the core line-up had been working as his backing band (he called them "The White Snake Band" on the White Snake album tour, and they retained the title) on tour prior to Whitesnake's official founding. They toured with him in support for both of the solo albums he released between exiting Deep Purple and founding Whitesnake—White Snake (1977) and Northwinds (1978).
During the band's early years, their music was primarily blues rock (although Coverdale described Whitesnake's early style as "progressive R&B"). At this time, the band was made up of David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Neil Murray and drummer David "Duck" Dowle with keyboardist Brian Johnstone. Johnston would soon be replaced by ex-Procol Harum member Pete Solley, who in turn was replaced by ex-Deep Purple legend (and Coverdale bandmate) Jon Lord during sessions for the first LP.
Their first 7" EP, Snakebite (1978), includes the well known track, "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City", a re-arrangement of Bobby "Blue" Bland's song, which was the first hit from the band. The album had varied success throughout the UK. Subsequent reissues of this EP included four bonus tracks from Coverdale's second solo album Northwinds produced by Roger Glover. All four tracks from the original EP have been included in a 2006 reissue of Trouble.
The full-length debut, Trouble, came out later that fall and made it to #50 in the UK. It was a blues rock/R&B–styled album with some Led Zeppelin and Free influences. Coverdale steered away from any Deep Purple connotations during this time period. Whitesnake toured Europe to promote the album and their first live album, the Japanese-only Live at Hammersmith (1979), was recorded on this tour.
Whitesnake released Lovehunter in 1979, which courted controversy due to its risque album cover, by artist Chris Achilleos, which featured an illustration of a naked woman straddling a coiled snake. The album made the UK Top 30 and contained the minor hit "Long Way From Home" (#55). Shortly after that Ian Paice replaced David Dowle in the band giving Whitesnake three ex-Deep Purple members. The new line-up recorded the 1980 release Ready an' Willing which became a breakthrough hit for the band reaching the UK Top 10 and even breaking the U.S. Top 100. The single "Fool For Your Loving", which the band originally wrote for B.B. King, but kept for themselves, made #13 in the UK and #53 in the States. The title track also hit #43 in the UK. Following the tour in support of Ready and Willing, which included a headline appearance at the Sunday night of the 1980 Reading Festival (highlights of which were subsequently broadcast by BBC Radio One), the band released Live...In The Heart Of The City. This album utilised recordings from 1978 and 1980 and landed at #5 in the UK.
In 1981 the band recorded Come an' Get It which climbed to #2 in the UK and produced the Top 20 smash "Don't Break My Heart Again" and the Top 40 hit "Would I Lie To You". The album flopped in the U.S. however, where they failed to tour often and seemed out of touch musically.
During 1982 Coverdale took time off to look after his sick daughter. He decided to temporarily break up the band.
When David Coverdale returned to music he reformed Whitesnake. The first major change in the band's line-up occurred right after the recording of 1982's Saints & Sinners album, when half of the band (lead guitarist Bernie Marsden, drummer Ian Paice, and bass player Neil Murray) were fired. Marsden was replaced by Mel Galley (of Trapeze fame), Murray was replaced with Colin Hodgkinson, and Cozy Powell became the new drummer. Powell was famous for his solo hits, as well as time with Rainbow and The Jeff Beck Group. "Saints An' Sinners" was another Top 10 UK album and contained the hit "Here I Go Again". The new lineup toured in 1982–83 to support the album and headlined the Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle Donnington in August of 1983. The new single "Guilty Of Love" reached #31 in the UK, tied into the appearance.
After another major personnel shift (including the firing of Moody and hiring of John Sykes and firing of Hodgkinson and re-hiring of Neil Murray) and a major recording deal with the Geffen Records label, Whitesnake released a partially re-recorded and fully remixed version of Slide It In (guitar parts redone by Sykes and bass parts by Murray) for the U.S. market in 1984 (released April 1984). Coverdale initially hated the new Geffen re-recording of Slide It In, as he had found nothing wrong with the original, famously declaring that it had "lost its British bollocks". Despite his misgivings, however, the album did manage to give Whitesnake some much-needed U.S. exposure, and David soon altered his opinion. Slide It In later went double platinum in the U.S. on the back of 1987. The Slide It In album spawned the American album-oriented rock hits, "Slow an' Easy", "Love Ain't No Stranger" as well as the album's title track—although in Europe the band had a run with other songs, "Guilty of Love" and "Give Me More Time". While touring the first few months in support of the album, Mel Galley was forced to leave in the spring of 1984 due to an accident involving a broken arm, leaving John Sykes solely handling the guitars for the rest of the dates. A few weeks after Galley's departure, the next to leave was Jon Lord, who left to reform Deep Purple MKII. Keyboard duty was then handled by an off-stage keyboardist, Richard Bailey.
At the end of the tour (their last gig being the monumental Rock in Rio festival, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for a crowd of over 100,000 people), Cozy Powell left to join Emerson, Lake & Powell. Veteran drummer Aynsley Dunbar (of Journey and Jefferson Starship fame) was brought in for the rehearsals and recordings of the 1987 Whitesnake album as was ex-Ozzy and Rainbow keyboardist Don Airey.
Their next album, Whitesnake (entitled 1987 in Europe and Serpens Albus in Japan) marked the band's first mainstream success in the U.S. Thanks to the guidance of A&R guru John Kalodner, the album sold over eight million copies in the U.S. and also pushed sales of Slide It In from its RIAA certified gold status to over two million copies. The album continued to sell throughout 1987 and 1988 and hit #2 in the U.S. The group were slammed as being Led Zeppelin clones at this time, with former Zep frontman Robert Plant referring to Coverdale as "David Coverversion" in interviews. Regardless, the band had never sounded heavier.
The album's biggest hits were the power ballad, "Is This Love" and the #1 hit single, "Here I Go Again" (a re-recording of a song on Saints & Sinners in 1982). Other hit singles from the album were "Still of the Night" (#79) and "Give Me All Your Love" (#48 in 1988).
The album's exposure was boosted by heavy airplay of its videos on MTV, which featured actress Tawny Kitaen, whom Coverdale later married. None of the band members who played on the album appeared in these videos, as Coverdale had fired all of the band members (John Sykes, Neil Murray and Aynsley Dunbar) prior to the album's release, except Adrian Vandenberg, who had been hired to complete the album after the others were dismissed. Vandenberg's only work on the album was the solo on "Here I Go Again" though he became a full time member of the band shortly afterwards.
The resulting music videos from Whitesnake featured new band members Rudy Sarzo, Tommy Aldridge, and Vivian Campbell. Sarzo and Aldridge had played together in Ozzy's band and Campbell had been with Dio for many years.
The band's line-up changed yet again for the 1989 album Slip of the Tongue, when Vivian Campbell left in late 1988 (he later joined Def Leppard). While preparing for the recording of the album, Adrian Vandenberg suffered a debilitating hand injury related to isometric exercises and was unable to participate in the sessions. With all of the foundation tracks completed, guitarist Steve Vai was called in to record all the guitar parts. The resulting album sold three million copies and hit #10 in U.S. and UK. Hit singles included a re-working of "Fool For Your Loving" (#37 U.S., #43 UK) the melodic "The Deeper The Love" (#28 U.S., #35 UK in 1990) and "Now You're Gone"(#96 U.S., #31 UK in 1990).

TrackListing:
01 - Still Of The Night
02 - Here I Go Again (Previously Unavailable On LP - Radio Mix)
03 - Is This Love
04 - Love Ain't No Stranger
05 - Looking For Love (Previously Unavailable On LP)
06 - Now You're Gone
07 - Slide It In
08 - Slow An' Easy
09 - Judgement Day
10 - You're Gonna Break My Heart Again (Previously Unavailable On LP)
11 - The Deeper The Love
12 - Crying In The Rain
13 - Fool For Your Loving
14 - Sweet Lady Luck (Previously Unavailable On LP)
Total Time:00:08:01
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The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks (2 Disc)

The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks (2 Disc)
Release: 2002 | Label: ABKCO/Virgin/Decca | Number: 724381337820
Genre: Rock | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
EAC Rip | Included: EAC Log + CUE + Flac + Covers
Size: 921 MB | RAR files | RapidShare.com, FileServe.com

Album Notes

The band that proclaimed itself "The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World" has long since represented rock's most overarching confluence of art and commerce--with a distinct emphasis on the latter in recent decades--a notion this 40-track, five-decade-spanning anthology can't completely escape. While this is the first anthology to gather hits from the band's entire career, it's the early tunes that highlight one of the Stones' central ironies: virtually their entire "bad boy" reputation was built working for The Man. That original '60s musical arc bounded from '50s rock and R&B revivalism ("Not Fade Away," "The Last Time") to anti-Mop Top aggression ("Satisfaction," "Get Off My Cloud," "19th Nervous Breakdown") to proto-goth cynicism ("Paint It Black," "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby") and psychedelic minstrelsy ("She's a Rainbow," "Ruby Tuesday") to the epitome of blues-based cock rock ("Street Fighting Man," "Jumpin' Jack Flash") in quick succession. Wresting control of their own destinies--and future copyrights--at the end of the '60s, they'd spend the next 30 years largely recycling their earlier incarnation ad infinitum--their music sprinkled with occasionally successful forays into contemporary club and disco fodder ("Some Girls," "Shattered")--and resting on their well-paid laurels. Unfortunately, the listless quartet of new tracks that flesh out this collection seems little more than another business deal to hype their 2002-03 world tour, with "Don't Stop" arguably the weakest in a long string of post-'80s Stones McSingles. If Jagger seems typically detached here, Keith Richards injects some welcome, craggy warmth into the closing barroom lament, "Losing My Touch." But it's also a performance that suggests his legendary band has become little more to him than "The Greatest Day Job in the World." --Jerry McCulley Amazon.com

Track Listing:
Disc 1
01 - Street Fighting Man
02 - Gimme Shelter
03 - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
04 - The Last Time
05 - Jumpin' Jack Flash
06 - You Can't Always Get What You Want
07 - 19th Nervous Breakdown
08 - Under My Thumb
09 - Not Fade Away
10 - Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadow
11 - Sympathy For The Devil
12 - Mother's Little Helper
13 - She's A Rainbow
14 - Get Off Of My Cloud
15 - Wild Horses
16 - Ruby Tuesday
17 - Paint It Black
18 - Honky Tonk Women
19 - It's All Over Now
20 - Let's Spend The Night Together
Total Time: 01:17:35

Disc 2
01 - Start Me Up
02 - Brown Sugar
03 - Miss You
04 - Beast Of Burden
05 - Don't Stop
06 - Happy
07 - Angie
08 - You Got Me Rocking
09 - Shattered
10 - Fool To Cry
11 - Love Is Strong
12 - Mixed Emotions
13 - Keys To Your Love
14 - Anybody Seen My Baby
15 - Stealing My Heart
16 - Tumbling Dice
17 - Undercover Of The Night
18 - Emotional Rescue
19 - It's Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It)
20 - Losing My Touch
Total Time: 01:18:20
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Tina Turner - Private Dancer

Tina Turner - Private Dancer (Remastered)
Originally Release: Nov 16, 1984 | XRCD Release: 1998 | Label: JVC/Capitol
Number: JVCXR-0044-2 | Barcode: 693692004427
Genre: Pop & Rock | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
EAC Rip | Included: EAC Log + CUE + Flac + Full Covers
Size: 327 MB | RAR files | RS.com

Product Description

Few have endured such turmoil as Tina Turner. In 1976, after 20 years toil with husband Ike, she was left with nothing but bruises, 36 cents and a Mobil gas card. Oh, and four children. Yet by 1985, with her big highlighted hair and little leather skirt recognised worldwide, she was a 10-million-seller, and a Hollywood star to boot. Collaborating with Heaven 17, Turner had achieved forward momentum. Now, signed to Capitol, she assembled about her a host of famous writer/producers, including Rupert Hine, Terry Brittan and Mike Chapman. The result was Private Dancer, a smart, mainstream and melody-heavy fusion of rock, pop and R&B making the most of Turner's world-weary persona and roughhouse soul inflections and featured huge singles like "What's Love Got to Do with It?" and the title track (written by Dire Straits's Mark Knopfler, guitar courtesy of Jeff Beck). Maybe rock's greatest comeback. --Dominic Wills

CD Description

In 1984, Tina Turner mounted one of the greatest comebacks in music history. Coming after many years without a hit, PRIVATE DANCER proved to be a monster seller for Turner, spawning three smash singles. At 45 years old, Turner was a superstar-again.

PRIVATE DANCER is the strongest album of Turner's career. The infectious "What's Love Got to Do With it" became an MTV staple. The title track, written by Mark Knopfler, features Jeff Beck on guitar. Beck truly shines on the rockin' "Steel Claw", where he delivers a blistering solo. Turner lends her distinctive, throaty vocals to Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" and David Bowie's "1984". Bonus tracks abound on this deluxe reissue. The rocker "I Wrote a Letter" finds Turner proclaiming that her lover can "make a white girl sing the blues". "Rock N Roll Widow" is a tender tale of awife left lonely while her musician husband is on the road."Don't Rush the Good Things" is an up-tempo number that stresses the importance of enjoying life. "When I Was Young" isa non-repentant look back on Turner's wild years. PRIVATE DANCER is a fantastic effort by one of the premier female rockers.

Private Dancer was released on November 16, 1984.

The album was an outstanding success in the United States and world-wide, and has sold over 20 million copies, thus making Private Dancer Tina Turner's most successful solo album and one of the most successful albums of all time world-wide.

At the 1985 Grammy Awards, Private Dancer won four awards.

In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Private Dancer the 95th greatest album of all time.

Personnel:

Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits wrote the title song for this album, Private Dancer. He originally wrote the song for Dire Straits, but then decided to give the song to Tina Turner. Notably, many original members of Dire Straits are part of the personnel who composed this album.

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Reviewed on cd by Greg Smith

I'll admit that I'm not much of a Tina Turner fan. I really didn't think that many other audiophiles were either. Despite that, JVC picked Tina's hit Private Dancer as one of the releases in the XRCD line of aluminum compact discs. Designed to compete with the best CD-mastering systems available, XRCD goes to great lengths to ensure that fidelity losses don't occur in any part of the digital conversion pipeline. Parts of that process that are often treated as an afterthought, like the clock driving the glass cutter used to make the master CD for production, are carefully controlled and optimized. While most of the buzz about XRCD has come from their reworking of releases in other genres, a small number of popular rock recordings have been handled with this process so far.

Before getting the XRCD in, my collection of Tina Turner's music had consisted solely of a greatest hits disc. It has most of what I like from her, and it sold for around $5 at McDonald's with the purchase of any combo meal a few years back. I walked out with a chicken sandwich, fries, Coke, and Tina for $10. Not a bad night, and the sound quality is similar to the other CD releases of her music.

"What's Love Got To Do With It"
* McCD: A smooth, slick presentation with unexpectedly deep bass.
* XRCD: There are an incredible number of little details brought out of the mix, which is a mixed blessing. You can really hear the characteristics of Tina's microphone screwing up her voice, and that's not necessarily a good thing.

"Private Dancer"
After listening to this song many times one day, I found myself humming a little tune:
I'm your private remaster
Remaster for money
When any old music won't do...
I think it's the new Golden Zone theme song, folks! With that and "Lunatic Fringe," I have songs for both of my columns!
* McCD: The overall presentation is rather dull, particularly the percussion. The way Tina's voice is mixed in with the instruments, it's barely audible over the fat and sluggish bass. I seem to recall this track sounding OK on FM radio, but it certainly isn't impressive here.
* XRCD: The groan during the song's opening jolted me out of my seat -- it was so surprisingly realistic. The bottom-end is still a bit overly pronounced, but the vocals are really pulled forward, improving the overall sound considerably.

"Better Be Good To Me"
* McCD: This song sounds great. It's dynamic, the vocals are just right, and the treble is actually decent for once.
* XRCD: The top-end is sharpened a bit, and the bass flabbiness gets slimmed down. It's probably the best sonics to be found on the whole disc. While it wouldn't be my first pick for showing off a high-end system, JVC's remastering makes for an excellent presentation.
The XRCD packaging uses a unique cardboard case instead of the ubiquitous plastic box. It gives a really premium feel to the product. Unfortunately, the disc is held in a cardboard sleeve, and I absolutely hate that. Sliding a CD out of such a contraption sucks. To top it off, the oversize case won't fit in many of the places I store my discs. Bah. I like the way it looks, the liner notes are complete, but I can't stand the container it comes in. Oh well.
Overall, JVC's release of Private Dancer offers an improvement in the sound quality of this popular disc. But being so close to the master tape lets you get very acquainted with its flaws. While this isn't really the best recording to be put under the microscope of the XRCD process, for Tina Turner devotees it's a welcome and worthwhile upgrade.

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Track Listing:
01. I Might Have Been Queen
02. What's Love Got To Do With It
03. Show Some Respect
04. I Can't Stand The Rain
05. Private Dancer
06. Let's Stay Together
07. Better Be Good To Me
08. Steel Claw
09. Help
10. 1984
Total Time: 00:44:12
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VA - I Love Disco Diamonds Collection Vol. 05

VA - I Love Disco Diamonds Collection Vol. 05
Release: 2001 | Label: Blanco y Negro | Number: MXCD 1155
Genre: Italo Disco | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
EAC Rip | Included: EAC Log + CUE + Flac + Full Covers
Size: 584 MB | RAR files | RS.com

Album Notes

"Silver Pozzoli - Step By Step", "Cliff Turner - Moonlight Affair", "L'Affair - Secret Eyes" and more... are the songs which included on the fifth volume of "I Love Disco Diamonds", released in 2001 by Spain's Blanco y Negro label. This is part of one of the most extensive Euro-dance (Italo Disco) series available. Since the series is so extensive, you can bet there's plenty of filler, and that's definitely the case here.

Tracklisting:
01 - Michael Fortunati - Into The Night (Slip And Slide)
02 - Silver Pozzoli - Step By Step
03 - Cliff Turner - Moonlight Affair
04 - L'Affair - Secret Eyes
05 - Ray - I'm Not A Dreamer
06 - Fred Ventura - Leave Me Alone
07 - Closed - Living In Your Eyes
08 - Brian & The Eden - Celebration Tonight
09 - B.B. And The Band - Hold Me Tight
10 - Digital Emotion - Go Go Yellow Screen
11 - Texas Johnny - Superman
12 - Sphinx - Bad Girl
13 - Blanco y Negro Music - I Love Disco Diamonds (Hidden Track)
Total Time: 01:13:26
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INXS - 18 Original Hits For Love

INXS - 18 Original Hits For Love
Release: 1997 | Label: Mercury | Number: SCL 19300462
Genre: Pop/Rock | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
EAC Rip | Included: EAC Log + CUE + Flac + Covers
Size: 460 MB | RAR files | RS.com

Biography:

INXS (pronounced “In Excess”) is a rock group formed in Sydney, Australia. The band formed in 1977 under the name The Farris Brothers. Original members included Michael Hutchence (lead vocals), Andrew Farriss (guitar and keyboards), Tim Farriss (lead guitar), Jon Farriss (drums), Garry Beers (bass), and Kirk Pengilly (saxophone and guitar). The band changed their name to INXS just prior to the release of their self-titled debut album in 1980.

The band’s second album, Underneath the Colours released in Australia in 1981, included the minor hit with “Stay Young.” The success of this album helped the band gain momentum and notoriety for the world-wide release of their third album, Shabooh Shoobah in 1982. The single “The One Thing” from this album brought them their first Top-30 hit in America. Touring in 1983 in support of fellow Aussies Men At Work helped bring them to American attention.

The Swing (album #4) was released in 1984 and “Original Sin” became their first #1 single and an international hit. It was followed by Listen Like Thieves in 1986; an album which brought the band’s singer Michael Hutchence into the spotlight as a sex symbol for the MTV generation. The single, “What You Need”, became a Top-Five Billboard hit and the band enjoyed ever increasing U.S. success.

INXS reached their worldwide peak of popularity in 1987 with the release of their 6th album, Kick. It garnered four Top-10 US singles. Hits like; “New Sensation”, “Never Tear Us Apart”, “Devil Inside”, and the #1 “Need You Tonight” led to the success of international tour dates throughout 1987 and 1988.

In 1989, Hutchence released a solo effort with Max Q. The reviews were fair but the album was not widely successful. The other band members also worked on side projects, but all soon returned to the studio to record their follow-up album titled X.

X was released in 1990 and critics and fans considered it a weak follow-up to the wildly successful Kick. Nevertheless, X did score two Top-10 US hits with “Suicide Blonde” and “Disappear” and was a Top-5 hit album internationally.

On July 13, 1991, INXS performed in London’s Wembley Stadium to a sold out crowd of 72,000 as part of the “Summer XS” tour. During this show, INXS produced a video to come out in conjunction with their album Live Baby Live. [Note: pronounciation is Live (as in: live your life) Baby Live (as in: Live concert)]

Welcome to Wherever You Are, was an experimental album released in 1992 using sitars and a 60-piece orchestra. It received critical reviews and went number one in the UK & Sweden and number two in Switzerland, but had difficulty finding an audience in the U.S.

1993’s Full Moon, Dirty Hearts received mixed reviews and included a track called “Please (You Got That)” which featured the legendary Ray Charles and title track with The Pretenders Chrissie Hynde. Full Moon, Dirty Hearts was the last record under INXS’ contract with Atlantic.

Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, Michael Hutchence enjoyed increasing public awareness as an international sex symbol and was linked romantically to supermodel Helena Christianson and recording artist Kylie Minogue. The band remained a major force in Australian popular music, but by the mid-nineties their popularity had waned, especially in the US, where their Greatest Hits compilation failed to reach the Top 100.

In 1997, the group released a comeback album titled Elegantly Wasted, which garnered mixed reviews. Later the same year on November 22, 1997, Michael Hutchence was found dead in a Sydney hotel room. The coroner performing the autopsy ruled his death a suicide but there was also speculation that his death was an accident, the result of autoerotic asphyxiation. This, however, was never proven, as most evidence and the circumstances in Michael’s life support the theory of suicide.

After the death of Michael Hutchence, INXS continued, using various different guest vocalists, including Terence Trent D’Arby. Jon Stevens began singing with them in 2000, officially becoming a member in 2002 shortly before quitting the following year. In 2001, INXS was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame.

In recent years INXS returned to the news when they announced a new reality television program titled Rock Star: INXS. The show was a contest, held in 2004 to find a new lead vocalist. On 20 September 2005, after an 11 week competition J.D. Fortune of Oakville, Ontario, Canada was proclaimed the winner. “Pretty Vegas,” a song that Fortune wrote as part of the competition, was released as a single on October 4, 2005 and reached #5 on the iTunes Store ranking of top downloaded songs. Fortune announced in February 2009 that he was sacked from the band in 2008 and is currently recording solo material.

In total, INXS has received three Grammy nominations over their 30 year career.

Album Review

This 18-track INXS anthology (1984-1994) is more of a sampler than a "greatest-hits" package.

The Collection includes of key singles like "Need You Tonight", "Never Tear Us Apart" and "Disappear" and more, but the absence of singles like "What You Need", "New Sensation" and "Golden Playpen" keep this overview firmly in the "fans only" camp.

The copyright in this sound recording is owned by INXS and licensed to Mercury Records Ltd. (London).

Track Listing:
01. Never Tear Us Appart
02. Baby Don't Cry
03. Be My Side
04. Full Moon, Dirty Hearts
05. Mystify
06. Not Enough Time
07. Beautiful Girl
08. Need You Tonight
09. Devil Inside
10. Freedom Deep
11. Kill The Pain
12. The Stairs
13. Bitter Tears
14. Love Is (What I Say)
15. The Strangest Party
16. Disappear
17. Suicide Blond
18. Original Sin
Total Time: 01:11:41
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Vaya Con Dios - Ultimate Collection

Vaya Con Dios - Ultimate Collection
Release: Nov 03, 2006 | Label: Sony BMG Music | Number: 88697014482
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Rock | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
EAC Rip | Included: EAC Log + CUE + Flac + Covers
Size: 479 MB | RAR files | RS.com

Album Review

This definitive full Vaya Con Dios collection includes twenty-one tracks. Eighteen hits which set the radio waves on fire, two new numbers and a superb reinterpretation of “What’s a Woman” with soul legend Aaron Neville. This compilation gives a glimpse of the sheer elegance of the most publicized Belgian group of the 1990s. Vaya Con Dios’s songs remain fresh, thanks to a well honed sense of melody and top quality production. With her brand of Latin influenced soft folk, Dani Klein and her fellow musicians give us some exceptional moments between the dark shadows and the light. “Just a friend of mine”, “Rico”, “Johnny” and “Nah neh Nah”: this album contains so many hits that it makes you want to sing aloud with pleasure.

Tracklisting:
CD - The Best Of (Not available DVD)
01. Pauvre Diable
02. Just A Friend Of Mine
03. Don't Cry For Louie
04. Philadelphia
05. Puerto Rico
06. Johnny
07. I Don't Want To Know
08. Nah Neh Nah
09. Travelling Light
10. What's A Woman?
11. Heading For A Fall
12. Far Gone Now
13. Time Flies
14. Forever Blue
15. Farewell Song
16. Stay With Me
17. Don't Break My Heart
18. Je L'Aime Je L'Aime
19. Don't Deny
20. Some Like It Hot
21. What's A Woman (With Aaron Neville)
Total Time: 01:14:00
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ACDC - Back In Black

AC/DC - Back In Black (Remastered)
Originally Release: Jul 25, 1980 | Re Release: Feb 18, 2003
Label: Epic/Albert/Sony Music | Number: EPC 510765 2
Genre: Hard Rock | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
EAC Rip | Included: EAC Log + CUE + Flac + Full Covers
Size: 428 MB | RAR files | RS.com
Digitaly Remastered from original master tapes (2003, EpicJ.Albert & Son (Pty.) Ltd.)

Album Notes

Back in Black is the 7th studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released on 25 July 1980. Back in Black was the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon Scott, who had died at the age of 33 on February 19, 1980. The band considered disbanding following Scott's death, but ultimately decided to continue and shortly thereafter hired Brian Johnson as their new lead singer and lyricist. Robert John Mutt Lange, who had previously worked with AC/DC on Highway to Hell, was again brought in to produce.

The album is estimated to have sold 42 million copies internationally, making it the second best selling album of all time behind Michael Jackson's Thriller. It is also the Highest Selling Album by an Australian Music Act of all time. It was also certified 22 times platinum in America by the RIAA on 2007-12-13.

Track Listing:
1. Hells Bells
2. Shoot to Thrill
3. What Do You Do for Money Honey
4. Givin' the Dog a Bone
5. Let Me Put My Love into You
6. Back in Black
7. You Shook Me All Night Long
8. Have a Drink on Me
9. Shake a Leg
10. Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
Total Time: 00:44:12
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