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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.

«Two On A Tower» by Thomas Hardy  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Gelsomino at Oct. 29, 2019
«Two On A Tower» by Thomas Hardy

«Two On A Tower» by Thomas Hardy
English | ISBN: 9789176057735 | EPUB | 0.4 MB

Chilly Gonzales - Ivory Tower (2010) [Japanese Edition]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 28, 2020
Chilly Gonzales - Ivory Tower (2010) [Japanese Edition]

Chilly Gonzales - Ivory Tower (2010) [Japanese Edition]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 396 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 143 MB | Covers - 27 MB
Genre: Electronic, House, Soundtrack | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Beat Records (BRC-269)

The cinematic ambitions of Chilly Gonzales were not previously well known, although very few forms fit his intentions to cycle between solo piano and throwback dance music quite like an original score. (Of course, if he'd tried to fit both piano meditations and funky house on a proper album, the cries of "Unity!" would have gone up immediately from outraged music fans.) Ivory Tower, the soundtrack to an "existentialist sports comedy about chess and success," was apparently recorded before the movie was filmed, so the filming could be arranged around the album; it's true that this sounds more like an album than a soundtrack. The piano lines are simplistic and repetitive, and the rest of the production is sunny, breezy house music the way they made it in New York during the mid-'90s, similar to Gonzales' Soft Power from 2008 - but without the attention-grabbing retro qualities…

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.

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.

The Best of Soul Train (2011) BoxSet  Music

Posted by Jansky at Aug. 18, 2013
The Best of Soul Train (2011) BoxSet

The Best of Soul Train (2011) BOXSET
9xDVD-9/5 | NTSC | VOB | 4:3 (720x480) | 1035 min | All Regions | 43.5 GB | Scans
English | Color | Dolby Digital 2.0 | RAR 3 %
Genre: Soul, R&B

Time Life proudly presents The Best of Soul Train, a 9-DVD set featuring one-of-a-kind, superstar performances from the best years of this iconic TV show 1971 to 1979! The Soul Train franchise is one of the most beloved television shows of the past 30 years, featuring hip dances, outrageous fashions, and exciting performances from the biggest names in R&B, Soul, and Hip-Hop.
Each DVD features the best moments from original Soul Train episodes, including on-air interviews with artists, the illustrious Soul Train dancers, and even classic commercials from Soul Train sponsors Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen!
Renaissance - Dreams & Omens: Live at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia Pa 1978 (2008)

Renaissance - Dreams & Omens: Live at the Tower Theater, Philadelphia Pa 1978 (2008)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 349 MB | Covers - 13 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Friday Music (FRM 1093)

There are several very distinct periods of Renaissance history - of which the most exciting may well be the time surrounding their best album, A Song for All Seasons, It is the album - along with Azure d'Or and Novella - that almost broke them as pop stars and was filled with some of the most interesting (in their prog rock roots) songs they had yet written. This live album is from the tour accompanying the Song for All Seasons tour - and, as such, it could be argued that it is Renaissance at the peak of their powers. Even more so than Live at Carnegie Hall or the welcomed reunion concert, In the Land of the Rising Sun, Dreams & Omens captures Renaissance as one tight pop band. They almost play like a cross between the Alan Parsons Project and late-era ABBA…
Blues Dimension - Blues Dimension (1968) & B.D. Is Dead, Long Live B.D. (1969) [Reissue 2014] (Re-up)

Blues Dimension - Blues Dimension (1968) & B.D. Is Dead, Long Live B.D. (1969) [Reissue 2014]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 460 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 163 MB | Covers - 47 MB
Genre: Blues Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Universal Music

Universal's '2 For 1' series, compiling the albums 'Blues Dimension' (1968) and 'B.D. Is Dead, Long Live B.D.' (1969). The band was formed in Zwolle, Overijssel (The Netherlands) in 1966 by Leen Ripke. It was one of the first Dutch groups playing blues and rhythm & blues with horns. They were also one of the few bands in the 1960's that had a respectable three albums out! The band was troubled by the fact that another local band, the more popular Cuby & The Blizzards consequently stole musicians from Blues Dimension. Their biggest hit 'Get Ready' was a cover from Rare Earth. In 1969, the group's breakup was announced in the title of their last album.
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor - Wiener Philharmoniker; Leonard Bernstein

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor - Wiener Philharmoniker; Leonard Bernstein
Recorded at performances in the Grosser Saal of the Musikverein, Vienna during February and March 1990.
Classical | 1 CD | EAC Rip | 309 MB | FLAC+LOG+Cue | Covers | RS links
Publisher: DGG
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor - Wiener Philharmoniker; Leonard Bernstein

…It is, above all, a triumph for the Vienna Philharmonic: their second memorable live Bruckner Ninth in so many months. …Given my reservations over Bernstein's handling of the first movement, this is obviously no front-line library recommendation. But, Bernstein being Bernstein, he can misdirect parts of the first movement and still go on to conduct an utterly memorable performance. As Schumann said of Chopin in a rather different context: "Hats off, gentlemen, a genius!".
Richard Osborne, The Gramophone

Hilmar Jensson, Andrew D'Angelo, Jim Black - Tyft (2002)  Music

Posted by aasana at July 30, 2019
Hilmar Jensson, Andrew D'Angelo, Jim Black - Tyft (2002)

Hilmar Jensson, Andrew D'Angelo, Jim Black - Tyft (2002)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue) | 00:46:54 | 243,14 MB
avant jazz; experimental; ambient | Label: Songlines

“…big heavy metal riffs, skronk jazz, funk, electro-fizzle and Ornette Coleman-style disembodied melodies…”