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Jay-Jays - Jay-Jays (Expanded Edition) (1966/2022)

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Jay-Jays - Jay-Jays (Expanded Edition) (1966/2022)

Jay-Jays - Jay-Jays (Expanded Edition) (1966/2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 337 MB| MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 118 MB
49:38 | Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Beat | Label: Universal International Music

The Jay-Jays' only album basically combined their four first singles with five other tracks, though it somehow missed one side of one of the 45's, "Waauw!" It's uneven, heavily British Invasion-influenced rock, divided between originals and covers. The early Kinks in particular come in for heavy tribute; the group trying their hand at the early Kinks' numbers "Bald Headed Woman" and "So Mystifying," as well as basing their arrangement of Slim Harpo's "Got Love if You Want It" on the Kinks' cover. The Kinks' tunes are done rather lamely, and the group did better with some originals in a more confident, slightly garage-ish, sub-Anglo style, like "I Keep Tryin'," and the bound-to-be-misinterpreted "To-day I'm Gay."

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".

Etta James - Seven Year Itch (1988)

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Etta James - Seven Year Itch (1988)

Etta James - Seven Year Itch (1988)
XLD Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 242 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 94 Mb
Full Scans ~ 67 Mb | 00:38:44 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Blues, Funk | Island Records #7 91018-2 | US

Seven Year Itch is the fifteenth studio album by Etta James, released in 1988 by Island Records. The title of the album refers to her comeback after approximately seven years without a major recording contract. The song "Come to Mama" was included on James's live album Burnin' Down the House: Live at the House of Blues in 2003.

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.

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 - God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson (2016)

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VA - God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson (2016)

VA - God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 254 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 96 Mb | Scans ~ 163 Mb
Blues, Gospel, Slide Guitar Blues | Label: Alligator | # ALCD 4968 | Time: 00:41:55

A stunning collection of artists and performances celebrate the timeless music of legendary gospel bluesman Blind Willie Johnson. From Derek Trucks’ and Susan Tedeschi’s reverent reading of Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning to Lucinda Williams’ slide guitar-fueled lament in Nobody’s Fault But Mine, from Luther Dickinson’s spirited take on Bye And Bye I’m Going To See The King (with The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band) to Tom Waits’ virtual embodiment of Johnson himself on The Soul Of A Man and John The Revelator, this record is packed with incomparable recordings that speak as much to the greatness of the performers as they do the enduring legacy of Blind Willie Johnson. Featuring Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi, Cowboy Junkies, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Sinéad O'Connor, Luther Dickinson, Maria McKee and Rickie Lee Jones.

Jim Belushi & Dan Aykroyd - Have Love Will Travel (2003)

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Jim Belushi & Dan Aykroyd - Have Love Will Travel (2003)

Jim Belushi & Dan Aykroyd - Have Love Will Travel (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 293 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 103 Mb | Scans included | 00:40:14
Soul-Blues, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues | Label: Have Love | # 480200-2

Give Jim Belushi and Dan Aykroyd credit for at least one thing: the subtitle of "Big Men - Big Music" to their 2003 album, Have Love Will Travel, is pretty fun, and partially accurate. The two comedians-cum-retro-bluesmen are indeed big men, and they at the very least have a big band: the back cover features no less than 12 musicians, including the duo, begging the question of just how much does the Have Love Will Travel Revue actually pull in per gig. That's a question better settled by accountants and auditors, of course, but a lot of musicians does mean that the music at the very least sounds busy, even if it doesn't necessarily sound big. But that's really no change from Aykroyd's previous musical excursion, the Blues Brothers, who always utilized a big band to make faithful music.

Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - On Tour With Eric Clapton (1970) 4CD Box Set, Expanded Deluxe Edition, Remastered 2010

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Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - On Tour With Eric Clapton (1970) 4CD Box Set, Expanded Deluxe Edition, Remastered 2010

Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - On Tour With Eric Clapton (1970)
40th Anniversary 4CD Box Set, Expanded Deluxe Edition, Remastered 2010

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 1.62 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 600 Mb | Scans ~ 526 Mb
Label: Rhino Handmade | # RHM2 524797 | Time: 04:10:31
Blues Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul, Rock & Roll, Classic Rock

Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett assembled an all-star group of "friends" in 1969 for a weeklong tour of England, a legendary excursion that would produce On Tour With Eric Clapton, one of rock's most powerful and enduring live albums. Clocking in at a mere 40 minutes, the original left fans wanting more for decades. THE WAIT IS OVER - Rhino Handmade delivers with a four-disc deluxe reissue expanded with more than three hours of unreleased roof-raising, hickory-smoked rock 'n' soul. The set, which comes packaged in a mock road case, contains Delaney & Bonnie & Friends' complete performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, plus a composite of the next night's performances at Colston Hall in Bristol, and both the early and late shows from the tour's final stop at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Along with the Bramletts, the touring band showcased on these discs includes guitarists Eric Clapton and Dave Mason, bassist Carl Radle, drummer Jim Gordon, organist Bobby Whitlock, Jim Price and Bobby Keys on horns, percussionist Tex Johnson, and singer Rita Coolidge.

VA - Woodstock 40: 3 Days Of Peace & Music (2009) 6 CD Box Set

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VA - Woodstock 40: 3 Days Of Peace & Music (2009) 6 CD Box Set

VA - Woodstock 40: 3 Days Of Peace & Music (2009) 6 CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 2.79 Gb Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 1.05 Gb
Label: Rhino | # 8122 79859 7 | Time: 07:49:27 | Scans ~ 321 Mb
Classic Rock, Folk-Rock, Blues-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Folk, R&B

As the historic festival marks its 40-year anniversary, Rhino presents Woodstock 40, six-CD boxed set that features the most comprehensive collection ever available of artists that performed at the original festival, sequenced in chronological order of performance, featuring 38 previously unreleased recordings, including the Grateful Dead, The Who, Tim Hardin, Jefferson Airplane, Country Joe & The Fish, and others. Also box includes 80-page book with extensive liner notes, photos and the complete and accurate set lists.

Blood, Sweat & Tears - New Blood (1972); No Sweat (1973); More Than Ever (1976) 3 LP in 2 CD, Remastered 2012

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Blood, Sweat & Tears - New Blood (1972); No Sweat (1973); More Than Ever (1976) 3 LP in 2 CD, Remastered 2012

Blood, Sweat & Tears - New Blood (1972); No Sweat (1973); More Than Ever (1976) 3 LP in 2 CD
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 722 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 279 Mb | Scans ~ 49 Mb
Jazz-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, R&B | Label: BGO | # BGOCD1074 | Time: 02:01:29

From their beginnings as an attempt at bold jazz-rock fusion in 1967 through a run as a high-powered R&B/soul-rock singles act with singer David Clayton-Thomas two years later, Blood, Sweat & Tears were always a kind of fascinating experiment, and a commercially successful one at that. The first album from the Clayton-Thomas-fronted band appeared in 1969, spawned four high chart hits, won a Grammy as Album of the Year, and went on to sell some three million units. The next two albums, Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 and 4, generated a few more hits, but the band was gradually running out of creative steam by this point, and when Clayton-Thomas left the group after the fourth album, well, that was the end of the line commercially for Blood, Sweat & Tears. A jazzier, but definitely not as commercial, version of Blood, Sweat & Tears showed up for two of the albums collected in this set, 1972's New Blood and 1973's No Sweat, with the third album here, 1976's More Than Ever, featuring the return of David Clayton-Thomas to the fold.

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.

Maria Muldaur - Heart Of Mine: Sings Love Songs Of Bob Dylan (2006)

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Maria Muldaur - Heart Of Mine: Sings Love Songs Of Bob Dylan (2006)

Maria Muldaur - Heart Of Mine: Sings Love Songs Of Bob Dylan (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 310 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 133 Mb | Scans included
Pop/Rock, Blues, Folk | Label: Telarc | # CD-83643 | Time: 00:49:20

Maria Muldaur has been taken by Bob Dylan's music from the very start. They were on the coffeehouse circuit in New York in the early '60s, and she's had occasion to sing his praises from the stage and in Martin Scorsese's film No Direction Home. And while other artists from Joan Baez to Judy Collins have cut entire albums of Dylan's tunes, none of them feels quite like this one. Muldaur, a fine blues and jazz singer, has taken the songs form Dylan's romantic canon and has fashioned them in her own image without losing their original bite, wonder, and humor. Accompanied by her road band and a slew of guests that include Amos Garrett, Danny Caron, and Suzy Thompson, she has created a dreamy, languid, memorable song cycle.

VA - Dirty Rhythm & Blues (2019)

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VA - Dirty Rhythm & Blues (2019)

VA - Dirty Rhythm & Blues (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 500 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 242 MB
1:44:17 | Rhythm & Blues, Erotic | Label: Not Now Music

There's so much here to titillate and entertain. On the surface, it's all salacious stuff, porn pop if you like. But at the heart of it all, there's an abundance of exciting, fun-filled, brilliantly-performed music provided by some of the greatest entertainers ever to grace the world of blues.

Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings - Live Communication (2011)

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Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings - Live Communication (2011)

Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings - Live Communication (2011)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 420 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 184 Mb
Full Scans | 00:53:37 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rhythm & Blues / Electric Blues / Rock & Roll / Roots Rock
Repertoire Records #REP5170

Founding Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman essentially retired from music after leaving the band in 1993, choosing to dedicate time to his family and his restaurant, Sticky Fingers. He returned to music in 1997 with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, a rotating old-time rock & roll, R&B, blues, and boogie collective of superstar musicians anchored by keyboardist Georgie Fame, guitarist Albert Lee, pianist Gary Brooker, and guitarist Terry Taylor. Their first album, Struttin' Our Stuff, appeared that year and it was followed two years later by Anyway the Wind Blows, which featured cameos from Peter Frampton, Geraint Watkins, Paul Carrack, and, notably, fellow Stone Keith Richards.

VA - The RPM Blues Story (2014) 2CDs

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VA - The RPM Blues Story (2014) 2CDs

VA - The RPM Blues Story (2014) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 603 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 320 Mb | Scans included
Blues, Rhythm & Blues | Label: One Day Music | # DAY2CD222 | Time: 02:06:41

RPM was a hip and happening label formed in LA, and was one of the several subsidiary labels of Modern Records who were the forerunner of ryhthm and blues. RPM quickly became associated with its biggest name, BB King, and then followed with names such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Nix. The label was short-lived but this compilation catches RPM in its satisfying prime. This 2 CD set contains 40 original recordings from the RPM Records label, including titles from B.B. King, Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson and many more. All tracks have been digitally remastered for optimum listening quality.