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John Barry - The Whisperers; Richard Rodney Bennett - Equus: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtracks (2010)

John Barry - The Whisperers (1967) + Richard Rodney Bennett - Equus (1977)
Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtracks, 2 LP in 1 CD, 2010

EAC | FLAC (Image) + cue.+log ~ 432 Mb | Mp3, CBR320 kbps ~ 213 Mb | Scans included
Soundtrack, Score | Label: Kritzerland | # KR 20017-2 | 01:10:24

Kritzerland is proud to present a limited edition soundtrack release – two great scores on one great CD. The Whisperers was originally issued on a United Artists LP and had a prior CD release on Ryko. That release, as was the case with several Ryko issues, had dialogue tracks added between the score tracks, which, for most people, completely interrupted the wonderful flow of Barry's original LP sequence. For this release, we have removed the added dialogue tracks and remastered the sound. The original United Artists LP of Equus, along with its prior CD release (also on Ryko - now long out of print), interspersed five of Burton's monologues (and a scene with Firth) among the score cues. Some of the monologues retained their own track and had no underscore, and some were bookended with musical cues. The result was a very nice listen for the first couple of times - after that, one wished that the score could simply be listened to as a score, on its own. So, for this release, we've done exactly that for the first time.

Rodney Crowell - Triage (2021)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at July 22, 2021
Rodney Crowell - Triage (2021)

Rodney Crowell - Triage (2021)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 253 MB | Cover | 42:58 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 100 MB
Alt-Country, Americana, Singer-Songwriter | Label: RC1 Records

'Triage' offers a rare look inside of the songwriter. This album finds Rodney Crowell introspectively looking for answers and for healing, resulting in what he has called his most personal record yet.This new collection of songs was written during the great political, environmental and economic upheaval that has marked recent years. The noise of that chaos encouraged Crowell to look inward for solace and answers.

Rodney Kendrick - Last Chance For Common Sense (1996)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 3, 2021
Rodney Kendrick - Last Chance For Common Sense (1996)

Rodney Kendrick - Last Chance For Common Sense (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 323 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 134 MB | Covers - 61 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Modern Creative | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (314 531 536-2)

Last Chance for Common Sense, Rodney Kendrick's third album, is a typically exotic and eclectic set, drawing equally from funk, world music, and gospel. Some of the songs lack cohesive structures, but the playing - not only from Kendrick, but from Dewey Redman, Justin Robinson, and several others - is inventive and invigorating, making the album well worth a listen.
Rodney Crowell - Small Worlds: The Crowell Collection 1978-1995 (2002)

Rodney Crowell - Small Worlds: The Crowell Collection 1978-1995 (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 503 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 219 MB
1:18:21 | Scans Included | Country, Folk, Pop Rock | Label: Raven Records

First multi-label Rodney Crowell collection the most comprehensive career overview to date. Features his US Country Top 40 hits, including five consecutive US #1s from his breakthrough album Diamonds & Dirt Its Such A Small World, Shes Crazy For Leavin, I Couldnt Leave You If I Tried, After All This Time and Above and Beyond. 23 tracks and over 77 minutes of music the essence of an outstanding career.
NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell - Richard Rodney Bennett: Letters to Lindbergh (2012)

Richard Rodney Bennett - Letters to Lindbergh, The Ballad of Sweet William etc (2012)
NYCoS National Girls Choir, conducted by Christopher Bell; Phillip Moore & Andrew West, piano

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 235 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 144 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Choral | Label: Signum | # SIGCD325 | Time: 01:00:54

One of the most versatile musicians of his generation, Richard Rodney Bennett was at the forefront of British musical life for nearly half a century. This new recording from the National Youth Choir of Scotland's National Girls Choir compiles a programme of Bennett's choral works from across his compositional life, as well as a collection of charming folk-tunes and nursery rhymes for piano duet (Over the Hills and Far Away). This is Signum's second release with NYCoS, who in 2011 became the first youth arts organisation to receive a Royal Philharmonic Society Award. It follows their 2010 debut release of Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' and Elizabeth Poston's 'An English Day-Book' (SIGCD228).

Rodney Crowell - The Chicago Sessions (2023)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 4, 2023
Rodney Crowell - The Chicago Sessions (2023)

Rodney Crowell - The Chicago Sessions (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 00:40:16 | 237 Mb
Country Rock, Americana | Label: New West Records

Take a look at the cover of Rodney Crowell’s brilliant new album, The Chicago Sessions, and you might recognize a familiar callback to the legendary songwriter’s 1978 debut. “In a lot of ways, this album feels like that very first record to me,” Crowell reflects. “When my daughter Chelsea suggested we lay the artwork out similarly, the connection made perfect sense. There’s something very simple, very innocent about it. It’s just me and the band in a room together, loose and live and having fun.”Produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, The Chicago Sessions is indeed a throwback to Crowell’s early days of making records, but it’s no nostalgia trip.

Rodney Whitaker - Outrospection: The Music of Gregg Hill (2021)  Music

Posted by gribovar at June 3, 2021
Rodney Whitaker - Outrospection: The Music of Gregg Hill (2021)

Rodney Whitaker - Outrospection: The Music of Gregg Hill (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 399 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 153 MB | Covers - 24 MB
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Origin Records (82819)

The charismatic performances that distinguish Outrospection center on the 11 expressive compositions from Gregg Hill, an under-the-radar composer of imagination and emotional depth. Renowned bassist Rodney Whitaker first recognized Hill's music several years ago, and soon after they teamed up for the 2018 release, "Common Ground." Warmth and humanity resonate throughout the recording, grown out of their friendship, two men of disparate generations and backgrounds who found each other through the music. "We both know how to listen," Whitaker reflects. "Our common ground is the music. It's really the great neutralizer." The exceptional improvisors joining Whitaker are drawn primarily from the jazz faculty at Michigan State University, the program he has helmed for two decades…

Batdorf & Rodney - Life Is You (1975) Remastered Reissue 2000  Music

Posted by Designol at April 13, 2023
Batdorf & Rodney - Life Is You (1975) Remastered Reissue 2000

Batdorf & Rodney - Life Is You (1975) Remastered Reissue 2000
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 247 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 106 Mb
Label: Magik Muzik | # 3930003 | Time: 00:32:05 | Scans included
Genre: Soft Rock, Folk Rock, Country Rock

Batdorf & Rodney had some modest success with their eponymous second album, and their third record, 1975's Life Is You, built on that record's progress, charting higher and launching a modest hit with a cover of Jim Weatherly's "You Are a Song," which stayed on the charts for seven weeks, peaking at number 87. "You Are a Song" is an example of what's right with the record – a sentimental, sweet tune draped in strings and harmonies, a pefect representation of how folk-rock turned into mellow soft rock by emphasizing the melody and the feel. The rest of the record treads the same ground but not quite as successfully, largely because the songwriting of Batdorf & Rodney isn't as consistently good as Weatherly (who contributes another standout, "To a Gentler Time"). The duo – John Batdorf on lead vocals, Mark Rodney on lead acoustic guitar – are very earnest and intent on writing serious material (one track is a two-piece suite which, ironically, provides one of the better melodies here).
Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan Quintet - Sprint (1983) [Japanese Edition 2013] (Repost)

Red Rodney and Ira Sullivan Quintet - Sprint (1983) [Japanese Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 256 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 95 MB | Covers - 19 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Warner Music Japan (WPCR-27368)

The last of six LPs by the Red Rodney-Ira Sullivan Quintet was also the band's finest. There are times in the music (which consists of three originals by pianist Garry Dial, Herbie Hancock's "Speak Like a Child" and "As Time Goes By") where the group sounds like the early Ornette Coleman Quartet. The setting and advanced repertoire clearly challenged Rodney (who mostly sticks here to flugelhorn) and inspired Sullivan (switching between alto, alto flute, soprano and flugelhorn). A post-bop gem, one of Rodney's finest recordings.
Stewart Robertson, Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra - Richard Rodney Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur (2005)

Stewart Robertson, Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra - Richard Rodney Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 425 Mb | Total time: 56:42+50:26 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHSA 5036(2) | Recorded: 2004

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s Gothic opera The Mines of Sulphur is reminiscent of suspense thrillers from Edgar Allan Poe to Alfred Hitchcock. Love, longing, and dark as well as light comedy abound in this macabre tale of greed and retribution set in a haunted manor house in the West of England. The title of the tale, taken from Shakespeare’s Othello, refers to the theme of gradual corruption.