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VA - Rolling Stone Rare Trax Vol. 71 - Round Midnight: A Compilation Of Quiet Songs
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 152 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: None, Promo | Country/Year: Germany 2011
Genre: Folk, World, & Country, Rock | Style: Acoustic, Folk

RARE TRAX is a continued series of promotional samplers given away with the german edition of Rolling Stone magazine since the 1990's and has reached volume 80 already. Each version covers a special topic and presents lesser known songs and/or artists.

This two-fer from Collectors' Choice Music features the Brothers Four's second record – 1960s Rally Round the Brothers Four – and their third – 1961's Roamin' with the Brothers Four. Despite the inclusion of folk revival favorites like "Nine Pound Hammer," "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd," "My Tani," and "Blue Water Line," these are not two of the group's most solid efforts, rendering this collection for completists only.

Although the subject of countless roundups, regal chanteuse Ella Fitzgerald guarantees nothing less than a quality mix. A balm for migraines and perfect for nights at home, Fitzgerald's ballad artistry is particularly stunning; so much so that Verve is presenting this encore of her first Jazz 'Round Midnight disc. The new look comes with a fresh batch of glowing interpretations from the seemingly bottomless Verve vaults.

During the spring and summer of 1956, trumpeter Kenny Dorham recorded two studio albums with his Jazz Prophets, a small hard bop band involving tenor saxophonist J.R. Monterose and a rhythm section of pianist Dick Katz, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Arthur Edgehill. On May 31 of that year, Dorham's group performed live at the Café Bohemia with Bobby Timmons at the piano and guitarist Kenny Burrell sitting in on all but the first of four sets. Originally engineered by Rudy Van Gelder and remastered by him in 2001, Blue Note's 2002 double-disc "Complete" Dorham Café Bohemia edition combines every usable track taped during this exceptionally fine evening of live jazz…

ake five bearded mountain men and give them instruments (and booze, lots and lots of booze) and you will probably get Norway’s Svölk. Self-proclaiming themselves as “Bear metal” they play a mixture of stoner metal with a Norwegian redneck attitude. With their newest album Nights Under the Round Table, Svölk has created a down and dirty album featuring catchy hooks and heavy riffs.Nights Under the Round Table is a solid release from these Norwegian mountain men and shows that even in a place like Norway, stoner/sludge metal can thrive.