Melissa Manchester
Melissa Manchester - The Essential Melissa Manchester: The Arista Years (2018) Music
Posted by Rtax at July 22, 2023
Melissa Manchester - The Essential Melissa Manchester: The Arista Years (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.07 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 374 MB
2:39:31 | R&B, Pop, Soul | Label: Arista - Legacy
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.07 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 374 MB
2:39:31 | R&B, Pop, Soul | Label: Arista - Legacy
MOR singer/songwriter Melissa Manchester, whose father was a bassoonist for the New York Metropolitan Opera, began singing commercial jingles at age 15 and went on to become a staff writer for Chappell Music while attending the High School of Performing Arts. After taking a songwriting class at New York University taught by Paul Simon, Manchester took her talents to the Manhattan club scene, where she was discovered by Bette Midler and Barry Manilow; the two hired her as a backup singer in 1971. She recorded her debut album, Home to Myself, in 1973, co-writing many of the songs with Carole Bayer Sager. Released in 1975, Melissa produced her first Top Ten hit, "Midnight Blue," and set the tone for most of her career with its direct, slickly produced MOR pop sound.
Melissa Manchester - Thief Of Hearts (US 12" single) (vinyl rip) (1984) {Casablanca} Music
Posted by TestTickles at June 4, 2020
Melissa Manchester - Thief Of Hearts (US 12" single) (vinyl rip) (1984) {Casablanca}
Vinyl Rip | FLAC (no log) | scans | 62 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 27 mb
Genre: dance pop, synth pop
Vinyl Rip | FLAC (no log) | scans | 62 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 27 mb
Genre: dance pop, synth pop
"Thief Of Hearts" is a 1984 single by American pop singer Melissa Manchester. It was the title track to the film of the same name and this US 12" single features an extended dance mix as well as an instrumental. This was released by Casablanca Records and is a vinyl rip.
Melissa Manchester - RE:VIEW (2024) Music
Posted by Rtax at Feb. 22, 2024
Melissa Manchester - RE:VIEW (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 252 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 93 MB
39:24 | Pop | Label: Green Hill Productions
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 252 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 93 MB
39:24 | Pop | Label: Green Hill Productions
2024 release. This milestone release features iconic collaborations, including new versions of "Whenever I Call You Friend" with Kenny Loggins and "Midnight Blue" with Dolly Parton. Guest artists Gerald Albright and Dave Koz join the symphony of nostalgia and innovation. Immerse yourself in this musical journey where five decades of brilliance converge in a star-studded celebration.
Melissa Manchester - When I Look Down That Road (2004) Music
Posted by tirexiss at Sept. 23, 2019
Melissa Manchester - When I Look Down That Road (2004)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 332 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 126 MB | 49:24
Genre: Pop Rock, Soft Rock | Label: Koch
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 332 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 126 MB | 49:24
Genre: Pop Rock, Soft Rock | Label: Koch
In the opening line of her album When I Look Down That Road, Melissa Manchester basically sums up the latter half of her career: "I've been walking through the smoke of a thousand burned-out dreams, so hard to shake the ashes of the past from my feet." As she knows all too well, there are sad circumstances in which the business of music envelops an artist so tightly that the creativity and passion are sealed away. In the '70s, Manchester blossomed as an important singer/songwriter responsible for such classics as "Midnight Blue," "Whenever I Call You Friend," and "Don't Cry Out Loud."
Melissa Manchester - Platinum & Gold Collection (2004) Music
Posted by tirexiss at May 23, 2019
Melissa Manchester - Platinum & Gold Collection (2004)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 330 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 122 MB | 47:59
Genre: Pop | Label: Arista
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 330 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 122 MB | 47:59
Genre: Pop | Label: Arista
During the '70s and well into the '80s, Melissa Manchester was a dominant force in the soft rock/adult contemporary domain, and BMG's Platinum & Gold Collection compiles all of these moments together in a brief, compact fashion on one disc. While it is by no means thorough in its scope in capturing Manchester's career, it focuses on the time period that counts the most in shaping her profile.
Dusty Springfield - Beautiful Soul: The ABC/Dunhill Collection (2001) Music
Posted by BlondStyle at Oct. 4, 2018
Dusty Springfield - Beautiful Soul: The ABC/Dunhill Collection (2001)
Pop/Rock, R&B, Blue-Eyed Soul | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:04:22 h. | 415,55 Mb
Label: Hip-O Records (USA) | Cat.# 088 112 477-2 | Released: 2001-02-06 (1973/1974)
Pop/Rock, R&B, Blue-Eyed Soul | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:04:22 h. | 415,55 Mb
Label: Hip-O Records (USA) | Cat.# 088 112 477-2 | Released: 2001-02-06 (1973/1974)
"Beautiful Soul" collects tracks from Springfield's 1973 "Cameo" album, along with the entirety of its previously unreleased follow-up "Longing". The "Cameo" tracks are produced by then-hot songwriting team Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, and they're done in the same pop/soul style the pair employed with the Four Tops at the time. Highlights include "Who Gets Your Love," a mid-tempo teaser that became a modest hit, and a spectacularly soulful version of Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey." The "Longing" tracks, some of which were to some degree unfinished, are a bit more wide-ranging stylistically. Among the best are the haunting, minor-key "Exclusively for Me," on which Springfield does a lovely impression of its co-author, ex-Zombies singer Colin Blunstone," and "A Love Like Yours," a lesser-known Motown song that she re-recorded for her 1977 album "It Begins Again".
Cleo Laine - Woman To Woman (1989) Music
Posted by BlondStyle at Jan. 11, 2021
Cleo Laine - Woman To Woman (1989)
Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Vocal | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:00:59 | 312,38 Mb
Label: RCA Victor (USA) | Cat.# 7999-2-RC | Released: 1989-08-29
Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Vocal | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:00:59 | 312,38 Mb
Label: RCA Victor (USA) | Cat.# 7999-2-RC | Released: 1989-08-29
Cleo Laine is one of the finest ever of the great singers from England as well as one of the most versatile and this marvelous collection of all women composers over the past hundred years is her glorious masterpiece that is an awesome achievement since its release in the late eighties!
Carole Bayer Sager - Carole Bayer Sager (1977) Music
Posted by Rtax at Oct. 12, 2022
Carole Bayer Sager - Carole Bayer Sager (1977)
FLAC (tracks) - 168 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 83 MB
34:18 | Pop, Vocal, Soft Rock | Label: Elektra
FLAC (tracks) - 168 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 83 MB
34:18 | Pop, Vocal, Soft Rock | Label: Elektra
Carole Bayer Sager Review by Joe Viglione
This is actually an extraordinary album by the veteran songwriter who hit as far back as 1966 with "A Groovy Kind of Love." The little granny voice of Carole Bayer Sager is full of soul and passion – so pure and fragile, it is a shame it never got to dominate the charts. The title track of Melissa Manchester's Home to Myself album is a total delight here, closing out this set; it was released four years after Manchester's version. It's a home run on a ten-song Brooks Arthur production that is full of big moments. Sager co-wrote Midnight Blue, Manchester's breakthrough hit on Arista, but "Home to Myself" was on the Bell imprint, presumably when Larry Uttall ran the label prior to Clive Davis coming onboard.
Diana Ross - Baby It's Me (1977) [2014, Japanese SHM-CD] Music
Posted by BlondStyle at Aug. 24, 2021
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Diana Ross - Baby It's Me (1977) [2014, Japanese SHM-CD]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Pop, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 35:49 | 322,20 Mb
Label: Motown/USM Japan (Japan) | Cat.# UICY-76866 | Released: 2014-12-03 (1977-09-16)
R&B, Soul/Funk, Pop, Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 35:49 | 322,20 Mb
Label: Motown/USM Japan (Japan) | Cat.# UICY-76866 | Released: 2014-12-03 (1977-09-16)
"Baby It's Me" is a 1977 album released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label that peaked at #18 on the Billboard Top 200 and #7 on the R&B album chart. The album was produced by producer Richard Perry. The LP yielded one Top 40 hit, "Gettin' Ready for Love", reaching #27 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Other charting singles released from the album include "You Got It" and "Your Love is so Good for Me," the latter receiving a Grammy nomination. Adult Contemporary drove the success of this album, with both "Gettin' Ready for Love" (#8) and "You Got It" (#9) being Top 10 hits, while the newly formed Billboard Dance charts ranked "Your Love is so Good For Me" Top 15. Although this album never made the UK charts it was certified Silver for UK sales in excess of 60,000 copies.
Giorgio Moroder - On The Groove Train Volume 2: 1974-1985 (2013) Music
Posted by popsakov at July 13, 2019
Giorgio Moroder - On The Groove Train Volume 2: 1974 - 1985 (2013)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,11 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 373 Mb
Full Scans ~ 105 Mb | RAR 5% Recovery
Disco, Pop, Dance | Repertoire Records #REP 5280
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,11 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 373 Mb
Full Scans ~ 105 Mb | RAR 5% Recovery
Disco, Pop, Dance | Repertoire Records #REP 5280
Volume 2 - VA compilation of Moroder-written and/or produced tracks. Nearly every track is a top-notch gem. A few hard-to-find tracks are included here too. Recommended for Giorgio Moroder fans.