Run's Lossless Library

[zacki]

Ten City - Foundation (1989)

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01. That's The Way Love Is (Underground Edited Version)
02. Where Do We Go
03. Suspicious
04. Foundation
05. Satisfaction
06. You Must Be The One
07. For You
08. Close And Slow
09. One Kiss Will Make It Better (Edited Version)
10. That's The Way Love Is (Deep House Extended Version)
11. Right Back To You (Extended Version)
12. Devotion (Extended Version)
13. That's The Way Love Is (Underground Mix Edited Version)

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Natalie Cole
The Natalie Cole Collection
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Tracklist

1. I've Got Love On My Mind
2. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
3. Our Love
4. I Can't Say No
5. Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady)
6. Inseparable
7. I'm Catching Hell (Living Here Alone)
8. Party Lights
9. Mr. Melody
10. Stand By
11. Gimme Some Time Featuring Peabo Bryson
12. Someone That I Used To Love
13. Nothin' But A Fool
14. You Were Right Girl
15. Your Lonely Heart

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Review

This contains the finest soul and sophisticated pre-rock/pop tracks from Natalie Cole's days at Capitol (1975-1981). Cole made some superb singles in her early days, especially "This Will Be" and "Inseparable." At the same time, she laid the foundation for the early-'90s change that would surprise those who slept on "Mr. Melody" or "I've Got Love on My Mind." Her voice was actually more suited for these songs than the soul numbers, which were as much production and arranging triumphs as vocal victories.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn



Biography by Ron Wynn

The daughter of jazz and pop legend Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole has forged a successful career in two phases, doing R&B/urban contemporary and then jazz-based pop. She made her stage debut at age 11 and sang in college. Cole met the writing and producing team of Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey in 1973. The next year they collaborated on some sessions that were recorded at Curtis Mayfield's Curtom studios in Chicago. These helped her land a deal with Capitol, and she teamed with Jackson/Yancey for a string of hit albums and singles from 1975 until 1983.

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The West End Story
Volume 1

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Funk, Disco | APE, Covers – 372 MB

Tracklisting:

01 - Taana Gardner - Heartbeat (9:34)
02 - Sparque - Let's Go Dancin' (8:10)
03 - Shirley Lites - Heat You Up (6:57)
04 - Raw Silk - Do It To The Music (6:36)
05 - Michele - Can You Feel It (9:42)
06 - Sybil Thomas - Rescue Me (6:48)
07 - Stone - Time (7:25)
08 - Brenda Taylor - You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too (6:05)

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[zacki]

The West End Story
Volume 1

Thank You Very Much :thumbs up:

[zacki]

Deco - Fresh Idea (1983)

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01. Fresh Idea
02. I'll Be There
03. I'm So Glad I Met You
04. Someone Special
05. Let This Be Your Night
06. Burned By A Bad Match
07. Live My Fantasy
08. Delicious
09. Let's Pretend


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M.I.A. - KALA
Format: FLAC
Size: 330 MB

1. Bamboo Banga
2. Bird Flu
3. Boyz
4. Jimmy
5. Hussel
6. Mango Pickle Down River
7. 20 Dollar
8. World Town
9. The Turn
10. XR2
11. Paper Planes
12. Come Around


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Candy Dulfer - Funked Up & Chilled Out
JAZZFUNK | FLAC | CUE | SCANS | 590MB | DOUBLE CD | 88:08
Heads Up 2009

NO EXTRACTION LOGS
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Critics are always too harsh on poor Candy. Problem is, they only want to see her as a "jazz" artist and that just isn't what she is. She's played in Prince's bands, she's played on stages with Maceo Parker's bands....so why would they want to pigeonhole her into only one style of music? You certainly would do that to Prince or Maceo. In fact, she kind of resembles a watered down version of him. Maybe a little more formulaic for some. Not the greatest fan of her music either, but when I check for her, I always expect to hear a little something extra. Not just ordinary jazz songs.

The discs are pretty self explanatory: Disc 1 is jazzed up funk and Disc 2 is primarily smooth jazz with a few jazzed up R&B cuts here and there. My only criticism of her is that sometimes she tries a little too hard to be cool. Cool never has to try hard to be what it already is. But she makes smooth jazz that R&B fans will probably like as well. Anyway, I enjoyed this, hope you will too.

Oh and this is an internet rip, so it is not my OFFICIAL album. Uploader used JetAudio to rip the files and I am not 100% comfortable that it's done as good as it can be. So I plan on getting this again somewhere. Done 100% correctly or as good as I can do it



CD 1 - Funked Up:

01. First in Line
02. My Funk
03. Step Up
04. Don't Go
05. CD 101.9
06. Be Cool
07. Cruise Control
08. Finger Poppin'
09. True & Tender
10. On & On
11. Roppongi Panic
12. N.J. Turnpike



CD 2 - Chilled Out:

01. Bliss 2 This
02. Still I Love You
03. Anything You Need
04. Smoovgroove
05. Ambiente
06. In Deep
07. Tambores
08. Super Natural
09. Oda Al Vino
10. Sunrise


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[zacki]

Grey And Hanks - You Fooled Me (1978)

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01. Way Out To Get In
02. Gotta Put Something In
03. You Fooled Me
04. Never Let You Down
05. Dancin'
06. ICan Tell Where Your Head Is
07. Closer To Something Real
08. How Can You Live Without Love


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[zacki]

New Horizons - Gonna Have Big Fun (1984)

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01. Big Fun
02. Searching For That Lady
03. Love To Spend The Night
04. Get Ready, Let's Party
05. Dance Frite
06. No One Ever Will
07. U Can Do (Watcha Wanna)
08. I See You There

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The West End Story
Volume 2

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Funk, Disco | APE, Covers – 381 MB

Tracklisting:

01 - Taana Gardner - Work That Body (7:19)
02 - Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face (6:56)
03 - Barbara Mason - Another Man (6:56)
04 - Billy Nichols - Give Your Body Up To The Music (7:40)
05 - Mahogany - Ride On The Rhythm (5:50)
06 - Stone - Girl I Like The Way You Move (6:10)
07 - Bettye Lavette - Doin' The Best That I Can (11:03)
08 - Raw Silk - Just In Time (6:56)

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[RunawayTrane]

Randy Crawford/Joe Sample - Feeling Good
VOCAL JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 308MB | 53:20
Universal 2006

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After a quarter of a century in the Warner Bros. camp and five years on the recording sidelines, Randy Crawford drew a circle back to the beginning, reuniting with keyboardist Joe Sample. In turn, the old Crusader put together a genuinely distinguished rhythm section, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Steve Gadd, and called upon Tommy LiPuma to produce the disc. That combination ought to guarantee a certain floor of competence from the get-go -- and it's great to report that this disc always rises above it, sometimes considerably above it. By this time, both Crawford and Sample were established veterans -- and the music they make here seems to come so easily from within, with only minimal backing and nothing getting in their way. Gadd puts out a propulsive beat on brushes that pushes the title track along just fine -- and his work on "See Line Woman" and "Last Night at Danceland" generates something resembling the irresistible Crusaders groove, giving Sample something to trip lightly and soulfully through. Every track seems to change style with a smooth movement of the clutch -- the slinky R&B funk of "Lovetown," the gentle Latin beat of "Rio de Janeiro Blue," the pure mainstream piano trio jazz of "But Beautiful," the heavy blues atmosphere of "Tell Me More and More and Then Some," a trip back to the 1960s' Top 40 with "Everybody's Talking" (dig Randy's fervent high note that Harry Nilsson once hit in falsetto). A very gratifying release -- considering how tempting it would have been to crank this out on autopilot. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide


PERSONNEL
Joe Sample - Piano
Randy Crawford - Vocals
Christian McBride - Bass
Anthony Wilson - Guitar
Steve Gadd - Drums
Ray Parker, Jr. - Guitar
Dean Parks - Guitar
Luis Quintero - Percussion



~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Feeling Good
02. End of the Line
03. But Beautiful
04. Rio de Janiero Blue
05. Lovetown
06. See Line Woman
07. Tell Me More and More and Then Some
08. Everybody's Talking
09. When I Need You
10. Save Your Love for Me
11. Last Night at Danceland
12. All Night Long
13. Mr. Ugly


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[RunawayTrane]

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Fourplay - Yes, Please
SMOOTH | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 422MB | 63:14
Warner Brothers 2000

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There are certain "givens" when purchasing a Fourplay album. Smooth, non-threatening, pop and R&B-inflected, groovy contemporary jazz. Mainly instrumentals with at least one vocal track contributed by a big-name artist and one or more other tracks with added vocal flavorings, usually in the form of rhythmic chanting. A clean, slick recording that is both polished and crisp. Bob James (piano), Nathan East (bass), Larry Carlton (guitar), and Harvey Mason (drums) have made their programmatic approach an art form, copied by countless contemporary jazz artists and envied by rival A&R types hoping to sell as many records as has this talented quartet (with either Lee Ritenour or Larry Carlton in the guitar chair). With respect to the basic Fourplay program, Yes, Please! does not disappoint. Yet, this album is a touch softer than previous releases and significantly more seductive, thus living up to the "fourplay/foreplay" double entendre. "Robo Bop" pulses to the repeated motif sounded in East's bass. "Blues Force" is a smoky temptress, with Carlton's guitar adding to the drama. James' keyboard fills romance "Go With Your Heart." "A Little Fourplay" is carried by guest artist Sheree's sexy vocals, Mason's drums, and some added R&B electronic kick in the mix. Those looking to set an after-hours mood with the one they love will say "yes, please" to this album. ~ Brian Bartolini, All Music Guide


FOURPLAY
Nathan East - Bass, Vocals
Bob James - Piano
Larry Carlton - Guitar
Harvey Mason - Drums

Ken Freeman - Synthesizer



~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Free Range
02. Double Trouble
03. Once Upon a Love
04. Robo Bop
05. Blues Force
06. Save Some Love for Me
07. Fortress
08. Go With Your Heart
09. Poco a Poco
10. A Little Fourplay
11. Lucky

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[zacki]

The West End Story
Volume 2

Many Thanks for Vol.2 :553:

[RunawayTrane]

Kenny Neal - Let Life Flow
BLUES | APE | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 324MB | 50:11
DixieFrog 2008

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Son of Louisiana bluesman Raful Neal, young Kenny had some big shoes to fill, but he's been more than up to the task. He plays bass, guitar, trumpet, piano and guitar, and worked in Toronto with the Downchild Blues Band as well as with his siblings in the Neal Brothers Band before returning to Louisiana in 1987 to cut his debut, Bio on the Bayou. Since then Neal has continued to blend his swampy roots with soul and R&B to put his own contemporary spin on the blues. Let Life Flow finds the 50-year-old bluesman in fine voice delivering four originals and seven covers. Neal accents "Louisiana Stew" with a long, jaunty, country flavored harp solo, while on "Fly Away" he drops a bit of sage spiritual advice into the mix. His Memphis-style guitar fills accent the tune, but it's his gospel drenched vocals that standout. The title track has a soulful '70s feel, with Neal's Al Green influenced vocal, and subtle horn accents from Joe Campbell's trumpet and LeRoy Harper's sax. "Since I Met You Baby," the Ivory Joe Hunter chestnut gets taken back to its blues roots by Neal's gritty delivery. His mellow guitar solo, full of slow bent notes and full round tones complement Lucky Peterson's rolling piano work. "It Don't Make Sense, You Can't Make Peace," a Willie Dixon tune, has a swampy groove with a slight Latin tinge, mournful backing vocals, and Neal's sanctified lead vocal. "Another Man's Cologne" tells a familiar story of infidelity. Neal's sneering, slightly bemused vocal and stinging guitar tell the sad story to a funky backbeat. "You've Got to Hurt Before You Heal," another simmering slow blues, lets Neal show off his soulful vocal style with Peterson supplying sanctified organ work. Neal is in fine voice throughout and his understated bluesy guitar works fine, but nothing here really catches fire. ~ j. poet, All Music Guide

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Let Life Flow
02. Blues, Leave Me Alone
03. You've Got To Hurt Before You Heal
04. Louisiana Stew
05. Starlight Diamond
06. Another Man's Cologne
07. Broken Dreams
08. Bleeding Heart
09. Since I Met You Baby
10. Fly Away
11. It Don't Make Sense You Can't Make Peace

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[zacki]

Paul Laurence - Underexposed (1989)

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01. Make My Baby Happy
02. I Ain't Wit It
03. (She Is Not An) Ordinary Girl
04. Main Course
05. Cut The Crap
06. Sue Me
07. She's Gone
08. I'm A Business Man (Kick It Too)

Bonus (No On CD)
09. I Ain't Wit It (Heart To Heart Mix) - Vinyl 12"

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[Blaq]

I wanted to put out a couple of requests hoping that someone can assist. I was looking for Black Riot/Todd Terry "A Day In The Life" 12" in lossless as well as Earth People's "Dance" 12" in lossless. I only have on vinyl but would like digitized copies. Thanks for any help.

[zacki]

Adeva - Adeva ! (1989)

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01. Respect
02. Treat Me Right
03. I Thank You
04. So Right
05. In & Out Of My Life
06. Warning!
07. I Don't Need You
08. Beautiful Love
09. Promises
10. Musical Freedom (With Paul Simpson Feat. Carmen Marie)
11. I Thank You (Club Mix)
12. Warning! (Dub Mix)
13. Respect (Dancin' Danny D Remix Feat. Monie Love)

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The Isley Brothers
Smooth Sailin'
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Tracklist

1. Everything Is Alright
2. Dish It Out
3. It Takes A Good Woman
4. Send A Message
5. Smooth Sailin' Tonight
6. Somebody I Used To Know
7. Come My Way
8. I Wish

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Review

Classic 80s work from the Isley Brothers -- a set that has the duo of Ronald and Rudolph getting some great help in the studio from Angela Winbush! Angela helped produce the record, and she also wrote many of the songs -- and she plays keyboards on the set too, giving the tracks the upbeat, bouncy style you might find in her own recordings of the time. As usual for the duo, the vocals are wonderful -- every bit as great as that classic Isley sound first forged in the 70s -- warm and magical here, even wrapped around some heavier 80s rhythms. Titles include "Somebody I Used To Know", "I Wish", "Come My Way", "Everything Is Alright", "Dish It Out", and "Send A Message".

Dusty Groove

[RunawayTrane]

Fatback Band - XII
FUNK | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 220MB | 37:21
Southbound 1996 (Resissue)

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Fatback maintained the same high standard of quality to produce another impressive slab of funk-tinged disco. XII is notable to hip-hop historians for the track "King Tim III (Personality Jock)," a song often tagged as the first rap song (it was released as a single shortly before the more popular "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang). "King Tim" remains a killer blast of hip-hop, seamlessly mixing a slick old-school rap into the band's intensely funky blend of organ, energetic horn blasts, and a relentless walking bassline. However, this isn't all there is to XII: The album's other tracks present a consistent mix of funky grit and disco slickness. Standout tracks include "Gimme That Sweet, Sweet Lovin'," which layers a Bee Gees-style falsetto vocal with an addictive mid-tempo groove anchored by a synthesizer bass, and "Disco Bass," which blends a catchy chant-along chorus with the serpentine hook mentioned in the title. XII is also notable for the high quality of its sound, which filters the energy of their sound through a carefully crafted soundscape that brings out all the details of their sound: a good example is how the huge drum sounds that propel "You're My Candy Sweet" seem to leap out of the speakers. The only track that tends toward the filler that has marred past Fatback albums is "Disco Queen," but even it is redeemed by its punchy horn arrangement and some catchy background vocals. All in all, XII is one of Fatback's finest albums and a treat for anyone who likes their disco music especially funky. ~ Donald A. Guarisco, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. You´re My Candy Sweet
02. Disco Bass
03. Gimme That Sweet,Sweet Lovin
04. King Tim III (Personality Jock)
05. Disco Queen
06. Love In Perfect Harmony

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[RunawayTrane]

Fatback - Brite Lights\Big City
FUNK | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 254MB | 36:55
Century 1990 (Reissue)

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While it doesn't overflow with high points like Fired Up 'N' Kickin', Brite Lites, Big City remains a solid album's worth of funky disco. The hooks aren't as instantly catchy as the ones that propelled past hits like "Spanish Hustle" or "I Like Girls," but songs like "Freak the Freak the Funk (Rock)" sport nice big grooves that will keep the listener's toes tapping. The album's big highlights are "Big City," a tribute to New York driven by a surprisingly jazzy horn riff, and "Let Me Do It to You," a percolating funk showcase that cleverly pits male and female vocal sections against each other as it doubles its thumping bassline with the chant mentioned in the title. "Wild Dreams" is another highlight, an interesting tune that contrasts mellow female harmonies against an insistent beat churned out by the rhythm section. Some of the tunes get a bit repetitive at times, most notably "Hesitation" and its reliance on an endlessly-reiterated chant, but the band's performance is strong enough throughout the album to overshadow these moments of weakness. The result is an album that isn't strong enough to win over people who aren't already fans, but will definitely satisfy fans of the Fatback sound. ~ Donald A. Guarisco, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Freak The Freak The Funk (Rock)
02. Let Me Do It To You
03. Big City
04. (Do The) Boogie Woogie
05. Hesitation
06. Wild Dreams


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[zacki]

One Way - Fancy Dancer (1981)

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01. Pull Fancy Dancer, Pull
02. Get Up
03. Show Me
04. Hold It
05. He Is My Friend
06. Come Give Me Your Love
07. Burn It
08. Your Love Is All Need
09. Let's Talk

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Fatback - Hot Box (1980)

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01. Hot Box
02. Come And Get The Love
03. Love Spell
04. Gotta Get My Hands On Some (Money)
05. Backstrokin'
06. Street Band

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Not my rip even though it's WVPACK

Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music
SOUL + FUNK | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 365MB | 58:18
Epic 1968 (Remastered)

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After the commercial flop that was 1967's A Whole New Thing, Sly Stone came back to San Francisco and decided -- however reluctantly -- to give Epic Records what they wanted: a record that could be played on the radio, because both "Underdog" and the ballad "Let Me Hear It from You" couldn't be slotted comfortably anywhere. Sly, having been a wildly successful radio DJ and producer (the Beau Brummels, Mono Men, Bobby Freeman), and well aware of the possibilities of the new burgeoning FM scene, delivered the big single and he delivered it big. "Dance to the Music," the album's single and opening cut, summed up so much of the history of black music with its references to early rhythm and blues, the big horn charts of Louis Jordan, gospel's repetitive phrasing, and the use of numerous lead voices in a single tune the way Motown did with its male groups like the Temptations and the Four Tops. Add to this the driving funk of James Brown and the sonic elements of the psychedelic era, and he had a record that could not miss. The message itself was positive, exuberant, and wonderfully memorable. In addition to the single, which he couldn't quite let go of for the entire album, was "Higher," an early version of "I Want to Take You Higher," and the recycled "Dance to the Music" in a 12-minute psychedelic funk jam, "Dance to the Medley." In "Ride the Rhythm," the endless references to the pumped-up basslines of Larry Graham and drummer Greg Errico pointed to the other obsession of the recording: dancing. In the Summer of Love, Sly was providing the soundtrack to an endless party. Even in the album's slower moments, such as "Are You Ready," Freddie Stewart's absolutely stellar guitar playing against the bassline and drums provided the horns room to slip, pop, and hum in the breaks. There is "filler," but even this stuff is high, quality material. The entire thing is a recording for celebration and deep rhythmic invention, where black music, from the bar-walking honks and squawks of R&B saxophonists to the newer more sophisticated sounds of Quincy Jones, was being bent and shaped into something entirely new. Listening to it in the dark beginning of the 21st century as part of Legacy's series of superbly remastered and expanded editions, Dance to the Music brings new directions and points to others. It may be flawed in terms of its insistence on repetition, but there is plenty here to chew on, especially when considering it preceded the true arrival of the band as a whole on Life. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Dance to the Music
02. Higher
03. I Ain't Got Nobody
04. Dance to the Medley
05. Ride the Rhythm
06. Color Me True
07. Are You Ready
08. Don't Burn Baby
09. I'll Never Fall in Love Again
10. Dance to the Music
11. Higher
12. Soul Clappin'
13. We Love All
14. I Can't Turn You Loose
15. Never Do Your Woman Wrong [instrumental]

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[RunawayTrane]

We want to see active members on this and all the other threads


Absolutely. I got no problem with people not going through the uploading process if they don't have the capabilities, but a simple "thank you" never hurt anybody and it only takes a few seconds and 1 mouse click. It's really not asking alot for all we go through to post music

Even if you can't post music, you can still participate in the threads you get the music from with your input. Even if it's in a different language

[Blaq]

Various Artists
R&B's Lost & Found
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Tracklist

1. Sitting In The Park - GQ
2. Here We Go Again - The Isley Brothers
3. Not A Little Girl - Linda Lewis
4. Payback Is A Dog - The Stylistics
5. Ms. - David Oliver
6. Selfish One - Jackie Ross
7. Sho'nuff Must Be Luv - Heatwave
8. One Less Bell To Answer - The 5th Dimension
9. I'm Still Here - The Notations
10. To Be True - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
11. Walk Right Up To The Sun - The Delfonics
12. Look At Me (I'm In Love) - The Moments
13. Do What You Want To Do - The Dramatics
14. Peek-A-Boo - The Stylistic

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The Soul Children - Genesis (1972)

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FLAC/m3u/235MB

1. I Want to Be Loved
2. Don't Take My Sunshine
3. Hearsay
4. All That Shines Ain't Gold
5. It Hurts Me to My Heart
6. I'm Loving You More Everyday
7. Just the One (I've Been Looking For)
8. Never Get Enough of Your Love
9. All Day Preachin'
10. Get up About Yourself

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Hey Dr. Rhythm... Are these vinyl rips?

[zacki]

Hey Dr. Rhythm... Are these vinyl rips?

This are cd rips. (front, back, inside covers incl.)

Please! Dr. Rhythm, when you have time upload Vol. 3 & 4.


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Various Artists
R&B's Lost & Found
[Direct Rip]


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Nice, Thanks :thumbs up:

[RunawayTrane]

The Spinners - Spinners
R&B | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 242MB
Atlantic 1973

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The group picked up new lead singer Phillipé Wynne, moved to Atlantic, and began working with producer Thom Bell, whose lush, romantic arrangements - the same sophisticated strings he'd used with the Stylistics, but with more reliance on vocal harmonies - define the disc. But with writing partner Linda Creed busy planning her wedding, he didn't contribute many of the tunes, opening the door for a bunch of other writers. Two of them - Joseph B. Jefferson (the stirring "One Of A Kind (Love Affair)") and Bruce Hawes ("I Could Never (Repay Your Love)") - would collaborate on many future hits for the group, while - Yvette Davis ("Just You And Me Baby"), Vinnie Barrett ("Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind") - more or less fell by the wayside. Strangest of all, the transcendent hit "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" was written by two brothers - Mervin and Melvin Steals - who never hit again. Bell did write the huge hit that put the group on the map, "I'll Be Around," and the clumsy message tune "Ghetto Child"; there's also one remake, the Wilson Pickett hit "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You," done incongrously as big band jazz. The musicians are the Philadelpia International house band: Earl Young (drums), Ronnie Baker (bass), Norman Harris, Roland Chambers and Bobby Eli (guitars), Bell (piano), Vince Montana (vibes), and Don Renaldo (strings). --David Bertrand Wilson, WARR.org


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~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind
02. Just You and Me Baby
03. Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
04. I Could Never (Repay Your Love)
05. I'll Be Around
06. One of a Kind
07. We Belong Together
08. Ghetto Child
09. How Could I Let You Get Away
10. Could It Be I'm Falling in Love

:music-081:
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[Blaq]

The Spinners - Spinners
R&B | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 242MB
Atlantic 1973

Great drop, Run! Thanks! :thumbs up:

[Blaq]

Nice, Thanks :thumbs up:

You're welcome, fam. :thumbs up:

[RunawayTrane]

Roberta Flack - Roberta Flack
VOCAL | APE | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 194MB | 36:38
Atlantic 1978

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BIOGRAPHY (http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Roberta%20Flack.html)

Following the success of Blue Lights in the Basement in early 1978, Roberta Flack released this self-titled album late that same year on Atlantic. It featured the single "If Ever I See You Again," written by Joe Brooks, who penned Debby Boone’s massive hit "You Light Up My Life." The song peaked at No. 24 on the Pop Singles Chart, No. 37 on the R&B Singles Chart, and No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary Chart. Produced by Jerry Greenberg, Joseph Ferla, Joe Brooks, and Rubina Flake, the album reached No. 74 on the Pop Albums Chart and No. 37 on the R&B Albums Chart. "When It’s Over" and "You Are Everything" reached No. 82 and No. 98 on the R&B Singles Chart, respectively. "Roberta Flack" is the only album in Roberta’s Atlantic catalogue that has never been reissued on CD in the US. Only available on compact disc in Japan for a time, it is now highly collectible in the CD format.



~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. What a Woman Really Means
2. You Are Everything
3. Independent Man
4. If Ever I See You Again
5. And the Feeling's Good
6. Knowing That We're Made for Each Other
7. Come Share My Love
8. Baby I Love You So
9. When It's Over


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-4a9d4d)

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[Doctor-Rhythm]

Hey Dr. Rhythm... Are these vinyl rips?
No, these are CD rips but the CDs are sure made through vinyl rips (rare clicks on some tracks).


Please! Dr. Rhythm, when you have time upload Vol. 3 & 4.

Sorry, but I have had a problems with megaupload.

The West End Story
Volume 3

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Funk, Disco | FLAC, Covers – 395 MB

Tracklisting:

01 - Taana Gardner - When You Touch Me (Larry Levan Mix) (10:39)
02 - Glass - Let Me Feel Your Heartbeat (5:59)
03 - Sparque - Music Turns Me On (T. Scott Mix) (6:46)
04 - Master Boogies Song And Dance - When The Shit Hits The Fan (5:03)
05 - Michele - Disco Dance (Tom Moulton Mega Mix) (13:48)
06 - Inez Brooks - Chillin' Out (6:26)
07 - Philly U.S.A - Speak Well (Tom Moulton Mix) (7:34)
08 - Forrrce - Keep On Dancin (Phase II) (6:28)

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[Kelfermookie]

I fuck wit dat old school you already know marvin gaye

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crank up some of that Ray Charles too

[zacki]

The West End StoryVolume 3

Thanks :thumbs up:

[zacki]

Fifth Avenue - Miracles (1981)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers
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01. Got To Take A Chance
02. Just Be My Lady
03. Everything Has Changed
04. Baby Change Your Mind
05. You Are My Life
06. Miracles
07. Got To Take A Chance (Instrumental)
08. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
09. God Has

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[dadirtydj]

I don't recall if I posted this wav version. I did a search and didn't see it. Either way it's a re-up.

Props to my Russian brothers

Kyoto Jazz Massive Present 10th Anniversary

ACID JAZZ | NU JAZZ | JAZZ HOUSE | WAV | CUE | LOG | 702 + 736 MB
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Artist: Various Artists
Album: Kyoto Jazz Massive Present 10th Anniversary
Label: Compost Records
Type: Compilation
Genre: Acid Jazz
Styles: Acid Jazz, Jazz-House, Nu-Jazz, Broken Beat
Original Release Date: June 13, 2006
Total Time: 02:22:20 Min

In honor of their ten years of making and mixing hundreds of nu-jazz tracks, Kyoto Jazz Massive's label, Compost Records, put out a two-disc album of some of the highlights of the group's decade in the business. And of course, being that this is electronica music and that brothers Shuya and Yoshihiro Okino are producers, this is no set of originals culled from master copies and presented intact and unchanged. In true nu-jazz fashion, 10th Anniversary is a collection of remixes, covers, and tributes from and for some of the biggest names in the nu-jazz and house scene. Disc one, which contains a remix of "The Brightness of These Days" (originally on Spirit of the Sun) by British superstar Quantic as well as Kenny Dope's take on the classic "Shine" (which is also given a reworking by Jazztronik on disc two), would fit well with any house or club set, while the second disc, featuring work from the always excellent Da Lata (their cover of the Joao Bosco/Aldir Blanc song "Ronco da Cuica" is great and really organic sounding, despite all of the electronic instrumentation and production), Kenny Dope's Masters at Work partner Little Louie Vega (who does a cover of "Aphrodite"), and Toshio Matsuura (who makes "Behind the Shadow" very haunting and melancholic with subtle and affecting vocals and a soft theremin), focuses more on the nu-jazz side of Kyoto Jazz Massive's body of work, with lots of live instrumentation, swinging sax and piano solos, and beats that really move. It's a nice complement to the more processed Euro-lounge ideas explored on the first disc, and overall creates a really cohesive and interesting look into the career of one of the genre's biggest and longest-lasting names. ~ Review by Marisa Brown ~

Disc: 1
01. Kyoto Jazz Massive - The Brightness Of These Days [Quantic Remix] [08:10]
02. Incognito - Where Love Shines [Kyoto Jazz Massive Remix] [08:29]
03. Kyoto Jazz Massive - Endless Flight [05:20]
04. Restless Soul - Time To Fly [06:56]
05. Kyoto Jass Massive - Mind Expansions [Blaze Shelter Sundae Mix] [06:59]
06. Kyoto Jass Massive feat. Chris Franck - Shine [Kenny Dope Remix] [06:51]
07. Domu - Taking Flight [06:40]
08. Afronaught - Now Or Never [06:05]
09. Dego & Kaidi Tatham - Come With Me [04:42]
10. Reel People feat. Vanessa Freeman - Tomorrow Never Comes [09:17]

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/239876774/702KyotoJazzMass_10thAnni_dadirtydjCD1.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/239908983/702KyotoJazzMass_10thAnni_dadirtydjCD1.part2.rar) | Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/240211488/702KyotoJazzMass_10thAnni_dadirtydjCD1.part3.rar)


Disc: 2
01. Da Lata - Ronco Da Cuica [11:19]
02. Jazztronic - Sunshine [10:59]
03. Louie Vega & The EOL Band - Aphrodite [04:40]
04. Monday Michiru - A Calmaria [Sailing Into The Unknown Version] [09:40]
05. DJ Mitsu The Beats - Spireedom 2004 [04:43]
06. Sleep Walker - Eclipse [08:59]
07. Toshio Matsuura Group - Behind The Shadow [09:07]
08. Electrip Sheep feat. UA - The Brightness Of These Days [06:56]
09. Aurora - Nacel Do Sol [06:18]

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/240218830/736KyotoJazzMass_10thAnni_dadirtydjCD2.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/240221944/736KyotoJazzMass_10thAnni_dadirtydjCD2.part2.rar) | Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/240225759/736KyotoJazzMass_10thAnni_dadirtydjCD2.part3.rar)

[Doctor-Rhythm]

Anyone have Fatback - Fired Up 'N' Kickin'?
I have the vinyl but it's in poor condition :355:

[zacki]

Anyone have Fatback - Fired Up 'N' Kickin'?
I have the vinyl but it's in poor condition :355:

I have 13 cd from fatback and 2 best of, but no this one. I thing i must order this from Amazon.

[Doctor-Rhythm]

The West End Story
Volume 4

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Funk, Disco | FLAC, Covers – 324 MB

Tracklisting:

01. Taana Gardner - No Frills [0:06:23.55]
02. Sparque - Take Some Time [0:05:09.65]
03. Debbie Trusty - Searchin' For Some Lovin' [0:05:31.25]
04. Sweet Life - I Get Lifted [0:06:34.08]
05. Love Club - Hot Summer Nights [0:05:37.42]
06. Barbara Mason - Don't I Ever Cross Your Mind [0:04:49.15]
07. Michele - Hold Me Squeeze Me [0:07:33.20]
08. Ednah Hold & Starluv - People Come Dance [0:06:01.65]

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[RunawayTrane]

Kaygee's tribute to Coltrane:


Kenny Garrett - Pursuance
JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 434MB | 65:15
Warner Brothers 1996

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Pursuance: Music Of John Coltrane is Kenny Garrett's tribute to John Coltrane. Working with musicians like Pat Metheny, Brian Blade, and Rodney Whitaker, Garrett creates a loving tribute, one that is respectful to Coltrane's legacy but one that doesn't mimic his sound. It's a moving record that reveals more layers every time you listen to it. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide



PERSONNEL
Kenny Garrett - Saxophone
Brian Blade - Drums
Pat Metheny - Guitar
Rodney Whitaker - Bass


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Countdown
02. Equinox
03. Liberia
04. Dear Lord
05. Lonnie's Lament
06. After the Rain
07. Like Sonny
08. Pursuance
09. Alabama
10. Giant Steps
11. Latifa


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[RunawayTrane]

Anyone have Fatback - Fired Up 'N' Kickin'?
I have the vinyl but it's in poor condition :355:


Sorry, looking for that one myself and 1 or 2 pre-1980 albums as well. But I'll post if I ever find it

[RunawayTrane]

Taj Mahal - Like Never Before
BLUES | WAVPACK | CUE LOG | TIFF ART | 344MB | 47:18
Private Music 1991


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Taj Mahal is a walking encyclopedia of black music and one of its most genial, enthusiastic partisans. To the catalog of genres he has mastered, both as a musician and as a scholar, contemporary R&B now can be added. Like Never Before finds him integrating synths, programming, turntable trickery and high-gloss studio polish on certain tracks. Understandable, that: Like everyone else, he wants to be heard. But unlike everyone else, he has assimilated a broad inventory of styles, sees them all as part of an evolving continuum and wants to share that wisdom.

Taj Mahal has been processing acoustic and electric blues, ragtime, calypso, reggae and native African forms for a quarter of a century now. So while Like Never Before makes its timely nods to current trends, it also slips into older, more rough-hewn modes. The album can be seen as a guided tour, starting from a point familiar to contemporary listeners and then gradually backtracking into the blues and other roots styles. Because it also is the most crisp, detailed recording Taj has ever made – fuzzy sound quality has been a hindrance on some of his wonderful early work – Like Never Before might just be the definitive Taj Mahal album.

"Don't Call Us" opens the album with a showbiz truism – "Those same people you meet on the way up/Are the same people you meet on the way down" – as Taj's gruff voice provides a shot of soul among the synths. "River of Love" could be an old Temptations side – it's bright and upbeat, with caressing harmonies. From there on out, Taj gets noticeably more idiomatic and eclectic. He slips into Jamaican patois and reggae rhythms on "Scattered" and avails himself of Howlin' Wolf-like moans on "Blues With a Feeling."

Taj's friendly nature and big, smile-filled voice make "Ev'ry Wind (in the River)" convey well-being without leaving a saccharine aftertaste. The neatest act of assimilation is the way D.J. Jazzy Jeff is worked into a jumping, old-time boogie called "Squat That Rabbit," whose lyrics are a pastiche of familiar blues rhymes. By the time Taj gets to "Love Up" and "Cakewalk Into Town" (a Dixieland-style remake of his best-known song), the horn section is out and blowing, and friends like Dr. John and the Pointer Sisters help him turn up the heat. Finally, a breathtaking reworking of "Take a Giant Step" – yes, the Monkees tune penned by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and first recorded by Taj in 1969 – closes the album, its instrumentation pointing to Africa, and Taj's vocal gently targeting the heart.
--PARKE PUTERBAUGH, RollingStone


Featuring
Hiram Bullock
DJ Jazzy Jeff
The Pointer Sisters
Dr. John
Sheryl Crow
Hall & Oates
Howard Johnson



~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Don't Call Us
02. River of Love
03. Scattered
04. Every Wind (In the River)
05. Blues With a Feeling
06. Squat That Rabbit
07. Take All the Time You Need
08. Love Up
09. Cakewalk into Town
10. Big Legged Mamas Are Back in Style
11. Take a Giant Step

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[RunawayTrane]

Soulive - Doin Something
JAZZ | WAVPACK | LOG | CUE | TIFF ART | 460MB | 60:27
Blue Note 2001


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Doin' Something, Soulive's Blue Note debut and second album overall, sees the organ-based groove-jazz trio creatively stretching beyond their heralded debut, Turn It Out. Where that session was a lean, live cooker that cemented the trio's appeal to the acid-jazz and jam-band crowd, Doin' Something reaps the rewards of time spent in the studio--there are overdubs and, more importantly, an ambitious, varied overall vision. Rather than just rattling off a dozen jams based on a single line, the tunes here are actual songs with memorable melodies that draw upon hip-hop, soul, funk, and pop to go along with the rump-shaking jazz grooves. Furthering the funk foundation, the trio--guitarist Eric Krasno and brothers Neal and Alan Evans on organ and drums, respectively, also brought in James Brown-veteran trombonist Fred Wesley to lead a four-piece brass section (and contribute horn arrangements) on a few tracks. This is the sound of a hot young band putting its best foot forward, and the great thing is, you won't be able to keep your foot from bouncing along. --Tad Hendrickson, Amazon.com



~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Hurry Up... And Wait
02. Doin' Something
03. Evidence
04. One In Seven
05. Bridge To 'Bama
06. Cannonball
07. Shaheed
08. Romantic
09. Solid
10. Roll The Tape
11. Joe Sample

DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-4c7dc6)

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[funkysoul]

Edwin Birdsong - Edwin Birdsong (1979)

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VinylRip/FLAC/210MB


01.Cola Bottle Baby
02.Phiss-Phizz
03.Kunta Dance
04.Lollipop
05.Goldmine
06.Freaky Deaky Sities
07.Autumn Eyes
08.Lollipop (Slow)


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[emile]

very good the jackson :respect-067:

[RunawayTrane]

Edwin Birdsong - Edwin Birdsong (1979)



Great post!


what is the pass, you didn't post it
:dunno:

[Doctor-Rhythm]

12” CLASSIC CUTS
VOL. 5 - 1980

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[VINYL] Funk, Disco | APE

Tracklisting:

CD 1 [453 MB]

01 - Angel Face - Shock
02 - The Magnificient Dance - Clash
03 - Is It All Over My Face (Female Vocal) - Loose Joints
04 - Feel Good, Party Time - J.R. Funk & The Love Machine
05 - Without Your Love - Cut Glass
06 - Odyssey (Pt. 1) - Johnny Harris
07 - Just Let Me Dance - Scandal
08 - I Like - Young & Company
09 - Janice (Don"t Be So Blind To Love) - Skip Mahoney
10 - Magic Of You - Cameron
11 - Bumper To Bumper - Avenue B Boogie Band

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CD 2 [448 MB]

01 - Odyssey (Pt. 2) - Johnny Harris
02 - Is It All Over My Face (Male Vocal) - Loose Joints
03 - Stay The Night - Billy Ocean
04 - Overnight Sensation - Jerry Knight
05 - Mandolay - La Flavour
06 - Don"t Stop Me Now - Skip Mahoney
07 - I Like (Instrumental) - Young & Company
08 - Feel Good, Party Time (Instrumental) - J.R. Funk & The Love Machine
09 - Alive With Love - Cut Glass
10 - Get It Off - Cameron

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[Doctor-Rhythm]

Edwin Birdsong - Edwin Birdsong (1979)

Thanks, but... what is the password?
:355:

[Blaq]

Run, just caught your post in the Pebbles thread this morning. Enjoy. :thumbs up:


Pebbles
Always
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Giving You The Benefit
2. Backyard
3. Love Makes Things Happen
4. Say A Prayer For Me
5. Why Do I Believe (Prelude)
6. Give It To Me
7. Why Do I Believe
8. Always
9. Stay With Me
10. Good Thang
11. Giving You The Benefit (Extended Club Mix)

WAV
539MB
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Review

Pebbles followed her self-titled LP with Always, which went gold and spawned two number one R&B hits, the gritty "Giving You the Benefit" and the fluttering Pebbles/Babyface duet ballad "Love Makes Things Happen." Salt-N-Pepa appear on the pumping smash "Backyard." The lovely ballad "Always" features her cousin Cherrelle and broke the R&B Top 20. The urgent "Say a Prayer for Me" is a lyrical snapshot of '80s-era ills. Other standouts are "Give It to Me," the ethereal ballad "Why Would I Believe," and the sweet, bouncy "Stay With Me." Some tracks from Always are on Pebbles' Greatest Hits released by Hip-O/Universal on April 25, 2000 and Heart of Soul [Polygram] issued in January 2000.

All Music Guide, Ed Hogan



Biography by Greg Prato

Although dance-pop singer Pebbles scored several hit singles on her own during the '80s, she has become best-known as the manager (and creator) of one of the genre's biggest hit machines the following decade. Born Perri McKissack in Oakland, CA, on November 6, 1966, the singer (who is the cousin of R&B singer Cherelle) got her start in the early '80s as a backup singer for percussionist/band leader Bill Summers and the funk outfit Con Funk Shun, helping co-pen one of the latter band's hits, "Body Lovers." By the end of the decade, however, McKissack was ready to strike out on her own, going by the name Pebbles and signing a recording contract with MCA.

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[Blaq]

Alexander O'Neal
All True Man
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Time Is Running Out
2. Yoke (G.U.O.T.R.)
3. Every Time I Get Up
4. Somebody (Changed Your Mind)
5. Midnight Run
6. Used
7. All True Man
8. Sentimental
9. What Is This Thing Called Love?
10. Morning After
11. Hang On
12. Shame

WAV
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Review

For all the synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines that were used on his Tabu/Epic albums of the '80s and early '90s, Alexander O'Neal usually gave the impression that he was very much a soul man at heart. Producer/songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, whom the Minneapolis singer worked with extensively in those days, were well aware of that; they knew what his strengths were, and they helped O'Neal provide albums that were faithful to his soul/funk heritage yet relevant to a technology-obsessed urban contemporary/hip-hop environment. Released in 1991, All True Man is among the albums that the Jam/Lewis team produced for O'Neal during his Tabu/Epic period. Jam and Lewis aren't the only producers on this urban/neo-soul CD; the Denzil Foster/Thomas McElroy team (who were the brains behind En Vogue) and Jellybean Johnson (who Jam/Lewis knew from their years with the Time) also do some producing. But Jam/Lewis are the main producers and handle most of the songwriting; further, they are listed as executive producers, which is appropriate because they do so much to make All True Man as creatively successful as it is. They appreciate the fact that O'Neal is a rugged, gritty soul man, and they let him maintain his vocal grit even though they surround him with an abundance of high-tech slickness. The production is slick and high-tech; the vocals are the essence of earthy soulfulness. All True Man isn't O'Neal's best or most essential Tabu/Epic release; novices, in fact, would be better off starting out with his self-titled debut album of 1985. Nonetheless, this is a respectable, satisfying effort that the singer's hardcore fans will appreciate.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

[Blaq]

Michael Cooper
Get Closer
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. I Just Love You
2. I Want You Bad
3. Do You
4. Shoop Shoop (Never Stop Givin' You Love)
5. Come To Me
6. So Good
7. Let's Get Closer
8. Skin Tight
9. Love's Passion
10. Gotta Get You Undressed
11. Owww!
12. Fun, Fun, Fun
13. To The Pieces
14. Love Games
15. Do You (Buddy's Beat Mix)

WAV
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Biography by Ron Wynn

Michael Cooper enjoyed quick success as a solo vocalist after the demise of Con Funk Shun. His LP Love Is Such a Funny Game yielded a huge hit in "To Prove My Love," which made it to number three on the R&B charts. His follow-up release, Just What I Like, in 1989, was also moderately successful. Get Closer included appearances from jazz musicians Roy Ayers, Charles Tolliver, and Buddy Montgomery and was issued in 1992.

All Music Guide

[RunawayTrane]

Hil St. Soul - Copasetik & Cool
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 400MB | 60:55
Shanachie 2004

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Copasetik & Cool is another strong showing from Hilary Mwelwa, who remains one of the best contemporary R&B performers around right now. Anyone familiar with her voice will be pleased to hear more of the same; this means accomplished, non-showy vocals and well-rounded subject matter. As on Soul Organic, the arrangements backing her are well crafted and executed with skill -- with lush hip-hop, acoustic folk, uptown soul, and relatively gritty disco-funk all playing roles -- but they err on the side of over-politeness and occasionally lack oomph. The hourlong length can be draining as well, but when it comes down to it, Mwelwa and her partners have made a second enjoyable, multi-dimensional album. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Copasetik & Cool
02. All That (+ a Bag o' Chips) (Strings Mix)
03. For the Love of You
04. Alright
05. What's Goin' Down?
06. Pieces
07. Shine
08. Blue Tears
09. Mad Love
10. I've Got Me
11. Lonely Road
12. Think Again (Radio Edit)
13. Reach as One
14. All That (+ a Bag o' Chips) (Mustaq Remix)


Part 1 (http://lix.in/-353bbf) | Part 2 (http://lix.in/-36c260) | Part 3 (http://lix.in/-384901)

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[Blaq]

Hil St. Soul - Copasetik & Cool
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 400MB | 60:55
Shanachie 2004

Gonna check this out. Good looks, Run. :thumbs up:

[excel]

Alexander O'Neal
All True Man


I just bought the single w/ the Frankie Knuckles remix on wax. Nice.

:respect-067:

[Blaq]

Alexander O'Neal
Love Makes No Sense
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. In The Middle
2. If U Let It
3. Aphrodisia
4. Love Makes No Sense
5. Home Is Where The Heart Is
6. Change Of Heart
7. Lady
8. All That Matters To Me
9. Since I've Been Loving You
10. Your Precious Love

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[Blaq]

I just bought the single w/ the Frankie Knuckles remix on wax. Nice.

:respect-067:

I bet that shit tight as hell. If you ever convert that hook us up. :yes:

[Blaq]

Alexander O'Neal
The Best Of Alexander O'Neal
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Fake
2. A Broken Heart Can Mend
3. Sunshine
4. Criticize
5. You Were Meant to Be My Lady (Not My Girl)
6. Never Knew Love Like This
7. All True Man
8. If You Were Here Tonight
9. Crying Overtime
10. Innocent/Alex 9000/Innocent II

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Although he has stated his love of Otis Redding, Alexander O'Neal is one of the few R&B singers without an antecedent. The Best of Alexander O'Neal covers his work from three regular release albums from 1984 to 1991. The early tracks from the best-of not only trace O'Neal's vocal and stylistic evolution, but also the sound of his chief producers and former Time bandmates Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The bittersweet and melodic "A Broken Heart Can Mend" and "If You Were Here Tonight" still remain as fresh and singular as they were when they hit the radio in the mid-'80s. The songs from O'Neal's sophomore album, 1987's Hearsay, are only a cut below. This set includes the killer Time-like romp "Fake" and the trademark meditative ballads "Sunshine" and Crying Overtime." For most Alexander O'Neal fans, his name can't be spoken without thinking of his frequent song partner Cherelle. This set also includes their duet "Never Knew Love Like This" that displays their always sexy and wholly believable chemistry. 1991's boast fest "All True Man" is also here. On the surface, this seems to be the best, but this overview leaves off the beautiful O'Neal/Cherelle classic "Saturday Love." Sure, it never appeared on an O'Neal title, but it sums him up better than the lengthy "Innocent/Alex 9000/Innocent II" does. Although this does have material from only three albums, some fans just may think that this is the best O'Neal album covering the '80s and early '90s.

All Music Guide, Jason Elias

[RunawayTrane]

Found this early this morning. And even though I did, I still wanna cop this album.
Just don't want to pay 12 bucks for a used copy or 45 bucks for the Import

Spearhead - Yell Fire!
REGGAEFUNK | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 447MB | 66:41
Anti 2006

NO EXTRACTION LOG
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Michael Franti's worldview and his music are so tightly entangled that it's difficult to imagine one existing without the other. So none of his fans could have been all that surprised when Franti returned from a 2004 trip to war-torn regions of Iraq, Israel, and Palestine and subsequently released both I Know I'm Not Alone, a documentary film/DVD based on his travels, and Yell Fire!, his most socially conscious album to date. While Yell Fire! is nothing as precious as a concept album, neither is there a song on the lyrically direct set that doesn't find Franti driving home a point, be it on the precarious state of our planet and those who've rendered it so, or the fragile condition of human relationships and the urgency with which people need to repair them. Recorded in both Kingston, Jamaica (the legendary Riddim Twins of reggae, Sly & Robbie, each guest on four tracks), and in San Francisco, Yell Fire! is stacked with deep grooves: the opening "Time to Go Home," "Everyone ona Move," the title track, and "Light Up Ya Lighter" all share a clarity of vision, attitude of great magnitude, and a levels-deep lyrical richness, all while kicking serious rhythmic ass. But even the texturally lighter moments -- the ballads "One Step Closer to You" (with harmony vocals by Pink), "Tolerance," and "Is Love Enough?" -- follow through on the album's thread of righteous positivity, no-brainer pacifism, accept-it-or-die tolerance, and the universal unification of spirit. Franti's brain-stimulating songwriting rises to a new level of proficiency here -- the playful "Hello Bonjour" is as much a shout out to truth and justice as the knife-sharp "See You in the Light." If there is a weakness, it's that the arrangements to which Franti's listen-carefully lyrics are set often fall subservient to his boosted-in-the-mix vocals. At times that leaves Spearhead's reggae/funk/dancehall/hip-hop amalgams necessarily shadowed by their leader's real-life, life-affirming commentaries. But never does Yell Fire! suffer for it. What Franti is saying here is what needs to be heard -- sooner than later. ~ Jeff Tamarkin, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Time to Go Home
02. Yell Fire
03. I Know I'm Not Alone
04. East to the West
05. Sweet Little Lies
06. Hello Bonjour
07. One Steop Closer to You
08. Hey Now Now
09. Everybody Ona Move
10. See You in the Light
11. Light Up Ya Lighter
12. What I've Seen
13. Tolerance
14. Is Love Enough?

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[RunawayTrane]

Found this on a blog. Not really into the electronic
stuff anymore, but I do love "Firecracker".
Sorry no art:



Yellow Magic Orchestra
ELECTRONICA | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 214MB | 37:44
Alfa 1978

NO EXTRACTION LOG

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Leading off with their only British hit, the Top 20 entry "Computer Game," Yellow Magic Orchestra's debut album launches the group as a Japanese novelty act in keeping with Kraftwerk. "Computer Game" is about what it sounds like, while "Firecracker" and "Cosmic Surfin" drift along with Oriental melodies playing over the top of an unobtrusive synth pop backing. The disco bass on "Yellow Magic (Tong Poo)" shows that YMO were beginning to expand their base, but for the most part Yellow Magic Orchestra never strays from its influences. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Computer Game [Theme from "The Circus"]
02. Firecracker
03. Simoon
04. Cosmic Surfin'
05. Computer Game [Theme from "The Invader"]
06. Tong Poo
07. La Femme Chinoise
08. Bridge Over Troubled Music
09. Mad Pierrot
10. Acrobat


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[Doctor-Rhythm]

SUPAFUNKANOVA

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Funk, Disco | APE

Review:
To further complement their previously well received 'Destination Boogie' and 'Soul of Disco' compilations, Disco historians and top deckhands DJs Joey Negro and Sean P cast the net yet wider with 'Supafunkanova', another retrospective of outstanding 12” tracks from the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Unearthing over 22 gems from their respective colossal record collections, the groovesome twosome pull together some of the original backstreet “12s which put FUNK into the disco decades.
It’s a collection sure to please all. The hard-bitten funk fan is likely to find something he hasn’t unearthed yet or even knew existed and the newly initiated disco boogie fan will find this a great place to start his digging. There’s even a brand new remix by Joey Negro of the classic “We Rap More Mellow” by the Younger Generation, thrown in as an added bonus.
For the purist at heart, there are the go-go influenced tracks such as Expressions’ “Release”, alongside Backlash’s 'Hang With The Gang', a cut still very much highly prized with 12” collectors and still worth a grand or two on ebay.
This DOUBLE CD also features some old school rap styles from Bill Lamont and South Bronx, plus some proper jazzy street funk from Silver Lining, Pied Piper of Funkingham and Hypertension. For the beat-focused, there are killer breaks to hand with some old favourites from J. Gayle Gaymon, BLT and Legacy, as well as Ray Munning’s...
Reigning in sounds from New York, South Carolina, Washington, Boston and Los Angeles, Supafunkanova is an intoxicating blend of fiercely groovy arrangements, bouncy drumbeats and funk driven synths.
A musical mix still as likely to get the booty shaking as it was over 20 years ago! (http://music.zrecords.ltd.uk/)

Tracklisting:

CD 1 [499 MB]

01. Backlash - Hang With The Gang [05:14]
02. The Pied Piper Of Funkingham - Clap Song [07:07]
03. Ray Munnings - It Could Happen To You [05:58]
04. Legacy - I'm So Glad [05:41]
05. J Gayle Gaymon - (If You) Study Long You'll Study Wrong [05:07]
06. BLT - Tighten It Up [05:35]
07. Expression - Release [Sean P. Edit - 05:41]
08. Hypertension - Got This Feelin' [06:54]
09. Needa - Come On And Rock [06:18]
10. Foreal People - Love Begins With You [05:11]
11. South Bronx - The Bottom Line [06:22]
12. Billy Band Mersey - Soul Kick [04:18]
13. VIP Connection - West Coast Drive [04:41]

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CD 2 [488 MB]

01. The Younger Generation - We Rap More Mellow [Joey Negro Remix - 09:56]
02. Jahneen - Gigolette [04:55]
03. Billy Lamont - The Man With The Master Plan [06:06]
04. Marcia Pharr - I'll Be The One [05:08]
05. Leprechaun - Reach Out (And Touch Someone) [04:59]
06. Hot Platinum Fantasy / Jackie Cole - I've Got A Trouble Man [Sean P. Edit - 05:34]
07. Billy Evans - Prisoner Of My Weakness [Joey Negro Edit - 05:00]
08. Johnny Adams - Feel The Beat [06:33]
09. Silver Lining - Silver Lining [05:51]
10. Nature's Creation - Freak Unique [06:53]
11. Standing Room Only - Funk Affair [06:00]
12. The Power Band - Power Funk [07:01]

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[Blaq]

Alexander O'Neal
Live At The Hammersmith Apollo
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

Disc One

1. Innocent
2. Hearsay
3. What Can I Say To Make You Love Me?
4. A Broken Heart Can Mend
5. The Lovers
6. All True Man
7. Sentimental

Disc Two

1. Shame On Me
2. Sunshine
3. Criticize
4. Bedscene
5. If You Were Here Tonight
6. Fake
7. What Is This Thing Called Love?

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Alexander O'Neal's popularity and support in the UK has been immeasurable throughout his career and still remains so today. Based in Minneapolis, he frequently commutes to Britain, which he sees as his second home. All of his six albums have charted both in the UK and the USA and he has enjoyed numerous sold out tours. In 2005, he recorded his first live album "Alexander O'Neal Live at Hammersmith Apollo". It's a collection of his favorites and biggest hits of his career. With his personal love of performing on stage and constant tour support from his fans, it was a clear progression for him to deliver the live experience in the form of an album. He has handpicked tracks that traverse the success of his career singing alongside a strong 12-piece band.

Amazon.com

[RunawayTrane]

Tower Of Power - Aint Nothin Stoppin Us Now
FUNK | MONKEYS AUDIO | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 211MB | 39:33
Columbia 1976

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Edward McGee turned in mostly above-average performances on their first post-Lenny Williams release, but it was the beginning of the end for the group. With funk losing its foothold among R&B audiences, they couldn't keep it together. Hearing this on compact disc (and it's not one of Columbia's better mastering jobs) reveals that McGee was an energetic, exuberant vocalist who held his own on uptempo tunes like "You Ought To Be Havin' Fun" and the title song, but lacked Williams' range or tonal quality on ballads. The group always had a weakness for ponderous message cuts, and "Can't Stand To See The Slaughter" and "While We Went To The Moon" were well-intentioned but clumsy tracks. This was almost The Tower of Power's swan song. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now
02. By Your Side
03. Make Someone Happy
04. Doin' Alright
05. Because I Think the World of You
06. You Ought to Be Havin' Fun
07. Can't Stand to See the Slaughter
08. It's So Nice
09. Deal with It
10. While We Went to the Moon

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[Blaq]

Tower Of Power - Aint Nothin Stoppin Us Now
FUNK | MONKEYS AUDIO | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 211MB | 39:33
Columbia 1976

Nice drop, Run. Thanks. :thumbs up:

[Blaq]

The Isley Brothers
Mission To Please
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Floatin' On Your Love
2. Whenever You're Ready
3. Let's Lay Together
4. Tears
5. Can I Have A Kiss (For Old Times' Sake)
6. Mission To Please You
7. Holding Back The Years
8. Make Your Body Sing
9. Let's Get Intimate
10. Slow Is The Way

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On their second album of the '90s, the Isley Brothers capitalize on the smooth love ballads epitomized by crooners like Babyface, Keith Sweat, and R. Kelly. Since all three of those artists were influenced by the Isleys' classic '70s records, they were willing to come on board to produce and co-write Mission to Please. The new blood reinvigorates the Isleys, and the album is one of their strongest efforts of the latter part of their career. Mission to Please is devoted to the group's sensual side — it's all ballads, no funk. And that's not a bad thing at all. Ronald still has a smoldering, seductive voice and Ernie is such a gifted, sympathetic guitarist that he can pull magic out of pedestrian material. Thankfully, he doesn't need to prove the truth in that statement on Mission to Please. The majority of the songs on the album are first-rate '90s contemporary R&B, and those that aren't quite as strong make for pleasing filler. As a result, Mission to Please is a testament to the talents of not only the Isley Brothers, but also their far-reaching influence — they are fortunate to have given inspiration to such gifted songwriters and musicians as the aforementioned Babyface, R. Kelly, and Keith Sweat.

All Music Guide, Stephen Thomas Erlewine

[Blaq]

Michael Henderson
The Best Of Michael Henderson: The Buddah Collection
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Valentine Love
2. Be My Girl
3. You Are My Starship
4. You Haven't Made It To The Top
5. I Can't Help It
6. Take Me I'm Yours
7. In The Night Time
8. Do It All
9. To Be Loved
10. Wide Receiver
11. Reach Out For Me
12. (We Are Here To) Geek You Up
13. Make Me Feel Better
14. Am I Special
15. Let Me Love You

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Definitive Michael Henderson courtesy of Britain's Sequel Records. Henderson's career leapt from playing in road bands for artists like Stevie Wonder, session work, and as a featured vocalist on Norman Connors' albums, to stardom as a soloist. Unfortunately, his career descended even faster; surprising, since he had the ability to write and produce himself. Henderson duets with Phyllis Hyman and Jean Carn on some of these tunes, with the most spectacular being his titles cut under Norman Connors' name. The lilting, futuristic "You Are My Starship," "Valentine Love," and "Take Me I'm Yours," have adult themes and top-notch productions. His most enduring song, "Be My Girl," became a big hit for the Dramatics, but you might like Henderson's stark, sparse version better. As a solo act he went for a more commercial sound and the results had less appeal. "You Haven't Made It to the Top," "Wide Receiver," "Make Me Feel Better," and "(We Are Here To) Geek You Up," were formulaic attempts to reach the booming disco market. Remakes of "To Be Loved" and "Reach Out for Me," show a flair for the past, but are only adequate. But you won't find a more absolute compilation of Michael Henderson's recordings anywhere.

All Music Guide, Andrew Hamilton



Biography by Ron Wynn

Vocalist/bassist Michael Henderson has enjoyed successful careers as a player and performer. He moved from Yazoo City, Mississippi to Detroit in the early '60s, and was a session player. As a 13-year-old, Henderson played bass with the Fantastic Four, Detroit Emeralds, Billy Preston, and other Motown acts in 1964 and 1965. He later toured with Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin before joining Miles Davis. Henderson played and toured with Davis for seven years. When he met drummer/producer Norman Connors, Henderson pitched him some songs. Connors recorded "Valentine Love" on his Saturday Night Special LP, featuring Henderson with Jean Carne. This was his vocal debut, and it reached nubmer ten on the R&B chart. Henderson wrote two other hits for the LP, "We Both Need Each Other" and "You Are My Starship," which peaked at number four.

Those successes landed Henderson his own Buddah deal in 1976, and in 1978 he got his first Top 10 R&B hit with "Take Me I'm Yours" for Buddah. Henderson recorded for Buddah from 1976 to 1983, earning his biggest hit in 1980 with "Wide Receiver," a number four hit. He moved to EMI in 1986. Henderson also recorded "Can't We Fall in Love Again" with Phyllis Hyman on her own LP, and sang with Bobby Womack and Johnnie Taylor, as well as producing the Dramatics. He also helped discover Cherrelle, who was his next door neighbor in the late '70s. She sang background and toured with him for four years.

All Music Guide


In The Night-Time (http://synciti.net/forum/showpost.php?p=8851&postcount=123)


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[zacki]

The Winans - Let My Peopel Go (1985)

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01. Choose Ye
02. Redeemed
03. Perfect Love
04. Straighten My Life Out
05. Let My People Go
06. I'll Follow Where You Lead
07. Special Lady
08. Very Real Way

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[Blaq]

Phyllis Hyman
Under Her Spell: Greatest Hits
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. You Know How To Love Me
2. Under Your Spell
3. Somewhere In My Lifetime
4. You Sure Look Good To Me
5. Can't We Fall In Love Again
6. Betcha by Golly, Wow
7. Tonight You And Me
8. Your Move, My Heart
9. The Answer Is You
10. Gonna Make Changes

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Review

Phyllis Hyman's soft, sultry, suggestive voice was featured on several pop/jazz and fusion hits during the 1970s and '80s. Hyman had the mellow, relaxed tone that struck a chord with the emerging urban contemporary, and fusion audience. The 10 tracks on this collection include the big hits "You Know How to Love Me," "Somewhere In My Lifetime," her cover of the Stylistics' "Betcha by Golly Wow" and the title track, plus others that weren't commercially prominent, but were equally indicative of her direction during that period. These include "Can't We Fall in Love Again" with Michael Henderson and "Gonna Make Changes." These songs remain her most successful and most memorable as a solo artist.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn

[RunawayTrane]

Bob Marley - Kaya
REGGAE | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 256MB | 37:14
Tuff Gong 1978

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Kaya continues what has become an unspoken tradition in the evolution of Bob Marley & the Wailers discography — blending western sounds and motifs with the icons and traditions from the very core of Jamaican society. In fact, the very word "kaya" is synonymous with marijuana in Rastafarian culture. Likewise, the album Kaya could be easily construed as an open love letter or musical paean to the lifestyle that Marley so eagerly embraced and promoted. Themes of commonality and unity pervade this release more so than previous albums. Likewise, the overt political stances that had become somewhat of a moniker for Marley and the Wailers are temporarily replaced by timeless compositions, such as the eternally optimistic "Easy Skanking" and "Is This Love." Marley had not — as some proclaimed — gone soft, however. The light, at times practically giddy, rhythms on "Satisfy My Soul" contrast the darker brooding sonic and lyrical images on "Running Away." The most pressings issues Marley deals with concern ever-increasing spiritual consciousness. Throughout Kaya, humble thanks is offered to, as well as guidance sought from, Jah — evidence that the spirituality that permeates the Wailers music is real and not lip service. Kaya could be considered the oasis before the political and personal eruptions that would inform and influence Marley and the Wailers next studio releases Survival and Uprising. The 2001 "Definitive Remasters" edition of Kaya also includes the non-LP "Smile Jamaica." Although initially issued as the flip side of "Satisfy My Soul," the song was recorded more than a year prior to this album, resulting in a somewhat odd juxtaposition. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Easy Skanking
02. Kaya
03. Is This Love
04. Sun Is Shining
05. Satisfy My Soul
06. She's Gone
07. Misty Morning
08. Crisis
09. Running Away
10. Time Will Tell


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[Blaq]

In the past i've separated the few 2 albums on 1 disc. I've only posted 1 of the 2 from this CD. This one has the log, cue, front cover and both albums.


The Jones Girls
Get As Much Love As You Can / Keep It Comin'
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. (I Found ) That Man Of Mine
2. Get As Much Love As You Can
3. Nights Over Egypt
4. Love Don't Ever Say Goodbye
5. ASAP (As Soon As Possible)
6. Let's Be Friends First (Then Lovers)
7. The World Will Sing Our Song
8. You're Breaking My Heart
9. Keep It Comin'
10. Won't Let You Take It Back
11. Why You Wanna Do That To Me?
12. You Can't Have My Love
13. Better Things to Do
14. Love Is Comin' Atcha
15. Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah
16. (You Got The) Right Stuff

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Get As Much Love As You Can

The Detroit sisters' final LP for Philadelphia's International Records features eight dressy urban soul tracks that work as well in regular or shuffle play mode. A jazzy smooth rendition of Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel's "Nights Over Egypt" (featuring Grover Washington) is a catch no urban soul lover will throw back. The peppery "(I Found) That Man of Mine" and the soulful "ASAP (As Soon as Possible)" are saucy delights. Contains some tasty bites you won't find on The Best of the Jones Girls.

All Music Guide, Andrew Hamilton



Review

Keep It Comin'

By the time Philadelphia International released Keep It Comin' in 1984, the Jones Girls had switched to RCA; this LP consists of material they recorded before their departure from Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's label. So Keep It Comin' was an LP of leftovers, but they're enjoyable leftovers.

Most of the material sounds like it was recorded around 1982, when R&B was becoming more keyboards-minded but wasn't as high tech as it would become in 1983 and 1984. Produced and written by Gamble & Huff, "Better Things to Do" is pure Philly soul. But the songs that were produced by Kenneth M. Burke or McKinley Jackson tend to be closer to the sort of things that Kashif and his associates were providing for Evelyn "Champagne" King in the early '80s; soul music was evolving into urban contemporary, and tunes like "Won't Let You Take It Back" and "You Can't Have My Love" find the Jones Girls changing with the times. Keep It Comin' isn't essential and isn't in a class with 1979's The Jones Girls or 1980's At Peace With Woman, but it's a solid, pleasing collection that the group's hardcore fans will appreciate.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

[RunawayTrane]

Bigupps Mr.Disco for the original post:

Con Funk Shun - Spirit Of Love
SOUL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVER | 252MB | 41:50
Mercury 1980

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A stellar bit of boogie from Con Funk Shun -- produced to perfection by Skip Scarborough, and done in a style that has lots of jazzy elements! The album was recorded well into the group's time on the Mercury label, but it's a real standout from the rest -- thanks to an extremely well-written batch of tunes, and a mode of bass-heavy funk that avoids the cliches of other groups at the time -- and goes for a more laidback style that sounds especially nice on the mellower numbers. Michael Cooper's great on lead vocals -- and titles include "By Your Side", "Early Morning Sunshine", "Curtain Call", "Happy Face", "Juicy", "Lovestruck 1980", and "Honey Wild". © 1996-2009, Dusty Groove America, Inc.


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Got To Be Enough
02. By Your Side
03. Curtain Call
04. Early Morning Sunshine
05. Spirit Of Love
06. Happy Face
07. All Up To You
08. Juicy
09. Honey Wild
10. Lovestruck 1980


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[dadirtydj]

Kim Pensyl - Pensyl Sketches Collection 1994

JAZZ | WAV | CUE | LOG | 564 MB
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~Track Listings~

1. The Moroccan Junction 5:46
2. Shower Dance 6:24
3. The Sweet Course 5:30
4. All I Ever Want Is You 5:47
5. Are You Ready? 4:56
6. Monterey Magic 5:33
7. Feel Your Love 4:58
8. The Doctor Is Out 6:44
9. Senna's Samba 5:27
10. The Emerald Sunrise 4:51

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[Blaq]

I ripped this and got a burn error on track 6. "Suspicious position 0:04:08 - 0:04:09" The track's length is 4:12 so it's fading out. There is NO distortion. It's a very slight scratch that caused it. I had to upload it to add their version of "Be My Girl" after posting Michael Henderson's. Although the review is not great, it's actually a good album, although not comprehensive.

The Dramatics
Me And Mrs. Jones
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Me And Mrs. Jones
2. Be My Girl
3. Shake It Well
4. You're Fooling You
5. Never Let You Go
6. Say The Word
7. I'm Hooked On You
8. (I'm Going By) The Stars In Your Eyes
9. Welcome Back Home
10. I Just Wanna Dance With You

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MCA Special Products' Me & Mrs. Jones is a haphazard sampling of singles and album tracks from the Dramatics' recordings for ABC. There are a few hits here — the live version of the title track, "Be My Girl," "Shake It Well," "You're Fooling You," "(I'm Going By) the Stars in Your Eyes" — but they're balanced by album tracks. Ultimately, the collection is a little uneven, but it is entertaining and may be worth the time and money of budget-minded casual fans.

All Music Guide, Stephen Thomas Erlewine

[funkysoul]

Muscle Shoals Horns - Born To Get Down (1976)

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VinylRip/FLAC/223MB


* Open Up Your Heart
* Break Down
* Where I'm Coming From
* Hustle To The Music
* Who's Gonna Love You
* Bump De Bump Yo Boodie
* Born To Get Down (Born To Mess Around)
* Get It Up
* Give It To Me


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Bob Marley - Rastaman Vibrations
REGGAE | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 234MB | 39:40
Tuff Gong 1976

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For Bob Marley, 1975 was a triumphant year. The singer's Natty Dread album featured one of his strongest batches of original material (the first compiled after the departure of Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer) and delivered Top 40 hit "No Woman No Cry." The follow-up Live set, a document of Marley's appearance at London's Lyceum, found the singer conquering England as well. Upon completing the tour, Marley and his band returned to Jamaica, laying down the tracks for Rastaman Vibration (1976) at legendary studios run by Harry Johnson and Joe Gibbs. At the mixing board for the sessions were Sylvan Morris and Errol Thompson, Jamaican engineers of the highest caliber. Though none of these cuts would show up on Legend, Marley's massively popular, posthumous best-of, some of the finest reality numbers would surface on the compilation's more militant equivalent, 1986's Rebel Music set. "War," for one, remains one of the most stunning statements of the singer's career. Though it is essentially a straight reading of one of Haile Selassie's speeches, Marley phrases the text exquisitely to fit a musical setting, a quiet intensity lying just below the surface. Equally strong are the likes of "Rat Race," "Crazy Baldhead," and "Want More." These songs are tempered by buoyant, lighthearted material like "Cry to Me," "Night Shift," and "Positive Vibration." Not quite as strong as some of the love songs Marley would score hits with on subsequent albums, "Cry to Me" still seems like an obvious choice for a single and remains underrated. Though record buyers may not have found any single song to be as strong on those terms as "No Woman No Cry," Rastaman Vibration still reached the Top Ten in the United States. ~ Nathan Bush, All Music Guide



~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Positive Vibration
02. Roots, Rock, Reggae
03. Johnny Was
04. Cry to Me
05. Want More
06. Crazy Baldhead
07. Who the Cap Fit
08. Night Shift
09. War
10. Rat Race

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[Blaq]

This kat had a great voice. Those not familiar with his work should at the very least listen to the album pick "It's All Over." Some of his work was produced by the great Curtis Mayfield. His stamp is all over that particular track.


Walter Jackson
The Best Of Walter Jackson: Welcome Home-The OKeh Years
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. My Ship Is Comin' In
2. What Would You Do
3. It's All Over
4. That's What Mama Say
5. Suddenly I'm All Alone
6. It's an Uphill Climb (To the Bottom)
7. Tear for Tear
8. After You There Can Be Nothing
9. Speak Her Name
10. Lee Cross
11. Moonlight in Vermont
12. Funny (Not Much)
13. Corner in the Sun
14. There Goes That Song Again
15. Welcome Home

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Album Pick

"It's All Over"

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This collection features 15 tracks from Walter Jackson's artistic and commercial peak (1964-1967), including his slew of R&B chart hits, highlights from LPs, and a flop single version of "My Ship Is Comin' In." On occasion, this elaborately produced commercial pop-soul reaches deeply enough into the gloss to rate as a vague precursor to the "quiet storm" music of subsequent decades.

All Music Guide, Richie Unterberger



Biography by Richie Unterberger

Walter Jackson was '60s Chicago soul at its sweetest and, occasionally, most mainstream. In the mid-'60s, he had a brace of solid R&B hits — "Suddenly I'm All Alone," "It's an Uphill Climb (To the Bottom)," "Speak Her Name," "Welcome Home," "A Corner in the Sun" — without ever rising higher than the lower reaches of the Top 100. Recording for the OKeh stable, which was home to the top Chi-town soul talent, he benefited for a time from the production services of local masters Carl Davis and Curtis Mayfield, who handled the Impressions, Major Lance, Gene Chandler, and others.

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[RunawayTrane]

Carlos Garnett - Fuego En Mi Alma
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | 300DPI | 349MB | 57:58
High Note 1997

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Carlos Garnett made his biggest impact in the late '60s and 1970s, when his intense tenor playing was heard on recordings by Art Blakey, Miles Davis and Norman Connors. Garnett spent a lot of time off the scene in the 1980s but emerged in the '90s in fine form, if a bit more conservative. For this 1996 CD, Garnett is joined by pianist Carlton Holmes, bassist Brad Jones and drummer Shingo Okudaira, playing mostly originals (plus Freddie Hubbard's "Little Sunflower") that are spiritually linked to the music of the John Coltrane Quartet. Fortunately, the musicians do not attempt to sound like their predecessors; Garnett has an original tone of his own, and the improvising has its subtle surprises. Worth checking out. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide


PERSONNEL
Carlos Garnett - Saxophone
Carlton Holmes - Piano
Brad Jones - Bass
Shingo Okudaira - Drums
Neil Clarke - Percussion



~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Fuego En Mi Alma (Fire In My Soul)
2. Catch Me If You Can
3. Eternal Justice
4. Little Sunflower
5. U R D 1 4 Me
6. Love Thy Neighbor
7. Mystic Moon
8. Shalome

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[RunawayTrane]

Janet Jackson - Velvet Rope
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 508MB | 75:32
Virgin 1997

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Why do I believe that this self-made object's mild kink and coyly matter-of-fact bisexuality are functions of flesh pure and simple? That for her sex really is about pleasure rather than power--or even, except as a side issue, love? Because her sex songs are flavorful where her love songs are all cliche, and because her much-berated fluting little-girl timbre whispers innocence even when she's loosening her new friend's pretty French gown. So in the absence of total personal fulfillment, here's hoping she retains her ability to feign delight, to fool herself as well as everyone else. A- ~ Robert Christeau, RollingStone


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Interlude: Twisted Elegance
02. Velvet Rope
03. You
04. Got 'til It's Gone
05. Interlude: Speaker Phone
06. My Need
07. Interlude: Fasten Your Seatbelts
08. Go Deep
09. Free Xone
10. Interlude: Memory
11. Together Again
12. Interlude - Online
13. Empty
14. Interlude: Full
15. What About
16. Every Time
17. Tonight's the Night
18. I Get Lonely
19. Rope Burn
20. Anything
21. Interlude: Sad
22. Special


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[RunawayTrane]

Gotta thank Kosta once again for this. He posted all their studio albums in one post. No artwork though, so i had to find covers online:

Pleasure - Joyous
R&B | APE | CUE | COVERS | 254MB | 38:35
Fantasy 1977

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Pleasure couldn't have asked for a more appropriate producer when, in late 1976, it employed Wayne Henderson on Joyous. A band that frequently brought jazz overtones to its funk-soul foundation, Pleasure needed someone who held jazz and R&B in equally high regard -- and Henderson easily fit that description. The Texas trombonist first made a name for himself playing hard bop with the Jazz Crusaders, but as the 1970s progressed, he became increasingly R&B-friendly. Henderson was exactly the sort of producer that Pleasure needed, and the band's appreciation of jazz comes through on the up-tempo funk numbers (which include "Dance to the Music," "Let Me Be the One," and the title song) as well as the dreamy quiet storm gem "Sassafras Girl." Pleasure brings this vinyl LP to an appealing close with a jazz-funk instrumental titled "Selim," which isn't typical of Joyous on the whole -- most of the tunes are vocal-oriented. This is a funk-soul record first and foremost, and it is also a classic that underscores Pleasure's risk-taking nature. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Joyous
2. Let Me Be The One
3. Only You
4. Can'T Turn You Loose
5. Sassafras Girl
6. Tune In
7. Dance To The Music
8. Selim

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[RunawayTrane]

Got my homeboy NubianNectar to thank for this. Oh and btw:
FUCK BRUNSWICK RECORDS

Chi-Lites - (For God's Sake)
R&B | FLAC | CUE | NFO | COVERS | 230MB | 33:16
Brunswick 1971

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Though they boasted one of the sweetest voices in soul music with Eugene Record, the Chi-Lites broke away from that format — thankfully, only slightly — for 1971's (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People. Influenced by the growing social consciousness of soul music during the early '70s (especially Sly & the Family Stone and the solo debut of fellow Chicagoan Curtis Mayfield), Record wrote a pair of songs (the title track and "We Are Neighbors") evoking not only deep frustration but also a plea for hope and unity that challenging times demanded. It certainly didn't hurt that both were monster productions with raw, aggressive synthesizers, intense lead vocals, and some of the strongest, loudest harmonizing ever heard on a soul record. Doubly ironic and doubly fortunate too that (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People also featured a pair of the Chi-Lites' sweetest soul ballads, "Have You Seen Her?" and "I Want to Pay You Back," plus the excellent strollers "Love Uprising" and "You Got Me Walkin'." The Chi-Lites weren't exactly album artists, but (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People was a powerful example of early-'70s soul and the best record they ever released. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Yes I'm Ready (If I Don't Get to Go)
2. We Are Neighbors
3. I Want to Pay You Back (For Loving Me)
4. Have You Seen Her?
5. (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People
6. Love Uprising
7. Trouble's A Comin'
8. You Got Me Walkin'
9. What Do I Wish For


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[Blaq]

The Temptations
To Be Continued...
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Lady Soul
2. Message To The World
3. To Be Continued
4. Put Us Together Again
5. Someone
6. Girls (They Like It)
7. More Love, Your Love
8. A Fine Mess
9. You're The One
10. Love Me Right

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Although it contained the super "Lady Soul," this was still far from a good Temptations album. It had uneven material, some poorly produced uptempo tunes, and some of the least distinguished harmonies and leads ever heard on a Temptations LP. Fortunately, it also had the title track and "Someone," decent enough songs to keep it from being a complete flop.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn

[Blaq]

The Temptations
Psychedelic Shack
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Psychedelic Shack
2. You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth
3. Hum Along and Dance
4. Take a Stroll Through Your Mind
5. It's Summer
6. War
7. You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You?)
8. Friendship Train

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A late 60s Motown classic -- with a deep heavy soul sound that mixed psychedelic elements into a rolling righteous groove -- with a style that was perfect for the political tenor of the times! The formula worked extremely well for The Temps, and shifted them from being just a regular Motown vocal group into a super soul power that shaped soul music heavily in the next few years. Of course, a good deal of the credit goes to producer Norman Whitfield -- who's really in his element on the set, and gives the group a sublime blend of heavy bass, fuzzy guitar, and tripped-out production on the vocals. Includes the classic "Psychedelic Shack", plus "Friendship Train", "Take A Stroll Thru Your Mind", "Hum Along And Dance", and "It's Summer".

Dusty Groove

[RunawayTrane]

Neville Brothers - Valence Street
R&B | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 395MB | 59:25
Columbia 1999

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For their Columbia Records debut, the Neville Brothers returned to a classic production and songwriting style more typical of their early years than of their work of the 1980s and '90s, and they named it after the street they grew up on to signal their renewed focus on local concerns. Gone was the wet, murky sound mix of Daniel Lanois, replaced by dry aural clarity and precise instrument placement in a production by the brothers themselves. While retaining the second-line funk rhythms of New Orleans, their music hewed much more to a traditional R&B/soul sound, with little dabbling in world music. The title track, written by Charles, was even an instrumental that wouldn't have sounded out of place on a Meters album, and you could also say that about "Real Funk," co-written by Art. Though the brothers traded off vocals and Cyril turned in an excellent performance on the soulful romantic ballad "Until We Meet Again," co-written by Charles, Aaron's voice had long since become so identifiable beyond the group that his vocals on songs like "Little Piece of Heaven," the standard "If I Had a Hammer," and "Give Me a Reason," and even in occasional asides on other songs, tended to stick out the way Michael Jackson used to on Jackson's albums, rendering him, through no one's fault, a solo artist within a group and hurting the record's overall balance. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Over Africa
02. Utterly Beloved
03. Little Piece of Heaven
04. Valence Street
05. If I Had a Hammer
06. Until We Meet Again
07. Dealer
08. Mona Lisa
09. Dimming of the Day
10. Real Funk
11. Give Me a Reason
12. Tears

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[Blaq]

The extraction log reports "Suspicious position 0:01:34" on track 1 but there is no distortion.


The Main Ingredient
All Time Greatest Hits
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Tracklist

1. Can't Stand Your Love
2. You've Been My Inspiration
3. Magic Shoes
4. I'm Better off Without You
5. I'm So Proud
6. Black Seeds Keep on Growing
7. California My Way
8. Girl Blue
9. Of This I'm Sure
10. Good Old Days
11. Rolling Down a Mountainside
12. Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling in Love)
13. Instant Love
14. Everybody Plays the Fool
15. You've Got to Take It (If You Want It)
16. Just Don't Want to Be Lonely
17. Make It with You
18. No Tears (In the End)
19. Shame on the World

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Album Pick

"Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love)"

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It wasn't until 1971 that the Main Ingredient's fortunes changed; when Cuba Gooding replaced Donald McPherson, his engaging voice helped make them part of the "sweet" soul trend. Gooding's leads made "Everybody Plays the Fool" a huge hit, as well as "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely," and "Happiness Is Just Around the Bend." These and several other hits are featured on this anthology covering their prime years on RCA.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn



Biography by Steve Huey

The Main Ingredient toiled in obscurity for the better part of the '60s before making it big as a sweet, romantic soul outfit with a particular flair for ballads. Paced by the impassioned lead vocals of Cuba Gooding during their prime hitmaking years, the Ingredient is best remembered for their 1972 classic "Everybody Plays the Fool," but released a number of other fine singles, mostly during the first half of the '70s. The group was formed in Harlem in 1964 as a trio called the Poets, composed of lead singer Donald McPherson, Luther Simmons, Jr., and Panama-born Tony Silvester. They made their first recordings for Leiber & Stoller's Red Bird label, but soon changed their name to the Insiders and signed with RCA.

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[zacki]

Dionne Warwick - How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983)

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01. Got a Date
02. So Amazing
03. Do It 'Cause I Like It
04. How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (Duet With Luther Vandross)
05. What Can a Miracle Do
06. Two Ships Passing in the Night
07. I Can Let Go Now
08. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

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Dionne Warwick - No Night So Long (1980)

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1. Easy Love
2. No Night So Long
3. It's the Falling in Love
4. When the World Runs Out of Love
5. We Never Said Goodbye
6. How You Once Loved Me
7. Reaching for the Sky
8. Sweetie Pie
9. Somebody's Angel
10. We Had This Time

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[RunawayTrane]

Found this while doing a search on Diana Ross. She ain't no Ross though;
She wrote all the songs and played most of the instruments:
If you want the full booklet let me know


Susaye Greene - No Fear Here
R&B | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 375MB | 54:00
Dollface 2002

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Although Greene has a good number of credentials to her name, stretching back more than two decades prior to this solo debut, No Fear Here is a forgettable mainstream urban contemporary album. Yes, within that format, it's diverse, starting off with slightly menacing hip-hop-dipped soul in "End of Days," going into more standard adult contemporary ballads with a dancebeat tinge, getting into straight dance soul on "Letting You Go" (the song that would make one most suspect her prior experience in the Supremes), and covering "Bali H'ai" from South Pacific. Diverse, however, doesn't by definition mean exciting. This is unexciting, both in respect to material and to Greene's adequate voice, which only seldom demonstrates that it's capable of scaling a very high register. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. End of Days
02. Is This Thing Called Love?
03. Queen of Fates
04. Forever
05. Bewitched (By Your Love)
06. Be the One
07. Letting You Go
08. Ha Ha Hey (Laugh Til You Cry)
09. Lovemagic
10. Bali Ha'i
11. Secrets
12. Unvelievable

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Format: FLAC
Size 420 MB

1. Umbrella
2. Push Up on Me
3. Don't Stop the Music
4. Breakin' Dishes
5. Shut Up and Drive
6. Hate That I Love You
7. Say It
8. Sell Me Candy
9. Lemme Get That
10. Rehab
11. Question Existing
12. Good Girl Gone Bad
13. Disturbia
14. Take a Bow
15. If I Never See Your Face Again

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Rick James - The Ultimate Collection
Funk/Disco | APE | 513 MB

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Tracklist:
01 Cold Blooded
02 Give It To Me Baby
03 You and I
04 Mary Jane
05 Super Freak
06 Dance Wit' Me
07 Make Love To Me
08 Love Gun
09 Bustin' Out (On Funk)
10 High On You Love Suite / One Mo Hit (of Your Love)
11 Ghetto Life
12 Ebony Eyes
13 Fire and Desire

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Some latin music for the fam.

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Size 320 MB

1. Chan chan
2. De camino a la vereda
3. El cuarto de tula
4. Pueblo nuevo
5. Dos gardenias
6. Y tu que has hecho
7. veinte anos
8. El carretero
9. Candela
10. Amor de loca juventud
11. Orgullecida
12. Murmullo
13. Buena vista social club
14. La Bayamesa

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[zacki]

Eugene Wilde - Serenade (1985)

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01. Serenade (Prelude)
02. Good And Plenty
03. Thirty Minutes To Talk
04. There's No Way
05. Diana
06. Don't Say No (Tonight)
07. Are You Coming Over
08. I Want You
09. Here We Go Again

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Ramsey Lewis - Salongo
VINYL | FUSION | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 223MB
CBS 1976

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A tremendous little record, and one of the funky 70s sets that Ramsey Lewis recorded with Earth Wind & Fire! Well, not Earth Wind & Fire entirely -- but the Kalimba Productions team of Maurice White and Charles Stepney that gave the group its sound -- plus a nice sprinkling of other players that were often associated with sessions by the group! Ramsey's own combo here includes Steve Cobb on drums and vocals, and Derf Reklaw on reeds and vocals as well -- and the overall sound has bits of African and Brazilian influences, worked into a soulful fusion groove that sounds a lot like the instrumental backings EWF were using at the time. Titles include "Brazilica", "Slick", "Rubato", "Salongo", and "Seventh Fold". © 1996-2008, Dusty Groove America, Inc.


~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Slick
2. Aufu Oodu
3. Rubato
4. Salongo
5. Brazilica
6. Nicole
7. Seventh Fold

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[teddybear4703]

The Salsoul Orchestra - Street Sense (1979)

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Year: 1995 remasterized CD, originally released in 1979 on Salsoul. Produced and mixed by Tom Moulton
Label: Charly Records
Format: ape + cue + covers

Tracklist:
01 Zambesi
02 Burning Spear
03 Somebody To Love
04 Street Sense
05 212 North 12th
06 Sun After The Rain

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Donna Summer
Love To Love You Baby
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Love To Love You Baby
2. Full Of Emptiness
3. Need-A-Man Blues
4. Whispering Waves
5. Pandora's Box
6. Full Of Emptiness (Reprise)

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One of the first great moments of the Munich disco scene of the 70s -- an electric batch of soul served up in support of Donna Summer's landmark title hit! The set features the full 16 minute version of "Love To Love You Baby" -- done as a monumental suite that dips, turns, slinks, and slides alongside Summer's sexy vocals beautifully. As with that track, Giorgio Moroder arranged the others on the set as well -- but some of these have a more conventional soul approach for the time -- a breathy style that's a bit AM radio, and not up to the extended genius of the title track, but still nice enough overall. Other titles include "Need A Man Blues", "Full Of Emptiness", "Whispering Waves" and "Pandora's Box".

Dusty Groove


Review

"Love to Love You Baby"'s 16 minutes and 48 seconds of arousal and refill — ticklishly sensitive rhythm and fusion — threw disco into a tizzy overnight, but the tonally starved blues-of-isolation on the B-side isn't to be missed, either: the broken promises Donna Summer bemoans in "Full of Emptiness"; "Need-a-Man Blues," with its unrequitedly sexy guitar rhythm as out of range of Summer's voice as she of satisfaction; the imaginary seaside hold-me in "Whispering Waves"; and "Pandora's Box," where Summer and guitar scream icily at one another as they turn their backs on each other's body music. Hunger without recourse; essential disco.

All Music Guide, Michael Freedberg

[RunawayTrane]

Props to Blackmon for the OP:

Average White Band - AWB Clover Sessions
JAZZ+FUNK | FLAC | CUE | LOG | SCANS | 554MB | 81:50 | 2 DISC
Atlantic 1974 (Remastered 2004)

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After debuting with 1973's excellent but neglected Show Your Hand (later reissued as Put It Where You Want It), the Average White Band switched from MCA to Atlantic and hit big with this self-titled gem. Upon first hearing gutsy, Tower of Power-influenced funk like "Person to Person" and the instrumental "Pick Up the Pieces" (a number one R&B hit), many soul fans were shocked to learn that not only were the bandmembers white -- they were whites from Scotland. Like Teena Marie five years later, AWB embraced soul and funk with so much conviction that it was clear this was anything but an "average" white band. This album is full of treasures that weren't big hits but should have been -- including the addictive "You Got It," the ominous "There's Always Someone Waiting," and a gutsy remake of the Isley Brothers' "Work to Do." [When Rhino reissued AWB on CD in 1995, an edited live version of "Pick Up the Pieces" recorded at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival was added. (The full-length version had been included on Rhino's 1994 reissue of Warmer Communications.)] ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide


DISC 1
01. You Got It
02. Got The Love
03. Pick Up The Pieces
04. Person To Person
05. Work To Do
06. Nothing You Can Do
07. Just Wanna Love You Tonight
08. Keepin' It To Myself
09. I Just Can't Give You Up
10. There's Always Someone Waiting


DISC 2
01. Person To Person
02. Keepin' It To Myself
03. There's Always Someone Waiting
04. McEwan's Export
05. Got The Love
06. Work To Do
07. Just Want To Love You Tonight
08. Pick Up The Pieces
09. I Just Can't Give You Up
10. How Sweet Can You Get (Mark1)


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[funkysoul]

Chocolate Milk - Action Speaks Louder Than Words (1975)

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FLAC/243MB/CUE/LOG


01.Actions Speaks Louder Than Words
02.Time Machine
03.My Mind Is Hazy
04.Confusion
05.Pretty Pimpin' Willie
06.Tin Man
07.Chocolate Pleasure
08.People
09.Ain't Nothin' But A Thing
10.Out Among The Stars


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[zacki]

Eugene Wilde - Eugene Wilde (1984)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers
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01. Lately
02. Gotta Get You Home Tonight
03. Let Her Feel It
04. Chey Chey Kulé
05. Rainbow
06. Just Be Good To Me
07. Personality
08. Gold

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[RunawayTrane]

Pieces Of A Dream - Soul Intent
JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 420MB | 55:00
Heads Up 2009

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Pieces Of A Dream still sound wonderful after all these years -- definitely still at the top of the soulful fusion genre they virtually helped create a few decades back -- working with a bit more bite than most of the younger artists who've gone ahead and stolen their vibe! The core groove here still comes from drummer Curtis Harmon and keyboardist James Lloyd -- layered nicely with additional sax, guitar, and a bit more keyboards from a range of other players -- but always kept nice and lean, and never sanded too smooth to push these guys into the sleepier side of the spectrum. There's still a very classic feel to the Pieces Of A Dream groove here -- and even when tunes are mellow, there's a nice bit of a kick. Titles include "Hindsight", "Soul Intent", "Vision Accomplished", "Sway On", "D Fuse The Situation", "Stand Up", "Anywhere You Are", and "Step On It". © 1996-2009, Dusty Groove America, Inc.


PERSONNEL
Curtis Harmon - Percussion, Drums
James K. Lloyd - Keyboards
Tony Watson, Jr. - Saxophone
Randy Bowland - Guitar
David Dyson - Bass
Joe Cunningham - Saxophone
Rohn Lawrence - Guitar
Bennie Sims - Keyboards


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Sway
02. Vision Accomplished
03. Give U My Heart
04. APB
05. Hindsight
06. Soul Intent
07. Step on It
08. Things Are Looking Up
09. D Fuse the Situation
10. Stand Up
11. Anywhere You Are

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[teddybear4703]

Freddie James - Everybody Get Up and Boogie (1979)

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Label: Unidisc
Format: WAV + covers

Tracklist:
01 Everybody Get Up and Boogie
02 Crazy Disco Music
03 Hollywood
04 Dance Little Boy Blue
05 Medley
06 Everybody Get Up and Boogie (Radio Mix)
07 Hollywood (Radio Mix)
08 Everybody Get Up and Boogie (Instrumental)

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Don Byron from Da Bronx:


Don Byron - You Are #6
JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 397MB | 57:42
Blue Note 2001

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Don Byron's fourth Blue Note album is a belated follow-up to 1995's Music for Six Musicians. Six musicians are once again featured here, but they're joined by a large number of guests, bringing the cumulative total to 20. As always, Byron looks to unlikely sources for inspiration, beginning with Henry Mancini's theme from the 1962 John Wayne flick Hatari. (The artist is a diligent student of Mancini's music in general.) The rest of the tracks are originals, save for "Shake 'Em Up," a calypso party song that features Don Byron, Sr. on bass and Designer on vocals. Byron emphasizes an Afro-Carribean vibe throughout, often setting up dense, harmonically ambiguous vamps for group interplay, as on "Klang," "B-Setting," the extended piece "Dark Room," and the fragmentary "You Are #6," the last of which is reprised later in the program as "You Are #6.5." By the time we get to "A Whisper in My Ear" the sonorities are a bit more consonant and familiar, though no less evocative. Pianist Edsel Gomez and trumpeter James Zollar turn in strong solos. This being Latin music, the percussionists also loom large; they are Milton Cardona and Ben Wittman, along with guests Johnny Almendra and Mauro Refosco. The clarinet/piano duet "No Whine," hauntingly beautiful but a bit out of place, recalls what Byron and Uri Caine did with Puccini and Schumann on 2000's A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder. There are also the requisite Byron-esque oddities, like "Dub-Ya," a 58-second taunt directed at President Bush the younger. Julie Patton's vocalizing toward the end of "B-Setting" is quirky in the extreme, yet strangely compelling, as is the sample of seemingly overheard conversation that interrupts and ends the title track. Here Byron evinces an interest in album programming as sound collage, in the manner of a hip-hop artist (compare 1998's Nu Blaxploitation). In this light, it's all the more fitting that he concludes the record with a DJ Spooky remix of the infectious bossa nova "Belmondo's Lip." ~ David R. Adler, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Theme from "Hatari"
02. You Are #6
03. Klang
04. B-Setting
05. A Whisper in My Ear (For Mario Bauza)
06. Dub-Ya
07. Belmondo's Lip
08. Shake 'Em Up
09. You Are #6.5
10. No Whine
11. Dark Room
12. Belmondo's Lip (DJ Spooky Mix)


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[teddybear4703]

Raw Silk - Do It To The Music (Blaze Cielo Mixes)

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Label: West End Records
Year: 2006
Style: House, Disco
Format: ape

Tracklist
01. Raw Silk - Do It To The Music (Roots vocal mix)
02. Raw Silk - Do It To The Music (Roots instrumental)
03. Raw Silk - Do It To The Music (Roots Rawka dub)
04. Raw Silk - Do It To The Music (Roots Rawka beats)

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Desree - Supernatural
VOCAL | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 432MB | 51:03
Epic 1998

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On her third album of adult R&B, new age princess Des'ree offers up more musical self-help tips and self-esteem makeovers for the chronically lovesick and spiritually downhearted. And while there's nothing as peacefully sublime as "You Gotta Be" (from 1994's I Ain't Movin') on Supernatural, the listen is a soothing one. Credit Brit Des'ree herself for this; her voice -- a reassuring tool that envelops everything around it -- has never been better. Working her softened tones around the mostly forgettable material (many of the songs try to rewrite "You Gotta Be" by essentially sticking with the same formula of making sophisticated urban soul), she creates a melodic new-age tone (complete with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Fire") that may not stick with you a lifetime, but it sure feels like the most tranquil place on earth for its 50 minutes. ~ Michael Gallucci, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. What's Your Sign?
02. God Only Knows
03. Life
04. Best Days
05. Proud to Be a Dread
06. I'm Kissing You
07. Indigo Daisies
08. Time
09. Down by the River
10. Darwin Star
11. Fire


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[RunawayTrane]

Freddie James - Everybody Get Up and Boogie (1979)


Never heard of this one. At least not the group. Gonna check it. Repz


EDIT:
I do remember the title track. Damn, you took it way back!! The date of that album might be 1979, but the date of the title track is earlier than that. 1978 or maybe even 77! I know if you post Push Push In The Bush I am going to flip
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[RunawayTrane]

BOMBERS
BOMBERS
(1978, West End)

[VINYL] Disco, Electronic | APE – 204 MB


BOMBERS
BOMBERS 2
(1979, West End)

[VINYL] Disco, Electronic | APE – 217 MB


If I forgot to thank you before for these two, I will thank you now. You post so much, it's hard to keep up with.

One tip. If you post vinyl, you can eliminate a little of the noise with Audacity (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacity)

[teddybear4703]

Never heard of this one. At least not the group. Gonna check it. Repz


EDIT:
I do remember the title track. Damn, you took it way back!! The date of that album might be 1979, but the date of the title track is earlier than that. 1978 or maybe even 77! I know if you post Push Push In The Bush I am going to flip
:surprised-004:

You're talking about the Silver Convention girls and the 1976 hit "Get Up and Boogie", their most known song along with "Fly, Robin, Fly".

Freddie's 1979 album had the same title though the word "Everybody" was added for the CD version.

Now, you mentioned Musique - In The Bush (1978), is that right?

[Doctor-Rhythm]

DEODATO
KNIGHTS OF FANTASY
(1979, Warner Bros.)

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Jazz, Funk, Disco, Fusion | APE - 199 MB

Review:
Deodato's Knights of Fantasy, released in 1979, contains trace elements of the Brazilian producer and composer's fusion persona while melding them with disco and lite funk -- as many other jazzmen were also doing at the time, from Lonnie Liston Smith to the Crusaders. The album is a thoroughly kitschy sci-fi affair with some very fine playing and horn and string arrangements, particularly on the bass- and ARP-driven "Space Dust/Sherlock," which goes on for nearly eight minutes. Here, funk grooves are allowed to find their way and wind out while a popping bassline holds down the fort even as Deodato goes ape on the synth for his wildly improvisational solo. "Shazam" is another case in point, though it contains some smoking Brazilian polyrhythms undercutting the basic disco funk groove and a slight riff cop from Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." The weirdest thing here is one of Deodato's trademarks -- taking classical themes and weaving them together in some "futuristic" way. In this case it's Bach, as he combines the composer's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring with Andre Popp's "Love Is Blue" (a huge easy listening hit in the 1960s by Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra) and his own "Whistle Bump"! The bottom line is that while it's somewhat shocking, it doesn't really work at all -- there are too many variables and too many instruments layered in, and when the disco groove tropes are added on top it falls far short of the mark. The title track is a handclap-saturated lite dance tune with a killer guitar solo by John Tropea.
by Alex Henderson (AMG)

Tracklisting:
01 - Space Dust/Sherlock
02 - Shazam
03 - Bachmania
04 - Knight Of Fantasy
05 - Lovely Lady

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[RunawayTrane]

You're talking about the Silver Convention girls and the 1976 hit "Get Up and Boogie", their most known song along with "Fly, Robin, Fly".

Freddie's 1979 album had the same title though the word "Everybody" was added for the CD version.

Now, you mentioned Musique - In The Bush (1978), is that right?


Yes, that was another one that got bumped constantly at jams in the park. Don't think I was mistaking the "Get Up and Boogie" songs though. Am pretty sure that the title song dropped long before they put out an album. Or maybe not. Could be wrong was pretty ripped back in those days (daze)

[teddybear4703]

Musique - Keep On Jumpin' (1978)

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Ripped from vinyl:

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[RunawayTrane]

Musique - Keep On Jumpin' (1978)

By courtesy of Goodgroove:


Only goodgroove I could find in searches was a paysite....Does that mean you bought the songs?? Hope you bought them in WAV or some other lossless format. Remember, you cannot convert MP3s into any lossless format. All that does is decrease the sound quality even further

as long as the lossless files are authentic, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for a wonderful post


EDIT:
One small detail that you omitted from your post: That's whether to specify that it's ripped from VINYL. For all intentive purposes, we all assume that every post is ripped from a compact disc unless you tell us otherwise. Listening on my KOSS headphones, I could tell these were vinyl rips when the records got to the end. There's no mistaking that sound of bacon frying, lol


Doesn't change the fact that this is the post of the week for me. Not that big of a disco fan, but I loved the stuff from it's inception (mid to late 70's). Looking forward to more. (El Coco if you have any please)

[RunawayTrane]

Shemekia Copeland - Never Going Back
BLUES | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 315MB | 47:56
Telarc 2009

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Shemekia Copeland has moved her recorded product to the TelArc label, has a new producer in Oliver Wood (who doubles on guitar), and pursues a style that seems more refined and less raucous or bawdy than on her previous recordings. The rough edges are shaved, maturity is settling in, and Copeland seems intent on doing things in a more traditional fashion rather than the stomping, tear-the-house-down approach she built her reputation on. She's using members of Col. Bruce Hampton's band in bassist Ted Pecchio and drummer Tyler Greenwell, occasionally bassist Chris Wood and keyboardist John Medeski from Medeski, Martin & Wood, guitarist Marc Ribot, and on loan from the Derek Trucks Band, keyboardist Kofi Burbridge for three tracks. These musicians liven up the proceedings considerably, and the production values of this effort are leaner and cleaner than her other discs. Copeland herself sounds incredibly focused and basic, far from slick but not dirty or messy on any level, and her themes reflect a current-life viewpoint that is part optimist and part cynic, with a big parcel of pragmatic realist. Her poignant castigation of God-driven politicians and jive preachers on "Sounds Like the Devil" is spot-on in a slow-plod beat, "Broken World" is an end-all cautionary tale, and "Big Brand New Religion" brings the sentiment full circle as an antithesis in a New Orleans shuffle. Her songs of hope stem from a young mother's bad-luck struggle in a hard rock two-step during "Rise Up" and the funk-rock "Born a Penny" (featuring Burbridge), which anyone struggling with being born into poverty can relate to. "Never Going Back to Memphis" and Joni Mitchell's "Black Crow" feature Chris Wood, Medeski, and Ribot, the former a voodoo-type sly and slinky number, the latter a decent light funk revision of the tune. At her most innocent though atypical, Copeland overdubs her singing on "The Truth Is the Light," only slightly preachy and balanced by some nasty slide guitar work. Another cover, this time of Percy Mayfield's "River's Invitation," seems biographical, as she's looking for her baby, and it's a song that suits her toned-town approach. There are harder-edged songs like the bompity-bop New Orleans-flavored "Limousine" and her well-sung, spirited take on dad Johnny Copeland's "Circumstances," which is more acoustic and down-home, but essentially it's all good. There's little to fault in terms of the diversity she seeks, and there's no concession to commercialized blues here. All in all, Copeland has delivered a solid set of music, easily recommended, that should please her fans and translate to some dynamic performances on tour. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Sounds Like the Devil
02. Dirty Water
03. Broken World
04. Never Going Back to Memphis
05. The Truth Is the Light
06. Black Crow
07. Born a Penny
08. Limousine
09. River's Invitation
10. Rise Up
11. Big Brand New Religion
12. Circumstances

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[teddybear4703]

You cannot convert MP3s into any lossless format. All that does is decrease the sound quality even further


The album was ripped from vinyl, which you can see it now in the post. To check authencity of lossless files you can use programs like Tau Analyzer.

[Doctor-Rhythm]

DEODATO
NIGHT CRUISER
(1980, Warner Bros.)

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Jazz, Disco, Fusion | APE - 197 MB

Review:
Eumir Deodato has long been hailed for his smooth jazz/fusion blend. And although he had moved closer to a disco-pop sensibility by the time of this release, at least some of the early, cohesive elements of his trademark sound remain. Night Cruiser is smooth, studied, and packed with those moments that scream disco-lite, pop nightmare, and '70s television show soundtrack. But, as mediocre as some of these songs seem, bizarrely it's hard not to at least tap a toe on "Skatin." Where this album takes an interesting turn is at the opening of side two, as "Uncle Funk" finds Kool & the Gang's saxophonist, Ronald Bell, guesting. Deodato and Kool & the Gang had formed a productive partnership for the Gang's hit single "Ladies Night," and here Bell returns the favor. "Uncle Funk" is a juicy blend of fusion and classic funk sax that puts the rest of the album to shame. Clocking in at over six minutes, the song is allowed to find a groove and follow it through. "Love Magic" and "Groovitation" try to follow on from there, but they fall short, proving that although Deodato was capable of turning in a set that was musically perfect and flawlessly arranged, he really couldn't grasp the mastery of his early era output.
by Amy Hanson (AMG)

Tracklisting:
01 - Night Cruiser
02 - East Side Strut
03 - Skatin'
04 - Uncle Funk
05 - Love Magic
06 - Groovitation

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[Blaq]

Desree - Supernatural
VOCAL | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 432MB | 51:03
Epic 1998

Thanks for this one, Run. Nice drop. :thumbs up:

[excel]

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Louie Vega - Choice - A Collection Of Classics
Format: 2 x CD, Mixed
Format: FLAC
Country: UK
Released: 04 Sep 2004
Genre: Electronic, Funk, Soul, Dance
Size: 900MB

1-01 Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band I'll Play The Fool
1-02 Melba Moore Standing Right Here
1-03 Keytronics Ensemble* You X Me
1-04 Touch Without You
1-05 Joubert Singers* Stand On The Word
1-06 Lamont Dozier Going Back To My Roots
1-07 D'Angelo Spanish Joint (Ritual Session)
1-08 Cloud One Atmosphere Strut
1-09 Alfredo De La Fe Hot To Trot
1-10 Affinity Don't Go Away
1-11 Booker T & The MG's Melting Pot (Ritual Session)
1-12 Cymande Bra (Ritual Session/Danny Krivit Edit)
1-13 Mos Def Umi Says (Ritual Session)
1-14 Nuyorican Soul You Can Do It (Baby)
1-15 The Hollies Draggin' My Heels

2-01 Idris Muhammad Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
2-02 Yello Bostich
2-03 Pleasure Take A Chance
2-04 ESG Standing In Line
2-05 Munich Machine Get On The Funk Train
2-06 Salsoul Orchestra* It's Good For The Soul
2-07 Gino Soccio Dancer
2-08 Giorgio Moroder I Wanna Rock You
2-09 Chocolette It's That East Street Beat
2-10 Eddy Grant Time Warp / Nobody's Got Time
2-11 Adonis No Way Back
2-12 George Kranz Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz) (Dub Version)
2-13 E.S.P. It's You
2-14 FPI Project Rich In Paradise
2-15 Baricentro Tittle Tattle
2-16 Clash, The The Magnificent Seven (Album Version)


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Giovanni Hildago - Villa Hildago
LATIN JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 296 MBS | 51:57
Messidor 1992

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Percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo's debut as a leader features the arrangements of trumpeter Tommy Villarini, who also contributed four of the nine selections. Hidalgo's conga, bongo, and timbales are showcased in a variety of settings, with his solos usually being brief and supportive of the other players. "Villa Hidalgo" has a guest spot by Dizzy Gillespie, altoist Paquito D'Rivera uplifts "Bahia San Juan," tenor saxophonist David Sanchez has several spots, "Yuliria" is a piano-conga duet with Eric Figueroa, and "Ianmanuel" features five percussionists plus Figueroa's keyboards. Some of the selections are funky and some are more traditional Latin music, with the styles and instrumentation changing from cut to cut. Stimulating music. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Villa Hidalgo
2. Trópica
3. Lanmanuel
4. Amunizaje
5. Bahia San Juan
6. Lisi
7. Yuliria
8. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
9. Songo Pa' Ti



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[Blaq]

Re-ripped adding log & cue.


Donna Summer
A Love Trilogy
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Try Me, I Know We Can Make It
2. Intro: Prelude to Love
3. Could It Be Magic
4. Wasted
5. Come with Me

WAV
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Review

The follow up to her huge chart topper Love To Love You Baby, and once again produced by Giorgio Moroder, though without the same success, though they did utilize the same sort of Euro-disco approach. Side one is a longer suite of 4 tracks "Try Me", "I Know", "We Can Make It" and "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It", and side 2 features 4 more numbers "Prelude To Love", "Could It Be Magic", "Wasted" and "Come With Me".

Dusty Groove

[dbass]

This is my first post, and I want to thank you people for posting so many funk in their prime time, I'm onto it right now. I have a request, Tower of Power : Oakland Zone. I have searched this thread for it, but could'nt find it. Thanks for your time. Cheers.

[Blaq]

Donna Summer
Bad Girls
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Hot Stuff
2. Bad Girls
3. Love Will Always Find You
4. Walk Away
5. Dim All The Lights
6. Journey To The Center Of Your Heart
7. One Night In A Lifetime
8. Can't Get To Sleep At Night
9. On My Honor
10. There Will Always Be A You
11. All Through The Night
12. My Baby Understands
13. Our Love
14. Lucky
15. Sunset People

WAV
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Review

Bad Girls marked the high-water mark in Donna Summer's career, spending six weeks at Number One, going double platinum, and spinning off four Top 40 singles, including the chart-topping title song and "Hot Stuff," which sold two million copies each, and the million-selling, Number Two hit "Dim All the Lights." Producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte recognized that disco was going in different directions by the late '70s, and they gave the leadoff one-two punch of "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls" a rock edge derived from new wave. The two-LP set was divided into four musically consistent sides, with the rocksteady beat of the first side giving way to a more traditional disco sound on the second side, followed by a third side of ballads, and a fourth side with a more electronic, synthesizer-driven sound that recalled Summer's 1977 hit "I Feel Love." Though remembered for its hits, the album had depth and consistency, concluding with "Sunset People," one of Summer's best album-only tracks. The result was the artistic and commercial peak of her career and, arguably, of disco itself.

All Music Guide, William Ruhlmann

[excel]

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Frankie Knuckles - Choice - A Collection Of Classics
Format: 2 x CD, Mixed
Format: FLAC
Country: UK
Released: 04 Sep 2000
Genre: Electronic, Funk, Soul, Dance
Size: 950MB

1-01 Convertion-Let's Do It (5:23)
1-02 Cheryl Lynn-You Saved My Day (3:50)
1-03 Bumblebee Unlimited-Love Bug (4:54)
1-04 Positive Force-We Got The Funk (6:33)
1-05 Tempest Trio-Do You Like The Way It Feels (3:22)
1-06 Sharon Redd-Can You Handle It (5:10)
1-07 Billy Frazier & Friends-Billy Who? (4:58)
1-08 Candido-Thousand Finger Man (5:31)
1-09 Billy Ocean-Nights (Feel Like Getting Down) (4:12)
1-10 Change-Paradise (4:06)
1-11 George Duke-I Want You For Myself (5:40)
1-12 Eumir Deodato-Night Cruiser (4:36)
1-13 Nick Straker Band-A Little Bit Of Jazz (2:43)
1-14 Juggy Murray Jones-Inside America (4:27)

2-01 Clive Griffin-I'll Be Waiting (6:32)
2-02 Adonte-Feel It (8:07)
2-03 Starpoint-I Want You (5:59)
2-04 Alexander O'Neal-What Is This Thing Called Love? (3:42)
2-05 Jestofunk_I'm Gonna Love You (4:37)
2-06 Sandee-Notice Me (4:25)
2-07 Soul II Soul-Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) (3:49)
2-08 Lisa Stansfield-Set Your Loving Free (5:35)
2-09 Mental Instrum-G-Man's Groove (4:40)
2-10 Donnell Rush-Symphony (5:12)
2-11 Soft House Company-What You Need (7:26)

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[RunawayTrane]

BB King - One Kind Favor
BLUES | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 405MB | 57:09
Geffen 2008

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It's been so long since B.B. King stepped outside of his comfort zone that One Kind Favor comes as a bit of a shock. Unlike so many albums he's cut in the wake of the crossover success of The Thrill Is Gone way back in 1970, the sound is stripped-back, not splashy, there is not a reliance on guest stars, and the repertoire is pure blues -- and these are all songs that he's never recorded before, including three tunes by his longtime idol Lonnie Johnson. Credit for the concept must be given to producer T Bone Burnett, who applies a similar neo-rootsy aesthetic to One Kind Favor that he did to his production of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand -- an approach that's grounded in tradition but has a smoky, smeary veneer that's thoroughly modern. One Kind Favor has a noir-ish flair but it doesn't dwell on darkness, even if it takes its title from a line in Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean," a song that would seem to carry some import for the 82-year-old King. He may be approaching his twilight years but brooding has never been B.B.'s style -- he's too generous, too open-hearted in both love and loss, so he's naturally disinclined to turn this album into a meditation on morality. Instead, One Kind Favor is a celebration of life with all of its ups and downs, filled with heartbreak but also great joy, which is precisely what B.B. King's best music always has been. And this is indeed one of King's best latter-day albums, thanks to its sterling selection of 12 songs and the supple support of drummer Jim Keltner, pianist Dr. John, and bassist Nathan East, who give B.B. plenty of room for both his guitar and voice. Even if King winds up returning to his familiar slick, star-studded sound somewhere down the line, having an album as earthily elegant as One Kind Favor in his canon provides a fitting coda for one of the great musical careers of the 20th century. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
02. I Get So Weary
03. Get These Blues off Me
04. How Many More Years
05. Waiting for Your Call
06. My Love Is Down
07. The World Gone Wrong
08. Blues Before Sunrise
09. Midnight Blues
10. Backwater Blues
11. Sitting on Top of the World
12. Tomorrow Night


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Stephanie Mills
Something Real
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Never Do You Wrong
2. All Day, All Night
3. Somewhere in This Broken Heart
4. Stone Cold Woman
5. Love the Hurt Away
6. Heartache
7. Policy of Love
8. I Found a New Love
9. All in How Much We Give
10. 24 Hour Woman
11. Never Gonna Give You Up
12. I Just Want Love

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This wonderful cd got lost when MCA was going through a management change, the first two singles 'All Day, All Night' & 'Never Do You Wrong' got good airplay but there was no promotion for the cd, which is one of Stephanie's best cd's, a nice mixture of uptempo songs and nice strong ballads, if this cd slipped past you, do yourself a favor a get a copy! Other hightlights 'Somewhere In This Broken Heart', 'All In How Much We Give' and my favorite 'I Just Want Love'.

G. Carter, Amazon.com Reviewer

[RunawayTrane]

Thought I had posted this one here, but it doesn't come up on searches.
Probably got chopped off when the board was down

Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (Expanded Edition)
SOUL | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ARTWORK | 1.14GB | 113:52 | DOUBLE CD
Columbia/Legacy 2007

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Larkin Arnold, former CBS Records (Sony Music) senior executive VP, convinced Marvin Gaye to leave his flat in Belgium and sign with Columbia Records; the result would become the soul singer's last album before his untimely death. Of all his number one songs, this album's first release, "Sexual Healing," became his longest running number one single on the Billboard R&B charts (ten straight weeks). With the exception of the guitar, the Washington, D.C. native performed every instrument on this classic hit. Gaye concocted a pioneering percussive sound that was balladic in taste but stimulating in feel. As this project may not be an absolute erotic expression or a socially challenging plea from Gaye as on some of his previous albums, nonetheless, Midnight Love is a classic Marvin Gaye effort. In addition to this project thriving with Gaye's enthusiastic spirit, it has his harmonious background vocals, his stunning vocal arrangements, and his creative penmanship, as he wrote all the selections. [The 2007 'Expanded Edition' includes 13 bonus tracks.]. ~ Craig Lytle, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Midnight Lady
02. Sexual Healing
03. Rockin' After Midnight
04. 'Til Tomorrow
05. Turn on Some Music
06. Third World Girl
07. Joy
08. My Love Is Waiting
09. Clique Games/Rick James [#]
10. Sexual Healing [#]
11. Sexual Healing [#]
12. Sexual Healing [#]
13. I Bet You Wonder [#]
14. Rockin' After Midnight (*)(Instrumental)
15. Baby, Baby, Baby [#]
16. I've Got My Music [#]
17. Turn on Some Music [#]
18. Third World Girl [#]
19. Third World Girl [#]
20. My Love Is Waiting [Alternate Vocal/Mix]
21. Marvin's Message to the CBS Records Staff [#]
22. Sexual Healing [#]



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[Blaq]

Thought I had posted this one here, but it doesn't come up on searches.
Probably got chopped off when the board was down

Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (Expanded Edition)
SOUL | WAV | CUE | LOG | HQ ARTWORK | 1.14GB | 113:52 | DOUBLE CD
Columbia/Legacy 2007

Great post, Run! I had to check to make sure I hadn't gotten it before. Thanks! :thumbs up:

[RunawayTrane]

Great post, Run! I had to check to make sure I hadn't gotten it before. Thanks! :thumbs up:

Your Bad Girls rip reminded me of that post. Cause I posted the Deluxe of that one as well and it's not here either. Posted them boty around the same time. Thought both were already here. In fact, from the date, I know I posted it. No way I don't post something that big on here. Can't find the "Dream Of A Lifetime" rip either, but I have to do that one again anyway. No big deal

[Blaq]

Your Bad Girls rip reminded me of that post. Cause I posted the Deluxe of that one as well and it's not here either. Posted them boty around the same time. Thought both were already here. In fact, from the date, I know I posted it. No way I don't post something that big on here. Can't find the "Dream Of A Lifetime" rip either, but I have to do that one again anyway. No big deal

I think I got the Bad Girls Deluxe from you off of BGOL. I don't know how I missed the Marvin Deluxe. I probably meant to go back and forgot.

The deluxe that you posted of Diana was the post that made me check for lossless. That is one of my favorite albums from the time. I'm gonna do the 2 albums on one disc to add it here soon.

[RunawayTrane]

Only reason I haven't reposted the "Diana" Deluxe album is because I want to rip one of the discs over again. Disc 1 wasn't Offset adjusted. Many of the albums I posted back then were ripped using a CD-ROM and the offset adjustment is pretty substantial on it(694). But it also reads VERY slowly (top speed 4x), so I used my external burner for the more difficult rips. CD-ROM is actually excellent for ripping when the disc is in good condition. The way EAC was set up back then, you have to correct the read adjustments every time you switched devices, and I was using three so it didn't always get done. Thank goodness they corrected that with this version.

That's why I'm doing a few of them over.

[Blaq]

Only reason I haven't reposted the "Diana" Deluxe album is because I want to rip one of the discs over again. Disc 1 wasn't Offset adjusted. Many of the albums I posted back then were ripped using a CD-ROM and the offset adjustment is pretty substantial on it(694). But it also reads VERY slowly (top speed 4x), so I used my external burner for the more difficult rips. CD-ROM is actually excellent for ripping when the disc is in good condition. The way EAC was set up back then, you have to correct the read adjustments every time you switched devices, and I was using three so it didn't always get done. Thank goodness they corrected that with this version.

That's why I'm doing a few of them over.

Man when you dropped that I was like :yes:.

I don't think i'd ever seen that. "The Boss" and that are definitely my favorite albums by her. I still have the original post but will switch it out when you repost.

[zacki]

Johnny Gill - Johnny Gill (1990)

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01. Rub You The Right Way
02. Fairweather Friend
03. Wrap My Body Tight
04. Feels So Much Better
05. Never Know Love
06. My, My, My
07. Lady Dujour (4:57)
08. Just Another Lonely Night
09. Giving My All To You
10. Let's Spend The Night
11. My, My, My (Reprise)

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Gladys Knight
Just For You
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Next Time
2. I Don't Want To Know
3. I'll Fall In Love If You Hang Around
4. Our Love
5. Home Alone
6. Choice Of Colors
7. Guilty
8. Somehow He Loves Me
9. End Of The Road Medley (Live)

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On Just for You, Gladys Knight is joined by some of the most successful producers in the urban contemporary field, including George Duke, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Babyface (who had parted company with L.A. Reid) and Attala Zane Giles. The result is a decent R&B/pop effort that, although not in a class with Knight's classic Motown and Buddha recordings with the Pips, has more strengths than weaknesses. The singer's voice had held up impressively well over the years, and she uses it advantageously on a superb cover of the Impressions' 1969 classic "Choice of Colors" (clearly the highlight of the CD), as well as such memorable offerings as the gospel-influenced "Guilty" (a commentary on racism and sexism that makes its point without preaching) and the stirring ballad "Home Alone." The CD isn't essential, but it's generally honest, well-executed and satisfying.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson



Biography by Richie Unterberger

One of the great soul singers, Gladys Knight was a performer from her childhood years, forming the Pips with her brother Merald and a couple cousins. They made the Top Ten in 1961 with the heavily doo wop-influenced "Every Beat of My Heart," and recorded some fine, nowadays overlooked pop-soul sides for the Fury and Maxx labels in the early and mid-'60s, sometimes under the direction of songwriter Van McCoy. A couple singles from this period, "Letter Full of Tears" and "Giving Up," made the Top 40, but Knight didn't hit her commercial stride until she moved to Motown in 1966. Steeped in the gospel tradition, like so many soul singers, Knight & the Pips developed into one of Motown's most dependable acts, although they never quite scaled the commercial or artistic heights of fellow stars on the label like the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and the Temptations. With Norman Whitfield providing the production and much of the songwriting, the Pips fit into the mainstream of Motown's machine well, scoring big hits with some rabble-rousers (like "Friendship Train" and the original version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"), mainstream midtempo soul ("It Should Have Been Me" and "The End of Our Road"), and smooth ballads like "If I Were Your Woman."

In 1973, Knight had her biggest Motown hit with "Neither One of Us," which made number two; shortly afterward, she and the Pips left Motown for Buddah. The group members were briefly superstars in 1973-1974, reeling off the smashes "Midnight Train to Georgia" (their only number one), "I've Got to Use My Imagination," and "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me." This ranked as some of their best material, but Knight soon moved toward an easy listening, adult contemporary direction, one that she's maintained to this day. Now performing separately from the Pips (who have retired), her days as a high-charting star ended after the mid-'70s, although she remains fairly popular, and maintained an active recording career into the new millennium, releasing At Last, an album of urban R&B, on MCA in 2000; One Voice, a gospel set, on Many Roads Records in 2005; and Before Me, an album of jazz standards, on Verve in 2006.

All Music Guide

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Derrick L. Carter - Choice: A Collection Of Classics
Format: 2 x CD, Mixed+cue+log
Format: FLAC
Country: UK
Released: 04 Sep 2004
Genre: Electronic, Funk, Soul, Dance
Size: 900MB

CD1:
1.01 Savage Progress Heart Begins To Beat
1.02 Klein & M.B.O. The M.B.O. Theme
1.03 Coati Mundi Me No Pop I
1.04 Staple Singers, The Slippery People
1.05 Trussel I Love It
1.06 Kid Creole And The Coconuts Yolanda (Adnaloy 12" Mix)
1.07 Lil' Louis & The World Nyce & Slo (The Luv Bug)
1.08 Rick James Big Time
1.09 Patrick Cowley Get A Little
1.10 Modern Romance Can You Move?
1.11 Persia Inch By Inch
1.12 Raul De Souza Sweet Lucy

CD2:
2.01 Basic Black Don't Make Me Fall In Love (Timmy Regisford Unreleased Mix)
2.02 Mr. Fingers Mystery Of Love (Dub Mix)
2.03 Electribe 101 Tell Me When The Fever Ended
2.04 Yazoo Situation (Re-Recorded Remix)
2.05 Broads, The Sing Sing Sing (Mega Be-Bop Mix)
2.06 Frankie Knuckles With Jamie Principle My Baby Wants To Ride (House Of Trix)
2.07 Alexander Robotnick Problèmes D'Amour
2.08 A Guy Called Gerald Trip City (Milton Keynes Mix)
2.09 Jean Paul Gaultier How To Do That
2.10 John Rocca Move
2.11 Buzzin Cuzzins Feat. Romanthony Let Me Show You Love (Crooklyn Mix)
2.12 Lood Feat. Donnell Rush Shout-N-Out


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[zacki]

Louis Johnson - Evolution (1985)

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01. Kinky
02. Our Love
03. Might As Well Make Love
04. I Tried
05. A Touch Of Class
06. Midnight
07. I Wanna Take You Away
08. Your Vain And Shallow Love
09. To Get Love (You Make Love)
10. She's Bad
11. Kinky (Extended 12 Inch)

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[RunawayTrane]

Third World - 96° In The Shade
REGGAE | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 186MB | 33:18
Mango 1977

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Currently unavailable in the U.S., this 1977 release was the most 'Pop' oriented of their albums, originally issued when American interest in Reggae was at it's peak. Although more commercial than their fans and critics alike were expecting, this album contains some of their best loved tracks. Includes 'Human Market Place', 'Third World Man' and the title track. --Amazon.com



~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Jah Glory
2. Tribal Wear
3. Dreamland
4. Feel a Litte Better
5. Human Market Place
6. Third World Man
7. 1865 (96 Degrees in the Shade)
8. Rhythm of Life

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[Blaq]

Chaka Khan
The Woman I Am
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Everything Changes
2. Give Me All
3. Telephone
4. Keep Givin' Me Lovin'
5. Facts Of Love
6. Love You All My Lifetime
7. I Want
8. You Can Make The Story Right
9. Be My Eyes
10. This Time
11. The Woman I Am
12. Love With No Strings
13. Don't Look At Me That Way

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Review

In the early to mid-'90s, many of the great soul singers of the '70s were struggling. Chaka Khan's popularity had decreased, but she was better off than some — at least she still had a record deal. And from an A&R standpoint, Warner Bros. did right by her with The Woman I Am. Although not quite in a class with What Cha' Gonna Do for Me or I Feel for You, this is a solid and commendable offering that fans of the singer shouldn't overlook. The production — handled by Marcus Miller, Arif Mardin and the late Wayne Braithwaite, among others — is high-tech, yet warm instead of mechanical. And on songs ranging from the melancholy "Telephone" to the introspective title song and the appealing single "Love You All My Lifetime," it's clear that Khan was given strong material to work with.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

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This is nice.

[Blaq]

Phyllis Hyman
Forever With You
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Forever with You
2. Funny How Love Goes
3. Come Right or Not at All
4. Strength of a Woman
5. Hurry up This Way Again
6. How Long
7. Someone to Love
8. Tell Me What You're Gonna Do
9. Kids
10. Set a Little Trap
11. No One But You
12. Souvenirs

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"Come Right Or Not At All"

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Issued three years after Phyllis Hyman's death, Forever With You collects 12 unreleased songs recorded between 1985-1995, during her tenure with Philadelphia International. Not a single track on this set sounds like filler — the whole album is comprised of well-produced, elegant, and sophisticated songs, running a gamut of musical styles, and further showcases the loss that the music world suffered with Hyman's tragic passing. The album opens with the upbeat, Latin-tinged title track, and then heads into quiet storm territory with "Funny How Love Goes" (a duet with newcomer Damon), "Come Right or Not at All," "The Strength of a Woman," and her faithful cover of the Stylistics' "Hurry Up This Way Again." The album veers into left gear with the energetic house track "How Long," which works incredibly well and, had things gone differently, could have opened up a whole different market for Hyman. "Someone to Love," the greatest torch song Barbra Streisand never recorded, is a definite album highlight, and brings to mind the music of classic Hollywood films of the 1940s. Hyman tackles hip-hop lite with "Tell Me What You're Gonna Do," provides a socially conscious quiet storm ballad with "The Kids," and vamps coyly on the sexy "Set a Little Trap," another album highlight. This set closes with the shuffling, hip-hop-laced "No One but You" and the soaring ballad "Souvenirs." Forever With You, which also includes several songs co-written by Hyman, is a must for any fan, and sounds like an actual, cohesive set, as opposed to a compilation of rarities and unreleased material. As always, however, the star is Hyman's tortured, elegant, and ferocious voice, and the unparalleled conviction that she injects into each song. Another four-star set from the great, regal Sophisticated Lady.

All Music Guide, Jose F. Promis

[excel]

WEB RIP

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Dimitri From Paris - Disco Forever
R&B/Disco | FLAC | 1.39 GB | 3 CD's

Tracklist

CD 1 (Mixed)
01 - Brainstorm - We're on Our Way Home - 04:59
02 - Milton Hamilton - My Love Supreme - 03:40
03 - Universal Robot Band - Barely Breaking Even - 06:52
04 - La Pregunta - Chameleon - 02:59
05 - Eastside Connection - You're So Right for Me - 04:31
06 - Charanga 76 - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - 06:41
07 - Crashers - Flight to Jamaica - 05:04
08 - Two Man Sound - Que Tal America - 04:05
09 - The LTG Exchange - Corazon - 02:49
10 - Touch - Love Hangover - 04:11
11 - Jeanne Napoli - Let's Make Love - 03:27
12 - Love Committee - Just As Long As I Got You - 06:15
13 - Skyklite - Smile - 04:17
14 - Silver, Platinum And Gold - I Got a Thing - 05:44
15 - Little Scotty - Shout at the Disco - 02:53
16 - Pat Lundy - Work Song - 05:31
Total Time: 01:13:58

CD 2 (Un-mixed)
01 - Eastside Connection - You're So Right for Me - 06:08
02 - Milton Hamilton And Spiritualized - My Love Supreme - 05:43
03 - Charanga 76 - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - 09:43
04 - The LTG Exchange - Corazon - 06:26
05 - D.C. La Rue - Cathedrals - 07:34
06 - La Pregunta - Chameleon - 07:29
07 - Crashers - Flight to Jamaica - 05:15
08 - Two Man Sound - Que Tal America - 04:48
09 - Touch - Love Hangover - 03:58
Total Time: 00:57:04

CD 3 (Un-mixed)
01 - Silver, Platinum And Gold - I Got a Thing - 07:24
02 - Pat Lundy - Work Song - 07:24
03 - Skylite - Smile - 08:35
04 - Jimmy Roma - Beyond the Galaxy - 06:56
05 - Bambu - I Don't Wanna Lose It - 09:25
06 - Jeanne Napoli - Let's Make Love - 07:22
07 - Love Committee - Just As Long As I Got You - 07:50
08 - Universal Robot Band - Barely Breaking Even - 11:02
09 - Brainstorm - We're on Our Way Home - 06:16
Total Time: 01:12:14

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[RunawayTrane]

Got this just for the "Spiderman" song (grew up thinking it was Jimmy Castor), but just as I suspected,
the album include 1 or 2 more funk joints. Plus some smooth fusion cuts. Definitely worth the 6 bucks spent. Enjoy


Ramsey Lewis - Don't It Feel Good
JAZZFUNK | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 288MB | 37:17
Columbia 1975 (Reissued)

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Lewis' influential 1974 effort Sun Goddess set the standard for the soulful and commercial music that was to define his subsequent CBS work. This 1975 effort is the follow-up and features a charismatic, strong band featuring drummer Morris Jennings, bassist Tiaz Palmer, and album co-producer Charles Stephney on ARP and Moog. Unlike other pianists who switched to electric and synthesizer keyboards, Lewis sounds like he had fun, quickly attained another signature sound, and was so adept that he was often beyond censure. This starts off promising enough. The polished R&B title track has Lewis' now trademark Fender Rhodes playing and female backing vocalists who end up singing "Don't it feel good, Ramsey?" Is it pure jazz? Of course not, but it works. The album's best track, the ballad "Juaacklyn," is suitably moody with a barely there, echoed vocal, Lewis' emotional Fender Rhodes, and it boasts a dreamlike production that is Stephney's skill. Earth, Wind & Fire's "That's the Way of the World," a song that Stephney co-wrote, gets a strong if not scintillating version here. At this time, many players had to do their share of up-tempo tracks, whether it suited them or not. Thankfully disposable dance entries, "Spiderman" and "Fishbite" didn't start dance crazes and are too imitative of Herbie Hancock's fusion/funk of the time to be considered seriously. Like many efforts of the time, Don't It Feel Good's potential is marred by its commercial overtures, but the best tracks do rank with Lewis' best work of the period. ~ Jason Elias, All Music Guide


THE BAND
Ramsey Lewis - Piano, Keyboards, Clavinet
Charles Stepney - Synthesizer (Arp & Moog)
Derf Reklaw-Raheem - Flute, Conga, Tambourine
Morris Jennings - Drums, Tambourine, Bells
Byron Gregory - Guitar
Tiaz Palmer - Bass
Paul Serrano - Horn
Brenda Mitchell - Vocals
Morris Stewart - Vocals


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Don't It Feel Good
02. Juaacklyn
03. Spiderman
04. Interlude
05. Something About You
06. That's the Way of the World
07. Fish Bite
08. Interlude
09. I Git You
10. Can't Function

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Isley Jasper Isley
Caravan Of Love
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Tracklist

1. Dancin' Around The World
2. Insatiable Woman
3. I Can Hardly Wait
4. Liberation
5. Caravan Of Love
6. If You Believe In Love
7. High Heel Syndrome

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Very sweet! Ernie and Marvin Isley team up with Chris Jasper, and reinvent their sound nicely for the 80s! The record features the wonderful "Caravan Of Love", a soulful spiritual tune that's kind of to 80s soul what The Impressions "People Get Ready" was to 60s soul! The album's got a good mellow harmony sound, and other titles include "Liberation", "I Can Hardly Wait", and "If You Believe In Love".

Dusty Groove

(No mention of "Insatiable Woman?!")



Biography by Ron Wynn

A spin-off from the Isley Brothers, bassist Marvin Isley, drummer/guitarist Ernie Isley, and their keyboardist cousin Chris Jasper worked in the Isley Brothers 3 + 3 band from 1969 until 1984. They signed with Columbia as a separate entity at that time, and had substantial success with their debut LP Broadway's Closer to Sunset Boulevard. Their 1985 release Caravan of Love included their only R&B chart-topping single in the title cut, which had a three-week reign at number one. They scored three other Top 20 singles in 1986 and 1987, "Insatiable Woman," "8th Wonder of the World," and "Givin' You Back the Love."

All Music Guide

[zacki]

Syl Johnson - Ms. Fine Brown Frame (1983)

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01. Ms. Fine Brown Frame
02. Keep On Loving Me
03. They Can't See Your Good Side
04. Groove Me
05. Sweet Thing
06. You Don't Have To Go
07. It Ain't Easy

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TOMMY STEWART
(1976, Abraxas)

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[VINYL] Funk, Disco | APE

Review:
It's almost impossible to keep a straight face while listening to this album, but then, you really shouldn't have to try. It's a document of one of pop music's most simultaneously embarrassing and glorious periods -- the High Disco Era -- when all pretense of lyrical sophistication was abandoned in favor of occasional interjections of "Hey! Get down! Get off your seats and jam!" (a direct quote from this album), every guitar had a wah-wah pedal, and prestige was measured in the size of your horn and string sections. Now this stuff is called "rare groove," and it's at least as much fun now as it was then, maybe more so. Tommy Stewart, king of the legendary Abraxas label, recorded this album back when this candy-covered funk was the happening thing; and it includes, among other classics of the genre, the deathless "Bump and Hustle Music," along with the sexy-kitschy "Fulton County Line," and the charming "Practice What You Preach." The unison voices-and-strings on "Make Happy Music" were a bad, bad idea, but "Riding High" makes up for it by sounding like an airline advertisement circa 1976. A party classic.
by Rick Anderson (AMG)

Tracklisting:
01 - Fulton County Line
02 - Pratice What You Preach
03 - Bump And Hustle Music
04 - Get Off Your Seats
05 - Make Happy Music
06 - Atlanta Get Down
07 - Riding High
08 - Disco Hop

Bonus track:
Bump And Hustle Music (12'' Extended Version)

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Thanks for all these great Collections of Classics!! They are a plus here. :thumbs up:

[excel]

Thanks for all these great Collections of Classics!! They are a plus here. :thumbs up:

No prob. I have 2 more in the series but in vinyl (Tony Humphries & Francois K.). Don't have my tt's with me though so it'll be some time before I can upload those.

[teddybear4703]

No prob. I have 2 more in the series but in vinyl (Tony Humphries & Francois K.). Don't have my tt's with me though so it'll be some time before I can upload those.

Thank you so much. I'm a patient man.

[zacki]

Fatback - Fired Up 'N' Kickin' (1978)

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01. I'm Fired Up
02. Boogie Freak
03. Get Out On The Dance Floor
04. At Last
05. I Like Girls
06. Snake
07. Can't You See

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Fatback - Fired Up 'N' Kickin' (1978)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers



This is one I will savor. THANK YOU
:277:

[Doctor-Rhythm]

Fatback - Fired Up 'N' Kickin' (1978)

:hubbahubba:

Wonderful post

:1139:

Thanks zacki!

[RunawayTrane]

Rick Braun/Richard Elliot - RnR
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 451MB | 300DPI | 60:18
Artizen 2007


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When Rick Braun and Richard Elliot formed their contemporary jazz record label, it was a sure bet that the sights and sounds heard from it would be designed to entertain and amaze the legions of fans who have followed their careers since Braun's days with War and Elliot's days with Tower of Power. This revelation is clearly emphasized on their first label collaboration, titled RnR. The music here is stylistically different from the songs they played back in the '70s, yet it flows from their collective musical minds like a natural extension with the same elements of spontaneity, soul, and sex appeal. Each tune is based on a particular rhythmical feel or texture: shuffle, boogaloo, Latin, funk, even 20th century cool and bebop colors. Opening with the title track, "RnR," the ensemble delivers an energetic jam filled with potent beats and horn charts that smoke in unison. "Sweet Somethin'" is a cool jazz gem that features Braun's refined trumpet talk in a conversation with Elliot's sensual saxophone. Braun calls, Elliot responds, and they stylistically bow with more than a nod to the groove. This song is sweet and hot. "The Stranger" is an exotic burner that features the vamp from "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets." With their smoldering riffs improvised around the potent melody, this song is both familiar and fresh. The smash hit "São Paulo" makes its physical debut on this disc, having been a bonus download for fans visiting the artist's website. Breezy and romantic, its Brazilian jazz flavors spice up the act and will have you chillin' in its tropical ambience. With great performances emanating from both Braun and Elliot, RnR is exciting and lively, yet warm, sexy, and mellow. It is in this experimental way that you begin to grasp the depth of their combined signature sounds and the impact it will have on their devoted and new fans alike. Highly recommended. ~ Paula Edelstein, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. RnR
02. Sweet Somethin'
03. Curve Ball
04. The Stranger
05. Da Jr Funk
06. Que Paso
07. Better Times
08. Down and Dirty
09. Two Heart Tango
10. Q It Up
11. Sunday Night
12. Sao Paulo


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-4746a3)

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[RunawayTrane]

Hoop Dreams Original Soundtrack
SOUNDTRACK | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 390MB | 53:08
GRP 1994

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PERSONNEL
Shock G
Mavis Staples
Ricky Peterson
Ben Sidran
Lenny Castro
Tone a.k.a. Deacon
Phil Upchurch
Humpty-Hump
Phil Upchurch
Carl Allen
Pop Staples
Eric Leeds
Rufus Reid



TRACKLISTING

01. Hoop Dreams
02. Traveling Music
03. The Original Lesson
04. The Float
05. The Tide (Keeps Lifting Me)
06. Above The Rim
07. Low Post
08. Fast Break
09. Under The Knife
10. Junior Moved
11. Walking The Walk
12. Face
13. Sweet Dreams


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-509295)

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[Blaq]

Ready For The World
Long Time Coming
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Love You Down
2. Baby (Let Me Love You)
3. Long Time Coming
4. So In Love
5. In My Room
6. Mary Goes 'Round
7. Some People Don't Care
8. Here I Am
9. It's All A Game
10. Do You Get Enough

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Ready For The World scored three more chart hits with their second album, including another number one R&B hit and Top 10 pop song in "Love You Down." They continued to milk the funk/pop/Prince connection, and Melvin Riley's vocals hadn't grated on enough people's nerves to derail their success yet.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn



Biography by Ron Wynn

A Michigan funk band with slight rock leanings, Ready for the World parlayed Melvin Riley's whining vocals and some trendy production into a pair of number one R&B hits in the mid-'80s for MCA. Riley, Gordon Strozier, Gregory Potts, Willie Triplett, John Eaton, and Gerald Valentine began on their own Blue Lake label before signing with MCA. The label reissued the song "Tonight," and it reached number six on the R&B charts in 1984. They followed it with "Deep Inside Your Love," another Top Ten R&B single, then had their first of two chart-toppers in "Oh Sheila." It got them a huge crossover smash, ultimately topping the pop lists as well. They scored their fourth consecutive Top Ten R&B record with "Digital Display," then had two flop singles before "Love You Down" put them back on top of the R&B world in 1986. It was their last hit and peaked at number nine pop.

All Music Guide

[Blaq]

Aurra
Send Your Love
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Nasty Disposition
2. Send Your Love
3. Kingston Lady
4. Forever
5. Are You Single?
6. Keep Doin' It Right
7. Livin' Too Fast
8. Party Time
9. Checking You Out (Bonus Track - 12" Version)

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A sextet, Aurra featured the vocals of Starlena Young and Curt Jones. Originally released in 1981, none of the set's nine cuts come in under four minutes, but then there are no nine-minute workouts either. The reggae-influenced "Kingston Lady" and their disjointed, disco hit "Are You Single" are the most memorable selections. Every song is pleasant, but often indistinguishable from the rest; if your mind wanders you have to consult the track listing to check what tune is playing and which one you just heard.

All Music Guide, Andrew Hamilton



Biography by Andy Kellman

Centered around leader Steve Washington and singers Starleana Young and Curtis Jones, Aurra was an outgrowth of the Ohio-based funk band Slave. They recorded a handful of albums during their late-'70s and early-'80s existence, with most of that output released on Salsoul. The group's membership shifted constantly, with most of the musicians having strong ties to Slave. Aurra helped take Salsoul into the '80s by recording dancefloor-friendly material with the help of synthesizers and programmed rhythms. While the bulk of Salsoul's early releases featured elaborate string sections, mostly live instrumentation, and thumping disco foundations, '80s projects such as Aurra took advantage of studio technology and appealed to club DJs and radio programmers alike by concentrating equally on traditional songcraft and dance rhythms.

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[Blaq]

The Art Of Noise!
(Who's Afraid Of?) The Art Of Noise!
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Time for Fear (Who's Afraid)
2. Beat Box (Diversion One)
3. Snapshot
4. Close (To the Edit)
5. Who's Afraid (Of the Art of Noise)
6. Moments in Love
7. Momento
8. How to Kill
9. Realization

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Art of Noise's first full album, (Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise!, consolidated the future shock of the earlier EPs and singles in one entertaining and often frightening and screwed-up package. Rarely has something aiming for modern pop status also sought to destroy and disturb so effectively. The most legendary song is still "Close (To the Edit)," benefiting not merely from the innovative video but from its strong funk groove and nutty sense of humor in the mostly lyric-less vocals, not to mention the "hey!" vocal hook the Prodigy would sample for "Firestarter." Its close cousin, the title track, brilliantly blends a nagging bass synth, echoed drum, and percussion fills and constantly shifting vocal cut-ups, random noises, and strange melodies. They're just two highlights on this prescient release, though. Part of the thrill of Who's Afraid is the sense of juxtaposition and playing around, something still not very common in music and even less so in the pop music genre. The blunt political protest of "A Time for Fear (Who's Afraid)" and the more abstract "How to Kill," achieved via appropriate sampling, slams right up against the rough beat sonics and serene orchestration. If such material had appeared on Rephlex or even DHR in the mid- to late '90s, few would have been surprised. Things aren't all dour and gloomy, though; "Beat Box" captures heavy grooves from said source with quirky vocal bits and soft vibes. Patented Trevor Horn orchestral stabs surface throughout, while Anne Dudley's knack for gentler shadings and dramatic arrangements also comes through clearly, something that would surface ever more strongly in her freelance production career. The full ten-minute version of "Moments in Love" is perhaps her triumph here, a seemingly pretty instrumental turned increasingly strange.

All Music Guide, Ned Raggett



Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Anne Dudley, Gary Langan, and Paul Morley were members of producer Trevor Horn's in-house studio band in the early '80s before they formed the Art of Noise, a techno-pop group whose music was an amalgam of studio gimmickry, tape splicing, and synthesized beats. The Art of Noise took material from a variety of sources: hip-hop, rock, jazz, R&B, traditional pop, found sounds, and noise all worked their way into the group's distinctly postmodern soundscapes.

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[RunawayTrane]

Sunfire - Sunfire (1982)

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Never heard of these cats, I will give this a listen tonight. THANKS

[Doctor-Rhythm]

VA
DISCO SPECTRUM
(1999, Barely Breaking Even)

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Disco, Funk, Soul | FLAC, Cue, Log, M3u, Covers

Review:
The same injustices classic hits and oldies radio have inflicted on rock, pop, and R&B history have undermined disco as well -- as myopic play lists determine what is and is not a part of the accepted canon, more and more great music falls prey to the whims of selective memory. Disco was so much more than the Bee Gees and the Village People, although you'd be hard pressed to realize it by picking up any major-label retrospective or listening to any all-'70s format radio broadcast, which in its way makes the BBE label's two-disc Disco Spectrum collection as essential as Rhino's Disco Box or any other similar collection. Compiled by Joey Negro, the set assembles 19 long-forgotten classics which may have electrified clubfloors but failed to translate to commercial radio; while unmistakably the product of their times, each track holds up brilliantly -- because highlights like Ramona Brooks' "I Don't Want You Back" or Omni's stellar "Out of My Hands" aren't as immediately familiar as bigger hits of the era, they also haven't fossilized like their more campy counterparts. It's unlikely even the most superb material here will strike a chord of recognition, but given the amount of sex, drugs, and debauchery that energized the moment in question, then what they say about Woodstock probably holds true of disco as well -- if you remember it, you weren't really there.
by Jason Ankeny (AMG)

Tracklisting:
[CD 1]

01. John Davis Orchestra - Bourgie Bourgie [0:06:12.25]
02. Rare Pleasure - Let Me Down Easy [0:04:40.67]
03. Ramona Brooks - I Don't Want You Back [0:04:50.65]
04. Fresh Band - Come Back Lover [0:05:09.70]
05. Omni feat. Connee Draper - Out Of My Hands [0:04:50.25]
06. Revelation - Feel It [0:05:39.50]
07. Logg - You've Got That Somenthing [0:09:47.73]
08. Frontline Orchestra - Don't Turn Your Back [0:06:23.25]
09. Clyde Alexander - Gotta Get Your Love [0:08:30.00]
10. Baby'O - In The Forest [0:06:41.25]

[CD 2]

01. Two Man Sound - Que Tal America [0:07:52.17]
02. Azoto - San Salvador [0:06:56.03]
03. Esther Williams - I'll Be Your Pleasure [0:07:44.42]
04. Salsoul Orchestra - Take Some Time Out For Love [0:06:28.23]
05. Exodus - Together Forever [0:07:57.10]
06. Hudson People - Trip To Your Mind [0:08:57.00]
07. Ramsey & Co. - Love Call [0:04:27.32]
08. John Gibbs - Trinidad [0:05:06.15]
09. Family Of Eve - I Wanna Be Loved By You [0:03:48.38]

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[RunawayTrane]

Lost about 30 gigs of music when my main HD crashed earlier this week. Most of which was stuff I had just downloaded and had not backed up yet. Thankfully, 75% of it is still available. But have to go back through the thread and get alot of stuff all over again
:sAng_scream:

[RunawayTrane]

Isley Jasper Isley
Caravan Of Love
[Direct Rip]





Damn man, I swear the post can come so fast and furiously, that this one almost slipped right by me! Need some sort of auto downloader for all the great stuff posted here.

Listening to the Bobbi Humphrey now

[RunawayTrane]

TOMMY STEWART
(1976, Abraxas)[/B]

The bad thing about Mediafire is the time limit of the links. If I were to forget a post and try to come back to it later, say a month or two, the links will be dead. And it won't matter if a thousand folks dowloaded it either.

[Blaq]

Lost about 30 gigs of music when my main HD crashed earlier this week. Most of which was stuff I had just downloaded and had not backed up yet. Thankfully, 75% of it is still available. But have to go back through the thread and get alot of stuff all over again
:sAng_scream:

I hear you. I try to move stuff to DVD and then externals but it's difficult because of constant downloading. You almost have to not visit any forums to truly make a dent. When I took a couple of weeks off, I got it down to 50GB on my computer. Now it's back up to over 200GB and I have been moving stuff. :340:

I know all RS links should be good but let me know if anything else is dead that you need. If I downloaded, i'll re-up.

[Blaq]

Damn man, I swear the post can come so fast and furiously, that this one almost slipped right by me! Need some sort of auto downloader for all the great stuff posted here.

Listening to the Bobbi Humphrey now

I've been listening to "Insatiable Woman" lately. That is my cut. I'm gonna have to put on Bobbi Humphrey. I haven't listened to her in a little while.

Speaking of which, Pdice hit me a couple of days ago, and said he's good. He posted that for me back in 2005. He's just been in lurker mode.

[RunawayTrane]

I hear you. I try to move stuff to DVD and then externals but it's difficult because of constant downloading. You almost have to not visit any forums to truly make a dent. When I took a couple of weeks off, I got it down to 50GB on my computer. Now it's back up to over 200GB and I have been moving stuff

You're right. In order to make a dent in the backlog of stuff I want to get, I'll have to literally not make any posts at all myself or hit any other sites either. Might be different once I get my specs up to speed on a new rig. But on this old thing, I can only perform one function at a time.


Speaking of which, Pdice hit me a couple of days ago, and said he's good. He posted that for me back in 2005. He's just been in lurker mode.

PDice is here?? Damn, haven't seen him around much at all. Good to hear he's alright, cause last I heard from him, he was sick and that was around the same time Dentskins (from BGOL) passed away. That was before Must Be The Music closed down. Glad he's okay. He gets an automatic pass around here or wherever he's lurking at.

[Doctor-Rhythm]

The bad thing about Mediafire is the time limit of the links.

Are you sure?
I have uploaded the file on 14th July 2008.
One year has gone and the download is still available.
:scratchchin:

[RunawayTrane]

Are you sure?
I have uploaded the file on 14th July 2008.
One year has gone and the download is still available.
:scratchchin:


Hmmm. Well could be they're doing something new, or you might've come across links uploaded by the rare MediaFire account holder. But it's been my experience that their links only last about 2 weeks and never more than 30 days. Point is unless one actually IS an account holder, there are probably better options than that particular server. Even for single songs. Only way I'd use it is if they give you REALLY great upload speeds

[RunawayTrane]

Usually don't bother with compilations, but this one
includes "Spanish Harlem" and I've no idea if anyone
will ever post Young, Gifted And Black


Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
SOUL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 288MB | 32:31
Rhino 1998

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~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Spanish Harlem
02. Until You Come Back to Me
03. Angel
04. Border Song (Holy Moses)
05. Share Your Love with Me
06. See Saw
07. Something He Can Feel
08. Gentle on My Mind
09. Jump
10. Day Dreaming

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HEAT!!!!

:clap::clap::clap::clap:

[zacki]

Savoir Flair - Savoir Flair (1983)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers
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01. Come on
02. You Can Touch The Sky
03. Happy Hour
04. Super Funk
05. Keep Holding On
06. The Family Jewels
07. Here I Come
08. Savoir-Funk
09. You're The Best

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[Blaq]

PDice is here?? Damn, haven't seen him around much at all. Good to hear he's alright, cause last I heard from him, he was sick and that was around the same time Dentskins (from BGOL) passed away. That was before Must Be The Music closed down. Glad he's okay. He gets an automatic pass around here or wherever he's lurking at.

He hit me on pm at BGOL. He said he's been on lurking. There are so many different kats in the music threads from what it was in 2005 and even a couple of years later.

I'm glad he's well. When I hit him up i'm gonna let him know about here. It'll be cool to have him posting again.

I think I remember Dentskins in just seeing some of his posts, but don't really remember him. I remember awhile back in some thread someone had a sig and it made mention of his death.

[RunawayTrane]

John Lee Hooker JR - All Odds Against Me
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF ART | 348MB | 41:57
Copycats 2008

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REVIEW (http://www.blues-finland.com/english/john_lee_hooker_jr_all_odds_against_me.html)

PERSONNEL
John Lee Hooker, Jr. - Vocals
Will "Roc" Griffin - Keyboards
Frank Thibeaux - Bass
John Garcia - Guitar (Rhythm)
Mike Rogers - Drums
David Barrett - Harmonica
Jeffrey James Horan - Guitar (Lead)
Jeff Teczon - Saxophone
Frankie Bailey - Trumpet
Mike Rinta - Trombone
George Lacson - Bass


TRACKLISTING
01. Dear John
02. Extramarital Affair
03. One Eye Open
04. I Miss You So
05. I've Got Your Back
06. Pay Day
07. Stressed Out
08. There's a Struggle
09. Old School
10. Blues Ain't Nothing But a Pimp
11. The People Want A Change
12. That Be the Blues


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-47c353)

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[RunawayTrane]

He hit me on pm at BGOL. He said he's been on lurking. There are so many different kats in the music threads from what it was in 2005 and even a couple of years later.

I'm glad he's well. When I hit him up i'm gonna let him know about here. It'll be cool to have him posting again.

I think I remember Dentskins in just seeing some of his posts, but don't really remember him. I remember awhile back in some thread someone had a sig and it made mention of his death.


Don't even recognize half the cats in those threads anymore. Only ones I really care about are the audiophiles anyway. Cats mean well, but some of them are more style than substance posting wise. Not gonna hate though, at least they're trying

You wouldn't know Dent unless you posted on the Sports board. He mostly lurked on the main board but was active as hell in sports. Politics as well. Him, myself and KLEPTO are the ones sorta responsible for bringing some activity back to sports. We still have the Fantasy Sports leagues there and I even named one league after his useranme in his honor. Good brother from Chitown, NY and Philly. Always sending me crazy jokes in emails and stuff. Him and KLEPTO always make BGOL experience fun for me.

[Blaq]

Don't even recognize half the cats in those threads anymore. Only ones I really care about are the audiophiles anyway. Cats mean well, but some of them are more style than substance posting wise. Not gonna hate though, at least they're trying

You wouldn't know Dent unless you posted on the Sports board. He mostly lurked on the main board but was active as hell in sports. Politics as well. Him, myself and KLEPTO are the ones sorta responsible for bringing some activity back to sports. We still have the Fantasy Sports leagues there and I even named one league after his useranme in his honor. Good brother from Chitown, NY and Philly. Always sending me crazy jokes in emails and stuff. Him and KLEPTO always make BGOL experience fun for me.

You got vets there who request shit, download then be out. That's the reason I don't really mess with the music board there. Plus there are way too many lurkers/leeches, my pass, etc. I'd rather just post here where it's on all of my posts.

I think I recall you saying he was active on the sports board. I often wonder about some of the members who used to post there. Str8OldSkool and a few others. I hit Femme Fatale last year and she's good, just doesn't post there anymore. Yum Yum has been MIA for some years as well.

[Negus]

~ The Immortal Michael Jackson ~

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The King

[Blaq]

Ready For The World
Ready For The World
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Tonight
2. Digital Display
3. Ceramic Girl
4. Deep Inside Your Love
5. Oh Sheila
6. Human Toy
7. Slide Over
8. Out Of Town Lover
9. I'm The One Who Loves You

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Armed with a whole mess of R&B, Prince and midwest funk influences, Ready for the World, came crashing out the gates at a breakneck pace with their eponymous solo album, no thanks in small part to local Detroit DJ Electrifying Mojo playing the group incessantly on his radio program. A perfect blend of soul, funk, and attitude, RFTW spawned a massive chart hit with "Oh Sheila," but also had several minor hits with "Digital Display," "Deep Inside Your Love," and "Tonight." While there are moments that Melvin Riley's vocals can grate on the nerves, on the whole this is a stellar debut which few of the groups in this genre could match.

All Music Guide, Rob Theakston

[RunawayTrane]

Tomcat Courtney - Downsville Blues
BLUES | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF ART | 305MB | 49:01
Blue Witch 2008

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It is sometimes theorized that, for every nationally known star with big promotional muscle behind him, there are hundreds of equally talented musicians playing the same sort of music in clubs across the country. Tomcat Courtney makes that theory seem reality. The blues guitarist and singer has spent decades playing in clubs, mostly in San Diego, without gaining any recognition beyond his immediate area. Blue Witch Records changes all that by releasing the 79-year-old's national debut album, Downsville Blues. Stylistically, Courtney is as familiar as a blues musician could be, playing electric blues guitar in a manner that could have been heard any time in the previous 60 years, and singing in a thick baritone about the vagaries of love. Writing his own songs, he also ventures into other subjects. The title song recounts his return to his Texas hometown, which has become unrecognizable in the intervening years, while "Disaster Blues" concerns the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. But for the most part, the songs hew to traditional, timeless blues concerns, and the solos, played over a tight backup band, are equally traditional. At a time when many of the old bluesmen have passed from the scene, maybe it's time for one who's been laboring in the shadows to get his recognition at last. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Cook My Breakfast
02. Four Wheel Drive
03. Wolf That Howls
04. Shake It Up Baby
05. I Wonder
06. Downsville Blues
07. I'm So Glad
08. Disaster Blues
09. Meet Me in the Bottom
10. Cryin' Won't Help You
11. Bottle It Up and Go
12. Railroad Avenue

DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-5416dd)

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[djmixxent]

:grin::clap:

[RunawayTrane]

Torrent rip. Looking for more of their work if anyone has


Brooklyn Funk Essentials - In The BuzzBag
FUSION | FLAC | CUE | LOG | LQ COVERS | 420MB | 61:03
Shanachie 1998

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Their moniker is deceptive because this huge (23-piece) outfit deals in everything from global dub ("Istanbul Twilight") to Middle-Eastern bass-and-drums ("By and Bye"). While this far-flung stylistic sampling might result in havoc, these folks keep it real by focusing on the groove. When they do kick into a straight-ahead funk riff on the title track, even this is peppered with their clever melding of Eastern motifs and dancehall vocals. This is something else, and that's a good thing. ~ Tom Sheridan, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. By and Bye
02. Istanbul Twilight
03. Magick Karpet Ride
04. In the Buzzbag
05. Keep It Together
06. Selling Out
07. Ska Ka-Bop
08. You Don't Know Nothing
09. Freeway to Uskudar
10. Zurna Preserve

DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-5437f3)

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[RunawayTrane]

Quincy Jones - Gula Matari
FUSION | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 220DPI | 203MB | 34:22
A&M 1970

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With his second and last album under the Creed Taylor aegis, the complexities of Quincy Jones' catholic, evolving tastes start to reveal themselves. We hear signs of his gradual gravitation toward pop right off the bat with the churchy R&B cover of Paul Simon's mega-hit "Bridge Over Troubled Water," dominated by Valerie Simpson's florid soul vocal and a gospel choir. His roots fixation surfaces in the spell-like African groove of the title track, a dramatic tone poem that ebbs and flows masterfully over its 13-minute length. From this point on, it's all jazz; the roaring big band comes back with a vengeance in "Walkin'," where Milt Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Hubert Laws, and other jazzers take fine solo turns, and things really get rocking on Nat Adderley's "Hummin'." Major Holley is a riot with his grumble-scat routine on bass. The whole record sounds like they must have had a ball recording it. - by Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide


SOME PERSONNEL
Quincy Jones - Conducter
Pepper Adams - Baritone Sax
Hubert Laws - Flute
Jerome Richardson - Soprano Sax
Freddie Hubbard - Trumpet
Benny Powell - Trombone
Eric Gale - Guitar
Toots Thielemans - Guitar, Whistle
Herbie Hancock - Piano
Bob James - Piano
Grady Tate - Drums
Ray Brown - Double Bass
Ron Carter - Double Bass
Milt Jackson - Vibraphone




~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Bridge Over Troubled Water
2. Gula Matari
3. Walkin'
4. Hummin'

DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-5445e5)

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[RunawayTrane]

Out of print album. Saw this on Amazon for 350 bucks!

Grover Washington - Skylarkin
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 241MB | 36:18
Motown 1980

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Grover's 2nd album for Motown was not released until after he had already bolted the label and already had his 1st release for Elektra Records. Album is now out of print and that's really a shame because there is some very good material here. There is a cover of the Michael Jackson classic, Stevie wonder written "I Can't Help It" just for starters. The entire CTI gang is back on for this release: Eric Gale on guitar, Richard Tee on the keys, percussionist extrodinaire Ralph MacDonald, drummer Idris Muhammad and a young, hungry bass player named Marcus Miller



PERSONNEL
Grover Washington - Synthesizer, Saxophones
Richard Tee - Piano
Eric Gale - Guitar
Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
Marcus Miller - Bass
Idris Muhammad - Drums
Randy Brecker - Trumpet


~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Easy Loving You
2. Bright Moments
3. Snake Eyes
4. I Can't Help It
5. Love
6. Open Your Mind (Wide)

DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-55d442)

[RunawayTrane]

Me'Shell N'degeOcello - Comfort Woman
SOUL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF SCANS | 334MB | 39:32
Maverick 2003

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To get immediately to the point, if Me'Shell Ndegéocello's Comfort Woman isn't regarded as one of the finest contemporary soul albums of 2003, then those who review music for a living had better get eardrum transplants and a transfusion of blood to get rid of the sawdust, or quit to sell used cars, work in a fast-food establishment, or pump gas. The marketplace is tricky, but if this disc doesn't sell, then Madonna needs to fire her marketing department at Maverick. Comfort Woman is a deeply sensual album, sexy as hell and drenched with lush, richly textured bass grooves that bubble under warmly and luxuriantly in a series of songs that may not be all that divergent in tempo, but don't have to be either. This is late-night music, where the sound of a bass doesn't so much pop as it rumbles in the lower spine, looking for release. Make no mistake on Comfort Woman, space is the place and that place is reached via two vehicles, a perfect commingling of the spirits of dub reggae and mid-'70s soul and groove jazz. Think, perhaps, of David Sancious and Teena Marie as bandmates with Sly & Robbie in the rhythm section, Jimi Hendrix's "Rainy Day, Dream Away" as a music model, and Sade as vocalist -- you get the idea. The opening track, "Love Song," begins with a spacy bassline, rumbling in the lower register soft enough to ease its way into a song yet tough enough that it won't let the listener go. With a B-3 shimmering in the background, Ndegéocello begins to sing, so s-l-o-o-o-o-o-w-l-y: "If you want me, baby, just call/Let me kiss your body/Fill you with love/Let me feed your body/Feed it with love/I can't sleep...this is love/This is how I love you...." She croons with a breathy Smokey Robinson coo. On "Come Smoke My Herb," you can hear traces of both Shuggie Otis' and the Brothers Johnson's ballads infused with the brazen promise of Joni Mitchell and Gregory Isaacs meeting in bliss to swing and sway under a dubwise moon. Speaking of moons, "Liliquoi Moon" features guest guitarist Oren Bloedow, who adds his tonal dexterity to a soulfully psychedelic mix of woven acoustic guitars, a lullaby melody, and life-affirming lyrics until the end when Doyle Bramhall goes into overdrive in his solo, transforming the tune into a shape-shifting poltergeist of a track. Bramhall also lends his axe to "Love Song #3," which was truly inspired by Hendrixian grace and elegance à la Electric Ladyland. "Love Song # 2" and "Andromeda & the Milky Way" are sex beat tracks, music with a slow walking tiger in the hips as bass and keyboards stride out, loping, then halting and curling around the listener like smoke. Fact of the matter is, Comfort Woman is one of the most forward-thinking records to come out of contemporary soul in well over a decade. It's possible to remember when Prince made music as fine, sensual, and spiritual as this, but it's a struggle. This is Ndegéocello's finest moment on record thus far, and is as good as it gets in the field. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Love Song #1
02. Come Smoke My Herb
03. Andromeda & the Milky Way
04. Love Song #2
05. Body
06. Liliquoi Moon
07. Love Song #3
08. Fellowship
09. Good Intentions
10. Thankful

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[Doctor-Rhythm]

VA
DISCO SPECTRUM 2
(2000, Barely Breaking Even)

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Disco, Funk, Soul | FLAC, Cue, Log, M3u, Covers

Review:
More stunning Real Disco for Real People, like its predecessor compiled with insight and authority by Joey Negro; the names are more familiar this time out -- Patti Labelle, George Duke, the Main Ingredient, Eddy Grant (!) -- even if the material itself is ripe for rediscovery. Several tracks, including Don Ray's brilliant opener "Standing in the Rain," spotlight the great French producer Cerrone, who at his best rivaled the legendary Giorgio Moroder, while Cloud One & the Universal Robot Band's spacy "Don't Let This Rainbow Pass Me By" shifts the focus to Patrick Adams, another of the era's most prolific and groundbreaking studio svengalis. Where so much disco has grown stale over the decades, all 22 of Disco Spectrum's choice cuts sound as fresh today as one imagines they did back in their day; BBE can do no wrong.
by Jason Ankeny (AMG)

Tracklisting:
[CD 1]

01. Don Ray / Standing In The Rain [0:06:37.07]
02. George Duke / I Want You For Myself [0:06:26.28]
03. Patti Labelle / Music Is My Way Of Life [0:08:07.62]
04. Aquarium Dream / Phoenix [0:05:22.20]
05. Cloud One / Don't Let This Rainbow Pass Me By [0:04:40.60]
06. Bunny Mack / Let Me Love You [0:07:51.10]
07. Louis Ramirez / Do It Anyway You Wanna [0:03:46.35]
08. Alfredo De La Fe / Hot To Trot [0:06:25.30]
09. Main Ingredient featuring Cuba Gooding / Evening Of Love [0:06:42.28]
10. Henderson & Whitfield / Dancin' To The Beat [0:06:21.57]
11. Queen Samantha / Give Me Action [0:05:25.60]
12. Bigfoot / Watch Your Step [0:07:09.20]

[CD 2]

01. Air Power / Welcome To The Disco [0:10:15.45]
02. Al Hudson & The Partners / Spread Love [0:06:33.62]
03. Chantal Curtis / Get Another Love [0:07:11.43]
04. NYCC / I'll Keep My Light In My Window [0:05:56.25]
05. THP / Two Hot For Love [0:06:43.55]
06. Sammy Gordon / Making Love [0:07:01.67]
07. Love Symphony / Let Me Be Your Fantasy [0:10:14.23]
08. Eddy Grant / My Turn To Love You [0:06:21.70]
09. The Fantastic Aleems / Hooked On Your Love [0:07:37.27]
10. Cerrone / Hooked On You [0:05:33.43]


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Ready For The World
Straight Down To Business
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Nuttin' but a Party
2. Straight Down to Business
3. Cat-Thang
4. World Party
5. Ask Your Lover
6. P.B.S.L.
7. Can He Do It (Like This, Can He Do It Like That)
8. No More Mr. Nice Guy
9. Yo! That's a Lot of Body
10. Panties & Draws
11. Would You Make Me
12. Cat-Thang (Mental Mix)

WAV
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"Can He Do It (Like This, Can He Do It Like That)"

WAV / 1411kbps / 47MB

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Review

In the course of six short years, the Beatles went from mild mod to embracing the hippie movement. Conversely, Ready for the World went from Jeri curl to new jack swing in about the same span of time. But what separates Ready for the World from the Beatles — among several dozen other obvious things — is that the Beatles maintained a level of quality and consistency in their music. Unfortunately, RFTW's 1991 offering didn't hold up the degree of promise that made their first two records so unbelievably infectious and enjoyable, and is a portrait of a group simply trying too hard to adapt to then-current R&B trends. This is most definitely one only for completists and/or die hard new jack fanatics.

All Music Guide, Rob Theakston

[RunawayTrane]

another one I thought had been posted but never was.
btw, if you don't have RS account, download last link 1st
is only 7MB


Melisa Morgan - I Remember
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 431MB | 55:42
Orpheus 2005

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REVIEW (http://cdbaby.com/cd/melisamorgan)



~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. (Intro) the Voice (Prelude) Old School, New School
02. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (Interlude)
03. Back Together Again
04. I Remember...
05. Will You?
06. Feel You
07. High Maintenance
08. Ain't No Way (Interlude)
09. Alright, Alright
10. Let You Go
11. There'll Never Be [Prelude: My Idol]
12. Pack'd My Bags (Interlude)
13. I'm Your Sistah
14. Same Ole, Same Old
15. Do You, Do You Want It? [Prelude: Touch It]
16. I'm So into You (Interlude)
17. He's the One


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-49b916)

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[RunawayTrane]

Off torrent site:

Spearhead - All Rebel Rockers
FUNK | FLAC | CUE | COVERS | 367MB | 54:51
Anti 2008

RIPPED WITH XACT: NO EXTRACTION LOG

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Franti and cohorts make no bones about how accessible they want their music to be. They don’t do small scale either: this is an album targeting as large a worldwide audience as possible. Celebrated reggae producers Sly and Robbie have been enlisted on the project to help get the whole globe dancing. Hands are in the air straight away with opener Rude Boys Back in Town and the stupidly fun A Little Bit of Riddim. Franti expressly encourages said hand waving in Life in the City, an optimistic update of Stevie Wonder's downcast classic Living For the City. A serious nod to old skool reggae in its purest form, musically and lyrically it could grate that absolutely no new ground is being broken. It would be churlish to do so however, because the world needs activists like Franti who can deliver a simple message while being extremely entertaining at the same time. --Sylvia Higgins, THE SKINNY

SPEARHEAD
Michael Franti - Guitar, Vocals
Mannars Itiene - Drums
Dave Shul - Guitar
Raliegh J. Neal - Keyboards
Carl Young - Bass
Radioactive - Rap


GUESTS
Uziah Thompson - Percussion
Robbie Shakespeare - Bass
Sly Dunbar - Drums
Cherine Anderson - Vocals
Dalton Browne - Guitar
Robert Lyn - Keyboards
J.T. Bowman - Guitar


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Rude Boys Back in Town
02. A Little Bit of Riddim
03. Life in the City
04. Hey World [Remote Control Version]
05. All I Want Is You
06. Say Hey (I Love You)
07. I Got Love for You
08. Soundsystem
09. Hey World [Dont' Give Up Version]
10. The Future
11. High Low
12. Nobody Right Nobody Wrong
13. Have a Little Faith

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[RunawayTrane]

Be advised: Tracks 7 & 8 are in mono


James Brown - In The Jungle Groove
SOUL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 300DPI | 504MB | 71:10
Universal 2003 Remastered


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This reissue of In the Jungle Groove is a further obfuscation of the original masters, though a welcome one. The album is not so much an album but a 1986 collection of James Brown singles and apocrypha from recordings of the period 1969-1971; it sounds as defining and current today as it did when it was first issued on LP. While the tracks here featured some new sidemen, a good portion of what's here is played by the original J.B.'s. For starters, there's "It's a New Day," a two-part single issued as King 45-6292 and then placed on the album It's a New Day -- So Let a Man Come In. Next is the classic "Funky Drummer," appearing on album for the first time although it was a Top 20 single in 1969. Also included here are remixed versions of tracks that appeared on the original In the Jungle Groove, such as "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose," and from the Sex Machine LP, as well as "Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing." In addition, this expanded version contains mono mixes of "Get Up, Get into It and Get Involved" and "Soul Power," which was re-edited for inclusion here. In addition, the single "Hot Pants" is here and an extended reading of "Blind Man Can See It" is included as a bonus cut. While this funky, greasy mess is enough, there's also the inclusion of the previously unreleased "I Got to Move" and a ghost of bonus beats and added sounds. This does nothing but make something awesome truly stratospheric. Here the focus is on rhythm and hypnosis, that state where the hips and backbone move imperceptibly at first before coming out of their collective shell and making nasty on the dancefloor. At the height of the great hip-hop madness, 1986 was a perfect time to reintroduce these tracks from a decade and a half earlier, and now, with the unimaginative aspect of hip-hop controlling the charts, the reintroduction of real beat-conscious songcraft couldn't be more welcome. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. It's a New Day
02. Funky Drummer
03. Give It Up or Turnit a Loose (Remix)
04. I Got to Move
05. Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise)
06. Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing (Remix)
07. Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved (Mono)
08. Soul Power (Re-edit) (Mono)
09. Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)
10. Blind Man Can See It (Extended)


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[Blaq]

Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Very Best Of Gladys Knight & The Pips
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Midnight Train to Georgia
2. I've Got to Use My Imagination
3. So Sad the Song
4. On and On
5. The Way We Were (Try to Remember)
6. I Can See Clearly Now
7. Where Peaceful Waters Flow
8. Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
9. The Need to Be
10. I Feel a Song (In My Heart)
11. The Going Ups and Coming Downs
12. Storms of Troubled Times
13. Baby Don't Change Your Mind
14. Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right

WAV
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[Blaq]

Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Very Best Of Gladys Knight & The Pips Vol. 2
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Perfect Love
2. Once In A Lifetime Thing
3. Make Yours A Happy Home
4. Better Go Your Way
5. Don't Burn Down The Bridge
6. Window Raisin' Granny
7. To Be Invisible
8. The Making Of You
9. Love Finds It's Own Way
10. Seconds
11. Money
12. Part Time Love

WAV
460MB
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[Assjack]

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HERBIE HANCOCK - BLOW UP OST (1966) [FLAC]


Tracklisting
01. (00:01:33) Herbie Hancock - Main Title (Blow-Up)
02. (00:02:44) Herbie Hancock - Verushka (part 1)
03. (00:02:12) Herbie Hancock - Verushka (part 2)
04. (00:02:45) Unamed studio musicians - Butchie's Tune
05. (00:02:02) Unamed studio musicians - Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind
06. (00:01:46) Herbie Hancock - Bring Down the Birds
07. (00:03:25) Herbie Hancock - The Naked Camera
08. (00:05:05) Herbie Hancock - Jane's Theme
09. (00:03:13) Herbie Hancock - The Thief
10. (00:04:16) Herbie Hancock - The Kiss
11. (00:01:31) Herbie Hancock - Curiosity
12. (00:01:12) Herbie Hancock - Thomas Studies Photos
13. (00:02:37) Herbie Hancock - The Bed
14. (00:02:46) The Yardbirds - Stroll On
15. (00:00:52) Herbie Hancock - End Title (Blow-Up)
16. (00:04:28) Tomorrow - Am I Glad To See You (outtake)
17. (00:01:53) Tomorrow - Blow-Up (outtake)


This is the superb - and classic - jazz/blues/groovy soundtrack from Herbie Hancock to Michelangelo Antonioni's cult 60's movie starring David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave and Sarah Miles.

Set in 'Swinging London' during the 60's, the movie tells the story of Thomas, a successful fashion photographer who unwittingly photographs a murder in a park whilst out scouting for new subjects. Loaded with symbolism and also some great scenes of groovy models and parties it's a cult favourite - partly due to the fantastic soundtrack from Herbie Hancock.


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[BenQ]

you got funniest name on synciti Assjack lol

[Assjack]

you got funniest name on synciti Assjack lol

I am a funny guy most of the time.

:bigmouthlaugh:

[RunawayTrane]

Every now and then I'll drop something mainstream
This is one of those times

Michelle Williams - Unexpected
POP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 389MB | 46:07
Music World 2008

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The surprise alluded to in the title of Michelle Williams' third solo album is that "Unexpected" finds the former Destiny's Child member moving from gospel to pop. Considering that she can no longer depend on the occasional DC set to keep her name in mainstream circulation, though, it's not hard to believe Williams would choose to make such a transition. Nor is the radio-ready sound of "Unexpected" —with its Stargate and Jim Jonsin productions and a guest appearance by Flo Rida—much of a shock; Williams and her handlers have clearly been listening to recent hits by Rihanna and Ciara. That said, "Unexpected" does boast a handful of shiny electro-R&B gems ("Hello Heartbreak," "We Break the Dawn") that make Williams' journey from church to club as enjoyable as it was inevitable.—Mikael Wood, Billboard



~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Unexpected Intro
02. Hello Heartbreak
03. We Break the Dawn
04. Lucky Girl Interlude/Lucky Girl
05. The Greatest
06. Till the End of the World
07. Private Party
08. Hungover
09. We Break the Dawn, Pt. 2
10. Stop This Car
11. Unexpected
12. Thank U
13. Too Young for Love


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[zacki]

Taka Boom - Middle Of The Night (1985)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers
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01. Middle Of The Night
02. Rock Yo' World
03. Wait And See
04. Love On The Side
05. Climate For Love
06. Butter Me Up
07. Pleasure Unit
08. Love Bank
09. Middle Of The Night (Extended Mix)
10. Middle Of The Night (Dub Mix)
11. Love Party (Extended Mix)

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[RunawayTrane]

Taka Boom - Middle Of The Night (1985)

CD-Rip|Wav|Cue|Log|Covers



Thanks fam, always wanted to hear her songs
:207:

[tomjay]

Many thanks to all of the uploaders in this thread! WONDERFUL tunes! All of you guys hard work is very much appreciated.

[RunawayTrane]

Prince - 3121
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 389MB | 53:42
NPG 2006

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What should the greatest pop musician of his generation do when a new generation has the reins? Compete, or become a museum attraction? Prince wants to do both. The medium-hot Musicology (2004) was mostly anthropology, praising James Brown, dissing hip-hop "if it ain’t Chuck D or Jam Master Jay," and issuing a challenge: "Take your pick -- turntable or a band?" In Kanye’s world, however, that equation ain’t so simple. Prince’s old-school funk remains superlative: He can still outplay and outperform most any pop act, hip-hop or otherwise. But songwriting and production chops remain the coin of the marketplace, and in those departments, dude’s definitely lost some shine.

The title track of 3121 chants the room number of a pleasure dome where champagne flows and clothes are optional -- where, in the spirit of the Eagles’ "Hotel California," you "can come if you want to / But you can never leave." The title also conjures a future millennium, as does the song’s music: angular guitar blasts and pitch-shifted voices on a lumbering groove. And finally, the numerical title echoes Prince’s landmark 1999, a recording 3121 often looks back to musically -- as well it should. With retro dance rock and synth pop in full flower everywhere (see Gwen Stefani, LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, Jamie Lidell, and countless German laptoppers with voice-processing software), Prince would be a fool to court the future without pillaging his own past, just like everyone else is doing.

Yet the best songs here, like the title track, find him pushing forward. "Black Sweat" is a horny (yet oddly chaste) single with a halting electro rhythm and a spectacularly nagging Dr. Dre synth whine; elsewhere we get Timbaland-style beats and a talkbox rap with some Houston flow. Both "Te Amo Corazón" and "The Dance" smartly court Latin crossover by bringing back the cha-cha rhythm. But the latter, along with the missionary-minded "Get on the Boat_ -- another jazzy, idea-packed, fireworks-show finale -- reveals that Prince’s main weakness is the urge to display his own mind-boggling talent. In pop, a little well-turned brilliance goes a long way, which is why lesser talents top the charts. --Will Hermes, Spin Magazine

~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. 3121
02. Lolita
03. Te Amo Corazón
04. Black Sweat
05. Incense and Candles
06. Love
07. Satisfied
08. Fury
09. Word
10. Beautiful, Loved and Blessed
11. Dance
12. Get on the Boat


EAC 9.9==>FLAC
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[dadirtydj]

Avant – My Thoughts (2000)

R&B | WAV | CUE | 473 MB
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About The Album (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=928657)

1. Separated
2. Reaction
3. Get Away
4. Let's Make A Deal
5. Happy
6. My First Love - Featuring Ketara Wyatt
7. I Wanna Know
8. Serious
9. Destiny
10. Ooh Aah
11. This Time
12. Why

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[dadirtydj]

Tamia – A Nu Day (2000)

R&B | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 540 MB
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Singer, songwriter, four-time Grammy nominee Tamia makes her Elektra debut, signaling the arrival of a hot new superstar as A Nu Day dawns in the world of R&B. Tamia's effortless vocal style belies her youthfulness and very young career and is punctuated by an emotive presence that is at once refreshingly original and reminiscent of some of the greatest female voices in R&B.

~Track Listrings~

1 Interlude
2 Dear John
3 Can't Go For That
4 Go
5 Love Me In A Special Way
6 Long Distance Love
7 Stranger In My House
8 Wanna Be
9 Un'h To You
10 Can't No Man
11 Tell Me Who
12 If I Were You
13 Can't Go For That

Part 1 (http://rapidshare.com/files/250333380/540Tamia-ANuDay_dadirtydj.part1.rar) | Part 2 (http://rapidshare.com/files/250343056/540Tamia-ANuDay_dadirtydj.part2.rar) | Part 3 (http://rapidshare.com/files/250344273/540Tamia-ANuDay_dadirtydj.part3.rar)

[tomjay]

Found this on a blog. Not really into the electronic
stuff anymore, but I do love "Firecracker".
Sorry no art:

Yellow Magic Orchestra
ELECTRONICA | FLAC | CUE | COVER | 214MB | 37:44
Alfa 1978

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I love this album! Many thanks RunawayTrane :clap:

[RunawayTrane]

Found this on another board:

Mica Paris - So Good
R&B | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 600DPI | 281MB
Island 1988

http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/5cd85bcee425ea7eb6e4d01d40b9260b (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/174764/MicaParisSG.jpg)

A gospel-influenced soul/pop singer with a fine range and a quality not unlike Natalie Cole, Mica Paris is among the many noteworthy talents to come out of Britain's healthy R&B scene of the 1980s and '90s. Though not a remarkable effort, her debut album, So Good, was a respectable and decent one indicating that she had much potential. Among the CD's more noteworthy cuts are the haunting "My One Temptation," the jazz-influenced "Sway (Dance the Blues Away)" and the sizzling "Nothing Hits Your Heart like Soul Music" (which also seems like a statement of purpose, and points to Paris' devotion to more traditional R&B elements). Perhaps the song that does the most to test what Paris is truly made of is "Where Is the Love" -- forming a duet with Will Downing for this remake of the Roberta Flack/Donny Hathaway classic, the earthy singer makes it crystal clear that she's quite capable of depth. For Paris, the best was yet to come. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Like Dreamers Do
02. My One Temptation
03. Nothing Hits Your Heart Like Soul Music
04. Sway (Dance The Blues Away)
05. Don't Give Me Up
06. Breathe Life Into Me
07. I'd Hate To Love You
08. Great Impersonation
09. Where Is The Love
10. So Good


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-51c313)

pw: lisalisa

[RunawayTrane]

The Soul Children - Genesis (1972)



Fifth Avenue - Miracles (1981)





A little late but thanks for these

[RunawayTrane]

The Soul Children - Genesis (1972)




One question, is this a CD rip or vinyl??

[RunawayTrane]

Montgomery Brothers - Groove Yard
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 225MB | 39:22
Riverside 1961

http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/96450ca465a154dab0930392ca32eee2 (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/175486/MontgumBros.jpg)


According to producer Orrin Keepnews, Buddy Montgomery originally intended to split his time on the date between vibes and piano, but the failure of the motor on the former instrument caused him to spend most of his time at the keyboard. The highlight of the evening in the studio is a foot-tapping version of Carl Perkins’ “Groove Yard,” followed closely by a wild ride through Harold Land’s “Delirium.” The leader contributed the soulful hard bop work “Doujie.” The pianist wrote the driving “Just for Now” and the easygoing blues “Back to Bock.” The contents of this CD reissue, all of which are present within the 12-CD set The Complete Riverside Recordings, unfortunately doesn’t include several valuable alternate takes later added to the boxed set. Like most of Wes Montgomery’s Riverside recordings, this release is an essential part of his discography and is highly recommended. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide


PERSONEL
Wes Montgomery - Guitar
Buddy Montgomery - Piano
Monk Montgomery - Double Bass
Bobby Thomas - Drums


~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Bock to Bock (Back to Back)
2. Groove Yard
3. If I Should Lose You
4. Delirium
5. Just For Now
6. Doujie
7. Heart Strings
8. Remember

DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-54ec93)

pw: lisalisa

[zacki]

Maze - Silky Soul (1989)

CD-Rip|Wav|No Extractions Log|Covers
http://i27.tinypic.com/nps410.jpg


01. Silky Soul
02. Can't Get Over You
03. Just Us
04. Somebody Else's Arms
05. Midnight
06. Love's On The Run
07. Change Our Ways
08. Songs Of Love
09. Mandela
10. Africa

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[tomjay]

Maze - Silky Soul (1989)

CD-Rip|Wav|No Extractions Log|Covers
http://i27.tinypic.com/nps410.jpg

Nice...many thanks! :grin:

[RunawayTrane]

Mo Jazz from the bloggers

John Patton - Boogaloo
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | ARTWRK | 249MB
Blue Note 1995

http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/351aa1faf7f621a97627f69244dc27f8 (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/176046/J.PattonBoogloo.jpg)


Rare work by Hammond organ giant Big John Patton -- recorded in 1968, but never issued until 1995, and even then, only briefly! The record features Patton at his finest -- stretching out from his basic soul jazz roots, into a more searching use of the organ that's undoubtedly influenced by Larry Young's work at the same time. The record features great work by Harold Alexander on flute and tenor, plus trumpet by Vincent McEwan, drums by George Brown, and added conga by Richard Landrum. The groove is somewhere between 60s soul jazz and modal -- and the tracks are long, with that heavy Patton swing! Title sinclude "B&J", "Boogaloo Boogie", "Milk & Honey", "Shoutin But No Poutin", and "Spirit". © 1996-2009, Dusty Groove America, Inc.


~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Boogaloo Boogie
2. Milk and Honey
3. Barefootin'
4. Shoutin' But No Poutin'
5. Spirit
6. B&J (Two Sisters)

DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-4a52a4)

pw: lisalisa

[RunawayTrane]

Can remember seeing her doing a song on the sitcom she starred on and thinking
it was cute seeing her do black music, but baby girl does actually possess some chops.
She was only 17 when she did this album which is even more impressive


Renee Olstead - Skylark
VOCAL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 307MB
Reprise 2009

http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/2cf29d0d867328bc39d042ebdd671f5b (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/176731/reneeolsteadskylark.jpg)


REVIEW (http://jazzuality.com/album-reviews/renee-olsteads-new-album-skylark-2009/)


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Midnight Man
02. Lover Man
03. Stars Fell on Alabama
04. My Baby Just Cares for Me
05. When I Fall in Love
06. Thanks for the Boogie Ride
07. Hold Me Now
08. Skylark
09. Midnight in Austin Texas
10. Hit the Road Jack
11. You've Changed
12. Ain't We Got Fun
13. Nothing But the Blame


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-551b55)

pw: lisalisa

[RunawayTrane]

Can't remember if Dirty posted this or not. Hope not, if so sorry about that
:dunno:


Keiko Matsui - Moyo
JAZZ | APE | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 284MB
Sony Wonder 2007

http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/d7f062f142a54e30f94481310a2b7070 (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/176747/KakeMatsuiMoyo.jpg)

REVIEW (http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=25857)


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Moyo [Heart and Soul]
02. A Great Romance
03. Into the Night
04. Caricias
05. An Evening in Gibraltar
06. When I Close My Eyes
07. After the Rain
08. Allure
09. Black River
10. Old Potch Road
11. Um Novo Dia [A New Day]
12. Marula


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-56a6b0)

pw: lisalisa

[RunawayTrane]

Just heard the 12" vinyl versions of Funkin' For Jamaica and Fungi Mama. Hadn't heard them in years. Or should I say DECADES. So naturally I am here begging for the album:

Tom Browne - Yours Truly (1981)
http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/b2b1b30193e53deefd36ba3a7658968d (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/176749/R13133341236668429.jpeg)

[Doctor-Rhythm]

VA
DISCO SPECTRUM 3
(2003, Barely Breaking Even)

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd63/hqshare_photos/FrontTMB-31.jpg

Disco, Funk, Soul | FLAC, Cue, Log, M3u, Covers

Review:
The third installment in Barely Breaking Even's Disco Spectrum series adds Sean P to the track selection committee. Joey Negro took on the duties of curating the first two volumes, and now he's joined by P, who has previously teamed with Negro on the spectacular Disco Not Disco compilations released by Strut. Once you get past the garish artwork of this double-disc set, featuring an open-mouthed vixen bedecked in a silver body suit with space dust sprinkled around her, there's a fair amount of rare to not-so-rare disco to enjoy. The majority focuses on the tail end of the '70s and the early '80s, when disco's popularity was waning in the mainstream. However, this late period of the style was fertile, providing plenty of fodder for club DJs that has often translated to the present much better than their gold and platinum counterparts. What can be found here stylistically is what directly fed into early house, as late-period disco morphed into it. A light shines on Motown, thus proving that the label had something going for it after its exodus to the West Coast. Eddie Kendricks' sweet but sour "Goin' Up in Smoke," Mandre's cheesy but funny "Solar Flight," and Syreeta's effortlessly infectious "Can't Shake Your Love" are strung together. Other bright spots include Idris Muhammad's "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This," Blair's "Night Life," Denise LaSalle's "I'm So Hot," Dazzle's "Reaching," and the Universal Robot Band's "Let's Get This Thing Together." All in all, Disco Spectrum 3 has plenty to please obscurantists, but it's far from the best entry point.
by Andy Kellman (AMG)

Tracklisting:

[CD 1]

01. BT Express / Does It Feel Good [0:05:40.20]
02. The Brothers / Under The Skin [0:06:02.50]
03. Ediie Kendricks / Goin' Up In A Smoke [0:04:27.65]
04. Hi Voltage / Somewhere Beyond [0:07:46.67]
05. Delegation / Heartache No. 9 [0:06:58.03]
06. Mandre / Solar Flight [0:07:59.15]
07. Syreeta / Can't Shake Your Love [0:05:35.40]
08. Jo Boyer / Isabelle & The Rain [0:05:30.25]
09. Koxo / Step By Step [0:07:28.00]
10. Sweet Potato / Hot Disco Night [0:06:01.45]

[CD 2]

01. Idris Muhammad / Could Heaven Ever Be Like This [0:08:38.10]
02. Universe City / Can You Get Down [0:05:48.35]
03. Denise LaSalle / I'm So Hot [0:04:57.45]
04. Blair / NightLife [0:07:23.07]
05. Dunn Pearson, Jr. / Groove On Down [0:04:18.13]
06. Fever / Don't You Want Me [0:05:30.52]
07. Debbie Hayes And The Universal Robot Band / Let's Get This Thing Together [0:04:20.58]
08. Lenny Williams / Please Don't Tempt Me [0:07:47.32]
09. Dazzle / Reaching [0:06:52.55]
10. Invisible Man's Band / Love Can't Come Will Come [0:07:46.25]


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[tomjay]

VA
DISCO SPECTRUM 3
(2003, Barely Breaking Even)

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd63/hqshare_photos/FrontTMB-31.jpg

Disco, Funk, Soul | FLAC, Cue, Log, M3u, Covers

Much thanks! :350:

[Assjack]

Quincy Jones - Gula Matari
FUSION | FLAC | CUE | LOG | 220DPI | 203MB | 34:22
A&M 1970


Thanks a lot!
My dad gave me this for b-day many years ago, but since I love it so much I've played it a thousand times so there's merely anything left of it (damn, I can't even find anymore). Looking forward to hear it again!

:thumbs up:

[RunawayTrane]

Common - Universal Mind Control
HIPHOP | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 376MB | 38:06
Geffen 2008

http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/7ba54364bf48e48763ea9f02eed34b6b (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/177525/CommonUMCfr.jpg)

The eighth Common album was originally titled "Invincible Summer," but delays slid its release back to December. Though Mortal Winter might've been more apt, Universal Mind Control does correctly point toward a lighter, less cerebral set relative to the MC's discography from The Resurrection onward. The glinting "Change" is a track filled with hope and optimism about younger generations and the rise of Obama, and "Inhale," another standout, carries a surplus of uplift and urgency. Otherwise, Common's here to have a good time, no strings attached, with uneven results. Occasionally adopting a casual old-school flow, best heard on the neo-Bambaataa electro throwback title track, he spends most of his time boasting about his prowess, whether he's referring to being on the mike or in the bedroom. At the album's lowest, he sounds uncomfortably out of character, as on "Announcement"; its stern beat, one of the seven provided by the Neptunes, resembles a Clipse cast-off, pushing Common into ill-suited thuggishness. The sluggish, mindless "Punch Drunk Love" ("My ungh is in your body/My ungh is in your mind") and "Sex 4 Suga" ("Girl, ooh, you look ungh") are nearly as dire, likewise sacrificing cleverness for bluntness. The album's last two tracks, production-wise, depart from hip-hop and will hopefully send some listeners back to the flawed greatness of Electric Circus. "What a World" features some of Common's most enjoyable, if simplistic, old-school rhymes, but the song is impaired by its dance-rock/Rapture-knockoff backdrop; and even with some of Common's most energized lines appearing as late as midway through the much more effective "Everywhere," the Dungeon Family's Mr. DJ (who produced two other tracks) drops some low-slung sci-fi synth-funk for Martina Topley-Bird's spaced vocal feature. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Universal Mind Control (UMC)
02. Punch Drunk Love
03. Make My Day
04. Sex 4 Suga
05. Announcement
06. Gladiator
07. Changes
08. Inhale
09. What a World
10. Everywhere


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-491091)

[zacki]

Maze - Back To Basic (1993)

CD-Rip|Wav|Covers
http://i31.tinypic.com/2edte77.jpg


01. Nobody Knows What You Feel Inside
02. Love Is
03. The Morning After
04. Laid Back Girl
05. What Goes Up
06. In Time
07. All Night Long
08. Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
09. Twilight (Instumental)

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[RunawayTrane]

Blog Lifted from Never Enough Rhodes


John Stubblefield - Prelude
VINYL | JAZZ | WAV | CUE | COVERS | 400MB | 39:23
Storyville 1978

NO EXTRACTION LOG

http://www.onlinedisk.ru/cache/b6d05b20b1bd615fc6334192c25e3b61 (http://www.onlinedisk.ru/view/178366/stubblefieldFRONTweb72.jpg)

Tenor-saxophonist John Stubblefield (who switches to soprano for one selection) explores six group originals with trumpeter Cecil Bridgewater, pianist Onaje Allen Gumbs, bassist Cecil McBee, drummer Joe Chambers and percussionist Mtume. For his debut as a leader, Stubblefield and the other musicians play what could be called free-bop, a style falling between the modern mainstream and the avant-garde, with fine results. Little unpredictable occurs but this is a good effort. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide



~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. Song For One
02. Little Prince
03. Twelve for K.D.
04. If Only You Knew
05. What's Gonna Be Is Gonna Be
06. Minor Impulse


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-4dd304)

pw: lisalisa

[Blaq]

The Time
What Time Is It?
[Direct Rip]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/Time_WhatTimeIsIt.jpg?t=1247564647

Tracklist

1. Wild and Loose
2. 777-9311
3. Onedayi'mgonnabesomebody
4. The Walk
5. Gigolos Get Lonely Too
6. I Don't Wanna Leave You

WAV
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Review

The Time's second album, What Time Is It?, is similar in many ways to The Time (1981), except better all-around, boasting three extended synth-funk jams ("Wild and Loose," "777-9311," "The Walk") that surpass those on the preceding album, plus a humorously wonderful ballad, "Gigolos Get Lonely Too," that tops any of those on the band's eponymous debut. In terms of similarities, both What Time Is It? and The Time are largely the work of Prince with the exception of the vocals, which are sung instead by Morris Day. Jesse Johnson (guitar), Terry Lewis (bass), Jimmy Jam (keyboards), Monte Moir (keyboards), and Jellybean Johnson (drums) are again listed as bandmembers, and though they certainly performed this material live in-concert as Prince's opening act, it's questionable how much musical input they had in the recording studio. Prince reportedly performed every note of music heard here except the vocals, though there's no evidence of that in the liner notes (at least not on the initial edition), as the only sign of his involvement is a production credit for Jamie Starr, one of his pseudonyms. Another similarity between What Time Is It? and The Time is the slim song offerings — only six songs on each album, and though half the songs approach ten minutes in length, there are slight offerings on each album, "Onedayi'mgonnabesomebody" thankfully the only inconsequential song here. Any way you measure it, What Time Is It? is undoubtedly the better of the two albums, and the Time's most fully developed album overall, if not their flat-out best. Sure, there are only six songs, but five of them are fantastic, especially "777-9311," and the album itself sounds much more fully produced than its predecessor. Any fan of Prince's early-'80s work, particularly 1999 (1983), will find much to enjoy on What Time Is It?

All Music Guide, Jason Birchmeier



Biography by John Floyd

From their origins as Prince's first pet project to their self-produced funk-rock oeuvre, the Time has been a fascinating and outrageous congregation. Vocalist Morris Day infused his cocky, swaggering personality into dance hits that would make Rufus Thomas envious, and, unlike most of the competition, the band managed to do something unique with Prince's genre-busting innovations. The Time broke up in the late '80s, with Day going on to a somewhat disastrous solo career, Jesse Johnson crafting two dazzling solo albums, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis becoming one of the most successful production teams this side of Gamble & Huff, working with everyone from Full Force and Janet Jackson to the S.O.S. Band and Human League. The group re-formed in 1990 and released the excellent Pandemonium.

All Music Guide

[RunawayTrane]

DoctorRhythm: do you have the 12" version of "Heaven Must Have Sent You" by Bonnie Pointer?? Preferably in a CDrip??

[tomjay]

Stevie Wonder
At The Close Of A Century
[Direct Rip]



Thank you soooo much for this drop Blaq. This is indeed a true gem to me! :respect-067:

[RunawayTrane]

James Carter - Chasin The Gypsy
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 379MB | 54:30
Atlantic 2000

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/4/4/24/f_JamesCarterm_d8b5f56.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/4/24/f_JamesCarterm_d8b5f56.jpg&srv=img33)


James Carter celebrated 2000 by putting out two vastly different albums at the same time, an amazing concession from a major label for a jazz artist who doesn't sell in Kenny G-like proportions. Chasin' the Gypsy, as you might guess, is an homage to Django Reinhardt, whose music Carter used to dig on Detroit radio when he was a teenager, but Carter doesn't take the predictable reverent path in paying his respects. He rummages through his closet and pulls out a rarely used bass saxophone on three cuts -- the bumpy sounds are often comic yet a comfortable fit for his antic style -- and even tries out an F mezzo sax on the exotically relaxed "Oriental Shuffle." Back on tenor, Carter's slippery playing often doesn't hesitate to approach the outside; he keeps his sense of humor and his individual quirks intact. Most of the tunes are Django's yet the one that comes closest to evoking the frantic Hot Club Quintette drive is Carter's own title track, a madcap chase indeed with Carter on wild soprano sax this time. A nostalgic accordion underpins the tango-like "Nuages" á la Piazzolla; violinist Regina Carter provides the Stephane Grappelli-like foil on a few tracks (she does all right but could be a bit looser); and Jay Berliner and Romero Lubambo occasionally summon the ghost of Django with their respectively steel and nylon-stringed solo and rhythm guitar work. Mostly, this is a delightful departure for Carter, though probably destined to be a one-off excursion. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Nuages (Clouds)
2. La Derniere Bergere (The Last Shepherdess)
3. Manoir De Mes Reves (Django's Castle)
4. Artillerie Lourde (Heavy Artillery)
5. Chasin' The Gypsy
6. Oriental Shuffle
7. I'll Never Be The Same
8. Avalon
9. Imari's Lullaby


DOWNLOAD (http://lix.in/-495501)


pw=lisalisa

[Doctor-Rhythm]

DoctorRhythm: do you have the 12" version of "Heaven Must Have Sent You" by Bonnie Pointer?? Preferably in a CDrip??

I have this one (http://www.discogs.com/Bonnie-Pointer--Tata-Vega-Heaven-Must-Have-Sent-You-I-Just-Keep-Thinking-About-You-Baby/release/870764)... but it's vinyl.
On vinyl I have also the Tom Browne Yours Truly.
If you want them, I'll rip...

[RunawayTrane]

That would be great thank you. btw, what program are you using to extract the files?

[Doctor-Rhythm]

BONNIE POINTER - HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU
(1979, Motown 12")

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd63/hqshare_photos/Bonnie.jpg

Disco, Funk | FLAC


Tracklisting:

A - Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer (7:12)
B - I Just Keep Thinking About You Baby - Tata Vega (5:33)



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what program are you using to extract the files?

These are my vinyl rip procedures:

To clean the vinyls I use the Knosti Disco-Antistat record cleaning system.
To remove the surface dust I use the Nagaoka Rolling Cleaner.
The vinyls are ripped through this equipment:
- Shure M97XE cartridge & stylus
- Technics SL-1210-MK2 turntable
- TCC TC-750 Phono Preamp
- Creative USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX Sound Card
The files were ripped using GoldWave or CoolEdit 2000 and saved as WAV files.
The sample rate of the wav file is 44.1 kH and the resolution is 16 bit.
REMASTERING: Only if it's necessary, removing click & pops with preset "Passive Mode" of GoldWave or with "personal settings" of Wave Lab
COMPRESSION: FLAC Fronted or Monkey's Audio.

That would be great thank you.

Tom Browne coming soon.

[RunawayTrane]

BONNIE POINTER - HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU
(1979, Motown 12")





These are my vinyl rip procedures:

To clean the vinyls I use the Knosti Disco-Antistat record cleaning system.
To remove the surface dust I use the Nagaoka Rolling Cleaner.
The vinyls are ripped through this equipment:
- Shure M97XE cartridge & stylus
- Technics SL-1210-MK2 turntable
- TCC TC-750 Phono Preamp
- Creative USB Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX Sound Card
The files were ripped using GoldWave or CoolEdit 2000 and saved as WAV files.
The sample rate of the wav file is 44.1 kH and the resolution is 16 bit.
REMASTERING: Only if it's necessary, removing click & pops with preset "Passive Mode" of GoldWave or with "personal settings" of Wave Lab
COMPRESSION: FLAC Fronted or Monkey's Audio.


Wow, that's alot of effort. It's much appreciated
:clap:

[Doctor-Rhythm]

TOM BROWNE
YOURS TRULY
(1981, GRP-Arista)

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd63/hqshare_photos/TomBrowne_YoursTruly.jpg

[VINYL] Jazz, Funk, Soul | FLAC

Review:
During the early '80s, Tom Browne sold a lot of records playing R&B-ish dance music. Occasionally, he would display his Freddie Hubbard-inspired trumpet and hint at potential that he had yet to realize. This particular album was better than most, for in addition to throwaway tunes (five of the seven commercial numbers have forgettable vocals), Browne plays two John Coltrane songs (a swinging "Lazy Bird" and "Naima") with a sextet and fares pretty well. It is a pity that the remainder of the album is not on the same level.
by Scott Yanow (AMG)

Tracklisting:

01 - Fungi Mama / Bebopafunkadiscolypso (5:53)
02 - Bye Gones (4:25)
03 - Charisma (3:41)
04 - Can't Give It Away (4:50)
05 - Lazy Bird (3:41)
06 - Naima (6:41)
07 - Come For The Ride (4:42)
08 - My Latin Sky (4:56)
09 - A Message (Pride And Pity) (4:48)


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[RunawayTrane]

TOM BROWNE
YOURS TRULY
(1981, GRP-Arista)


[VINYL] Jazz, Funk, Soul | FLAC



Don't listen to the reviewer (Yanow), he obviously has a stick lodged up his arse. :208:

Fungi Mama is that JAM!!. Am looking forward to hearing the rest
:277:

[Blaq]

The O'Jays
Heartbreaker
[Direct Rip]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y100/Blaq2/OJays_Heartbreaker.jpg?t=1247681582

Tracklist

1. Cryin' the Blues
2. One Wonderful Girl
3. Somebody Else Will
4. Show Me the Right Way
5. Trouble
6. Can't Let You Go
7. Decisions
8. No Can Do
9. Heartbreaker
10. He Loves You

WAV
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Review

For Heartbreaker, The O'Jays made concessions to changing tastes, adopting drum samples and synthesized backing, and including some new jack swing material. But they wisely didn't tampered with their strength, lush three-part harmonies anchored by the earnest lead vocals of Eddie Levert. This release contains several intense, urgent ballads, many of them written by group members. Outside of Carlton Hunt's raps on "Trouble" and "Can't Let You Go," many numbers aren't much different from the classic material that made them superstars in the '70s; that's both part of the music's charm and something that might trouble fans hoping the group would experiment with the vocal arrangements as well as the production.

All Music Guide, Ron Wynn

[Blaq]

TOM BROWNE
YOURS TRULY
(1981, GRP-Arista)

[VINYL] Jazz, Funk, Soul | FLAC

Nice drop. Thanks! :thumbs up:

[RunawayTrane]

Don Byron - Bug Music
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 381MB | 51:05
Nonesuch 1996

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Bug Music is a tribute to the music of the Raymond Scott Quintette, the John Kirby Sextet and Duke Ellington, headed by the remarkably versatile clarinetist Don Byron. Raymond Scott's legendary compositions feature eccentric song titles (including, on this set, "Siberian Sleighride," "Tobacco Auctioneer" and "War Dance for Wooden Indians"), complex and thoroughly composed arrangements (all of which were originally memorized rather than being written out) and unique melodies. Kirby's brand of swing, which is quite complementary to Scott's novelties, often utilized themes from classical music and had solos, but were also tightly arranged (even "St. Louis Blues" and "Royal Garden Blues"). The CD begins and ends with four Ellington/Strayhorn pieces that fit well into the idiom (particularly "The Dicty Glide" and "Cotton Club Stomp"). In addition to Byron, the key players on the project include altoist Steve Wilson (one of the best of the younger swing stylists), trombonist Craig Harris and pianist Uri Caine, in addition to four other horns and several rhythm sections. Other than a silly rendition of Ellington's "Blue Bubbles" and an adventurous interpretation of "Snibor," the selections are played with respect and great understanding of the somewhat forgotten style. None of the modern musicians sound as if swing were only their second language, making the continually surprising set a major success. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. The Dicty Glide
02. Frasquita Serenade
03. St. Louis Blues
04. Wondering Where
05. Bounce of the Sugar Plum Fairy
06. Charley's Prelude
07. Royal Garden Blues
08. Siberian Sleighride
09. The Penguin
10. The Quintet Plays Carmen
11. Powerhouse
12. Tobacco Auctioneer
13. War Dance for Wooden Indians
14. Cotton Club Stomp
15. Blue Bubbles
16. Snibor

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[RunawayTrane]

Blog rip

Christian McBride - Gettin To It
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 390MB | 55:36
Verve 1995

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PERSONNEL
Christian McBride - Upright Bass
Roy Hargrove - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Joshua Redman - Saxophone (Tenor)
Steve Turre - Trombone
Cyrus Chestnut - Piano
Lewis Nash - Drums


~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. In a Hurry
02. The Shade of the Cedar Tree
03. Too Close for Comfort
04. Sitting on a Cloud
05. Splanky
06. Gettin' To It
07. Stars Fell on Alabama
08. Black Moon
09. King Freddie of Hubbard
10. Night Train

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[Blaq]

The Brothers Johnson
Right On Time
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Runnin' For Your Lovin'
2. Free Yourself, Be Yourself
3. "Q"
4. Right On Time
5. Strawberry Letter 23
6. Brother Man
7. Never Leave You Lonely
8. Love Is

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Potentially viewed as something of a warm-up for Quincy Jones before producing Michael Jackson's wildly successful Off the Wall and Thriller albums, the Brothers Johnson's first two releases spawned hits like "I'll Be Good to You" and brought George and Louis Johnson to a mass audience of their own. (Louis, in fact, would go on to play bass on those first two sessions by the King of Pop.) As with the Jackson discs, Jones creates a seamless mix of pop and funk on the Brothers sophomore release Right on Time, helping to create the group's second chart-topper "Strawberry Letter 23" as well the equally effervescent, minor R&B hit "Runnin' for Your Lovin'." With Earth, Wind & Fire's airy dancefloor hits in mind, the Brothers also deliver polished funk tracks like "Right on Time" and "Never Leave You Lonely," as well as more pop-friendly material like "Free Yourself, Be Yourself" and "Love Is." And with one of the best jazz arrangers in the business behind the board, the Brothers couldn't forgo some instrumentals here as well, specifically the breezy, funk-in-a-quiet-storm number "'Q'" and the less intriguing, synthesizer jam "Brother Man." An enjoyable and even infectious collection that, in its sophistication, certainly avoids being just some sort of dry run for Jones

All Music Guide, Stephen Cook



Biography by Ron Wynn

Guitarist/vocalist George Johnson and bassist/vocalist Louis Johnson formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy and their cousin Alex Weir while attending school in Los Angeles. When they became professionals, the band backed such touring R&B acts as Bobby Womack and the Supremes. George and Louis Johnson later joined Billy Preston's band, and wrote "Music in My Life" and "The Kids and Me" for him before leaving his group in 1973.

Quincy Jones hired them to play on his LP Mellow Madness, and recorded four of their songs, including "Is It Love That We're Missing?" and "Just a Taste of Me." Jones took them on a Japanese tour, then produced their debut LP, Look Out for Number 1, after they signed with A&M, which was also his label at the time (1976). They scored a number-one R&B and number-three pop hit with "I'll Be Good to You," and enjoyed R&B chart toppers in 1977 and 1980 respectively with "Strawberry Letter 23" and "Stomp!," while sustaining a consistent hit presence via such songs as "Get the Funk Out Ma Face" and "Runnin' for Your Lovin." Jones remade "I'll Be Good to You" in 1989 with Ray Charles and Chaka Khan on his Back on the Block release.

The Brothers earned platinum records for Look Out for Number 1 and Right on Time. Jones produced both of these, along with their third and fourth LPs, Blam and Light Up the Night. The group produced its single "The Real Thing" in 1981. It reached number 11 on the R&B charts, and the Brothers had another hit with "Welcome to the Club" in 1982. They started doing separate ventures; Louis Johnson played bass on Michael Jackson's Thriller LP and recorded a gospel album, while George Johnson worked with Steve Arrington. Leon Sylvers produced their mid-'80s return LP Out of Control; it didn't equal their past success, but got them another R&B hit with "You Keep Coming Back" in 1984. They recorded Kickin' in 1988, and co-wrote "Tomorrow" with Siedah Garrett for Jones' Back on the Block in 1989.

All Music Guide

[rtownsend213]

Percy Sledge
When A Man Loves A Woman
FLAC|CUE|LOG|212MB




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Tracklist
1. When A Man Loves A Woman
2. Warm & Tender Love
3. Bring It On Home To Me
4. Behind Closed Doors
5. Try A Little Tenderness
6. Tell It Like It Is
7. The Dock Of The Bay
8. I Don't Want To Be Right
9. Take Time To Know Her
10. It Tears Me Up
11. I've Been Loving You Too Long
12. Cover Me



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Chaka Khan
I Feel For You
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Tracklist

1. This Is My Night
2. Stronger Than Before
3. My Love Is Alive
4. Eye To Eye
5. La Flamme
6. I Feel For You
7. Hold Her
8. Through The Fire
9. Caught In The Act
10. Chinatown

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"La Flamme"

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Review

When Chaka Khan recorded her fifth solo album, I Feel for You, in 1984, she knew that R&B had changed a lot since the 1970s. Horn-powered funk bands, strings-laden Philadelphia soul, and orchestral disco were out of vogue, and the urban contemporary audiences of 1984 were into a more high-tech, heavily electronic style of R&B. Many artists who had been huge in the 1970s found that they no longer appealed to black radio programmers, who had abandoned them and turned their attention to electro-funksters and Prince disciples. But Chaka Khan had no problem keeping up with the times; I Feel for You made it clear that she could easily be relevant to the urban contemporary scene of 1984. No one would mistake I Feel for You for a Rufus project from 1975 — it's way too high-tech — and yet, everything on the album is unmistakably Chaka Khan. That is true of up-tempo items like "Love Is Alive" (an interesting remake of Gary Wright's 1976 hit) and "La Flamme," as well as the ballad "Through the Fire," which was a big hit on urban radio but crossed over to adult contemporary stations in a major way. "This Is My Night" (which was written and produced by the System) also became an urban radio hit, but the album is best known for Khan's unlikely remake of Prince's "I Feel for You." When Prince first recorded "I Feel for You" in 1979, it wasn't a hit; Khan's version, however, soared to number one on Billboard's R&B singles chart. Khan had a very different take on the song than Prince; while his original version was subtle and restrained, Khan went for exuberance and added a strong hip-hop flavor. Excellent from start to finish, this album went down in history as both a creative and a commercial success.

All Music Guide, Alex Henderson

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VA - Disco Deutschland Disco
2007 APE

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Ronnie Laws
Every Generation
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Tracklist

1. Young Child
2. Never Get Back to Houston
3. Every Generation
4. Tomorrow
5. O.T.B.A. Law (Outta Be A Law)
6. Love's Victory
7. Thoughts & Memories
8. As One

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Review

Saxophonist Ronnie Laws held high profile gigs with Quincy Jones and Earth, Wind And Fire before signing with Blue Note in 1975 where his first album Pressure Sensitive yielded the hit "Always There" which is still a staple in dance clubs around the world.
By Every Generation, his fourth album, Laws's writing and production was getting so sophisticated and R&B-oriented, that he was moved to United Artists Records. With writing and producing partner William Jeffrey, Ronnie produced state-of-the-art R&B gems with this album, using his own band plus siblings Hubert and Eloise Laws and guests Larry Dunn, Joe Sample and Patrice Rushen.

Amazon.com Review



Biography by Scott Yanow

The younger brother of Hubert Laws, Ronnie Laws has a nice soulful sound on tenor, but has never seriously pursued playing jazz. Throughout his career, which includes early-'70s gigs with Quincy Jones, his brother, Ramsey Lewis, and Earth, Wind & Fire, Laws has essentially been an R&B player. He has led his own albums since 1975, but recorded very little of interest to the jazz world, although he is often listed on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart.

All Music Guide

[RunawayTrane]

Know it's been posted (even though I still can't find the one I posted myself), but here it is one mo time with HQ art included:

Erykah Badu - Worldwide Underground
NEOSOUL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF ART | 375MB | 50:49
Motown 2003

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Marketed as an EP, but with ten songs running over forty minutes, it sounds like an album to me, albeit a minor one. The ambition and range of Mama's Gun are missing, as Badu sticks to midtempo retro-soul loops, and the two long numbers don't develop ("Bump It," "I Want You"). Still, everything's pleasant, and sometimes excellent - "The Grind" with rhymes from Dead Prez; the super-catchy "Danger" - and there's even some old school rapping from Queen Latifah, Angie Stone and Badu on the Sequence tribute "Love Of My Life Worldwide." Still, it's not a great sign that the most arresting piece of music is the brief instrumental outro to "I Want You." Lots of guests, including Lenny Kravitz ("Back In The Day (Puff)"), Zap Mama, Caron Wheeler ("Bump It") and Hargrove ("Think Twice"). --David Bertrand Wilson, WARR.org



~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. World Keeps Turnin’ (Intro)
02. Bump It
03. Back in the Day (Puff)
04. I Want You
05. Woo
06. The Grind
07. Danger
08. Think Twice
09. Love of My Life Worldwide
10. World Keeps Turnin’ (Outro)


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[RunawayTrane]

Here's one hard to find request:

June Pointer - Baby Sister
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and if anyone has any Ohio Player albums BESIDES Ecstacy, Honey or Angel on CD could you please post them??

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woaah good selection prefect quality too

[Blaq]

This Lionel Richie album from 1996 is worth a listen. My personal favorites are "Don't Wanna Lose You," "Can't Get Over You," and the jazz-flavored "Lovers At First Sight (BAD cut)." Actually, all three of these cuts are really tight.


Lionel Richie
Louder Than Words
[Direct Rip]

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Tracklist

1. Piece Of Love
2. Still In Love
3. I Wanna Take You Down
4. Can't Get Over You
5. Change
6. Nothing Else Matters
7. Ordinary Girl
8. Say I Do
9. Paradise
10. Don't Wanna Lose You
11. Lovers At First Sight
12. Climbing

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"Lovers At First Sight"

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Review

After a turbulent decade long hiatus Lionel Richie returned in 1996 with one of the best R&B albums of all time entitled "Louder Than Words". R&B music still was good during this time and this marvelous and provocative masterpiece is a shining star in the genres last days of being a great genre. This is intelligent, classy, and absolutely emotional music, something that has been completely absent from R&B in the past five years. A great variety of songs and a sense of cloudy day dreaminess propel this album to what I consider masterpiece status. The booklet though, like a previous review said, is ... and somewhat cumbersome with its 'open up into a poster' design but at least the lyrics are present and all is forgiven. Mature, intelligent, dark, yet bright at the same time is how I describe this album.

"Piece Of Love" is a beautiful opener. It's a sentimental song with a mid-tempo mood. "Still In Love" is a soulful song with a beautiful blend of R&B, jazz, pop, and some 12 string guitars. Richie sounds incredible on this track, just like the rest of the album. "Wanna Take You Down" is an upbeat song with an old-school hip-hop vibe with production from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis while they still had the ability to produce good music. This is a fantastic song. "Can't Get Over You" is similar to "Still In Love" but I like this one more. It starts off with gorgeous guitars and builds into a mid-tempo Quiet Storm mood song with a very late 80s or early 90s sound to it. "Change" is the most upbeat song on the entire album. It's a marvelous blend of jazz, R&B, old-school hip-hop and soul. "Change" is a fun, upbeat, and absolutely fantastic upbeat song. This could as well be my favorite song off this album. "Nothing Else Matters" is another gorgeous Quiet Storm-oriented ballad similar to "Still In Love". "Ordinary Girl" is one of my favorite R&B mid-tempo songs of all-time with it's odd chord structure, haunting mood, mixed with a semi-danceable beat, this is one of my favorite R&B songs off all-time and this is coming from someone who has long since turned his back on this formerly wonderful genre of music. "Say I Do" is definitive R&B with the perfect blend between the old-school R&B balladry and modern R&B production and comes off as a wonderful aural pleasure and a haunting mood to it. Fans of classic R&B will likely enjoy this one. I love the eerie somewhat spacey fadeout at the ending. "Paradise" is an astonishing mid-tempo song with a lovely and cloudy evening or misty morning mood and a tapestry of beauty, depth, and melodic punch. The lyrics and the beats are wonderful as well. "Don't Want To Lose You" is a wonderful and upbeat song with a blend of R&B, Jazz, and even a bit of Big Band in some places. This was the only hit off this album as it was the only song that made it to the radio from my knowledge but I have great memories of this song during its heyday. "Lovers At First Sight" was an instant classic the first few seconds after listening to it for the first time. It's a fun, upbeat, yet mature, sophisticated song with a dreamy mix of R&B, jazz, and as the song plays along, it builds up into a Big Band song with a classic jazz mood before it fades down into a dark dreamy song during the last 20 seconds of the song. "Lover's At First Sight" is a work of art and one of the best R&B songs that I've ever heard. My hats off to Richie for this song. :) "Climbing" wraps up this masterpiece. It starts with a haunting mix of echoing voices in the distance and a loud blast of melody comes in and becomes a marvelous tapestry of textural beauty and soul. It's actually hard for me to explain this song in words but it does tend to morph into different moods throughout its 6 minutes and 26 second playing time. I would almost call this progressive R&B. "Climbing" closes out this masterpiece on top.

I would say that the music on this album surpasses a lot of pop music from the ten to fifteen years preceding this albums release. The slow songs are gorgeous, lovely, deep, and powerful while the upbeat songs are danceable, upbeat without sounding like computer-generated, DJ oriented dreack and are just plain out fun to dance to even if they aren't like `party music' songs. Not too long after this album was released, R&B would simply go down the toilet. R&B's descent into gender-bashing, sex-drenched, cookie-cutter and mentally insulting garbage is probably the greatest musical tragedy in the history of music. It's so sad that this has happened to such a formerly great genre but Lionel Richies "Louder Than Words" though was one of the best albums in the genre and I would consider it R&B last laugh before it would go down the drain. I haven't heard "Time" or "Renaissance" at the time of writing this review so maybe they're worthy albums too. Buy this because its probably the best modern R&B album ever made and truly holds up after all these years. For me, give me the beauty and sensuality of "Paradise", "Say I Do", and "Ordinary Girl" anyday over "Thong Song" and "Survivor"! I give my hats off to Lionel for creating an R&B masterpiece.

Amazon Reviewer, Distant Voyageur "Nicholas Computer"

[zacki]

Karyn White - Karyn White (1988)

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01. The Way You Love Me
02. Secret Rendezvous
03. Slow Down
04. Superwoman
05. Family Man
06. Love Saw It
07. Don't Mess With Me
08. Tell Me Tomorrow
09. One Wish

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[rtownsend213]

Damn, I never knew who sung these songs. Nice drop.:thumbs up:

[RunawayTrane]

Percy Sledge
When A Man Loves A Woman
FLAC|CUE|LOG|212MB

Damn, almost missed this. Excellent drop fam

[teddybear4703]

Lionel Richie & The Commodores
The Definitive Collection
Motown 2003
APE + cue + covers

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Disc 1
01 All Night Long
02 Say You, Say Me
03 My Destiny
04 Running With The Night
05 Dancing On The Ceiling
06 Don't Stop The Music
07 Love, Oh Love
08 Ballerina Girl
09 My Love
10 Love Will Conquer All
11 Do It To Me
12 Cinderella
13 Tender Heart
14 Don't Wanna Lose You
15 Closest Thing To Heaven
16 I Forgot
17 Angel
18 To Love A Woman (With Enrique Iglesias)

Disc 2
01 Three Times A Lady
02 Easy
03 Endless Love
04 Hello
05 Still
06 Sail On
07 Stuck On You
08 You Are
09 Truly
10 Just To Be Close To You
11 Sweet Love
12 Penny Lover
13 Oh No
14 Lady
15 Wonderland
16 Machine Gun
17 Brick House
18 Too Hot Ta Trot
19 Flying High
20 Zoom
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Billy Cobham - Fruit From The Loom
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | M3U | COVERS | 400MB
Creative Multimedia 2008

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AUDIOPHILE IMPORTS EXCLUSIVE !! "Fruit From The Loom" is the first release from drummer Billy Cobham (under his own name) since the 1998 release "Focused". It is intended to be the first of four releases in this music series in which Cobham will be revisiting the music he has created throughout his career as well as re-connecting with the musicians who helped him create his past sonic offerings. Some of the pieces he has re-worked for this release are Spectrum, Crosswinds, and the Grammy-nominated Zanzibar Breeze. Among the old friends Billy has invited to appear on this recording are: Ernie Watts (sax), Dave Samuels (vibraphone, marimba), Guy Barker (trumpet), Victor Bailey (bass), Brian Auger (organ) and guitarists Dean Brown & Jean-Marie Ecay. Past and current members of Culture Mix, Cobham's multi-national quintet round out the supporting cast. They include Stefan Rademacher (bass), Junior Gill (steel pan), Marco Lobo (percussion) and Christophe Cravero (piano). String flavors also color several of the tunes with violinists Johan Renard and Aurelien Guyot. Five members of the explosive Nigerian percussion ensemble, Okuta Percussion join Billy in a rhythmic tour-de-force on "Thoughts from Okuta". Some of the more recent compositions by Billy Cobham finally make their appearance on this studio recording like "Florianopolis", "Clitter Clatter", "Eggshells Still On My Head" and "Cat in the Hat". And of course, no Cobham solo album would be complete without a solo piece from the master himself which he calls "Sambu du Militairstrasse". This CD is currently only available at his concerts and thru Audiophile Imports.

PERSONNEL
Billy Cobham - Drums
Brian Auger - Organ
Victor Bailey - Bass
Guy Barker - Trumpet
Dean Brown - Guitar
Dave Samuels - Vibraphone
Ernie Watts - Saxophone
Christophe Cravero - Piano, Violin
Jean Marie Ecay - Guitar
Marco Lobo - Percussion
Stefan Rademacher - Bass
Nigeria "Okuta Percussion" ensemble



~ TRACKLISTING ~

01.Cat In The Hat
02.Zanzibar Breeze
03.Samba Du Militairestrasse
04.Crosswinds
05.Eggshells Still On My Head
06.Spectrum
07.Florianapolis
08.Thoughts From Okuta
09.Faia
10.Sweet Bocas
11.Clitter Clatter


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a wonderful fucking thread

[Blaq]

Prince
Sign 'O' The Times
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Tracklist

Disc: 1

1. Sign 'O' the Times
2. Play in the Sunshine
3. Housequake
4. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
5. It
6. Starfish and Coffee
7. Slow Love
8. Hot Thing
9. Forever in My Life

Disc: 2

1. U Got the Look
2. If I Was Your Girlfriend
3. Strange Relationship
4. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
5. The Cross
6. It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night
7. Adore

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Amazon.com essential recording

Review

It begins with the insistent drip-drop of a sequencer and ends with some old school R&B. In between, the artist who was still calling himself Prince unfurls an encyclopedia of moods, genres, and grooves. Widely heralded as a groundbreaker in 1987, when it was released, some of the music in oh-so-'80s synths sounds a bit dated. Yet this two-CD set is clearly the sound of a performer at the height of his power. On songs like the title track, "If I Was Your Girlfriend," and the thunderous "The Cross," Prince proves why the hype was justified.

Amazon.com, Amy Linden



Fearless, eclectic, and defiantly messy, Prince's Sign 'O' the Times falls into the tradition of tremendous, chaotic double albums like The Beatles, Exile on Main St., and London Calling -- albums that are fantastic because of their overreach, their great sprawl. Prince shows nearly all of his cards here, from bare-bones electro-funk and smooth soul to pseudo-psychedelic pop and crunching hard rock, touching on gospel, blues, and folk along the way. This was the first album Prince recorded without the Revolution since 1982's 1999 (the band does appear on the in-concert rave-up, "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"), and he sounds liberated, diving into territory merely suggested on Around the World in a Day and Parade. While the music overflows with generous spirit, these are among the most cryptic, insular songs he's ever written. Many songs are left over from the aborted triple album Crystal Ball and the abandoned Camille project, a Prince alter ego personified by scarily sped-up tapes on "If I Was Your Girlfriend," the most disarming and bleak psycho-sexual song Prince ever wrote, as well as the equally chilling "Strange Relationship." These fraying relationships echo in the social chaos Prince writes about throughout the album. Apocalyptic imagery of drugs, bombs, empty sex, abandoned babies and mothers, and AIDS pop up again and again, yet he balances the despair with hope, whether it's God, love, or just having a good time. In its own roundabout way, Sign 'O' the Times is the sound of the late '80s -- it's the sound of the good times collapsing and how all that doubt and fear can be ignored if you just dance those problems away.

All Music Guide, Stephen Thomas Erlewine

[RunawayTrane]

Cat Stevens - Izitso
ROCK | FLAC | CUE | LOG | ARTWORK | 253MB | 37:20
A&M 1977

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Cat Stevens bounced back from the lackluster Numbers with an album of pop/rock songs that brought his usual rhythmic folk-rock into contemporary style with the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, a snappy Dave Kershenbaum production, and lots of synthesizers. Most of the songs were unusually lightweight, but the autobiographical "(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star" explored Stevens' ambivalence about being in the music business, an attitude that would find him dropping out and finding religion after one more album. In the meantime, Izitso produced a final Top 40 hit in "(Remember the Days of The) Old Schoolyard" and a singles-chart entry in the instrumental "Was Dog a Doughnut." As a result, Stevens returned to the Top Ten LPs list with a ninth straight gold album, his last. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide




~ TRACKLISTING ~

01. (Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard
02. Life
03. Killin' Time
04. Kypros
05. Bonfire
06. (I Never Wanted) To Be a Star
07. Crazy
08. Sweet Jamaica
09. Was Dog a Doughnut?
10. Child for a Days


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From The Blogs

Keiko Matsui - Wall Of Akendora (2005)

JAZZ | WAV | CUE | 444 MB
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All Music Guide Review

Although her press materials since 2000 have trumpeted her two wins as "Best Female Artist" at the National Smooth Jazz Awards, the brilliant Japanese-born keyboardist and composer is secure enough in her genius, spirituality, and vast popularity (1.2 million units sold to date) that she never limits herself to one genre. Her recent Narada albums have been a happily unpredictable mixed bag, with 2002's The Ring exploring her new age and classical influences and 2004's Wildflower going in a worldbeat direction, no doubt in connection with her charitable efforts on behalf of the U.N.'s World Food Program in Africa. Matsui fanatics will no doubt be jumping all over maps of her homeland looking for a place called "Akendora," but it's a place of her own creation, where she runs to spend contemplative moments and find peace. Wherever it is, fans of her jazzier side are going to love this collection. It includes trademark moments of lush piano amidst big, booming percussive and orchestral drama ("Akendora's Clock"), but focuses more on spirited, even swinging jazz, both free-form (as on the busy, trumpet-laced, scratch-heavy, urban-flavored jam "Overture for the City") and ultra-smooth (the laid-back, catchy, and hooky midtempo ballad "Gentle Sands"; the fun and playful "Canvas"). Unlike most releases categorized as smooth jazz, this is infused throughout with Matsui's unexpected creative textures. "Blue Butterfly" starts out like a typical new age number before evolving into a spacy, ambient jazz exercise complete with wild piano runs and distant horn calls. Husband and producer Kazu Matsui's unique, bass-bubbling production textures on "Crystal Shadow" turn its mainstream melody into a hypnotic, thought-provoking piece. And her early genre classic "Mountain Shakedown" is given a post-millennial spruce-up, complete with trip-hop production textures, a sped-up bassline, and some extra piano improvisation. One could literally go on for days trying to verbally capture the hundreds of surprises that fill a 44-minute Matsui project. She's hard to categorize but always an innovative delight to listen to. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide


~Track Listings~

1. Overture for the City
2. Crystal Shadow
3. Mountain Shakedown
4. Canvas
5. Akendora's Clock
6. Walking Through It
7. Blue Butterfly
8. Gentle Sands
9. Walls of Akendora
10. Bay of Destiny

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D'Angelo
Voodoo
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Tracklist

1. Playa Playa
2. Devil's Pie
3. Left And Right (Feat. Method Man And Redman)
4. The Line
5. Send It On
6. Chicken Grease
7. One Mo'gin
8. The Root
9. Spanish Joint
10. Feel Like Makin' Love
11. Greatdayndamornin'/Booty
12. Untitled (How Does It Feel)
13. Africa

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Amazon.com's Best of 2000


Review

Like Robin Hood working on a tip from Chuck D, D'Angelo has stolen back the soul that was missing from the just-add-water R&B scene. Voodoo is a simmering cauldron of sound, a magical collection. Stained with sweat, longing, and rage, this is an album with trouble on the brain. But it also includes sacred sweet nothings and rapturous raw rhythms to get you through the night.

Amazon.com, Lizz Mendez Berry



Five years after his Brown Sugar album helped launch contemporary R&B, D'Angelo finally returned with his sophomore effort, Voodoo. His soulful voice is just as sweet as it was on Brown Sugar, though D'Angelo stretches out with a varied cast of collaborators, including trumpeter Roy Hargrove and guitarist Charlie Hunter, fellow neo-soul stars Lauryn Hill and Raphael Saadiq, and hip-hop heads like DJ Premier, Method Man & Redman, and Q-Tip. It must have been difficult to match his debut (and the frequent delays prove it was on his mind), but Voodoo is just as rewarding a soul album as D'Angelo's first.

All Music Guide, John Bush



Biography by Steve Huey

D'Angelo was one of the founding fathers and leading lights of the neo-soul movement of the mid- to late '90s, which aimed to bring the organic flavor of classic R&B back to the hip-hop age. Modeling himself on the likes of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Curtis Mayfield, and Al Green, D'Angelo's influences didn't just come across in his vocal style — like most of those artists, he wrote his own material (and frequently produced it as well), helping to revive the concept of the R&B auteur.

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[RunawayTrane]

Finally got that Bonnie Pointer track!! So here is the
full 2 disc album at long last. Quite a few of these are
radio edits, but there's a few 12" cuts in there

Bigupps to Doc Rhythm for the last piece to the puzzle!


FULL DISCLOSURE: This was ripped almost 2 years ago with EAC 0.95 with no offset corrections made whatsoever. There was a crack in Disc 1 and the last two songs did not come from this disc. In fact, they are vinyl rips from Mr.Disco and DocRhythm. So both discs are ripped from CDRs that I created from tracks with no read offset corrections


Various Artists - Disco Gold
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Hip-O Select 2005

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Tony Terry - Forever Yours (1988)

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01. Forever Yours
02. Lovey Dovey
03. Fulltime Girl
04. Day Dreaming
05. Here With Me
06. She's Fly
07. Wassup Wit U
08. Up & Down Love
09. Young Love
10. What Would It Take

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[RunawayTrane]

Art Blakey - Mosaic
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | ARTWORK | 315MB | 40:18
Blue Note 1961

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This is the one that started it: Mosaic, recorded in 1961, was the first recording of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers as a sextet, a setting he kept from 1961-1964. The band's front line was trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, trombonist Curtis Fuller, and tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter; Cedar Walton played piano and Jymie Merritt (a criminally underappreciated talent) was the bassist. Everything on this set was written by the musicians in the band. Walton wrote the burning title track; its blazing tempo and Eastern modes were uncharacteristic of the Jazz Messengers sound, but it swings like mad. Hubbard contributed two pieces to the album, the first of which is the groover "Down Under," with its blues gospel feel. The bandmembers dig their teeth into this one, carrying the blues theme to the breaking point as Hubbard fills in between. But the horn charts are so sharp, so utterly devoid of excess, that they won't let the listener go. Shorter's "Children of the Night" is a fine example of the tunes he would compose for the Miles Davis Quintet a bit later. While it's a hard bop swinger to be sure, his use of modality and counterpoint between the soloist and the front line is exemplary and his solo bites hard and fast as he tears up and down the registers of the horn. Fuller's "Arabia" is a basic blues groover, and the playing is inspired throughout. The disc closes with Hubbard's "Crisis," which opens with Merritt and Blakey ushering in the rest of the band. Walton first plays a repetitive minor-key riff. When the horns enter, Walton keeps the theme, Merritt moves over a bit to dig in between the lines, and Blakey keeps it all anchored because in this tune rhythm is everything. Hubbard was in many ways a soul-jazz composer before there was such a thing, and the motifs in this tune prove it -- as does his beautiful blowing in his solo. This is a fine recording and should be owned by any Blakey fan. The Rudy Van Gelder reissue came out in 2006 and features no bonus material. The sound, as on all the Van Gelder reissues, is painstakingly wonderful. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

MESSENGERS
Art Blakey - Drums
Freddie Hubbard - Trumpet
Wayne Shorter - Saxophone (Tenor)
Cedar Walton - Piano
Jymie Merritt - Bass
Curtis Fuller - Trombone


~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Mosaic
2. Down Under
3. Children of the Night
4. Arabia
5. Crisis


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[RunawayTrane]

Once again....the real Kenny G:


Kenny Garrett - Beyond The Wall
JAZZ | WAVPACK | CUE | LOG | ARTWORK | 524MB | 76:54
Nonesuch 2006

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On his first offering in three years, Kenny Garrett delivers the album that has been promised since his very auspicious debut Introducing Kenny Garrett back in 1984. On Beyond the Wall, the saxophonist and composer has continued his deep exploration of modal jazz. The album is dedicated to McCoy Tyner, the king and progenitor of modal pianists, and it sounds as if Garrett observed that tutelage well, though the music is unmistakably his own. The core band on the set features drummer Brian Blade, bassist Robert Hurst, and Mulgrew Miller on piano. Pharoah Sanders and Bobby Hutcherson appear on all but two of these nine cuts (Sanders appears on these, the pair on five). The beautiful introductory "Calling" that opens the set features Garrett and Sanders playing long, droning, Eastern-mode lines, threatening to explode at each moment as Miller takes a couple of pages of Tyner's book and hovers over both the front line and the rhythm section. On the title cut, Garrett's longstanding love affair with hard bop comes popping in the front door as Miller's solo goes deep into sharp arpeggios, playing in an augmented mode à la Freddie Redd, while never losing his own sense of elegance as the front-line players take him on in the head. Garrett's solo carries within it some of the circular techniques he learned from Trane's records, but keeps its bop angles sharp and tough.

And Sanders? Well, he's Pharoah, baby; what do y'all think he's gonna do? He answers tough and true, going for the one taking his cues from Miller and Hurst and playing up and around them full-force; he proves effortlessly that those few critics who claim he's lost it as an improviser are simply batshit. The interplay between Hutcherson and Miller is particularly tender and poignant on "Qing Wen," with its Eastern/Latin, melodic/rhythmic fusion. The melody and harmony between the two saxophonists is simply gorgeous. Vocalist Nedelka Echols and percussionist Rogerio Boccato help out on this one. It's circular, with the rhythm always at the center, everything points back to it, including the lyric. The sampling of Tibetan monks chanting the "Ornament for Clear Realization" would sound hokey on a lot of records, but the way Miller builds from the Eastern mode of the monks ushers in this cut with the same lineup. Garrett's alto simply rings as Sanders plays under in a more guttural -- but no less clear -- utterance. The six-strong vocal chorus on "Kiss to the Skies" melds seamlessly with Miller and Hutcherson, as Miller spins his lines out adding another singing voice (the chorus also appears on "Gwoka"). The final track, "May Peace Be Upon Them," is down to the basic quartet playing a mid-tempo ballad with skittering drum work from Blade playing all around the time, but never through it. Once again, modalism is the frame on which the melody is hung, and Hurst is the player who keeps it all focused on the beat returning no matter where Garrett goes in his flight. His playing is actually transcendent here, full of emotion and heart as it climbs around Miller's piano, leaving room for Blade to shift and shimmer on the edges. In the final moments, as Garrett bleats and shouts and chants with his horn, the intense melodic nature of his best improvising bring the blues home to visit from Africa and extends them to the protean, mystical East. This is Garrett's strongest moment in an already enduring career; it's fully realized compositionally, and in terms of its arrangements and its playing, it's virtually flawless without sacrificing emotion or creative intent or aesthetic vision. Simply put, it's his masterpiece. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide


PERSONNEL
Kenny Garrett - Saxophone (Alto)
Bobby Hutcherson - Vibraphone
Brian Blade - Drums
Mulgrew Miller - Piano
Pharoah Sanders - Saxophone (Tenor)
Jonathan Handelsman - Violin
Susan Jolles - Harp
Kevin Wheatley - Vocals



TRACKLISTING:
01. Calling
02. Beyond the Wall
03. Qing Wen
04. Realization (Marching Towards the Light)
05. Tsunami Song
06. Kiss to the Skies
07. Now
08. Gwoka
09. May Peace Be Upon Them


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Dave Valentin - Mind Time
JAZZ | FLAC | CUE | LOG | TIFF | 297MB | 44:40
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Dave Valentin is joined by such jazz illuminaries as guitarist Earl Klugh and percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo for this 1987 smooth jazz effort and they don't disappoint. The tracks "Twine And Tangle" and "Show Business" are amongs the highlights of a fine album



PERSONNEL
Dave Valentin - Flute, Piccolo, Pan Pipes
Ted Lo - Synthesizer, Keyboards
Richard Martinez - Synthesizer, Keyboards
Oscar Hernandez - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards
Lincoln Goines - Bass, Fretless Bass
Giovanni Hidalgo - Percussion, Conga
Earl Klugh - Guitar (Acoustic)
Bill O'Connell - Piano
Robert Ameen - Drums
Robert Gonzales - Drums


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~ TRACKLISTING ~

1. Feel Like Jazz
2. Twine & Tangle
3. Show Business
4. Passion Flower
5. Coconuts
6. Chago
7. China
8. Sonlight
9. It Might as Well Be Spring

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[dadirtydj]

Norman Brown - After The Storm (1994)

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Norman Brown is truly one of the pioneers of contemporary smooth jazz.Different music means different things to different people. For me, smooth jazz is highly emotive and dreamy - the great escape.With 'Take Me There' the first track, Brown sets the mood for the whole CD and he follows this with my favourite track on the album, the brilliant 'After the Storm'.Brown pulls off two excellent covers of Janet Jackson's 'That's the Way Love Goes' and Whitney Houston's brilliant 'For the Love of You'.Other brilliant tracks include 'Let's Come Together' and 'El Dulce Sol'.If you are curious aboutmore… smooth jazz and particularly jazz guitar, then this should be a 'must-have' for your collection.

~Track Listings~

1 Take Me There
2 After the Storm
3 That's the Way Love Goes
4 Any Love
5 Lydian
6 For the Love of You
7 Trashman
8 It Costs to Love
9 Let's Come Together
10 Acoustic Time
11 Dulce Sol
12 Family

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[Blaq]

Phyllis Hyman
You Know How To Love Me
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Tracklist

1. You Know How to Love Me
2. Some Way
3. Under Your Spell
4. This Feeling Must Be Love
5. But I Love You
6. Heavenly
7. Hold On
8. Give a Little More
9. Complete Me
10. You're the One (Bonus Track - Previously Unreleased)

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Review

A classic 1979 album from Phyllis Hyman! Hyman was one of the few female singers who started in the pre-disco years and managed to move through the disco years with a good groove -- but never get totally swamped by the production styles of the day. She stuck close to her roots as a jazzy soul singer, and produced great albums like this -- which mixed pop club grooves with more sophisticated arrangements, handled very well here by the production team of Reggie Lucas and James Mtume. Titles include the stormer "You Know How To Love Me", plus "Some Way", "Under Your Spell", "But I Love You", and "Give A Little More". CD also features the previously unreleased track "You're The One".

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You Know How to Love Me was Phyllis Hyman's most successful album and was carefully tailored to become the artist's crossover breakthrough, with prolific producer/songwriters James Mtume and Reggie Lucas on board. The end result is a carefully constructed blend of contemporary disco-styled songs and ballads, some better than others, and the more routine tracks are always rescued by Hyman stellar pipes. The album never truly realized its full potential, but does include the song that would become one of Hyman's signature tunes, "You Know How to Love Me." The song was never a blockbuster hit, but has grown into a classic, covered by artists such as Lisa Stansfield and Robin S. Other highlights include the excellent quiet storm of "Some Way," which allows Hyman's husky voice to shine; the somber, sublime piano ballad "But I Love You"; and the jazzy saxophone ballad "Complete Me." You Know How to Love Me is as close as Hyman truly came to becoming a commercial force and is an important and essential chapter in this star's musical legacy. The album was re-released in 2002, boasting excellent liner notes by biographer David Nathan, rare photos, and a bonus track, "You're the One," recorded in 1977, which blends in perfectly with the rest of the disc. This is the case of an album that was not a blockbuster upon initial release, but, like a great overlooked film, has grown into a classic whose importance will only increase with the passing of time.

All Music Guide, Jose F. Promis

[zacki]

The O'Jays - So Full Of Love + Idetify Yourself (1978-1979)

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01. Sing My Heart Out
02. Used Ta Be My Girl
03. Cry Together
04. This Time Baby
05. Brandy
06. Take Me To The Stars
07. Help (Somebody Please)
08. Strokety Stroke
09. The Big Gangster
10. Sing A Happy Song
11. Get On Out And Party
12. Identify
13. So Nice I Tried It Twice
14. Hurry Up And Come Back
15. Forever Mine
16. I Want You Here With Me
17. One In A Million

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