Disappearing Earth Julia Phillips

In un pomeriggio d’agosto, su una spiaggia della Kamčatka, all’estremo nord-est della Russia, due bambine di undici e otto anni vengono rapite da un uomo. Trascorrono settimane, mesi, ma delle piccole Alëna e Sofija non si trovano tracce, e le indagini della polizia non portano a nulla. Forse le sorelle Golosovskje sono annegate nella baia di Petropavlovsk-Kamčatskij? La misteriosa scomparsa fa riaffiorare nelle comunità della penisola timori e lutti mai sopiti, rievocando misteri che forse non saranno mai risolti. Sono soprattutto le donne, russe e indigene, ad avvertire il peso di quell’oscuro avvenimento. Donne indurite e stanche, ma sempre fierissime, che sfidando in un modo o nell’altro la predestinazione alla sofferenza cercano amore, amicizia e lealtà, e sperimentano sulla propria pelle delusioni e abbandoni..

With few exceptions, greats who established themselves during soul's golden era were not well served by the disco era, when arrangements and material often poorly suited their abilities. Such was the case with the final two albums by Esther Phillips, Here's Esther…Are You Ready (1979) and Good Black Is Hard to Crack (1981), here combined onto one CD with historical liner notes.

Cameras in space tell stories of life on our planet from a brand new perspective, revealing its incredible movements, colors, patterns and just how fast it is changing. This is our home, as we’ve never seen it before.

In 1974, original drummer/vocalist Peter Hoorlebeke (Rivera) left Rare Earth to record with his new group H.U.B. Gil Bridges and the remainder of the band used session musicians to record two more albums, “Back To Earth” and “Midnight Lady” , before the Rare Earth label was closed down in 1977. The group’s story does not end there, however. Barney Ales rejoined Motown in 1977 after leaving the company for several years. He set up a new label called Prodigal that was similar in intent to what he did with the Rare Earth label. Ales got Hoorelbeke, Bridges, and several other members of the band together to record “Rarearth” for Prodigal.