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John Prine - Live At The Other End, Dec. 1975 (2021)  Music

Posted by delpotro at March 20, 2024
John Prine - Live At The Other End, Dec. 1975 (2021)

John Prine - Live At The Other End, Dec. 1975 (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 836 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 319 Mb | 02:19:07
Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Acoustic | Label: Rhino Entertainment, Atlantic Records

In December 1975, Grammy award-winning songwriter John Prine played three nights at The Other End (previously and now known as The Bitter End) in Greenwich Village, NYC. The acoustic performances featured some of his best-known songs such as “Angel From Montgomery” and “Hello In There”, from his first four studio albums: John Prine (1971), Diamonds In The Rough (1972), Sweet Revenge (1973) and Common Sense (1975).
John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes - On The Wings Of An Eagle (2006)

John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes - On The Wings Of An Eagle (2006)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 340 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 145 Mb | Scans included
Hard Bop, Post-Bop | Label: Chesky | # SACD318 | Time: 01:01:44

John Hicks is heard with his working trio on what is likely his final recording, made two months to the day prior to his unexpected death. With bassist Buster Williams and drummer Louis Hayes, also seasoned veterans and bandleaders themselves, the set list for this well-recorded studio session is a hard bop lover's feast, drawing from both familiar and less frequently heard repertoire. Hicks throws quite a few curves into Gigi Gryce's "Minority" by tossing in a few vamps then getting right to business with improvising rather than bothering to offer a chorus of its theme, with Williams' fleet bassline and Hayes' brushwork powering him in full flight. The leader's sole original is a salute to Cedar Walton, an upbeat piece called "As Birds Fly (Walton's Mountain)" in which the musicians easily scale its heights. The bassist contributed two originals, including the lush, somewhat moody "Strivers Jewels" and the delicate tribute to his then-young niece "Christina." Hayes is an asset throughout the recording, particularly standing out in the powerful interpretation of Dexter Gordon's "Cheesecake".

Olivia Newton-John - Gold (2005)  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 28, 2024
Olivia Newton-John - Gold (2005)

Olivia Newton-John - Gold (2005)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,02 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 372 Mb
Full Scans | 01:14:06 + 01:13:09 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop / Folk / Country / Pop Rock / Synth-Pop / Adult Contemporary
Hip-O Records / Geffen / Universal Music #B0004684-02

Olivia Newton-John: Gold is a double album of Olivia Newton-John's greatest hits, released in 2005. It contains all but one of her solo Billboard Hot 100 hits (excluding "I Need Love") and is the first CD to contain the track "Fool Country" (a B-side to "Magic" and contained in the film Xanadu, but not available on the soundtrack). The album is considered the most thorough of all of Newton-John's many compilation albums.

John Williams - John Williams Plays Bach (2018)  Music

Posted by delpotro at March 17, 2024
John Williams - John Williams Plays Bach (2018)

John Williams - John Williams Plays Bach (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 847 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 497 Mb | 03:34:52
Classical | Label: Sony Classical

The Australian guitarist John Williams has long been universally recognized as a true master , to quote the Guardian. The centrepiece of Sony s new reissue of his Bach recordings is formed by the Suites for solo lute. Also contained on these 4 CDs are Williams s inspired transcriptions of the E major Violin Concerto (with the English Chamber Orchestra), preludes and fugues, chorales and movements from various suites. John Williams is a superb technician, wrote MusicWeb International, and justifiably deserves the accolades heaped on him during his long career. His rendition of these works is most authoritative and executed with admirable fluidity.
John Lurie - Painting with John (Music from the Original TV Series) (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

John Lurie - Painting with John (Music from the Original TV Series) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 108:51 minutes | 1,17 GB
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative, Soundtrack | Label: Strange and Beautiful Music, Official Digital Download

In the penultimate episode of his widely popular and critically acclaimed HBO series, Painting with John, its creator, John Lurie, sat in a Manhattan recording studio, working out musical parts for the show’s soundtrack. “After the illness started, I didn’t think I’d ever be able to do this again,” said Lurie.
John Tchicai, Charlie Kohlhase, Garrison Fewell - Good Night Songs (2006) 2CDs

John Tchicai, Charlie Kohlhase, Garrison Fewell - Good Night Songs (2006) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 383 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 211 Mb | Scans included
Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Jazz | Label: Boxholder Records | # BXH 050/051 | Time: 01:25:08

Good Night Songs documents a 2003 concert by a trio of two saxophonists—John Tchicai and Charlie Kohlhase—with guitarist Garrison Fewell. Though the lineup is unusual, the results are mesmerizing throughout this two-disc set. Tchicai rose to prominence in the 1960s avant-garde scene in New York. He recorded with Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, John Coltrane, and even John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Forty years later he continues to produce music that is pure, passionate and beyond categorization.

John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Blues for the Lost Days (1997)  Music

Posted by Designol at March 27, 2024
John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Blues for the Lost Days (1997)

John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers - Blues for the Lost Days (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 353 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 132 Mb | Scans included
Genre: British Blues, Blues-Rock | Label: Silverstone | # CTCZ-30011 | Time: 00:51:10

John Mayall has been playing blues literally for my entire lifetime and at 64 years old proves that he's still among the best. On this CD, Mayall displays the many blues attitudes of which he is capable. Lately, many of his songs decry urban decay and violence. He continues here in that vein with the hard-driving Dead City and the old Eddie Harris R&B song, How Can You Live Like That. Stone Cold Deal is a shuffle driven by saxophone, organ and drums. Its infectuous rhythm will have you dancing and its incisive lyrics will have you thinking. My other favorites are the title cut on which Mayall's prowess on the piano is showcased, One In A Million which is a rocking paean to his beloved mother, and I Don't Mind, a song in the rollicking piano-driven Southern style for which Mayall is justly famous. There isn't anything I really dislike on the album though It Ain't Safe and Some Other Day seem out of place and Trenches, though lyrically gripping, is musically weak. If you are a blues fan, you are sure to like Blues For the Lost Days, another strong effort from master bluesman John Mayall.
John Williams - '1941': Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979) 2 CDs Remastered Limited Edition 2011

John Williams - '1941': Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1979)
2 CDs Remastered Limited Edition 2011

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 862 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 381 Mb | Scans ~ 53 Mb
Genre: Soundtrack, Score | Label: La-La Land | # LLLCD 1179 | Time: 02:35:09

La-La Land Records, in association with Sony Music and NBC Universal, presents the remastered and expanded 2-CD SET of AcademyAward-Winning composer John Williams' (JAWS, BLACK SUNDAY, STAR WARS, RAIDERSOF THE LOST ARK) amazing score to the 1979 Universal Pictures and ColumbiaPictures comedy spectacular 1941, starring Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi and Warren Oates, and directed by Steven Spielberg. Williams provides adelightful, full-on orchestra assault (featuring one of the most infectious marches ever written for film) to compliment this cult-classic's slap-stick tapestry of WWII-era paranoia exploding in Hollywood. Produced by Mike Matessino, Didier C. Deutsch and Mark G. Wilder, remixed and assembled by Mike Matessino and mastered by Mark G. Wilder, this special release is expanded by more than 70 minutes with never-before-released music, including alternates and source cues. The original 1979 album presentation is also presented on disc 2, remastered. 1941 Re-issue producer Mike Matessino provides exclusive, in-depthliner notes. Limited Edition of 3500 Units.
Van Morrison - Van Morrison Meets Bob Dylan & John Lee Hooker (1992)

Van Morrison - Van Morrison Meets Bob Dylan & John Lee Hooker (1992)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 338 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 153 MB
1:07:02 | Folk Rock, Blues Rock | Unofficial Release | Label: Living Legend Records

Review from Ron Zant: This boot seems to be a "best of boot worlds", with the different guests, styles and times. (And according to another Van mailing list member, this bootleg appears to contain 9 songs used in the BBC documentary One Irish Rover, and then some more from other sources).
John Lurie - Painting with John (Music from the Original TV Series) (2024)

John Lurie - Painting with John (Music from the Original TV Series) (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 584 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 258 Mb | 01:48:51
Contemporary Jazz, Modern Creative, Soundtrack | Label: Strange and Beautiful Music

In the penultimate episode of his widely popular and critically acclaimed HBO series, Painting with John, its creator, John Lurie, sat in a Manhattan recording studio, working out musical parts for the show’s soundtrack. “After the illness started, I didn’t think I’d ever be able to do this again,” said Lurie.