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

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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!

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.

Delaney & Bonnie And Friends - D & B Together (1972) Expanded Remastered 2003

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Delaney & Bonnie And Friends - D & B Together (1972) Expanded Remastered 2003

Delaney & Bonnie And Friends - D & B Together (1972) Expanded Remastered 2003
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 359 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 137 Mb | Scans ~ 64 Mb
Label: Columbia, Legacy | # CK 85743 | Time: 00:59:26
Blues-Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Soul, Pop Rock, Classic Rock

The last album Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett made together, this 1972 release boasted the usual superstar cast-Eric Clapton, Dave Mason, Billy Preston, Tina Turner, Steve Cropper, and Leon Russell. Includes six bonus tracks from the Bramletts' solo LPs, new notes and unpublished photos-a key roots-rock release from the early '70s!

VA - Hard To Find 45s on CD, Volume 18: 70s Essentials (2017)

Posted By: delpotro
VA - Hard To Find 45s on CD, Volume 18: 70s Essentials (2017)

VA - Hard To Find 45s on CD, Volume 18: 70s Essentials (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 468 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 169 Mb | 01:13:44
Pop, Rock | Label: Eric Records

Do you ever feel like those standard hits-of-the-70s compilations don’t quite capture the 1970s that you remember? Do you feel like many of your personal favorites, even when they were big hits, are rarely if ever included? That’s why we created Hard To Find 45s On CD, Volume 18: 70s Essentials – to bring back all those seldom-heard classics that other collections seem to have forgotten. And we make them sound better than ever!

Os Mutantes - Box (Remastered) (2014)

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Os Mutantes - Box (Remastered) (2014)

Os Mutantes - Box (Remastered) (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, log, scans) - 1.9 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 708 MB
4:54:01 | Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock, Rock & Roll | Label: Universal

Reissue of the 6 albums of the original Mutantes lineup – 1968 to 1972, including “Tecnicolor”, recorded in 1970 and first released in 1999. Additionally, the unreleased collection “Mande um Abraço pra Velha” – which rescues the group's main moments participating or sharing albums by other artists, single tracks and released single tracks. It comes with a historical insert with texts by Rodrigo Faour.

Dionne Warwicke (Warwick) - Then Came You (1975) Japanese Reissue 2008

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Dionne Warwicke (Warwick) - Then Came You (1975) Japanese Reissue 2008

Dionne Warwicke (Warwick) - Then Came You (1975) Japanese Reissue 2008
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 248 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 90 Mb | Scans ~ 91 Mb
R&B, Vocal Pop, Soul | Label: Warner Bros. | # WPCR-75430 | Time: 00:38:17

After being a premier vocalist in the '60s, Warwick seemed to have hit a stylistic wall by the early '70s. By the time she signed with Warner Bros. in 1970, Warwick attempted many styles and producers. Then Came You, released in 1975, has her teaming with both Jerry Ragovoy and, for one track, Thom Bell. Jerry Ragovoy was a successful producer who had Garnet Mimms and Howard Tate among his credits. For this effort, Ragovoy assembled a strong New York session band, including John Tropea, Leon Pendarvis, and Bob Babbitt. The first track, "Take It From Me," has Warwick getting a more R&B styled production rather than MOR. That was perfect since her voice had matured, attaining an effortless warmth and ease. Here she wasn't so much an interpreter of "great material," her voice and charm were the primary draw. Ragovoy's track "Move Me No Mountain" has a Barry White-styled backing, and Warwick got a chance to be more sensual.

VA - Patterns On The Window: The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974 (2024)

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VA - Patterns On The Window: The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974 (2024)

VA - Patterns On The Window: The British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974 (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, log) - 1.6 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 753 MB
3:54:12 | Full Scans Included | Rock, Pop | Label: Grapefruit

The latest instalment of Grapefruit’s popular year-by-year overview of the British rock/pop scenes of the 70s. Featuring big hits, intriguing misses and key album tracks from 1974 as well as a clutch of alternative versions and unissued-at-the-time gems. Although 1974 was dominated by the country’s crippling economic woes, the British rock and pop scene continued to flourish. The more creative element of the glam rock spectrum inspired a host of new bands, with Cockney Rebel, Be-Bop Deluxe and Sparks coming through to establish themselves alongside genre heavyweights Roxy Music, T. Rex and Slade. London’s pub rock circuit saw stalwarts Brinsley Schwarz joined by early Ian Dury outfit Kilburn & The High Roads, Ace (who scored a hit single with the timeless ‘How Long’) and Dr. Feelgood, whose aggressive attitude and slashing, guitar-based brand of tough R&B influenced a whole new generation of musicians.

Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting: The Best Of Carl Douglas (2022)

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Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting: The Best Of Carl Douglas (2022)

Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting: The Best Of Carl Douglas (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 870 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 423 MB
1:49:46 | Soul, Funk, Disco | Label: Sanctuary Records

The one-hit wonder behind the disco novelty smash "Kung Fu Fighting," Carl Douglas was also the first Jamaican-born artist to score a number one single in the United States. Douglas was raised in both California and Jamaica, and eventually moved to England to study sound engineering. In 1964, he formed a group called the Big Stampede, which released a couple of U.K. singles; two years later, he formed the Explosions while living in Spain. Upon returning to England, Douglas teamed up with a band called Gonzales, which quickly led to his becoming a session vocalist for Pye Records. In 1972, Douglas worked with Indian-born producer Biddu on the soundtrack to the Richard Roundtree film Embassy; so, two years later, when Biddu was searching for a vocalist to record the Larry Weiss composition "I Want to Give You My Everything," he contacted Douglas. Needing a quick B-side, Biddu set a melody to some lyrics Douglas had written about the kung fu craze sweeping pop culture courtesy of Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon and David Carradine's TV series Kung Fu.

Nicolette Larson - Nicolette (1978) + In The Nick Of Time (1979) + Radioland (1981) 3 LP in 2 CDs, Remastered Reissue 2016

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Nicolette Larson - Nicolette (1978) + In The Nick Of Time (1979) + Radioland (1981) 3 LP in 2 CDs, Remastered Reissue 2016

Nicolette Larson - Nicolette (1978) + In The Nick Of Time (1979) + Radioland (1981)
3 LP in 2 CDs, Remastered Reissue 2016

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 585 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 235 Mb | Scans ~ 31 Mb
Soft Rock, Country Rock, Country Pop | Label: BGO | # BGOCD1231 | Time: 01:42:57

Digitally remastered two CD set containing a trio of albums from the acclaimed vocalist. This set features Nicolette Larson's first three solo albums from 1978, 1979 and 1981. Larson had been a singer with Commander Cody and on the back of that obtained her Warner Bros contract. All three albums made the US Top 100, with Nicolette peaking at #15 and the single 'Lotta Love' making the Top 10. Larson was very much an interpreter of other people's songs, with producer Ted Templeman coaxing the best from her. Larson sadly died in 1997.

VA - Nippon Psychedelic Soul 1970-1979 (2024)

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VA - Nippon Psychedelic Soul 1970-1979 (2024)

VA - Nippon Psychedelic Soul 1970-1979 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 228 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 84 MB
36:29 | Soul, Funk, Psychedelic | Label: Time Capsule

The kaleidoscopic psychedelia of 1970s Japan captured a fragile and fertile moment as the country sought its future in funk grooves, heavy reverb and lyrical hallucinations. The follow-up compilation to Time Capsule’s Nippon Acid Folk, Nippon Psychedelic Soul takes myriad pathways into the tripped-out undergrowth of 1970s Japan. Finding their feet at home and looking for inspiration abroad, the musicians featured here were engaged in the communal soul-searching that followed the breakdown of the 1960s protest movements. Some made it big, others drifted into oblivion. The music they left behind shimmers with intensity.

Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down The Wind (1976)

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Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down The Wind (1976)

Linda Ronstadt - Hasten Down The Wind (1976)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 242 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 128 Mb | Scans included
Pop/Rock, Country-Rock | Label: Asylum | # 7559-60610-2 | Time: 00:41:50

Hasten Down the Wind is the Grammy Award-winning seventh studio album by singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. Released in 1976, it became her third straight million-selling album. Ronstadt was the first female artist in history to accomplish this feat. The album earned her a Grammy Award for 'Best Pop Vocal Performance - Female' in 1977, her second of 13 Grammys. It represented a slight departure from 1974's Heart Like a Wheel and 1975's Prisoner in Disguise in that she chose to showcase new songwriters over the traditional country rock sound she had been producing up to that point. A more serious and poignant album than its predecessors, it won critical acclaim. The album showcased songs from artists such as Warren Zevon ("Hasten Down the Wind") and Karla Bonoff ("Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"), both of whom would soon be making a name for themselves in the singer-songwriter world.

Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story (1972) [MFSL Remastered 2017]

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Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story (1972) [MFSL Remastered 2017]

Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story (1972) [MFSL Remastered 2017]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 208 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 105 Mb | Scans included
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | # UDSACD 2154 | Time: 00:39:09
Roots Rock, Slide Guitar Blues, Country-Rock

Ry Cooder's development as a peerless musician capable of grasping virtually any style began with his time spent with Taj Mahal and Captain Beefheart, but for all intents and purposes reaches epic proportions on Boomer's Story. With two ambitious albeit uneven studio albums behind him, the California native plunged into roles that still define him today – that of sonic archeologist and cultural historian, shaping his 1972 Reprise effort with enlightened selections carved into the bedrock of America's folk, blues, and soul landscapes. Inspired, virtuosic, and poignant, Boomer's Story endures as a ravishing portrait of inspired translation and inventive craftsmanship that after years of neglect finally boasts sonics deserving of the performances.

VA - The Harder They Come (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (1972/2003)

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VA - The Harder They Come (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (1972/2003)

VA - The Harder They Come (Original Soundtrack Recording) (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (1972/2003)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 604 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 245 MB
1:37:00 | Covers - 12 MB | Soundtrack, Reggae, Rocksteady, Roots Reggae | Label: Hip-O Records

This 1972 film broke reggae into U.S. pop culture with Jimmy Cliff's Many Rivers to Cross ; the Maytals' Pressure Drop , and the rest of its stellar soundtrack. 30 years later Island and Hip-O teamed to create this 2-CD edition, the definitive master of the original plus 18 cuts of crucial 1968-72 reggae: Guava Jelly Johnny Nash; Sweet Sensation Melodians, and many more of Cliff's classics. Great new liners, too! Jamaican filmmaker Perry Henzell made reggae an integral player in his gritty 1973 saga of a renegade Kingston singer who becomes a modern Robin Hood, casting one of the style's earliest stars, Jimmy Cliff, in the lead, and filling this soundtrack–here presented in a remastered version–with classics from Toots & the Maytals ("Pressure Drop," "Sweet and Dandy"), Desmond Dekker ("Shanty Town"), the Melodians ("Rivers of Babylon"), and the Slickers ("Johnny Too Bad"). Cliff himself gets pole position, however, getting in the first ("You Can Get It If You Really Want") and last ("The Harder They Come") words in this first-rate reggae primer, which also features Cliff's enduring "Many Rivers to Cross." –Sam Sutherland

Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass - Heaven's Bluegrass Band (Remastered) (1976/2024)

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Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass - Heaven's Bluegrass Band (Remastered) (1976/2024)

Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass - Heaven's Bluegrass Band (Remastered) (1976/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 166 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 72 MB
28:31 | Country, Bluegrass | Label: CMH Records

Lester Flatt is a name familiar to most any bluegrass fan. His work with Earl Scruggs is considered essential by many and his later work with the Nashville Grass helped pave the way for traditional bluegrass and bluegrass gospel in the decades to come. Heaven's Bluegrass Band was Flatt and the Nashville Grass; first album for CMH. Here, Flatt is joined by an all-star ensemble featuring Curly Seckler, Marty Stuart and Paul Warren among others, presenting some of the warmest and most authentic bluegrass gospel recordings of the era.

New York Community Choir - New York Community Choir (1977) Expanded Remastered 2013

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New York Community Choir - New York Community Choir (1977) Expanded Remastered 2013

New York Community Choir - New York Community Choir (1977) Expanded Remastered 2013
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 501 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 175 Mb | Scans included | 01:12:38
R&B, Gospel, Soul | Label: Funky Town Grooves/RCA/Sony | # FTG 330/88765481662

Gospel, arguably, has often been the "R" in R&B. A long list of soul icons, from Aretha Franklin to Gladys Knight to Otis Redding, The New York Community Choir is one of the most famous groups of gospel. They recorded many albums since 1970. First time it has ever been released on CD.The release will be expanded with 3 bonus tracks, 1 of which is a very rare non album cut Remastered from the ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES at Battery Studio s New York by Sony's Sean Brennan.