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Harry Belafonte - 8 Classic Albums (Remastered) (2012)

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Harry Belafonte - 8 Classic Albums (Remastered) (2012)

Harry Belafonte - 8 Classic Albums (Remastered) (2012)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.04 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 746 MB
5:09:37 | Jazz, Reggae, Blues, Calypso, Ballad, Religious | Label: Real Gone Music

Four CD set containing eight albums from the vocalist and activist: Mark Twain, Belafonte Sings the Blues, Calypso, to Wish You a Merry Christmas, Belafonte Sings the Caribbean, Belafonte, An Evening with Belafonte and Love Is a Gentle Thing.

VA - Now 12” 80s: 1982 Part One (2024)

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VA - Now 12” 80s: 1982 Part One (2024)

VA - Now 12” 80s: 1982 Part One (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 764 MB
5:15:33 | Ballad, Boogie, Calypso, Dance-pop, Dancehall, Disco, Dub, Funk, Hi NRG, Hip Hop, Indie Rock, New Wave, P.Funk, Pop Rock, Post-Punk, Reggae-Pop, Soul, Synth-pop, Vocal | Label: Sony Music / EMI

NOW Music are excited to present the next instalment of the ‘NOW 12” 80s’ series – NOW 12” 80s: 1982 – Part One – Out January 19th!Across 4 CDs, 48 extended, full-length or remixed versions reflecting the shift from Disco being the dominant genre in the Chart, to it being enriched with the developing Synth-Pop and New-Wave sounds of the New Romantics. Despite this sonic shift, the 12” single played an even more vital role than it had done with Funk and Disco, providing fans with more time on club dancefloors and more room for artist and producer experimentation. This edition of 12” 80s presents part one of 1982 – such massive year for Pop that we had to split this year into two parts to present all of the essential tracks.

VA - Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up (2006)

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VA - Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up (2006)

VA - Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up (2006)
FLAC (tracks) - 403 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 149 MB
1:01:52 | Reggae, Calypso, Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Funk, Folk | Label: Numero Group

The national dish of Belize is a diverse mixture of ingredients: pig’s tail, potatoes, plantains, bananas, boiled eggs, yams, and whole fish, thrown in a pot and stewed to perfection. They call it a boil-up. Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up combines equal parts R&B, calypso, disco, funk, reggae, bruckdown, soul, folk, and other sounds scraped off the musical pantry’s bottom shelf, though it’s anything but leftovers. See the Harmonettes’ speedy, robustly recorded take on “Shame, Shame, Shame” or tropical pulse and electro stabs on Lord Rhaburn’s “Disco Connection.” Before our very own Rob Sevier showed up on Belize’s sand-swept shores, little was known of the tiny Central American nation’s vibrant musical history.

Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Train: The Complete Singles Collection 1969-1970 (2020)

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Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Train: The Complete Singles Collection 1969-1970 (2020)

Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Train: The Complete Singles Collection 1969-1970 (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 902 MB
6:20:44 | Ska, Roots Reggae, Rocksteady, Reggae-Pop, Calypso | Label: Pressure Drop

Widely hailed as the Godfather of Ska, Laurel Aitken dominated Jamaica’s recording industry throughout its infancy, enjoying a series of hugely popular mento and Jamaican R&B hits during the latter half of the 1950s. Early the following decade he relocated to London, where, over the years that immediately followed, he recorded for every Afro-Caribbean record company of note. While his ska and rock steady recordings ensured Laurel remained a firm favourite among Jamaican ex-patriots, the reggae explosion of 1969 exposed his work to a wider audience, with productions for Doctor Bird, Pama and Trojan Records establishing him as a musical hero for many of Britain’s young, white working-classes, notably those that had adopted a fashion style dubbed by the national press as ‘skinhead’.

VA - London Is The Place For Me 7 & 8 (2019/2020)

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VA - London Is The Place For Me 7 & 8 (2019/2020)

VA - London Is The Place For Me 7 (Calypso, Palm​-​Wine, Mento, Joropo, Steel & Stringband) & 8 (Lord Kitchener In England, 1948​-​1962) (2019/2020)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 453 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 291 Mb | 02:06:44
Highlife, Jazz, Calypso | Label: Honest Jon's Records

The latest volumes in this highly acclaimed "London Is The Place For Me" series - Volume 7 - Calypso, Palm-Wine, Mento, Joropo, Steel & Stringband & Volume 8 - Lord Kitchener In England 1948-1962. Presenting the music of the Windrush generation: the post-war, London recordings of West Indians and West Africans, in the first wave of modern migration to Britain. Volume 7 - Calypso, Palm-Wine, Mento, Joropo, Steel & Stringband overflows with diverse musical styles, including steel band, stringband, calypso, joropo and mento. Volume 8 - Lord Kitchener In England 1948-1962 is devoted to the great calypsonian Lord Kitchener.

Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Tropical Gangsters (1982) [2002, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]

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Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Tropical Gangsters (1982) [2002, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]

Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Tropical Gangsters (1982) [2002, Remastered with Bonus Tracks]
R&B, Funk, Calypso, Latin Jazz, Post Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 42:50 | 468,12 Mb
Label: Island Records (EU) | Cat.# 586 461-2 | Released: 2002-07-30 (1982-05-10)

"Tropical Gangsters" is the 3rd album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released on May 10, 1982. Originally conceived as a solo album by band leader August Darnell and titled Wise Guy, his label ZE Records pressured him to change it to a Kid Creole and the Coconuts record and to make it more commercial sounding in order to relieve the label's financial problems. Despite the tensions this caused within the band and Darnell's complaint that the subsequent record was a "cop-out", the more dance-pop oriented sound helped it reached #145 on the Billboard 200 album chart, representing the group's commercial breakthrough in their home country. However, to the surprise of Darnell and his record company Tropical Gangsters was a huge success in Australia and New Zealand, Europe, and in particular the UK, where the album peaked at #3 in the UK Albums Chart and yielded three Top 10 singles. Tropical Gangsters made Darnell a worldwide star, and the album remains both his and the ZE label's most successful record by far.

The Monty Alexander Quintet - Ivory & Steel (1980) {Concord}

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The Monty Alexander Quintet - Ivory & Steel (1980) {Concord}

The Monty Alexander Quintet - Ivory & Steel (1980) {Concord}
EAC 0.99pb5 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 238MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 107MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop, Calypso

This well-rounded set features Monty Alexander exploring his West Indian heritage by utilizing the steel drum of Othello Molineaux and performing both straightahead jazz and calypsos. The music is often quite joyous and even the more familiar material (such as "Work Song," "Stella By Starlight" and a medley of "Impressions" and "So What") sounds fresh. Whether it be the Milt Jackson blues "S.K.J." or the Crusaders' hit "Street Life," this is a very successful outing that is quite enjoyable.

Harry Belafonte - Anthology 2021 (All Tracks Remastered) (2021)

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Harry Belafonte - Anthology 2021 (All Tracks Remastered) (2021)

Harry Belafonte - Anthology 2021 (All Tracks Remastered) (2021)
Calypso, Pop, Folk, World | FLAC (tracks) | Cover | 2:20:46 | 771 MB + 5% Recovery
Label: jjjedizionimusicali | Tracks: 40 | Rls.date: 2021

An actor, humanitarian, and the acknowledged "King of Calypso," Harry Belafonte ranked among the most seminal performers of the postwar era. One of the most successful African-American pop stars in history, Belafonte's staggering talent, good looks, and masterful assimilation of folk, jazz, and worldbeat rhythms allowed him to achieve a level of mainstream eminence and crossover popularity virtually unparalleled in the days before the advent of the civil rights movement – a cultural uprising which he himself helped spearhead.

The Jolly Boys - Great Expectation (2010)

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The Jolly Boys - Great Expectation (2010)

The Jolly Boys - Great expectation (2010)
EAC | FLAC (tracks & cue & log) | Scans included | 43:01 | 290 MB + 5% Recovery
Mento, Calypso, Reggae | Label: Wall Of Sound

This is the best record of the year and Minott is the best male vocalist of the decade. The Jolly Boys deserve a best vocalist Grammy, best cover song Grammy, best album Grammy, best all around Grammy and those who value solid music with raw power and hair-raising soulfulness deserve to honor their ears with this one. The Jolly Boys take some great songs on here and make them better as they own them, and they elevate some other mediocre pop songs (that until the Jolly Boys got hold of them were just whiny lyrics and plasticine substance around bubble gum basics) into the bluesy phenomenal stratosphere of hair-raising profound expressions of old school realism.