The Sound of Detroit

VA - Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit (1988)  Music

Posted by JET 1 at Sept. 17, 2017
VA - Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit (1988)

VA - Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit (1988)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 441 MB | Covers Included
Genre: Techno, House | Label: 10 Records | Catalog Number: DIXCD 75

VA - The Westbound Sound Of Detroit (2018)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Feb. 24, 2018
VA - The Westbound Sound Of Detroit (2018)

VA - The Westbound Sound Of Detroit (2018)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:15:46 | 175 Mb
Genre: Soul, RnB, Funk, Blues / Label: Ace Records

Ace Records Presents The Westbound Sound Of Detroit contains the defining tracks of the decade and features some of the biggest hits from artists including Unique Blend, The Superlatives, A.C. Tilmon & The Detroit Emeralds, The fantastic four and many more.
VA - Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974 (1996)

VA - Crescent City Soul: The Sound of New Orleans 1947-1974 (1996)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.5 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 670 MB
4:52:46 | Rhythm & Blues, Funk, Soul, Blues Rock | Label: Capitol Records / EMI

The new king of the hill as far as retrospectives of early New Orleans R&B/rock go. This four-CD, 119-song box has hits by all of the major artists and hits and misses by most of the important minor ones as well. The standards for inclusion are flexible and reasonable: Although New Orleans residents usually carry the day, important records that were recorded in New Orleans by non-natives are also featured. Fats Domino, Little Richard, Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey, Smiley Lewis, Chris Kenner, Barbara George, Ernie K-Doe, Clarence "Frogman" Henry, Lloyd Price, Aaron Neville, Professor Longhair, Shirley & Lee, and Dr. John are all here, as are one-shots and regional figures like the Showmen, Earl King, Benny Spellman, Dave Bartholomew, and the Spiders.

VA - The Sound Of The R&B Hits (2020)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at March 7, 2021
VA - The Sound Of The R&B Hits (2020)

VA - The Sound Of The R&B Hits (2020)
FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | 01:14:21 | 399 Mb
Genre: Soul, RnB / Label: Ace Records

By May 1964, when The Sound of the R & B Hits compilation came out in the UK on Stateside, Motown had yet to have a hit or even a record issued on its own label, later to be Tamla-Motown. This LP was the first of many UK anthologies of recordings from the Detroit-based group of labels. At this stage, Motown was an underground affair, known only to aficionados of rhythm and blues music. Among those were members of groups such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames and super-fan Dusty Springfield. This was not music that was played on the radio, so it was through UK cover versions that many young people were directed to the Motown sound. Ace director Roger Armstrong bought The Sound of the R & B Hits at the time and always heard it is as a companion piece to With The Beatles from the previous year. They both contained the Barrett Strong song Money.

The Book of Knots - Traineater (2007)  Music

Posted by delpotro at May 31, 2020
The Book of Knots - Traineater (2007)

The Book of Knots - Traineater (2007)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 285 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 116 Mb | 00:50:38
Art Rock, Experimental, Avant-Garde Rock | Label: ANTI- Records

This NY-based studio collective consists of Matthias Bossi (Skeleton Key, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum), Joel Hamilton (Sparklehorse, Elvis Costello), Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu, Frank Black, They Might Be Giants), and Carla Kihlstedt (Tom Waits, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum). With guests Carla Bozulich, Megan Reilly, Jon Langford, David Thomas, Mike Watt, and Tom Waits, their debut bills itself as "a tribute to the American Rust Belt". They paint a haunting modern-day portrait of cities like Cleveland, Youngstown, Toledo, and Detroit; places that once were the definition of American motivation, progress, and industry, but now are home to ruined monuments of a bygone era. The sonic landscape is painted with scraping, swirling guitars, soaring string arrangements, rupturing bass, and plate-shattering drums.
The Magic Poetry Band - The Kurl Of The Butterfly's Tongue (2007) {Detroit Radio Co. Recordings} **[RE-UP]**

The Magic Poetry Band - The Kurl Of The Butterfly's Tongue (2007) {Detroit Radio Co. Recordings}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 477 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 170 mb
Genre: jazz

The Kurl Of The Butterfly's Tongue is a tongues-worth of jazz performed by The Magic Poetry Band. Released in 2007, this was issued by Detroit Radio Co. Recordings.
Frank Zappa & the Mothers - Over-Nite Sensation (Super Deluxe Edition) (1973/2023)

Frank Zappa & the Mothers - Over-Nite Sensation (Super Deluxe Edition) (1973/2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 1,83 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 674 Mb | 04:52:56
Art Rock, Jazz Rock | Label: Zappa Records, Universal Music

Frank Zappa’s ‘Over-Nite Sensation’ Turns 50 With New Super Deluxe Edition. The new five-disc edition of Zappa’s widely-acclaimed 1973 opus includes 57 previously unreleased tracks and mixes.
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Take A Ride (1966) [Reissue 1993]

Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels - Take A Ride (1966) [Reissue 1993]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 236 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 94 MB | Covers - 11 MB
Genre: Rock 'n' Roll, R&B, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Sundazed (SC 6007)

The debut album of Ryder and the Wheels, fresh from the teenage ballroom circuit in Detroit, where they held court in earlier days as Billy Lee & the Rivieras. One of the defining moments in the history of Motor City music, Take a Ride is the sound of poor White kids claiming the music as theirs, too, while infusing it with the manic energy of the color-blind dreams of anybody who ever wanted to be somebody. Built entirely around their stage act, this album captures a band in full cry at the peak of their powers. This is what they mean when they say the words "high-energy Motor City rock & roll."
The Royalettes - The Elegant Sound of The Royalettes (Remastered) (1966/1995)

The Royalettes - The Elegant Sound of The Royalettes (Remastered) (1966/1995)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 552 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 226 MB
1:19:58 | Rhythm & Blues, Soul | Label: Marginal Records

Their 2nd effort released in 1966 feels like all the Tracks (with exception to “When Summer’s Gone“) were recorded within the same time frame and were meant for this LP ( even top flight groups of the Era like The Supremes did not, with the execption of their Rodgers & Hart LP, have albums based on one set of sessions. Their “I Hear A Symphony” LP includes tracks recorded in New York and Detroit, and a number of it’s selections were intended for a standards LP). In This sense “Elegant Sounds of the Royalettes” is similar to “Dusty In Memphis” because you can tell producer Teddy Randazzo was working to make a complete album statement not just a few hit singles ( which after 1965, unfortunately, The Royalettes did not have) and “Filler.”
The arrangements are more advanced than what the Royalettes previously employed by this album. “Baby, Are you Putting me on?” seems to out BurtBacharach with all the time signature changes , and as a whole the LP keeps up the uptown soul feel continues through the Lp.

The Artwoods - Live at Klooks Kleek (2023)  Music

Posted by delpotro at July 28, 2023
The Artwoods - Live at Klooks Kleek (2023)

The Artwoods - Live at Klooks Kleek (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 275 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 223 Mb | 01:37:27
Rock'n'Roll, R'n'B, Mod, Beat | Label: O.M. SWAGGER

The Artwoods were pioneers of British R&B, and thanks to Dick Jordan and his tape recorder you can travel back to the swinging sixties, and the cool vibe of the Klooks Kleek club in west London where jazz, R&B, and the roots of the mod sound were rubbing up against each other. Hear the sound of this band when they were young, hungry and serving up some wonderful R&B!