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Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer In Stereo: Cold, Cold Heart (Remastered 2024) (2024)

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Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer In Stereo: Cold, Cold Heart (Remastered 2024) (2024)

Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer In Stereo: Cold, Cold Heart (Remastered 2024) (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 184 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 71 MB
30:00 | Rockabilly, Country | Label: Sun Label Group

Following 2023’s Good Rockin’ Tonight: Killer In Stereo, Country Sides: Killer In Stereo is the second LP in our series of remastered Jerry Lee Lewis stereo mixes. Recently inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame, this collection foreshadows Jerry Lee's future country stardom with of his versions of country classics like “Cold, Cold Heart” and “I Love You Because,” plus alternate takes of “How’s My Ex Treating You” and “One Minute Past Eternity.” Pressed on blue and gray splatter vinyl.

Abbey Lincoln - Sophisticated Abbey (Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner, 1980) (2015)

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Abbey Lincoln - Sophisticated Abbey (Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner, 1980) (2015)

Abbey Lincoln - Sophisticated Abbey (Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner, 1980) (2015)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps (digital booklet) - 136 MB
54:02 | Vocal Jazz | Label: HighNote Records

Anyone who knows Abbey Lincoln’s history is aware of the sizable recording gap-a barren stretch from 1962 to 1972 followed by close to two decades of very sporadic live and studio sessions-that preceded her vibrant comeback in the early ’90s. Any unearthed Lincoln material from that fallow period is a welcome find. This 54-minute date, captured at San Francisco’s Keystone Korner in 1980, is a particularly great discovery.

VA - Let's Stomp! Merseybeat And Beyond 1962-1969 (2023)

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VA - Let's Stomp! Merseybeat And Beyond 1962-1969 (2023)

VA - Let's Stomp! Merseybeat And Beyond 1962-1969 (2023)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps + Scans - 744 MB
3:54:39 | Rock, Beat | Label: Strawberry

3CD box set spotlighting the pioneering movement that brought the world The Beatles but has been overshadowed by their success. Merseybeat was a brief phenomenon but hugely influential throughout the world. It blew up nationwide in 1963 before Merseybeat groups spearheaded the ‘British Invasion’ of the US charts. This box celebrates the scene on the first two discs, then on disc three presents some of the brilliant mod, freakbeat, psych and Mersey soul music that came from Liverpool when the Merseybeat bubble burst and press and public looked elsewhere. Inspired by US rock ‘n’ roll, R&B and Motown and the D.I.Y. attitude of skiffle, the Liverpool beat groups rocked clubs such as their hometown’s The Cavern and the Star-Club in Hamburg and larger ‘Big Beat’ sessions at The Tower Ballroom in New Brighton. The Searchers and Gerry And The Pacemakers achieved success on the world stage, others never made it out of their local area, made a couple of 45s or even demos and disappeared.

Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles (The Atco / Elektra Years) (2020)

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Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles (The Atco / Elektra Years) (2020)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles (The Atco / Elektra Years) (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.1 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 467 MB
3:18:43 | Country | Label: Morello Records

Five CD set. The five albums Jerry Jeff Walker recorded for ATCO and Elektra between 1968 and 1979. Inspired by Bob Dylan, a host of singer songwriters came to the fore and one of the most significant was Jerry Jeff Walker. He merged folk, country and rock and as well as writing his own classic compositions and being a natural storyteller, he encouraged young songwriters and gave many of them their own start. Garth Brooks, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green and Jack Ingram were all inspired by him. He wasn't born Jerry Jeff Walker. Ronald Clyde Crosby was born in Oneonta, Otsego County, New York State on 16th March 1942. That's not a bad name but it's not as good as Jerry Jeff Walker. Jerry Jeff re-invented himself as a lone star Texas country rocker and today is a major figure in the Austin musical community. His most famous song is 'Mr Bojangles'. This affectionate song became a US Top 10 Hit for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and has been recorded by Sammy Davis Jr., Nilsson, Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Nina Simone and Robbie Williams. President Nixon once said it was his favourite song. This CD set also includes compositions by Kris Kristofferson, Rodney Crowell, Guy Clark, Lee Clayton and John D. Loudermilk. Trivia: 'Mr Bojangles' is NOT about Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, a tap dancer who found fame in films with Shirley Temple, as Sammy Davis Jr. Thought.

Christophe Rousset - Johann Sebastian Bach: Partitas, BWV 825-830 (1993)

Posted By: ArlegZ
Christophe Rousset - Johann Sebastian Bach: Partitas, BWV 825-830 (1993)

Christophe Rousset - Johann Sebastian Bach: Partitas, BWV 825-830 (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.0 Gb | Total time: 154:11 | Scans included
Classical | Label: L'oiseau Lyre | 440 217-2 | Recorded: 1992

Recent issues of the Bach partitas on the harpsichord have provoked reservations about the quality of the recordings: the set by Kenneth Gilbert so uncomfortably close to the microphone as to pick up distracting action noise from the instrument, Trevor Pinnock's somewhat fuzzy, Scott Ross's too reverberant to be ideal. So perhaps I may start by commending the admirably warm but clean and natural sound secured by the producer (Chris Sayers)—even in a church (not far from Toulouse)—of the very fine Hemsch harpsichord of 1751 that Rousset has used before.

Carolyn Sampson, Anne-Catherine Bucher, Le Concert Lorrain - Les Sirènes: Thomas-Louis Bourgeois - Cantates (2012)

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Carolyn Sampson, Anne-Catherine Bucher, Le Concert Lorrain - Les Sirènes: Thomas-Louis Bourgeois - Cantates (2012)

Carolyn Sampson, Anne-Catherine Bucher, Le Concert Lorrain - Les Sirènes: Thomas-Louis Bourgeois - Cantates (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 325 Mb | Total time: 72:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Carus | CARUS83374 | Recorded: 2011

Thomas-Louis Bourgeois (1676–1751) is one of the masters of the French chamber cantata at the time of the Régence, when – at last – it was permissible to introduce Italian influences openly in France. His imaginative music, as elegant as it is compositionally skillful, forms a welcome complement to the works of contemporaries such as Campra or Rameau who are infinitely better known today. Carolyn Sampson and Le Concert Lorrain revive for us the charming insouciance of the Régence.

René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Septem Verba a Christo (2013)

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René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Septem Verba a Christo (2013)

René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Septem Verba a Christo (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 350 Mb | Total time: 80:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 902155 | Recorded: 2013

This Septem verba a Christo in cruce moriente proloata (The Seven Words of the Dying Christ on the Cross) was rediscovered nearly a century ago, and scholars down through the years have reached differing conclusions as to whether or not the work was really by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, as one manuscript claimed. More and more copies surfaced, and finally the discovery by musicologist Reinhard Fehling of a new set of parts at an Austrian monastery in 2009 showed that the work was at the very least popular over a good part of Europe, and the forces represented here gave the work its modern-day premiere performance and first recording.

Hurricane Ruth - Live At 3rd And Lindsley (2022)

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Hurricane Ruth - Live At 3rd And Lindsley (2022)

Hurricane Ruth - Live At 3rd And Lindsley (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 456 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 187 Mb
Full Scans | 01:16:12 | RAR 5% Recovery
Blues Rock, Electric Blues | Hurricane Ruth Records #195269143992

Hurricane Ruth Live at 3rd and Lindsley is 14 songs of unbridled blues rock fury! Hurricane Ruth is old school, real and raw. Her vocals are deeply rooted in the blues, but make no mistake she can rock the house! She is cut from the same cloth as Big Mama Thornton, Janis Joplin, and Tina Turner. Hurricane Ruth pulls from all these greats to create her own unique sound. Hurricane Ruth is a powerful, unpredictable, everchanging MUSICAL FORCE OF NATURE!

Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts (2022) {Deluxe Edition}

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Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts (2022) {Deluxe Edition}

Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts (2022) {Deluxe Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 292 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 95 Mb
Full Scans ~ 219 Mb | 00:39:10 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rock | BMG #538750822

Bryan Adams' influence extends four decades, over which time he has released 14 studio albums. His songwriting has garnered him numerous awards and accolades including three Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations and a Grammy Award. Of his 2022 album, 'So Happy it Hurts' he said, 'The pandemic and lockdown really brought home the truth that spontaneity can be taken away. Suddenly all touring stopped, no one could jump in the car and go. The title song is about freedom, autonomy, spontaneity and the thrill of the open road. The album of the same name, touches on many of the ephemeral things in life are really the secret to happiness, most importantly, human connection'.

Widowmaker - Running Free: The Jet Recordings 1976-1977 (2017) {Deluxe Edition}

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Widowmaker - Running Free: The Jet Recordings 1976-1977 (2017) {Deluxe Edition}

Widowmaker - Running Free: The Jet Recordings 1976-1977 (2017) {Deluxe Edition}
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 617 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 267 Mb
Full Scans | 00:39:49 + 00:43:33 | RAR 5% Recovery
Rock, Hard Rock | Esoteric Recordings #ECLEC 22602

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a new 2CD anthology celebrating the British rock band Widowmaker. Formed in 1975 by former Mott the Hoople and Spooky Tooth guitarist Luther Grosvenor, also known as Ariel Bender. The original line-up of the band featured vocalist Steve Ellis (ex-Love Affair & Ellis), guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton (ex-Hawkwind), Australian bassist Bob Daisley (ex-Chicken Shack) and drummer Paul Nicholls who had previously been a member of Lindisfarne. A few months after they had begun rehearsing at Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Manticore Studios in London, Widowmaker signed to Don Arden's Jet Records label.

Christophe Rousset - Bach: The Complete Toccatas (2024)

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Christophe Rousset - Bach: The Complete Toccatas (2024)

Christophe Rousset - Bach: The Complete Toccatas (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Digital Booklet) 432 MB | Cover | 01:08:27 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 163 MB
Classical | Label: Aparté

The Toccatas are among Bach's earliest works. As the autograph manuscripts have never come down to us, we date their composition between 1705 and 1712. Brought together after the event in a highly diversified set, they bear witness to the influence of northern masters such as Buxtehude, and are above all the site of Bach's stylistic blossoming, giving free rein to his fantasy, his freedom and his architectural and expressive genius.

Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992) 2CDs Expanded Deluxe Edition 2003

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Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992) 2CDs Expanded Deluxe Edition 2003

Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992) 2CDs Expanded Deluxe Edition 2003
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 920 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 320 Mb | Scans ~ 225 Mb | 02:19:52
Alternative Rock, Noise Rock, Experimental Rock, Grunge | Label: Geffen | # 493 410-2

Deluxe Edition 2 CD set features 35 tracks including b-sides and previously unreleased versions. Sonic Youth's second major-label album, produced and mixed by Butch Vig and Andy Wallace (a team that had helped turn Nirvana's NEVERMIND multi-platinum) was not the barefaced bid for mainstream acceptance that surly underground souls grumbled about in the pages of fanzines. While Vig and Wallace give guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, bassist Kim Gordon, and phenomenal drummer Steve Shelley a wide-screen panorama for their bizarrely-tuned assaults, DIRTY is probably Sonic Youth's most uncompromising album since 1985's BAD MOON RISING–particularly in the lyrical department. Dropping the deliberate obscurantism, Philip K. Dick references, and smart-alecky snottiness, Sonic Youth brackets a slew of pointed political attacks ("Youth Against Fascism," "Swimsuit Issue," and the Jesse Helms-bashing "Chapel Hill") with two passionate tributes to the band members' murdered friend, Joe Cole ("100%" and "JC"). That DIRTY is Sonic Youth's most commercial-sounding album makes it that much more subversive.

Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)

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Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)

Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Rapture (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 378 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 151 Mb | Scans included
Alternative Rock, Post-Punk, Dance-Rock | Label: Polydor | # 523725-2 | Time: 00:54:12

It would have been easy to write off the Banshees after the so-so Superstition, especially given the fact that it came after two uneven and disappointing albums (including the unnecessary covers collection Through the Looking Glass) Frankly, one of punk's most consistently invigorating acts seemed to have run their course. Sure enough, The Rapture proved to be their final recording. The surprise is that it's a career highpoint. The band deny, incidentally, that they knew this was to be their last album. Quite how Siouxsie, Severin and Budgie rediscovered their chemistry is a moot point - some credited producer John Cale, who worked on four tracks - but rediscover it they did. Despite nods to the band's past in the savage "Not Forgotten," the real gems are the sunny-side-up "O, Baby" (when did Siouxsie ever sound so genuinely happy?) and an 11-minute title-track that is as dazzling as anything they have ever performed. A classic case of leaving the scene on a high note, and a fitting final chapter from one of punk's finest, and most dignified, bands.

Billie Davis - Her Best 1963-1970 (1995)

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Billie Davis - Her Best 1963-1970 (1995)

Billie Davis - Her Best 1963-1970 (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 405 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 186 Mb | Scans included
Early Pop/Rock, Pop, British Invasion | Label: Oxford | # OX CD SKL 5029 | Time: 01:16:59

This 27-track CD of rather mysterious origin is the most comprehensive Billie Davis anthology, but not without its imperfections. In its favor, it does include nine tracks from her 1963-1964 girl group-influenced singles, whereas the most commonly available Davis anthology (Tell Him: The Decca Years has just four of those. In all, it has ten songs not on Tell Him: The Decca Years, but is also missing three songs that are not that release, whose sound quality is better (though not seriously flawed). And the liner notes on Her Best: 1963-1970 are perfunctory, though it does contain a complete 1962-1970 Davis discography. So what most people would pick this up for are the ten songs not on Tell Him, which are useful for Davis fans, but not (with one exception) among her most outstanding recordings. That one exception is the moody, sassy 1964 single "Whatcha' Gonna Do," perhaps her best girl group-styled effort; the Mersey-influenced chirpy warble of its B-side "Everybody Knows" is pretty enjoyable too.

Gap Band - The Best of the Gap Band (1994)

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Gap Band - The Best of the Gap Band (1994)

Gap Band - The Best of the Gap Band (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 585 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 179 Mb | Scans ~ 34 Mb
Funk, Soul, Quiet Storm | Label: Mercury/PolyGram | # 522 457-2 | Time: 01:18:00

A collection from the Mercury funk lineup that covers the hits from the first five Gap Band albums. Every major hit that they had is included here. What one might notice is that all of the major hits ("You Dropped a Bomb on Me," "Burn Rubber on Me," "Early in the Morning," and "I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance") all sound surprisingly similar. This may or may not be a large surprise to everyone, but the bright note about their similarity is that the basic riffs and rhythms that they all use are extremely catchy. The energy that the Gap Band exudes in the midst of producing a song is stunning, and this compilation displays that to the fullest extent. For a basic introduction to the forms of funk that the Gap Band followed, this album would certainly suit any given listener. For those who only need one Gap Band album in their collection, this one also fits the bill perfectly. For die-hard fans who already have all of the band's albums, this one would probably only really serve as a summary.