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    Prazak Quartet - Leos Janacek: String Quartets; Concertino (2014)

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    Prazak Quartet - Leos Janacek: String Quartets; Concertino (2014)

    Pražák Quartet - Leoš Janáček: String Quartets; Concertino (2014)
    with Slávka Pěchočová-Vernerová, piano; Milan Polák, clarinet
    Lukáš Kořínek, bassoon; Jan Vobořil, french horn

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 280 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 141 Mb | Scans included
    Genre: Classical | Label: Praga Digitals | # PRD/DSD 250 301 | Time: 00:59:46

    In the last 30 years, the relationship between the leading Czech string quartets and Janáček two String Quartets has evolved markedly. The best Czech performers have always produced fine recordings of these extraordinary works, but more recent generations of players have pursued a different level of engagement. While performances such as that of the Talich Quartet (2005) show remarkable insight, recordings by other quartets, such as the Haas and ≤kampa, grapple with the passion and drama, occasionally even sadism in these turbulent works. The Pražák Quartet has an international reputation in Czech repertoire, in particular for their Dvořák their new recording of Janáček’s Quartets shares many of their fellow ensembles’ keen engagement with the composer’s language.

    The Style Council - The Singular Adventures Of The Style Council (Greatest Hits Vol. 1) (1989)

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    The Style Council - The Singular Adventures Of The Style Council (Greatest Hits Vol. 1) (1989)

    The Style Council - The Singular Adventures Of The Style Council (1989)
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 448 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 166 Mb | Scans included | 01:10:00
    Sophisti-Pop, New Wave, Soul, Jazz-Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock | Polydor | # 837 896-2

    The Style Council's albums were always weighed down by their far-reaching musical ambitions, which meant that their ideas were usually best heard on their singles. And while this period of Paul Weller's career has been criticized heavily, he wrote several excellent songs during the Style Council, most of which are featured on the fine compilation The Singular Adventures of the Style Council. Not all of the 16 songs are first-rate, as it begins to lose steam toward the end of the band's life, but "My Ever Changing Moods," "You're the Best Thing," "Long Hot Summer," "Shout to the Top!," "A Solid Bond in Your Heart," "Money Go Round," "Walls Come Tumbling Down," and "Speak Like a Child" are terrific, and make the collection worthwhile for fans of the Jam and Weller's solo career, as well as fans of New Romantic new wave and jazzy sophisti-pop.

    Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981) [Non-Remastered]

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    Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981) [Non-Remastered]

    Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
    XLD | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 249 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 95 Mb | Scans included
    Label: Island | # 253 481, CID 9624 (90 093-2) | Time: 00:38:12
    New Wave, Synthpop, Funk, Dub, Post-Disco

    By all means a phenomenal pop album that hit number nine on the black albums chart and crossed over to penetrate the pop charts at number 32, Nightclubbing saw Grace Jones working once again with Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, and the remainder of the Compass Point team. Nightclubbing also continues Jones' tradition of picking excellent songs to reinterpret. This time out, the Police's "Demolition Man," Bill Withers' "Use Me," and Iggy Pop's "Nightclubbing" receive radical reinterpretations; "Nightclubbing" is glacial in both tempo and lack of warmth, while both "Use Me" and "Demolition Man" fit perfectly into Jones' lyrical scheme. Speaking of a lyrical scheme, "Pull Up to the Bumper" (number five black singles, number two club play) is so riddled with naughty double entendres – or is it just about parallel parking? – that it renders Musique's "In the Bush" as daring as Paul Anka's "Puppy Love." Drive it in between what, Grace? It's not just lyrics that make the song stick out; jingling spirals of rhythm guitar and a simplistic, squelching, mid-tempo rhythm make the song effective, even without considering Jones' presence.

    The Modern Jazz Quartet - Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) Reissue 1991

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    The Modern Jazz Quartet - Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) Reissue 1991

    The Modern Jazz Quartet - Modern Jazz Quartet (1952) Reissue 1991
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 146 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 92 Mb | Scans included | 00:35:54
    Bop, Cool, Mainstream Jazz, Vibraphone/Marimba Jazz | Label: Savoy Jazz | # SV-0111

    This album is certain to be placed in the MJQ section of any shop that carries it. In reality though, only four of the cuts here feature the permanent, stand-alone, 1952-vintage Modern Jazz Quartet; the other eight having been done in the summer and fall of 1951, when they were still known as the Milt Jackson Quartet, with Jackson providing all of the original material. The differences are so subtle as to be indistinguishable – Milt Jackson and John Lewis are on every cut, while Al Johns subs for Kenny Clarke on drums, and Ray Brown precedes Percy Heath on four of the tracks. Clarke's drumming is more impressive in its quiet way, but Ray Brown's bass work is simpler and more forceful.

    Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, Jeremy Denk, Academy of St Martin in the Fields - For the Love of Johannes Brahms (2016)

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    Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, Jeremy Denk, Academy of St Martin in the Fields - For the Love of Johannes Brahms (2016)

    Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor & Piano Trio in B Major (2016)
    Robert Schumann: Violin Concerto in D Minor (coda by Benjamin Britten)
    Joshua Bell, violin & music director; Steven Isserlis, cello
    Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Jeremy Denk, piano

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 341 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 184 Mb | Artwork included
    Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88985321792 | Time: 01:16:35

    Violinist Joshua Bell and cellist Steven Isserlis are joined by two acclaimed musical forces - pianist Jeremy Denk and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, of which Bell is Music Director – in a landmark joint recording, For the Love of Brahms (Sony Classical). Available September 30, 2016, the new album is a unique project that features works of Brahms and Schumann that Bell calls “music about love and friendship.” Bell, Isserlis and Denk unite here in Brahms’s first published chamber work, the Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 8 in its rarely performed original 1854 version. Isserlis also joins Bell – as violin soloist and director – and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in Brahms’s last orchestral work, the celebrated Double Concerto (for Violin and Cello) in A Minor, Op. 102. Bell, Isserlis and members of the Academy also offer the first recording of an unusual coupling: the slow movement of Schumann’s rarely heard Violin Concerto, in a version for string orchestra made by Benjamin Britten, who also added a short coda.

    John Cale - Guts (1977)

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    John Cale - Guts (1977)

    John Cale - Guts (1977)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 256 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 99 Mb | Scans included
    Label: Island Masters | # IMCD 203 (846 065-2) | Time: 00:38:16
    Art Rock, Experimental Rock, Proto-Punk

    Guts is a retrospective compilation album by John Cale, released by Island Records in February 1977. It is perhaps most notable for including the songs "Leaving It Up To You", which was deleted from Helen of Troy, and the previously unreleased "Mary Lou". It was compiled by Howard Thompson.

    Django Reinhardt - In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar 1937-1950 (2005)

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    Django Reinhardt - In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar 1937-1950 (2005)

    Django Reinhardt - In Solitaire: Complete Recordings for Solo Guitar (2005)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 128 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 126 Mb | Scans included
    Guitar Jazz, Gypsy Jazz, Swing | Label: Definitive | # DRCD 11286 | Time: 00:49:41

    Between dozens of recordings made from 1937 to 1950, legendary French gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt waxed one, maybe two titles of solo guitar per year. Often it was less than that. Sometimes he made them at the request of the producers, who surely heard him warming up and decided to capture on records some of that magic atmosphere. Then Django took his instrument and performed whatever was on his mind: in occasions fully developed solo compositions; another times, instantly made up improvisations. This outstanding CD comprises them all for the first time in chronological order, including some very rare tracks and a recently discovered solo from a radio program as a bonus track.

    The Kinks - The Singles Collection (1997) Reissue 2004

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    The Kinks - The Singles Collection (1997) Reissue 2004

    The Kinks - The Singles Collection (1997) Reissue 2004
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 388 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 164 Mb | Scans ~ 42 Mb | 01:11:57
    Classic Rock, British Invasion, Pop/Rock | Label: Sanctuary Midline | # SMRCD024

    Although they generally aren't thought of as being as innovative as their contemporaries the Beatles, the Rolling Stones or the Who, the Kinks, thanks to Ray Davies' ever evolving songwriting and brother Dave Davies' power chording, fuzzed-out guitar sound, may well have influenced the actual sound of later bands more than any of those groups. This fine single disc collection brings together the Kinks' Pye Records singles from the 1960s, and includes the power chord shot heard around the world, "You Really Got Me," as well as its close siblings "All Day and All of the Night," "Tired of Waiting for You" and "Til the End of the Day," and later and relatively more sophisticated hits like "Waterloo Sunset" and "Lola." The end result is a solid chronological survey of the Kinks' most commercial and influential period.

    Alarm Will Sound & Ossia, Alan Pierson - Steve Reich: Tehillim, The Desert Music (2002)

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    Alarm Will Sound & Ossia, Alan Pierson - Steve Reich: Tehillim, The Desert Music (2002)

    Alarm Will Sound & Ossia, Alan Pierson - Steve Reich: Tehillim, The Desert Music (2002)
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 415 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 195 Mb | Scans included
    Contemporary, Minimalism, Vocal | Label: Cantaloupe Music | # CA21009 | 01:14:44

    Alarm Will Sound's recording of Steve Reich's monumental orchestral/choral works The Desert Music and Tehillim, released on the Cantaloupe label in 2002, greatly benefits from the group's close connections with the composer: the ensemble's conductor, Alan Pierson, and several of the performers studied at the Eastman School with Brad Lubman, a conductor frequently enlisted by Reich. Also, Pierson's arrangements, which reconcile the chamber and orchestral versions that exist for both works, were prepared in close consultation with the composer; thus, this may well be the definitive recording of these pieces. Brilliantly sonorous in their climaxes – the burst of light near the end of Desert Music, the "Alleluias" that close Tehillim – the players also articulate Reich's intricate canonic textures with nimble precision.

    VA - The Real... Bossa Nova, The Ultimate Collection (2014) 3CDs

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    VA - The Real... Bossa Nova, The Ultimate Collection (2014) 3CDs

    VA - The Real… Bossa Nova, The Ultimate Collection (2014) 3CDs
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 906 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 396 Mb | Scans included | 02:34:53
    Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz, Brazilian Jazz, MPB | Label: Columbia/Sony | # 88843058712

    44 original recordings from iconic Brazilian artists and American jazz & pop legends: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, João Gilberto, Flora Purim, Nacho Méndez, Dave Brubeck, Charlie Byrd, George Benson, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, Dextor Gordon, George Duke, and many many more… 3CDs, housed in a fold out card digipack case.

    Janis Ian - Stars (1974) + Aftertones (1976) 2 CDs, Remastered Reissue 2010

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    Janis Ian - Stars (1974) + Aftertones (1976) 2 CDs, Remastered Reissue 2010

    Janis Ian - Stars (1974) + Aftertones (1976) 2 CDs, Remastered Reissue 2010
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 393 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 180 Mb | Scans ~ 54 Mb
    Singer/Songwriter, Soft Rock, Folk-Rock | Label: Edsel | # EDSD 2044 | Time: 01:18:10

    Digitally remastered two CD set containing a pair of original albums from the Folk/Rock singer/songwriter: Stars (1974) and Aftertones (1976). The two albums that bookended her hugely successful Between the Lines album, each of these releases are complimented by a bonus live track on each disc. While Stars was a critically successful release, Aftertones consolidated the worldwide success of Between the Lines, particularly in the UK and Japan.

    Eric Johnson - Seven Worlds (1998)

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    Eric Johnson - Seven Worlds (1998)

    Eric Johnson - Seven Worlds (1998)
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 248 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 87 Mb | Scans ~ 42 Mb
    Label: Lone Wolf/ARK 21 | # 61868 10033 2 8 | Time: 00:38:11
    Guitar Virtuoso, Rock, Instrumental Rock, Fusion

    A rare find for fans of this acclaimed guitarist/songwriter, Seven Worlds is the long-lost solo debut from Eric Johnson. Cut in the late '70s, this album is far more than a promising collection of demos; it's a full length, fully-produced album that showcases all of Johnson's awesome talent – not only as a guitar virtuoso, but as a talented pop/rock songwriter. Tunes such as "Showdown" clearly indicate the talent that Johnson had, even at this early stage. A classy false start to a great career, and a must for fans of Eric Johnson.

    Anne Murray - Anne Murray's Greatest Hits (1980)

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    Anne Murray - Anne Murray's Greatest Hits (1980)

    Anne Murray - Anne Murray's Greatest Hits (1980)
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 183 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 92 Mb | Scans included | 00:31:51
    Country Pop, Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock | Label: Capitol | # CDP 7 46058 2

    Anne Murray's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Canadian Country vocalist Anne Murray, issued by Capitol Records in 1980. It is a collection of nine previously issued singles released between 1970 and 1980, as well as one new track, "Could I Have This Dance", which was newly recorded for this album (and simultaneously appeared on the soundtrack to the film Urban Cowboy). Though Murray's fourth compilation album, Greatest Hits was the first collection of her biggest charting singles, from her breakthrough Top 10 smash, "Snowbird", through 1980. (Previous compilations had included some of Murray's chart hits along with album tracks and lesser known songs.) It peaked at #16 on the Billboard album chart, hit #2 (where it held for nine weeks) on the Top Country Albums chart, and is certified 4× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA in the United States - Anne's biggest selling career disc.

    Jack Bruce & Robin Trower - Seven Moons (2008) Reissue 2011

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    Jack Bruce & Robin Trower - Seven Moons (2008) Reissue 2011

    Jack Bruce & Robin Trower - Seven Moons (2008) Reissue 2011
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 330 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 110 Mb | Scans ~ 56 Mb
    Label: Repertoire Records | # REP5258 | Time: 00:48:13
    Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Classic Rock

    Jack Bruce must have enjoyed his 2005 get-together with Cream so much that, when Clapton and Baker were unwilling to continue the collaboration, he rang up Robin Trower to renew the brief power trio fling they had in the mid-'80s. The Trower-Bruce pairing had released only two albums, B.L.T. and Truce, and was dormant since 1982, so this 2007 reunion was somewhat of a continuation of the project, albeit one separated by a quarter century. The results impressively continue where Truce left off, as Bruce brings his distinctive croon/moan to bluesy, riff-oriented tunes dominated by Trower's silvery guitar runs. Gary Husband fills the drum slot adequately if inconspicuously, but his contributions are mixed so far under Bruce's vocals and Trower's guitar that they are secondary. The previous two releases called in Trower's old Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid and Bruce collaborator Peter Brown to write the words, but Bruce and Trower pen these 11 songs without outside assistance.

    Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Blues Masters, Volume Two: Jimmy Rogers (1995)

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    Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Blues Masters, Volume Two: Jimmy Rogers (1995)

    Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Blues Masters, Volume Two: Jimmy Rogers (1995)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 348 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 138 Mb | Scans ~ 56 Mb
    Chicago Blues, Electric Blues | Label: Capitol | # CDP 7243 8 33916 2 2 | Time: 01:00:28

    Rogers re-emerged after a long layoff with a 1972 album for Leon Russell's Shelter label called Gold Tailed Bird. It wasn't the equivalent of his immortal Chess stuff, but the Shelter sides, here in their entirety, are pretty decent themselves (and no wonder, with the Aces, Freddy King, and reliable Chicago pianist Bob Riedy all involved). A few extra numbers not on the original Shelter LP make this 18-song set even more solid.