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VA - The Casablanca Records Story (4CD) (1994) {Casablanca/Mercury Chronicles} **[RE-UP]**

VA - The Casablanca Records Story (4CD) (1994) {Casablanca/Mercury Chronicles}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 1.98 gb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 700 mb
Genre: disco, R&B, soul, modern pop

The Casablanca Records Story is a 4CD box set exploring the soul and disco sides of Neil Bogart's Casablanca Records. Released in 1994, this is dedicated to just their soul and disco sides, not the rock side so no Kiss or Angel. This was taken from the promotional version of the collection so no booklet, as it was packaged in a thick case (clam shell).

VA - Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (2001)  Music

Posted by Discograf_man at Jan. 31, 2015
VA - Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (2001)

VA - Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (2001)
Soul/Funk, R&B | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 1,06 Gb
Label: Rhino Records | Release Year: 2001


The liner notes that accompany this collection note that '70s soul music has never really gotten its due. One could argue that point for days, but hubris aside, there's no denying that Can You Dig It pays serious homage to the golden years of American soul. The new box set contains 6 CDs and 136 cuts, 65 of which hit the No. 1 spot on the R&B and/or pop charts. As you'd expect with a project that mines such a rich era (the CDs are compiled chronologically), it represents a who's who of stars. Among the notables: Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, the Spinners, the O'Jays, the Staple Singers, James Brown, Chairmen of the Board, Laura Lee, Freda Payne, and Jean Knight. Lesser lights also get to shine, i.e., El Chicano, who deliver the salsafied hippie anthem "Tell Her She's Lovely." But let's be honest–the selling point is the hits, and from the uplifting "Ooh Child" to the sassy "Want Ads," if you grew up in the '70s (hands up), then these tracks are beloved. Sure, the hard-core fan will probably wish for more obscurities, and the exclusion of Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and George Clinton is troublesome, but anyone wanting an at-home jukebox loaded with classic R&B will certainly dig this.

VA - Soul Hits Of The 70s: Didnt It Blow Your Mind Vol. 01-20 (1991-1995)  Music

Posted by Discograf_man at April 10, 2015
VA - Soul Hits Of The 70s: Didnt It Blow Your Mind Vol. 01-20 (1991-1995)

VA - Soul Hits of the 70s: Didn't It Blow Your Mind! Vol. 01-20 (1991-1995)
Soul, Funk | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 1,98 Gb
Label: Rhino | Release Year: 1991-1995

As soul music moved into the early '70s, it became dominated by smoother sounds and polished productions, picking up its cues from Motown, Chicago soul, and uptown soul. By the beginning of the decade, soul was fracturing in a manner similar to pop/rock, as pop-soul, funk, vocal groups, string-laden Philly soul, and sexy Memphis soul became just a few of the many different subgenres to surface. Often, the productions on these records were much more polished than '60s productions, boasting sound effects, synthesizers, electric keyboards, echoes, horn sections, acoustic guitars, and strings.

V.A. - Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (6CD Box Set, 2001)  Music

Posted by Discograf_man at June 10, 2019
V.A. - Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (6CD Box Set, 2001)

V.A. - Can You Dig It? The '70s Soul Experience (6CD Box Set, 2001)
Soul, Funk | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 1.10 Gb
Label: Rhino

Rhino's expansive six-CD box set of 1970s soul called Can You Dig It?, this wonderfully sequenced collection stands as an impressive survey of the genre in its own right, running the gamut from Al Green and Marvin Gaye to the Chi-Lites, Sly Stone, the Staple Singers, and Earth, Wind & Fire and beyond with nary a slack track in sight. It may technically be a sampler, but in being so it doesn't have the luxury of pausing for breath or historical reflection, which means this compilation, sampler or not, delivers bang for the buck from end to end.
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going To A Go-Go (1964) Away We A-Go-Go (1965) (2002 2on1)

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Going To A Go-Go (1964) Away We A-Go-Go (1965) (2002 2on1)
EAC, WavPack image, CUE+LOG 513mb | MP3 320 cbr (lame 3.97) 214mb | Complete 600dpi jpg artwork
R&B | 2002 Motown | 5% recovery record | Source: My mint cd

Gathering the first two long-players credited to Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, this two-fer compiles the 1965 and 1967 releases Going to a Go-Go and Away We a Go-Go. Admittedly, these are early entries into the voluminous Smokey catalog; artistically, however, both albums reflect the infinite talents of Robinson and company. Additionally, they are a testament to the cohesive, timeless, and fully developed sounds emanating from the inhabitants of Hitsville USA and the originators of the self-proclaimed Sound of Young America. Both LPs included copious hits, including "My Girl Has Gone," "Ooo Baby Baby," "Going to a Go-Go," "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need," and "Tracks of My Tears."
VA - Nothing But A House Party, The Birth Of The Philly Sound 1967-71 (2017)

VA - Nothing But A House Party, The Birth Of The Philly Sound 1967-71 (2017)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 1:05:22 | 202 Mb
Genre: Soul, Funk / Label: Kent Soul

For the whole of the 1970s, the Philly Sound was a leading and immediately identifiable component of black American music. A crack team of producers, songwriters and musicians raised worldwide awareness of Philadelphia soul to the level the Motown Sound had enjoyed during the previous decade. Anyone with half an ear for music could spot a Philly soul record by its opening bars, whatever the location of the label on which it appeared. In the same way the Motown Sound really came together after the company started recording almost exclusively in its own premises, the Philly Sound quickly took shape once Joe Tarsia, the former chief engineer at Cameo-Parkway Studios, opened Sigma Sound in 1968.

VA - The Spirit Of Philadelphia 2 (2006)  Music

Posted by aasana at Jan. 28, 2019
VA - The Spirit Of Philadelphia 2 (2006)

Various Artists - The Spirit Of Philadelphia 2 (2006)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+.log) & Scans | 1:08:56 | 472 MB
Philly Soul, Funk | Label: Expansion

The second volume of Philly Grooves from throughout the modern music era featuring artists like Ben E. King, Eddie Kendrick's, the Whispers, the Persuaders, the Four Tops, Jackie Moore, Little Anthony, Jimmy Ruffin, David Morris, the Temprees and many more.
VA - This Is It! More From The Van McCoy Songbook 1962-1977 (2019)

VA - This Is It! More From The Van McCoy Songbook 1962-1977 (2019)
FLAC (tracks+.cue, sleeves) / MP3 320 kbps | 01:13:04 | 167 / 382 Mb
Genre: Soul, Funk, Disco / Label: Kent

Some years have passed since The Sweetest Feeling, Kent's first dip into the catalogue of the late Van McCoy, was issued to acclaim from soul fans all over the world. Back then Kent made a promise that, should sales warrant a second volume, they would release one. Well, it s taken a while for it to come together nine years, in fact but they are delighted to finally bring you that long-promised follow-up, This Is It! As promised in the notes to the previous set, the accent this time is predominantly on the upbeat.
VA - Let The Music Play (Black America Sings Bacharach & David) (2014)

VA - Let The Music Play (Black America Sings Bacharach & David) (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 394 MB | 01:14:16
Soul | Label: Ace Records

2014 collection. The Black America Sings brand of Ace's acclaimed Songwriter Series continues with a volume that salutes the songwriting genius of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The most prolific performer of Bacharach/David songs is Dionne Warwick and it's no surprise that so many other black American artists should also have dipped into their catalog down the years. LET THE MUSIC PLAY offers an engrossing cross-section of these, ranging from the Drifters, Jerry Butler and Dionne herself to '70's Soul superstars such as Bobby Womack, Gloria Gaynor and Isaac Hayes. The tracks featured provide a remarkable tribute to two men who, for more than a decade, wrote classic after classic.
VA - Nothing But A House Party: The Birth Of The Philly Sound 1967-71 (2017)

VA - Nothing But A House Party: The Birth Of The Philly Sound 1967-71 (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 259 MB
1:05:22 | Soul, Rhythm & Blues | Label: Kent Soul

Like the Motown Sound of the mid-60s, the Philly Sound of the 70s did not suddenly appear overnight with the establishment of Philadelphia International Records and the rise to international stardom of acts such as the O Jays, the Three Degrees and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. This new Kent release Nothing But A House Party focuses its attention on the years 1967-1971 and provides a first-class overview of how recording in Philadelphia moved on from the lightweight Cameo-Parkway sound of the early 60s to become considerably more inventive and sophisticated. Most of the musicians heard on these tracks became part of MFSB, the musical backbone of nearly every black American recording that came out of Philly between 1971 and 1976. Many of the songwriters and producers also went on to far greater fame in the 70s, after honing their craft with these and many other classics. Some artists featured here had fallen by the wayside by the turn of the 1970s, while others had moved their recording base elsewhere but all played a significant role in developing Philadelphia's standing as one of one of soul music's most significant cities of the 20th century. With the kind of copiously annotated and illustrated booklet and top-notch mastering you would expect from Kent, this is a release no serious soul fan should overlook.