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Merle Haggard - Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969 - 1976 (2007) {6CD Bear Family Records BCD 16749}

Merle Haggard - Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969 - 1976 (2007) {6CD Bear Family Records BCD 16749}
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© 2007 Bear Family Records | BCD 16749
Country / Bakersfield Sound / Honky Tonk / Folk Rock / Progressive Country / Traditional Country / Western Swing Revival

Merle Haggard, RIP. In Memoriam. Merle Haggard, an icon of American music, died at his home in California on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. It was the singer, songwriter, and musician’s 79th birthday. In 2008 he battled lung cancer, and was hospitalized in December 2015 with double pneumonia. Haggard returned to the stage soon after, but was sidelined again in February due to continuing health concerns. “A week ago Dad told us he was gonna pass on his birthday,” Merle’s son and lead guitarist, Ben, revealed the day his father died, “and he wasn’t wrong.”
Django Reinhardt - The Complete Django Reinhardt and Quintet of the Hot Club of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948 (1999)

Django Reinhardt - The Complete Django Reinhardt and Quintet of the Hot Club of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-1948 (1999) {6CD Mosaic MD6-190}
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© 1936-1948, 1999 Mosaic Records / EMI-Capitol | MD6-190
Jazz / Continental Jazz / Swing / Gypsy / Guitar

This is the Reinhardt mother lode – a six-disc collection of the Gypsy legend's oeuvre stretching from just before to just after World War II. Disc one includes several infectious cuts with vocalist Freddy Taylor, beginning with Stuff Smith's "I'se a Muggin'." Disc six closes with one of Reinhardt and Grappelli's last recording sessions together, which included an unusually dark reading of "Oh Lady Be Good" and a revisitation of the obscure "Bricktop" (the first version appears on disc two). In between are well over 100 marvelous tracks, with sound quality up to Mosaic's (and Michael Cuscuna's) impeccable standards. The booklet contains a learned essay and annotation by Mike Peters, as well as an impressive gallery of photographs, concert posters, and news clippings. Extraordinary, and for Reinhardt's most devoted fans, entirely worth the investment.
John Lee Hooker - Blues Is The Healer (2005) (box set) REPOST

John Lee Hooker - Blues Is The Healer (2005) (box set)
blues | 10cd | EAC Rip | Ape + Cue + Log | covers
Membran Music 222916-321 | mono | rec: 1948-69 | 1500Mb

This box set reissue of the "John Lee Hooker – Portrait 10 cd (Past Perfect 2001)". Overall, the sound is very good with a few songs on the first couple of discs sounding really rough. The first 8 discs are early solo Hooker with the ocassional backing guitar or piano. Disc 9 sounds like Veejay recordings and the 10th is a live concert. Hooker mentions Lowell Fulsom and SP Leary but there is no live audience response. Good stuff though.The only drawback is that there are no liner notes at all. But if you want to fill out your collection with some great early stuff, this will be a great addition to your collection. Boogie on, Johnny Lee!
Ike & Tina Turner - The Archive Series Volumes 1 - 6 (2009) {6CD Set Yellow Label-SPV Digitally remastered}

Ike & Tina Turner - The Archive Series Volumes 1 - 6 (2009) {6CD Set Yellow Label-SPV Digitally remastered}
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© 2009 Yellow Label / SPV GmbH
R&B / Funk / Soul / Rock'n Roll

SPV launched their series of archival Ike & Tina Turner collections with this double-disc set, which curiously enough is the least interesting installment in the program so far. The Archive Series, Vols. 1 & 2: Hits and Classics is devoted to songs already familiar to casual listeners, but the only real-deal Ike & Tina hits included on this set are "It's Gonna Work Out Fine," "Nutbush City Limits," "Proud Mary," and "River Deep, Mountain High" (the latter two each appearing twice), while nearly everything else is a cover of a tune associated with another artist.
Various Artists - Jazz On Disques Vogue: The Perfect Collection - 35 Original Albums (2013) {20CD Sony Music Box Set}

Various Artists - Jazz On Disques Vogue: The Perfect Collection - 35 Original Albums (2013) {20CD Sony Music Box Set}
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© 2013 Sony Music / Legacy / Disques Vogue | 88725443772
Jazz / Cool / Bop / Swing / Mainstream Jazz / Early European Modern Jazz

This incredible box sets collects 35 early Jazz albums released on the legendary French Jazz labels: Disques Vogue founded in 1947 and its subsidiary Swing, which was originally established in Paris in 1937 by Charles Delaunay and passed to Vogue in 1948. The music was recorded during the first post WWII decade (1947-1957) and features both American Jazz artists, who visited France or lived in France at the time as well as European Jazz artists. Paris was at the time the European Jazz center, which corresponded splendidly with its status as the European intellectual center, which produced dramatic and groundbreaking developments in European Philosophy, Plastic Arts, Cinema, Literature and of course music. Most of these albums were originally released on 10-inch LPs, which had a time limit under half an hour, and therefore they are arranged here to span over 20 CDs, each well over an hour long. The music was beautifully remastered and sounds remarkably fresh and vibrant.
Music Fidelity - The Complete Audiophile Collection: Hi-End Super CD Master [30CD Limited Edition Box Set] (2014)

Music Fidelity - The Complete Audiophile Collection: Hi-End Super CD Master [30CD Limited Edition Box Set] (2014)
WEB FLAC (tracks) | Run Time: 33:37:33 | 11,37 Gb
Genre: Pop, Jazz, Soul | Label: MF-Music

MF-Music label specializes in audio files very special box set ambitiously prepared in 2014.
Best mandatory title with a total of 27 kinds of hanjeongban 30 albums, including a new album consisting of three kinds of audio files. The Complete Audiophile Collection Hi-End Super CD Master (30CDs Box Set) (Limited Edition)
Nat King Cole - The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio (1942-1961) {18CD Box Set Mosaic MD18-138 rel 1991}

Nat King Cole - The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Nat King Cole Trio (1942-1961) {18CD Box Set Mosaic MD18-138 rel 1991}
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© 1942-61, 1991 Capitol / Mosaic Records | MD18-138
Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Swing / Traditional Pop

This collection contains 349 songs recorded at 91 separate recording sessions between October 11, 1942 and March 23, 1961. Two-thirds of the selection on this 18-disc anthology have either been out out of print since the 1940s, or have never been released in any form. Cole's 1956 album, AFTER MIDNIGHT, is included here in its entirety, along with all of the trio's more familiar songs. Included in this set are 104 tracks previously unavailable on US LPs. Sixty-six of the tracks were previously unavailable anywhere. Fifty-six rare Capitol radio transcriptions appear commercially for the first time. Dozens of the tracks appear at the correct speed for the first time ever.
VA - The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions (Remastered) (2000)

VA - The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions (Remastered) (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, scans) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 897 MB
6:29:55 | Jazz, Swing, Bop | Label: Mosaic Records

This seven-CD collection exhaustively documents Columbia Records' first attempt at niche marketing with the Piano Moods series. Born out an impromptu marketing plan by a small Columbia Records staff in 1950, the Piano Moods series was hatched from the marketing discovery that there were more pianos than phonographs (that's record players for all you kids who don't remember vinyl LPs) in the homes of postwar America. The 12" LP had been launched a scant two years before and few titles were available. The Piano Moods series linked 20 albums of the same general type, all of them produced and sequenced by George Avakian, who had created the jazz and pop catalog on LP for Columbia beginning in 1948 – though they were originally released 33 rpm 10" discs to keep the folks with all those 10" 78 rpm discs happy when it came to storage. The sides were cut – usually – with no spirals (spaces) between tunes, giving the side a longer feel than its 17 minutes because the music was continuous. Most pianists preset their sequences and prepared introductions of the key of the preceding tune that modulated into the key of the next one.

Otis Redding - The King of Soul (2014)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Nov. 21, 2024
Otis Redding - The King of Soul (2014)

Otis Redding - The King of Soul (2014)
FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans) / MP3 320 kbps | 4:36:57 | 634 Mb / 1,43 Gb
Genre: Soul, Funk, Pop, Rhythm & Blues

The King Of Soul coincides with the 50th anniversary of Redding s debut album, Pain In My Heart, which helped define the sound of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee. This set features 92 songs and retraces the singer s career from his meteoric rise to his untimely death in a 1967 plane crash.
Gram Parsons - A Song For You (2017) [7CD Limited Edition Box Set]

Gram Parsons - A Song For You (2017))
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Sandoz Records, SNZCD2007 | ~ 1853 or 875 Mb | Scans(png) -> 648 Mb
Country Rock / Blues Rock / Pop Rock

Limited Edition 7CD box set featuring rare live performances of GP with the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers. Also features Gram's songs performed by Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Garcia. Plus a disc of influences/original version…