Vince Aletti

Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z: A Library of America Special Publication

Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z: A Library of America Special Publication edited by Jonathan Lethem, Kevin Dettmar
English | May 23, 2017 | ISBN: 1598535315 | EPUB | 580 pages | 2.2 MB

Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity...And Back (1985)  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at March 21, 2019
Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity...And Back (1985)

Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity…And Back (1985)
Electronic, Synth-pop, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 01:02:56 | 410,83 Mb
Label: Casablanca/PolyGram Records (W. Germany) | Cat.# 822 661-2 M-1 | Released: 1985

A digitally remastered collection of classic Giorgio Moroder hits. It contains the first half of the From Here To Eternity album (1977), Evolution from the Battlestar Galactica soundtrack (1978), Valley Of The Dolls from the Foxes soundtrack (1980), I Wanna Rock You and Oh What A Night from E=MC² (1979), I Wanna Funk With You Tonight from the Knights In White Satin album (1976) and a special remix of The Chase (1978) by Brian Reeves - all sourced and remastered from the original master-tapes.
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972) [2003, Japan] {Paper Sleeve Mini-LP CD}

Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972) [2003, Japan] {Paper Sleeve Mini-LP CD}
R&B, Soul/Funk, Smooth Soul, Jazz | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 43:31 | 595,84 Mb
Label: Tamla/Motown/UM³/USM Japan (Japan) | Cat.# UICY-9251 | Released: 2003-01-29 (1972-10-28)

"Talking Book" is the 15th studio album by American singer, songwriter and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 28, 1972, on the Tamla label for Motown Records. The album is widely noted for being the signal recording of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's keyboard work, especially with the synthesizers he incorporated. His use of the Hohner clavinet model C on "Superstition" is widely regarded as one of the definitive tracks featuring the instrument.
Earth, Wind & Fire - Head to the Sky (1973) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered 2016]

Earth, Wind & Fire - Head to the Sky (1973) [Remastered 2016]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 208 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 104 Mb | Scans included
Funk, Soul, Jazz-Funk | Label: Audio Fidelity | # AFZ5 236 | 00:37:02
Mastered by Stephen Marsh & Steve Hoffman

As phenomenally popular as Earth, Wind & Fire was from the mid-'70s to the early '80s, it's easy to forget that the band was hardly an overnight success. With Head to the Sky – EWF's fourth album overall, second with Philip Bailey, and second for Columbia – Maurice White's very spiritual and ambitious brand of soul and funk was starting to pay off commercially. The Latin-influenced "Evil" became the soulsters' biggest hit up to that point, and material ranging from the hauntingly pretty title song (which boasts one of Bailey's finest performances ever) to the jazz fusion gem "Zanzibar" is just as rewarding. The lineup White unveiled with Last Days and Time was working out beautifully; Bailey was clearly proving to be a major asset. Also worth noting is the presence of singer Jessica Cleaves, who left after this album and, several years later, resurfaced in George Clinton's eccentric female group the Brides of Funkenstein.