Maestoso (Woolly Wolstenholme, Barclay James Harvest) - One Drop In A Dry World (2004)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 145.19 MB | SCANS | Time: 51:19
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock, Eclectic Prog | Label: Eclectic Discs | Cat.#: ECLCD 1008

A new CD of the Black Box sessions with previously unreleased material (including a brand new demo) was released in February 2004 as Black Box Recovered, and a new studio set, One Drop In A Dry World, followed in May 2004. A short UK tour was planned to promote the CD, but in the event only one concert, at London's Mean Fiddler, went ahead, on May 12th.

Les Variations - Take It or Leave It (1973) [Remastered 1996]
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 177.1 MB | SCANS | 122.81 MB | Time: 1:09:18
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock | Label: MAM Production/Magic Records | Cat.#: 525762

Album 'Take It or Leave It' certainly rocks and rolls too, but starts to suffer from some of the fashion faux pas the '70s were known for, shall we say. Way too much honky tonk piano this time around, and overproduced arrangements. The psych side of things is long gone. But it has got its moments though. And several of the bonus tracks found on this disc most definitely live up to the killer standards of disc one ("I Was Down" and "The Jam Factory"). Fairly hard garage driven, semi-commercial rock, with some punk moves, and a few rural rock influenced cuts. Sung mostly in English, but with a few French vocal tracks.

It Bites - The Big Lad In The Windmill (1986) [Japan Mini-LP CD 2006]
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 119.81 MB | SCANS | Time: 40:29
Genre: Rock, Art Rock, Crossover Prog | Label: Toshiba-EMI Ltd. | Cat.#: TOCP-67743

The Big Lad in the Windmill is the debut album of British progressive pop/rock band It Bites. The album reached No. 35 in the UK album charts and produced three singles - "All in Red", "Calling All The Heroes" and "Whole New World". All three of these charted, although "Calling All the Heroes" was by far the most successful, reaching No. 6 in the UK charts and remaining the band's biggest (and only significant hit). "All in Red" was the band's modestly-charting debut single: "Whole New World" was the follow-up to "Calling All the Heroes" but did not repeat its success.