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The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant [Double CD] (1992)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 09 Jan 2012 18:20:28 | Comments : 1

The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant [Double CD] (1992)
EAC Secure Rip | FLAC image + CUE & LOG | 180 MB | HQ (600 dpi) Artwork
Rock | 1992 Virgin Records | 5% recovery record | VS CDT/VS CDG 1448

“The Sex Pistols may have only been together for two years in the late '70s, but they changed the face of popular music. Through their raw, nihilistic singles and violent performances, the band revolutionized the idea of what rock & roll could be. In England, the group was considered dangerous to the very fabric of society and was banned across the country. There was an implicit independence in the way they played their music and handled their career. The band gave birth to the massive independent music underground in England and America that would soon include bands that didn't have a direct musical connection to the Sex Pistols' initial three-minute blasts of rage, but couldn't have existed without those singles.”
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The Archies - Greatest Hits (1970) [Kirshner-RCA cassette, USA, PKKO-1008]

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 12 Oct 2011 01:39:33 | Comments : 6

The Archies - Greatest Hits (1970) [Kirshner-RCA cassette, USA, PKKO-1008]
44/16 Flac Tracks Rip from Prerecorded Tape | 202 MB | HQ Art
Pop | Kirshner/RCA Records | USA | PKKO-1008

“The Archies were created by promoter Don Kirshner, who was coming off of a major success as the creator of the Monkees. In late 1967, Kirshner was hired as music supervisor for CBS' new Saturday morning cartoon The Archie Show, which was to feature a new original song every week. He immediately brought on producer Jeff Barry, who with Ellie Greenwich had formed one of the pre-eminent songwriting teams of the girl-group era (Greenwich also sang on several Archies records). Kirshner's original choice for lead singer was Kenny Karen, but Barry brought in Ron Dante, an experienced session singer who'd fronted the Detergents' novelty parody "Leader of the Laundromat"”
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VA – The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams (2011)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 11 Oct 2011 08:27:19 | Comments : 2

VA – The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams (2011)
EAC | Flac (Tracks) + CUE + LOG | HQ Art (JPG) | 280 MB
Country | Egyptian/CMF Records/Columbia | 88697 09010 2 | USA

“Sometime in the early morning of the first day of 1953, while traveling between Virginia and West Virginia, Hank Williams died at the age of 29. Among his possessions was a beat-up, embroidered brown leather briefcase containing four notebooks that included ideas for roughly 66 songs. Some of those songs found in that old briefcase have been turned in to songs before by the likes of Williams’s son Hank Williams Jr. and Mickey Newbury, but didn’t cause the same stir that this set has brought about. Country music historians will no doubt spend a great deal of time and ink evaluating, assessing and debating the merits and historical significance of these songs.”
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Patty Duke - Don't Just Stand There (1965)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 22 Sep 2011 17:18:53 | Comments : 5

Patty Duke - Don't Just Stand There (1965) [US Mono Pressing]
Vinyl rip 16-bit/44.1kHz | FLAC IMAGE + CUE & 5% Recovery) | no log (vinyl) | HQ Artwork
128 MB | Pop-Vocal | US Mono Pressing | 1965


“"Don't Just Stand There" is Patty Duke's first album ever, and just like everything she touches, it is pure gold. It is certain to find a huge throng of eager fans waiting to purchase it and catapault it quickly high on the nation's best-seller lists. In addition to the title tune, it contains a wonderful selection of the great songs of the day-all eminently youthful and all hand-picked for our star of stars. As can be readily ascertained in these selections, Patty is a singer with tremendous charm and appeal. ”
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Claudine Longet - Claudine (1967) [US Mono Pressing]

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 19 Sep 2011 09:52:46 | Comments : 12

Claudine Longet - Claudine (1967) [US Mono Pressing]
Vinyl rip 16-bit/44.1kHz | FLAC IMAGE + CUE & 5% Recovery) | no log (vinyl) | No Artwork
96 MB | Country-Pop | US Mono Pressing | 1967

“Claudine Longet's gold-selling debut tenders light, airy French pop like Jane Birkin without her eroticism or Serge Gainsbourg's kitsch. "A Man and a Woman (Un Homme et une Femme)," with its uncredited male vocalist, sounds like a Gainsbourg duet, but elsewhere Longet and her breathy, girlish voice take center stage. Three songs from the album charted, with "Hello, Hello" performing very well in adult contemporary circles. Longet's cover of The Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere" aroused some interest, but her rendition of Mary Wells' "My Guy" is simply adorable. Sixties French pop of the sort heard on Claudine enjoyed a renaissance in the '90s thanks to bands like Stereolab and Ivy, and the album will please backward-looking explorers inspired by that trend as well as nostalgic easy listeners.”
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Betty Boop - Boop-Boop-Be-Doop (1989)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 17 Sep 2011 21:34:41 | Comments : 3

Betty Boop - Boop-Boop-Be-Doop (1989)
EAC | FLAC IMG+CUE+LOG | Scans | RAR 3% Recovery | 274 MB
Soundtrack/Oldies | ProArte/Fanfare | CCD-440 | 1989

“This is an enjoyable collection of songs from the Betty Boop cartoons produced by Max Fleisher and sang by Mae Questel (among others) along with 78 rpm transfers of works sang by Helen Kaye. Also included are performances by the beloved Cab Calloway performed in the Betty Boop cartoons such as "Minnie the Moocher". Despite having been toned down in the mid-1930s to appear more demure, she became one of the most well-known and popular cartoon characters in the world.”
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Marianne Faithfull - North Country Maid (1966) [Japanese pressing 1990 UICY-3298]

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 16 Sep 2011 16:19:41 | Comments : 5

Marianne Faithfull - North Country Maid (1966) [Japanese pressing 1990 UICY-3298]
EAC | FLAC Image File + Log & Cue | HQ Scans | 242 MB
Folk/Pop | Decca | UICY-3298 | Japan | Out of Print

“Marianne Faithfull was still known primarily as a pop singer when she put out North Country Maid, but this is in fact very close to a pure folk album, with a bit of influence from pop, rock, blues, and jazz. Largely overlooked even by Faithfull fans, it's actually a quite respectable effort, and probably her best LP (other than greatest-hits compilations) from the time when her voice was still on the high side. Ably backed by sessionmen including guitarists Jon Mark and Jim Sullivan. The use of sitar on "She Moved Through the Fair" and "Wild Mountain Thyme" is adventurous, and she sings pretty well throughout, with dignity and purity if not utmost imagination or grit. This 1990 CD reissue on Deram U.K. adds three worthwhile bonus tracks: "The Most of What Is Least" (from a 1965 EP) and alternate versions of "Come My Way" and "Mary Anne" (the originals of which had appeared on her 1965 album, Come My Way).”
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VA - Thai Beat A-Go-Go [Volumes 1-3] (2005)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 11 Sep 2011 14:50:11 | Comments : 1

VA - Thai Beat A-Go-Go [Volumes 1-3] (2005)
Pop-Rock | MP3 | CBR 192 Kbps | 295 Mb
2005 | Unofficial | Unknown Rip | Mono/Stereo

“Excellent collection of vintage Thai pop-rock hits of the 60s & 70s, mostly originals with a few covers of popular hits of the day. This collection was released unofficially a few years ago and sounds like it was mastered from singles. The sound is overall pretty good and the material in most cases is so bad it's great.”
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Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles (1966)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 14 Aug 2011 07:48:10 | Comments : 3

Chet Atkins Picks on the Beatles (1966)
Unknown EAC Rip | Ape + Log & Cue | Scans | 165 MB
Instrumental | RCA | 53531 | 1996 | US

“Without Chet Atkins, country music may never have crossed over into the pop charts in the '50s and '60s. Although he recorded hundreds of solo records, Atkins' largest influence came as a session musician and a record producer. During the '50s and '60s, he helped create the Nashville sound, a style of country music that owed nearly as much to pop as it did to honky tonks. ”
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Gene Chandler - The Duke of Earl (1961)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 10 Aug 2011 03:38:00 | Comments : 0

Gene Chandler - The Duke of Earl (1961)
256 kbps mp3 | 80 MB | Artwork | Bonus Tracks
Soul | P-Vine | PCD-4315 | Japan | Stereo | 2006 | FS/MU/RS/HF

“Gene Chandler, also known as "The Duke of Earl" or simply "The Duke", is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, producer and record executive. He is one of the leading exponents of the 1960s Chicago soul scene. He is best known for his million-selling hit "Duke Of Earl" and his associations with the Dukays, the Impressions and Curtis Mayfield. A Grammy Hall Of Fame inductee, and winner of the National Association of Television and Radio Announcers Producer of the Year Award, and the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award, Chandler has had more than thirty chart hits.”
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Beatles - Big Night Out! 1963, 1964 & 1965 (2009)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 04 Aug 2011 22:43:00 | Comments : 24

The Beatles - Big Night Out! 1963, 1964 & 1965 (2009)
DVD5 x 2 | ISO | 4.45 GB + 3.48 GB + 75 MB
English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | 720x480, 525x60 4:3
Rock & Roll | Misterclaudel | MCCD 125/126

“Great collection of the Beatles' British television appearances for the "Big Night Out" and "Blackpool Night Out" shows. Contains both the original and remastered sound with vastly better picture quality than on other releases. Overall, it's a nice document of the band's best touring era while signed to a major label. This does not include the audio CD as it wasn't available to me.”
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Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (US LP 1968)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 01 Aug 2011 03:19:52 | Comments : 6

Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. (US LP 1968)
Vinyl rip 16-bit/44.1kHz | FLAC IMAGE + CUE & 5% Recovery) | no log (vinyl) | Artwork
188 MB | RS/HF/FSe | Country-Pop | First US Pressing

“Jeannie C. Riley is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA" (written by Tom T. Hall). She became the first woman to have a single become a Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time. In subsequent years, she had moderate chart success with country music, but never again duplicated the success of "Harper Valley PTA". She became a born-again Christian and began recording gospel music during the late 1970s.”
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The Beatles - Nevermind The Tremeloes ... Here's The Beatles (2011)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 30 Jul 2011 06:42:06 | Comments : 22

The Beatles - Nevermind The Tremeloes ... Here's The Beatles (2011)
EAC FLAC IMAGE + CUE & LOG | HQ Art | 108 MB
Unofficial Release | Fake Decca | 45-F, 11486

“This is what may be the definitive edition of the Beatles' Decca Tapes, reputedly sourced from the original edit reel used by Circuit Records and the Deccagone singles in the seventies. After 30 years of hearing endless remasters of this material, it's a great thing to hear these in their original sound quality, transferred at the correct speed from the original reel-to-reel (or so I'm told). Beatles fans will enjoy this. The disc finishes off with an audio clip of Brian Epstein talking about the Decca recording session.”
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E.E. Cummings - E.E. Cummings Reads His Poetry (1953, Caedmon TC 1017)

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 25 Jul 2011 19:24:26 | Comments : 5

E.E. Cummings - E.E. Cummings Reads His Poetry (1953, Caedmon TC 1017)
Vinyl rip 16-bit/44.1kHz | FLAC IMAGE + CUE (5% Recovery) | no log (vinyl) | HQ Artwork
157 MB | RS/HF/FSe | Spoken Word | Vintage US Pressing

“This recording was made in the studio on May 28, 1953. Side one features selections from Him, EIMI, and Santa Claus, while the side two features poems from XAIPE (1950), 1 X 1 (1944), and 50 Poems (1940). Despite Cummings' consanguinity with avant-garde styles, much of his work is quite traditional. Many of his poems are sonnets, albeit often with a modern twist, and he occasionally made use of the blues form and acrostics. Cummings' poetry often deals with themes of love and nature, as well as the relationship of the individual to the masses and to the world. His poems are also often rife with satire.”
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Teen Beat A Go-Go {Taiwanese LP, CSJ-545, 1967}

Posted By : Dualtrack | Date : 20 Jul 2011 19:04:41 | Comments : 3

Teen Beat A Go-Go {Taiwanese LP, CSJ-545, 1967}
Vinyl rip 16-bit/44.1kHz | FLAC IMAGE + CUE (5% Recovery) | no log (vinyl) | HQ Artwork
257 MB | RS/HF/FSe | Go-Go Pop | Taiwanese LP

“Teen Beat A Go-Go is a record specially designed to be played by or for go-go dance enthusiasts at parties. These Taiwanese semi-legit albums used to flood the flea markets in the USA; most were essentially pirate versions of American albums but this one seems to be an original title. The highlights of the album are the Davie Allen inspired "Fuzzy and Wild", the ersatz Beach Boys' "Little Miss Go-Go", a clever re-recording of Herb Alpert's "A Taste of Honey" and what appears to be either a sound-alike or Cher's actual cover version of Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone". Overall, this is fun listening!”
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