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Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up (1972)  Music

Posted by Designol at May 9, 2023
Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up (1972)

Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up (1972)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 223 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 87 Mb | Artwork included
Blues-Rock, Blues, Classic Rock | Label: Warner Bros. | # 2643-2 | 00:36:55

Bonnie Raitt may have switched producers for her second album Give It Up, hiring Michael Cuscuna, but she hasn't switched her style, sticking with the thoroughly engaging blend of folk, blues, R&B, and Californian soft rock. If anything, she's strengthened her formula here, making the divisions between the genres nearly indistinguishable. Take the title track, for instance. It opens with a bluesy acoustic guitar before kicking into a New Orleans brass band about halfway through – and the great thing about it is that Raitt makes the switch sound natural, even inevitable, never forced. And that's just the tip of the iceberg here, since Give It Up is filled with great songs, delivered in familiar, yet always surprising, ways by Raitt and her skilled band. For those that want to pigeonhole her as a white blues singer, she delivers the lovely "Nothing Seems to Matter," a gentle mid-tempo number that's as mellow as Linda Ronstadt and far more seductive. That's the key to Give It Up: Yes, Raitt can be earthy and sexy, but she balances it with an inviting sensuality that makes the record glow.

Bonnie Raitt - Oakland 1989 (2023)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 15, 2023
Bonnie Raitt - Oakland 1989 (2023)

Bonnie Raitt - Oakland 1989 (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 199 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 126 MB
48:33 | Blues Rock, Folk Rock | Label: TimeLine

At the time of this concert Bonnie Raitt had been in the music business for twenty years. The album she was touring in support of, Nick Of Time (1989), was a comeback effort, produced by Don Was for her new label Capitol. After half a decade in the wilderness battling her bad habits and touring solo, she took the best possible revenge on the label who had dropped her (Warner Bros) by making a chart-topping, multi-platinum selling, Grammy-winning masterpiece. The blues-rock band she took on the road brought her new material and some old classics to life for enthusiastic audiences across the States. Performed at The Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, Oakland, CA, 26 November 1989 for broadcast on KMPX-FM.
Original Album Series: Bonnie Raitt (2011) [5CD Box Set, Rhino/Warner Bros., 8122797629] Re-up

Original Album Series: Bonnie Raitt (2011)
EAC Rip | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
5CD | Rhino/Warner Bros., 8122797629 | ~ 1415 or 681 Mb | Scans -> 294 Mb
Blues / Blues Rock / Rock / Pop Rock

Original Album Series album by Bonnie Raitt was released Aug 23, 2011 on the Warner Bros. label. UK-only five CD set containing a quintet of albums from the American singer/songwriter. Original Album Series songs Each album comes in a mini-LP sleeve with all housed in attractive slipcase. Original Album Series album Includes the albums Streetlights, Home Plate, Sweet Forgiveness, The Glow and Green Light…

Bonnie Raitt - The Bonnie Raitt Collection (1990)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 15, 2021
Bonnie Raitt - The Bonnie Raitt Collection (1990)

Bonnie Raitt - The Bonnie Raitt Collection (1990)
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 436 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 179 MB | Covers - 122 MB
Genre: Blues, Country, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner Bros. Records (7599-26242-2)

Since Bonnie Raitt didn't score any big hits during her nine-album tenure at Warner Bros., compiling a best-of from those records is largely a matter of taste, and after Raitt's commercial breakthrough on Capitol with Nick of Time in 1989, Warners decided to trust her own taste in choosing songs for this compilation. The artist's input is usually considered a good thing, but in this case it has resulted in an idiosyncratic selection that fails to be representative or to cull the real highlights from Raitt's Warners catalog. Basically, that catalog breaks down into three sections - the first three solid albums, the second three good but uneven albums, and the last three mediocre, compromised albums. Raitt has opted to try to find at least a couple of tracks from each album, which means she necessarily slights her best work in favor of her weakest…

Bonnie Raitt - The Glow (1979)  Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 18, 2022
Bonnie Raitt - The Glow (1979)

Bonnie Raitt - The Glow (1979)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 240 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 139 Mb | Scans included
Blues-Rock, Blues, Classic Rock | Label: Warner Bros. | # 7599-27403-2 | 00:37:40

Bonnie Raitt enjoyed critical success and blues/folk credentials with her self-titled debut, Give It Up, and Takin' My Time. By 1975, Raitt's style began to be defined by producer Paul Rothchild. Home Plate and Sweet Forgiveness were uncomfortable overtures to commercial propositions where Raitt's persona and sense of fun got lost. Produced by Peter Asher, The Glow was released in 1979 and includes great players like Danny Kortchmar, Bill Payne, and Waddy Wachtel. During this time, sales might have been a consideration as well as Raitt's tough image. If anything, Asher accentuated Raitt's rough edges and provided his customary production polish. Like many Asher productions of the period, The Glow gets its strength from its covers. Raitt takes on "I Thank You," "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)," and "Bye Bye Baby," and struts through them all with ease. "The Boy Can't Help It" doesn't fare as well. Robert Palmer's "You're Gonna Get What's Coming" makes for a great fit. Surprisingly, her take on Jackson Browne's "Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate" doesn't dig as deep as the great original.
Bonnie Raitt - Big Easy Blues (Live New Orleans '77) (2022)

Bonnie Raitt - Big Easy Blues (Live New Orleans '77) (2022)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 105 MB
45:29 | Blues, Blues Rock | Label: Wolf Tree

A hardworking road warrior who became an unexpected superstar when she entered middle age, Bonnie Raitt developed a distinctly soulful hybrid of blues, rock, and R&B, a sound that carried her through her long, varied career. The breadth of her vision was evident on her early albums, where she balanced her original tunes with covers of blues chestnuts and such singer/songwriter peers as Jackson Browne, John Prine, and Randy Newman. She'd maintain this template throughout her career, but perhaps perfected it on Nick of Time, the 1989 album produced by Don Was. Winning three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Nick of Time gave Raitt her first unqualified success in nearly two decades and, after its 1991 sequel Luck of the Draw consolidated her success with its Top Ten hit "Something to Talk About," she became an American roots rock institution. Over the next three decades, Raitt remained a popular concert draw and a fixture on the charts as she delivered a series of musically rich, mature albums that ran all the way until 2022's Grammy-winning Just Like That
Bonnie Raitt - The Best Of Bonnie Raitt On Capitol 1989-2003 (2003)

Bonnie Raitt - The Best Of Bonnie Raitt On Capitol 1989-2003 (2003)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 531 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 195 MB | 01:15:49
Genre: Blues Rok | Label: Capitol Records

The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003, its 18 tracks handpicked by the artist herself as a portrait of her renaissance years, are indicative of the high-quality work ethic she has imposed on herself. Sometimes these songs reveal the queen doing a definitive read, such as on John Hiatt's "Lovers Will" (a song that deserves far, far more than it got – the ache in her voice is the real grain of somebody who has been on both sides of love's hot broken arrow and still has faith enough to sing) or "Thing Called Love."
Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt In Session Cant Find My Way Home (2018)

Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt In Session Cant Find My Way Home (2018)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 53:58 | 123 Mb / 298 Mb
Genre: Rock, Blues, Folk / Label: Firefly

Long a critics' darling, singer/guitarist Bonnie Raitt did not begin to win the comparable commercial success due her until the release of the aptly titled 1989 blockbuster Nick of Time; her tenth album, it rocketed her into the mainstream consciousness nearly two decades after she first committed her unique blend of blues, rock, and R&B to vinyl. Born in Burbank, California, on November 8, 1949, she was the daughter of Broadway star John Raitt, best known for his starring performances in such smashes as Carousel and The Pajama Game. After picking up the guitar at the age of 12, Raitt felt an immediate affinity for the blues, and although she went off to attend Radcliffe in 1967, within two years she had dropped out to begin playing the Boston folk and blues club circuit.

Bonnie Raitt - Home Plate (1975 Remaster) (2008)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at June 8, 2019
Bonnie Raitt - Home Plate (1975 Remaster) (2008)

Bonnie Raitt - Home Plate (1975 Remaster) (2008)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 225 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 83 MB | 32:18
Genre: Blues Rok | Label: Warner Bros. Records

Homeplate takes Bonnie Raitt even further down the path toward mainstream production than the unjustly maligned Streetlights, but, ironically, it works better than its predecessor. Perhaps that's because producer Paul A. Rothchild has helped Raitt craft a record that's unapologetically pitched at the mainstream, where Streetlights often seemed to be torn between two worlds.
VA - The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years Of Essential Rock [7CD Box Set] (1993)

VA - The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years Of Essential Rock [7CD Box Set] (1993)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Run Time: 05:46:56 | 1,06 Gb | 5,40 Mb
Genre: Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Soft Rock
Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Soul, Punk, Alternative Rock
Label: Time-Life Music/Sony Music Special Products

This collection retailed for $100.00 when first released in 1993. There has never been a better collection of Rock Classics - probably never will be, what with the difficulties of gaining clearances and gathering the best materials. The seven CDs are divided into the years covered: 1967-69; 1969-70; 1971-73; 1973-77; 1977-82; 1982-86; 1986-92. Enclosed in each CD is a booklet with a capsule history of the music and a complete artist/title list. All of which contain from 15 to 17 tracks, for a total of 110.