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Marvin Gaye - Music Legend Marvin Gaye: His Greatest Early Soul Hits (2024)

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Marvin Gaye - Music Legend Marvin Gaye: His Greatest Early Soul Hits (2024)

Marvin Gaye - Music Legend Marvin Gaye: His Greatest Early Soul Hits (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 55:39 | 192 Mb
Genre: R&B, Soul, Gospel, Funk

Graced with an extraordinary voice, complex personality, musical genius, and a backstory worthy of a Hollywood movie, Marvin Gaye wasn't your average soul singer. Born in Washington on the 2nd of April in 1939, the now legendary singer began his career singing at church at the age of four, accompanied by his father on piano. Marvin's mother was a supportive figure who encouraged her son to pursue music, and once he got to high school, he joined various doo-wop groups. By contrast, Marvin's father was a violent man who would regularly beat his son, and this pushed Marvin to join the U.S air force once he had completed his schooling. He quickly became disillusioned with the forces however, and faked madness in order to be discharged.

Joshua Bell - Sibelius, Goldmark: Violin Concertos (2000)

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Joshua Bell - Sibelius, Goldmark: Violin Concertos (2000)

Joshua Bell - Sibelius, Goldmark: Violin Concertos (2000)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:05:25 | 303 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical | Catalog: SM 65949

Joshua Bell has returned to the mainstream repertoire from his recent successful excursions into film (The Red Violin) and bluegrass-crossover (Short Trip Home), and his playing, always brilliant, and arresting, has reached a new peak. Despite the booklet's claim to the contrary, these two concertos have nothing in common except fiendishly difficult bravura solo parts; rather, they represent a perfectly valid pairing of opposites. Bell makes the most of the contrasts, bringing out each work's idiomatic character.

Pino De Vittorio, Laboratorio '600 - Ninna Nanna: Lullabies from Baroque Italy (2019)

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Pino De Vittorio, Laboratorio '600 - Ninna Nanna: Lullabies from Baroque Italy (2019)

Pino De Vittorio, Laboratorio '600 - Ninna Nanna: Lullabies from Baroque Italy (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 361 Mb | Total time: 78:34 | Covers included
Classical | Label: Glossa | GCD P33033 | Recorded: 2019

With Ninna Nanna the haunting tones, dramatic intensity and richly characterized singing of Pino De Vittorio once again grace a recording project led by Franco Pavan. Call it Wiegenlied, berceuse, nana, ninna nanna – or countless other terms from around the world – the lullaby, with the rocking of the child’s cradle, is possessed of a captivating charm, all neatly captured in this new collection with the lulling of De Vittorio’s hypnotic voice.

James Taylor - Hourglass (1997)

Posted By: Designol
James Taylor - Hourglass (1997)

James Taylor - Hourglass (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 304 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 125 Mb | Scans ~ 31 Mb
Soft Rock, Folk-Rock, Country Pop | Label: Columbia | # CK 67912 | Time: 00:54:51

James Taylor stopped pushing himself into new musical and lyrical territories in the late '70s, so it doesn't come as a great surprise that Hourglass, his first studio album in six years, doesn't offer anything new – it's a collection of pleasant, melodic, simple songs about love, family, and social activism. That's not necessarily a bad thing, since Taylor has a gift for such material, and on Hourglass, he sounds as good as ever. The music, in many ways, has greater depth than previous records, since it features cameos from such heavy hitters as Stevie Wonder, Yo-Yo Ma, Shawn Colvin, Michael Brecker, Mark O'Connor, and Branford Marsalis. There are a few songs that fall a little flat, failing to make much of an impression one way or the other, but on the whole, Hourglass is a nice addition to his catalog.

Earth, Wind & Fire - Raise! (1981)

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Earth, Wind & Fire - Raise! (1981)

Earth, Wind & Fire - Raise! (1981)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 259 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 87 Mb | Scans ~ 58 Mb
Funk, Soul, Quiet Storm, Disco | Label: CBS/Sony | # 35DP 15 | Time: 00:38:21

Raise! is the eleventh studio album by Earth, Wind & Fire, Released on November 14, 1981 by CBS Records, it was produced by the band's leader Maurice White for Kalimba Productions. Raise! was the bestselling R&B album of 1982. The album featured the #1 R&B and # 3 Pop hit "Let's Groove". The single "Wanna Be With You" won EWF a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group. Raise! also marked the return to the band of guitarist Roland Bautista, last heard from on 1972's Last Days and Time. Ken Tucker of Rolling Stone describes Raise! as a reflection of "street-gritty black pop" and that on "Let's Groove" and the fast, cutting "Lady Sun", the horn section screams like a car running a red light". Music critic Robert Christgau says that on the album, he felt "a show of strength was due".

VA - Hard To Find 45's On CD, Volume 19: More 70s Essentials (2017)

Posted By: delpotro
VA - Hard To Find 45's On CD, Volume 19: More 70s Essentials (2017)

VA - Hard To Find 45's On CD, Volume 19: More 70s Essentials (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 442 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 166 Mb | 01:12:09
Pop, Rock, Folk | Label: Eric Records

The quintessential sounds of the Seventies are here in the most wide-ranging collection of AM radio classics ever heard on a single disc! Hard to Find 45s on CD, Vol. 19: More 70s Essentials has 21 beautifully remastered stereo songs, 11 of which were Top 10 hits and five of which appear on CD for the first time ever! In a word, it’s dy-no-mite!

Medicine Man Orchestra - Medicine Man Orchestra (2021)

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Medicine Man Orchestra - Medicine Man Orchestra (2021)

Medicine Man Orchestra - Medicine Man Orchestra (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 356 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 153 Mb | 01:06:38
World, Electronic, Afrobeat | Label: Aribo Productions

«Medicine Man Orchestra» is a sensory journey through the spiritual worlds of West African griots. It explores the emotional and medicinal power of music and words across borders and throughout history.

Florian Pellissier Quintet - Rio (2021)

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Florian Pellissier Quintet - Rio (2021)

Florian Pellissier Quintet - Rio (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 218 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 90 Mb | 00:36:21
Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop | Label: Hot Casa Records

A fantastic 5 th Album of the sensational french jazz band. Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio (New Jersey, USA) , mixed by Jordan Kouby at Question de son (Paris) and mastered by Frank Merritt at The Carvery (London , UK). Hard Bop 2021 at his best!

Michael Nyman - The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover: Soundtrack To The Film By Peter Greenaway (1989)

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Michael Nyman - The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover: Soundtrack To The Film By Peter Greenaway (1989)

Michael Nyman - The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Soundtrack To The Film By Peter Greenaway

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 218 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 104 Mb
Label: Venture | # DBEBN 55(4) | Time: 00:40:24 | Scans included
Soundtrack, Score, Avant-Garde, Minimalism

For this, his seventh soundtrack for director Peter Greenaway, Nyman deftly orchestrates a mix of strings, horns, and voices to produce another of his fetching and romantic minimalist backdrops. The opening "Memorial" is the highlight of the lot and drives along with stuttering saxophones, an insistent string arrangement, elegiac brass solos, and the soaring vocals of soprano Sarah Leonard (Leonard would be featured on a large part of the Prospero's Books soundtrack). The piece was originally inspired by a 1985 Belgian soccer match tragedy, in which 39 Italian fans were killed. Nyman utilized a death march in his earlier Greenaway collaboration, Drowning by Numbers, and revives the scheme to great effect here for what would become the main theme of The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover. Nyman contrasts the piece's climatic quality with two relatively sedate yet brooding numbers.

Ronnie Aldrich - Soft & Wicked (1973) + Come to Where The Love Is (1972) 2LP in 1CD, 2004

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Ronnie Aldrich - Soft & Wicked (1973) + Come to Where The Love Is (1972) 2LP in 1CD, 2004

Ronnie Aldrich - Soft & Wicked (1973) + Come to Where The Love Is (1972) 2LP in 1CD, 2004
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 448 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 196 Mb | Scans included
Easy Listening, Instrumental Pop, Piano | Label: Decca | # 475 6147 DM | 01:21:10

"Beautiful Music" used to be a genre in the realm of popular music. It's also been called "easy listening" and then morphed into "adult contemporary". But today's adult contemporary is really just soft rock (albeit today's soft rock is harder than a lot of Top 40 was in the late 70s and early 80s). There used to be stations that played "beautiful music" exclusively: Stanley Black, Ray Conniff, Percy Faith, Frank Chacksfield, etc. Most of the playlist would be recent contemporary hits covered by choral groups, pianists, and orchestras. During that time, London Records sold a lot of their patented Phase 4 Stereo LP records and reel-to-reel tapes. The series was renowned for it's technical brilliance, using state of the art recording, mixing and mastering techniques. Ronnie Aldrich was among London's best selling artists and Tony D'Amato produced many albums using Aldrich's twin pianos backed by The London Festival Orchestra. These albums were not only known for their technical brilliance (which is still quite impressive even in the 21st century) but also for their glossy, gatefold covers featuring colorful artwork and graphics and maybe a sexy model or two. The two LPs featured on this CD were originally released in 1973 and 1972, respectively.

John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes - On The Wings Of An Eagle (2006)

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John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes - On The Wings Of An Eagle (2006)

John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes - On The Wings Of An Eagle (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 340 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 145 Mb | Scans included
Hard Bop, Post-Bop | Label: Chesky | # SACD318 | Time: 01:01:44

John Hicks is heard with his working trio on what is likely his final recording, made two months to the day prior to his unexpected death. With bassist Buster Williams and drummer Louis Hayes, also seasoned veterans and bandleaders themselves, the set list for this well-recorded studio session is a hard bop lover's feast, drawing from both familiar and less frequently heard repertoire. Hicks throws quite a few curves into Gigi Gryce's "Minority" by tossing in a few vamps then getting right to business with improvising rather than bothering to offer a chorus of its theme, with Williams' fleet bassline and Hayes' brushwork powering him in full flight. The leader's sole original is a salute to Cedar Walton, an upbeat piece called "As Birds Fly (Walton's Mountain)" in which the musicians easily scale its heights. The bassist contributed two originals, including the lush, somewhat moody "Strivers Jewels" and the delicate tribute to his then-young niece "Christina." Hayes is an asset throughout the recording, particularly standing out in the powerful interpretation of Dexter Gordon's "Cheesecake".

Frankie Laine - I Believe: 20 Great Songs (1997)

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Frankie Laine - I Believe: 20 Great Songs (1997)

Frankie Laine - I Believe: 20 Great Songs (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 294 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 128 Mb | Scans included
Vocal Pop, Country, Easy Listening, Vocal Jazz | Label: Delta | # CD 6055 | Time: 00:54:36

Though his influence proved less durable than his record sales, Frankie Laine was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1950s, swinging jazz standards as well as half a dozen Western movie themes of the time with his manly baritone. Laine's somewhat artificial Western nature proved more successful in far-off England, where he set two chart records in 1953: his version of "I Believe" stayed at number one in the U.K. for an incredible 18 weeks, and his two subsequent chart-toppers that year ("Hey Joe," "Answer Me") set a record by putting Laine at number one for 27 weeks during the year.

André Previn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Concerto in F (2011)

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André Previn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Concerto in F (2011)

André Previn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Concerto in F (2011)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 256 Mb | Total time: 63:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 478 3355 | Recorded: 1984

Gershwin s Rhapsody in Blue is one of the most successful fusions of classical music and jazz ever, and is one of the most popular of all American concert works. Gershwin described the piece, which opens with an unforgettable two-and-a-half octave glissando wail on the clarinet, as a sort of musical kaleidoscope of America, of our vast melting pot… … our metropolitan madness.

Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - William Byrd: Infelix ego (2014)

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Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - William Byrd: Infelix ego (2014)

Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - William Byrd: Infelix ego (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 207 Mb | Total time: 49:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: PHI | # LPH014 | Recorded: 2013

Philippe Herreweghe and his Collegium Vocale Gent present their third project for Phi focussing on vocal music of the Renaissance. This time, it is the English composer William Byrd (c.1540-1623) who is being honoured. The title of the programme is that of Byrd’s motet Infelix ego, one of the greatest artistic statements of the 16th century. Its text is a meditation on Psalm 50, written by the Dominica Girolamo Savonarola, a remarkable man who waged a campaign against the corrupt Medici family in Florence.

Petri Kumela - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Transcriptions for Guitar (2007)

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Petri Kumela - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Transcriptions for Guitar (2007)

Petri Kumela - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Transcriptions for Guitar (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 193 Mb | Total time: 63:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alba Recoords | # ABCD 244 | Recorded: 2006

Typically, Finnish musicians succeed by doing something highly unusual exceptionally well. Guitarist Petri Kumela is different because he’s done all kinds of things exceptionally well: Bach, flamenco, microtonal avant-garde, Fernando Sor on a period guitar and musical theatre. The career of Finland’s most fascinating classical guitarist is based on a do-it-yourself spirit and curiosity.