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James Taylor - Covers (2008)

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James Taylor - Covers (2008)

James Taylor - Covers (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 273 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 107 Mb
Label: HEAR Music | # HRM-30829-02 | Time: 00:42:13 | Scans included
Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock, Folk Rock

Covers is the sixteenth album and the first "covers" album by singer-songwriter James Taylor, released on September 30, 2008. The album was recorded by Taylor's regular touring band. Some of the tunes Taylor had been performing off and on in concerts for years, while others were new to his repertoire. The effort garnered modestly good reviews and two Grammy Award nominations.

Neil Diamond - Gold: Recorded Live at the Troubadour (1971)

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Neil Diamond - Gold: Recorded Live at the Troubadour (1971)

Neil Diamond - Gold: Recorded Live at the Troubadour (1971)
XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 259 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 111 Mb | Scans included
Label: MCA Records | # MCD 01683, MCAD 1683 | Time: 00:38:39
Singer-Songwriter, Pop Rock, Soft Rock, AM Pop

Gold: Recorded Live at the Troubadour is a live album by singer/songwriter Neil Diamond. While no singles were released in support of the album, the opening track "Lordy" appeared as the B-side of "Cracklin' Rosie". This is the only recording available of this song.

Gerry Rafferty - On A Wing & A Prayer (1992)

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Gerry Rafferty - On A Wing & A Prayer (1992)

Gerry Rafferty - On A Wing & A Prayer (1992)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 427 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 136 MB | Covers - 64 MB
Genre: Pop Rock, Singer-Songwriter | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Polydor (517 238-2)

On A Wing & A Prayer is the seventh studio album by Gerry Rafferty. This album came at a bad time in Gerry's life. Recently divorced, a sadness is evident in several of the songs (Don't Speak of My Heart, Don't Give Up on Me).
As one-half of the Humblebums, Scottish singer/songwriter Gerry Rafferty came up through the U.K. folk-rock scene of the late 1960s and early '70s before finding mainstream international success with his 1978 solo album, City to City. During the years in between, he founded the bluesy rock band Stealers Wheel, whose enduring 1973 hit, "Stuck in the Middle with You," has achieved a certain amount of classic rock luster over the years thanks in part to its continued use in film and television…

Steve Gunn and David Moore - Let the Moon Be a Planet (2023)

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Steve Gunn and David Moore - Let the Moon Be a Planet (2023)

Steve Gunn and David Moore - Let the Moon Be a Planet (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 157 MB | Cover | 44:00 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 103 MB
Folk, Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter | Label: RVNG Intl.

Let the Moon Be a Planet marks the first volume of Reflections, a new series of contemporary collaborations orchestrated by RVNG Intl., and documents an inspired exchange between guitarist and songwriter Steve Gunn and pianist and composer David Moore of Bing & Ruth. Conjured by a mutual curiosity, and appreciation, for the respective musician’s work, Let the Moon Be a Planet initially took form over a progression of remote sessions and ultimately harmonized when Gunn and Moore completed the album together in the bucolic surroundings of Hudson, New York. Let the Moon Be a Planet is an invitation to relive the intimate moments shared between two artists finding their way along a single path, and into a world where the most subtle of gestures can ripple for an eternity.

City and Colour - The Love Still Held Me Near (2023)

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City and Colour - The Love Still Held Me Near (2023)

City and Colour - The Love Still Held Me Near (2023)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 359 MB | Cover | 58:44 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 135 MB
Indie Folk, Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter | Label: Still Records

The Love Still Held Me Near was born out of unimaginable loss and the subsequent journey through the grief and heartache that followed. It's about digging deep down into yourself and attempting to unearth hope and light in the things that can comfort you through those times. For me that has always been writing and recording music, so that's exactly what I did.

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) [MFSL, Remastered Reissue 1998]

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Don McLean - American Pie (1971) [MFSL, Remastered Reissue 1998]

Don McLean - American Pie (1971) [Remastered Reissue 1998]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 218 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 104 Mb | Scans included
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | # UDCD 728 | Time: 00:36:39
Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Folk, Soft Rock, AM Pop

American Pie is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released by United Artists Records on 24 October 1971. The folk/rock album reached number one on the Billboard 200, containing the chart-topping singles "American Pie" and "Vincent." Recorded in May and June 1971 at The Record Plant in New York City, the LP is dedicated to Buddy Holly, and was reissued in 1980 minus the track "Sister Fatima". The album was released to much acclaim, later being included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967) [MFSL Remastered 2015]

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Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967) [MFSL Remastered 2015]

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967) MFSL Remastered 2015
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 256 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 106 Mb | Scans included | 00:40:35
Singer/Songwriter, Folk, Folk Rock | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | # UDSACD 2120

Arriving in 1967, Greatest Hits does an excellent job of summarizing Dylan's best-known songs from his first seven albums. At just ten songs, it's a little brief, and the song selection may be a little predictable, but that's actually not a bad thing, since this provides a nice sampler for the curious and casual listener, as it boasts standards from "Blowin' in the Wind" to "Like a Rolling Stone." And, for collectors, the brilliant non-LP single "Positively Fourth Street" was added, which provided reason enough for anybody that already owned the original records to pick this up. This has since been supplanted by more exhaustive collections, but as a sampler of Dylan at his absolute peak, this is first-rate.

Ry Cooder - The Slide Area (1982)

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Ry Cooder - The Slide Area (1982)

Ry Cooder - The Slide Area (1982)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 232 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 90 Mb | Scans ~ 108 Mb
Label: Warner Bros. | # 7599-23651-2 | Time: 00:39:19
Country-Blues, Blues-Rock, Country-Rock, Roots Rock

This CD opens with an outrageous and exceedingly funky "UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto," and which seems so out of place with the other material. Yes, it is a rhythm & blues, bordering at times on funk album, and rap is one direction R&B took, but…. Listen to the groove on "Which Came First," and try to keep your body from bobbing to the strong rhythm laid down by Jim Keltner, Tim Drummond, and the background vocalists. While we are on the subject of vocals, this is one of Ry Cooder's best efforts, and his backup vocalists are key here and deserve special recognition: Bobby King, John Hiatt, Willie Greene, and Herman Johnson for most of the CD. The two gems on this are the phenomenal treatments of both "Blue Suede Shoes" and Bob Dylan's "I Need a Woman." Two songs as different in the original forms as pigs and gerbils are converted to R&B hit status. Both contain some memorable slide guitar work, but isn't that what we expect from this master of the guitar family. The album is very good but those two songs make it a gem.

Van Morrison - Back On Top (1999) Expanded Remastered Reissue 2008

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Van Morrison - Back On Top (1999) Expanded Remastered Reissue 2008

Van Morrison - Back On Top (1999) Expanded Remastered Reissue 2008
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 411 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 143 Mb | Scans ~ 179 Mb
Label: Exile, Polydor | # 5305453 | Time: 01:02:32
Genre: Blues, Blues-Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Blue-Eyed Soul

Back on Top is the twenty-seventh studio album by Northern Irish singer/songwriter Van Morrison. It was released in 1999 by Point Blank. This album marks a slight return to the forms of music he is most known for: blues and R&B. Upon the album's release, Rolling Stone reviewed it as "one Monet and nine Norman Rockwells", the "Monet" being "When the Leaves Come Falling Down" which it called a masterpiece. The 29 January 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains two bonus tracks: an alternative take of "Philosopher's Stone" and a new arrangement of Fats Domino's song, "Valley of Tears".

Laura Nyro - Angel In The Dark (2001)

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Laura Nyro - Angel In The Dark (2001)

Laura Nyro - Angel In The Dark (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 293 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 129 Mb | Scans ~ 52 Mb
Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock, Pop/Rock | Label: Rounder | # 3176 | Time: 00:56:26

Angel in the Dark is a lovely recording featuring the graceful vocals and finely crafted songs that everyone expects from Laura Nyro. These sessions were completed in the summer of 1995 and represent the last music Nyro recorded. The title cut and "Sweet Dream Fade" mine the same soul terrain as her late '60s recordings, featuring horns and underlined by heavy guitar riffs. These upbeat pieces perfectly integrate voice, arrangements, and lyrics to create an organic whole, and are two of the best cuts on the album. Slower, piano-based songs like "Triple Goddess Twilight," "He Was Too Good to Me," and "Serious Playground" are mixed in-between these songs. These pieces are quieter and introspective, with Nyro's voice more intimate. It is almost as though she was sitting at the piano, late at night, and singing to herself. There are also several covers including "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "Let It Be Me." The first of these is over five minutes and has been slowed down so much that it drags. In fact, she slows down all of the covers as if to convert them into heartfelt ballads.

Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (1970) [Analogue Productions, Remastered 2011]

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Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (1970) [Analogue Productions, Remastered 2011]

Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (1970) [Remastered 2011]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 202 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 94 Mb | Scans included
Label: Analogue Productions, Universal, Island | # CAPP 9135 SA/B0015571-06
Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Soft Rock, Acoustic | Time: 00:36:47

Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound from the original analog master tapes to vinyl and PCM. Tea For The Tillerman is one of Cat Stevens' finest albums and a gem in the crown of early 1970s singer/songwriter. Stevens manages to have his cake and eat it too, simultaneously achieving pop accessibility and artistic relevance. The feel is decidedly gentle and spare. Apart from the occasional string section, Stevens is accompanied only by a three-piece band as he sings his introspective lyrics with appreciable favor.

Suzanne Vega - Close-Up: Vol 3, States of Being (2011)

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Suzanne Vega - Close-Up: Vol 3, States of Being (2011)

Suzanne Vega - Close-Up: Vol 3, States of Being (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 237 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 109 Mb | Scans included
Label: Amanuensis/Cooking Vinyl | # COOKCD523 | Time: 00:44:09
Singer/Songwriter, Folk Rock, Pop/Rock

In 1985, singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega released her stunning self-titled debut album. 25 years and 7 million albums sold later, Suzanne is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation. Now Suzanne is reinterpreting a majority of her catalog in a close and personal manner, creating 4 new thematic albums that will be released over 2010-2011. States of Being has Suzanne revisiting her most haunting songs. Suzanne used to call these the "Mental Health" songs. They express a state of mind, but also more than that; Suzanne says, "they are descriptions of a place deep inside. Anyone can feel like the narrator in Penitent, or Cracking, depending on your mood". Vol. 3 also includes a brand new song, a collaboration with Duncan Sheik from Suzanne's upcoming play, "Carson McCullers Talks About Love".

Elliott Murphy - Strings of The Storm (2003) 2CDs

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Elliott Murphy - Strings of The Storm (2003) 2CDs

Elliott Murphy - Strings of The Storm (2003) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 742 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 262 Mb | Scans included
Label: Dusty Roses | # DR015, 634479040122 | Time: 01:48:38
Folk-Rock, Folk, Singer/Songwriter

At age 54, Elliott Murphy has been recording albums of his original compositions regularly for 30 years, and unlike some musicians who have been at it that long (such as Neil Young, whose raucous, Crazy Horse-style guitar playing is echoed on this album's leadoff track and whose After the Gold Rush ballad "Birds" is covered under the title "Bird"), he hasn't changed much about his musical or lyrical approach in that time. The Elliott Murphy of 2003 is not very different from the Elliott Murphy of 1973. He still writes semi-autobiographical songs full of poetic imagery and literary references (The Great Gatsby and Samuel Beckett are favorites), and he still sets them to folk-rock arrangements that call to mind Bob Dylan.

Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing: Live At The Barbican (2012)

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Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing: Live At The Barbican (2012)

Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing: Live At The Barbican (2012)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 678 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 257 Mb
Full Scans | 00:56:49 + 00:48:20 | RAR 5% Recovery
Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Spoken Word, Singer-Songwriter | Concert Live #CLCD502

Solitude Standing: Live at the Barbican is a live album by the American singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was recorded on 16 October 2012 at the Barbican Centre in London, on the final celebratory concert to mark 25th anniversary of her studio album Solitude Standing. Disc one is a live performance of a full album, second one contains other Vega's songs.

Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972) [MFSL Remastered 2015]

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Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972) [MFSL Remastered 2015]

Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972) [MFSL Remastered 2015]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 217 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 110 Mb | Scans included | 00:36:42
Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | # UDSACD 2167

Carly Simon's best album, No Secrets was also her commercial breakthrough, topping the charts and going gold, along with its leadoff single, "You're So Vain." That song set the album's saucy tone, with its air of sexually frank autobiography ("You had me several years ago/When I was still quite naïve") and its reflections on the jet-set lifestyle. But Simon's honesty meant that her lyrical knife was double-edged; now that she felt she had found true love ("The Right Thing to Do," another Top Ten hit, was her celebration of her relationship with James Taylor), she was as willing to acknowledge her own mistakes and regrets as she was to point fingers. But it wasn't only Simon's forthrightness that made the album work; it was also Richard Perry's simple, elegant pop/rock production, which gave Simon's music a buoyancy it previously lacked. And Perry paid particular attention to Simon's vocals in a way that made her more engaging (or at least less grating) to listen to.