2021

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Spanish music reached a peak early in the 20th century, with Enrique Granados Goyescas numbered amongst the crowning masterpieces of its day. Infused with the innovations of Debussy and Ravel, and inspired by the colours and emotional depth of Goyas paintings and engravings, the Goyescas are like brilliant and psychologically elaborate improvisations filled with seductively ornamented harmonies.

Burnt Weeny Sandwich is the sixth studio album by the American rock band the Mothers of Invention, and the ninth overall by Frank Zappa, released in 1970.

EXCEPTIONAL LATE -1974 CONCERT FROM DICKEY BETTS GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC SHOW After the death of Duane Allman in late 1971, Dickey Betts became the Allman Brothers Band’s sole guitarist and also took on a greater singing and leadership role. Betts, over the course of one night traveling, practiced slide guitar intensively in order to cover the majority of Duane parts. He went on to write ‘Jessica’ and the Allmans biggest commercial hit, ‘Ramblin Man’. Betts first solo album, Highway Call, was released in 1974, and featured fiddle player Vassar Clements. By this time, in large part due to Capricorn Records huge albeit unexpected success, more lucrative than anyone could have dreamed. Betts found himself free to pursue almost anything he desired musically. This situation allowed him to record Highway Call, and to perform with countless great musicians for the pure joy of playing, without any expectations of making money in the process.

EXCEPTIONAL LATE -1974 CONCERT FROM DICKEY BETTS GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC SHOW After the death of Duane Allman in late 1971, Dickey Betts became the Allman Brothers Band’s sole guitarist and also took on a greater singing and leadership role. Betts, over the course of one night traveling, practiced slide guitar intensively in order to cover the majority of Duane parts. He went on to write ‘Jessica’ and the Allmans biggest commercial hit, ‘Ramblin Man’. Betts first solo album, Highway Call, was released in 1974, and featured fiddle player Vassar Clements. By this time, in large part due to Capricorn Records huge albeit unexpected success, more lucrative than anyone could have dreamed. Betts found himself free to pursue almost anything he desired musically. This situation allowed him to record Highway Call, and to perform with countless great musicians for the pure joy of playing, without any expectations of making money in the process.

Sarah Rebecca was born and raised in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. From the age of five, she dresses up in long dresses and warns her parents that singing and music will be her life.

[center}[b]Frank Sinatra - My Way (1969/2021) (SACD)
SACD DSD64 (iso & tracks, scans) 2.0 (2,8 MHz/1 Bit) - 2 GB
50:01 | Jazz, Pop, Big Band, Vocal | Label: Stereo Sound
Although it follows the same patterns and approach as Cycles, My Way is a stronger album, with a better, more varied selection of material and a more focused, gutsy performance from Frank Sinatra. Built around the hit single "My Way," the album again alternates between rock covers ("Yesterday," "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," "For Once in My Life," "Didn't We," "Mrs. Robinson"), a couple of adapted French songs, and a handful of standards. This time out, Don Costa has written more engaging charts than the previous Cycles. The Beatles' "Yesterday" is given an affecting, melancholy treatment that brings out the best in Sinatra, as does the new arrangement of "All My Tomorrows," which is lush and aching. If Sinatra doesn't quite pull off the R&B of "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," he does sing the light Latin stylings of "A Day in the Life of a Fool" beautifully, and he has fun with Paul Simon's "Mrs. Robinson," changing the lyrics dramatically so they become a tongue-in-cheek, swinging hipster tribute. For that matter, most of the record is successful in creating a middle ground between the traditional pop Sinatra loves and the contemporary pop/rock that dominated the charts in the late '60s. My Way doesn't have the macho swagger of his prime Rat Pack records, but its reflective, knowing arrangements show that Sinatra could come to terms with rock & roll at some level.