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You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Coverdale • Page is a collaborative studio album by English singer David Coverdale and guitarist Jimmy Page. It was released on 15 March 1993 by EMI in Europe, 16 March by Geffen Records in North America and 18 March by Sony Music Entertainment in Japan. The album's production was handled by Coverdale, Page and Mike Fraser. Following the disbandment of Coverdale's band Whitesnake and a failed reunion attempt by Page's band Led Zeppelin, John Kalodner proposed the idea to Page of the musicians working together. After meeting each other, they began writing songs, which were then recorded over the course of 1991 and 1992. Critical reception towards Coverdale • Page was generally mixed; some music critics praised Coverdale and Page's partnership as a successful blend of both their respective bands. However, others viewed the collaboration as a second-rate Led Zeppelin, with many drawing unfavourable comparisons between Coverdale and Robert Plant. The album charted in 12 countries, including reaching number four in the UK and number five in the US. It was certified platinum in the US and Canada, respectively. Following a short Japanese tour in December 1993, Coverdale and Page parted ways. David Coverdale – lead vocals; acoustic guitar Jimmy Page – electric guitars; acoustic guitar, bass; harmonica, dulcimer Denny Carmassi – drums, percussion Ricky Phillips – bass Jorge Casas – bass Lester Mendez – keyboards, percussion Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals John Sambataro – backing vocals John Harris – acoustic harmonica 🔘 Side 1: Shake My Tree Waiting on You Take Me for a Little While 🔘 Side 2: Pride and Joy Over Now Feeling Hot 🔘 Side 3: Easy Does It Take a Look at Yourself Don't Leave Me This Way 🔘 Side 4: Absolution Blues Whisper a Prayer for the Dying

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Made in Japan is a double live album by English rock band Deep Purple, recorded during their first tour of Japan in August 1972. It was originally released in December 1972, with a US release in April 1973, and became a commercial and critical success. The band were well known for their strong stage act, and had privately recorded several shows, or broadcast them on radio, but were unenthusiastic about recording a live album until their Japanese record company decided it would be good for publicity. They insisted on supervising the live production, including using Martin Birch, who had previously collaborated with the band, as engineer, and were not particularly interested in the album's release, even after recording. The tour was successful, with strong media interest and a positive response from fans. The album was an immediate commercial success, particularly in the US, where it was accompanied by the top five hit "Smoke on the Water", and became a steady seller throughout the 1970s. The album had a strong critical reception and continues to attract praise. A Rolling Stone readers' poll in 2012 ranked Made in Japan the sixth best live album of all time. Deep Purple: Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica, percussion Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar Jon Lord – organ, piano Roger Glover – bass guitar Ian Paice – drums 🔘 Side 1: Highway Star Child in Time 🔘 Side 2: Smoke on the Water The Mule 🔘 Side 3: Strange Kind of Woman Lazy 🔘 Side 4: Space Truckin'

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Coda is a collection of rejected tracks from various sessions during Led Zeppelin's twelve-year career. It was released on 19 November 1982, almost two years after the group had officially disbanded following the death of drummer John Bonham. The word coda, meaning a passage that ends a musical piece following the main body, was therefore chosen as the title. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant – lead vocals, harmonica Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitars, electronic treatments, production John Paul Jones – bass guitar, piano, keyboards John Bonham – drums, percussion 🔘 Side 1: We're Gonna Groove Poor Tom I Can't Quit You Baby Walter's Walk 🔘 Side 2: Ozone Baby Darlene Bonzo's Montreux Wearing and Tearing

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Presence is the seventh studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by their own label Swan Song Records on 31 March 1976. While the record was commercially successful, reaching the top of both the British and American album charts, and achieving a triple-platinum certification in the United States by the RIAA, it received mixed reviews from critics and is the lowest-selling album by the band. The album was written and recorded in the last months of 1975, during a difficult time in the band's history. Singer Robert Plant was recuperating from serious injuries he had sustained earlier that year in a car accident; this led to tours being cancelled and the band booking studio time to record Presence instead. The entire album was completed in a few weeks, with guitarist and producer Jimmy Page putting in several long shifts to complete recording and mixing. The title came from the strong presence the group felt as they worked together. The LP's artwork from Hipgnosis featured several photographs focused on a mysterious black object, called "The Object". Presence is dominated by compositions by Page and Plant, with only one track credited to the entire group; unlike other Zeppelin albums, it features no keyboards and little acoustic guitar. Because Plant was still recuperating, the band could not tour to capitalise on the release, and only two tracks, including the ten-minute opener "Achilles Last Stand", were performed live. However, the album has been re-appraised in retrospective reviews for its hard rock dynamics and simplicity compared to the group's other work. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica Jimmy Page – guitars, production John Paul Jones – bass John Bonham – drums 🔘 Side 1: Achilles Last Stand For Your Life Royal Orleans 🔘 Side 2: Nobody's Fault but Mine Candy Store Rock Hots On for Nowhere Tea for One

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. In Through the Out Door is the eighth and final studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded in three weeks in November and December 1978 at ABBA's Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and released by their label Swan Song Records on 22 August 1979 in the US and 24 August 1979 in the UK. The album was named by the group to describe its struggles after the death of Robert Plant's son Karac in 1977, and the taxation exile the band took from the UK. The exile resulted in the band being unable to tour on British soil for over two years, and trying to get back into the public mind was therefore like "trying to get in through the 'out' door". Unlike earlier Led Zeppelin albums, In Through the Out Door was dominated musically by bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones. It was the band's last release before they disbanded in December 1980 after the death of their drummer John Bonham three months earlier. The album was a huge commercial success; it went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in its second week on the American chart. It also went to No. 1 in the UK, Canada, and New Zealand. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant – vocals Jimmy Page – guitars, gizmotron, production John Paul Jones – bass guitar, keyboards John Bonham – drums, percussion 🔘 Side 1: In the Evening South Bound Saurez Fool in the Rain Hot Dog 🔘 Side 2: Carouselambra All My Love I'm Gonna Crawl

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Physical Graffiti is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. Released as a double album on 24 February 1975, it was the group's first album to be released under their new label, Swan Song Records. The band wrote and recorded eight new songs for the album in early 1974 at Headley Grange, a country house in Hampshire, which gave them ample time to improvise arrangements and experiment with recording. The total playing time covered just under three sides of an LP, so they decided to expand it into a double by including previously unreleased tracks from the sessions for the earlier albums Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin IV and Houses of the Holy. The album covered a range of styles including hard rock, progressive rock, rock 'n' roll and folk. The album was then mixed over summer 1974 and planned for an end-of-year release; however, its release was delayed because the Peter Corriston-designed die-cut album cover proved difficult to manufacture. Physical Graffiti was commercially and critically successful upon its release and debuted at number one on album charts in the UK and number three in the US. It was promoted by a successful US tour and a five-night residency at Earl's Court, London. Physical Graffiti was later certified 16× platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2006, signifying shipments of over eight million copies. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica Jimmy Page – electric, acoustic, lap steel and slide guitars, production John Paul Jones – bass guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar, keyboards, Mellotron John Bonham – drums, backing vocals 🔘 Side 1: Custard Pie The Rover In My Time of Dying 🔘 Side 2: Houses of the Holy Trampled Under Foot Kashmir 🔘 Side 3: In the Light Bron-Yr-Aur Down by the Seaside Ten Years Gone 🔘 Side 4: Night Flight The Wanton Song Boogie with Stu Black Country Woman Sick Again

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV or ZoSo, the symbol of Jimmy Page. After the band's previous album Led Zeppelin III received lukewarm reviews from critics, they decided their fourth album would officially be untitled and would be represented instead by four symbols – one chosen by each band member – without featuring the name or any other details on the cover. The album was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records. It was produced by Jimmy Page and recorded between December 1970 and February 1971, mostly in the country house Headley Grange. The album contains the band's most well-known recording, the eight-minute-long "Stairway to Heaven". The informal recording environment inspired the band, allowing them to try different arrangements of material and create songs in various styles. "Stairway to Heaven" was mostly written by Page, and the bulk of the chord sequence was already worked out when recording started at Basing Street Studios. The lyrics were written by Plant at Headley Grange, and the final take of the song was recorded at Island Studios after the Headley Grange session. The basic backing track featured Bonham on drums, Jones on electric piano and Page on acoustic guitar. The whole group contributed to the arrangement, such as Jones playing recorders on the introduction and Bonham's distinctive drum entry halfway through the piece. Page played the guitar solo using a Fender Telecaster he had received from Jeff Beck and had been his main guitar on the group's first album and early live shows. He put down three different takes of the solo and picked the best to put on the album. The song was considered the standout track on the album and was played on FM radio stations frequently, but the group resisted all suggestions to release it as a single. It became the centrepiece of the group's live set from 1971 onwards; in order to replicate the changes between acoustic, electric and twelve-string guitar on the studio recording, Page played a Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck guitar during the song. The album was a critical and commercial success and is Led Zeppelin's best-selling album, having shipped over 37 million copies worldwide. It is one of the best-selling albums in the US and of all time in general, while critics have regularly placed it highly on lists of the greatest albums of all time. In 2010, Led Zeppelin IV was one of ten classic album covers from British artists commemorated on a UK postage stamp issued by the Royal Mail. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant – vocals, harmonica Jimmy Page – electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, production, mastering John Paul Jones – bass, electric piano, mandolin, recorders, synthesizer John Bonham – drums 🔘 Side One: Black Dog Rock and Roll The Battle of Evermore Stairway to Heaven 🔘 Side Two: Misty Mountain Hop Four Sticks Going to California When the Levee Breaks

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 28 March 1973 by Atlantic Records. The album benefited from two band members installing studios at home, which allowed them to develop more sophisticated songs and arrangements and expand their musical style. Several songs subsequently became fixtures in the group's live set, including "The Song Remains the Same", "The Rain Song" and "No Quarter". Other material recorded at the sessions, including the title track, was shelved and released on the later albums Physical Graffiti and Coda. All instruments and vocals were provided by the band members Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (guitar), John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards), and John Bonham (drums). The album was produced by Page and mixed by Eddie Kramer. The cover was the first for the band to be designed by Hipgnosis and was based on a photograph taken at Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. Although critical response was mixed, Houses of the Holy became a commercial success, later receiving a Diamond (over 10 million albums sold) certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1999. In 2020, the album was ranked at number 278 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant – vocals Jimmy Page – guitars, production John Paul Jones – bass guitar, piano, Mellotron, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals John Bonham – drums, backing vocals 🔘 Side One: The Song Remains the Same The Rain Song Over the Hills and Far Away The Crunge 🔘 Side Two: Dancing Days D'yer Mak'er No Quarter The Ocean

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Led Zeppelin III is the third studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 5 October 1970 in US and 23 October 1970 in UK. It was recorded in three locations. Much of the work was done at Headley Grange, a country house, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. Additional sessions were held at Island Studios and Olympic Studios in London. The range of instruments played by the band was greatly enhanced on this album, with Jones especially emerging as a talented multi-instrumentalist, playing a wide range of keyboard and stringed instruments, including various synthesizers, mandolin and double bass, in addition to his usual bass guitar. As with prior albums, Page served as producer on the album, with mixing done by Andy Johns and Terry Manning. The album showed a progression from straightforward rock towards folk and acoustic music. While hard rock influences were still present, such as on "Immigrant Song", acoustic-based songs such as "Gallows Pole" and "That's the Way" showed Led Zeppelin were capable of playing different styles successfully. The album was one of the most anticipated of 1970, and its shipping date was held up by the intricate inner sleeve design based around a volvelle, with numerous images visible through holes in the outer cover. It was an immediate commercial success upon release and topped the UK and US charts. Although many critics were initially confused over the change in musical style and gave the album a mixed response, Led Zeppelin III has since been acknowledged as representing an important milestone in the band's history and a turning point in their music. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant – vocals Jimmy Page – guitars, pedal steel guitar, banjo, backing vocals, bass, production John Paul Jones – bass, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, mandolin, double bass, string arrangement John Bonham – drums, percussion 🔘 Side One: Immigrant Song Friends Celebration Day Since I've Been Loving You Out on the Tiles 🔘 Side Two: Gallows Pole Tangerine That's the Way Bron-Y-Aur Stomp Hats Off to (Roy) Harper

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 22 October 1969 in the United States and on 31 October 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at several locations in both the United Kingdom and North America from January to August 1969. The album's production was credited to the band's lead guitarist and songwriter Jimmy Page. The album exhibited the band's evolving musical style of blues-derived material and their guitar riff-based sound. It has been described as the band's heaviest album. Six of the nine songs were written by the band, while the other three were reinterpretations of Chicago blues songs by Willie Dixon and Howlin' Wolf. One single, "Whole Lotta Love", was released outside of the UK (the band would release no UK singles during their career), and peaked as a top-ten single in over a dozen markets around the world. Led Zeppelin II was a commercial success, and was the band's first album to reach number one on charts in the UK and the US. The album's cover designer David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 1970. On 15 November 1999, the album was certified 12× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales passing 12 million copies. Since its release, various writers and music critics have cited Led Zeppelin II as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time. Led Zeppelin: Robert Plant – lead vocals, harmonica Jimmy Page – guitars, theremin, backing vocals, producer John Paul Jones – bass guitar, organ, backing vocals John Bonham – drums, backing vocals 🔘 Side One: Whole Lotta Love What Is and What Should Never Be The Lemon Song Thank You 🔘 Side Two: Heartbreaker Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) Ramble On Moby Dick Bring It On Home

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Sladest is a compilation album by the British glam/rock band Slade. In 1973, Slade were one of the most popular bands in Britain. While recording their next studio album, Old New Borrowed and Blue, Slade decided to release a compilation album to maintain the band's momentum. So the album was released by Polydor on 28 September 1973 and was certified UK Silver by BPI that month. It remained in the charts for 24 weeks. The album was certified UK Gold by BPI in November 1973. In America, Sladest was released by Reprise and featured a significantly different track listing. It reached No. 129 on the Billboard 200. Slade: Noddy Holder – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Dave Hill – lead guitar, backing vocals Jim Lea – bass, piano, violin, backing vocals Don Powell – drums 🔘 Side One: Cum On Feel the Noize Look Wot You Dun Gudbuy T'Jane One Way Hotel Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me Pouk Hill The Shape of Things to Come 🔘 Side Two: Take Me Bak 'Ome Coz I Luv You Wild Winds Are Blowing Know Who You Are Get Down and Get with It Look at Last Nite Mama Weer All Crazee Now

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Slayed? is the third studio album by the British Glam/Rock group Slade. It was released in November 1972 and reached No. 1 in the UK. It remained on the chart for 34 weeks and was certified Silver in early 1973. The album was also the band's most successful of the 1970s in the US, peaking at No. 69 and remaining in the charts for 26 weeks. In Australia, the album reached No. 1 and went Gold, knocking the band's live album Slade Alive! to No. 2. In the Record Mirror poll results of 1974, Slayed? was listed at No. 4 on the Top 10 list of best British albums. New Musical Express said the album was "one of the greatest rock 'n' roll releases ever," and it remains one of the band's best-loved long players. Slade: Noddy Holder – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Dave Hill – lead guitar, backing vocals Jim Lea – bass, piano, violin, backing vocals Don Powell – drums 🔘 Side One: How d'You Ride The Whole World's Goin' Crazee Look at Last Nite I Won't Let It 'Appen Agen Move Over 🔘 Side Two: Gudbuy T'Jane Gudbuy Gudbuy Mama Weer All Crazee Now I Don' Mind Let the Good Times Roll / Feel So Fine

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Boston is the debut studio album by American rock band Boston, released on August 25, 1976, by Epic Records. It was produced by Tom Scholz and John Boylan. A multi-instrumentalist and engineer who had been involved in the Boston music scene since the late 1960s, Scholz started to write and record demos in his apartment basement with singer Brad Delp, but received numerous rejections from major record labels. The demo tape fell into the hands of CBS-owned Epic, who signed the band in 1975. Defying Epic Records's insistence on recording the album professionally in Los Angeles, Scholz and Boylan tricked the label into thinking the band was recording on the West Coast, when in reality, the bulk was being tracked solely by Scholz at his Massachusetts home. The album's contents are a complete recreation of the band's demo tape, and contain songs written and composed many years prior. The album was released by Epic in August 1976 and broke sales records, becoming the best-selling debut LP in the US at the time, and winning the RIAA Century Award for the best-selling debut album. The album's singles, "More Than a Feeling", "Peace of Mind" and "Foreplay/Long Time", were major AM and FM hits, and nearly the entire album receives constant airplay on classic rock radio. The album is often referred to as a staple of 1970s rock and has been included on many lists of essential albums. It has sold at least 17 million copies in the United States alone and at least 20 million worldwide, making it one of the best-selling debut albums of all time. Boston: Tom Scholz – lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, special guitar effects, bass, organ, clavinet, percussion, producer, engineer Brad Delp – lead and harmony vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion Barry Goudreau – lead and rhythm guitar Fran Sheehan – bass guitar Sib Hashian – drums, percussion 🔘 Side One: More Than a Feeling Peace of Mind Foreplay/Long Time 🔘 Side Two: Rock & Roll Band Smokin' Hitch a Ride Something About You Let Me Take You Home Tonight

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. "A definitive hard-rock bubblegum record" & "one of the last glitter classics," "Fox on the Run" is a 1975 song by the British glam rock band Sweet, first recorded in 1974. It was the first Sweet single written by the band, rather than producers Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman, and was their 14th single overall. This is more pop-oriented and more familiar version of the song recorded and produced in 1975 and was included on the Capitol Records issue of Desolation Boulevard. The song's inclusion in the trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 led to the song reaching number one on the iTunes Rock Chart in late 2016. "Fox" being slang for an attractive woman, the lyrics are apparently about one of the band's groupies. "The Ballroom Blitz" (often called "Ballroom Blitz") is a song written by Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman. It was inspired by an incident on 27 January 1973 when the band were performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and were driven offstage by a bottling (when angry fans throw things onto the stage). Regardless of the damage and danger that the band took on during the bottling, it resulted in an all-time classic glam rock song. The song was recorded on 11-12 June 1973 at Audio International Studio, 18 Rodmarton Street, London, and released as a single in September 1973. The song appeared on the US and Canadian versions of Desolation Boulevard but never appeared on a Sweet album in the UK, other than hits compilations. Sweet: Brian Connolly – lead vocals Steve Priest – bass guitar, harmonica, lead and backing vocals Andy Scott – guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals Mick Tucker – drums, percussion, backing vocals 🔘 Side One: Fox on the Run 🔘 Side Two: Ballroom Blitz

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Off the Record is the fifth studio album by the English glam rock band Sweet. It was recorded at Audio International Studios in London between October 1976 and January 1977. The band produced with assistance from engineers Louis Austin and Nick Ryan. All songs written and composed by Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott and Mick Tucker. Sweet: Brian Connolly – lead vocals Steve Priest – bass guitar, harmonica, lead and backing vocals Andy Scott – guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals Mick Tucker – drums, percussion, backing vocals 🔘 Side One: Fever of Love Lost Angels Midnight to Daylight Windy City A Distinct Lack of Ancient 🔘 Side Two: Live for Today She Gimme Lovin Laura Lee Hard Times Funk It Up Why Don't You Do It to Me Stairway to the Stars

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. One of the best comeback albums of all time, Perfect Strangers is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released on 29 October 1984. Recorded in August 1984 at Studio "Horizons" in Stowe, Vermont, USA. It was the most successful album recorded by the re-formed 'Mark II' line-up. It was the first Deep Purple studio album in nine years, and the first with the Mk II line-up in eleven years, the last being Who Do We Think We Are in 1973. Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover arrived from Rainbow, Ian Gillan from Black Sabbath, Jon Lord from Whitesnake, and Ian Paice from Gary Moore's backing band. All songs have been wrtten by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover except "Nobody’s Home" credited to all five band members. The album was a commercial success, reaching #5 in the UK charts and #17 on the Billboard 200 in the US. Perfect Strangers was only the second Deep Purple studio album to be certified platinum in the United States, following 1972's Machine Head. The tour was so successful that the band had to book many additional dates to the U.S. arena tour, as tickets sold out very quickly. Deep Purple: Ian Gillan – lead vocals Ritchie Blackmore – guitar Jon Lord – organ, keyboards Roger Glover – bass, synthesizer Ian Paice – drums 🔘 Side One: Knocking at Your Back Door Under the Gun Nobody's Home Mean Streak 🔘 Side Two: Perfect Strangers A Gypsy's Kiss Wasted Sunsets Hungry Daze

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Hackney Diamonds is the 24th British and 26th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 20 October 2023 on Polydor. It is the first album of original material by the Rolling Stones since 2005's A Bigger Bang and their first since the 2021 death of drummer Charlie Watts, who contributed to some tracks in 2019. Produced by Andrew Watt, it features guest contributions from Elton John, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, and former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman. The album's name is London slang for the shattered glass left behind after burglars have smashed a window to break in, Hackney being an inner-city area of London historically associated with a high crime rate. Richards stated it refers to broken glass left over in the morning after "a good Saturday night that went bad". Hackney Diamonds received positive reviews, with some critics considering it the band's strongest album in decades. It was promoted by the singles "Angry", "Sweet Sounds of Heaven", and "Mess It Up". It reached number one in at least 19 countries including the UK, Australia, and Germany. In the UK it was their 14th album to reach the top of the charts, reaching the number of 72,200 certified chart units in its first week in the charts, going Gold for the sales of over 100,000 units within four weeks since its release. As global sales were equally strong weeks after the release of the albums, the Gold awards soon followed in Germany, France, and Holland, amongst others. In Germany, Hackney Diamonds was officially pronounced the best-selling album of 2023. The limited edition vinyl LP cover art has a mass of eyeballs and tongues. The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, guitar, percussion, harmonica on "Dreamy Skies" and "Rolling Stone Blues" Keith Richards – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Tell Me Straight" Ronnie Wood – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals Charlie Watts – drums on "Mess It Up" and "Live by the Sword" 🔘 Side One: Angry Get Close Depending On You Bite My Head Off Whole Wide World Dreamy Skies 🔘 Side Two: Mess It Up Live By The Sword Driving Me Too Hard Tell Me Straight Sweet Sounds of Heaven Rolling Stone Blues

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Even in the Quietest Moments... is the fifth album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in April 1977. It was recorded mainly at Caribou Ranch Studios in Colorado with overdubs, vocals, and mixing completed at The Record Plant in Los Angeles. This was Supertramp's first album to use engineer Peter Henderson, who would work with the band for their next three albums as well. Even in the Quietest Moments… reached number 16 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart in 1977 and within a few months of release became Supertramp's first Gold (500,000 copies or more) selling album in the US. In addition, "Give a Little Bit" became a US Top 20 single and reached number 29 on the UK Singles Chart. While "Give a Little Bit" was the big hit, both "Fool's Overture" and the title track also got a fair amount of FM album-rock play. In 1978, Even in the Quietest Moments… was ranked 63rd in The World Critic Lists, which recognised the 200 greatest albums of all time as voted for by notable rock critics and DJs. The front cover is a photo of an actual snow-covered piano and bench with a scenic mountain peak backdrop—an actual, but gutted, grand piano was brought to the Eldora Mountain Resort (a ski area near Caribou Ranch Studios)—which was left overnight and photographed after a fresh snow. The sheet music on the piano, though titled "Fool's Overture", is actually "The Star-Spangled Banner". Supertramp: Roger Hodgson – vocals, 12-string guitar, electric guitar, piano, synthesizers, pump organ Rick Davies – vocals, piano, organ, synthesizers, clavinet, electric piano, melodica Dougie Thomson – bass John Helliwell – saxophones, clarinets Bob Siebenberg (credited as Bob C. Benberg) – drums and percussion 🔘 Side One: Give a Little Bit Lover Boy Even in the Quietest Moments Downstream 🔘 Side Two: Babaji From Now On Fool's Overture

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Breakfast in America is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released by A&M Records on 16 March 1979. It was recorded in 1978 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. It spawned three US Billboard hit singles: "The Logical Song" (No. 6), "Goodbye Stranger" (No. 15), and "Take the Long Way Home" (No. 10). In the UK, "The Logical Song" and the title track were both top 10 hits, the only two the group had in their native country. At the 22nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1980, Breakfast in America won two awards for Best Album Package and Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording, as well as nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. It holds an RIAA certification of quadruple platinum and became Supertramp's biggest-selling album, with more than 4 million copies sold in the US and more than 3 million in France (the fourth ever best-selling album). It was No. 1 on Billboard Pop Albums Chart for six weeks. The album also hit No. 1 in Norway, Austria, West Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Canada, Australia and France. By 2010, the album had sold well over 20 million copies. The album's front cover resembles an overlook of Manhattan through an aeroplane window. It was designed by Mike Doud and Mick Haggerty. The image depicts an American actress and singer-comedian Kate Murtagh, dressed as a waitress named "Libby" from a diner, as a Statue of Liberty figure holding up a glass of orange juice on a small plate in one hand (in place of the torch on the Statue), and a foldable restaurant menu in the other hand, on which 'Breakfast in America' is written. The background features the southern tip of the New York City borough of Manhattan, with the Lower Manhattan skyline represented through a cornflake box, ashtray, cutlery (for the wharfs), pancake syrup bottles, egg crates, salt and pepper shakers, coffee mugs, ketchup and mustard bottles, etc., all spray-painted white. The twin World Trade Center towers appear as two stacks of boxes, and the plate of breakfast represents The Battery, the departure point for the Staten Island Ferry. The back cover photo, depicting the band members having breakfast while reading their respective hometown newspapers, was taken at a diner called Bert's Mad House. Supertramp: Rick Davies – vocals, keyboards, clavinet, harmonica Roger Hodgson – vocals, keyboards, guitars, acoustic 12-string guitar, vibes John Helliwell – saxophones, vocals, woodwinds Bob Siebenberg (credited as Bob C. Benberg) – drums Dougie Thomson – bass 🔘 Side One: Gone Hollywood The Logical Song Goodbye Stranger Breakfast in America Oh Darling 🔘 Side Two: Take the Long Way Home Lord Is It Mine Just Another Nervous Wreck Casual Conversations Child of Vision

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Crisis? What Crisis? is the fourth album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in 1975. It was recorded in Los Angeles and London – Supertramp's first album to have recording done in the US. Having achieved commercial success with Crime of the Century, the pressure was on for Supertramp to deliver a followup album as soon as possible. Hodgson was unhappy with the album, describing it as a rushed job with none of the cohesion of Crime of the Century. Bassist Dougie Thomson concurred: "We thought that the Crisis album was a little bit disjointed and the band as a whole at that time didn't really like the album." In the mid-1980s, however, Roger Hodgson called it his favorite Supertramp album. Both the title and the concept of the cover were conceived by Davies who came up with the name Crisis? What Crisis? and came in with this sketch of a guy in a deck chair under an umbrella with all this chaos going on around him. Supertramp: Rick Davies – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, Wurlitzer piano, harmonica, organ, harpsichord, synthesizers Roger Hodgson – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, acoustic piano, Wurlitzer piano, flageolet, cello, pump organ, marimba, electric sitar John Anthony Helliwell – saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet, backing vocals Dougie Thomson – bass guitar Bob Siebenberg (credited as Bob C. Benberg) – drums, percussion 🔘 Side One: Easy Does It Sister Moonshine Ain't Nobody but Me A Soapbox Opera Another Man's Woman 🔘 Side Two: Lady Poor Boy Just a Normal Day The Meaning Two of Us

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Crime of the Century is the third studio album by the English progressive rock band Supertramp, released in October 1974 on A&M Records. Crime of the Century was Supertramp's commercial breakthrough in many countries, most notably in the UK, Canada and Germany where it peaked in the Top 5 while also making the Top 20 in Australia and France. It was an improvement over their previous sales in the US, but still only peaked at No. 38, with the US hit being "Bloody Well Right". "School" was another popular track, particularly at album rock-oriented radio stations. The album was eventually certified Gold in the US in 1977 after the release of Even in the Quietest Moments.... In Canada, it was eventually certified Diamond (sales of one million copies). The album was Supertramp's first to feature drummer Bob Siebenberg (at the time credited as Bob C. Benberg), saxophone and clarinet player and vocalist John Helliwell, bassist Dougie Thomson, and co-producer Ken Scott. The album has received critical acclaim, including its inclusion in Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time". The album's dedication reads "To Sam", which is a nickname for Stanley August Miesegaes, the Dutch millionaire who supported the band financially from 1969 to 1972. Supertramp: Rick Davies – vocals, keyboards, harmonica Roger Hodgson – vocals, guitar, pianos John Anthony Helliwell – saxophones, clarinet, backing vocals Dougie Thomson – bass guitar Bob Siebenberg (credited as Bob C. Benberg) – drums, percussion 🔘 Side One: School Bloody Well Right Hide in Your Shell Asylum 🔘 Side Two: Dreamer Rudy If Everyone Was Listening Crime of the Century

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. No Mean City is the tenth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1979. The album title comes from the 1935 novel No Mean City and features artwork illustrated by Rodney Matthews. With this record the band's sound was heavier, considering the addition of guitarist Zal Cleminson of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. It sold very well at the time, with the main single "Star", preceded by "Whatever You Want Babe". The popularity of the album allowed the band to play with several big names such as Thin Lizzy, on their 1978/79 tour. It was their first album since their second release, Exercises in 1972, not to contain at least one cover version. Nazareth: Dan McCafferty – lead vocals Manny Charlton – guitar, producer Pete Agnew – bass, backing vocals Darrell Sweet – drums Zal Cleminson - guitars 🔘 Side One: Just to Get into It May the Sunshine Simple Solution (Parts 1 & 2) Star 🔘 Side Two: Claim to Fame Whatever You Want Babe What's in It for Me No Mean City (Parts 1 & 2)

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Expect No Mercy is the ninth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released on 19 November 1977. The album was recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec in Canada. On this album saw the reintroduction of a heaviness after the two previously more laid back albums and the tracks were noticeably shorter with only the final track clocking in at over four minutes: more music, more hard rock. Nazareth: Dan McCafferty – lead vocals Manny Charlton – guitar, producer Pete Agnew – bass, backing vocals, guitar, piano Darrell Sweet – drums, percussion 🔘 Side One: Expect No Mercy Gone Dead Train Shot Me Down Revenge Is Sweet Gimme What's Mine 🔘 Side Two: Kentucky Fried Blues New York Broken Toy Busted Place in Your Heart All the King's Horses

You are listening to the genuine Hi-Fi stereo sound transferred from the actual vinyl record in the best possible quality. Play 'n' the Game is the eighth studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released on 13 November 1976. The album was recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec in Canada. Nazareth: Dan McCafferty – lead vocals Manny Charlton – guitar, producer Pete Agnew – bass, backing vocals, guitar, piano Darrell Sweet – drums, percussion 🔘 Side One: Somebody to Roll Down Home Girl Flying Waiting for the Man 🔘 Side Two: Born to Love I Want To Do Everything for You I Don't Want to Go On Without You Wild Honey L.A. Girls

Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll is the seventh studio album by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, released in 1976. The lead track, "Telegram", describes the band's experience while touring of hangovers, travel by aeroplane and limousine, customs, FM radio, girls, breakfast, press reception, soundcheck and finally the show over a guitar riff that bursts into a short version of the Byrds hit before returning to the riff and the story. It includes the album title in the lyrics. This references a saying among guitar players: "It doesn't matter if your guitar isn't fully in tune, as long as it's 'close enough for rock 'n' roll.'" "Telegram" (parts 1–3 only) was Nazareth's concert opener for many years, including the 1981 shows recorded for the Snaz album. Nazareth: Dan McCafferty – lead vocals Manny Charlton – guitar, producer Pete Agnew – bass, backing vocals, guitar, piano Darrell Sweet – drums, percussion 🔘 Side One: Telegram Part 1: On Your Way Part 2: So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star Part 3: Sound Check Part 4: Here We Are Again Vicki Homesick Again Vancouver Shakedown 🔘 Side Two: Born Under the Wrong Sign Loretta Carry Out Feelings Lift the Lid You're the Violin