The High Dials - A New Devotion (2003) mp3

Canadian power pop group the High Dials were formed in 2003 by singer/songwriter Trevor Anderson and guitarist Robbie MacArthur. The band grew out of Anderson's former project, the Datsons, who essentially changed their name after a New Zealand group using the same moniker became popular in North America. Viewing it as a chance to wipe the slate clean, Anderson and his bandmates released what was to be the High Dials' debut LP, 2003's A New Devotion, on the Rainbow Quartz label. Initially associated with the garage revival, the High Dials' first release had a distinctly retro '60s British mod sound that they have slowly distanced themselves from over the intervening years. Their acclaimed 2005 follow-up, War of the Wakening Phantoms, added elements of psychedelia, folk, power pop, and even shoegaze. They continued to tour extensively, evolving their sound and honing their songcraft with 2008's Moon Country and 2010's Anthems for Doomed Youth. All the while, the lineup continued to shift, always revolving around the creative core of Anderson and MacArthur. They worked with former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham in 2011 on a cover of "She Smiles Sweetly," and in 2014 two of their songs were featured on the hit Netflix series House of Cards. Following a period of inactivity, the High Dials reconvened as a trio with producer Marc Bell and recorded their fifth album, In the A.M. Wilds, which was released in early 2015.(allmusic.com)

Great canadian band with a successful long lasting career. Over the years they changed the sound more and more from album to album. Maybe this is her best work. Sometimes i am not shure lol, because they had a lot good stuff. This is definitely a monster album influenced by the great bands and sounds of the sixties.
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               Frank  mp3@320

The Hudson Brothers - So You're A Star - The Best Of The Hudson Brothers (1995)mp3

Although they aren't as well-remembered by the general public as Donny Osmond or Leif Garrett, the Hudson Brothers were a major presence on the teen idol scene during the mid-'70s, thanks to a string of variety shows that made them fixtures of Saturday morning television. They also recorded albums for the teen idol market, but their style was radically different from the usual teen idol fare. Instead of emulating David Cassidy, the Hudson Brothers recorded classic pop in the style of the Beatles or the Beach Boys (they also wrote most of their own songs). As a result, the Hudson Brothers' recorded legacy is on a whole different plane from typical 1970s teen idol sounds, and the best of this work is captured on So You Are a Star: The Best of the Hudson Brothers. Their sound combines an array of classic pop influences with a lush 1970s production style, and produced a pair of notable hits in "So You Are a Star" and "Rendezvous." Both songs show off their incredible gift to create original tunes that sound like their heroes: "So You Are a Star" stunningly recreates the woozy, psychedelic feel of "Strawberry Fields Forever," while "Rendezvous" is a perfect Beach Boys pastiche, right down to the boogie-woogie organ and doo wop vocal harmonies. Despite this gift for mimicry (which may have hurt their ability to be taken seriously by the rock press), other tracks on this collection show the Hudson Brothers were more than mere imitators.

For instance, "Spinning the Wheel" is a piano-driven power pop tune with melodic and harmonic twists worthy of the Raspberries, and "Lonely School Year" effectively contrasts a languid, lovely vocal melody with some frenetic rhythm guitar work to create a tune that is energetic and beautiful all at once. The group also throws in some new tracks for this compilation, the best being "Sweet Cindy," a rollicking mid-tempo track with a surprising country-rock feel to it. All in all, So You Are a Star: The Best of the Hudson Brothers is an extremely potent collection of pop tunes that is begging for rediscovery by 1970s power pop fanatics. Anyone who enjoys groups like the Raspberries or Badfinger will find plenty to enjoy on this disc.

This was a wonderful Power Pop band from the '70ties. Very much influenced by the Beatles and Raspberries. Beach Boys, too. Musically they had nothing to do with the Osmonds or Leif Garrett except the popularity of her music to the '70s teenagers in the USA. However if you don't know the band give them a listen. They was wonderful!
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               Frank  mp3@320

Finest Power Pop from Secret Powers! Explorers Of The Polar Eclipse (2008) Flac

It was hard to find a review about this album but after a longer time i found this review from a guy from ''Melodic.net'. Thanks Pär.

Here is a damn cool band that plays a very cool mix of styles. Firing up a mix of Bleu, ELO, Ben Folds, Kevin Gilbert (listen to the song in the second song Jenny, for example) and an early Elton John groove. This CD have been lying around in the "Forthcoming review-box" at home for a while and when I picked it up a few days ago, I was really surprised by what met my ears. There are many good tunes such as "Awfully Nice" with a typical modern powerpop piano that takes you up to the chorus which is a really nice ELO-fragrant tune.

´Sunny Pasadena´ smells Jim Boggia and "Counting Stars" could be a song that Bleu, ELO (a´la 1977) and Kevin Gilbert could be cooked for dinner... (Listen to the arrangement in the chorus). The singer Shmedly who also is the guy behind all the songs and who also produced the CD has a rather special voice that´s more a Kevin Gilbert sort of voice rather than the traditional modern powerpopvocalists like Ben Folds, Jon Brion and the other boys, and this also gives another dimension to the band.(Pär Winberg, melodic.net).

How sounds the ''traditional modern powerpopvocalist'' ? Like the ''typical modern powerpop piano''?
I'm just kidding. I think you know what you can expect if you listen to an unknown song or album by Secret Powers: Great Power Pop! And nothing more you will get with this album.
Enjoy
         Frank  Flac

Paul McCartney & Wings - One Hand Clapping (Collector's Edition)1974 mp3

Hello folks and friends, i'm sorry  this don't comes in Flac like i said yesterday but in mp3@320. I don't know what happened...wrong...i know what happened...i sleeped with my eyes wide open lol. I know a lot of you are glad it's mp3 because a lot of you like it more. Next wrong information of yesterday is: This is not a 40 track double disc, it's 46 tracks. Okay that's all about my broken promises :-).
Enjoy Macca and Wings
Cheers
           SB1

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