Z.z. Hill

Z.Z. Hill - 2 Studio Albums (1981-1984)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Dec. 16, 2020
Z.Z. Hill - 2 Studio Albums (1981-1984)

Z.Z. Hill - 2 Studio Albums (1981-1984)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 509 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 167 MB | Covers - 42 MB
Genre: Blues, Soul | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Malaco Records

Z.Z. Hill (1981). The initial step in Hill's amazing rebirth as a contemporary blues star, courtesy of Jackson, Mississippi's Malaco Records and producers Tommy Couch and Wolf Stephenson. The vicious blues outings "Bump and Grind" and "Blue Monday" were the first salvos fired by Hill at the blues market, though much of the set - "Please Don't Make Me (Do Something Bad to You)," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - was solidly in the Southern soul vein.
Bluesmaster (1984). Issued the year he died, Bluesmaster boasted more competent soul-blues hybrids by the man who reenergized the blues idiom with his trademark growl. LaSalle's "You're Ruining My Bad Reputation," "Friday Is My Day" (written by legendary Malaco promo man Dave Clark), and a nice reading of Paul Kelly's slinky "Personally" rate with the standouts.

Z.Z. Hill - Down Home (1982)  Music

Posted by gribovar at May 31, 2020
Z.Z. Hill - Down Home (1982)

Z.Z. Hill - Down Home (1982)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 251 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 91 MB | Covers - 15 MB
Genre: Blues, Soul | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Malaco Records (MCD 7406)

Down Home is one of the very few classic blues albums of the 1980s. Hill revitalized the genre among African-American listeners with his "Down Home Blues," which earned instant standard status. But the entire album is tremendously consistent, with the percolating R&B workouts "Givin' It Up for Your Love" and "Right Arm for Your Love" contrasting with an intimate "Cheatin' in the Next Room" and the straight-ahead blues "Everybody Knows About My Good Thing" and "When It Rains It Pours."
Z.Z. Hill - That's It! The Complete Kent Recordings 1964-1968 (2018)

Z.Z. Hill - That's It! The Complete Kent Recordings 1964-1968 (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 588 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 317 Mb | Scans - 54 Mb | 02:18:21
R'n'B, Soul, Blues | Label: Kent Soul, Ace Records

His complete recordings for the Bihari brothers’ Kent label, together on one package for the first time, including many making their CD debut.

Z.Z. Hill - Let's Make A Deal (1978) [2014]  Music

Posted by JET 1 at Aug. 16, 2020
Z.Z. Hill - Let's Make A Deal (1978) [2014]

Z.Z. Hill - Let's Make A Deal (1978) [2014]
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 354 MB | Scans
Genre: Blues, Soul | Label: Sony Music | Catalog Number: SICP-30699

One of the most commercial of Hill's albums, this disco-tinged release included the minor hits "This Time They Told the Truth" and "Love Is So Good When You're Stealing It."

Grady Champion - Steppin' In: A Tribute To ZZ Hill (2019)  Music

Posted by delpotro at June 18, 2019
Grady Champion - Steppin' In: A Tribute To ZZ Hill (2019)

Grady Champion - Steppin' In: A Tribute To ZZ Hill (2019)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 291 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 102 Mb | 00:44:39
Blues | Label: Malaco Records

Thirty-seven years later, we have the iconic songs of Texas-born singer Z.Z. Hill brought to us by Grammy-winning bluesman Mississippi-based Grady Champion on the same Mississippi-based Malaco label. Champion is a producer/singer/songwriter/musician who has won a Grammy, several prestigious Blues Music Awards as well as the 26th International Blues Challenge. Amazingly, he is one of his father’s 28 children, born October 10, 1969 on a farm in Canton, Mississippi. Originally a rapper, he gravitated to the blues, first learning harmonica and releasing his first album, the self-released Goin’ Back Home (1998.) He was quickly signed by Shanachie Records, with whom he released two albums. Champion and Kevin Bowe co-wrote “Trust Yourself” which was included on Etta James’ album Let’s Roll (2003) and winner of a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The album also won a Blues Music Award as the Soul/Blues Album of 2004. Dreamin’ (2011), was a #1 album on the Sirius XM’s Bluesville chart, as well as earning two BMAs. This is his third release for Malaco, a self-produced effort entirely in tribute to Z.Z. Hill who died 35 years ago April 27, 1984. Champion says, “I’ve been particularly inspired by Z.Z.’s efforts to restore blues music to modern black consciousness.”
Marquis Hill - Modern Flows, Vol. 2 (2018) (Japan Bonus Track Edition)

Marquis Hill - Modern Flows, Vol. 2 (2018) (Japan Bonus Track Edition)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 451.39 Mb | 01:15:05 | Cover
Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Jazz-Rap | Country: USA | Label: P-Vine Records - PCD-24784

In the interim between trumpeter/composer Marquis Hill's Modern Flows EP in 2014 and this full-length sequel, he issued The Way We Play for Concord. It offered his genre blurring style in a program of (mostly) jazz standards. A year later he released the killer Meditation Tape, a recording that serves as a proper introduction to the music found here.
VA - The Last Soul Company: Malaco, A Thirty Year Retrospective [6CD Box Set] (1999)

VA - The Last Soul Company: Malaco, A Thirty Year Retrospective [6CD Box Set] (1999)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 2.89 GB | No Covers / Scans
Genre: Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk | Label: Malaco Records | Catalog Number: MCD 0030

When Malaco Records started out in the late 1960s, the label that small Southern R&B companies looked up to was Stax. The Jackson, MS-based Malaco, like the Memphis-based Stax, focused mainly on deep-fried Southern soul in the beginning – only in 1968 and 1969, Malaco was a struggling young operation that was fighting to stay afloat. But ironically, Malaco would still be in business long after Stax's 1975 demise, and it would continue to favor classic soul long after most labels had moved away from it. When other black-oriented independents were putting out urban contemporary, rap and house music in the 1980s and 1990s.

VA - Los Angeles Modern and Kent Northern Soul (2019)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at July 11, 2019
VA - Los Angeles Modern and Kent Northern Soul (2019)

VA - Los Angeles Modern and Kent Northern Soul (2019)
FLAC tracks | 36:32 | 120 Mb
Genre: Soul, Funk, R&B / Label: Kent Records Uk

UK black music collectors have revered the output of the Modern and Kent labels from Los Angeles since the early days of B. B. King, Ike & Tina Turner, and the Ikettes. Much of the soul was crossed with R&B - witness the likes of Z. Z. Hill, Vernon Garrett and Johnny Copeland. Garrett's 'Shine It On' has become much in-demand in recent years along with Z. Z. Hill's cover of 'Make Me Yours' which was a UK-only 45 in the 60s. Larry Davis' name was largely unknown until his 'I've Been Hurt So Many Times' got Northern Soul plays in the 80s and onwards.
VA - Where Soul Begins... Kent | Modern For Dancers Forty (2022)

VA - Where Soul Begins… Kent | Modern For Dancers Forty (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 307 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 168 MB
1:02:55 | Full Scans Included | Rhythm & Blues, Soul | Label: Kent Soul

Kent Records are commemorating 40 years since the LP Kent 001 “For Dancers Only” hit the record shops of 1982 with resounding success. Our new CD “For Dancers Forty” revisits the US Modern and Kent labels that started it all off.
We have already released a “For Dancers Forty” LP but though the compilations share the same celebratory title, only three tracks feature on both. We didn’t want to neglect our digital customers at the expense of the vinyl hounds. The collection represents the breadth of label-owners Saul, Jules, Joe and Lester Bihari’s recordings, featuring stompers, Rhythm & Blues rockers, girl soul grooves group harmony and sublime ballads.

VA - Big Funk Soul (2019)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Feb. 1, 2019
VA - Big Funk Soul (2019)

VA - Big Funk Soul (2019)
FLAC (tracks) | 1:52:25 | 583 Mb
Genre: Soul, R&B, Funk / Label: Eastmill

Big Funk Soul contains the definitive Artists & Soul, R&B, Funk. The Best hits from Al Wilson, Amuzement Park, Cissy Houston, Don Covay and many more.