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Kak - Kak-Ola (1968) {1999 Big Beat/Ace} Music

Posted by TestTickles at Dec. 5, 2019

Kak - Kak-Ola (1968) {1999 Big Beat/Ace}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and LOG | scans | 432 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 182 mb
Genre: psychedelic rock, folk rock

Kak is the 1968 debut album from Kak but for this 1999 CD remaster/reissue, it was given the name Kak-Ola. This edition features eleven bonus tracks, courtesy of Big Beat/Ace Records.

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Betty Carter - Priceless Jazz Collection (1999) Music

Posted by Domestos at Oct. 11, 2020

GRP's Priceless Jazz is a mid-line collection that concentrates on Betty Carter's fine recordings for Peacock and ABC-Paramount during the late '60s. Although this disc could hardly be called definitive, it nevertheless offers many of her best cuts for the label, making this disc an excellent choice for neophytes and curious listeners – it is both affordable and entertaining. ~ AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Mildred Bailey - Smoke Dreams (1999) Music

Posted by Domestos at Dec. 23, 2019

Mildred Bailey - Smoke Dreams (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 213.43 Mb + 31.30 Mb (Scans) | 1:09:02
Jazz Vocal, Swing, Big Band | Label: Definitive Records - DRCD11131

Born Mildred Rinker in Tekoa, Washington, Bailey retained the last name of her first husband, Ted Bailey, when she moved to Seattle to bolster her singing career. With the help of her second husband, Benny Stafford, she became an established blues and jazz singer on the east coast. in 1925 she secured work for her brother, Al Rinker and his partner Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby. Crosby helped Bailey in turn by introducing her to Paul Whiteman. She sang with Paul Whiteman's band 1929 to 1933. In the mid 1930s, she recorded with her third husband Red Norvo. A dynamic couple, they earned the nicknames "Mr. and Mrs. Swing." Despite her divorce from Red, she and her third husband would continue to record together in until 1945. Suffering from diabetes and depression, she only made a few recordings following the Second World War. She died in Poughkeepsie, New York of heart failure, which was chiefly due to her diabetes.

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Michael Feinstein with The Maynard Ferguson Big Band - Big City Rhythms (1999) Music

Posted by Domestos at Jan. 2, 2020

The pairing of premier era-gone-by pianist/crooner Michael Feinstein and the legendary Maynard Ferguson Big Band is such a rousing success that it's surprising the two didn't think of it before. While the set mainly consists of whatever beautiful, offbeat standards Feinstein hasn't yet had the opportunity to record (including the sassy Bobby Troup number "Girl Talk" and the humorous Rodgers & Hart tune "Johnny One Note"), he sums up not only the spirit of this recording but of his whole retro-minded career on the clever original "Swing Is Back in Style."

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Pet Shop Boys - Nightlife (1999) [2017, Vinyl Rip 16/44 & mp3-320 + DVD] Re-up Music

Posted by v3122 at Jan. 23, 2021

Nightlife is a loose concept album – more of a song cycle, really – about nightlife (naturally), a collection of moods and themes, from love to loneliness. In that sense, it's not that different from most Pet Shop Boys albums, and, musically, the album is very much of a piece with Very and Bilingual, which is to say that it relies more on craft than on innovation…

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James Cotton - Best Of The Vanguard Years (1999) Music

Posted by popsakov at Jan. 16, 2022

Cotton has played for many labels over his career, Vanguard being but one of those labels. This CD is basically a compilation of two excellent Vanguard recordings. Tracks 1 though 5 are from the album "Chicago/The Blues/Today Volume 2", which was recorded in 1966. Tracks 6 through 15 are from the album "Cut You Loose" which was recorded two years later in 1968. The bonus track, "Next Time You See Me" was previously unreleased. When listening to the CD you will notice two distinct styles. The first five tracks, Cotton performs with a stripped down band consisting only of James Madison on guitar, Otis Span on piano and S.P. Leary on drums.

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V.A. - Harp Blues (1999) Music

Posted by gribovar at Jan. 23, 2025

This 25-track collection brings together some of the most inspiring blues harp performances on record. With the exception of John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson's "Bring Me Another Half a Pint" (what's better known as Jimmy Rogers' "Sloppy Drunk" and originally penned even earlier by Lucille Bogan) from 1948, everything on here was recorded in the '50s to the late '60s at the height of the electric blues boom. Representative and sometimes definitive performances from Big Walter Horton ("Easy," "Need My Baby" and the solo on Jimmy Rogers' "Walkin' By Myself"), Little Walter ("Roller Coaster"), Jimmy Reed ("Found Love"), Snooky Pryor ("Boogie Twist"), Sonny Boy Williamson ("99"), Jerry McCain (the rare, alternate take of "Steady") and Little Junior Parker ("Sweet Home Chicago") pepper this set…

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Jo-Ann Kelly - Key To The Highway: Rare & Unissued Recordings 1968-1974 (1999) Music

Posted by Rtax at May 29, 2024

Jo-Ann Kelly - Key To The Highway: Rare & Unissued Recordings 1968-1974 (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 257 MB
1:09:42 | Blues, Country Blues | Label: Mooncrest

People have begun to discover just how good a blueswoman the late Jo-Ann Kelly was. That's led to a trawling through the vaults, which have turned up albums like this, of obscure compilation and unreleased cuts. Key to the Highway covers what's arguably her most prolific period, as her star was ascending and was at its critical height (although it should be noted that the 1974 end date in the title is very elastic – there are six cuts from 1975, and two conversation pieces from 1988). While all too often material has remained unreleased for a good reason, everything here is prime. Kelly's definition of blues is definitely loose, including Hank Williams' "You Win Again," with some strong piano from Bob Hall, and even Marvin Gaye's "Can I Get a Witness" and Rufus Thomas' "Walking the Dog." However, in her hands, blues is exactly what they are. While generally accompanied, the stunning a cappella "Levee Camp Holler" shows the power she had, enough to put her up there with the top rank, and where her fretwork shows through, as on "I Can't Be Satisfied," she was a superb guitar player, with a slide technique to make Bonnie Raitt envious. The audio here might not be the best, somewhat crackly and aged, but in many ways that simply adds to the authentic patina of blues. She shows that you don't have to be male and African-American to have the blues. And a record like this simply increases her legacy.

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V.A. - Harp Blues (1999) Music

Posted by gribovar at Jan. 23, 2025

This 25-track collection brings together some of the most inspiring blues harp performances on record. With the exception of John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson's "Bring Me Another Half a Pint" (what's better known as Jimmy Rogers' "Sloppy Drunk" and originally penned even earlier by Lucille Bogan) from 1948, everything on here was recorded in the '50s to the late '60s at the height of the electric blues boom. Representative and sometimes definitive performances from Big Walter Horton ("Easy," "Need My Baby" and the solo on Jimmy Rogers' "Walkin' By Myself"), Little Walter ("Roller Coaster"), Jimmy Reed ("Found Love"), Snooky Pryor ("Boogie Twist"), Sonny Boy Williamson ("99"), Jerry McCain (the rare, alternate take of "Steady") and Little Junior Parker ("Sweet Home Chicago") pepper this set…

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Free - All Right Now (1999) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Feb. 26, 2025

Free - All Right Now (1999)
FLAC (tracks + .cue, log, scans) | 1:12:40 | 440 Mb
Genre: Blues Rock, Hard Rock

Free English rock band founded in London in 1968 and disbanded in 1973.

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