Vardis' second long-player, 1981's This World's Insane, had failed to ignite the hard rock world on fire, and so dreary was becoming the band's cause that not even a performance at that year's Reading Festival seemed capable of turning their fortunes around.

Sonny Rollins - Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet (1951) {2003 Prestige 20bit K2 Remaster}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 127 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 80 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 53 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2003 Prestige / Fantasy | PRCD-7029-2
Jazz / Bop

This album covers roughly two years in Rollins's career when he was beginning to emerge as an important force in contemporary jazz. "I Know" was his first track as a leader, taped at the end of a January 1951 Miles Davis date at Davis's insistence. (Miles even played piano for him.) Sonny's first date as a leader took place on a snowy December night at the end of that year. The meeting with the Modern Jazz Quartet, in October 1953, showed a new maturity, especially in the rendition of Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood."

The compilations Elektro Codes.One (CD, 1997) and Elektro Codes.Two (DoCD, 1999) have placed Elektrolux on the forefront of the current revival of one of the most influential sounds of electronic music. Today, young and ambitious producers influenced by original Electro are taking the music into the new millennium, exploring connections to other contemporary styles. The two albums have met extraordinary demand, among the artists and projects featured on this series so far were Anthony Rother, N(E)M, The Sushi Club, Insect Jazz, Subtonal, Dr. Scissors, ueNN, Audiowerk, Quantum Leap, Ornament A and Drøn…

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741), nicknamed il Prete Rosso ("The Red Priest") because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, Catholic priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe. Vivaldi is known mainly for composing instrumental concertos, especially for the violin, as well as sacred choral works and over forty operas. His best known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons..

Michael Korstick - Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas
EAC+LOG+CUE | 10x FLAC: 2,04 GB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Oehms Classical # OC 125 | Country/Year: Germany 2012
Genre: Classical | Style: Classical Period, Piano

The recording is clean and conducive to the careful listening which Korstick consistently commands. (…) The pianist has declared his aim is to attain an "ideal", a distillation of Beethoven's piano writing. Perhaps a Platonic "essence" even. If this, rather than something personal, fluid, malleable and potentially as fallible as it is valid appeals to you, then you should investigate the cycle on Oehms. (…) For here is – if not a granite monolith – a commentary on what stone and a chisel can achieve.

VA - Rolling Stone Rare Trax Vol. 63 - Von Burg Waldeck Zum Goldenen Pudel: Liedermacher im Wandel der Zeit
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 148 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: None, Promo | Country/Year: Germany 2009
Genre: Folk, Acoustic | Style: Singer/Songwriter, Liedermacher

RARE TRAX is a continued series of promotional samplers given away with the german edition of Rolling Stone magazine since the 1990's and has reached volume 80 already. Each version covers a special topic and presents lesser known songs and/or artists.