Artist: Led Zeppelin
Title: How The West Was Won
Release Year: 2003 / 2018
Genre: Rock
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 02:27:31
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 0 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 96 kHz / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Size:22,93 GB
Led Zeppelin continue their reissue campaign with a new edition of their celebrated live album How The West Was Won, originally released in 2003, featuring newly remastered audio, which was done under the supervision of Jimmy Page. HOW THE WEST WAS WON highlights the best performances from Led Zeppelin’s legendary concerts at the Los Angeles Forum and Long Beach Arena on June 25 and 27, 1972. First ever Blu-ray Audio edition (containing hi-res 5.1 surround sound).
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Artist: Steven Wilson
Title: The Raven That Refused to Sing
Genre: Progressive Rock
Label: Kscope
Release Date: 2013
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 54:43
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 7997 kbps / 1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 6934 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: English LPCM 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 26,68 GB
The new studio album from Steven Wilson – Blu-ray edition with 5.1 mixes (96/24 5.1 LPCM & DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1) and bonus track. Highly respected British artist Steven Wilson has revealed that his third solo album will be titled ‘The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)’. Set for release by Kscope on February 25, 2013, the much anticipated new album was written between January and July and recorded in Los Angeles in September. Steven’s current band is a collection of stellar musicians: lead guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Nick Beggs, Marco Minnemann on the drums, Theo Travis playing saxophone/flute, and Adam Holzman on keyboards. The record has been engineered by legendary producer/engineer Alan Parsons and consists of 6 songs, 3 of which are 10 minute plus epics and are based on stories of the supernatural. The Blu-ray edition offers audiophiles the chance to experience the album in its full glory with 96/24 Stereo LPCM of the album, plus 2 x 5.1 mixes of album (96/24 5.1 LPCM & DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1). The Blu-ray also features instrumental versions of the album tracks (96/24 Stereo LPCM), plus bonus track (‘Drive Home’ – lounge version, also 96/24 Stereo LPCM), an art gallery Art Gallery (images by Hajo Mueller), Photo Gallery (photographs by Lass Hoile) and a studio Documentary (filmed and edited by Lasse Hoile). For those who do not know Steven Wilson he is 4-times Grammy-nominated artist and the founder and frontman of Porcupine Tree. Porcupine Tree have sold in excess of 1 million records worldwide and the band’s last tour concluded in sold out shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York and the Royal Albert Hall in London. Wilson’s Previous solo album, “Grace For Drowning”, charted around the world (UK No. 34, Germany No. 22, Netherlands No. 22 Dutch, US Billboard Rock album chart No. 19, Poland No. 7). In recent years Steven has emerged as a highly sought after re-mixer, working on 5.1 / surround mixes of classic albums by King Crimson, Jethro Tull, ELP and more. His production credits include work with Opeth, Anathema, Marillion, Anja Garbarek, Fish and Yoko Ono and he sang and co-wrote track on Pendulum’s #1 album, Immersion. He was also the winner of the ‘Guiding Light’ award at the 2012 Prog Magazine awards.
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Artist: Steven Wilson
Title: 4 ½
Released: 2016
Genre: Rock, Neo-Prog, Alternative / Indie Rock, Singer / Songwriter
Artist: Steven Wilson – guitars, lead vocals, autoharp, mellotron, piano, percussion, virtual instruments (tracks 1-6), Adam Holzman – Wurlitzer, hammond organ, minimoog, rhodes, piano (tracks 1-6), Dave Kilminster – guitar (tracks 1 and 6), Guthrie Govan – guitar (track 3), Nick Beggs – bass, Chapman Stick, backing vocals (tracks 1-6), Craig Blundell – drums (tracks 1, 5, and 6), Marco Minnemann – drums (track 3), Chad Wackerman – drums (track 4), Theo Travis – reeds (tracks 4 and 6), Ninet Tayeb – vocals (track 6)
Label: © Kscope
Recorded: October 2012 – October 2015
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:36:46 + 00:36:54 + 00:03:58
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 5003 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 7333 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English LPCM 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
An interim release between Hand. Cannot. Erase. and his next album, Steven Wilson’s 4 ½ comprises 6 tracks with a total running time of 37 minutes.
Four of the songs originated during the sessions for Hand. Cannot. Erase. and one from the recording sessions for The Raven That Refused To Sing. The final track is a new version of Don’t Hate Me – a song recorded by Porcupine Tree in 1998 – based on a live recording made on the recent tour of Europe, with additional recording in the studio. The vocals on this new version are sung as a duet between Steven and Ninet Tayeb.
Adam Holzman, Nick Beggs, Guthrie Govan, Dave Kilminster, Craig Blundell, Marco Minnemann, Chad Wackerman and Theo Travis also contribute to 4 ½.
Blu-Ray version in an amray case with die cut slipcase and 8 page booklet photographed by Lasse Hoile and designed by Carl Glover. The blu-ray edition includes high res stereo, a 5.1 mix of the album, plus 6 bonus instrumentals and alternative mixes including a 5.1 mix of the 2015 version of Lazarus.
Name: Steven Wilson: Hand. Can not. Erase.
Released: 2015
Genre: Progressive Rock, Electronic Rock
Artist: Steven Wilson – lead vocals, mellotron (tracks 1-10), keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8), guitars (tracks 2-10), bass (tracks 1, 2, and 5 -7), banjo (track 7), hammered dulcimer (track 9), programming (tracks 1-5, 9, and 10), shaker (tracks 3, 5, and 6), effects (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, and 11), Guthrie Govan – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, and 10), lead guitar (track 5), Nick Beggs – bass (tracks 3 and 10), Chapman Stick (tracks 4, 6, and 10), backing vocals (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 10), Adam Holzman – piano (tracks 1-3, 5-7, and 9-11), Hammond organ (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9, and 10), celesta (tracks 3, 5, and 9), Fender Rhodes (tracks 3, 4, 6, and 9), Wurlitzer (track 7), Moog synthesizer ( track 7), Marco Minnemann – drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9), Additional: Dave Gregory – guitars (tracks 2, 3, and 10), Chad Wackerman – drums (track 10) , Ninet Tayeb – vocals (tracks 5 and 9), Theo Travis – flute and baritone saxophone (track 9), Katherine Jenkins – spoken word (track 4), Leo Blair – solo vocal (track 5), Schola Cantorum Of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School – choir (tracks 5, 10, and 11), London Session Orchestra – strings (tracks 9 and 10)
Issued: United States | Kscope
Duration: 01:06:03 + 00:29:31 (documentary)
Size: 34.58 GB
Hand. Cannot. Erase. is the fourth solo studio album by British musician Steven Wilson. The album was released on February 27, 2015 through Kscope.
The album was recorded in September 2014 at AIR Studios, London, UK.All band members of the previous album are also featured on the new recording. When discussing the lack of Theo Travis’ input on the record, Steven Wilson described the album to be less “jazzy” compared to the previous album, featuring only a few parts written for flute and saxophones. Wilson also described the album to be more reflective to all of the different material in his back catalogue, featuring electronic music elements and straightforward pop songs alongside long progressive-oriented tracks. Alongside Wilson, the album features Ninet Tayeb on vocals, and the music is heavily inspired by The Dreaming, an album by Kate Bush.
Name: Steve Hackett: Wolflight
Released: 2015
Genre: Rock, Prog Rock, Folk Rock
Artist: Banjo – Steve Hackett (tracks: 8), Bass – Chris Squire (tracks: 3), Eiður Arnarsson (tracks: 12), Bass, Chapman Stick – Nick Beggs (tracks: 8), Design – Harry Pearce, Didgeridoo – Sára Kovács (tracks: 2), Drums – Benedikt Brynleifsson (tracks: 12), Gary O’Toole (tracks: 1,5,8), Hugo Degenhardt (tracks: 9,10), Ólafur Hólm Einarsson (tracks: 12), Duduk – Rob Townsend (3) (tracks: 5), Guitar – Steve Hackett (tracks: 1-12), Thorvaldur B. Thorvaldsson (tracks: 12), Harmonica – Steve Hackett (tracks: 4,8), Keyboards – Kjartan Valdemarsson (tracks: 12), Roger King (tracks: 1-10), Mastered By – Roger King, Oud – Steve Hackett (tracks: 5,9), Percussion – Steve Hackett (tracks: 1,4,7), Photography – Angéla Vincedomini, Maurizio Vincedomini, Producer – Roger King (tracks: 1-11), Steve Hackett (tracks: 1-11), Thorvaldur B. Thorvaldsson (tracks: 12), Recorded By – Roger King (tracks: 1-11), Thorvaldur B. Thorvaldsson (tracks: 12), Saxophone – Rob Townsend (3) (tracks: 4,8), Tar – Malik Mansurov (tracks: 2), Tipple – Steve Hackett (tracks: 7), Violin, Viola – Christine Townsend (tracks: 1-4,8), Vocals – Amanda Lehmann (tracks: 2-4,8), Eythor Ingi Gunnlaugsson (tracks: 12), Jo Hackett (tracks: 4), Steve Hackett (tracks: 2-5,7,8,10)
Issued: United States | Inside Out Music
Duration: 1:03:03
Size: 21.5 GB
Wolflight is Steve’s first original solo studio album since Beyond The Shrouded Horizon in 2011. Primal and orchestral, it retains the Hackett trademark as electric guitar runs right the way through with a regular sprinkling of acoustic. The concept behind it is a new unexplored chapter in the guitarist’s career.
The ten tracks take the listener through a journey in space and time looking at the different faces of the endless fight for freedom. Wandering between parallel universes, Hackett explores contemporary and ancient cultures, from Greece (Corycian Fire) to the Far East (Wolflight), the USA and Martin Luther King (Black Thunder), but also his very own childhood memories (The Wheel’s Turning) and the unresolved drama of domestic violence (Love Song to a Vampire).
An excited Steve Hackett tells us more about the record: “My new rock album Wolflight is at the ready and lying in wait. It reflects everybody’s struggle for freedom on a journey travelling through both inner and outer space. It explores sounds from as far afield as Greece, Azerbaijan, the deep American South, Sahara desert and beyond, from all our yesterdays, evoking the ancient past”.
Steve Hackett’s electric guitar plays a powerful role, whilst we also hear him on acoustic guitar, Arabian lute and twelve string, along with his strong lead vocals. Guest Musicians include long time collaborators Roger King (Keyboards & programming), Gary O’Toole (drums), Rob Townsend (sax, duduk), Nick Beggs (bass & stick) and Amanda Lehmann (harmony vocals). Malik Mansurov on tar and Sara Kovaks on didgeridoo add an extra exotic element, plus YES bassist Chris Squire plays on Love Song to a Vampire and Hugo Dagenhardt plays drums on Dust and Dreams. The innovative song writing team includes Steve Hackett, his wife Jo Hackett and also Roger King.
Recorded: Tracks 1-11 recorded and mixed by Roger King at Map Studios; Track 12 recorded and mixed by Thorvaldur B. Thorvaldsson; Interviews filmed by Paul Green Productions.
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Artist: Steve Hackett
Title: Surrender Of Silence
Genre: Prog Rock
Label: Inside Out Music – IOMLTDCD 596, Sony Music – 19439875062
Release Date: 2021
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:57:39 + 00:11:26 (bonus)
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 14825 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4554 / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#1: English LPCM 5.1 / 48 kHz / 6912 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 13.95 GB
‘Surrender of Silence’ is the brand-new studio album from legendary guitarist Steve Hackett. As with his acoustic album from earlier this year, this too was recorded during lockdown and involving several musicians and singers contributing from around the world. “Lockdown cobwebs are blown away in one fell-swoop here”, says Steve… “With the monster rhythm section of Jonas Reingold, Craig Blundell, Nick D’Virgilio and Phil Ehart along with Rob Townsend’s soaring sax and bass clarinet, Nad Sylvan, Amanda Lehmann and myself on vocals, Roger King’s darkly powerful organ and my guitar, we plunge full-pelt into that wild release of energy”…
“Alongside the heaviness is that constant need to explore and blast through boundaries. We’re starting to embrace life again. We can’t travel everywhere just yet, but this album travels around the world from the Far East to Africa, with the beautiful vocals of Amanda plus Lorelei and Durga McBroom, Ubaidulloev Sodikhorn’s extraordinary dutar and Malik Mansurov’s exotic tar… all bound together with Roger’s beautiful orchestral textures, highlighted by Christine Towsnend’s sublime violin and viola.” Available as a Limited Deluxe CD+Blu-ray mediabook with hard cover slipcase (feat. 5.1 Surround Sound mix), Standard CD Jewelcase, Gatefold 2LP+CD (with etching on Side D) and as Digital Album.
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Artist: Steve Hackett
Title: The Night Siren
Genre: Rock, Prog Rock, Art Rock
Label: © InsideOut Music
Release Date: 2017
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:57:46 + 00:23:27 (Documentary)
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 14968 kbps / 1920*1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4588 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: English LPCM 5.1 / 48 kHz / 6912 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#3: English LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Guitar virtuoso and rock legend, Steve Hackett (formerly of Genesis), releases his latest album The Night Siren on 24th March 2017 through InsideOut Music (Sony). As implied in the title, The Night Siren is a wake-up call… the warning of a siren sounding in this era of strife and division.
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Artist: Renaissance
Title: Azure d’Or (Remastered)
Genre: Progressive Rock, Pop Rock, Folk Rock, Female Vocal
Label: Esoteric Recordings
Release Date: 1971/2023
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 000:56:21+00:21:30
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 17000 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: LPCM Audio English 4608 kbps 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: DTS-HD Master Audio English 8230 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 8230 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio #3: LPCM Audio English 13824 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Size： 33.33 GB
Deluxe two CD + Blu-ray edition. Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the classic Renaissance album Azure D’Or. Issued in April 1979, the album followed the successful A Song For All Seasons and the hit single ‘Northern Lights’ released the previous year. Working once again with David Hentschel (who had also produced the albums A Trick Of The Tail and Wind And Wuthering for Genesis), the record featured excellent material such as ‘Jekyll And Hyde’, ‘Kalynda’ and ‘The Flood At Lyons’ and would be the last album by the band’s classic line-up and their last to chart in the UK. This expanded edition comprises two CDs and a region-free Blu-ray disc featuring a newly remastered original stereo mix from the original master tapes and also includes stunning 5. 1 Surround Sound and stereo mixes by Stephen W Tayler (which add new depth to the recordings) and additional unreleased bonus material from the album sessions.
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Artist: Barclay James Harvest
Title: Once Again (Deluxe Edition)
Genre: Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock
Label: Esoteric Recordings
Release Date: 1971/2023
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 01:02:05+00:40:26+00:40:24
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 17000 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: LPCM Audio English 4608 kbps 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: DTS-HD Master Audio English 7830 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 7830 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio #3: LPCM Audio English 13824 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Size： 38.12 GB
Released in February 1971, Barclay James Harvest’s second album was recorded at Abbey Road studios and was produced by Norman Smith. Widely regarded as one of the band’s early masterpieces, ‘Once Again’, the album was critically acclaimed upon its release and featured the Barclay James Harvest symphony orchestra and eventually attained Gold disc status.
This new expanded edition features three CDs and an all-region Blu ray disc and comprises 44 tracks. The set features the original UK stereo mix remastered from the original master tapes and also includes stunning new 5.1 Surround Sound and stereo mixes by Stephen W. Tayler, a new remaster of the 1972 SQ Quad mix of the album and a multi-channel version of the 1972 Quad mix.
In addition, there is also a rare live performance recorded for BBC Radio One’s John Peel in February 1971, and seven further rare bonus tracks, including an early version of ‘Mocking Bird’ and the full version of the unreleased piece ‘White Sails (A Seascape). The set also includes a lavishly illustrated booklet with a new essay Barclay James Harvest experts Keith and Monika Domone and a replica of a 1971 promotional poster.
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Title: R.E.M. – Monster (Anniversary Edition)
Released: 1994/2019
Genre: Alternative Rock
Released: Craft Recordings
Duration: 00:48:59 + 01:55:55
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: DTS-HD, PCM
Road Movie (Concert Film)
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 19948 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4890 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Music Videos
Video : MPEG-4 AVC Video / 19996 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1:English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4886 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 32.38 GB
R.E.M.’s ninth album, Monster, was released at a time when the band were coming off the peak of their mainstream success, following Out of Time (1991) and Automatic For The People (1992). Coming from a long break in touring (the band famously didn’t tour with the two previous records), Monster represented an intentional shift in R.E.M.’s sound, a “return to rock” with guitar laden, simple arrangements. It was released to strong reviews and significant global success – reaching #1 on Billboard, and least 7 other countries. In 1995 the band promoted that album with their first concert tour since 1989 (although several band members suffered health problems). The album includes the singles; “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?,” “Crush with Eyeliner,” “Bang and Blame,” and “Strange Currencies.”
The 25th anniversary edition features the remastered original mix on CD 1, followed by a disc of 15 previously unreleased demos, with names like ‘Rocker With Vocal’ or ‘Mike’s Gtr’. The third CD is Scott Litt’s new 2019 stereo remix and this is followed by two further CDs that offer an unreleased live set from the 1995 Monster Tour. In terms of the new stereo mix, the idea was to pull the guitars back and push the vocals forward to create a more open sound and showcase the lyrics. You can get a taster by listening to ‘What’s The Frequency Kenneth?’, below.
The blu-ray is the sixth and final disc and it includes hi-res stereo (presumably the remastered original mix) and a 5.1 surround mix of Monster. No Dolby Atmos this time around, then. This disc also features the blu-ray debut of the 1996 Road Movie concert film as well as six music videos.
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Artist: R.E.M.
Title: Out of Time
Genre: Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Folk Rock, Jangle Pop
Label: © Concord Music Group
Release Date: 2016
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Out Of Time (Album):
Duration: 00:44:06
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 14380 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 8885 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Music Video:
Duration: 00:52:49
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 21958 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 7109 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
A quarter of a century after ‘Out Of Time’ helped break alternative music into the American mainstream and turned R.E.M. into a worldwide phenomenon, the band have announced a special 25th Anniversary Edition, out via Concord Bicycle.
‘Out Of Time’ will be released in three different formats. The 2 CD Set will include a remastered version of the original album alongside demo versions of every album track, as well as demos for two non-album b-sides and a previously unreleased song. The 3 LP Set will include remastered vinyl versions of the original album and the demos. The 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of ‘Out Of Time’ will include 4 discs, featuring the remastered album, demos, recordings from the band’s performance at Mountain Stage in 1991 (a rarity for the time, as the band did not tour to promote ‘Out Of Time’), and a Blu-Ray disc with hi-resolution audio and 5.1 Surround Sound versions of ‘Out Of Time,’ all of the music videos from the album, and the 1991 electronic press kit ‘Time Piece,’ featuring in-studio footage, exclusive performances and more. All versions will feature extensive liner notes by Annie Zaleski featuring interviews from all four band members and producers Scott Litt and John Keane. Full details below.
The demos, recorded at John Keane Studio in early 1990 and featured on all versions of the ‘Out Of Time’ reissue, provide key insight into the band’s creative process: from early instrumental passes to versions of “Losing My Religion” and “Texarkana” with different lyrics, and even a version of “Radio Song” that features a rare moment with drummer Bill Berry on lead vocals for a verse. While recording them, it was clear to Keane that R.E.M. were “at their peak in terms of creativity.”
By 1991, R.E.M. (Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe) had amassed a sizable following in the United States, but ‘Out Of Time’ brought the Athens, GA band unprecedented global recognition. It was the group’s first album to top both US and UK charts, selling 12 million copies worldwide, and garnered 7 Grammy nominations, including wins for Best Alternative Music Album, Best Short Form Music Video (“Losing My Religion”), and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (“Losing My Religion”).
Instant classic songs like “Losing My Religion,” “Shiny Happy People,” “Near Wild Heaven,” and “Radio Song” broke new ground, artistically and commercially. Reviewing ‘Out Of Time,’ Rolling Stone simply said, “This may well be America’s best rock & roll band.” Earlier this year, Pitchfork called the album “arguably their most important record,” while Time Magazine named ‘Out Of Time’ one of it’s All-Time 100 Albums, saying it contains “ethereal beauty rarely heard on a rock record.”
Artist: Nirvana
Title: Nirvana
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Grunge
Label: © Geffen Records/Universal Music Group
Release Date: 2002/2015
Recorded: 1988–1994
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:49:51
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 4001 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3681 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 3.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3090 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
On August 28, 2015, Nirvana’s self-titled, double platinum-selling (United States) / 7x platinum-selling (Worldwide) posthumous collection Nirvana (UMe) makes its debut on 45rpm double LP, pressed on 200-gram heavy weight vinyl and packaged in a furnace black gatefold sleeve with liner notes and a digital download card for 96kHz 24-bit HD audio; as well as a 33rpm single LP 150-gram standard weight vinyl edition which will feature a download card for 320kbps MP4 audio. Nirvana will also be released as a Blu-Ray Pure Audio in high resolution 96kHz 24-bit and is available in three stereo audio formats: PCM, DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD stereo.
Originally released in 2002, Nirvana features the rare and previously unreleased studio version of “You Know You’re Right,” the last song the band ever recorded, available exclusively on this compilation. Also among the 14 classics on Nirvana: 1991’s breakthrough “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and fellow Nevermind singles “Come As You Are,” and “In Bloom,” In Utero singles “Heart-Shaped Box” and “Pennyroyal Tea,” as well as deep cuts including “About A Girl” from first album Bleach, “Been A Son” from the Blew EP, the non-LP single “Sliver,” and live acoustic versions of “All Apologies” and David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold The World” from the GRAMMY® winning MTV Unplugged In New York.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, Nirvana is one of the most influential rock bands in history. Selling over 43 million albums worldwide and returning unaffected rock ‘n’ roll integrity and passion to the top of the charts, Nirvana would prove a singular inspiration to fans and musicians alike over the last two decades–and will undoubtedly do so for generations to come.
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Artist: Nirvana
Title: Nevermind
Release Year: 1991 / 2013
Genre: Grunge, Alternative Rock
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:49:51
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 6917 kbps 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 (96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English DTS HD MA 2.0 (96 kHz / 3302 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 2.0 (96 kHz / 2554 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 8,33 GB
Released in September of 1991, Nirvana’s sophomore album and major label debut elevated Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl from a critically acclaimed Aberdeen, Washington, cult band to generational spokesmen who’d unwittingly created a cultural shift and musical touchstone.
Rising to #1 the world over by year’s end and ultimately selling over 30 million copies worldwide, Nevermindwould come to be much more than one of the most successful and influential albums of its or any era. As the album that returned unaffected rock ’n’ roll integrity and passion to the top of the charts, Nevermind would prove a singular inspiration to fans and musicians alike over the last two decades, and will undoubtedly do so for generations to come!
“The overnight-success story of the 1990s, Nirvana’s second album and its totemic first single, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” shot up from the nascent grunge scene in Seattle to kick Michael Jackson off the top of the Billboard album chart and blow hair metal off the map. No album in recent history had such an overpowering impact on a generation – a nation of teens suddenly turned punk – and such a catastrophic effect on its main creator.” – #17 on Rolling Stone’s ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time’
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Artist: Nirvana
Title: In Utero
Release Year: 1993 / 2013
Genre: Grunge, Alternative Rock
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Duration: 00:41:26
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 4780 kbps 1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3560 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 2999 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 5,67 GB
To say that Nirvana’s third and ultimately final studio album In Utero was 1993’s most polarizing record would be the understatement of a decade. The unadorned sonic rawness of Steve Albini’s recording laid bare every primal nuance of the most confrontational yet vulnerable material Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl would ever record. And with its 1991 predecessor Nevermind having sold some 30 million copies, single-handedly returning honest rock ’n’ roll to the top of the pop charts, In Utero was essentially the first record Nirvana would make with any expectations from the public.
So from the opening quasi-shamble melodics of “Serve The Servants” through the bittersweet closing strains of “All Apologies,”In Utero was the sound of the most incredible yet conflicted rock ‘n’ roll band of the era at the peak of its powers coming to terms with a generational spokes-band mantle they’d never seen coming – and ultimately surmounting these struggles to make the record they needed to make. As Rolling Stone’s David Fricke said in his review at the time, “In Utero is a lot of things – brilliant, corrosive, enraged and thoughtful, most of them all at once. But more than anything, it’s a triumph of the will.”
Read moreMiles Davis – Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums (2015) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]
Artist: Miles Davis
Title: Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz, Trumpet Jazz
Label: © Blue Note Records/Universal Music Enterprises
Release Date: 2015
Recorded: Tracks 1 to 6, 19 to 21 and 29 to 30 were recorded at WOR Studios, New York City, NY, May 9, 1952.
Tracks 7 to 12 and tracks 22 to 28 were recorded at WOR Studios, New York City, NY, April 20, 1953.
Tracks 13 to 18 were recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 6, 1954.
Quality: Blu-ray Audio
Length: 01:51:27
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 950 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 2.0 / 96 kHz / 3339 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 2.0 / 96 kHz / 2458 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Universal Music Group has gone back to the original master tapes to deliver fully uncompressed, high-resolution versions of many of your favorite albums on Blu-ray Pure Audio Disc. Mastered at 24bit/96kHz, Blu-ray Pure Audio Discs deliver the sound the artists originally heard in the studio when these classic albums were recorded. These discs provide all the recorded musical information. While convenient due to their small file size, today’s heavily compressed music files do not represent the true fidelity of the original album.
• Recordings are transferred from the original master tapes and delivered in high-resolution 24-bit/96kHz audio
• No compression is utilized, and the sound quality is vastly superior to MP3 or standard CD
• Three separate choices of audio file format for playback: PCM 2.0, Dolby True HD, or DTS-HD Master Audio (5.1 available where noted)
• Your preferred audio format is chosen either by pressing the “Audio” button on your Blu-ray remote or via your onscreen menu display
Now available on Blu-Ray Pure Audio Disc, Take Off: The Complete Blue Note Albums is a new Miles Davis Estate-approved collection of the legendary artist’s three Blue Note 10-inch albums plus all alternate takes issued on subsequent 12-inch albums and CD reissues: a total of 26 tracks recorded for Blue Note Records on three dates in 1952, ’53 and ’54. This is the first time Davis’ 10-inch albums – Young Man With A Horn, Miles Davis Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 – have been issued in their original sequence since the early 1950s.