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Faces - Stay With Me: Faces Anthology (2012) 2CDs

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Faces - Stay With Me: Faces Anthology (2012) 2CDs

Faces - Stay With Me: Faces Anthology (2012) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 922 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 336 Mb | Scans ~ 114 Mb
Classic Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll | Label: Warner Bros./Rhino | # 8122797179 | 02:27:14

The Faces were unanthologized on CD prior to 1999, but ever since Rhino's corking single-disc Good Boys…When They're Asleep…, the group has seen a number of different compilations of different sizes, of which Rhino U.K.'s 2012 set Stay with Me: Anthology is the fifth. At two discs, this has 2007's The Definitive Rock Collection as its closest cousin: they're both double discs that cover a tremendous amount of ground, but Stay with Me has a slight edge, weighing in at 36 tracks compared to Definitive's 30. Of those 30 tracks, 27 cuts are present and accounted for on Stay with Me – the missing numbers are "Open to Ideas," "Jodie," and "(I Know) I'm Losing You," the latter two cuts from solo Rod Stewart albums where he was backed by the Faces – and those other nine songs include some of the Faces' very best, including the roaring rocker "That's All You Need," Ronnie Lane's sweet, plaintive "Richmond," and the gloriously shambolic "On the Beach." Serious fans should pony up for 2004's Five Guys Walk into a Bar…, which is one of the great rock & roll box sets, but this double-disc set is like that box in miniature, containing the essence of the Faces in all their messy glory.

The Undertones - An Anthology (2008) 2CDs

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The Undertones - An Anthology (2008) 2CDs

The Undertones - An Anthology (2008) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 900 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 341 Mb | Covers included
Label: Salvo, Ardeck | # SALVODCD209 | Time: 02:25:25
British Punk, Punk Rock, Pop Punk, New Wave, Power Pop

The Undertones slam-bang punk-pop drew its strength from one simple fact: you didn't need a secret handshake to enjoy it. John and Damian O'Neill mated infectious guitar hooks to '60s garage, '70s glam rock, and Feargal Sharkey's signature vocal quaver. Those qualities came together on their breakout hit "Teenage Kicks," whose simplicity harked back to '60s ideals of when the song was king. This Anthology showcases the very best of The Undertones & includes 27 previously unreleased demos, alternate takes, session & live tracks.

John Mayall - So Many Roads: An Anthology 1964-1974 (2010) 4CD Box Set

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John Mayall - So Many Roads: An Anthology 1964-1974 (2010) 4CD Box Set

John Mayall - So Many Roads: An Anthology 1964-1974 (2010) 4CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.6 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 705 Mb | Scans ~ 353 Mb
British Blues, Blues-Rock | Label: Universal, UMC | # 532 764-2 | Time: 05:03:50

2010 four CD anthology from the British Blues legend. John Mayall's band, The Bluesbreakers, were undoubtedly a hot-house for the British Blues scene in the late '60s and early `70s and it's quite staggering when you examine the roll call of floating members who served their apprenticeship with John Mayall including Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Keef Hartley, John McVie, Mick Taylor and Steve Winwood. This lavish box set contains 74 tracks, all newly remastered from the original master tapes, including five tracks released in Europe on CD for the first time. The 40-page booklet features sleevenotes by Mark Powell with rare and previously unseen photographs.

Joe Walsh - Look What I Did! The Joe Walsh Anthology (1995) 2CDs, Japanese Press

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Joe Walsh - Look What I Did! The Joe Walsh Anthology (1995) 2CDs, Japanese Press

Joe Walsh - Look What I Did! The Joe Walsh Anthology (1995) 2CDs, Japanese Press
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 887 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 342 Mb | Scans ~ 46 Mb
Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock | Label: MCA/Victor | # MVCM-18020~1 | 02:29:45

A double-disc set that draws from all of the phases of Joe Walsh's career, with the notable exception of The Eagles, Look What I Did! features almost every worthwhile song the guitarist ever recorded, even though it does contain pure dreck like "I.L.B.T.s," which is also known as "I Like Big Tits".

Ken Hensley - Elements: Anthology 1968 to 2005 (2006) 2CDs

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Ken Hensley - Elements: Anthology 1968 to 2005 (2006) 2CDs

Ken Hensley - Elements: Anthology 1968 to 2005 (2006) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 352 Mb | Scans included
Hard Rock | Label: Castle/Sanctuary | # CMQDD1162 | Time: 02:33:41

Digitally remastered comprehensive anthology of the Uriah Heep songwriter's recorded work. The bulk of cd1 features key tracks he recorded with the band along with three rarities from groups he was a part of prior to the 'Heep while cd2 is culled from his many solo albums.

Jah Wobble - I Could Have Been A Contender: Anthology (2004) 3CD Box Set

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Jah Wobble - I Could Have Been A Contender: Anthology (2004) 3CD Box Set

Jah Wobble - I Could Have Been A Contender: Anthology (2004) 3CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 1.36 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 516 Mb | Scans ~ 92 Mb | 03:45:32
Experimental Rock, Dub, World Fusion, New Wave, Post-Punk | Label: Trojan | # TJETD 191

Jah Wobble is perhaps the only man who could safely assume the mantle of the UK's King Of Dub. 'I Could Have Been A Contender' is the first true major retrospective that chronicles the entirety of Jah Wobble's dazzling career. Includes three PIL classics, 'Public Image', 'Poptones', & 'Death Disco'. Remastered three CD set featuring 37 tracks total.

Steve Harley - The Cockney Rebel: A Steve Harley Anthology (2006) 3CD Set

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Steve Harley - The Cockney Rebel: A Steve Harley Anthology (2006) 3CD Set

Steve Harley - The Cockney Rebel: A Steve Harley Anthology (2006) 3CD Set
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.32 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 464 Mb | Scans ~ 34 Mb
Classic Rock, Glam Rock | Label: EMI | # 0946 370784 2 6 | Time: 03:22:19

The Cockney Rebel – A Steve Harley Anthology is a remastered three-disc box-set anthology by Steve Harley, released in 2006. The anthology features material from Cockney Rebel, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and Harley's solo career. It covers all of Harley's albums, spanning over 33 years, from 1973's The Human Menagerie to 2005's The Quality of Mercy.

Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On: The Anthology (1996) 2 CDs

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Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On: The Anthology (1996) 2 CDs

Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On: The Anthology (1996) 2 CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 869 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 356 Mb | Scans included
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, AM Pop, Disco | Label: Rhino | # R2 71985 | 02:28:07

The Show Must Go On offers a definitive collection of Sayer's 1970s bubbly dance-pop hits like "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing," "When I Need You," and "More Than I Can Say." A number of rare singles are also included, as is the unreleased cut "Tonight the Sky's About to Cry".

Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - The Anthology 1961-1977 (1992) 2CDs

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Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - The Anthology 1961-1977 (1992) 2CDs

Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - The Anthology 1961-1977 (1992) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 769 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 329 Mb | Scans included
Soul, Funk, R&B | Label: MCA | # MCAD2-10664 | Time: 02:14:33

The Anthology 1961-1977 is a compilation album of songs by Curtis Mayfield when he was with the Impressions and when he was solo. Of the 40 tracks, 30 are from Mayfield's time with the Impressions. The album includes liner notes written by Robert Pruter. In 2003, the album was ranked number 178 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Doris Troy - I'll Do Anything - The Doris Troy Anthology 1960-1996 (2011)

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Doris Troy - I'll Do Anything - The Doris Troy Anthology 1960-1996 (2011)

Doris Troy - I'll Do Anything - The Doris Troy Anthology 1960-1996 (2011)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 345 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 165 MB
1:11:54 | Soul | Label: Kent Records Uk

2011 collection from the American Soul diva. This career-spanning anthology takes US from her debut single, released as Doris Payne in 1960, through to a super Bobby Bland-style duet with James Hunter recorded in 1996. The collection kicks off with 1965's 'I'll Do Anything (He Wants Me to Do)', her much-loved Northern Soul anthem, and concludes with a track from the London run of Mama I Want to Sing, the award-winning stage show based on Doris' life. Doris' classic Atlantic period is represented by her classic hit singles 'Just One Look' and 'What'cha Gonna Do About It', plus a further eight titles, including two album cuts and 'But I Love Him', a rare B-side released only in the UK.

The Guess Who - Anthology (2003) 2CDs

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The Guess Who - Anthology (2003) 2CDs

The Guess Who - Anthology (2003) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 905 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 340 Mb | Scans ~ 47 Mb | Time: 02:28:36
Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock | Label: RCA/BMG | # 82876 54850 2

This double set replaces both previously released RCA multi-disc overviews of Guess Who hits. As of its appearance in late 2003, both the flawed triple-CD 56-track The Ultimate Collection and 1988's excellent Track Record compilations were out of print. This release tries, and generally succeeds, as a comprehensive overview of the band's glory years. In fact, it's the only one to kick off with two pre-Burton Cummings nuggets: 1964's "Shakin' All Over" and a rare 1966 garage rocking psychedelic single, "It's My Pride." Collectors will also appreciate an early 1968 version of "When Friends Fall Out," a song re-recorded three years later for the American Woman album. From there on, this is a sturdy if unremarkable collection of fairly obvious selections, some of them, such as "Heartbroken Bopper," "Glamour Boy," and "Hang On to Your Life," reproduced in difficult to find single mixes.

Paul Simon - The Paul Simon Anthology (1993) 2CDs

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Paul Simon - The Paul Simon Anthology (1993) 2CDs

Paul Simon - The Paul Simon Anthology (1993) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 865 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 340 Mb | Scans ~ 21 Mb | 02:28:27
Singer/Songwriter, Folk, Soft Rock, Folk Rock | Label: Warner | # 9362 45408-2

The international release The Paul Simon Anthology was a two-CD abridged version of the three-CD box set Paul Simon 1964-1993. For this version, the first two discs of the box set were condensed into a single CD, while the third disc, left untouched, was now the second disc. This accentuated one of the weaknesses of the box set, weighting the selections even more heavily toward Simon's later work. Here, his recordings originally released between 1965 and 1983 (including six Simon and Garfunkel tracks) made up the first disc, and the second disc covered only the period 1986-1993, and really 1986-90, since the only recordings released after 1990 were "Thelma," an outtake from the 1990 album The Rhythm of the Saints and three performances from the 1991 live album Paul Simon's Concert in the Park. While the abridgment seemed to have been made with an eye on the British charts, for the most part eliminating only songs that had not been hits in the U.K. (the exceptions being "America" and "Take Me to the Mardi Gras"), the album still didn't function as a full-fledged greatest hits album, lacking such British chart singles as "Homeward Bound" and "I Am a Rock" (neither of which were on Paul Simon 1964-1993, either).

Change - Reach For The Sky (Anthology) (2015)

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Change - Reach For The Sky (Anthology) (2015)

Change - Reach For The Sky (Anthology) (2015)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 0.97 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 363 MB
2:38:35 | Electronic, Funk, Soul, Disco, Boogie | Label: Groove Line Records

2015 two CD collection. Reach For The Sky: The Change Anthology offers the very best of Change, the innovative studio group masterminded by Jacques Fred Petrus, and brought to life by producer/arranger Mauro Malavasi and bassist Davide Romani. Change launched Luther Vandross' solo career with the #1 dance classic 'The Glow of Love' and the Top 20 UK hit 'Searching'. This 28 track collection spans the group's six albums from 1980-1985 and includes every single that made the pop, R&B, and dance charts in the U.K. and U.S., plus an exclusive bonus new disco remix of 'It's A Girl's Affair' by Mike Maurro. Reach For The Sky features a 24-page booklet with rare photos, plus definitive liner notes with brand new interviews and a track-by-track commentary by some of those who helped define Change's biggest hits, including Jocelyn Brown ('A Lover's Holiday'), Diva Gray ('Paradise'), James "Crabbe" Robinson ('The Very Best In You'), and Deborah Cooper ('Change of Heart'). Newly remastered from the original tapes and housed in a deluxe digipak adorned with Greg Porto's iconic artwork throughout, including this release's front cover. Reach For The Sky will lead Change lovers to paradise.

Prince Far I - Heavy Manners: Anthology 1977-83 (2003) 2CDs

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Prince Far I - Heavy Manners: Anthology 1977-83 (2003) 2CDs

Prince Far I - Heavy Manners: Anthology 1977-83 (2003) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 952 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 353 Mb | Scans ~ 42 Mb
Genre: Reggae, Dub | Label: Trojan | # 06076-80435-2 | Time: 02:34:26

This collection documents the late Prince Far I's (aka Michael Williams) final period with the Trojan label. These are frequently referred to as his best years, despite the fact that Psalms for I and Under Heavy Manners are graded as his finest albums. But it comes down to track-for-track, the dub 12" singles, and the sound system tracks that he cut with one of the greatest bands in the history of reggae, the Arabs – mainly made up of the Roots Radics band with cats like Flabba Holt, Style Scott, Chinna Smith, and Bingy Bunny. Prince Far I's Cry Tough Dub Encounter albums are well known for their visionary quality and stridently spaced out effects. Far I was his own producer from 1977 on, and he did a better job than anybody who had worked with him previously, whether it be Adrian Sherwood, Joe Gibbs, or Bunny Lee. With the exception of the first cut on this two-disc set, "Heavy Manners" produced by Joe Gibbs, the Prince was at the helm for everything else here. Of the 40 selections, four complete albums are represented, and a few singles.

VA - The Songlines Anthology (1996)

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VA - The Songlines Anthology (1996)

VA - The Songlines Anthology (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 282 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 163 Mb | Scans ~ 75 Mb
Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz | Label: Songlines | # SGL 4201-2 | Time: 01:11:23

This is the right way for a label to record an anthology of tracks featuring its artists. First, eleven outstanding groups are featured. Second, the anthology includes pieces never before released on CD, rather than selections from previously issued CDs. The exquisite production and extensive liner notes with full discographical information and bonus bibliography make this a "must-buy" for lovers of adventurous jazz. Among the artists represented are trumpeter Dave Douglas, pianist Paul Plimley, clarinetist François Houle, tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin, guitarist Ben Monder, and alto saxophonist Briggan Krauss. With a lineup of that caliber, it is no wonder Songlines has emerged as one of the world's up-and-coming small jazz labels. Kudos to producer Tony Rief for fulfilling an ambitious vision.