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Stuff – More Stuff (1977) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2011]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:43 minutes | Scans included | 1,49 GB
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More Stuff is the title of the second full-length studio release by the group Stuff. It was released in 1977, a year after their debut, on Warner Bros. Records. For the recordings, the group teamed up with Charles Kipps and Van McCoy, who by then had a disco hit with a song called “The Hustle”. The band also covers the Stevie Wonder song “As”, which appeared on his Songs in the Key of Life disc from the same year. More Stuff, like its predecessor, attained gold status in the U.S.
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Tony Bennett – Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:06 minutes | 837 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RPM Records – Columbia
Released in conjunction with an NBC-TV special, 2016’s effusively delivered concert album Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 finds vocalist Tony Bennett marking his 90th birthday with an all-star concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. A lavish event, the concert showcased Bennett performing a handful of his most famous songs, with the legendary singer joined by a bevy of musical guests including Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Lady Gaga, k.d. lang, Kevin Spacey, Stevie Wonder, and many others. Generally speaking, the album is front-loaded with the guest performances and largely consists of each artist doing a rendition of a popular standard Bennett performed and/or recorded at one point or another. Oddly, despite all the guest artists on hand and in light of Bennett’s own tradition of doing duet albums, the concert is noticeably bereft of such pairings save for a particularly poignant duet between Bennett and Billy Joel on Joel’s “New York State of Mind.” Instead, we get Bocelli doing “Ave Maria,” lang doing “A Kiss to Build a Dream On,” Bublé doing “The Good Life,” and more. We also get Elton John delivering a thematically fitting version of his own classic “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” Particularly engaging are Lady Gaga’s exuberant renditions of “The Lady Is a Tramp” and “La Vie en Rose.” Given her history as a duet partner with Bennett (much like lang), Gaga displays her growing talent as a traditional pop vocalist and proves to be one of the highlights of the evening. Despite the high caliber of the guest performances, the real focus of the concert is saved for the latter half when Bennett himself takes the stage. Although well past the age that most of his contemporaries retired, Bennett remains a magnetic stage performer with a voice that’s as robust and nuanced as in his prime — and perhaps even more full of character. Every time Bennett sings, he delivers a veritable master class on how to sing a jazz standard, and this performance is no exception. Here, we get a handful of some of his best-known numbers, including “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” “The Best Is Yet to Come,” and more. Ultimately, Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 is a joyful birthday fete to Bennett and a heartfelt tribute to his illustrious career.
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Todd Rundgren – The 70’s Collection (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 07:26:41 minutes | 9,39 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
Todd Rundgren 70’s Collection offers 117 tracks digitally remastered in 96 kHz, 24bit. Todd Rundgren may be known as an overindulgent pop singer and producer – but he’s also got a fantastic talent for a good little pop song, and his 70s.
Contains the albums: Runt (1970), Runt: The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren (1971), Something/Anything? (1972), A Wizard, A True Star (1973), Todd (1974), Initiation (1975), Faithful (1976), Hermit Of Mink Hollow (1978).
Jeff Beck – Blow By Blow (1975/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 44:32 minutes | 1,92 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic
Blow by Blow is Jeff Beck’s second album credited to him as a solo artist. It was recorded in October 1974 and released via Epic Records in 1975. An instrumental album, it peaked at No. 4 on the American Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the RIAA.
After the dissolution of the power trio Beck, Bogert & Appice (BBA) in spring 1974, Beck took time for session work with other groups. In December, a half-hearted “audition” for The Rolling Stones took place, Beck jamming blues with the band for one day, before realising their musical styles were not compatible.
During this period, Beck decided to record an all-instrumental album, bringing back keyboardist Max Middleton from the second Jeff Beck Group. He hired George Martin to produce after hearing his work with the Mahavishnu Orchestra’s 1974 album Apocalypse. According to Carmine Appice, who played with Beck in BBA, he was involved in the writing and recording process of Blow by Blow but his parts were edited out after a dispute with Beck’s management. The fourth key contributor to Blow by Blow after Beck, Middleton, and Martin was Stevie Wonder, who gave Beck his songs “Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers” and “Thelonius”, with Wonder playing clavinet on the latter uncredited. The former song appeared on Wonder’s 1974 album Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta, made with then-wife Syreeta Wright, while Wonder never recorded “Thelonius” himself. A cover of the Beatles song “She’s a Woman” was selected, as well as the composition “Diamond Dust” by Bernie Holland of the group Hummingbird consisting of musicians from the second Beck Group. The other five tracks were band originals with Beck and Middleton the main writers, and the last track on each side featured string arrangements by Martin. Beck dedicated “Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers” to fellow guitarist Roy Buchanan, with an acknowledgement to Wonder.
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Aleksandra Mońko-Allen & Patrycja Ziniewicz – Now, It’s My Turn! (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 46:25 minutes | 535 MB | Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Soliton
The artists will present pulsating songs saturated with the influences of American musicians: Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, Donny Hathaway. Music where everyone can find a part of themselves. The music is extremely colorful, exuding femininity and a persistent search for fulfillment and happiness. Very intimate this time. Limited number of seats!
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Steve Cropper – Playin My Thang (1981)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:02 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Geffen
Steve Cropper is best known as session guitarist for Stax Records and part of Booker T. & The MG’s. He’s played besides people like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave and Wilson Pickett. He also features in both Blues Brothers movies as ‘The Colonel’. And he co-wrote “In The Midnight Hour” and “Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay”. Whoa! Having played such an important role as sideman to lots of Southern Soul stars, it’s no surprise this solo album isn’t gonna blow your speakers. But this second Steve Cropper solo album is an album well worth checking out.
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Brandon Sanders – Compton’s Finest (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:28 minutes | 824 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Savant
The only thing drummer Brandon Sanders has to prove on Compton’s Finest, is his musicality. Here making his recording after being a successful, professional musician for nearly three decades, Sanders is past the youthful need for flashy pomp and circumstance. He instead focuses on serving the material-and supporting an ace roster of bandmates that includes vibraphonist Warren Wolf, tenor saxophonist Chris Lewis, pianist Keith Brown, and bassist Eric Wheeler-with taste and maturity. Based in New York, Sanders grew up in Compton, California-the famously troubled Los Angeles suburb. The title of the album is in the spirit of celebrating rather than denigrating the drummer’s hometown. Between the lively, genial readings of the standards, the melodic soul of Sanders’s two originals, or the masterful vocals from special guest Jazzmeia Horn on Stevie Wonder’s “I Can’t Help It” and Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood,” Sanders’s maiden voyage on record is a serious accomplishment.
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Snoop Dogg – Bush (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:19 minutes | 532 MB | Genre: Rap, Hip-Hop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia
Snoop Dogg’s much-anticipated new album, BUSH, is available via Columbia Records and is his first album for the label. The album is entirely produced by Grammy Award-winner Pharrell Williams, and is a creative partnership between Doggy Style Records, i am OTHER and Columbia Records.
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – What Love Has…Joined Together (1970/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:43 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motown
This top 10 R&B concept album from Smokey Robinson & The Miracles contains nothing but covers of love songs by Burt Bacharach, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, the Beatles and others. Produced by Smokey Robinson, What Love Has…Joined Together was one of the most rare albums in the Motown catalogue, for years out of print and almost impossible to find.
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Season For Miracles (1970/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:11 minutes | 1,63 GB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motown
This 1970 holiday release is the second Christmas album from the Miracles, following a successful, highly acclaimed 1963 outing. The Season For Miracles features traditional numbers, classic favourites and several originals, including two songs by Stevie Wonder. The Temptations join the Miracles on Mel Tormé’s The Christmas Song.
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Seal – Standards (Deluxe) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:12 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca (UMO)
It’s always some kind of baptism of fire. Not a prerequisite but a way to measure oneself to one’s colleagues from yesterday and today. With the aptly named Standards, his tenth studio album, Seal climbs the Everest of the great jazz and swing classics. After three decades, the Brit doesn’t have anything to prove anymore about the soul quality of his voice. But this retro-flavored enchanted digression reminds us of how this powerful and sultry organ can master any repertoire. Recorded for the most part in the famous Capitol studios in Los Angeles, precisely where Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat “King” Cole and many others have recorded some of their greatest discs, Standardshas incidentally been created with the help of musicians that have assisted these great voices. We find pianist Randy Waldman (Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka), bass player Chuck Berghofer (Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles) and drummer Greg Fields (Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder), all gathered so that Seal would give his reinterpretations of Autumn Leaves, I Put A Spell On You, Love For Sale, My Funny Valentine, I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Smile, I’m Beginning To See The Light and Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow. “This is the album I have always wanted to make, explains the concerned party. I grew up listening to music from the Rat Pack era, so recording these timeless tunes was a lifelong dream. It was a true honour to collaborate with the same musicians who performed with Frank Sinatra and so many of my favourite artists, in the very same studios where the magic was first made – it was one of the greatest days of my recording career.” We can easily imagine that…
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Terrace Martin – Curly (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:24 minutes | 883 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
In the rhythm of summer, Terrace Martin graces us with his second release, CURLY, a captivating jazz album that follows his earlier masterpiece, Fine Tune. Part of a grand series comprising six soul-stirring jazz albums scheduled for release throughout 2023, CURLY pays homage to both Terrace Martin’s own legacy and the timeless genre of jazz music.
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Sara Evans – The Barker Family Band (Live from City Winery Nashville) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:23:41 minutes | 997 MB | Genre: Country
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Born To Fly Records
Sara Evans isn’t the only talent in her family. The “Born to Fly” singer’s upcoming album is a joint effort, featuring vocals from 16-year-old daughter Olivia and guitar playing from her 19-year-old son, Avery.
Evans and the Barker Family Band debuted earlier this year, taking their family show on a mini-tour in May in support of their first EP, The Barker Family Band, which impacted in April. The last few shows on the tour were recorded, and songs from these shows will be released on a new live LP called Live From City Winery Nashville, which is set for an Aug. 30 release.
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Samara Joy – Samara Joy (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:00 minutes | 828 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Whirlwind Recordings
Samara Joy is a singing star in the ascendancy. The young vocalist attracted attention in 2019 after winning the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. Now, the 21-year-old announces her self-titled debut release, which puts her spin on jazz standards from the Great American Songbook. Produced by Grammy-nominated veteran Matt Pierson, she’s joined by jazz guitar virtuoso Pasquale Grasso and his trio (Ari Roland and Kenny Washington) for a release that furthers Joy’s reputation as one of America’s most promising young jazz vocalists. Samara Joy will be released on July 9th, 2021 as a compact disc, vinyl LP, and digital download via Whirlwind Recordings.
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