One For All – What’s Going On (2007) [Japan 2017]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 57:41 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,32 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 796 MB
Rock-solid work from One For All, easily one of the greatest straight jazz combos going, thanks to some tremendous tenor work from Eric Alexander, sweet piano work from David Hazeltine, and snapping rhythms from drummer Joe Farnsworth. The sextet also features Jim Rotondi on trumpet, Steve Davis on trombone, and John Webber on bass, all working here at the height of their powers, and also coming across with a bit more sharpness and soul than even other recent sessions on the Venus label. Arrangements are by all members of the group; the tunes are long and roll out beautifully with a solidly soulful feel — no surprise, given that most of them are covers of classic soul tunes from the ’70s.
Read more![Aaron Frazer - Introducing... (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2022/01/13/j4mkyi51rgdkc_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Aaron Frazer – Introducing… (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:23 minutes | 493 MBGenre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dead Oceans
Was soul music better before? No!” answers Aaron Frazer’s debut album. Spotted as the drummer and co-singer of Durand Jones & the Indications, this young soul brother from Baltimore, now living in Brooklyn, launches his solo career with Introducing…, an impeccable opus with a vintage flavour, produced by the legendary Dan Auerbach. In Nashville’s Easy Eye Sound Studio, home to the Black Keys, Frazer’s celestial falsetto, influenced by Smokey Robinson and Curtis Mayfield, resounds to perfection. Both conscious and amorous, like all the great fifties and sixties soul singers, he juggles pure love songs and politically charged numbers with ease. His soft voice is a divine whisper, modern and ageless at the same time.
(more…)
![Margo Price - That's How Rumors Get Started (Deluxe) (2020/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz] Download](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2022/05/23/u2otulqyputla_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1)
Margo Price – That’s How Rumors Get Started (Deluxe) (2020/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:27 minutes | 830 MBGenre: Country Rock, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Concord Loma Vista
On July 10th, Margo Price will release That’s How Rumors Get Started, an album of ten new, original songs that commit her sky-high and scorching rock-and-roll show to record for the very first time. Produced by longtime friend Sturgill Simpson (co-produced by Margo and David Ferguson), the LP marks Price’s debut for Loma Vista Recordings, and whether she’s singing of motherhood or the mythologies of stardom, Nashville gentrification or the national healthcare crisis, relationships or growing pains, she’s crafted a collection of music that invites people to listen closer than ever before.
(more…)
Michael Mcdonald – Motown
Artist: Michael Mcdonald | Album: Motown | Style: Pop, Rock, Soul | Year: 2004 [2003 original] | Quality: DVD-Audio (MLP 5.1 44.1kHz/24Bit, MLP 2.0 44.1kHz/24Bit | Dolby AC3 5.1) | Bitrate: lossless | Tracks: 14 | Size: 3.2 Gb | Covers: only front | Release: Universal | Motown (B0003131-19), 2004 | Note: Not Watermarked
Michael McDonald never disguises what his seventh solo album is: the title Motown makes it clear that this 2003 effort is a tribute to the glory days of Berry Gordy’s Detroit empire. McDonald never strays too far from that thesis, occasionally dipping into the late ’70s for material (he takes on Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You”) and sometimes choosing to wax relatively obscure items from Motown’s vast, rich catalog, but for the most part, this is devoted to the songs that you know by heart, whether you were a kid in the ’60s or raised on oldies radio. Since this is McDonald, not a neo-soul neophyte, this is cleanly and sharply produced, relying heavily on synthesizers, drum machines, and professional vocalists, but anybody who has spent any time with his solo records will find this not to be objectionable, but par for the course. If McDonald doesn’t reinvent these songs — hell, he uses the original arrangements as a blueprint, then cleans them up — he does display a love and reverence for the work, and his singing is passionate throughout. Ultimately, Motown doesn’t add much to his discography, but for those who love McDonald and Motown in equal measures, it’s a fine listen. (more…)
Read more
The Artistics – Get My Hands On Some Lovin’ (1967/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 23:40 minutes | 528 MB | Genre: Pop, Soul
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Epic – Legacy
Sounds of the late 50’s, and record company’s A & R men were trawling the sock hops, the talent contests and checking out the street corner quartets in search of the next generation of artists to turn into “Recording Artists”, a symbiotic chain of events was taking place in the heart of one of Americas greatest cities – Chicago.
Read more
New York Community Choir – Make Every Day Count (1978/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:48:18 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: R&B, Gospel, Soul, Disco
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: Q0buz | Digital booklet | © RCA Records/Sony Music
Recorded at RCA Studios, New York. Remastered at Battery Studios, New York.
Formed in the early ’70s as an offshoot of the popular, Grammy-nominated Isaac Douglas Singers, The New York Community Choir originally consisted of some one hundred members under the direction of Benny Diggs and included prominent writer Arthur Freeman. The Choir first came to national prominence in the U.S. in 1971 on a much-acclaimed recording by renowned poet Nikki Giovanni, “The Truth Is On Its Way.” Another offshoot of the choir, Revelation Movement (which included Diggs and Freeman) was formed to primarily do secular rather than gospel shows and morphed in 1974 into Revelation consisting of Diggs and Freeman along with Philip Ballou and Arnold McCuller. The quartet signed to RSO Records where they recorded one album. In 1977, The New York Community Choir signed with RCA Records: their self-titled debut LP included the dance hit, “Express Yourself”.
Released in 1978, the follow-up set, MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT (with a group name change to NYCC) was produced – like its predecessor by RCA executive Warren Schatz – and included seven original songs and a cover of “I’ll Keep My Light In My Window,” a tune originally recorded by the duo Caston & Majors for Motown (later cut also by Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye). With arrangements by Leon Pendarvis (the co-leader of the “Saturday Night Live” band) and featuring stellar New York session musicians such as Paul Shaffer and Richard Tee on keyboards, Jeff Mironov and John Tropea on guitars, Errol ‘Crusher’ Bennett on percussion, Will Lee on bass and Steve Gadd on drums.
The album’s infectious title track became popular particularly in East Coast discos and has remained a popular inspirational anthem among gospel and R&B music lovers. The original LP is making its worldwide CD debut with this release by Real Gone Music in association with SoulMusic Records and this Expanded Edition includes six-minute plus 12″ single versions of “Make Every Day Count” and “I’ll Keep My Light in My Window” with liner notes by SoulMusic Records founder David Nathan and remastering at Sony’s Battery Studios. Funky, soulful, spiritual!?
Read more
Vanessa Fernandez – Use Me (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/176,4 kHz | Time – 57:23 minutes | 2,93 GB | Genre: R&B/Soul
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds | Artwork: Front cover | © Groove Note
“Tasty as is the back-up band and are the outstanding acoustic arrangements, Ms. Fernandez steals the show with a voice that is as unlikely as her cover photo would have you thinking “funky black chick”. She’s no poseur though. If you have any such notions start with side 3’s opener, a cover of Bill Withers’ ‘Use Me,’ which is from where the album gets it title.” — Music = 10/11; Sound = 11/11 — Michael Fremer, AnalogPlanet.com. (more…)
Read more
Phil Perry – A Better Man (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:37 minutes | 495 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ Shanachie Entertainment
Phil Perry needs no introduction; famous for his #1 R&B hit Call Me , his lead vocals with Foreplay and Najee and Phil’s legendary group the Montclairs, his distinctive background vocals with the likes of Anita Baker, Barbra Streisand, Patti LaBelle, Quincy Jones, and others and his electrifying live performances, Phil Perry is without equal. Co-produced by Phil Perry and longtime collaborator Chris Davis, A Better Man is guaranteed to please Phil Perry’s devoted fans. (more…)
Read more
Genre: Pop
Duration: 00:33:10
Year: 2015
Quality: WEB DL 1080p
Container: TS
Video codec: H.264
Audio codec: AAC
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920×1080 29.97fps 8502 Kbps
Audio: AAC 48000Hz stereo 256kbps
Setlist:
Some Type of Love
I Won’t Tell a Soul
One Call Away
Marvin Gaye
How Deep Is Your Love (Calvin Harris cover)
Suffer
See You Again (more…)