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The Sweet Inspirations - Let It Be Me: The Atlantic Recordings 1967-1970

The Sweet Inspirations - Let It Be Me: The Atlantic Recordings 1967-1970
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.1 GB
3:11:26 | Soul, Funk, Gospel, R&B | Label: Soulmusic Records

Three CD set featuring 66 tracks by The Sweet Inspirations cut for Atlantic Records between 1967 and 1970. A comprehensive collection from the voices behind a plethora of hitmakers including Solomon Burke, The Drifters, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Wilson Pickett and many others, who were signed in their own right by Jerry Wexler. Including the Top five R&B and Top 20 pop hit, 'Sweet Inspiration'. The set also includes eight tracks with the line-up including Ann Williams who replaced Cissy Houston; produced by Dave Crawford and Brad Shapiro, it was originally intended for release as an entire LP and has never been released in full until now. With stellar liner notes by renowned US writer/essayist Tim Dillinger including extensive quotes from Estelle Brown specifically for this reissue, and produced by SoulMusic Records' founder David Nathan, with mastering by Nick Robbins and artwork by Roger Williams.
The Sweet Inspirations - Let It Be Me: The Atlantic Recordings (1967-1970) (2021)

The Sweet Inspirations - Let It Be Me: The Atlantic Recordings (1967-1970) (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 3:12:07 | 440 Mb / 1,10 Gb
Genre: Soul, RnB / Label: Warner Music

Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell, and Estelle Brown had deep separate and shared histories when they became the Sweet Inspirations in 1967. That April, hot off backing Aretha Franklin and Van Morrison at the studio dates that yielded "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "Brown Eyed Girl," the singers recorded their first session as headliners for Atlantic. The group left Atlantic Recording Studios with ardent interpretations of contemporary material that, depending on the source, either reaffirmed its gospel foundation or took it to church, but none of the resulting songs – all eventual A-sides – truly shook up the charts. This would typify the Sweet Inspirations' four years with the label. Perhaps the women were underserved. Only two of their nine charting singles were written for them, and the one that did best, "Sweet Inspiration" – their lone Top 20 pop and Top Ten soul hit – was dashed off by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham after the songwriting duo watched them attempt to spin gold from straw in the studio. Unfulfilled commercial promise notwithstanding, the group during these years – with Ann Williams replacing Houston in 1969, then leaving her partners a trio the next year – produced a high volume of powerful R&B and gospel.

The Sweet Inspirations - The Complete Atlantic Singles Plus (2014)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Sept. 15, 2024
The Sweet Inspirations - The Complete Atlantic Singles Plus (2014)

The Sweet Inspirations - The Complete Atlantic Singles Plus (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 666 Mb MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 241 Mb | 01:44:57
Soul, Funk, Female Vocal | Label: Rhino Entertainment, Atlantic Records, Real Gone Music

Initially created from the ranks of a group of 60s female background session singers that at one time included Dionne Warwick, her sister Dee Dee, adopted sister Judy Clay and Just One Look singer Doris Troy, The Sweet Inspirations became an official Atlantic recording artist after being the label s go-to studio backup vocal group for many of the label s primary artists including Aretha Franklin (with whom they toured in 1967 and 1968), Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, The Drifters and Esther Phillips among others.

The Sweet Inspirations - Hot Butterfly (1979)  Music

Posted by Rtax at June 7, 2023
The Sweet Inspirations - Hot Butterfly (1979)

The Sweet Inspirations - Hot Butterfly (1979)
FLAC (tracks) - 219 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 83 MB
35:54 | Soul, Disco, Funk | Label: RSO

Hot Butterfly Review by Amy Hanson
Lauded for their tremendous efforts as a girl group session act throughout the 1960s, Sweet Inspirations made their own mark with two LPs and a string of hits during the late '60s and early '70s, before disappearing under the radar until 1979, when they resurfaced on RSO with Hot Butterfly. Now down to a trio of founder member Myrna Smith, with Gloria Brown and Sylvia Shemwell, the revamped Sweet Inspirations re-launched themselves on the tails of Robert Stigwood's near single-handed disco revolution. With Smith and Shemwell evenly trading lead vocal responsibilities, the band powered through a set of lukewarm disco-inflected R&B. Mid-tempo songs with flavor-of-the-year string arrangements are de rigueur from the opening "Hot Fun" to "It's the Simple Things You Do," both songs managing to overcome a desultory slip into oblivion, thanks to the powerful vocal arrangements.

Olivier Latry - Franz Liszt: Inspirations (2021)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 30, 2022
Olivier Latry - Franz Liszt: Inspirations (2021)

Olivier Latry - Franz Liszt: Inspirations (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 258 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 182 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:17:18
Classical | Label: La Dolce Volta

As well as being the promoter of the piano recital and creator of the symphonic poem, Franz Liszt was also a prodigious innovator in the organ repertory. Olivier Latry - resident organist on the great organ of Notre-Dame-de-Paris for more than thirty-five years - has recorded five of his pieces on the Rieger organ of the Philharmonie de Paris, including the three major published works for the instrument, fleshed out with transcriptions and arrangements.

Al Foster - Inspirations & Dedications (2019)  Music

Posted by Domestos at June 30, 2019
Al Foster - Inspirations & Dedications (2019)

Al Foster - Inspirations & Dedications (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 400.79 Mb + 32.46 Mb (Scans) | 01:05:59
Contemporary Jazz | Label: Smoke Sessions Records - SSR-1904

For legendary drummer Al Foster, it stems from the two groups of people who are closest to him: the jazz giants he’s been honored to play with (and who, though he’d be the last to admit it, have been blessed to work with him); and, first and foremost, his family. On his latest album, Inspirations & Dedications, Foster pays back his loved ones and collaborators with a set of songs written or interpreted in their honor.
Various Artists - Inspirations: Rocked By The Hand Of Clapton [2CD] (2014)

Various Artists - Inspirations: Rocked By The Hand Of Clapton [2CD] (2014)
Blues, Rock, Blues Rock | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:56:57 | 391,25 Mb
Label: Performance (EU) | Cat.# 38387 | Released: 2014-04-28

Known as 'God' to his keenest fans since his earliest days playing searing blues guitar around London in the 60s, Eric Clapton has been a lifelong devotee of the Blues and has covered many Blues classics during his 50-year career. This release in the Delta Inspirations series brings together 40 of those original classics by the original artists on a superb 2CD set.

Barnabas Sky - Inspirations (2021)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Dec. 7, 2021
Barnabas Sky - Inspirations (2021)

Barnabas Sky - Inspirations (2021)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Pride & Joy Music, PJM12692 | RU | ~ 476 or 139 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 23 Mb
Melodic Hard Rock

The new all-star hard & heavy project Barnabas Sky comes from the mind of guitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Markus Pfeffer (Lazarus Dream, Winterland, ex-Scarlett) from Kaiserslautern/Germany…

Cordâme - Ravel inspirations (2022)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 17, 2023
Cordâme - Ravel inspirations (2022)

Cordâme - Ravel inspirations (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 427 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 180 Mb | 01:18:23
Chamber Jazz, Modern Creative | Label: Malasartes Musique

Cordâme continues the exploration of French composers, after Satie and Debussy, it is Maurice Ravel's turn. Always under a new light, the composer and double bassist Jean Félix Mailloux composed pieces inspired by Ravel's impressionist universe and adapted several of his most famous works. At the crossroads of chamber music and jazz, Cordâme's music creates wonderful sound images representing imaginary landscapes of great beauty.

Dwight Trible - Inspirations (2017)  Music

Posted by aasana at March 15, 2019
Dwight Trible - Inspirations (2017)

Dwight Trible - Inspirations (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+.log) & booklet | 47:55 min | 239 MB
Jazz, Soul | Label: Gondwana Records

Manchester based trumpeter, composer, arranger and producer Matthew Halsall has carved out a unique niche for himself as both a band-leader and producer delving deeply into the worlds of spiritual jazz and string-laden soul. His latest project finds him playing with and producing the legendary LA jazz singer Dwight Trible, who first came to international renown with his 2005 Ninja Tune release Love Is the Answer.