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Sunday, August 16, 2026
Various – You’re No Big Deal (Grunge, The U.S. Underground And Beyond 1984-1994) 2025 320 π
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2021- Culture - Children of Zion - The High Note Singles 1977 - 1981
2021- Culture - Children of Zion - The High Note Singles
1977 - 1981 @ 320
1977 - 1981 @ 320
Arguably the greatest Jamaican vocal group to emerge on the reggae scene during the latter half of the Seventies, the Joseph Hill-led trio Culture wrote and performed some of the finest roots music of the era, initially making their mark with producer Joe Gibbs before joining the revered roster of Sonia Pottinger’s High Note Records.
The first two discs of this long overdue triple CD set collect the ‘A’ and ‘B’ sides of all the group’s Jamaican 7” and 12” High Note singles, with disc 3 comprising rare and previously unreleased 12” mixes from the vaults.
Featuring some of the finest roots reggae recordings of the late Seventies, this collection superbly demonstrates why Culture remain held in such high esteem by reggae aficionados, and with 20 tracks new to CD and five previously unissued, will even satisfy the exacting demands of the group’s long-standing fans.(Cherry Red Records)
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Saturday, August 15, 2026
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 1970 (2014 Remaster) 320 π
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Various - Soul Mixed Vol 1 2026 320 π
The first in a new home made comp series, featuring Soul,funk & R&B and a few other bits. So far I have compiled 6 Volumes and will work on more soon.
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1973 - Michael Nesmith - Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash
1973 - Michael Nesmith - Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash @320
After hitting a groove with And the Hits Just Keep on Comin', which Michael Nesmith recorded with just pedal steel guitarist Red Rhodes for accompaniment, Nesmith beefed his sound up again with a full band on Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash. But the previous album seems to have reminded Nesmith about the virtues of restraint, and while he had a six-piece band at his disposal this time out, the arrangements are tight and efficient, offering the warmth and immediacy of his First National Band sessions (and sometimes even beating them for subtle, understated swing). Red Rhodes, as always, is the star soloist here, but the rest of the band also shines, in particular the guitars of Jay Lacy and Dr. Robert Warford and the solid drumming of Danny Lane. Nesmith wrote one of his best and purest country songs for this set, "Winonah," and offered up a solid remake of the Monkees obscurity "Some of Shelly's Blues," while dipping into bluegrass for the lovely acoustic medley "Back Porch and a Fruit Jar Full of Iced Tea." Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash was Michael Nesmith's final album for RCA Records, and if it didn't fare especially well in the marketplace, from a musical standpoint he certainly left the House That Nipper Built on a high note -- it was hardly your standard '70s country-rock album. (AllMusic)
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Friday, August 14, 2026
Various – Blank Generation (A Story Of U.S. / Canadian Punk & Its Aftershocks 1975-1981) 2023 320 π
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Another set that has been sitting in the to post (needs work) folder for a long long time. I replaced the 8 or 9 fake 320 tracks with real 320, sometimes you find something and you had to wait to correct the fake tracks, it's worth it in the end. Just have a big folder of stuff you need to work on, replacements and work on the tags.
Various - John Peel： A Tribute 2005 320 π
Have had this in my to post folder for some time, just needed to replace a few tracks, with true 320 versions, all done and here it is for your enjoyment.
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Various – Guerrilla Girls! - She-Punks & Beyond 1975-2016 2023 320 π
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Various - Box Of Vibes No. 45 (R-A-C) 2026 320 π
This was the last Box ready to post, will work on the next 15 as we have 60 compiled, just need to put the tracks together and edit the tags and then level them. Will work on them towards the end of the week, ready to post 46 next Monday.
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Cowboy Junkies - 2023 - Such Ferocious Beauty
Cowboy Junkies - 2023 - Such Ferocious Beauty @320
What with Michael Timmons’ day to day job as a ‘go to record producer’ it’s no wonder it’s over 5 years since Cowboy Junkies last album of new material; although their covers album RECOLLECTIONS was pretty damn good in every which way; but at RMHQ it’s ‘their songs’ we crave like a crack addict.
So it was with baited breath and a big mug of coffee that I tentatively pressed ‘play’ on the office Hi-Fi; as the Timmons siblings are more than capable of throwing us a curve ball … with great relief opening song What I Lost is as deep, dark and beautiful as any fan could hope for, with Margo’s stunning and distinctive voice as cool as ever, while Michael’s guitar playing swoops and soars with additional rumbling from the top end of the fret board unlike any of the Guitar Gods on the road today.
With that in mind; the opening to Track #2 Flood, is almost psychedelic …. even Gilmouresque; and continues throughout while Ms Timmons remains front and centre apparantly oblivious to the ‘wall of sound’ her brother is creating behind her.
While I can’t say I’ve liked every Cowboy Junkies album; like you can’t like every Neil Young album, as both are contrary at times; ‘never making the same album twice’ …. which is actually a good thing; and Such Ferocious Beauty is a perfect moniker for this particular bundle of songs, with the slow and acoustic Canadian Gothic song Hell Is Real being juxtaposed between the punchy Shadows 2; about the Timmins’s father falling deeper and deeper under the spell of dementia; and Circe and Penelope with it’s haunting harmonica and rustic acoustic guitars; which is one of their few songs this century that sounds anything like Trinity Sessions; but the addition of a cello halfway through takes it into a whole new stratosphere.
Even after four plays now; this album is still throwing up surprises; possibly because while I’ve been digesting one song it’s meant I haven’t always been listening intently to what follows; which is why the intense and simmering story in Throw a Match has just taken me by such surprise …. was it there this morning?
It must have been, but I couldn’t remember it from the first three plays.
Weird, I know … but that’s the Cowboy Junkies for you.
Tucked away in the middle is a very important song in the Cowboy Junkies canon of work; and that’s Knives. As intense and complex as you’d expect; but here the addition of a violin finds the band setting sail to unchartered territory …. and I love it.
There’s an all encompassing darkness, and even ‘fear’ (courtesy of some scary guitar playing!) to Mike Tyson (Here It Comes) but the sensitive way Margo delivers the story makes this a full on contender for being my Favourite Song; but the staggeringly beautiful Blue Skies with its birdsong opening and tender acoustic guitar accompaniment just about edges it out of that first place.
Yet, again there is another song here that has just unravelled and took my breath away; so I suppose I have to make Hard To Build. Easy To Break its equal and therefore a joint Favourite Song.
There are highs and lows here, darkness and light too and the three multi-talented Timmins siblings alongside lifelong friend Alan Anton are still pushing boundaries all the while; but you always know they will never over step the mark in the name of experimentation. (Rocking Magpie)
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Blondie - Remixed Remade Remodeled - The Blondie Remix Project 1995 320 π
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Various – Change The Beat: The Celluloid Records Story 1979-1987 2013 320 π
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1991 - The Essential Leo Kottke Collection
1991 - The Essential Leo Kottke Collection @320
The Essential Leo Kottke is the double album from 1991, which may surprise some listeners with the familiarity of its tunes. What I discovered was the supreme delight of seeing Kottke’s guitar wrapped around such familiar songs as Bob Nolan’s Tumbling Tumbleweeds, the Everly Brothers All I Have to Do is Dream, and most surprisingly Kris Kristofferson’s Here Comes That Rainbow Again, written from a scene in The Grapes of Wrath, which I had only heard live by Kristofferson and recorded by Johnny Cash. You suddenly realize that Kottke is unafraid of great melodies, and goes constantly in search of them. It isn’t just countermelodies that captivate his guitarist’s fancy, but the innate power of a melody as well. You can’t have one, he makes me realize, without the other. In the end, that’s why I love his playing, and have stayed true to his muse all these years. Leo Kottke is a guitarist’s guitarist, one who opens up the fret board to all manner of virtuoso invention, without losing sight of his original purpose in creating a world of beautiful sound.(FolkWorks)
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Various - From the Ground Up - Vol 6 Belgian New Beat 88 2026 VBR π
Vol 6 Belgian New Beat 88
From the Ground Up
An earwitness account of the electronic dance music revolution on Belgian dancefloors from 1984 to the mid nineties.
By Captain Crash
Warning this compilation is VBR, the majority of tracks are 320, but some are in lower bit rates.
Thanks to Captain Crash for sharing this home made compilation with us on Vibes. 10 more volumes to come in this 16 volume series.
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1986 - A Cajun Legend (The Best of Nathan Abshire)
1986 - A Cajun Legend (The Best of Nathan Abshire) @320
Nathan Abshire was born in 1913 near Gueydan, Louisiana. His love of the accordion began at the age of 6, when he’d sneak his uncle’s accordion away to practice. And practice he did – by the time he was eight, he had become accomplished enough to begin his long career as a regular musician. Years later, accompanying the Balfa Brothers to the Newport Folk Music Festival in 1967, he was one of the early representatives of Cajun music on the national scene. A Cajun Legend… The Best of Nathan Abshire (with guest musicians, the Balfa Brothers) is probably the most complete collection available of Nathan’s most popular recordings, compiled from the early Swallow recordings from 1965 to ’73. Released in 1986, 20 tracks.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026
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