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Esther Phillips - Original Album Series (2016)

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Esther Phillips - Original Album Series (2016)

Esther Phillips - Original Album Series (2016)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, booklet) - 0.98 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 423 MB
3:04:47 | R&B, Blues, Pop, Country, Jazz, Soul | Label: Rhino

A remarkable vocalist who could holler gritty R&B lyrics, bring soul to torchy ballads, add charm and wit to the standards of the American Songbook, and make a Beatles song almost her own, Esther Phillips was formidably versatile, equally at ease with jazz, soul, country, pop and rhythm and blues. Famous for her bittersweet vocal sound and distinctive phrasing she was, in the words of Atlantic boss Ahmet Ertegun “one of the best singers he had ever heard”. Signed to Atlantic in 1964, she released a series of well-crafted albums, arranged by the likes of Ray Ellis and King Curtis. Here is some of the best of her output for the label.

VA - The Girls From Ember (2000)

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VA -  The Girls From Ember (2000)

VA - The Girls From Ember (2000)
FLAC (tracks, scans) - 465 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 207 MB
1:12:26 | Pop, Ballad, Blues | Label: Ember Records

Tracks from UK Ember first released 1962-1974. Throughout the Sixties and into the Seventies, Jeffrey Kruger's enterprising ember label released a steady stream of singles, EP's and albums by female artists, both soloist and girl groups. Actually, he didn't get off to the best of starts - Rock-Olga's "My Dixieland Doll" (Ember EMBS 105, 1960), is one of the worst records this writer has ever heard - but he went on to amass a strong roster of female vocalists including some who made their reputation in other fields but who nevertheless made good records for ember. Here we present a cross-section of their recordings, beat, ballads and a touch of the blues!

Helen Shapiro - The Ultimate Helen Shapiro (2011)

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Helen Shapiro - The Ultimate Helen Shapiro (2011)

Helen Shapiro - The Ultimate Helen Shapiro (2011)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.06 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 528 MB
3:51:02 | Pop, Jazz | Label: EMI Gold

February 2011 marks the 50th anniversary since Helen Shapiro burst onto the 60s pop scene as a 14 year old pop princess. This new 90 track set contains all of her hits, some great album tracks as well as some very rare material including outtakes plus some foreign language songs. This is a must for all of Helen's fans, the booklet features many previously unseen photographs including some of Helen as.

VA - Peace Chant, Vol. 7 - Private Jazz from Germany 1970-1987 (2024) (Hi-Res)

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VA - Peace Chant, Vol. 7 - Private Jazz from Germany 1970-1987 (2024) (Hi-Res)

VA - Peace Chant, Vol. 7 - Private Jazz from Germany 1970-1987 (2024) (Hi-Res)
FLAC (tracks, digital booklet) 24bit-44.1kHz - 756 MB
1:08:20 | Jazz | Label: Tramp Records

"This landmark compilation continues the unfoldment of diabolically obscure yet culturally and artistically essential recordings that have been hidden and precariously balanced on the precipice of obsolescence." For German musicians the mid-70s to mid-80s were an extremely fertile and fruitful time. Though The Peace Chant series is focused mainly on amateur bands, private pressings, and long lost acetates, many of the artists included here nevertheless made their mark upon the German and world music scene and even played with many of the giants of the movement. As the 60s were coming to a close, many German musicians began experimenting with fusing jazz, rock, pop, electronic, and world music with a harder, more aggressive sound.

VA - Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan (2024)

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VA - Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan (2024)

VA - Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 203 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 84 MB
32:42 | Rock, Folk, Pop | Label: Sub Pop Records

This tribute compilation features renditions of Margo Guryan songs by TOPS, Rahill, Clairo, June McDoom, MUNYA and Kainalu, Frankie Cosmos and Good Morning, Kate Bollinger, Pearl and the Oysters, Bedouine and Sylvie, Empress Of, Barrie, and Margo Price. Margo Guryan was a singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer who released her first and only album, Take a Picture, in 1968. While the album had little commercial success at the time, both the album and Margo became cult classics in the following decades, and are now considered a definitive part of the sunshine-pop canon.

VA - Peace Chant, Vol. 7 - Private Jazz from Germany 1970-1987 (2024)

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VA - Peace Chant, Vol. 7 - Private Jazz from Germany 1970-1987 (2024)

VA - Peace Chant, Vol. 7 - Private Jazz from Germany 1970-1987 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks, digital booklet) - 412 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 163 MB
1:08:20 | Jazz | Label: Tramp Records

"This landmark compilation continues the unfoldment of diabolically obscure yet culturally and artistically essential recordings that have been hidden and precariously balanced on the precipice of obsolescence." For German musicians the mid-70s to mid-80s were an extremely fertile and fruitful time. Though The Peace Chant series is focused mainly on amateur bands, private pressings, and long lost acetates, many of the artists included here nevertheless made their mark upon the German and world music scene and even played with many of the giants of the movement. As the 60s were coming to a close, many German musicians began experimenting with fusing jazz, rock, pop, electronic, and world music with a harder, more aggressive sound.

The Ladybug Transistor - The Albemarle Sound (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (1999/2024)

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The Ladybug Transistor - The Albemarle Sound (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (1999/2024)

The Ladybug Transistor - The Albemarle Sound (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (1999/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 465 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 180 MB
1:13:40 | Pop Rock, Indie Rock | Label: Merge Records

For the 25th anniversary of The Albemarle Sound, the record has been lovingly reissued on silver vinyl by Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records. The CD includes 12 bonus tracks which break open the year-long recording process with the inclusion of rare B-sides, four-track demos, instrumentals and alternate mixes, further highlighting the band’s mastery of songcraft while teasing out the intricate worlds those songs contain, making a case, as fans of The Ladybug Transistor have known for decades now, that The Albemarle Sound is as infinitely rewarding to return to as it is to visit for the first time.

ABBA - The Singles (The First Fifty Years) (2024)

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ABBA - The Singles (The First Fifty Years) (2024)

ABBA - The Singles (The First Fifty Years) (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.1 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 453 MB
2:28:42 | Synth-pop, Pop Rock, Disco | Label: Polar Music International AB

ABBA release “The Singles – The First Fifty Years”, a 38-track compilation album expanded from “The Singles – The First Ten Years” originally released in 1982. The album features ABBA’s top tracks plus additional songs not available on other compilations, including singles from the band’s latest studio album “Voyage”. 2CD format is packaged as a hardcover media book with a 28-page illustrated booklet including liner notes and unseen band images.

Gene Simmons - The Vault (2017)

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Gene Simmons - The Vault (2017)

Gene Simmons - The Vault (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans, booklet) - 3.8 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.3 GB
9:08:41 | Hard Rock | Label: Warner Music Group / Rhino

The long-awaited Gene Simmons "Mother of all Box Sets" THE VAULT with 166 unreleased songs on 10 CDs plus 1 Bonus CD from Gene Simmons over the years 1966-2016. Limited, numbered to 5,000 copies, and hand-signed personally given by Gene to the buyer. The Songs on "The Vault" : At first Gene Simmons wanted the sequence the "The Vault" box set chronologically, starting in 1966 with “My Uncle is A Raft” … and go all the way to the present. Later on it was decided to separate the disks by different moods. Gene Simons : “Sometimes you get in your car or you’re waking up in the morning and you want music that gets you going – kick in the nuts kind of stuff. Then other times, maybe at night, you want stuff that’s more melodic and a little more soothing. So there are CD’s in the box set that features big guitars, monster guitar songs and then there are other CDs that are more eclectic, with Beatle-esque big harmonies. So the songs are separated by mood, regardless of which year they were written or recorded.”

The Allman Brothers Band - Down-In Texas '71 (2021)

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The Allman Brothers Band - Down-In Texas '71 (2021)

The Allman Brothers Band - Down-In Texas '71 (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 424 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 170 MB
1:13:45 | Blues Rock, Southern Rock | Label: Allman Brothers Band Recording Company

Down in Texas '71 is a live album by The Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded on September 28, 1971 at the Austin Municipal Auditorium in Austin, Texas. This recording features the original lineup of The Allman Brothers Band. Saxophonist Rudolph "Juicy" Carter sits in on six of the nine songs. The album includes a bonus track with a 13-minute interview of Berry Oakley and Duane Allman for a radio station in Houston from June 6, 1971, about three months before the concert was recorded.

Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft (Exclusive Digital Album With All Isolated Vocals) (2024)

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Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft (Exclusive Digital Album With All Isolated Vocals) (2024)

Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft (Exclusive Digital Album With All Isolated Vocals) (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 488 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 201 MB
1:27:38 | Pop | Label: Darkroom/ Interscope

This product has been updated and enhanced to include a special version with Billie’s isolated vocals from the album.

Failure - 1992-1996 (Remastered) (2020)

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Failure - 1992-1996 (Remastered) (2020)

Failure - 1992-1996 (Remastered) (2020)
Vinyl FLAC (tracks) - 1.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 447 MB
3:14:41 | Alternative Rock, Grunge, Space Rock | Label: Failure Records

Alt-rock band Failure are celebrating their first three records with a box set that collects their trio of 90s albums, as well as some unreleased tracks from those sessions. Failure 1992 to 1996 is a four-disc box set that contains these three albums, as well as a fourth LP featuring unreleased songs from their 90s incarnation, which ended in 1997. The band would go on to reform in 2014, and have released two albums since: 2015’s The Heart is a Monster and 2018’s In the Future Your Body Will Be the Furthest Thing from Your Mind. In a statement about the set, frontman Ken Andrews said “almost everything people have heard from these albums has been sourced from 16-bit digital files made in the nineties, which was state of the art at the time.

Herb Alpert - Herb Alpert Is... (2020)

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Herb Alpert - Herb Alpert Is... (2020)

Herb Alpert - Herb Alpert Is… (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.1 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 473 MB
3:22:22 | Jazz | Label: Herb Alpert Presents

This new release from Herb Alpert Presents is the definitive retrospective on the illustrious career of one of America's most unique musical voices, Herb Alpert! Containing 63 tracks culled from 6 decades of the trumpeter's classic recordings, HERB ALPERT IS is the perfect companion piece to the new 2020 feature length documentary of the same name. HERB ALPERT IS will be available at retail on October 2! Presented in a hardbound Digi-case with 3 discs and a 180-page book of vintage photos, extensive song credits, and a 7,500-word essay written by Bud Scoppa. The Digi case is housed in a custom slipcase with a screened printed smoked acrylic window. Release of the CD set coincides with the premiere of the documentary HERB ALPERT IS… A global Facebook streaming premiere event of the movie on October 1 will feature celebrity introductions and a live Q&A session with Herb Alpert. The movie will subsequently be available with VOD outlets worldwide, including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, plus virtual cinema theatrical showings in select markets.

Crow - The Complete Crow (2023)

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Crow - The Complete Crow (2023)

Crow - The Complete Crow (2023)
CD Rip FLAC (tracks, no cue, no log) - 755 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 298 MB
2:06:07 | Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock | Label: Sundazed Records

This collection compiles all of Crow's studio albums with their original '69-'71 lineup. Crow Music, Crow By Crow and Mosaic are each individually packaged with new liner notes exclusive to this set - all contained in a pizza box style package! Crow Music gives listeners organ-laden funk wonderment! Combining gritty blues with nasty, hard-charging garage rock, this album includes their Billboard Hot 100 hit "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me)." Crow By Crow sees the band really turning up the heat! Their sophomore release spawned two minor hits, the Larry Williams cover “Slow Down” and an original, “Cottage Cheese.”

Elton John - Madman Across The Water (Deluxe Edition) (1971/2022)

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Elton John - Madman Across The Water (Deluxe Edition) (1971/2022)

Elton John - Madman Across The Water (Deluxe Edition) (1971/2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 978 MB
2:58:32 | Pop Rock, Classic Rock | Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)

Elton John before his mid-'70s cloudburst of success is a fascinating aural adventure. After the tentative first step of Empty Sky, the muscular songwriting strength of Elton John, the countrified experimentalism of Tumbleweed Connection and the live energy bursting through 17-11-70, Madman Across The Water, now reissued with demos and live tracks for its 50th anniversary, is the first album in what would become an amazing four-year run of varied, resourceful, and artfully brilliant collaborations between John and Bernie Taupin. The pair's trajectory from this point shot skyward into considerable wealth and ever-expanding notoriety.