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The Sweet Inspirations - Let It Be Me: The Atlantic Recordings (1967-1970) (2021) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Oct. 8, 2021

The Sweet Inspirations - Let It Be Me: The Atlantic Recordings (1967-1970) (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 3:12:07 | 440 Mb / 1,10 Gb
Genre: Soul, RnB / Label: Warner Music

Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell, and Estelle Brown had deep separate and shared histories when they became the Sweet Inspirations in 1967. That April, hot off backing Aretha Franklin and Van Morrison at the studio dates that yielded "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "Brown Eyed Girl," the singers recorded their first session as headliners for Atlantic. The group left Atlantic Recording Studios with ardent interpretations of contemporary material that, depending on the source, either reaffirmed its gospel foundation or took it to church, but none of the resulting songs – all eventual A-sides – truly shook up the charts. This would typify the Sweet Inspirations' four years with the label. Perhaps the women were underserved. Only two of their nine charting singles were written for them, and the one that did best, "Sweet Inspiration" – their lone Top 20 pop and Top Ten soul hit – was dashed off by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham after the songwriting duo watched them attempt to spin gold from straw in the studio. Unfulfilled commercial promise notwithstanding, the group during these years – with Ann Williams replacing Houston in 1969, then leaving her partners a trio the next year – produced a high volume of powerful R&B and gospel.

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Sweet - The Ultimate Collection (3CD, 2020) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Oct. 15, 2020

Sweet - The Ultimate Collection (3CD, 2020)
MP3 320 kbps | 02:54:03 | 429 Mb
Genre: Disco, Pop, Blues, Rock / Label: BMG

They First Came To Prominence Dressed Like Hard Rockers, But Playing Bubblegum Pop - 'Co-Co', 'Wig Wam Bam' - Before Embracing The Emerging Glam Rock Movement And Becoming Regulars On Top Of The Pops. Smashes Like 'Block Buster!' And 'Ballroom Blitz' Are Very Fondly Remembered By Glam Fans, And Subsequent Singles 'Teenage Rampage' And 'Hell Raiser' Chased Them Up The Charts. The Band Then Moved Towards An Increasingly Rocky Sound And Hit Big With 'Fox On The Run' And 'Action'. In All Sweet Had One Chart Topper And Five Number Two Singles.

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Sweet Sensation - Sweet Sensation (Expanded Edition) (1975) Music

Posted by Rtax at March 5, 2022

Sweet Sensation - Sweet Sensation (Expanded Edition) (1975)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 559 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 202 MB
1:26:36 | Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Disco | Label: Sanctuary Records

Sweet Sensation was an eight piece British soul group who had some success in the mid-1970s. They are best known for their 1974 No. 1 UK hit, "Sad Sweet Dreamer".
Formed in Manchester in 1971, the band came to prominence after appearing on the ITV talent show New Faces. Under the guidance of panellist Tony Hatch, the band signed to Pye Records. The debut single "Snowfire" failed to reach the charts, but the follow-up "Sad Sweet Dreamer" was a UK number one single in October 1974 that also reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the following spring. The follow-up "Purely by Coincidence" reached No. 11 in the UK in January 1975. Both songs were written by David Parton.

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Sweet - Hits (Special Edition - Remastered) (2022) Music

Posted by Rtax at Feb. 9, 2024

Sweet - Hits (Special Edition - Remastered) (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 404 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 133 MB
58:02 | Rock, Pop Rock | Label: Angel Air

In some ways, the Sweet epitomized all the tacky hubris and garish silliness of the early '70s. Fusing bubblegum melodies with crunching, fuzzy guitars, the band looked like a heavy metal band, but were as tame as any pop group. It was a dichotomy that served them well, as they racked up a number of hits in both the U.K. and the U.S. Most of those songs were written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, a pair of British songwriters who had a way with silly, simple, and catchy hooks. Chinn/Chapman and Sweet were smart enough to latch on to the British glam rock fad, building a safer, radio-friendly, and teen-oriented version of Queen, T. Rex, and Gary Glitter. By the end of the '70s, the group's time at the top of the charts had expired but their hit singles lived on not only as cultural artifacts, but also as the predecessors for the pop-metal of the '80s. Originally, the Sweet were called the Sweetshop and consisted of Brian Connolly (vocals), Mick Tucker (vocals, drums), Frank Torpey (guitar), and Steve Priest (bass).

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The Sweet - Platinum Rare (2021) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at July 19, 2021

The Sweet - Platinum Rare (2021)
FLAC tracks / MP3 320 kbps | 1:28:50 | 205 / 570 Mb
Genre: Rock / Label: Prudential Music Group

Originally called The Sweetshop, the British band The Sweet enjoyed phenomenal success in the 1970s, at the time of glam rock, before disbanding in 1982 and making way for three different bands created by their former members.

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Sweet: 3 Remastered & Expanded CD (1979-1982) [2010, 7T's Records] Music

Posted by v3122 at Feb. 1, 2016

Sweet: 3 Remastered & Expanded CD (1979-1982)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
7T's Records, GLAM CD 105~7 | ~ 952 or 342 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 395 Mb
Rock / Glam

In some ways, the Sweet epitomized all the tacky hubris and garish silliness of the early '70s. Fusing bubblegum melodies with crunching, fuzzy guitars, the band looked a heavy metal band, but were as tame as any pop group. It was a dichotomy that served them well, as they racked up a number of hits in both the U.K. and the U.S. Most of those hits were written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, a pair of British songwriters that had a way with silly, simple, and catchy hooks…

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Sweet - Brian Connollys Sweet - The Definitive Brian Connollys Sweet (2009) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 10, 2023

Sweet - Brian Connollys Sweet - The Definitive Brian Connollys Sweet (2009)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:18:15 | 498 / 176 Mb
Genre: Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock / Label: The Store for Music

The Definitive Collection is part of a series that highlights the greatest hits and songs performed by artists such as George Benson, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Jose Carrera, Gracie Fields, Perry Como and Acker Bilk amongst others.This album from the series brings you the music of Brian Connolly’s Sweet.

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Sweet - Platinum Rare (1995) [Repertoire, REP 4487-WP] Music

Posted by v3122 at Aug. 15, 2010

This is the album every "sweet"fan has been looking for,you hear the rumour did brian sing on that one before he left the band well this album has all the answers!There is a nice introduction to the songs on this cd by the sweets guitarest "andy scott" explaining when and where they were recorded and reasons why they were not released at the time…

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Sweet Originals: The Best 37 Glamrock Songs Ever (1998) Music

Posted by v3122 at Aug. 10, 2010

The title sets itself up for one hell of a fall, and the ongoing need for a decent Sweet box set is never going to be assuaged by this. But it is what it says on the tin, a 37-strong collection that, OK, they're not all the "Best Glam Rock Songs Ever," but maybe a dozen of them are, and the remainder should at least be invited to the awards ceremony. A dizzying spin through the band's entire RCA catalog, a mass of A-sides, B-sides, album cuts and what-on-earth-were-they-thinking cuts jostle for your attention…

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Sweet - Off the Record (1977) [1999, BMG, 74321 66010 2] Music

Posted by v3122 at Aug. 9, 2010

After the international success of the self-produced "Fox on the Run," Sweet broke away from songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman in an attempt to shake their "pop puppets" and took a stab at conquering the hard rock album market. Sadly, a lot of their post-hit singles period output lacked the tight songwriting and hooks that made them famous, and this problem is in evidence on Off the Record…

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