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The O'Jays - The O'Jays in Philadelphia (1970) Remastered 2013 Music

Posted by Designol at Dec. 29, 2022

Contrary to what its title suggests, The O'Jays in Philadelphia isn't a live album. Rather, the title of this studio date refers to the beginning of their association with Philly's R&B scene and producers/songwriters Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff. What they didn't know in 1969 was just how long and fruitful that association would end up being. This album wasn't the major hit that Back Stabbers would be, but not for lack of strong material. From "One Night Affair" to "Let Me in Your World," this superb album is quintessential Philly soul. While Eddie Levert's gospel-influenced belting is as gritty as anything that came from Stax Records, the production is as notably sleek. A few years later, Gamble & Huff would produce a longer, heavily syncopated version of "Affair" for Jerry Butler that some soul historians exalt as the first disco single.

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The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973) [Reissue 2001] MCH PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at Dec. 6, 2024

Ship Ahoy is a R&B album by Philadelphia soul group The O'Jays. The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching #1 on Billboard's "Black Albums" chart and #11 on the "Pop Albums" chart and launching two hit singles, "For the Love of Money" and "Put Your Hands Together." Conceived as a theme album built around the title track, Ship Ahoy includes socially relevant tracks and love songs under a cover that is itself notable for its serious subject matter. Ship Ahoy was the highest selling R&B album on the Billboard Year-End chart for 1974. This album achieved RIAA platinum certification for over 1 million copies sold in 1992.

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The O'Jays - Survival / Family Reunion (1975) [Reissue 2020] MCH SACD-ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at Dec. 6, 2024

During the middle of the 70’s disco era, The O'Jay’s could apparently do no wrong. The soulful Cleveland based trio recorded one hit after another under Gamble & Huff’s direction for Philadelphia International Records. Moving away from the angry bite of their 1972 release “Back Stabbers”, the band followed-up that fantastic album with their 1973 album “Ship Ahoy” heading onward into 1975 with two more LP’s, “Survival” and “Family Reunion”. These two albums were released in quadrophonic back then and now decades later Michael J. Dutton has remastered both albums from the original analogue tapes for his Vocalion label.

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VA - Dead Presidents: Music From The Motion Picture (1995) Music

Posted by Efgrapha at Aug. 25, 2022

VA - Dead Presidents: Music From The Motion Picture (1995)
EAC | FLAC (Tracks) + cue.+log ~ 465 Mb | Mp3, CBR320 kbps ~ 177 Mb | Scans included
Label: Underworld / Capitol Compact Disc | # 7243 8 32438 2 2 | 01:14:36
Soundtrack, Blaxploitation, Funk, Soul, Rhythm & Blues

The soundtrack to the Hughes Brothers' tribute to early-'70s blaxploitation gets the sound of the era right, featuring hits by the O'Jays, the Spinners, Isaac Hayes, Al Green, and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, among others. The inclusion of Danny Elfman's instrumental theme interrupts the flow of the album, but for the most part, Dead Presidents is a first-rate collection of prime soul.

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VA - The Funk Box (4CD) (2000) {Hip-O} Music

Posted by TestTickles at Feb. 22, 2020

VA - The Funk Box (4CD) (2000) {Hip-O}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and LOG | scans | 2.01 gb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 710 mb
Genre: soul, R&B, funk

The Funk Box is a 4CD compilation released in 2000 consisting of some of the most primal funk and soul music, many of which are now owned by the Universal catalog and is there a reason this was released by Universal reissue subsidiary Hip-O? Yes.

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Harry Gregson-Williams & VA - The Martian: Deluxe Soundtrack (2015) 2CDs Music

Posted by Efgrapha at April 15, 2022

Harry Gregson-Williams & VA - The Martian: Deluxe Soundtrack (2015) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC (Tracks) + cue.+log ~ 419 Mb | Scans ~ 55 Mb
Label: Columbia | # 88875167102 | Time: 01:21:22
Soundtrack, Score, Ambient, Disco, R&B, Pop/Rock

The Martian Deluxe Soundtrack is compiled of both 'Songs From The Martian' and 'The Martian: Original Motion Picture Score'. 'Songs From The Martian' is the companion Soundtrack to the film The Martian, the action adventure directed by Ridley Scott, starring Matt Damon in the lead role as Astronaut Mark Watney. The '70s-laden album is comprised of some of the greatest classics from disco's golden era (tracklist below) including "Turn The Beat Around" (Vickie Sue Robinson), "Hot Stuff" (Donna Summer), "Rock The Boat" (Hues Corporation), "Waterloo" (ABBA), and "I Will Survive"(Gloria Gaynor), and others. 'The Martian: Original Motion Picture Score' is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (The Shrek Franchise, X- Men Origins, Man On Fire, The Chronicles Of Narnia). Gregson-Williams also previously scored director Ridley Scott's 2005 movie 'Kingdom Of Heaven.'

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The O'Jays - 50th Anniversary Concert at the Bergen (2019) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 11, 2020

The O'Jays - 50th Anniversary Concert at the Bergen (2019)
FLAC tracks | 45:18 | 278 Mb
Genre: Funk, Soul, R&B / Label: San Juan Music

The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958. The O'Jays made their first chart appearance with "Lonely Drifter" in 1963, but reached their greatest level of success once Gamble & Huff, a team of producers and songwriters, signed them to their Philadelphia International label in 1972. With Gamble & Huff, the O'Jays (now a trio after the departure of Isles and Massey) emerged at the forefront of Philadelphia soul with "Back Stabbers" (1972), and topped the Billboard Hot 100 the following year with what some consider to be the first disco hit song, "Love Train." Numerous other hits followed through the 1970s and into the 1980s and 1990s, and The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 and in 2013 they were inducted into National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame.

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The O'Jays - Family Reunion...plus (1975) [2010, Remastered Reissue] Music

Posted by BlondStyle at July 12, 2021

"Family Reunion" is a 1975 album by American R&B group The O'Jays. The album was released in late 1975 on the Philadelphia International Records label. Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, Family Reunion includes the enduring classic "I Love Music" and "Livin' for the Weekend", both of which topped the R&B singles chart, and placed at #5 and #20 respectively on the pop chart. The ballad "Stairway to Heaven", originally issued as the B-side to "Livin' for the Weekend" and unrelated to the Led Zeppelin song of the same name, has also gone on to become a staple of quiet storm radio programming. While the title track did not chart, it still garnered airplay, as the lyrics (as well as the album artwork) focused on the importance of the family structure especially at gatherings. "Family Reunion" became the group's 3rd consecutive R&B chart-topping album, and its #7 peak on the pop chart was their highest placing on this chart at the time (1978's So Full of Love would peak one place higher). "Family Reunion" was awarded a Platinum Album for RIAA Certification of over one million copies sold.

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The O'Jays - Back On Top (Expanded Edition) (1968/2018) Music

Posted by Pisulik at Nov. 21, 2018

The O'Jays - Back On Top (Expanded Edition) (1968/2018)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 331 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 138 MB | 00:56:50
Soul, Funk, Disco | Label:

The album cover deceptively depicts five O'Jays when actually only four members Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, William Powell and Bobby Massey sing on these tracks; Bill Isle, the fifth member, quit in the late '60s, and the cover was shot in the mid-'60s, when the group recorded for Imperial Records. George Kerr produced most of these tracks, with some productions from the Poindexter brothers; the recordings were originally released on Bell Records. "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow," a gorgeous ballad, became their highest chart entry to date. The follow-up, "Look Over Your Shoulder," nearly duplicated its predecessor's success; both were indicators of good things to come.

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The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973) {1995, US 1st Press} Music

Posted by popsakov at June 29, 2022

The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy (1973) {1995, US 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 286 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 121 Mb
Full Scans | 00:47:58 | RAR 5% Recovery
R&B, Soul, Funk, Disco | Philadelphia International Records #ZK 32408

Ship Ahoy is a rhythm and blues album by Philadelphia soul group The O'Jays, released on November 10, 1973 on Philadelphia International Records. The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching #1 on Billboard's "Black Albums" chart and #11 on the "Pop Albums" chart and launching two hit singles, "For the Love of Money" and "Put Your Hands Together." Conceived as a theme album built around the title track, Ship Ahoy includes socially relevant tracks and love songs under a cover that is itself notable for its serious subject matter. The album, which achieved platinum certification in 1992 for over 1 million copies sold, has been reissued multiple times, including in a 2003 edition with a bonus track. Ship Ahoy was the highest selling R&B album on the Billboard Year-End chart for 1974.

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