Compass Point
Grace Jones - Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions (1998) Music
Posted by ciklon5 at Oct. 25, 2024
Grace Jones - Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions (1998)
FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) / MP3 320 kbps | 2:35:32 | 340 Mb / 1.06 Gb
Genre: Synth-Pop, New Wave, Post-Disco
FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) / MP3 320 kbps | 2:35:32 | 340 Mb / 1.06 Gb
Genre: Synth-Pop, New Wave, Post-Disco
For anyone but die-hard fans, Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions will simply be too much Grace Jones in one place. Comprised entirely of recordings she made at Compass Point Studios during the early '80s, the double-disc set features 26 tracks, including two unreleased cuts and four previously unreleased mixes of hit songs. These are unquestionably Jones' best material, mainly because she was supported by a top-notch studio band and produced by Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. Given that talent, it's hard to go wrong, but Jones' arch, detached persona hasn't aged well. Several of these cuts work well, several seem hampered by Jones, but there's no denying that any serious fans of her work will find this necessary. Less-dedicated listeners, however, are advised to stick with Nightclubbing, which is the best album to be culled from these sessions. It's much more palatable for casual listeners.
VA - Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story 1980-1986 (2008) Music
Posted by JET 1 at Feb. 24, 2019
VA - Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story 1980-1986 (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image) +CUE, LOG | 580 MB | Scans
Genre: Blues, Soul | Label: Anti Records | Catalog Number: 6830-2
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image) +CUE, LOG | 580 MB | Scans
Genre: Blues, Soul | Label: Anti Records | Catalog Number: 6830-2
On a session-to-session basis, in slightly varying combinations, drummer Sly Dunbar, percussionist Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, bassist Robbie Shakespeare, keyboardist Wally Badarou, guitarists Barry Reynolds and Mikey Chung, and engineer Alex Sadkin made up the in-house team at Island founder Chris Blackwell's Compass Point, a studio located just outside Nassau in the Bahamas. As Blackwell recalls in David Katz's excellent liner notes to this set, titled Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story 1980-1986.
Billy Cobham - Compass Point (2013) [2CDs] {Purple Pyramid} [Re-Up] Music
Posted by tiburon at April 28, 2017
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Billy Cobham - Compass Point (2013) [2CDs] {Purple Pyramid}
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 543MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Fusion
EAC 1.0b3 | FLAC tracks level 8 | Cue+Log+M3U | Full Scans 300dpi | 543MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Fusion
Recorded live at Compass Point Hotel in the Bahamas in 1997, this double-disc album features legendary jazz drummer Billy Cobham performing with his quartet. Backing Cobham here are guitarist Carl Orr, bassist Stefan Rademacher, and keyboardist Gary Husband. This is highly engaging fusion and post-bop-influenced jazz.
Grace Jones - Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions (1998) Music
Posted by ciklon5 at Oct. 25, 2024
Grace Jones - Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions (1998)
FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) / MP3 320 kbps | 2:35:32 | 340 Mb / 1.06 Gb
Genre: Synth-Pop, New Wave, Post-Disco
FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) / MP3 320 kbps | 2:35:32 | 340 Mb / 1.06 Gb
Genre: Synth-Pop, New Wave, Post-Disco
For anyone but die-hard fans, Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions will simply be too much Grace Jones in one place. Comprised entirely of recordings she made at Compass Point Studios during the early '80s, the double-disc set features 26 tracks, including two unreleased cuts and four previously unreleased mixes of hit songs. These are unquestionably Jones' best material, mainly because she was supported by a top-notch studio band and produced by Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. Given that talent, it's hard to go wrong, but Jones' arch, detached persona hasn't aged well. Several of these cuts work well, several seem hampered by Jones, but there's no denying that any serious fans of her work will find this necessary. Less-dedicated listeners, however, are advised to stick with Nightclubbing, which is the best album to be culled from these sessions. It's much more palatable for casual listeners.
VA - Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story 1980-1986 (2008) Music
Posted by mook45 at Feb. 20, 2010
VA - Funky Nassau: The Compass Point Story 1980-1986 (2008)
EAC | FLAC IMG,CUE+LOG = 565MB | MP3@320 = 213MB | 400 dpi Scans
Leftfield Disco | Label: Strut - STRURCD033 | FSo/FSe
Desmond Dekker - Black and Dekker & Compass Point [2on1] Music
Posted by Toxxy at Feb. 28, 2009
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Desmond Dekker - Black and Dekker & Compass Point [2on1]
Year: 1992 DOJO Limited | CD#: DOJO CD 77 | File-host: RS.com
FLAC-image + Mp3 @320 CBR | Complete Artwork (600dpi) | WinRAR Recovery 5%
Ska/Reggae | CD-length ca. 74 min. | 501 MB (FLAC) | 167 MB (Mp3)
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EAC Secure-rip + LOG + CUE | Source: my CD-collection
Desmond Dekker (July 16, 1941 — May 25, 2006) was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer and songwriter. Together with his backing group, The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the first international Jamaican hits with "Israelites". Other hits include "007 (Shanty Town)" (1967) and "It Miek" (1969). Before the ascent of Bob Marley, Dekker was one of the most popular musicians within Jamaica, and one of the best-known musicians outside it.
Toxxy sez: This is 1st. Class SKA! Dig in…NOW!
Billy Cobham - Compass Point (1997) Music
Posted by TmanHome at Feb. 5, 2017
Billy Cobham - Compass Point (1997)
Jazz, Fusion, Jazz-Rock | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 86 min | 201 MB
Label: Purple Pyramid | Rel:1997
Jazz, Fusion, Jazz-Rock | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 86 min | 201 MB
Label: Purple Pyramid | Rel:1997
Recorded live at Compass Point Hotel in the Bahamas in 1997, this double-disc album features legendary jazz drummer Billy Cobham performing with his quartet. Backing Cobham here are guitarist Carl Orr, bassist Stefan Rademacher, and keyboardist Gary Husband. This is highly engaging fusion and post-bop-influenced jazz.
The Rolling Stones - Place Pigalle (2004) Music
Posted by ciklon5 at Sept. 16, 2024
The Rolling Stones - Place Pigalle (2004)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 5:08:50 | 1.8 Gb
Genre: Classic Rock
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 5:08:50 | 1.8 Gb
Genre: Classic Rock
By the time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the late '60s, they had already staked out an impressive claim on the title. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock. With his preening machismo and latent maliciousness, Mick Jagger became the prototypical rock frontman, tempering his macho showmanship with a detached, campy irony while Keith Richards and Brian Jones wrote the blueprint for sinewy, interlocking rhythm guitars. Backed by the strong yet subtly swinging rhythm section of bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, the Stones became the breakout band of the British blues scene, eclipsing such contemporaries as the Animals and Them.
The Rolling Stones - Place Pigalle (2004) Music
Posted by ciklon5 at Sept. 16, 2024
The Rolling Stones - Place Pigalle (2004)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 5:08:50 | 1.8 Gb
Genre: Classic Rock
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 5:08:50 | 1.8 Gb
Genre: Classic Rock
By the time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the late '60s, they had already staked out an impressive claim on the title. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock. With his preening machismo and latent maliciousness, Mick Jagger became the prototypical rock frontman, tempering his macho showmanship with a detached, campy irony while Keith Richards and Brian Jones wrote the blueprint for sinewy, interlocking rhythm guitars. Backed by the strong yet subtly swinging rhythm section of bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, the Stones became the breakout band of the British blues scene, eclipsing such contemporaries as the Animals and Them.
Grace Jones - 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Grace Jones (2003) Music
Posted by tirexiss at July 31, 2019
Grace Jones - 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Grace Jones (2003)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 478 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 155 MB | 01:00:08
Genre: Pop, Disco | Label: Island Records
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 478 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 155 MB | 01:00:08
Genre: Pop, Disco | Label: Island Records
Any Grace Jones fan can quickly see that her Millennium Collection was slapped together with little care for telling her story. Sad really, since no compilation has ever captured the whole career of the underrated artist well. Basically, it's a one-disc version of Private Life: The Compass Point Sessions with "La Vie en Rose" tacked on as the only representation of her early disco years. The Compass Point years were great, with Sly & Robbie providing the groovy reggae backbeat and Jones supplying the European iciness. The cosmopolitan and paranoid versions of Roxy Music's "Love Is the Drug," the Normal's "Warm Leatherette," and the Pretenders' "Private Life" are all excellent.