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J.J. Cale – Naturally (1972)
Vinyl rip @ 24/96 | FLAC | Artwork | 665mb
Rock, Blues, Country | 1972 UK LP | A&M AMLS 68105
Naturally is the debut album by J. J. Cale. First released in 1972, it includes his song “After Midnight” which was first recorded by Eric Clapton in 1970.
Cale, who was languishing in obscurity at the time, had no knowledge of Clapton’s recording of “After Midnight” until it became a radio hit in 1970. Cale’s friend and producer, Audie Ashworth, encouraged Cale to record a full album in order to capitalize on the success of his song. Naturally was recorded independently, “on spec”, the musicians being paid demo fees. Some songs, such as “Call Me the Breeze”, were recorded with primitive drum machine accompaniment and sound almost like demos.
The album showcased Cale’s distinctive, understated style, and it successfully established his solo recording career which continues to the present day. The album was originally released on Leon Russell’s “Shelter” label, spawning the 1972 hits “Crazy Mama” (Billboard Hot 100 #22- his only Top 40 hit) and “After Midnight” (#42) as well as turntable hits “Bringing it Back” (recorded by Kansas in their first album), “Call Me the Breeze” (later recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd) and “Clyde” (later recorded by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, and a 1980 country hit for Waylon Jennings). Wikipedia
Cream – Goodbye (1969)
Vinyl rip @ 24/96 | FLAC | Artwork | 669mb
Rock | 1969 UK LP | Polydor 583 053
After a mere three albums in just under three years, Cream called it quits in 1969. Being proper gentlemen, they said their formal goodbyes with a tour and a farewell album called — what else? — Goodbye. As a slim, six-song single LP, it’s far shorter than the rambling, out-of-control Wheels of Fire, but it boasts the same structure, evenly dividing its time between tracks cut on-stage and in the studio. While the live tracks contain nothing as indelible as “Crossroads,” the live music on the whole is better than that on Wheels of Fire, capturing the trio at an empathetic peak as a band. It’s hard, heavy rock, with Cream digging deep into their original “Politician” with the same intensity as they do on “Sitting on Top of the World,” but it’s the rampaging “I’m So Glad” that illustrates how far they’ve come; compare it to the original studio version on Fresh Cream and it’s easy to see just how much further they’re stretching their improvisation. The studio tracks also find them at something of a peak. Boasting a song apiece from each member, it opens with the majestic classic “Badge,” co-written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison and ranking among both of their best work. It’s followed by Jack Bruce’s “Doing That Scrapyard Thing,” an overstuffed near-masterpiece filled with wonderful, imaginative eccentricities, and finally, there’s Ginger Baker’s tense, dramatic “What a Bringdown,” easily the best original he contributed to the group. Like all of Cream’s albums outside Disraeli Gears, Goodbye is an album of moments, not a tight cohesive work, but those moments are all quite strong on their own terms, making this a good and appropriate final bow. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Allmusic.
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Clarence White – The Lost Masters 1963-1973 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:37 minutes | 718 MB | Genre: Country Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Liberation Hall
A mix of fourteen rare acoustic and electric tracks from the late country-rock pioneer, and member of legendary bands The Byrds and Kentucky Colonels. The set includes tracks recorded both at the beginning and at the peak of his career, showcasing his critically acclaimed flat-picking guitar style. Features guest players such as Eric Weissberg, the Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, Gene Parsons, and Skip Battin, the Flying Burrito Brothers’ Byron Berline, and a rare rehearsal performance with the Everly Brothers with Gram Parsons on rhythm guitar.
White said of his guitar technique, “I always maintain that I’m an electric country guitarist working in rock, rather than a rock n’ roll guitarist like, say, Clapton or Beck, who came up through blues”
He may be best known as the second-longest member of The Byrds and leader of the Kentucky Colonels, but White also left his mark as a pioneer of country rock and his flat-picking guitar stylings; his ability to cross between acoustic and electric made him unique.
His session work included recordings with Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Randy Newman, Rick Nelson, Pat Boone, The Monkees, Arlo Guthrie, and Jackson Browne, among others.
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Savoy Brown – Witchy Feelin’ (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 54:32 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ruf Records GmbH
Blues is not for the faint-hearted. Since the genre first drew breath, its greatest practitioners have embraced the darkness, spinning tales of hardship and death, hellhounds and devilry. If the sleeve of Witchy Feelin’ suggests that Kim Simmonds, too, has a tendency towards the macabre, then Savoy Brown’s iconic leader is happy to confirm it. “Blues has always dealt with themes of the Devil, witchcraft and so forth, and I’ve always written along those lines. At least three of the songs on Witchy Feelin’ have that hoodoo vibe…”
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Kaori Muraji – Portrait (2010)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:09:31 minutes | 582 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Decca Music Group Ltd.
On this 2009 collection, Tokyo-born classical guitarist Kaori Muraji performs a diverse range of selections for solo guitar including pop tunes Tears In Heaven and In My Life, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, a medley from West Side Story and Chopin’s Nocturne No. 2.
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Gary Hoey – Neon Highway Blues (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:19 minutes | 998 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Provogue
The ferocious guitarist fuses his blues and rock influences in eleven original songs with special guest appearances from fellow Provogue guitarists Eric Gales and Lance Lopez, and Gary’s son Ian.
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Faithless – Faithless 2.0 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 04:00:11 minutes | 2,92 GB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cheeky Records
2015 marks the 20-year milestone in their illustrious career and to celebrate the band have curated a special remix album ‘Faithless 2.0.’ A package comprised of 28 tracks split across two CDs joining dots between past, present and future. While CD1 firmly brings their catalog back to life, CD2 celebrates 14 of Faithless’ career-defining records, with originals ‘Insomnia’, ‘Mass Destruction’, ‘We Come 1’ and ‘Salva Mea’ reminding us quite how timeless their music really is.
Calling on those they’ve inspired and been inspired by throughout their remarkable career, the album sees heavy hitters Avicii, Tiesto, Above & Beyond, Eric Prydz, Armin Van Buuren; alongside underground connoisseurs Booka Shade, Claptone, High Contrast and Purple Disco Machine all provide their own takes on their seminal classic material.
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Faithless – All Blessed (Deluxe Edition) (2020/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 02:00:11 minutes | 1,36 GB | Genre: Electronic, Dance
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd
In a history that stretches back some 25 years, Faithless have long occupied a pivotal position in the world of British electronica. Marrying elements of house, trip hop, dub and a songwriting flair into arena filling explosive, euphoric sounds.
Their accomplishments tell their own story: seven Top 10 singles, six Top 10 albums (three at Number 1), a Mercury Prize nomination for their brilliant sophomore album, 1998’s ‘Sunday 8PM’ and their impressive four times Platinum certified ‘Forever Faithless The Greatest Hits’ adding to a career total in excess of 15 million worldwide.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band – I Am The Moon: III. The Fall (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 30:01 minutes | 1,11 GB | Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fantasy
Tedeschi Trucks Band invite you to experience I AM THE MOON, an expansive, inspired, and ambitious musical journey that propels the treasured American ensemble into new and thrilling creative territory.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band – I Am The Moon: II. Ascension (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:26 minutes | 1,22 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fantasy
During the pandemic and its corresponding isolation, Tedeschi Trucks Band, one of the music’s most admired and successful live music draws, was searching for something to hold on to; a way to connect to each other and their craft. They had come off a triumphant performance of Derek and the Dominoes’ classic Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs with Trey Anastasio at the LOCKN’ Festival, which subsequently led to the release of the band’s acclaimed live album, last summer’s Layla: Revisited. Looking for an idea, TTB vocalist Mike Mattison turned to Layla’s rich source material for inspiration: Layla and Majnun, the legendary ninety-page narrative poem of star-crossed lovers by 12th Century Sufi poet Nizami. As a writing exercise, Mattison challenged the group to delve into the poem’s deeper themes. As he pointed out, Clapton’s “Layla” only used one element of the poem – Majnun’s love-madness – whereas the poem itself contains multitudes: family drama, classism, isolation, judgment, and the severe cost of single-minded mania, even in the cause of love. (Indeed, Layla and Majnun is believed to be the inspiration behind Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet and many other eastern and western literary classics.)
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