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VA - Yesterday's Tomorrow: Celebrating the Winston-Salem Sound (2021) Music

Posted by delpotro at May 7, 2021

VA - Yesterday's Tomorrow: Celebrating the Winston-Salem Sound (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 519 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 169 Mb | 01:13:45
Psychedelic Rock | Label: Omnivore Recordings

Live performance by reunited and iconic members of the Winston-Salem scene.

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VA - Britxotica!: London's Rarest Primitive Pop And Savage Jazz (2016) Music

Posted by mark70 at Sept. 26, 2016

VA - Britxotica!: London's Rarest Primitive Pop And Savage Jazz (2016)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 40:56 min | 101 MB
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Oldies | Label: Trunk

At the end of 2014 legendary DJ and tastemaker Martin Green approached me with a new idea about old music. He’d been amassing odd, rare and exotic British records for years and had come up with a plan. I’ve known Martin Green since the Smashing days of the early 1990s and have always trusted his taste and nose for the future past. If fact we did the Resurrection LP together way back in the 1990s. Anyway, I decided to leave him to it – he knows what he’s doing after all. I even let him write all the sleevenotes. So, below is his explanation of it all. And stay tuned for Britxotica Goes East!

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VA - Putumayo Presents: Vintage Italia (2017) Music

Posted by SERTiL at Sept. 5, 2017

After the destruction wrought by World War II, it’s no wonder Italians of the 1950s wanted to put the past behind them and enjoy life for a change. The American GIs who filled the post-war bars and nightclubs of Italy’s cities in search of a little R&R (aka Roman Romance) brought with them a taste for the swinging jazz sounds that were all the rage back home. Before rock & roll took the world by storm, cool cats were dancing to big bands like Glen Miller and Benny Goodman. American jazz was as irresistible to Italian teenagers as pizza pie was to New Yorkers, and people from both sides of the Atlantic were looking for a taste of what the other had to offer.

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VA - Six Queens Of Jazz Vocal (2016) [Esoteric Japan] (6x SACD Box Set) PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at Feb. 22, 2024

Japanese ESOTERIC Company proudly introduces a new series of Re-mastered Jazz Masterpiece Collection. The reissue of historical music masterpieces by ESOTERIC has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound, and for using SACD technology to improve sound quality. This Box Set of "Six Queens Of Jazz Vocal" features iconic releases of Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'Day, Carmen McRae, Helen Merrill, Monica Zetterlund, and Peggy Lee. Experience the legendary performance in this new format. Not only for new followers, but also for well experienced followers of these recorded materials. All will be equally impressed by the "soul" hidden within the notes, but never before found in previously released recordings in any format.

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VA - East L.A. Rockin' The Barrio (2005) Music

Posted by Rtax at April 23, 2023

VA - East L.A. Rockin' The Barrio (2005)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 212 MB
47:08 | Rock, Pop | Label: Varèse Sarabande

Amazon review by hyperbolium
Throughout the 1960s there were regional scenes throughout the USA that occasionally lobbed indie recordings onto the charts. But more importantly, the artists in these locales combined national influences with unique local twists to create original sounds. One of the more identifiable such pockets of artistry was barrio of mid-60s East Los Angeles. The national hits included Cannibal & The Headhunters reworking of Chris Kenner's "Land of 1000 Dances" (later reworked to even greater chart success by Wilson Pickett) and the garage-rock classic "Farmer John" by the Premiers, but the non-charting local radio spins and club favorites were just as good.

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V.A. - Swinging Hamburg: Jazz In Hamburg Von A-Z (18CDs, 2006) Music

Posted by Discograf_man at July 13, 2017

V.A. - Swinging Hamburg: Jazz In Hamburg Von A-Z (18CDs, 2006)
Jazz, Swing | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 3,12 Gb
Label: Membran

Die Hamburger Jazzszene ihre Vielfalt und Lebendigkeit bringen so manchen Musikliebhaber zum Schwärmen. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg fanden sich in der Stadt an der Elbe hunderte spielhungriger Bands zusammen, für die bald auch unzählige Auftrittsorte entstanden. Der Cotton Club oder Dennis Swing Club wer kennt sie nicht? Für die Fans des Hamburger Jazz und alle, die mehr darüber erfahren möchten, entstand diese umfangreiche Kollektion. In Wort, Bild und Ton wird der Werdegang einer einmaligen Szene lebendig: von der Zeit, als die Hafenstadt in Trümmern lag, bis hin zum Sound von heute. Sie halten ein Set in Händen, das aus 18 CDs und einem 300 Seiten starken Buch besteht.

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VA - Night Comes Down: 60s British Mod, R&B, Freakbeat & Swinging London Nuggets (2017) Music

Posted by delpotro at July 1, 2019

VA - Night Comes Down: 60s British Mod, R&B, Freakbeat & Swinging London Nuggets (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | 03:56:12 | 1,07 Gb
R'n'B, Funk, Soul, Rock, British Beat | Label: RPM Records, Cherry Red Records

NIGHT COMES DOWN continues RPM’s ongoing pedigree in creating bespoke Sixties compilations of rare British music aimed at discerning collectors. This 3-CD box set follows previous collections Looking Back (2011) and Keep Lookin’ (2014), which ran the gamut of musical styles which emanated from the UK, diverse and yet united in their dancefloor appeal, from the discotheques of the day to nouveau Mod clubs in the 21st century.

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VA - Oh! You Pretty Things: Glam Queens And Street Urchins 1970-76 (2021) Music

Posted by Rtax at Jan. 2, 2025

VA - Oh! You Pretty Things: Glam Queens And Street Urchins 1970-76 (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, full scans) - 2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.1 GB
3:58:00 | Glam, Punk, Hard Rock | Label: Grapefruit

In the teenage wastelands of grey early Seventies Britain, where the musical landscape was dominated by introspective singer-songwriters and dour rock bands, the emergence of the outrageous, androgynous, peacock-plumaged Glam Rock scene provided a vital spark in the dark. Sadly the genre was quickly hijacked by the backroom hustlers of the British music industry and their mutton-dressed-as-glam pop idol marionettes. However, Oh! You Pretty Things ignores such lightweight fripperies to concentrate on the real deal. We focus on the twin central strands of Glam Rock: the cerebral and the visceral, with the artier, experimental element of the scene joined by the Ladbroke Grove street rockers and the Steve Marriott-channelling chirpy Cockney geezer street urchins, many of whom had been to drama school and knew how to strike a pose. We examine the trash-aesthetic fault line that joined the seedy, no-longer-swinging London of the early Seventies with New York’s sleazy demi-monde and the incorrigible hucksters of Hollywood. The latter were led by Kim Fowley, ably assisted by LA scenester Rodney Bingenheimer, who opened Rodney’s English Disco (allegedly at Bowie’s suggestion), where the underage groupies, teenage runaways and glitter queens of Sunset Strip hung out with visiting British rock royalty and the likes of Alice Cooper and a wasted Iggy Pop.

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VA - Swinging Hamburg (2004) (18 CDs Box Set) Music

Posted by murena at Oct. 6, 2018

VA - Swinging Hamburg (2004) (18 CDs Box Set)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image+.cue, log) | 18 CDs, 23:09:37 min | Covers included | 7,47 Gb
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Swing / Label: Membran Music

60 years of music and culture history on 18 CD's with 300 pages thick book. The Hamburg Jazz Scene - their diversity and vitality bring so many music lovers swoon . After the Second World War found themselves in the city on the Elbe hundreds of hungry bands play together , created for the soon also countless venues . The Cotton Club or Dennis ' Swing Club - who does not? For the fans of the Hamburg Jazz and all those who want to learn more about this comprehensive collection has been developed .

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VA - Dolores - Salsa & Guaracha from 70's French West Indies (2025) (Hi-Res) Vinyl & HR

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 12, 2025

VA - Dolores - Salsa & Guaracha from 70's French West Indies (2025) (Hi-Res)
FLAC (tracks, digital booklet) 24bit-44.1kHz - 582 MB
51:00 | Salsa, Romainville | Label: Born bad records

In Guadeloupe, many people think that jazz and ka music are like a ring and a finger. To some extent, the same could be said about so called Latin music and the music played in the French West Indies. Both aesthetics were born in the Caribbean and bear so many connections that they can easily be considered cousins. In constant dialogue, there are lots of examples of their fruitful alliance and have been for a while. The English country dance that used to be practiced in European lounges came to be called kadrille in Martinique and contradanza in Cuba. They both featured additional percussion instruments inherited from the transatlantic deportation. Drawing from shared feelings about the same traumatized identity – later to be creolized – it would be hard not to assume that they were meant to inspire each other.

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