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Laura Nyro - Season of Lights: Laura Nyro in Concert - Complete Version (1977) Japanese Expanded Remastered Reissue 2008

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Laura Nyro - Season of Lights: Laura Nyro in Concert - Complete Version (1977) Japanese Expanded Remastered Reissue 2008

Laura Nyro - Season of Lights: Laura Nyro in Concert - Complete Version (1977)
Japanese Expanded Remastered Reissue 2008
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 445 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 177 Mb | Scans ~ 61 Mb | 01:17:35
Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock, AM Pop, R&B | Label: Sony Records Int'l | # SICP 1957

Season of Lights is the first live album by New York singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. Columbia Records issued the album in the summer of 1977, taking the songs from various locations on Nyro's 1976 tour in support of her most recent studio album, Smile.

VA - Muddy Waters 100 (2015)

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VA - Muddy Waters 100 (2015)

VA - Muddy Waters 100 (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 366 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 152 Mb | Scans included
Modern Electric Blues, Blues-Rock | Label: Raisin' Music | # RM2015 | Time: 00:53:31

.This official and authorized centennial tribute to Muddy Waters is a once-in-a-lifetime CD event that celebrates, commemorates and contributes the musical legacy of this American icon. With 15 newly-recorded songs, Muddy Waters 100 features Muddy Waters Band alumni and many of today s most preeminent American blues and roots artists, including Gary Clark Jr., Shemekia Copeland, James Cotton, Bob Margolin, Keb Mo, John Primer, Derek Trucks, Johnny Winter, and others… The CD is contained in a collectible CD-sized hard-cover book with 48 pages illustrated with black and white photography by some of the greatest photographers of Muddy's time: Don Bronstein, Ray Flerlage, Paul Natkin, Marc Pokempner, Art Shay and D. Shigley, among others. Also included is an original essay by Robert Gordon, Grammy-winning author of the definitive Muddy Waters biography "Can't Be Satisfied - The Life and Times of Muddy Waters".

The Temptations - Number 1's (Number Ones) (2007)

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The Temptations - Number 1's (Number Ones) (2007)

The Temptations - Number 1's (Number Ones) (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 514 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 160 Mb | Scans ~ 111 Mb
R&B, Soul, Pop-Soul | Label: Motown | # B0008670-02 | Time: 01:10:06

Released in early 2007 as part of Universal's extensive and cheaply packaged Number 1's: Temptations series (see also: volumes dedicated to James Brown and Marvin Gaye), this disc compiles 19 number one R&B singles from the Temptations. It's worth mentioning that some of the inclusions – "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "You're My Everything," "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," "Ball of Confusion" – were number ones on the Cash Box chart, rather than the Billboard chart (the usual source), and 1998's "Stay" is a bit of a stretch since it topped Billboard's Urban Adult Contemporary chart. Nothing can argue against the set as a decent introduction to the group, even though several great singles – such as "Cloud Nine" – peaked below the top spots.

Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor (Deluxe Edition) (2023)

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Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor (Deluxe Edition) (2023)

Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor (Deluxe Edition) (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:52:56 | 720 / 258 Mb
Genre: RnB, Pop, Soul / Label:J Records - Legacy

Singer/songwriter and pianist Alicia Keys became an international star in the early 2000s with her sophisticated mix of classic and contemporary R&B. Behind the number one pop hit "Fallin'," her first album, Songs in A Minor (2001), sold more than 50,000 copies during its first day of availability and eventually moved over ten million units worldwide, thus setting the stage for the then-20-year-old's lengthy career. Since collecting five Grammys for her debut, Keys has continued to refine her signature sound, specializing in aching love ballads and feel-good motivational anthems, appealing to an audience far beyond her R&B base without being overtly pop.

Maria Muldaur - Steady Love (2011)

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Maria Muldaur - Steady Love (2011)

Maria Muldaur - Steady Love (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 417 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 157 Mb | Scans included | 00:56:40
Contemporary Blues, R&B, Blues-Rock | Label: Stony Plain | # SPCD 1346

The sounds of New Orleans have always been in Maria Muldaur's blood and catalog. Dr. John appeared on her first solo album back in 1974 and she arguably hit a career high point on her first full-fledged love letter to the city, 1992's Louisiana Love Call. She returns to the Crescent City for this 2011 release, employing veteran New Orleans keyboardist Dave Torkanowsky as musical director and "facilitator" and returning to the swampy "Bluesiana music" sound that includes heavy doses of gospel and blues along with touches of jazz, soul, and funk. This is a major shift from her past two acoustic jug band releases and plays to her sultry strengths as a vocalist who can convincingly sing any style of music she feels passionate about. Muldaur revisits a few tracks she has previously recorded (an earlier version of "As an Eagle Stirreth in Her Nest" was included on 1976's Sweet Harmony) but with a band that features guitarist Shane Theriot and Subdudes bassist Johnny Allen, they and the rest of the handpicked material boil with fresh enthusiasm.

VA - The Best Summertime Album In The World... Ever! (2023)

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VA - The Best Summertime Album In The World... Ever! (2023)

VA - The Best Summertime Album In The World… Ever! (2023)
MP3 320 kbps | 3:53:23 | 526 Mb
Genre: Pop, Rock, R&B, Dance / Label: SONY

64 scorching hot summer pop classics to soundtrack your favourite season!3CDs of fabulous hits from Wham!, Duran Duran, The Beach Boys, Boney M, Spandau Ballet, Four Tops, Steps, Kool & The Gang and many more!

VA - Now Thats What i Call hmv & Anthemic (2CD, 2023)

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VA - Now Thats What i Call hmv & Anthemic (2CD, 2023)

VA - Now Thats What i Call hmv & Anthemic (2CD, 2023)
MP3 320 kbps | 2:08:47 | 263 Mb
Genre: Pop Rock / Label: Now Music

Enjoy this Compilation with the most successful Pop singers like Oasis, The Clash, Primal Scream and many more!

Barbara Massey & Ernie Calabria - Prelude To... (1971) Reissue 2007

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Barbara Massey & Ernie Calabria - Prelude To... (1971) Reissue 2007

Barbara & Ernie - Prelude To… (1971) Reissue 2007
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 182 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 87 Mb | Scans included
Folk Rock, Psychedelic Soul, Baroque Pop | Label: Fallout | # FOCD2046 | 00:35:24

Soul singer Barbara Massey and jazz guitarist Ernie Calabria paired up for this rare 1971 album. With Calabria having worked with Nina Simone and Harry Belafonte, among others, and Massey having sung backup for artists including Jimi Hendrix, Cat Stevens, and Herbie Hancock, the pairing was an inspired one and resulted in this superb soul-jazz outing. Massey has a dry yet passionate and evocative vocal quality that often brings to mind Grace Slick. Fittingly, the duo takes on Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love," turning the Summer of Love anthem into a steamy and hypnotic soul-funk jam. Elsewhere, the duo touches upon such varying styles as folk, Latin, and psychedelic rock with cuts like "For You" and "Do You Know?," bringing to mind such similarly inclined acts as the Free Design and Bill Withers. Anyone who has even a passing interest in this kind of '70s cross-genre aesthetic will certainly want to seek out Prelude To…

Irma Thomas - True Believer (1992)

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Irma Thomas - True Believer (1992)

Irma Thomas - True Believer (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 255 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 109 Mb
Label: Rounder | # RCD 2117 | Time: 00:42:48 | Scans included
Soul, Blues, New Orleans R&B, Rhythm & Blues

Like her first two efforts for Rounder, True Believer is a stellar collection of contemporary soul performed in the classic '50s New Orleans tradition. The difference is in conception. True Believer focuses on heartbreak songs, and there is genuine anguish in Irma Thomas' voice, making new songs by the likes of Dan Penn, Dr. John, Tony Joe White, Allen Toussaint, and Doc Pomus sound like instant classics. Another excellent effort from a woman who has plenty to her credit.

Ruth Copeland - I Am What I Am (1971) {2018, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

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Ruth Copeland - I Am What I Am (1971) {2018, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

Ruth Copeland - I Am What I Am (1971) {2018, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 301 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 111 Mb
Full Scans ~ 146 Mb | 00:45:51 | RAR 5% Recovery
Psychedelic, P.Funk, Soul | Solid Records #CDSOL-5579

Ruth Copeland's second Invictus recording retains the services of Funkadelic vets Eddie Hazel, Bernie Worrell, Tiki Fulwood, and Ron Bykowski, but like the preceding Self-Portrait, I Am What I Am simply fails to jell. Without the leadership and focus of George Clinton, the music zigs and zags in too many opposing directions. Credit Copeland for ambition – the opening antiwar epic "The Medal" recalls the politicized psychedelic soul of Norman Whitfield-era Temptations classics like "Cloud Nine" and "Ball of Confusion," while "Crying Has Made Me Stronger" shifts gears completely to embrace gospel – but her reach consistently exceeds her grasp. When I Am What I Am does come together, it's impressively heady stuff. Particularly noteworthy is the deep-fried funk outing "Suburban Family Lament," which showcases Hazel's scorching guitar as well as Fulwood's much-sampled and monstrous introductory drum break.

Gabriela Anders - Wanting (1998)

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Gabriela Anders - Wanting (1998)

Gabriela Anders - Wanting (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 379 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 153 Mb | Scans included
Vocal Jazz, R&B, Bossa Nova | Label: Warner Bros. | # 9 46907-2 | Time: 00:56:50

Gabriela Anders got her big break singing a duet with soft jazz giant Michael Franks, and like that new age patriarch, Anders wraps laid-back vocals around even more tranquil rhythms. It's all very calming and proficient and breezy. Wanting, her debut album, mixes bits of her Argentine heritage with late-'70s California jazz, so Brazilian music coasts along with soft and hazy saxophone fills and tapping percussion leads. It all can be very pretty, as the opening "Fire of Love" represents Anders at her most relaxed and relaxing.

Tina - All The Best (2004)

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Tina - All The Best (2004)

Tina - All The Best (2004)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,09 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 395 Mb
Full Scans | 01:11:11 + 01:13:55 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop Rock, Soft Rock, R&B, Soul | Capitol Records #CDP 7243 8 63536 2 7

All the Best is a greatest hits album by Tina Turner, released in November 2004. The track list concentrates on Turner's solo hits, but also features a few highlights from her partnership with Ike Turner. It also contains three new recordings ("Open Arms", "Complicated Disaster" and "Something Special") and some rarer tracks including duets and her song from the Brother Bear soundtrack, "Great Spirits". The album peaked at #6 in the UK Albums Chart, and at #2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, making All the Best Tina Turner's highest debut in the United States. The album went platinum in the U.S. 3 months after its release. In March 2007, the album re-entered the UK Charts and peaked at #18. It has since been certified platinum in various countries.

George Michael - Albums Collection 1987-2006 (10CD) Japanese Releases

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George Michael - Albums Collection 1987-2006 (10CD) Japanese Releases

George Michael - Albums Collection 1987-2006 (10CD) [Japanese releases]
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 4.22 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 1.49 Gb | Scans ~ 1.59 Gb
Adult Contemporary Pop/Rock, Soul, Funk, Dance-Pop, Jazz-Pop | Time: 11:03:03

A collection includes: 'Faith' (1987); Listen Without Prejudice (1990); 'Older' (1996); 'Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael' (1998); 'Songs From The Last Century' (1999); 'Patience' (2004); and 'TwentyFive' (2006).

George Duke - Greatest Hits (1996)

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George Duke - Greatest Hits (1996)

George Duke - Greatest Hits (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 317 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 114 Mb | Scans included
Jazz-Funk, Funk, Fusion | Label: Epic | # EPC 477462 2 | Time: 00:46:18

Greatest Hits is a fine ten-track overview of the funk keyboardist's late-'70s/early-'80s recordings, containing all three of his Top Ten R&B hits ("Reach for It," "Dukey Stick," "Sweet Baby") plus a good selection of minor hits and album tracks.

Tina Turner - The Collected Recordings: Sixties to Nineties (1994) 3CD Box Set

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Tina Turner - The Collected Recordings: Sixties to Nineties (1994) 3CD Box Set

Tina Turner - The Collected Recordings: Sixties to Nineties (1994) 3CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.24 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 524 Mb | Scans (Book 80 pages) ~ 1.95 Gb
Pop Rock, R&B, Soul, Adult Contemporary | Capitol | # 7243 8 29724 2 6, CDEST 2240 | 03:15:19

R.I.P. Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023)

The Collected Recordings – Sixties to Nineties is a digitally remastered three disc compilation album by Tina Turner. The 48 track compilation was released in the United States on 15 November 1994 by Capitol Records. The set collects recordings from Turner's - at the time - thirty year long career, starting with her 1960 debut single with Ike & Tina Turner, "A Fool In Love", and concluding with 1993's "I Don't Wanna Fight" from the soundtrack to the biographical movie What's Love Got to Do with It. Box includes 80 pages booklet.