In 1972 Bruce Johnston left The Beach Boys and two new members were added - Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar. Their time in the band was short-lived, enough for these two albums plus the live album released in 1973, but their presence was felt. The "Carl and The Passions" name is simply to make The Beach Boys into a "new" band for this record. Sort of the way The Beatles "became" Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967 for that landmark album. But in this case all it did was confuse a mostly disinterested public. And that's too bad because there are some great songs on this little-heard album. “Holland,” on the other hand, remains one of the jewels of the Beach Boys’ post-Capitol Records catalog. There are lots of highlights here. "Sail On, Sailor" is the lead-off track and the most recognizable song on the album, but dig deeper and you'll be amazed at what the band members could accomplish when they put their minds to it. This CD reissue includes the six-song E.P. ("Mt. Vernon and Fairway") that was included with the album.

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major (1881, ed. Robert Haas) – Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan
Classical | 1 CD | EAC Rip | 319 MB, 3% recovery | FLAC+LOG+Cue | Full scans | RS links
Publisher: EMI Classics | Recorded: 1970 | Published: 2005

The recording of the Fourth Symphony is one of the finest ever made in Berlin's Jesus-Christus Kirche, the church's clear but spacious acoustic allowing the Berlin playing to be heard in all its multicoloured, multi-dimensional splendour… Richard Osborne; Gramophone

The uncompromising, innovative and daring The Haunted are back with their catchiest, most musical and probably also most remarkable studio album. Unseen is the outstanding amalgamation of their matchless musical diversity and vocalist Peter Dolving’s outspoken lyrical venom. From Thrash riffing over rocking chords to moody acoustic playing, Unseen offers a lot of terrain to discover and acres of emotions to feel within captivating tunes that may not remain unheard. This is the limited Digipak that includes 3 bonus tracks

Helsinki headbangers Los Bastardos Finlandeses return to the fray with their fourth album : "Saved by Rock´n´Roll". 2010 was a bastard year for the Bastardos.The fact that the band managed to record their new album in the autumn is testament to the chemistry of the new band. It signals a new era for Los Bastardos Finlandeses. Eleven roaring motor rocking anthems kick off with the title track, "Saved By Rock ´n´Roll"

Avant-garde guitarist Keiji Haino's partnership with Ruins drummer and founder member Tatsuyo Yoshida is, as you'd expect, an ear-splitting, mind-bending atonal and percussive onslaught. Yoshida's splintered drumming is more than a match for Haino's bizarre, disjointed guitar and vocal rants–but though you'd never categorize this music as sensitive, it's thought-provoking and frequently surprisingly empathetic. And, though the tracks are named after well-known Manhattan thoroughfares, nervous visitors may be assured that they're rarely as chaotic as they're sonically portrayed here.

DORACOR are nothing else than a progressive rock concept guided by multi- instrumentalist Corrado Sardella,who invites musicians to help him out on his compositions.Sardella is cited in Rome,where in April 97' he recorded and mixed his debut album ''The long pathway'',his only work up today,which carries an English title…

The Retroliners are a surf-style instrumental combo whose eclectic blend of vintage guitar tones and modern sonics produces a unique interpretation of dark, angular spy music spiked with pop, punk, twist and twang.

Daniel Shafran - Sonatas [F.Chopin, F.Schubert, B.Arapov] (1990)
Melodiya | USSR | 10-00072 | 1990 | 1 CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (img + cue), LOG | Covers (jpg 300 dpi) | TT 66:11 | RAR 251 MB + 3% Recovery
Classical / Instrumental / Cello

Daniel Shafran is generally considered to be a romantic artist. Indeed, the 19th century music — Schubert, Schumann & Brahms — is projected by him with great inspiration. However, this feature of his reveals itself no less vividly in his interpretations of contemporary music. Whatever D. Shafran plays we always feel an amazing "liberation of human spirit", "real freedom" which F. Schelling thought to be the foundation of romantic perception of the world.