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Dinah Washington - The Very Best of Dinah Washington (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by Pisulik at April 11, 2018

Dinah Washington - The Very Best of Dinah Washington (The 50 best tracks of the jazz diva) (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 135:01 minutes | 1,5 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Dinah Washington was at once one of the most beloved and controversial singers of the mid-20th century beloved to her fans, devotees, and fellow singers; controversial to critics who still accuse her of selling out her art to commerce and bad taste. Her principal sin, apparently, was to cultivate a distinctive vocal style that was at home in all kinds of music, be it R&B, blues, jazz, middle of the road pop and she probably would have made a fine gospel or country singer had she the time. Hers was a gritty, salty, high-pitched voice, marked by absolute clarity of diction and clipped, bluesy phrasing. Washington's personal life was turbulent, with seven marriages behind her, and her interpretations showed it, for she displayed a tough, totally unsentimental, yet still gripping hold on the universal subject of lost love. She has had a huge influence on R&B and jazz singers who have followed in her wake, notably Nancy Wilson, Esther Phillips, and Diane Schuur.

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VA - Soul City: New York - Big Apple Labels And The Dawn Of Soul Music (2013) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at March 6, 2024

VA - Soul City: New York - Big Apple Labels And The Dawn Of Soul Music (2013)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:34:33 | 652 / 331 Mb
Genre: Soul, RnB, Funk

Music from Ike & Tina Turner, The Jokers, Big Dee Irwin , Baby Washington, Linda & The Del Rios, Titus Turner, The Shirelles, Dinah Washington, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford, and more - 60 songs in all.

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Dinah Washington - The Definitive Dinah Washington (2002) Music

Posted by TmanHome at May 26, 2016

Dinah Washington - The Definitive Dinah Washington (2002)
Vocal Jazz | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 49 min | 162 MB
Label: Verve | Rel: 2002

This 20-track compilation released as a joint venture by Verve and Blue Note, covers a lot of ground – from 1943 to 1962 – but then, so did Dinah Washington. She sang down and dirty blues, lush ballads, romantic standards, sophisticated R&B, swinging jazz, and even country, and this disc gives a taste of each style. Her earliest recordings were rooted in the blues and are represented by 1943's low-down and nasty "Evil Girl Blues," 1951's "New Blowtop Blues," and the filthy and funny "Big Long Slidin' Thing" from 1954. By the mid-'50s Washington had segued into a more sophisticated jazz style. Her version of "Teach Me Tonight" from 1954 featuring Hal Mooney's orchestra is seminal, her recording of "White Gardenia" from 1955 nothing short of heartbreaking. She also did an incredible cover of Hank Snow's country hit "I Don't Hurt Anymore" in 1954.

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VA - There's No Stopping Us Now - The Female Mod's Forgotten Story (2025) Music

Posted by Rtax at April 5, 2025

VA - There's No Stopping Us Now - The Female Mod's Forgotten Story (2025)
CD MP3 CBR 320 kbps + Artwork - 634 MB
4:15:15 | Rhythm & Blues, Soul | Label: Edsel

‘There’s No Stopping Us Now: The Female Mods’ Forgotten Story’ – a title that pays homage to one of The Supremes’ many infectious floorfillers – is a celebration of the inspirational women singers and groups who provided a brilliant and timeless soundtrack to an exciting moment in British pop culture. Bringing together the queens of Motown and Stax, classy chanteuses from around the world, and some homegrown dancefloor divas, these 98 songs on four discs were not only a key component of the enduring Mod scene, but many of the performers, musicians, songwriters and producers were the audible and visible representation of a way of life that publicist Pete Meaden described as “clean living under difficult circumstances”.

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VA - Soul Party (3CD, 2016) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at May 12, 2018

VA - Soul Party (3CD, 2016)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 2:24:18 | 353 Mb
Genre: Soul, Funk, RnB / Label: Not Now Music

Soul music… instantly recognisable, yet difficult to define. At best, it is music that truly touches you. This collection - crammed full of soulful music - comes straight from the heart and is aimed right at you, whether on a crowded dance floor or in the intimacy of your own home.

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VA - Stars Of Northern Soul (3CD, 2017) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at May 11, 2017

VA - Stars Of Northern Soul (3CD, 2017)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 2:11:55 | 315 Mb
Genre: Funk, Soul, RnB / Label: My Kind Of Music

My Kind Of Music is a superb nostalgic series focusing on single & multi-artist albums available on 2CD & 3CDs box-sets. Featured is a broad range of timeless music lovingly compiled on unique collections, beautifully illustrated & offered at a value price point, with titles to date.

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Dinah Washington - The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs (1992/2019) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Nov. 2, 2019

Dinah Washington - The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs (1992/2019)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 00:59:15 | 139 / 317 Mb
Genre: Jazz / Label: VERVE REISSUES

Dinah Washington recorded a stunning amount of material in her too-short career (when she died in Detroit in 1963 she was only 39 years old), most of it during her lengthy association with Mercury Records between 1948 and 1955, the era covered by this single-disc retrospective. Washington seemingly tackled everything under the sun in the recording studio, cutting jazz, R&B, blues, and pop sides with an assortment of small groups, trios, sextets, and increasingly, toward the end of her life, with large orchestras, and if she seemed to be gradually fading into blander and sleeker arrangements as time went on, her voice always remained focused and coiled, and her bluesy phrasing has influenced far more singers than most folks realize. This hourlong set includes a range of styles, from the elegant blues of "Backwater Blues" to the sleek, orchestrated "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" and the poppy R&B of "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)," one of her popular duets with Brook Benton.

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Dinah Washington - Queen of the Juke Box "Live" 1949-1955 (2000) Music

Posted by gribovar at March 5, 2019

Dinah Washington - Queen of the Juke Box "Live" 1949-1955 (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 202 MB | Covers - 21 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Baldwin Street Music (BJH-310)

Anointed "Queen of the Blues" by Leonard Feather, Dinah Washington made a number of live performances during the height of her career at New York's Birdland, Royal Roost, and Basin Street clubs. These performances, along with a couple of cuts from the soundtrack to the Harlem Variety Review, have been captured by Ted Ono's Baldwin Street Music label. During this period, many of Washington's recordings consistently appeared at the top of the R&B charts, although it wasn't until her breakthrough "What a Difference a Day Makes" that she made it to the pop charts. The first performance on this CD is from 1948 with Dizzy Gillespie & the Orchestra and the last is from 1955 with Wynton Kelly…

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V.A. - Lonely Avenue: Soul from New York (2013) Music

Posted by funkerman at July 21, 2014

It was the massive internal migration from the South during and just after the Second World War that made New York a mecca for rhythm and blues. The whole city was ablaze with talent during the 50s, when musicians came in their droves. Old style country bluesmen, hip cool jazz players, crooners and balladeers, jump n jive groups, solo performers there was more than enough work for everybody. And behind after them came the record companies, each one looking to promote talent and make money. . The melting pot of styles and musical approaches helped to form the new mainstream of the 60s: Ssoul.

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Dinah Washington - Great Women Of Song: Dinah Washington (2023) Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 26, 2023

Dinah Washington - Great Women Of Song: Dinah Washington (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 228 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 98 Mb | 00:42:22
Vocal Jazz | Label: Verve Records

As Duke Ellington would have said, Dinah Washington was “beyond category”. Subtle and inventive enough to hold an honored place in the jazz pantheon yet tough and forceful enough to command the attention of blues, R&B and rock & roll audiences. Equally at ease performing Broadway songs, pop tunes or jazz material, Washington combined urbane finesse with down-home grit to make music that reflected her strong-willed, larger-than-life personality.

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