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Tom Waits - Alice (2002/2017) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Tom Waits - Alice (2002/2017) [Remastered]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 48:24 minutes | 1,01 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Alice, once dubbed "the lost Tom Waits masterpiece" by the press, was originally done as an avant-garde opera directed by Robert Wilson for Hamburg's Thalia Theater in the winter of 1992. "Alice" was based loosely on Lewis Carroll's obsession with young Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired his Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass. Working with wife and collaborator Kathleen Brennan, they wrote fifteen songs for the Wilson opera in the summer of 1992. The Thalia performed "Alice" for eighteen months, with an eclectic orchestra of Waits' design.

Girlschool - The School Report 1978-2008 (2023)  Music

Posted by Rtax at April 18, 2023
Girlschool - The School Report 1978-2008 (2023)

Girlschool - The School Report 1978-2008 (2023)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 917 MB
6:04:16 | Classic Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock | Label: HNE Recordings

A comprehensive box set that reaches back to the band's pub rock roots and into the present.
- A celebration of the 40+ years Girlschool rocked the world, beginning with their independently released 45 disc "Take It All Away" and "It Could Be Better."CD 4 features many rare B-sides and non-album cuts as well as demos from 1978 to 2002 and CD 5 features an extremely rare live Painted Lady recording from before Girlschool.

Philip Glass - A Descent into the Maelstrom (2002)  Music

Posted by Designol at July 5, 2023
Philip Glass - A Descent into the Maelstrom (2002)

Philip Glass - A Descent into the Maelström (2002)
The Philip Glass Ensemble; Michael Riesman, musical director

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 383 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 152 Mb | Scans included
Minimalism, Modern Ballet | Label: Orange Mountain Music | # OMM 0005 | 01:05:09

In 1986 Mr. Glass was commissioned to create and bring a piece to the Adelaide Festival of Arts in Adelaide, Australia. He chose to write a piece based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story "A Descent into the Maelström" and invited collaborators dancer/choreographer Molissa Fenley, set designer Eamon D’Arcy and theatre director Mathew McGuire to participate. They transformed Edgar Allan Poe's vertiginous short story of being swept into a huge and terrible whirlpool by a raging hurricane that "the oldest seaman in Norway never experienced" into a Musical/Dance/Theatre extravganza. This compelling, propulsive piece of music premiered in March, 1986 at the Adelaide Festival of Arts and was only performed by the Philip Glass Ensemble during the week of the festival in Australia. Consequently, it has had very little exposure to Philip Glass' audience. This little known recording of this powerful piece of classic Glass music was made when the Philip Glass Ensemble was at one of its peaks. It was also done in possibly one of the best settings for Philip Glass and his musicians– musical theatre.
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983) [BD-Audio 2014] [FLAC 24 bit/96kHz]

Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983/2014)
FLAC(tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 43:43 minutes | 1,01 GB
Blu-Ray Audio Rip | Sourced Track - LPCM 2.0 Stereo | Full Artwork

"The Hurting" is the debut studio album by the British band Tears for Fears. It peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in its second week of release. The album was certified Gold by the BPI within three weeks of release, and reached Platinum status in January 1985. The album contains Tears for Fears' first three hit singles – "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" – all of which reached the top five in the UK.

Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983) [Non-Remastered]  Music

Posted by Designol at April 28, 2024
Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983) [Non-Remastered]

Tears For Fears - The Hurting (1983) [Non-Remastered]
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 259 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 134 Mb | Scans included
New Wave, Synthpop, Pop/Rock | Label: Mercury | # 811 039-2 | Time: 00:41:48

The Hurting is the debut studio album by the British rock/pop band Tears for Fears. It was released on 7 March 1983, and peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in its second week of release. The album was certified Gold by the BPI within three weeks of release, and reached Platinum status in January 1985. The album contains Tears For Fears' first three hit singles – "Mad World", "Change", and "Pale Shelter" – all of which reached the Top 5 in the UK. It also contains a new version of the band's first single, "Suffer the Children", which had originally been released in 1981.

VA - Can You Feel That Beat: Funky 45s & Other Rare Grooves (2016)  Music

Posted by delpotro at March 10, 2024
VA - Can You Feel That Beat: Funky 45s & Other Rare Grooves (2016)

VA - Can You Feel That Beat: Funky 45s & Other Rare Grooves (2016)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 336 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 139 Mb | 01:00:45
Funk, Soul | Label: Numero Group

So what is funk? It’s sometimes difficult to know. In the 1950s, the piano style of both Ray Charles and Horace Silver were described as funk, and the word itself has long associations with black music, going back even further into history. Clearly the success of James Brown at the tail end of the 1960s—say from “Cold Sweat” onwards—established the funk era, but the Godfather of super-heavy funk had already set out his stall with “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” and “I Got You (I Feel Good)” in 1965. At the same time a series of productions he recorded with Bobby Byrd, James Crawford, and others saw him slowly perfect his groove.
Blossom Dearie - Discover Who I Am: Blossom Dearie In London (The Fontana Years: 1966-1970) (2023)

Blossom Dearie - Discover Who I Am: Blossom Dearie In London (The Fontana Years: 1966-1970) (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 644 MB
4:26:10 | Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) / Mercury

The first detailed exploration of Blossom’s life and career, this set also serves as a comprehensive introduction to a true original, an artist and performer deserving of much wider appreciation. The 6CD boxset includes previously unheard masters, featuring the albums (and several singles) recorded during her stay in the English capital as well as 27 previously unheard tracks from her late ‘60s sessions that were discovered in the family home in East Durham, New York following her death.

Car Wash  Movies

Posted by at Dec. 20, 2024
Car Wash

Car Wash (1976)
This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.
Comedy 

UKTV - Museum Secrets: Collection  Movies

Posted by at Nov. 6, 2021
UKTV - Museum Secrets: Collection

UKTV - Museum Secrets: Collection (2012)
Ella Fitzgerald - 100 Essentials of Ella Fitzgerald (Mono Version) (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Ella Fitzgerald - 100 Essentials of Ella Fitzgerald (Mono Version) (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 05:54:21 minutes | 3,3 GB
Vocal Jazz | Label: BnF Collection, Official Digital Download

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.