Justin Hayward & Mike Batt - Classic Blue (1989)

©1989 Trax MODCD 1040

320 Kbps CD-RIP

This album is a compilation of personal fovourites from Justin and Mike, both incredible gifted musicians themselves. You'll find cover versions of Richard Harris' "MacArthur Park", the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" and Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven". Hayward hit the right tone most of the time and the orchestration of Batt is solid but it's not what you'd expect. It's not sparkling like some of Justin's Moody Blues work or surprising like most of Mike's solo work does. What you get is flawless redemptions of evergreens.

01. Tracks of My Tears / 02. MacArthur Park / 03. Blackbird / 04. Vincent / 05. God Only Knows / 06. Bright Eyes / 07. Whiter Shade of Pale / 08. Scarborough Fair / 09. Railway Hotel / 10. Man of the World / 11. Forever Autumn / 12. As Long as the Moon Can Shine / 13. Stairway to Heaven

Harry Nilsson

A Touch More Schmilsson In The Night

©1988 BMG/RCA PD9251

320 Kbps CD rip

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Although this release is filled with alternate takes and previous unreleased tracks it is, as a whole, a very enjoyable album. There are twelve exeptionally, timeless, pieces of art on this cd. This is part two of "A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night", his homage to the songs of the first half of the 20th century, made together with the orchestra of Gordon Jenkins, the man behind the music of Frank Sinatra. For more info go to http://www.marcharry.com/altos.htm.

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I'm always Chasing Rainbows / Make Believe / You Made me Love You(I Didn't Want To Do It) / Trust In Me / Lullaby in Ragtime (alt. take) / All I Think About Is You (from Knnillssonn) / Perfect Day (from Knnillssonn)/ Always (alt. take) / It's Only A Paper Moon / It Had To Be You (alt.take) / Thanks for the Memory / Over The Rainbow
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Frank Sinatra

In The Wee Small Hours at High Speed

©1955 Capitol Records 7243 4 96985 2

MP3 320 Kbps CD-rip

If you think the album-art looks familiar than listen to this album, you will be amazed and discover where Harry did get his inspiration.
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"In the Wee Small Hours" is without a doubt one of Sinatra's best albums. The quality of recordings is extraordinary good for it's time (1955). Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle's orchestra produced an album of amazing heartbreaking lovesongs. These 16 ballads, recorded in just a few days after his break-up with Ava Gardner, sustains a midnight mood of loneliness and lost love. If you got the blues it won't get better if you put this record on.
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01. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning / 02. Mood Indigo / 03. Glad To Be Unhappy / 04. I Get Along Without You Very Well / 05. Deep In A Dream / 06. I See Your Face Before Me / 07. Can’t We Be Friends? / 08. When Your Lover Has Gone / 09. What Is This Thing Called Love / 10. Last Night When We Were Young / 11. I’ll Be Around / 12. Ill Wind / 13. It Never Entered My Mind / 14. Dancing On The Ceiling / 15. I’ll Never Be The Same / 16. This Love Of Mine
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Still think that the picture is from something else? You're right'. It's a scene from the 1954 movie "Crime Wave" directed by André de Toth.

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Suzi Quatro

Annie Get Your Gun

(p)1986 Exallshow Ltd / 1st Night Records OCR CD6024

320 Kbps CD rip

More Klaatu related stuff later but now something completely different. And different it was for Suzi Quatro. Just a few years before she was rocking hard and now she's doing a musical. A strange carreer move (remember rocker Marty Wild playing Dr. Doolottle in 1968?). She did a fine Annie Oakley but don't expext a rocking Annie. She starred with Eric Flynn and Edmund Hockridge in this 1986 production of Irving Berlin's classic wild west musical.
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Tracks: 1. Overture 2:08 / 2. Colonel Buffalo Bill 3:15 / 3. I'm A Bad Bad Man 2:27 / . Doin' What Comes Naturally 3:35 / 5. The Girl That I Marry 1:08 / 6. You Can't Get A Man With A Gun 2:44 / 7. There's No Business Like Show Business 4:12 / 8. The Say It's Wonderful 4:29 / 9. Moonshine Lullaby 3:47 / 11. Wild Horse Ceremonial Dance 4:03 / 12. I'm An Indian Too 3:19 / 13. I Got Lost In His Arms 3:04 / 14. I Got The Sun In The Morning 4:54 / 15. Old Fashioned Wedding 2:27 / 16. Anything You Can Do 3:22 / 17. hey Say It's Wonderful 1:36 / 18. There's No Business Like Show Business 2:03
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Dee Long

Outside

©2002 Magentalane Music/Bullseye BLR-CD-4036
320 Kbps CD rip

A singer/Songwriter of considerable talent, Dee Long paid his dues as a member of Klaatu, the enigmatic prog-rock band of the 70's.The experience wasn't lost on Dee, who continues to write and perform music that is just a little left of the main stream, and very much influenced by pop culture

Outside features a collection of quirky and imaginative tunes drawn from a far reaching variety of subjects.From the quest for the meaning of life, through the latest issue of MAD magazine, to the larger than life rock icon, this album navigates the netherworlds of the imagination, while exploring the cutting edge of music technology.

From a musical standpoint, Outside is a wonderful collage of influences from the psychedelic 60's to the 21st century, each explored and experimented with through the ears of a man who know's what he likes, and refuses to be pigeon holed into an easily identified category.Klaatu fans will be amazed at how much of the bands vision Dee Long has managed to maintain two decades after the band pasted into the mists of music history.

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Track List: Meaning of Life / (Make Love in) Zero Gravity / Mad Magazine / Outside / You Are Too Beautiful / Chromosome Syndrome / Time Will Tell / Collecting Icons / Wait For You / It's Good / Good Night Universe
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Klaatu
Raarities

©2005 Bullseye Records of Canada, Inc.
BLP-25154AD MAD 709  320Kbps

 Deleted, discontinued and long since out of print. Hard-to-find collection of rare recordings. At the time of release, in 2005, this album was released on vinyl only!.

SIDE ONE 1) Calling Occupants – 7” single / 2) Sub-Rosa Subway – Terry Brown Full Length Mix / 3) Loneliest Of Creatures – European Edit / 4) Juicy Luicy – 12” single Remix / 5) December Dream – 7” single re-edit / 6) Hot Box City – Live
SIDE TWO 1) We’re Off You Know – 7” single / 2) A Routine Day – Orchestral Composite / 3) California Jam – Alternate Backing Vocal Mix / 4) Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby – Instrumental Mix / 5) Silly Boys – Original Bedtrack Mix / 6) Love Of A Woman – Alternate Mix / 7) Come One, Come All – previously unreleased song demo
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Terry Draper

Terry Toons: Can You Pretend?

©1999 Bullseye Records of Canada Inc. BLR-CD-1001

Available at Terrydraper.com

Former Klaatu member Terry Draper released this collection of songs for children in 1996 as a compact cassette only (tracks 1-8). This is the extended 1999 CD-version with many extra tracks added (tracks 9-15 The Further Adventures Of Alex & Adam). A fun album and not only for children.
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1. Can You Pretend? 2:04 / 2. Blast Off! 4:41 / 3. Magic 4:56 / 4. Sing-a-Long Song 4:40 / 5. The Circus Is Coming to Town 4:25 / 6. Reach for the Sky 4:03 / 7. I Love a Parade 4:22 / 8. It's a Beautiful Day 4:12 / 9. The Wake Up Song 4:09 / 10. How High Can You Count? 4:07 / 11. Simon Airwave 5:29 / 12. Allegro 0:38 / 13. Fugue for Thought 1:34 / 14. The Land of Mongo 5:4 / 15. Goodnight Sleepyheads 5:17
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Terry Draper
Aria 52 (A Five Year Mission)

©2003 Bullseye Records of Canada Inc. BLR-CD-4061

Available at Terrydraper.com

Former Klaatu member Terry Draper released this collection of rarities in 2003. On "Hello" Terry gets help from another Klaatu member", Dee Long. "Fly Away" is as close to Klaatu as you can get, all three members are present; Terry Draper, Dee Long & John Woloschuk.
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1. Hello... / 2. When I Grow Up / 3. Family / 4. Fly Away / 5. All Over Morocco / 6. Come Back to Me / 7. Me and You / 8. We're Not Alone / 9. Anywhere But Here / 10. I Don't Care About That [Live] / 11. December Dream [Live] / 12. Let's Live for Today [Live] / 13. Sunset Years / 14. Blow the Blooze [from "can you pretend?")] / 15. Mary Claire [from "can you pretend?"] / 16. 'Til There Was You [from "can you pretend?"]
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Terry Draper
Civil War (and other love songs)

©2001 Magentalane Music BLP-CD 4030

Available at Terrydraper.com

Ex-Klaatu frontman Terry Draper has always had a fascination with the American Civil War, so he finally decided to write a handful of songs on the subject and group them together on one loosely conceptual album. “Loosely,” because the project still allows for other songs, like “All Over Morocco” and “One More Kiss”. The idea holds up better on the (not very) minialbum but its a good effort.

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TRACKS: 1. The Underture / 2. Civil War (Not Very) / 3. When I Grow Up / 4. All Over Morocco / 5. It's Over / 6. Rosey's Bordello / 7. Hello... / 8. Me And You / 9. Dixie / 10. Anywhere But Here / 11. The Junction / 12. One More Kiss / 13. Civil War - The Reprise (...If You Want It!)

Terry Draper

Civil War (not very)

©2001 Magentalane Music BEO-010
Available at Terrydraper.com

CD EP only release on Bullseye Records with another mix with civil war soundeffects and bonus tracks not found on the Civil War CD.

TRACKS: 1. Yankee Doodle / 2. Civil War (Not Very) / 3. Dixie / 4. In The Fields / 5. The Junction / 6. Civil War - The Reprise / 7. Dixie (Instrumental)

Colin Scot - Colin Scot

©1971 United Artists Records - UAG 29154

320 Kbps

Colin Scot made his debut album with the help of some impressive names; Robert Fripp, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman and many other well known musicians. You would expect some heavy prog rock but no, no rock at all. Scot's music is more Folk or Singer/Songwriter oriented, think Magna Carta, Jim Groce or Cat Stevens. Despite all the big names, the album flopped enormously. Scot then signed with Warner Bros and made two more albums, but no impact.

Colin started drinking heavily and eventually drank himself to death in 1999 
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01 Do The Dance Now, Davey / 02 My Rain / 03 Take Me Away /

04 Confusion / 05 Baby In My Lady / 06 Lead Us / 07 You're

Bound To Leave Me Now / 08 The Boatman / 09 Nite People /

10 Hey! Sandy / 11 Here We Are In Progress

Terry Draper

Light Years Later

©1997 Permanent Press Recordings PPCD52705
Available at Terrydraper.com

Terry Draper rose to success in virtual anonymity as the drummer of the 1970's trio Klaatu, which caused a stir throughout the music business when their mysterious 1976 self-titled debut sparked massive media conjecture that the group was, in fact, a reconstituted Beatles. The album became a major hit, but when Klaatu was finally revealed to be a Canadian band with no real connection to the Fab Four their success waned. Klaatu disbanded in 1981.

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Draper returned to music in 1997 with the release of his solo debut Light Years Later, which featured guest appearances by his former Klaatu mates Dee Long and John Woloschuk.

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1. We're Not Alone 03:44 / 2. It's a Beautiful Day 03:35 / 3. My Girl Overseas 04:11 / 4. Winter in Peru 03:27 / 5. Family 05:17 / 6. Here's to You 04:11 / 7. Come Back to Me 05:04 / 8. Who Is That Girl? 04:49 / 9. Fly Away 04:02 / 10. Back in Acapulco 04:05 / 11. Be With You 03:53 / 12. I Don't Care About That 05:00 / 13. Light Years Later 04:00 / 14. Sunset Years 06:58 / 15. Blast Off 04:44 / 16. Goodnight Sleepyheads 04:18
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Alice CooperLive at ASB Theatre

Auckland New Zealand, September 4, 2009

©2009
192 Kbps Soundboard Recording

The Crypt’s Unlocked… They Keep Killing Him… But He Keeps Coming Back! The architect of Shock Rock Alice Cooper returned to New Zealand, September 4th 2009 at the ASB Theatre in Auckland.
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Alice Cooper received his long-awaited star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003, as well as lifetime achievement awards from both Classic Rock and Mojo, two of the most important rock music magazines in the world. With the release of “Along Came A Spider,” his 2008 album, Alice shows no sign of slowing down as prooved by this soundboard recording of his theatre of death tour.
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School's Out Intro / Department Of Youth / I'm Eighteen / Wicked Young Man / Ballad Of Dwight Fry / Go To Hell / Guilty / Welcome To My Nightmare / Cold Ethyl / Poison / The Awakening / From The Inside + extended instrumental / Nurse Rozetta / Is It My Body / Be My Lover / Only Women Bleed / I Never Cry / Black Widow Jam / Vengeance Is Mine / Devil's Food / Dirty Diamonds / Billion Dollar Babies / Killer / I Love The Dead excerpt / No More Mr. Nice Guy / Under My Wheels / Audiance / Encore: School's Out

Richard Kersten
Frank Furt Cut 'n' Paste

©2006 Babylon Central Studios FFM
320 Kbps CD rip.

Richard Kersten was the founding member of the first Beatles tribute band in the world: The Beatles Revival Band, Frankfurt, Germany in 1976.
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He is now a prolific songwriter and regular contributor to TAXI, the world´s largest independent A&R company. For the Frank Furt Cut 'n' Paste project, he teamed up with two members of the still existing Beatles Revival Band and Marcus Darius, a renowned Hip Hop producer and owner of the Babylon Central Studio. We are all based in Frankfurt am Main,Germany. They make all kinds of music but felt the desire to salute the Beatles with this production.
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1 Sippin Lemonade In The Sunshine / 2 Flow Down Sream / 3 Imagine Angels In The Sky / 4 It All Equals In The End / 5 Don´t Care Cos I Love You / 6 Picture On My Wall / 7 Song From Your Heart8 Someday / 9 Just Like Me / 10 Time To Go / 11 It´s Been A Long Time
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Beatles on Youtube

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Aviary

Aviary

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©1979 Epic JE357816 (LP) ©2002 Sony Rewind A27539 (CD)

320 Kbps CD-Rip

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AVIARY is often described as grandiose, pompous and bombastic. The truth is that, because the music of Aviary is a mix of ELO, Queen and Sparks, they were a powerpop band before this kind of music was known as powerpop. The unique songwriting talent of Brad Love and the musical skills he and his four fellow band members bring to this album, make it still, thirty years later, a very special piece of music.
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The complete story of Avery can be found in the booklet (scans of the booklet are added).

Lana Lane (Ayreon/Erik Norlander) did a cover of "Soaring" on her "Covers Collection" from 2002.

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tracks: 01. Soaring / 02. Anthem for the U.S.A. / 03. Puddles / 04. As Close As You Can Get / 05. Mystic Sharon / 06. Feel The Heart [Then You'll Be Mine Again] / 07. Average Boy / 08. I Will Hear / 09. Maple Hall

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Michael Jackson

Live at Jerudong Park Garden, Brunei, July 16, 1996

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©1996 MJ

192 Kbps soundboard recording

Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009 at his Los Angeles home. He was 50 years old. Wich Michael are we going to remember? The King of Pop or Wacko Jacko. I'll go for The King Of Pop.

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The Sultan of Brunei was the world's richest man in the 80's and 90's, with a net wealth estimated at $38 billion in 1997 according to Forbes. When the Sultan turned 50, he threw himself a $17 million bash that featured three concerts by Michael Jackson. Guinness called it the most lavish birthday party ever held. Michael sung (or lip-synched) all his tophits and interacted with his audience.

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00. 0:00 Classical Excellence/Carmina Burana intro
01. 7:30 Jam
02. 13:08 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
03. 18:26 Human Nature
04. 23:17 Smooth Criminal
05. 29:19 I Just Can't Stop Loving You (duet with Marva Hicks)
06. 34:15 She's Out Of My Life
07. 38:32 I Want You Back
08. 39:45 The Love You Save
09. 40:46 I'll Be There
10. 45:41 Thriller
11. 51:30 Billie Jean
12. 59:07 The Way You Make Me Feel
13. 1:08:38 Beat It
14. 1:15:57 You Are Not Alone
15. 1:21:37 Dangerous
16. 1:27:19 Black or White
17. 1:32:00 Man in the Mirror
18. 1:39:19 Earth Son

The concert in one go

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CD1 01 Carmina Burana intro / 02 Jam / 03 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' / 04 Human Nature / 05 Smooth Criminal / 06 I Just Can't Stop Lovin' You / 07 She's Out Of My Life / 08 I Want You Back / 09 The Love You Save / 10 I'll Be There / 11 Thriller / 12 Billie Jean 

CD2 01 The Way You Make Me Feel / 02 Beat It / 03 You Are Not Alone / 04 Dangerous / 05 Black Or White / 06 Man In The Mirror / 07 Earth Song

CD's as posted on Bigozine