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VA - I Wanna Love Him So Bad: '60s Pop Hits & Rarities (2024)

VA - I Wanna Love Him So Bad: '60s Pop Hits & Rarities (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 315 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 240 MB
1:33:53 | Pop | Label: Sun Records

"I Wanna Love Him So Bad: '60s Pop Hits & Rarities" is a compilation album that takes you on a nostalgic journey through the enchanting world of 1960s pop music. This meticulously curated collection brings together some of the most iconic hits of the era, along with rare and forgotten gems that will captivate your senses and rekindle the magic of a bygone age.

Oscar Peterson - Hits & Rarities (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 17, 2022
Oscar Peterson - Hits & Rarities (2022)

Oscar Peterson - Hits & Rarities (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.8 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 881 MB
6:13:26 | Jazz | Label: UMG

Oscar Peterson was one of the greatest piano players of all time. A pianist with phenomenal technique on the level of his idol, Art Tatum, Peterson's speed, dexterity, and ability to swing at any tempo were amazing. Very effective in small groups, jam sessions, and in accompanying singers, O.P. was at his absolute best when performing unaccompanied solos. His original style did not fall into any specific idiom. Like Erroll Garner and George Shearing, Peterson's distinctive playing formed during the mid- to late '40s and fell somewhere between swing and bop. Peterson was criticized through the years because he used so many notes, didn't evolve much since the 1950s, and recorded a remarkable number of albums. Perhaps it is because critics ran out of favorable adjectives to use early in his career; certainly it can be said that Peterson played 100 notes when other pianists might have used ten, but all 100 usually fit, and there is nothing wrong with showing off technique when it serves the music.

Bobby McFerrin - Hits & Rarities (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 17, 2022
Bobby McFerrin - Hits & Rarities (2022)

Bobby McFerrin - Hits & Rarities (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.1 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 524 MB
3:29:29 | Jazz | Label: UMG

Vocal virtuoso Bobby McFerrin ranks among the most distinctive and original singers in contemporary music – equally adept in jazz, pop, and classical settings, his octave-jumping trademark style, with its rhythmic inhalations and stop-on-a-dime shifts from falsetto to deep bass notes often sounds like the work of at least two or three singers at once, while at the same time sounding quite unlike anyone else.

Stan Getz - Hits & Rarities (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Nov. 2, 2022
Stan Getz - Hits & Rarities (2022)

Stan Getz - Hits & Rarities (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 965 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 425 MB
2:59:25 | Jazz | Label: UMG

One of the all-time great tenor saxophonists, Stan Getz was known as "The Sound." He possessed one of the most beautiful tones in all of jazz, and was among the greatest of melodic improvisers. His main early influence was Lester Young, but he grew to influence generations of players himself and never stopped evolving as a musician. Getz was an extraordinary improviser who created a distinctive sound and vocabulary.

João Gilberto - Hits & Rarities (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 3, 2022
João Gilberto - Hits & Rarities (2022)

João Gilberto - Hits & Rarities (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 517 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 230 MB
1:37:58 | Jazz | Label: UMG

When talking about bossa nova, perhaps the signature pop music sound of Brazil, the first name that comes to mind is that of Antonio Carlos Jobim. With songs like "The Girl from Ipanema" and "Desafindo," Jobim pretty much set the standard for the creation of the bossa nova in the mid-'50s. However, as is often the case, others come along and took the genre in a new direction, reinventing it through radical reinterpretation, be it lyrically, rhythmically, or in live performance, making the music theirs. And if Jobim got credit for laying the foundation of bossa nova, then the genre was brilliantly reimagined (and, arguably, defined) by the singer/songwriter and guitarist João Gilberto.

George Benson - Hits & Rarities (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 2, 2022
George Benson - Hits & Rarities (2022)

George Benson - Hits & Rarities (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.03 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 402 MB
2:51:35 | Jazz | Label: UMG

Simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, George Benson is an amazingly versatile musician whose adept skills find him crossing easily between straight-ahead jazz, smooth jazz, and contemporary R&B. Blessed with supreme taste, a beautiful, rounded guitar tone, terrific speed, a marvelous sense of logic in building solos, and, as always, an unquenchable urge to swing, Benson's inspirations may have been Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery, but his style is completely his own. Not only can he play lead brilliantly, he is also one of the best rhythm guitarists around, supportive to soloists and a dangerous swinger, particularly in a soul-jazz format; skills he first garnered attention for as a member of Brother Jack McDuff's band in the early '60s.

Count Basie - Hits & Rarities (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 30, 2022
Count Basie - Hits & Rarities (2022)

Count Basie - Hits & Rarities (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 612 MB
4:17:47 | Jazz | Label: UMG

Count Basie was among the most important bandleaders of the swing era. With the exception of a brief period in the early '50s, he led a big band from 1935 until his death almost 50 years later, and the band continued to perform after he died. Basie's orchestra was characterized by a light, swinging rhythm section that he led from the piano, lively ensemble work, and generous soloing. Basie was not a composer like Duke Ellington or an important soloist like Benny Goodman. His instrument was his band, which was considered the epitome of swing and became broadly influential on jazz.

Herbie Hancock - Hits & Rarities (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 1, 2022
Herbie Hancock -  Hits & Rarities (2022)

Herbie Hancock - Hits & Rarities (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 2.9 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1.2 GB
8:55:29 | Jazz | Label: UMG

Herbie Hancock will always be one of the most revered and controversial figures in jazz, just as his employer/mentor Miles Davis was when he was alive. Unlike Miles, who pressed ahead relentlessly and never looked back until near the very end, Hancock has cut a zigzagging forward path, shuttling between almost every development in electronic and acoustic jazz and R&B over the last third of the 20th century and into the 21st.
Janet Jackson - Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits (2022)

Janet Jackson - Japanese Singles Collection - Greatest Hits (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.1 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 373 MB
2:41:13 | Funk, Soul, Pop, R&B | Label: Universal Music Group

The occasionally Japanese Singles Collection releases, which have included Wham!, a-ha, Paul Young and others, continues next month with a focus on Janet Jackson. These sets combine a ‘greatest hits’ on CD and a DVD of videos on the second disc. The CDs are pressed on the Japanese SHM-CD format (compatible with all CD players) and these often boast unique masterings and sometimes offer some rarities, for example, the debut of a seven-inch edit on CD.
Faith No More - The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection (Remastered) (2009)

Faith No More - The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection (Remastered) (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 830 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 275 MB
1:58:33 | Full Scans - 16 MB | Alternative Rock, Hard Rock | Label: Rhino / Slash

Before their dissolution in April 1998 Faith No More were one of the most respected and admired bands of recent times. They were a platinum selling arena act with a distinctly non mainstream agenda.
Whilst the world of rock had their heads turned, in true style Faith No More yet again surprised us all. In February this year, they announced that they planned to reform and headline the Download Festival along with a run of European festivals. This is the summer of Faith No More get ready! Rhino presents - The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection A 2CD album with the out & out fully re-mastered best of Faith No More plus a bonus cd showing off the amazing b-sides, covers, rarities and some very interesting songs! Topped off with sleeve notes written by Kerrang! s very own editor and #1 Faith No More fan, Paul Brannigan.