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Early Day Miners – Placer Found (20th Anniversary Edition) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:27 minutes | 649 MB | Genre: Alternative, Indie
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Secretly Canadian
The opening title track sets the mood just right, its comforting guitar interplay and gentle vocals holding your hand toward an unseen destination that’s “still a ways to go.” “East Berlin at Night” is the definition of cinematic, almost like an Ativin song with the amplifiers turned down from 12 to 3, while the last two minutes of “Texas Cinema,” are the equivalent of a deep embrace from which you never want to let go. Why some sharp-eared music supervisor hasn’t utilized “In These Hills” in a movie montage of two people falling in love, I’ll never understand. This new edition brings it all back to the proverbial start, as it is being released on the Bloomington label Secretly Canadian which championed Ativin from the beginning and quickly became a home for Early Day Miners after the initial Western Vinyl release of “Placer Found.” The two unreleased instrumental tracks on side D are fascinating glimpses into creative paths not taken. “Prospect Refuge” is a delicious slice of posivibes math-rock, while the taut, vaguely ominous “Blue Casino” makes an entirely different song out of a riff later utilized for the standout “Jefferson” from the band’s 2003 “Jefferson at Rest” LP.
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Earl Van Dyke – The Motown Sound: The Complete Albums & More (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:34 minutes | 1,47 GB | Genre: Funk, Soul, Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motown
The 2012 double album collection devoted to the works of Motown session keyboardist (and Funk Brother extraordinaire) Earl Van Dyke. Originally, some of the Hitsville studio musicians would be „allowed“ to cut soulful Blues and Jazz tracks for the company’s Workshop Jazz label, as long as they handled the regular gig, cutting hits on the Hitsville U.S.A. assembly line. By 1964, however, Workshop Jazz was dead.
Motown made good on their promise, somewhat, giving Earl Van Dyke a rare opportunity in the spotlight by issuing in his name a single and a subsequent LP, That Motown Sound. Earl’s artistic disappointment belies the gems contained within those vocal-less Motown hits and the additional bonus tracks from Motown’s vaults that comprise Disc One of this set.
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Earl St. Clair – My Name Is Earl (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 27:47 minutes | 323 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Circa 13 – Def Jam
Earl St. Clair a name you should know if you’re a fan of R&B. For that matter, actually, you should know his name if you flat out love great music. While he is classified mainly as an R&B artist, his music is soul through and through, peppered with roots and even perhaps a hint of bluegrass influences. St. Clair is making wholesome old school music sound new on his latest album My Name Is Earl. Spanning seven tracks, the production is a strong, upbeat compilation of effective, pure lyrics and throaty, powerful vocals.
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Earl Hooker – The Essential Earl Hooker (1977)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:09:56 minutes | 775 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jewel Records
If there was a more immaculate slide guitarist residing in Chicago during the 1950s and ’60s than Earl Hooker, his name has yet to surface. Boasting a fretboard touch so smooth and clean that every note rang as clear and precise as a bell, Hooker was an endlessly inventive axeman who would likely have been a star had his modest vocal abilities matched his instrumental prowess and had he not been dogged by tuberculosis (it killed him at age 41).
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Earl Hines and Jaki Byard – Duet! (1975/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 38:37 minutes | 694 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS
Earl Hines is seen as the “Fatha” of modern jazz piano (see Fatha and His Flock), while Jaki Byard is best known for his play on some of Charles Mingus’ greatest albums. Hines was a major influence on the 15 year younger Byard, one of the reasons Jaki had such a deep-rooted understanding for tradition. Byard’s A-Toodle-Oo, Toodle Oo is a romp with a boogie-woogie beat. Hines’ This Is Always has Earl’s and Jaki’s arpeggios flowing through this lovely ballad. The two offer up a harmonically lush version of the Hines classic, Rosetta, while I Can’t Trust Myself Alone is a Hines solo tour de force. Hines starts off the evergreen Sweet Georgia Brown rubato before the two take off on an up-tempo escapade. As Long As I Live presents a breathtaking battle between friendly giants, and Byard portrays Genoa To Pescara in an impressionistic solo. On La Rosita the two tango, exchanging lead and accompaniment with ease and grace. Two piano giants in an incomparable get-together – this is something to treasure.
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Earl Hines – Up to Date with Earl Hines (1965/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:31 minutes | 681 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Victor – Legacy
Louis Armstrong’s counterpart at the piano was Earl Hines (1903), one of the few early heroes of jazz who was not born in Louisiana (he was born in Pennsylvania and in 1924 moved to Chicago). His technique augmented delicate virtuoso Armstrong-style moves with a rhythmic exuberance that set him apart from the tradition of Jelly Roll Morton. He was basically trying to play the piano like a trumpet or even a trombone.
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Earl Hines – The Blues (Remastered) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 44:36 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 2xHD – Storyville Records
Early big band leader and swing pianist, Earl Hines set the standard for the history of jazz piano to come. His highly rhythmic approach yet, melody-centric solos brought together some of the most important elements of jazz music, as can be heard on these beautiful solo renditions of standards such as Come Rain or Come Shine, Over the Rainbow and I’ve Got the World on a String.
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Earl Hines – Fatha’s Blues (1996/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:05 minutes | 584 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Tradition Records
Once called “the first modern jazz pianist,” Earl Hines differed from the stride pianists of the 1920s by breaking up the stride rhythms with unusual accents from his left hand. While his right hand often played octaves so as to ring clearly over ensembles, Hines had the trickiest left hand in the business, often suspending time recklessly but without ever losing the beat. One of the all-time great pianists, Hines was a major influence on Teddy Wilson, Jess Stacy, Joe Sullivan, Nat King Cole, and even to an extent on Art Tatum. He was also an underrated composer responsible for “Rosetta,” “My Monday Date,” and “You Can Depend on Me,” among others.
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Earl Hines – Fatha & His Flock on Tour (1970/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 40:12 minutes | 719 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS
Earl Hines’ improvisational style helped shape jazz. His Hot Five sides with Louis Armstrong are historic masterpieces, and the Armstrong-Hines duo “Weather Bird” is one of jazz’s high-watermarks. He went on to lead the first be-bop big band with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker as band members. Hines kept up with the times throughout his career, absorbing and assimilating every new style. Here Hines flows from Dixie to stride and swing, from rocking rhythm and blues to free-wheeling contemporary. Singer Marva Josie shines as the quintet plays the rhythm & blues standard I Just Wanna Make Love to You, as well as I Feel so Smoochy, Hines’ Night In Trinidad and the Cole Porter classic Easy To Love. The Hines originals Second Balcony Jump and Cannery Walk are tasty trio pieces. Ellington classics Passion Flower and Things Ain’t What They Used To Be, as well as All Of Me and Hines’ own Melodica Blues are instrumental quartet pieces featuring Haywood Henry’s polished clarinet and baritone play. All Of Me, My Heart Stood Still and Somebody Loves Me are solo exhibitions of Hines’ depth and breadth as he plays through jazz history. A necessary addition to any ‘Fatha’ Hines collection, and for those not familiar with the man and his music, a good introduction to one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century
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Earl Hines – Earl “Fatha” Hines (1970/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 29:21 minutes | 549 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Archive of Folk & Jazz Music
Earl Hines is accompanied by Ralph Carmichael’s orchestra as he revisits a dozen standards and originals which he had recorded earlier in his career. In spite of the liner-note praise from both Nat King Cole and Stan Kenton (both of whom were also Capitol artists at the time), Carmichael’s rather bland, unadventurous arrangements do not seem to inspire Hines very much, as his playing takes on a conservative, easy listening sound that isn’t generally associated with him. Hines is in full steam tackling his landmark composition “Rosetta” and shows off a taste of his tremendous chops in “Little Girl,” but these tracks ends up being the exception rather than the rule. The music is pleasant for background listening, but serious fans of Earl Hines are advised to get the pianist’s own big band recordings or his solo and small-group dates as a leader, as these 1963 sessions for Capitol will doubtlessly disappoint most jazz fans.
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Earl Hines – Dreamland (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:09:42 minutes | 1,39 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © nagel heyer records
Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl “Fatha” Hines (December 28, 1903– April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, “one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz”.
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Earcandy – An EARCANDY Christmas (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 33:03 minutes | 679 MB | Genre: Christmas
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Republic Records
The a cappella outfit Earcandy was born in 2020 through an online video streaming site. With their renditions of pop songs garnering massive streaming figures, they issued their debut album, the holiday-themed An Earcandy Christmas. With their first video in July 2020 – a rendition of Lily Allen’s “Smile” – the group, which consisted of Jonathan Tilkin, Sri Ramesh, Anthony Gargiula, Taylor Edlin, Kavya Borra, Ryan Narciso, Jilaine Marie Orton, Naomi Joy Turner, Nina Ann Nelson, Lyric Slaughter, and Lyn Lapid, had each found a spotlight with their own social media accounts before being brought together to perform. Signing to Republic Records, the collective recorded their debut album, An Earcandy Christmas, with award-winning a cappella artist Justin Critchfield, Ed Boyer (Pentatonix, Glee), and Grammy-winning a cappella engineer Bill Hare. The album was issued at the end of 2020, just a few months after the group formed. – Rich Wilson
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Eamonn Flynn – The King of The Cats (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:35 minutes | 1,36 GB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Blue Coast Records
When you queue up a Blue Coast Records album, you can be sure of one thing: you’re in for a masterclass on musicianship. Eamonn Flynn is no exception to this rule. Immensely skilled on the piano, Flynn has an ear for voicing, for bringing out the depths of beauty of the piano. On The King of The Cats, he approaches both traditional Irish songs as well as some gorgeous compositions of his own. The album has a sense of introspection and meditation. Through music, Flynn dedicates an ode to the diverse beauty of Ireland and the emotions it inspires. The audiophile quality recording that producer Cookie Marenco brings only further highlights the warm and full sound that Flynn’s piano playing has to offer. Rich in harmony, expansive in sound, full of emotional depth and breadth, The King of The Cats is a journey from start to finish, one that you will enjoy.
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Eagles Of Death Metal – EODM Presents: A Boots Electric Christmas (EP) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 15:34 minutes | 315 MB | Genre: Pop, Christmas
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Eagles of Death Metal (AG Records 2017) PS
The EAGLES OF DEATH METAL honor us in 2021 with their very own version of a Christmas album, which will be released in the form of “A Boots Electric Christmas”.
Hughes puts his signature aural alter-ego Boots Electric stamp on a half-dozen electrified interpretations of perennial holiday classics that include “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” “Put A Little Love In Your Heart,” “O Holy Night,” “Little Drummer Boy,” and “Little Town Of Bethlehem.” The sonic highlight rounding out the EP is an extraordinary, and quite stirring, a cappella rendition of “O Holy Night” featuring Hughes and EODM bandmate Joshua Homme on vocals.
“Just a few songs to warm your heart during Christmas time. I hope you like them. May Christmas bring peace to you all. Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, I love you, and God bless you all.” Hughes said of this new, winter-wonderful holiday EP.
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Title: Eagles – Live from the Forum MMXVIII
Released: 2020
Genre: Rock
Released: Rhino Music
Duration: 02:25:16
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS-HD MA, LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC, 1920×1080, 23,976 fps, 32,416 kbps
Audio # 1: LPCM, 48,0 KHz, 2 ch, 2,304 kbps
Audio # 2: DTS-HD Master Audio, 48,0 KHz, 6 ch, 4,310 kbps (DTS Core: 48 kHz, 6 ch, 1,509 kbps)
Size: 41.78 GB
Live Concert Film Capture Definitive, 26-Song Performance Recorded at the Fabulous Forum in September 2018 Featuring First Eagles’ Recordings with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey. LIVE FROM THE FORUM MMXVIII, a Scheme Engine production directed by Nick Wickham, was filmed on 14 4K cameras. The set captures definitive live performances of the band’s most iconic hits (“Hotel California,” “Take It Easy,” “Life In The Fast Lane,” “Desperado”) and beloved album tracks (“Ol’ 55, “Those Shoes”), along with some of the individual members’ biggest solo smashes (Henley’s “Boys Of Summer,” Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way,” and Gill’s “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away”).
Eagles: Live from the Forum MMXVIII is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Rhino Entertainment with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 2.34:1. While detail levels are generally good throughout this presentation, this is one of the darkest live concerts I’ve seen recently, just from a standpoint of stage lighting. The band is frequently bathed in deep blues which tend to deflate fine detail considerably, and a couple of moments that are lit in deep red tones come very close to posterizing. Otherwise, though, there is a good accounting of the players and audience, with above average fine detail levels in close-ups.
Eagles: Live from the Forum MMXVIII features DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 tracks, though like a lot of concert video releases on Blu-ray, the disc has been authored to default to the stereo track. While both tracks offer sterling fidelity, the surround track significantly opens things up from the get go, even with regard to the brief shot of a jet flying overhead during some establishing shots. The soundstage is nicely wide but still focused on the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track, and the vocals are to my ears mixed perfectly.
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