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Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys - Albion Doo-Wah... (1970) Remastered Reissue 2013 Music

Posted by Designol at June 15, 2024

After the success of their Jimi Hendrix-produced debut album The Street Giveth…and the Street Taketh Away (also available from Real Gone) and its hit “Good Old Rock ‘N’ Roll,” the members of Cat Mother repaired to their Woodstock cabin (pictured in the album gatefold reproduced here) and started writing songs for Albion Doo-Wah. The record had much more pastoral, country feel to it, no doubt in part due to the replacement of Charlie Chin by multi-instrumentalist folkie Jay Ungar, who also brought several songs to the group. But there was definitely something in the air in the late’-60s/early ‘70s Woodstock scene; Albion Doo-Wah has several scoops of that timeless, Americana-laced Basement Tapes/Music from Big Pink fairy dust. CD debut, and one long, long requested by the band’s fans, with a gorgeous remastering job by Maria Triana at Battery Studios.

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Stephen Stills - Manassas (1972) Remastered Reissue 1996 Music

Posted by Designol at June 13, 2024

A sprawling masterpiece, akin to the Beatles' White Album, the Stones' Exile on Main St., or Wilco's Being There in its makeup, if not its sound. Rock, folk, blues, country, Latin, and bluegrass have all been styles touched on in Stephen Stills' career, and the skilled, energetic musicians he had gathered in Manassas played them all on this album. What could have been a disorganized mess in other hands, though, here all gelled together and formed a cohesive musical statement.

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VA - Vanguard: Roots of Folk (2002) Music

Posted by Rtax at March 1, 2022

VA - Vanguard: Roots of Folk (2002)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 833 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 422 MB
2:26:40 | Folk Pop Rock, Country, Blues, Folk Revival, Singers & Songwriters | Label: Vanguard

Many of my old folk LPs (and LPs in general) have been displaced, or scratched beyond recognition. Alternatively, if you sold most of your vinyl during the onset of the late 80s, Compact Disc craze then this 3-CD set should signify a welcome event. This offering features a comprehensive overview to coincide with “Vanguard Records” capitalization of folk music’s increasing popularity commencing back in 1950. Naturally, these selections are culled from the now historical “Vanguard Records” archives. The three CDs are divided into distinct folk based genres: Roots of Folks (CD-1), Singers & Songwriters (CD-2), and Folk Blues (CD-3). You will hear Cisco Houston’s patriotic classic, “This Land Is Your Land,” and Doc Watson’s “Tom Dooley.” Vietnam protest singers such as Phil Ochs and the inimitable Northern California band, “Country Joe & The Fish are featured as well. Essentially, this three-pack is awash with one masterwork after another. The producers also include an informative timeline style glimpse of the progression and outgrowths of folk.
This wonderfully appealing product conjures up memories of both the good and bad while also serving as a testament to America’s beauty and wherewithal. More importantly – we are treated to a series of topical statements from many of this genre’s most prolific raconteurs. Highly recommended.

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VA - The Linval Thompson Trojan Roots Albums Collection (2019) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Dec. 18, 2019

VA - The Linval Thompson Trojan Roots Albums Collection (2019)
FLAC (*tracks + .cue,log,scans) | 02:35:29 | 603 Mb
Genre: Reggae, Dub / Label: Doctor Bird

By the late Seventies, increasing numbers of Jamaican performers were turning their hand to studio production work, and of these few made the transition more effectively than Linval Thompson.Having already made his mark as one of the island’s premier roots performers, the singer-songwriter launched his Thompson Sound label in 1977, finding immediate success with a series of best-selling recordings, all produced at Kingston’s revered Channel One studio, where he enlisted the services of celebrated in-house band, the Revolutionaries.Among the first artistes to benefit from Thompson's talents as a producer were leading dee-jays, Big Joe and Trinity, whose work spawned two popular long-players, 'African Princess' and 'Rock In The Ghetto'.Released by Trojan Records in 1978 and 1979, respectively, both of these lauded collections finally see their official reissue with this 2CD set, which also includes Thompson’s own best-selling album, 'I Love Marijuana', and ten bonus tracks, first issued by the famed London-based reggae company on its Attack subsidiary.

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VA - Miles Out To Sea: The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975 (2022) Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 2, 2022

VA - Miles Out To Sea: The Roots Of British Power Pop 1969-1975 (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 1,46 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 543 Mb | 03:56:39
Pop Rock, Powerpop, Psychedelic Rock | Label: Cherry Red Records, Grapefruit Records

Three CDs. Four-hour anthology of recordings that anticipated the late 70s Power Pop movement. Featuring Badfinger, Slade, The Move, Stealers Wheel, Pilot, Dave Edmunds, Brinsley Schwarz, Honeybus, The Kinks, The Who, etc. While the early 70s musical landscape in Britain was largely dominated by introspective singer/songwriters, Bubblegum Pop and underground Rock bands, a handful of acts bravely continued to pursue the classic mid-60s group sound. With the aid of increasingly sophisticated recording studios, they majored in crisp, muscular, hook-laden three-minute pop songs, bursting with chiming Rickenbacker guitars, irresistible choruses and Beatles/Beach Boys-inspired close harmonies. A few (Slade, Pilot, the ill-starred Badfinger) found commercial success, but the likes of Starry Eyed And Laughing, Shape Of The Rain and Octopus proved to be the right bands at the wrong time - too late for the British Invasion that had swept America in the mid-60s, too early to hitch a ride on the late 70s Power Pop bandwagon.

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VA - The Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll 1946-1954 (Remastered) (2004) Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 3, 2023

VA - The Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll 1946-1954 (Remastered) (2004)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 840 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 431 MB
2:53:08 | Full Scans Included | Rock & Roll, Jump Blues, Boogie, Doo Wop, Chicago Blues, Country, Gospel | Label: Hip-O Records

Of the numerous various-artist compilation CDs that have attempted to anthologize the recordings of the late '40s and early '50s most crucial to planting the seeds for rock & roll, this three-CD, 60-song set is probably the most definitive. Most prior collections along these lines have failed to present a truly comprehensive picture of rock & roll's roots, whether due to both licensing restrictions and/or track selection that fails to recognize the entirety of the wide spectrum of rock & roll's roots. While you'd need at least a ten-CD box set to approach inarguable definitiveness, The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll: 1946-1954 hits about as many of the key bases as possible within three CDs, including pivotal songs by Lionel Hampton, the Delmore Brothers, Louis Jordan, Hank Williams, Lloyd Price, Howlin' Wolf, the Drifters, Bill Haley, Big Joe Turner, Hank Ballard, and Muddy Waters, to start with just the most well-known artists included here.

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VA - The Roots Of Punk Rock Music 1926-1962 (2013) Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 17, 2022

VA - The Roots Of Punk Rock Music 1926-1962 (2013)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 837 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 423 MB
3:04:06 | Rock & Roll, Jazz, Soul, Funk, Rockabilly, Rhythm & Blues | Label: Frémeaux & Associés

Bruno Blum, himself part of the Punk movement in London in the late Seventies, here returns to the original forms of subversion contained in Rock. As hedonists looking for ways to overtake their own selves as well as their social status, Artists — and particularly Musicians — seemed to be the only ones who could free themselves of society’s rigorous norms.
From Charlie Parker to Bo Diddley via Artie Shaw or Richard Berry, the irreverence and arrogance later celebrated in the Punk Rock of Iggy Pop, The Clash or The Ramones has roots in the frenzied tempos of Bop and the contorted melodies of Free Jazz, with branches as far as the sexual allusions of the Blues and the wild solos of Rockabilly.

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VA - The Sun Shines Here: The Roots Of Indie-Pop 1980-1984 (2021) (Proper) Music

Posted by Rtax at Feb. 4, 2022

VA - The Sun Shines Here: The Roots Of Indie-Pop 1980-1984 (2021) (Proper)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 541 MB
3:56:19 | Indie, Indie-Pop | Label: Cherry Red Records

‘The Sun Shines Here’ captures perfectly the moment indie pop emerged from the ashes of the post-punk years, bringing a brighter, more ambitious sound, and an enthused cross-section of British youth culture, into the spotlight. A must for lovers and collectors of independent music and admirers of the independent spirit that enabled it.
Eight years later, Cherry Red presents the sequel, ‘The Sun Shines Here’. Once again referencing a Hurrah! song, this 3CD set revisits and explores the birth of Indie Pop, a period when, in the early 1980s, as London centred around more angular, aggressive music, bands emerged from Scotland, Liverpool and Manchester drawing on the cooler end of ‘60s and ‘70s music to create something fresh and new.

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VA - The Observer Roots Albums Collection (2024) Music

Posted by Rtax at May 31, 2024

VA - The Observer Roots Albums Collection (2024)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 759 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 357 MB
2:30:24 | Reggae, Roots Reggae | Label: Doctor Bird

Two CDs. Features a host of reggae superstars. By the latter half of the 1970s, Winston 'Niney' Holness was widely acknowledged by reggae aficionados as being one of Jamaica's most celebrated record producers. A pioneer of the roots sound, his output over the preceding years had included scores of best-selling 7" singles, performed by many of the island's greatest performers, among whose number were the supremely gifted Leonard Dillon and Freddie McGregor. The recording careers of both of these esteemed artists dated back to the 60s, with Dillon writing and recording numerous major hits with his group, The Ethiopians, most famously his UK chartbuster, 'Train To Skaville'. The long run of hits abruptly ended in 1975 following the tragic death of Dillon's friend and singing partner Stephen Taylor, but after two years away from the recording studio he was finally ready to record once more, with his return marked by the widely acclaimed Ethiopians' LP 'Slave Call', which featured a brand-new line-up of the group.

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Tangerine Dream - The Dream Roots Collection [5CD Box Set] (1996) Music

Posted by gribovar at May 17, 2022

Tangerine Dream - The Dream Roots Collection [5CD Box Set] (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 1,66 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 627 MB | Covers - 58 MB
Genre: Progressive Electronic, Berlin School, New Age | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Essential (ESFCD420)

The Dream Roots Collection is a five-disc retrospective of Tangerine Dream's career, including one disc of previously unreleased material. All of the material on the collection has been remixed and reworked by Edgar Froese and his son Jerome, and while these remixes might not be historically accurate, they nevertheless retain the essence of the original versions, making the box an intriguing journey through the group's past. While the set is too extensive for casual listeners, hardcore fans will find the new mixes and rarities fascinating, making the set a worthwhile addition to their collection.

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