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ZZ Top - The Best Of ZZ Top (1977) {1986, Japan 1st Press}

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ZZ Top - The Best Of ZZ Top (1977) {1986, Japan 1st Press}

ZZ Top - The Best Of ZZ Top (1977) {1986, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 202 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 86 Mb
Scans Included | 00:34:32 | RAR 5% Recovery
Blues Rock, Boogie Rock, Southern Rock | Warner-Pioneer Co. #32XD-537

ZZ Top closed out their tenure with London Records in late 1977 with The Best of ZZ Top, a basic but terrific ten-song retrospective of highlights from their first five albums (well, four, actually, since the underwhelming Tejas is ignored). There are no surprises here, just album rock favorites, which means it does draw heavily on Tres Hombres (four songs, total), adds Fandango's "Tush," "Blue Jean Blues," and "Heard It on the X" for good measure, then rounds it out with two songs from Rio Grande Mud and a selection from the debut. Yeah, there are a couple good album tracks missing, but as a ten-song summary of their early years, this can't be beat.

Paice Ashton Lord - BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (1992) {Japan 1st Press}

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Paice Ashton Lord - BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (1992) {Japan 1st Press}

Paice Ashton Lord - BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert (1992) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 340 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 127 Mb
Covers Included | 00:50:51 | RAR 5% Recovery
Classic Rock, Blues Rock | Brunette / Alfa Records #ALCB-825

Paice Ashton Lord was a short-lived British rock band featuring Deep Purple band members Ian Paice and Jon Lord with singer Tony Ashton. The band was formed in 1976, released its only album in 1977 and broke up in 1978. Recorded in 1977, on the tails of the post-Deep Purple supergroup's Malice In Wonderland album, this extremely well-recorded broadcast catches the trio (and friends) stretching out in directions that the album itself never managed. On vinyl, after all, PAL sounded constricted, forever teetering on the brink of a no-holds-barred jam, but never quite mustering the strength to leap in. On stage, however, the improvisational instincts that Paice and Lord had built their very reputations upon were given full rein to spread and stretch.

Atoll - Rock Puzzle (1979) {1989, Japan 1st Press}

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Atoll - Rock Puzzle (1979) {1989, Japan 1st Press}

Atoll - Rock Puzzle (1979) {1989, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 321 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 118 Mb
Scans Included | 00:43:14 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | CRiME #292E 2030

The French equivalent of prog-rock bands Yes and Genesis, Atoll recorded four albums in the mid- to late '70s with a lineup that stabilized by the time of the group's second album. L'Araignee Mal (1975) included vocalist/percussionist André Balzer, guitarist Christian Beya, bassist Jean-Luc Thillot, keyboard player Michel Taillet, and drummer Alain Gozzo. Gradually commercializing its sound beginning with third album Tertio, Atoll released only one more studio album Rock Puzzle before breaking up. In the late '80s, however, a new, pop-oriented version appeared. Including only Beya from the previous lineup, the band released L'Ocean and the live album Tokyo C'est Fini (both 1989).

Chris Rea - The Blue Jukebox (2004) {Japan 1st Press}

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Chris Rea - The Blue Jukebox (2004) {Japan 1st Press}

Chris Rea - The Blue Jukebox (2004) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 415 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 161 Mb
Full Scans ~ 110 Mb | 01:06:32 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rock, Blues, Jazz | Victor #VICP-62638

2004 album from the acclaimed British singer/guitarist, the follow up to his hugely successful Dancing Down the Stoney Road (2002), Although Rea scored a top 20 hit in the U.S. with 'Fool (If You Think It's Over)' in 1978 and has recorded many critically successful albums, much of his best material remains deleted or unreleased in the U.S. Like many artists of his caliber, he's held in great esteem and remains a top selling artist all over Europe. Because of his huge fan base, he has continued to concentrate on that region instead of trying to break the American market. Fortunately, there are still plenty of American fans who are devoted to the man and his music. Blue Jukebox, released on Rea's own label, features 13 tracks and includes a full color 20 page booklet of song lyrics and artwork.

Judas Priest - Invincible Shield (2024) {Japanese Blu-Spec CD2, Deluxe Edition}

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Judas Priest - Invincible Shield (2024) {Japanese Blu-Spec CD2, Deluxe Edition}

Judas Priest - Invincible Shield (2024) {Japanese Blu-Spec CD2, Deluxe Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 503 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 154 Mb
Full Scans ~ 392 Mb | 01:03:56 | RAR 5% Recovery
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | Sony Records Int'l #SICP-31698

More than 50 years into their heavy metal legacy, Judas Priest are still screaming at full power on their 19th studio full-length Invincible Shield. The album, their first studio effort of its kind since 2018's Firepower, is again produced by the band's touring guitarist Andy Sneap, and its 14 songs stretch out at over just an hour-long runtime. The album charges out of the gate with the dumbfounding riffery of "Panic Attack." The song touches on all the now-signature elements of Priest's sound, with dizzying harmonic guitar solos, a relentlessly pushy beat, and layers of Rob Halford's vocals, part winking metal theater, part authentic menace.

Eric Sardinas - Black Pearls (2003) {Japan 1st Press}

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Eric Sardinas - Black Pearls (2003) {Japan 1st Press}

Eric Sardinas - Black Pearls (2003) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 417 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 149 Mb
Full Scans | 00:52:35 | RAR 5% Recovery
Favored Nations / Victor Entertainment, Inc. #VICP-62371
Blues Rock / Hard Rock / Modern Electric Blues

Eric Sardinas is an American blues-rock slide guitarist born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is noted for his use of the electric resonator guitar and his live performances. He sometimes sets his guitar alight on stage and during shows. In 2000 in Sydney, Sardinas suffered third degree burns to his left wrist. Sardinas began to play the guitar at age six and leaned toward vintage recordings by such Delta bluesmen as Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters. Although he was left-handed, he eventually started to play right-handed. In 2002, he featured on the Bo Diddley tribute album Hey Bo Diddley - A Tribute!, performing the song "Ride On Josephine". He signed to Steve Vai's Favored Nations record label and was the opening act for Vai's The Real Illusions Tour 2005 around the world. In 2008, Sardinas released Eric Sardinas and Big Motor on Steve Vai's Favored Nations record label in the U.S.

Enya - Amarantine (2005) {Japan 1st Press}

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Enya - Amarantine (2005) {Japan 1st Press}

Enya - Amarantine (2005) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 266 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 110 Mb
Full Scans ~ 150 Mb | 00:45:35 | RAR 5% Recovery
New Age, Ambient | Warner Bros. Records #WPCR-12221

Amarantine is the sixth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter and musician Enya, released on 21 November 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. Amarantine was recorded in Ireland with her longtime recording partners, arranger and producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyricist Roma Ryan. It is Enya's first album not to include a song in Irish and her first to include songs sung in Japanese and Loxian, a fictional language created by Roma. Amarantine received mixed reviews from critics, but it was a commercial success and reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, where it sold one million copies in its first month of release, and No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2007, the album won Enya her fourth Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. According to Nielsen SoundScan, it was the third top selling new age album of the 2000s in the United States.

Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper (2008) {Japan 1st Press}

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Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper (2008) {Japan 1st Press}

Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper (2008) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 398 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 123 Mb
Full Scans ~ 120 Mb | 00:50:45 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Hard Rock | Sanctuary Records / Universal Music #UICO-9038

Although Uriah Heep is known for its extensive personnel changes, its lineup has been stable since the mid-'80s; unfortunately, that stability coincided with the band's commercial decline (its last album to chart in the U.S. came in 1983, its last in its native U.K., 1985). So, no one outside the group's fan base noticed that the quintet of founding member and guitarist Mick Box, drummer Lee Kerslake (1971-1978, 1982-2007), bassist Trevor Bolder (who joined in 1977, left during the band's hiatus in the early '80s, and returned a couple of years after its re-formation), singer Bernie Shaw, and keyboard player Phil Lanzon (both of whom joined in the mid-'80s) remained in place through numerous world tours and the studio albums Raging Silence (1989), Different World (1991), Sea of Light (1995), and Sonic Origami (1998).

Alice Cooper - Constrictor (1986) {1991, Japan 1st Press}

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Alice Cooper - Constrictor (1986) {1991, Japan 1st Press}

Alice Cooper - Constrictor (1986) {1991, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 275 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 97 Mb
Scans Included | 00:37:18 | RAR 5% Recovery
Glam Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal | MCA Victor, Inc. #MVCM-21028

At a time when many of the forgotten bands of the '70s began to resurface, Alice Cooper released Constrictor in 1986, his first album in three years. The album attempts a fresh start, which made sense, since Cooper suffered physically, creatively, and commercially over the past decade due to changing trends and alcoholism, which left his latest releases void of the energy that had made Killer and Welcome to My Nightmare so popular. For the most part, Cooper succeeded in re-establishing himself – this is arguably some of the best work he put forth in years. Nothing comes close to the songs he recorded in his '70s heyday, but what's here is surprisingly lively and sharp-witted: "Simple Disobedience" is a catchy anthem of rebellion, and "Teenage Frankenstein" is a straightforward, amusingly melodramatic rocker.

Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (1998) {Japan 1st Press}

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Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (1998) {Japan 1st Press}

Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (1998) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 424 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 147 Mb
Full Scans ~ 160 Mb | 01:00:45 | RAR 5% Recovery
Adult Contemporary R&B, Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, Pop | Arista / BMG Japan #BVCA-21017

For all intents and purposes, Whitney Houston retired from being a full-fledged recording artist after her third album, 1990s I'm Your Baby Tonight, choosing to be a Streisand-like celebrity who cultivated a career through movies, soundtrack contributions, and social appearances. She may have been content to continue in that direction for many years if Arista president Clive Davis didn't push her into recording My Love Is Your Love, her first album in eight years, which easily ranks among her best. Never before has Houston tried so many different sounds or tried so hard to be hip. It's one thing to work with Babyface, the standard-bearer of smooth soul in the '90s, but it's quite another to hire Wyclef Jean, Lauren Hill, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, and Q-Tip – all cutting-edge artists (albeit on the accessible side of the cutting edge), the kind who never would have been associated with Houston in the late '80s.

Kate Bush - Lionheart (1978) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

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Kate Bush - Lionheart (1978) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

Kate Bush - Lionheart (1978) {1985, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 237 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 122 Mb
Full Scans | 00:36:56 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Pop Rock | Toshiba-EMI Ltd. #CP32-5040

Lionheart is the second album by the English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. It was released in November 1978, just nine months after Bush's successful debut album The Kick Inside. Lionheart reached no. 6 on the UK album chart (her only album not to make the top 5) and has been certified Platinum by the BPI. The first single taken from the album, "Hammer Horror", missed the UK Top 40. However, the follow-up single, "Wow", was released on the back of Bush's UK tour and became a UK Top 20 hit.

Norah Jones - ...Featuring (2010) {Japan 1st Press}

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Norah Jones - ...Featuring (2010) {Japan 1st Press}

Norah Jones - …Featuring (2010) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 463 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 183 Mb
Full Scans ~ 137 Mb | 01:15:38 | RAR 5% Recovery
Vocal Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Folk Rock / Country
Blue Note Records / EMI Music Japan #TOCP-701881

…Featuring Norah Jones is a compilation album by American singer Norah Jones that was released on November 16, 2010, by Blue Note Records. The album includes songs by other artists on which Jones is featured, including songs by her side bands The Little Willies and El Madmo. The album includes "Here We Go Again", a duet with Ray Charles, which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 2005. The song "Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John" by Belle & Sebastian had only been released one month prior to the release of this album on the group's October 2010 album Belle and Sebastian Write About Love.

David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972) {1984, Japan 1st Press}

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David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972) {1984, Japan 1st Press}

David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972) {1984, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 264 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 123 Mb
Full Scans | 00:38:33 | RAR 5% Recovery
Classic Rock, Glam Rock | RCA / Victor #PCD1-4702

"Of all David Bowie's many distinctive personae, none have done more to lodge this most ingenious of British artists in the world's consciousness than his 1972 amalgam of the alien visitor and Christ-like rock star: Ziggy Stardust. Cheap glamour, spacemen and ambiguous sexuality surface throughout the loosely conceptualised collection that is The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. If its premise sounds faintly ludicrous, then inspired and dramatic songs such as "Starman" and "Five Years" dispel all doubts about Bowie's genius, and the theatrically tragic "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" brings the album and it's fictional protagonist to a close. As a cultural and musical signpost, Ziggy Stardust points simultaneously backwards to early rock & roll and forward to the simpler, tougher inclinations of late-1970s punk and New Wave rock. As one of the defining rock albums of the 20th century, its influence is immeasurable."

Mylene Farmer - Ainsi Soit Je... (1988) {1990, Japan 1st Press}

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Mylene Farmer - Ainsi Soit Je... (1988) {1990, Japan 1st Press}

Mylene Farmer - Ainsi Soit Je… (1988) {1990, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 317 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 133 Mb
Full Scans | 00:45:48 | RAR 5% Recovery
French Pop, Synth-Pop | Polydor K.K. #POCP 1001

Ainsi Soit Je… (a play on ainsi soit-il, which can mean either "so be it" or "amen") is the second album by Mylène Farmer, released in April 1988. It contains the hit singles "Sans contrefaçon", "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" and "Sans logique". Generally well-received by critics, it was very successful and remains to date the second best-selling album of the singer. In France, the album debuted at number 8 in April 1988. Thanks to the successful single "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" (number-one hit in December 1988), the album reached number one for two weeks in December 1988. The album managed to stay for eleven months in the top ten and about one year on the chart. The album was certified Diamond on 14 November 1989.

Pendragon - The Jewel (1985) {1994, Japan 1st Press}

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Pendragon - The Jewel (1985) {1994, Japan 1st Press}

Pendragon - The Jewel (1985) {1994, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 405 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 150 Mb
Covers Included | 01:00:13 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Pony Canyon #PCCY-00654

For anyone who loves Camel, Genesis and early Marillion, this is a must. Pendragon were one of a clutch of bands including IQ, Pallas, Solstice and the aforementioned Marillion, who made up a new wave of British Progressive Rock in the 1980s. By 1985, Pendragon had released an EP, played the Reading Festival and toured with Marillion as well as doing a session for Tommy Vance's legendary Friday Rock Show. Despite that, they were still largely ignored by the mainstream. 'The Jewel', the band's debut album shows a band that has clearly spent a lot of time playing live, as they are extremely proficient and tight musically throughout the record.