Bert Berns

VA - Bang The Bert Berns Story (2017) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at April 21, 2017

VA - Bang The Bert Berns Story (2017)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 59:54 | 144 Mb
Genre: Funk, Soul / Label: Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings will release a soundtrack album for the documentary Bang! The Bert Berns Story. The album features the songs from the movie by artists including Van Morrison, Erma Franklin, The Isley Brothers, The Strangeloves, The Pussycats, Freddie Scott & more.

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Led Zeppelin - Studio Sessions Ultimate (2007) Music

Posted by Rtax at Dec. 25, 2024

Studio outtakes & rehearsals 1968-1980. Deluxe cardboard box containing everything on Antrabata's "Sessions", Midas Touch's "Brutal Artistry" and "Brutal Artistry II", and Empress Valley's "The Lost Mixes EP Voume 1". Antrabata and the Midas Touch both titles were all three released in 1997, and Empress Valley in 2001.The first disc's track 13 has an extra half minute in the end over prior releases. Disc ten's tracks 7-14 provide an extra 17 minutes of studio room floor edit pieces for Ten Years Gone and Boogie With Stu. Scorpio's material was closely sequenced chronologically. They were careful to not miss the few bits of tape before/after tracks that have commonly been missed by others. The tapes are excellent quality, with the only exception being some static halfway through Stairway To Heaven on the final disc.
The discs are packaged in white sleeves with the clear window on the front to allow easy identification. Also included is a four-fold insert with the track listing.

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The Exciters - Soul Motion: The Complete Bang, Shout and RCA Recordings 1966-1969 (2009) Music

Posted by Rtax at April 5, 2023

The Exciters - Soul Motion: The Complete Bang, Shout and RCA Recordings 1966-1969 (2009)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 302 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 133 MB
57:46 | Soul, Funk, Rhythm & Blues, Brill Building Pop | Label: Kent

Some of the most distinctive female voices of the 1960s were captured on tape in New York studios: Arlene Smith of the Chantels, Dionne Warwick, Cissy Houston, Ronnie Spector – you know instantly when you're hearing these women. Add to that list Brenda Reid, whose great soul shout fronted the Exciters. To be a singer was the girlhood dream of Lillian Walker. In her teens she started several groups with her friend Sylvia Wilbur, but the other girls involved just didn't last the course. Then Brenda came along. With the addition of Carol Johnson and Herb Rooney the group was complete. After a 45 as the Masterettes in early 1962, Sylvia left and the group came to the attention of Leiber & Stoller, who renamed the group the Exciters. Their first single – the Bert Berns-written ‘Tell Him’, released on United Artists – became a huge hit, but their follow-ups didn't achieve the same success, not even their fabulous original version of ‘Do-Wah-Diddy’.

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Van Morrison - The Authorized Bang Collection (2017) Music

Posted by delpotro at April 18, 2020

Van Morrison - The Authorized Bang Collection (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 03:01:42 | 872 Mb
Pop Rock, Folk Rock, Soul | Label: Bang Records, Legacy Recordings

The Authorized Bang Collection is a triple-disc compilation album by Van Morrison containing every track that Morrison recorded for Bang Records with producer Bert Berns with the full blessing and participation of Morrison. It was released on April 28, 2017 by Legacy Recordings on the Bang label. The first disc, subtitled The Original Masters, contains 17 tracks including every track from Morrison's debut album Blowin' Your Mind!. The second disc, subtitled Bang Sessions & Rarities, contains alternate takes from the Bang sessions. The third disc contains tracks officially issued for the first time, subtitled Contractual Obligation Session. These short songs were recorded by Morrison to fulfill his contractual obligations to Bang. Because Bert's widow Ilene Berns called those tracks 'nonsense,' they remained in the vaults, bootlegs notwithstanding, until this collection was compiled.

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Van Morrison - The New York Sessions 1967 (2017) Music

Posted by Pisulik at March 5, 2017

Van Morrison - The New York Sessions 1967 (2017)
Classic Rock, Folk, Blues, Singer-Songwriter | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:17:40 | 182 MB
Label: Easy Action / Troubadour | Release Year: 2017

The 1967 New York Sessions are comprised of the (much compiled) recordings Van Morrison made for Bang! after his split from Them. Teaming with Brill Building vet producer Bert Berns, Morrison's wild-eyed lyricism is often a tight fit with Berns' straight-ahead commercial sound (see the silly but fun "Chick-a-Boom" for an example). Still, a number of great songs can be found here, including the all-time great "Brown Eyed Girl," "The Back Room," "He Ain't Give You None," and "Ro Ro Rosey." Early versions of tracks from Astral Weeks, "T.B. Sheets" and "Madame George," also appear. Despite Van's objections to being a pop artist, the conflict between the two styles makes for some very interesting and invigorating listening. These sessions aren't vital to the casual Morrison fan, but anyone whose love of the man goes beyond the hits needs to add these to their collection.

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Van Morrison - The Legendary Bang Sessions (Remastered) (2024) Music

Posted by Rtax at March 1, 2024

Van Morrison - The Legendary Bang Sessions (Remastered) (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 214 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 87 MB
37:11 | Jazz, Blues, Pop | Label: Charly Digital

This collection highlights one of the definitive moments in modern pop music and is sure to please all classic rock enthusiasts! Features Van Morrison at his most heartbreaking, soul-stomping, mystical, spiritual, youthful best! Early in 1967, Van Morrison found himself in New York at the invite of songwriter/producer Bert Berns. Morrison s previous band Them had been hemorrhaging luck and leaking interest after previously riding high on the charts with the smash hit single Baby Please Don t Go. But Them s fame had been as fleeting as Morrison s enjoyment of it and when word leaked out that he was looking for a label to record solo material on, Berns leaped at the opportunity to have Morrison record for the fledgling Bang label.

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Betty Harris - Soul Perfection (2024 Remastered) (1969/2024) Music

Posted by Rtax at June 12, 2024

Betty Harris - Soul Perfection (2024 Remastered) (1969/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 242 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 100 MB
42:30 | Soul | Label: Sansu Records

Soul singer Betty Harris – mainly known for her Jubilee and Sansu recordings – was born in 1939 in Orlando, Florida. As a teenager she worked as a mate for Big Maybelle who encouraged her to start singing. First recording was released in 1962, her major hit was a cover of Solomon Burke’s “Cry To Me” in 1963. Taken at a slower pace, Harris’ rendition turned the song into a Billboard Hot 100 number 23 hit and soon became a deep soul classic. A total of three further singles including a reissue of “Cry to Me” were released on Jubilee with “His Kiss”, which was released on January 4, 1964, another deep soul ballad, reaching the lower part of the Billboard Pop and R&B charts. In 1964, Betty Harris switched record labels to Sansu, a New Orleans label, where she was produced by Allen Toussaint. Her recordings with Sansu produced ten singles and Toussaint raw yet sophisticated Southern soul arrangements behind Harris’ rich, distinctive vocal, are considered prime specimens of the classic soul era. Soul Perfection, originally licensed on UK label Action in 1969 , was in fact a collection of her previous works on Sansu, a rare groove affair rapidly in demand between a crowd of obsessive fans all over the world. Harris retired from performing in 1970 to raise a family and made an occasional return in 2007 with the album Intuition.

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Bonnie Tyler - The World Starts Tonight (1977) [1991, Reissue] Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Feb. 3, 2022

"The World Starts Tonight" is the debut studio album by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, released in February 1977 by RCA Records. Most of the songs were written by Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe, who worked as her managers while she was signed to RCA. They also produced the album alongside David Mackay. Musically, the album features country and pop songs. Two singles were released from the album. The first, "Lost in France", was certified silver by the BPI for sales of over 250,000 copies. "More Than a Lover" was also a hit, but failed to make progress in the UK Singles Chart after the BBC banned the song for its controversial lyrical content. Shortly after recording the album, Tyler had surgery to remove nodules from her vocal folds. The operation left Tyler with a permanently raspy voice.

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Them - Them (1965) [1988, London 820 563-2] Music

Posted by v3122 at Jan. 28, 2022

Them - Them (1965)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1988 | London 820 563-2 | ~ 253 or 104 Mb | Scans
Rock / Blues-Rock / Garage Rock / British Invasion

Them forged their hard-nosed R&B sound in Belfast, Northern Ireland, moving to England in 1964 after landing a deal with Decca Records. The band's simmering sound was dominated by boiling organ riffs, lean guitars, and the tough vocals of lead singer Van Morrison, whose recordings with Them rank among the very best performances of the British Invasion…

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VA - True Voices (1990/2019) Music

Posted by delpotro at April 30, 2020

VA - True Voices (1990/2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 393 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 166 Mb | 01:10:18
Folk, Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter | Label: Sunset Boulevard Records

The official CD reissue of the classic '90s Capitol Records album featuring performances by Lucinda Williams, P. F. Sloan, Susan Cowsill, Richie Furay, Percy Sledge, Gene Clark and more. True Voices is an album of songs by iconoclastic songwriters performed by iconoclastic artists. This edition adds 6 performances including the newly recorded Ode To L.A. While Thinking Of Brian Jones, Deceased by Johnny Indovina of Human Drama.

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