Keni Burke

Keni Burke - Keni Burke (1977/2022) [Official Digital Download]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at April 26, 2022
Keni Burke - Keni Burke (1977/2022) [Official Digital Download]

Keni Burke - Keni Burke (1977/2022) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 35:05 minutes | 422 MB
Soul | Label: Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Keni Burke is the debut solo album by former Five Stairsteps member Keni Burke. Released in 1977, on George Harrison's Dark Horse Records label. "Shuffle" and "Day", were released as singles in the US, with "From Me to You" and "Keep On Singing" as B-sides, respectively. The sleeve states: "Special thanks to George Harrison and Dennis Morgan for making this album possible."

Keni Burke - You're The Best '81 Changes '82 (2010)  Music

Posted by JET 1 at April 2, 2020
Keni Burke - You're The Best '81 Changes '82 (2010)

Keni Burke - You're The Best '81 Changes '82 (2010)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image) +CUE, LOG | 610 MB | Scans
Genre: Funk, Soul, Disco | Label: Expansion Records | Catalog Number: EXP2CD09

Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the R&B/Jazz artist on one disc: You're the Best (1982) and 'Changes' (1981). Includes the iconic "Risin' to the Top", a defining bass line of contemporary R&B. Both these albums are classics from the singer, bass player, songwriter and producer discovered by Curtis Mayfield.
Keni Burke - Changes (Expanded Edition) (1981/2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Keni Burke - Changes (Expanded Edition) (1981/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 50:41 minutes | 1.09 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

Pristinely recorded at Philadelphia's legendary Sigma Sound Studios and initially issued in April 1982, Keni Burke's second RCA LP, Changes, yielded the classic "Risin' to the Top." A favorite among both the steppers and hip-hop crowd, it was written by Burke, Allan Felder, and former Chic member Norma Jean Wright. It's on numerous compilations including Rhino's Smooth Grooves After Hours issued in January 2000.
Keni Burke - You're the Best (Expanded) (1982/2015) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Keni Burke - You're the Best (Expanded) (1982/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 60:55 minutes | 1,31 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Keni Burke is the youngest of the original Five Stairsteps and the only one still seriously involved in music. You're the Best, a fine effort, never reached first base. RCA pushed "Let Somebody Love You" and the title track, but neglected tracks like the chugging, stop-and-go "Night Riders," pumped by spirited backing vocals, and "Gotta Find My Way Back to Your Heart," a dramatic ballad that Burke composed with Bill Withers. "Never Stop Loving Me," a Burke/Curtis Mayfield composition, has the same texture and sweetness of a Mayfield solo, while "Paintings of Love" is pure, unbridled Burke, sung in a soft, introspective voice that gels with the poetic lyrics.

VA - 100 Hits: 80s Weekender (2013) [5 CD Box Set]  Music

Posted by El Misha at May 13, 2018
VA - 100 Hits: 80s Weekender (2013) [5 CD Box Set]

VA - 100 Hits 80s Weekender (2013)
Soul, R&B, Pop, Disco | FLAC (tracks) | Covers | 06:37:12 | 2.68 GB + 5% Recovery
Label: Demon Music Group | Tracks: 100 | Rls.date: 2013

100 popular tracks on 5CDs with all original artists and recordings. Featuring hit 80s artists such as The Jacksons, Marvin Gaye, Billy Ocean and Odyssey

Cool Million - The Best Of (2017)  Music

Posted by JET 1 at Jan. 20, 2018
Cool Million - The Best Of (2017)

Cool Million - The Best Of (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 575 MB | Scans
Genre: Nu Disco | Label: Sedsoul | Catalog Number: SED 1507

15 track compilation that pulls together this talented production duo’s best work.

Dimitri From Paris - Le Box Set (Limited Edition) (2021)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Nov. 20, 2021
Dimitri From Paris - Le Box Set (Limited Edition) (2021)

Dimitri From Paris - Le Box Set (Limited Edition) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) - 676 MB | 1:45:34
Soul, Funk, Disco | Label: Le-Edits Records

Le Edits - Dimitri From Paris' home of luxurious and beautifully crafted Disco reworkings has returned! This time a very special and thoughtful project is in the works, an extra-special collection looking back over the first offerings of this very unique contemporary Disco label. The first 5 releases, all now long gone and sold out across the globe and fetching high collectors prices in the used marketplace, will now be compiled into a very limited collected boxset for those who missed them the first time around. With such a high demand, the call for represses on all of the Le Edits titles has been loud and clear from record collectors and Disco aficionados worldwide, so it seemed only right to make something special and out of the ordinary! Dimitri, as a life-long record fiend himself, has made sure the original 12's were not repressed while presenting this extremely in-demand music in a desirable, distinctive, individually numbered package complete with a high quality Le Edits screen-printed tote bag.

VA - Soul Sessions [2CD Set] (2001)  Music

Posted by JET 1 at May 20, 2022
VA - Soul Sessions [2CD Set] (2001)

VA - Soul Sessions [2CD Set] (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 924 MB | Scans
Genre: Soul, Funk, R&B, Disco, Pop | Label: Sessions | Catalog Number: SESHDCD201

Over 2 hours of the smoothest soul from the 60s, 70s and 80s on 2 CDs featuring tracks by classic soul artists such as Luther Vandross, The Isley Brothers, Isaac Hayes, Fat Larry’s Band, The Chi-lites, Jackie Wilson and many more.
Soul Sessions takes us on a journey through the deepest soul cuts of the last 30 years. From the loved-up sixties stomp of Jackie Wilson’s ‘Sweetest Feeling’ through the blissed-out harmonies of The Chi-lites ‘Have You Seen Her’ to the smooth sensuality of eighties heart throb Luther Vandross. Soul Sessions offers enough soul food to satisfy the hungriest of lovers. So whatcha waiting for…get it on!

U-Nam - C'est Le Funk (2014) RE-UP  Music

Posted by popsakov at Feb. 2, 2019
U-Nam - C'est Le Funk (2014) RE-UP

U-Nam - C'est Le Funk (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 508 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 169 Mb
Scans Included | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz Funk, Smooth Jazz, R&B, Funk | Skytown Records #STR003

French guitarist/producer U-Nam is again standing tall and looming large on the smooth jazz scene with another creative gem called C’est Le Funk. In addition to dazzling us with his graceful and funky instrumental work (and one funky delivery with vocals from Tim “TiO” Owens), the album is loaded with strong production and presence. Wasting no time putting the groove into high gear from the start, the guitarist leads off with a driving track called “Smoovin’,” continues plowing ahead with the party groover “Something’s Up” and strutting right through the super-funky, hook-rich title track which features Nivo Deux (Nivo Deux is actually a project organized by U-Nam and wife Shannon Kennedy focusing on the incorporation of 80’s Pop, Smooth Jazz, and Electro-Funk).

Various - This is Smooth Jazz: The Box Set (2001)  Music

Posted by JET 1 at March 3, 2019
Various - This is Smooth Jazz: The Box Set (2001)

Various - This is Smooth Jazz: The Box Set (2001)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 1.1 GB | No Scans
Genre: Acid Jazz, Smooth Jazz | Label: Instinct Records | Catalog Number: 701

This Is Smooth Jazz: The Box Set features a whopping three discs of music, all of it firmly anchored in the smooth jazz idiom. With such a wide scope of performances – a grand total of 36 songs and few repeat performers – This Is Smooth Jazz functions as an excellent introduction to the style. And if you're already acquainted with the laid-back sounds of smooth jazz, this album will at the least enlighten you to some of the many different approaches to the genre. There's no shortage of variety here. Some of the many performers featured on This Is Smooth Jazz include Duncan Millar, Fredrik Karlsson, Yada Yada, Chris Standring, Modern Tribe, Act of Faith, and many more. As mentioned, this collection serves as a wonderful starting point for the neophyte while simultaneously offering a checklist of sorts for seasoned smooth jazz listeners.