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Ron Sexsmith – The Vivian Line (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 33:16 minutes | 363 MB | Genre: Folk, Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cooking Vinyl Limited
It’s not so much that Ron Sexsmith is underrated as just under-discovered. Although the Canadian singer-songwriter has duetted with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, won a Juno award, been produced by Steve Earle and Mitchell Froom, and been covered by Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris and Rod Stewart, he’s never really broken through in the US in the way he should have. But if you know you know—and if you don’t, it’s not too late to dive into Sexsmith’s 35-year catalog; The Vivian Line, his 18th album, is a great place to start. Picking up on a running theme in his career, there are clear nods to Ray Davies’ more sentimental, tender moments (“Flower Boxes,” the jaunty “Ever Wonder”) as well as The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society: “Country Mile” evokes that Britpop touchstone with a knowingly twee melody and strings-forward instrumentation, as well as the idea of pastoral beauty being a trap. “We could sit on the fence until the cows come home/ But life’s just passing by/ Doing our scarecrow dance beneath the great unknown/ All I’m asking is why,” Sexsmith croons. “A Barn Conversion,” meanwhile, is a smirking, jugband-ish lark about gentlemen farmers. Each honk and thump is crystalline; indeed, on the whole record, the mix is delightfully crisp. “What I Had in Mind” gently jangles as Sexsmith reckons with happily pursuing an artistic life when society expects conformity. (“Could never fall in line/ With the slave all day/ For minimum pay design.”) Its sweet-sounding companion, “Outdated and Antiquated” also marches to the beat of its own drum, with Sexsmith accepting how he “can’t seem to go with the flow, it don’t make sense/ I don’t fit in…But I’m relevant to myself.” “This, That, And the Other Thing” stands out with world-beat breeziness. “Place Called Love” is stripped-down chamber pop. “Diamond Wave” is upbeat, optimistic (“The sun was hiding under heavy cloud … but any doubts and second thoughts are gone”) and a little bit Jackson Browne. It all adds up to a pretty nice way to spend an afternoon. – Shelly Ridenour
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Eric Clapton – Unplugged (2022 MFSL UltraDisc UHR SACD) (1992/2022)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 01:01:49 minutes | Full Scans included | 2,48 GB
Genre: Blues Rock, Acoustic | Publisher (label): Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – UDSACD 2224
Eric Clapton’s Unplugged is far more than an album. It remains a majestic picture of a moment in time; an unvarnished glimpse into the soul of one of music’s most legendary artists; a visionary journey into the inspirations that helped shape Clapton’s character; a re-exploration and re-evaluation of deep-seated roots; a continuation of critical blues heritage; a building block on which a subgenre sprouted; a launching pad for both a later-career resurgence and discovery. The best-selling concert release of all time, Unplugged now takes on an irresistible luster that veritably gives you a front-row seat at Bray Film Studios.
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Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (2023 MFSL UltraDisc UHR SACD) (1973/2023)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 35:40 minutes | Full Scans included | 1,5 GB
Genre: Folk Rock, Pop Rock | Publisher (label): Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – UDSACD 2217
Demonstrating a deep-seated flair for soul and R&B, Paul Simon recruited gospel backup singers and traveled to the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios to further refine the vibrant sounds he desired for There Goes Rhymin’ Simon. His instincts proved correct. Many rightly consider the iconic singer-songwriter’s third album a masterpiece – one that, per critic Robert Christgau, “suggests a new grace and flexibility for the mass-pop mode, and invests small subjects and emotions with an almost luminous wit and awareness.”
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Tina Turner – Queen Of Rock ‘n’ Roll (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 03:54:22 minutes | 2,84 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone Records
To celebrate 50 years since the start of Tina Turner’s iconic solo career, ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ is a huge compilation of 55 tracks that compiles an incredible anthology of Tina’s legendary solo career through her singles. This is the first time Tina’s complete singles collection has been released as one set, from Tina’s cover of ‘Whole Lotta Love’ in 1975 all the way up to the Kygo remix of ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’ in 2020. This set includes a brand-new version of ‘Something Beautiful Remains’, reworked by legendary producer and long-time collaborator of Tina, Terry Britten, retitled to ‘Something Beautiful’.
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Bobby Womack – I Don’t Know What The World Is Coming To (1975/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:43 minutes | 901 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Capitol Records
I Don’t Know What the World Is Coming To is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released on March 28, 1975, by United Artists Records. The album debuted at number 126 on the Billboard 200.
In 1978 British rock singer Rod Stewart lifted the melody from “(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It” for his hit song “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?”
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The Waterboys – Where The Action Is (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:34 minutes | 504 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cooking Vinyl Limited
Following the acclaim of 2017’s Out Of All This Blue (awarded four-stars in Q Magazine and The Independent), The Waterboys with their new album, Where The Action Is.
Its title inspired by Robert Parker’s 1960s mod / northern soul classic, Where The Action Is is a 10-song, genre-defying album, testament to the enduring talents of the band’s founder and front man Mike Scott. One of the finest British songwriters of the past four decades, his songs have been covered and recorded by artists including Prince, Rod Stewart, Tom Jones, Steve Earle, and Ellie Goulding (who had a number three hit with a How Long Will I Love You).
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The Magpie Salute – High Water I (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:14 minutes | 584 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Provogue
The Magpie Salute is the continuing storyline of The Black Crowes with Rich Robinson, Marc Ford and Sven Pipien. A group that represents a musical union of swaggering rock ‘n’ roll, psychedelic blues, and campfire-worthy storytelling, it also marks a reunion of musicians whose paths twisted and turned right back to each other.
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The Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker (30th Anniversary Edition) (1990/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:46:09 minutes | 3,60 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © American Recordings Catalog P&D
It’s hard to imagine today but Atlanta used to very much be a musical backwater. Before the early ’90s—when the city became the epicenter of American R&B and hip-hop thanks to the work done by L.A. Reid, Babyface, Jermaine Dupri, and many others—Atlanta was pretty much just a huge Southern city more known as a requisite tour stop (it’s where the Sex Pistols kicked off their U.S. tour!) than for its homegrown talent. There had always been a vibrant music scene, but despite its creative breadth, it was mostly appreciated at the local level. Occasionally, artists would break through, but the idea of an “Atlanta scene” was laughable, a situation made even more embarrassing by the fact that tiny Athens—just an hour north —boasted a far more critically appreciated stable of bands. So when, in 1990, a band called the Black Crowes began dominating rock radio with their debut album, even some Atlanta music fans were surprised to discover that this was, in fact, a local act.
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The Bayonets – Crash Boom Bang! (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 46:35 minutes | 555 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © JEM
This debut from Los Angeles indie rockers the Bayonets was first released in 2014 and includes the single Vagabond Soul, featuring Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on vocals and harmonica. The band is led by Brian Ray, who spent years playing and recording with Etta James and Paul McCartney, and Oliver Leiber, son of legendary rock & roll songwriter Jerry Leiber of Leiber and Stoller.
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Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985) [Japanese SHM-SACD 2014]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 53:58 minutes | Scans included | 2.18 GB
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With its jarring rhythms and unusual instrumentation — marimba, accordion, various percussion — as well as its frequently surreal lyrics, Rain Dogs is very much a follow-up to Swordfishtrombones, which is to say that it sounds for the most part like The Threepenny Opera being sung by Howlin’ Wolf. The chief musical difference is the introduction of guitarist Marc Ribot, who adds his noisy leads to the general cacophony. But Rain Dogs is sprawling where its predecessor had been focused: Tom Waits’ lyrics here sometimes are imaginative to the point of obscurity, seemingly chosen to fit the rhythms rather than for sense. In the course of 19 tracks and 54 minutes, Waits sometimes goes back to the more conventional music of his earlier records, which seems like a retreat, though such tracks as the catchy “Hang Down Your Head,” “Time,” and especially “Downtown Train” (frequently covered and finally turned into a Top Ten hit by Rod Stewart five years later) provide some relief as well as variety. Rain Dogs can’t surprise as Swordfishtrombones had, and in his attempt to continue in the direction suggested by that album, Waits occasionally borders on the chaotic (which may only be to say that, like most of his records, this one is uneven). But much of the music matches the earlier album, and there is so much of it that that is enough to qualify Rain Dogs as one of Waits’ better albums.
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Steve Tyrell – Back to Bacharach (Expanded Edition) (2008/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:32 minutes | 841 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Arts Music
Having achieved great success over the course of four decades as a songwriter, producer, and performer, Steve Tyrell is the man behind suh pop hits like the chart-topping ‘How Do You Talk To An Angel’ and producer of Linda Rondstadt’s Grammy-winning Don’t Know. He was only 19 years old when he first began producing with music greats Burt Bacharach and Hal David. He worked on several Dionne Warwick hits such as ‘The Look of Love’, and ‘Alfie’. Together with B.J. Thomas, they made the Bacharach-David song, ‘Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head’ into a 1969 Oscar winner for Best Song From A Movie (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). He has lent his musical expertise to over 40 films and countless television projects.
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