Bob Stanley

VA - Choctaw Ridge: New Fables Of The American South 1968-1973 (2021) Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 3, 2021

“Choctaw Ridge” explores a new country sound, one that emerged at the end of the 60s in the wake of Bobbie Gentry’s ‘Ode To Billie Joe’, a shock number one hit in 1967. When singers like Gentry, Jimmy Webb, Michael Nesmith and Lee Hazlewood moved from the south to Los Angeles to make it in the music business, they were not part of the Nashville in-crowd and they forged a new direction.

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VA - Tomorrow's Fashions (Library Electronica 1972-1987) (2024) Music

Posted by Rtax at Dec. 7, 2024

VA - Tomorrow's Fashions (Library Electronica 1972-1987) (2024)
FLAC (tracks) - 444 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 186 MB
1:18:51 | Electronic, Stage & Screen, Ambient | Label: Ace

Nothing said new or modern or futuristic quite like a synthesiser in the 70s and 80s. If you were shooting an advert and you wanted your product or your company to appear forward-thinking and ahead of the game, then you would want something electronic, something out of the ordinary. When TV producers and advertising directors started searching for music that sounded like “Tubular Bells” – and then Tomita, and later Jean Michel Jarre – music libraries such De Wolfe, Bruton, Parry and Chappell had to have the tracks readily available. Compiled by Bob Stanley, “Tomorrow’s Fashions” varies from advertising jingles and TV themes to space exploration and gorgeous, beatless ambience. Though it’s 40-to-50 years old there’s a real freshness to this music. Older jazz players Brian Bennett, John Cameron, Alan Hawkshaw and others seized the chance to operate a synth; younger pups including John Saunders and Monica Beale were simply intrigued by the new technology being wheeled into the studios. There’s a tangible sense of adventure.

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VA - We've Only Just Begun (The Paul Williams Songbook) (2024) Music

Posted by Rtax at Dec. 31, 2024

VA - We've Only Just Begun (The Paul Williams Songbook) (2024)
CD Rip | FLAC (tracks, no cue, no log, full scans) - 527 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 235 MB
1:09:02 | Pop, Folk, Country | Label: Ace

Paul Williams started out as an actor in the 60s, struggled to get work, and ended up almost by accident as a songwriter. Lucky us! He became one of the warmest, most successful songwriters America has ever seen, with songs full of generosity, humility and humanity. Right at the start, he wrote ‘Fill Your Heart’ with Biff Rose, covered by David Bowie on “Hunky Dory”, and ‘Someday Man’ for the Monkees. But it was in the 70s that he hit his stride, writing a ton of songs for the Carpenters, including ‘We've Only Just Begun’ and ‘I Won't Last a Day Without You’.

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VA - Joe Meek - Portrait Of A Genius - The RGM Legacy (Remastered) (2005) Music

Posted by at May 22, 2025

VA - Joe Meek - Portrait Of A Genius - The RGM Legacy (2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log, full scans) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 853 MB
5:14:54 | Rock & Roll, Pop Rock, Beat, Ballad | Label: Castle Music

Four CDs in a long box, with 48-page, full color, saddle-stitched booklet, brimming with rare pics and memorabilia. "The Ultimate Joe Meek Anthology", this is his first wholly comprehensive career overview. Disc 1: presents many of the hits he engineered for the major UK labels during the mid/late 50s. Disc 2: Joe goes it alone, and tops the UK Charts with "Johnny Remember Me". Disc 3: Telstar propels Meek to international success. Disc 4: "Have I The Right Introduces a whole new RGM sound. Disc 2, 3 and 4 include copious collectors rarities, demos, interviews, previously unissued sides, etc. Liner notes by St Etiennes Bob Stanley, a self-confessed Joe Meek fanatic.

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VA - We've Only Just Begun (The Paul Williams Songbook) (2024) Music

Posted by Rtax at Dec. 31, 2024

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John Barry - The More Things Change: Film, TV & Studio Work 1968-1972 (2022) Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 21, 2025

John Barry - The More Things Change: Film, TV & Studio Work 1968-1972 (2022)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 404 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 151 Mb | 01:05:54
Easy Listening, Soundtrack | Label: Ace Records

In the late 1960s and early 70s, John Barry was at his creative peak, writing both his greatest Bond music for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and the score for the Oscar-winning Midnight Cowboy within a few months of each other. As one decade melted into the next, Barry would provide a host of haunting, highly atmospheric scores: The Appointment, Deadfall, Mary Queen Of Scots, Follow Follow, with possibly his finest ever saved for Nicolas Roeg’s masterpiece Walkabout. He also found time to write the deathless theme for TV series The Persuaders.

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Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell: The Collected Works Of Robin Gibb 1968-1970 (Remastered) (2015) Music

Posted by Rtax at Jan. 1, 2023

Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell: The Collected Works Of Robin Gibb 1968-1970 (Remastered) (2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 579 MB
3:48:24 | Pop, Baroque Pop, Psychedelic Pop | Label: Rhino

A little known phase of the Bee Gees' history is the late '60s, when Robin Gibb left the band in a pique following the decision to banish his song "Lamplight" to the B-side of a single. Gibb pursued a solo career, releasing Robin's Reign in 1970 and coming close to completing a second called Sing Slowly Sisters before he decided to return to the fold in the summer of 1970. Robin was on his own for just over a year, but he recorded plenty of material during that time, all of which is collected on the 2015 triple-disc box Saved by the Bell: The Collected Works of Robin Gibb 1969-1970.

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Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter (1984) Remastered 2006 Music

Posted by Designol at Sept. 28, 2023

1984's Climate of Hunter was Scott Walker's only album of the decade and his only for Virgin Records. It drew critical raves for it's minimalist, trancelike ambience that showed him keeping abreast of cutting edge 80's rock trends. Digitally remastered for the first time and includes sleeve notes by Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne.

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Primal Scream - Reverberations (Travelling In Time) (2023) Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 26, 2023

Primal Scream - Reverberations (Travelling In Time) (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 246 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 81 MB
34:50 | Alternative Rock | Label: Young Tiki - XTRM Ltd.

Boasting eleven previously unreleased BBC session recordings plus all five songs from Primal Scream's first two Creation Records singles, Reverberations (Travelling In Time) perfectly captures what many believe to be a crucial era for one of the UK's most important groups as they went on to influence a wave of emerging bands, most notably The Stone Roses. It's a collection which provides a snapshot of the youthful innocence and uninhibited passion that characterised their early two-minute indie-pop adventures. The album includes a wealth of unseen period photography plus essays by band members Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie as well as music historian Bob Stanley. The cover illustration was provided by renowned British illustrator and designer Julie Verhoeven.

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John Barry - The More Things Change: Film, TV & Studio Work 1968-1972 (2022) Music

Posted by delpotro at Jan. 21, 2025

In the late 1960s and early 70s, John Barry was at his creative peak, writing both his greatest Bond music for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and the score for the Oscar-winning Midnight Cowboy within a few months of each other. As one decade melted into the next, Barry would provide a host of haunting, highly atmospheric scores: The Appointment, Deadfall, Mary Queen Of Scots, Follow Follow, with possibly his finest ever saved for Nicolas Roeg’s masterpiece Walkabout. He also found time to write the deathless theme for TV series The Persuaders.

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