The Who - Live At Leeds (1970)

In February 1970 The Who recorded Live at Leeds with the specific purpose of capturing the power of their live show on an album. They were fresh from a US tour that had made them a huge draw in the states and the band had recorded hundreds of hours of performances, with the intention of culling a live album from those tapes. But they were too lazy to listen to the American tapes - in fact, legend has it that Townshend instructed a roadie to burn them. It was easier just to schedule a show at a smallish UK venue - The Refectory - and record that.

The album originally contained mostly the show's closing hard rock songs but it has been re-released in expanded and remastered versions. This is an expanded version as there's a few tracks here that aren't on the original vinyl release.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Heaven And Hell
02) I Can't Explain
03) Fortune Teller
04) Tattoo
05) Young Man Blues
06) Substitute
07) Happy Jack
08) I'm A Boy
09) A Quick One, While He's Away
10) Amazing Journey / Sparks
11) Summertime Blues
12) Shakin' All Over
13) My Generation
14) Magic Bus

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Prog Punk Collection

To the surprise of some people punk music isnt just three chord thrash. There are a few punk bands who definitely tried to integrate some rock opera elements into their music. Here's a little selection of some of the more prog punk tracks. There's a fair mix of different styles, from hardcore to anarcho to punk though there was only a few bands who were more likely to do these kind of songs. Obviously it's not really prog but they're not your average punk songs either.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Rats [Subhumans]
02) Dear Coach's Corner [Propagandhi]
03) Target/Mr Disney/War [Zounds]
04) Sweden (All Quiet On The Eastern Front) [The Stranglers]
05) Smash It Up (Parts 1 & 2) [The Damned]
06) The Malcolm Opera [Splodgenessabounds]
07) Riot [Dead Kennedys]
08) Exercise #4 / Plain Speaking [Th'Inbred]
09) Reality Whitewash [Crass]
10) They (The Eternal Myth & Paradox) [Antisect]
11) Supporting Caste [Propagandhi]
12) From The Cradle To The Grave [Subhumans]
13) Man (Reproduce] [Reality Control]
14) I Just Can't Be Happy Today [The Damned]
15) Moving Away From The Pulsebeat [The Buzzcocks]
16) Down In The Sewer [The Stranglers]
17) Last Will & Testament [Propagandhi]

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King Crimson

Here's a nice little collection of songs from masters of prog, King Crimson. King Crimson were originally formed in London, England in 1969. Although they are often categorised as one of the founders of prog rock (rightly so), the band have also incorporated many diverse influences and instrumentation during its history (including jazz & folk music, classical & experimental music, psychedelic rock, hard rock & heavy metal, new wave, etc. etc.).

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) 21st Century Schizoid Man [from In The Court Of The Crimson King]
02) Epitaph [from In The Court Of The Crimson King]
03) The Court Of The Crimson King (Abridged) [from In The Court Of The Crimson King]
04) Cat Food [from In The Wake Of Poseidon]
05) Ladies Of The Road [from Islands]
06) Starless (Abridged) [from Red]
07) Red [from Red]
08) Fallen Angel [from Red]
09) Elephant Talk [from Discipline]
10) Frame By Frame [from Discipline]
11) Matte Kudesai [from Discipline]
12) Heartbeat [from Beat]
13) Three Of A Perfect Pair [from Three Of A Perfect Pair]
14) Sleepless [from Three Of A Perfect Pair]

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The Mahavishnu Orchestra

Here's a selection of tunes from jazz rock masters, the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Led by guitar maestro John McLaughlin they first formed in 1971 and split up in 1976. The band's original lineup featured "Mahavishnu" John McLaughlin on acoustic and electric guitars, with members Billy Cobham on drums, Rick Laird on bass guitar, Jan Hammer on electric and acoustic piano and synthesizer, and Jerry Goodman on violin. Jean-Luc Ponty was actually McLaughlin's first choice for violinist, but the idea was stalled by "immigration problems". He did later play with the band on the albums Apocalypse and Visions Of The Emerald Beyond.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Meeting Of The Spirits [from The Inner Mounting Flame]
02) Dawn [from The Inner Mounting Flame]
03) Vital Transformation [from The Inner Mounting Flame]
04) Awakening [from The Inner Mounting Flame]
05) Birds Of Fire [from Birds Of Fire]
06) Celestial Terrestrial Commuters [from Birds Of Fire]
07) Thousand Island Park [from Birds Of Fire]
08) One Word [from Birds Of Fire]
09) New York On My Mind [from Electric Guitarist]
10) Every Tear From Every Eye [from Electric Guitarist]
11) My Foolish Heart [from Electric Guitarist]
12) Joy (Part 1) [from Shakti & John McLaughlin]
13) Lotus Feet [from Shakti & John McLaughlin]
14) Come On Baby Dance With Me [from Natural Elements]

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Electric Blues Collection

This is a selection of some Electric Blues from a number of different artists. It includes people like John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, Howlin' Wolf, Stray Cats & Muddy Waters.

Electric blues is a type of blues music distinguished by the amplification of the guitar, bass, drums & often the harmonica. Pioneered in the 1930s, it emerged as a genre in Chicago in the 1940s. It was taken up in many areas of America leading to the development of regional subgenres such as electric Memphis blues & Texas blues.

I do have to say that Ry Cooder's guitar playing on Feelin' Bad Blues is probably the best slide guitar I've ever heard :) It's from the Crossroads soundtrack.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps except track 4 which is 192kbps)...
01) Willie Brown Blues [Ry Cooder]
02) No Shoes [John Lee Hooker]
03) Sitting On Top Of The World [Howlin' Wolf]
04) Drink That Bottle Down [Stray Cats]
05) Party Girl [T-Bone Walker]
06) After Hours [Pee Wee Crayton]
07) Don't Start Me Talking [Sonny Boy Williamson]
08) Me Baby [Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson]
09) Is The End [Buddy Guy]
10) Close To You [Muddy Waters]
11) The Sky Is Crying [Elmore James]
12) You've Been An Angel [B.B. King]
13) The Things (That) I Used To Do [Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble]
14) Sassy Mae [Memphis Slim]
15) Red House [Jimi Hendrix]
16) Up Baby [James Cotton]
17) Feelin' Bad Blues [Ry Cooder]
18) My Bitter Seed [Jimmy Reed]
19) The Story Of My Life [Guitar Slim]
20) Bound Blues [Willie Nix]
21) Cut That Out [Junior Wells]
22) Do Me Right [Willie Dixon]
23) Before You Accuse Me [Bo Diddley]
24) Blues Blaster's Boogie [Jimmy McCracklin & His Blues Blasters]
25) Cold Cold Feeling [T-Bone Walker]
26) Baby Left Me [Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup]
27) Okie Dokie Stomp [Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]

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Sugarhill Club Classics Collection

Here's a selection of some original hip hop. I mean we're talking block parties, popping & locking and the start of rap here, proper old school stuff. Sugar Hill Records was the name of a rap music record label that was founded in 1979 by husband and wife Joe and Sylvia Robinson with Milton Malden and financial funding of Morris Levy, the owner of Roulette Records. The download has some of the main pioneers of the early hip hop movement including Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & of course The Sugarhill Gang.

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Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) White Lines [Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel]
02) Breakdance Electric Boogie [West Street Mob]
03) The Message [Grandmaster Flash]
04) Scorpio [Grandmaster Flash]
05) Step Off [Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel]
06) The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel [Grandmaster Flash]
07) Rappers Delight [Sugarhill Gang]
08) Pump Me Up [Trouble Funk]
09) Spoonie Is Back [Spoonie Gee]

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DJ Smutty - Breaks & Dub Plates Mix

Here's another breakbeat mix from DJ Smutty. This one is from a couple of months ago and is a mix of breaks & dub plates old and new !!! Unfortunately I haven't got the tracklisting even though I asked very nicely (get on with it Smut ;) but if you're into breakbeats and the like it's definitely worth hearing. You can download the mix in WAV format from Smut's soundcloud page or in 320kbps mp3 format from the megaupload link at the bottom of the post.


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DJ Smutty - Light & Dark (Breakbeat Mix)

This download is a mix by another good friend of mine, DJ Smutty. It runs for around an hour and 10 minutes with 17 tracks of breakbeat madness and has some real classic tunes on it. It was actually mixed at the end of 2008 and unfortunately I don't have the track listing. I've asked Smut for the tracks but he's as untogether as me so don't hold your breath. Anyway it shouldn't really be a problem so just go get it :) All files are 320kbps mp3s.

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Bullshit Detector 2 (Crass Records)

This download isn't one of mine but thanks to the Old Punk you can get volume two of the Bullshit Detector series on Crass Records in FLAC (Lossless) format at the Old Punks Never Die site. In fact while you're waiting for your download to finish you can also get yourself some vegan recipes to try, pick up some home gardening tips or just check out the other music on the site.

Here's what Mr OP had to say...
The 'Bullshit Detector' series of three releases offered the chance for any @-punk with a tape recorder and something to say to get heard. Whether that was always a good thing or not, at least in technical or musical terms, can be (and has been) debated. What is undeniable is that these records offer a unique insight into @-punk culture in its heyday. Even the 'bad' tracks seem to fit in with the overall sense and purpose of the album and are certainly worth hearing at least once.

Heres the tracklisting (FLAC format)...
01) Voice Of U.K. [Waiting For Bardot]
02) Nature Wonder [Omega Tribe]
03) Random Relations [Suspects]
04) Think About It [Your Funeral]
05) Receiver Deceiver [Kronstadt Uprising]
06) Freedom [Deformed]
07) Let's Get It Right [No Label]
08) Same Old Songs [The Rejected]
09) Garageland [Boffo]
10) Fuck The System [XS]
11) Manipulated Youth [Polemic Attack]
12) A. Gardener's Song [A. Gardener]
13) Tradition Of Slaughter [Toxic]
14) Breakup [1984]
15) Insert [Unknown Artist]
16) Police Brutality [Toxik Ephex]
17) Low [Sic]
18) Ain't Got A Clue [Molitov Cocktail]
19) Mid 1930's (Pre-War Germany) [Naked]
20) We've Realised The Truth Now [Capital Punishment]
21) All The Wars [Anthrax]
22) Slaughter Of The Innocent (Curiosity Kills) [Unknown Artist]
23) War Games [Pseudo Sadists]
24) Psycho Analysis [Total Chaos]
25) War Without Winners [Dougie]
26) The Survivor [St. Vitus Dancers]
27) Christus Erection [Stegz]
28) Brutalised [Metro Youth]
29) Black Market Shadow [Normality Complex]
30) Power & The Glory [Youth In Asia]
31) Security System [Riot Squad]
32) Agent Orange [Destructors]
33) U.K. In Dreamland [The Pits]
34) Riot Style [The Bored]
35) Theatre Comment [Toby Kettle]
36) Three Years Later [Chumbawamba]
37) Start Again [Passion Killers]
38) Get Off Yr Ass [Amerikan Arsenal]

To get this download in FLAC format (as well as lots and lots of other good stuff) just take yourself over to the Old Punks Never Die site.

Ska Collection

Here's a selection of some classic ska tunes. As well as a lot of the early ska from labels like Trojan Records there's also a few tracks taken from the two tone label. Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combines elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues and is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the upbeat. Some of the tracks aren't perfect quality seeing as they were taken from pretty scratchy vinyl but considering they're around 40 years old what can you expect :) Most of the tracks are 320kbps mp3's except for 4, 17, 22 & 26 which are 192kbps.

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Here's the tracklisting...
01) Jamaican Ska [Byron Lee & The Dragonaires]
02) Gangsters [The Special A.K.A.]
03) Train To Skaville [The Ethiopians]
04) Freak Out [Jackie Mittoo]
05) CN Express [Clancy Eccles All Stars]
06) 007 (Shanty Town) [Desmond Dekker]
07) Land Of Hope And Glory [Madness]
08) Don D Lion [Don Drummond]
09) Liquidator [Harry J & The All Stars]
10) Really Now [The Dreamletts]
11) Guns Of Navarone [The Skatalites]
12) Rudi Got Married [Laurel Aitken]
13) Monkey Man [Toots & The Maytals]
14) Long Shot Kick De Bucket [The Pioneers]
15) Whine & Grine [Prince Buster]
16) On My Radio [The Selecter]
17) King Hammond Shuffle [King Hammond]
18) Next Door Neighbour [Owen & Leon Silveras]
19) Happy Go Lucky Girl [The Paragons]
20) My Baby Is Gone [Delroy Wilson]
21) Hands Off... She's Mine [The Beat]
22) Mesopotamia [Don Drummond & The Skatalites]
23) Baddest Ruffest [Backyard Dog]
24) So Bad [The Upsetters]
25) Ghetto Organ [Jackie Mittoo]
26) Love I Can Feel [John Holt]
27) First Session [Baba Brooks Orchestra]
28) Wrong Embryo [The Rulers]

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