February 10, 2014, 7:20 am
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers - Ugetsu (1963) {2011 Riverside} [OJC Remasters Complete Series] (Item #7)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 441 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 150 Mb
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© 2011 Riverside / Concord | 0888072326927
Jazz / Hard Bop | “ | An extension of the popular Original Jazz Classics series (est. 1982), the new OJC Remasters releases reveal the sonic benefits of 24-bit remastering-a technology that didn't exist when these titles were originally issued on compact disc. The addition of newly-written liner notes further enhances the illuminating quality of the OJC Remasters reissues. "Each of the recordings in this series is an all-time jazz classic," says Nick Phillips, Vice President of Jazz and Catalog A&R at Concord Music Group and producer of the series. | ” |
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February 10, 2014, 6:40 pm
Fela Kuti - The Best Of The Black President (2013) [2CD+DVD] {Knitting Factory Deluxe Edition}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 1.05 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 377 Mb
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© 2013 Knitting Factory Records / Kalakuta Sunrise / FAK Ltd | KFR-4001
Afro Beat / Afro Pop / World Fusion | “ | The Best of the Black President is simply a stellar collection that bests any two-disc collection out there as it represents the continued evolution of Fela Kuti's music from the 1960s through the 1990s. Compiled by son Femi, many tracks are edits of the originals -- "Gentleman," "Water Get No Enemy," "O.D.O.O." -- whose power is not reduced. Still others are second-halfs -- like "ITT," "Coffin for Head of State," "No Agreement," "Army Arrangement," and "Shuffering and Schmiling." Still others, such as "Zombie," "Sorrow Tears and Blood," "Shakara" and "Roforofo Fight," are presented in their original form. | ” |
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February 10, 2014, 9:25 pm
Bill Evans - You're Gonna Hear From Me (1969) {Milestone}
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© 1988 Milestone / Fantasy | 0025218916424
Jazz / Cool / Modal Music / Piano | “ | This CD reissue is the companion to Jazzhouse, for both were recorded on the same night at the Montmartre in Copenhagen. Evans' regular trio of the time (which included bassist Eddie Gómez and drummer Marty Morell) is in exuberant form performing before an enthusiastic crowd. In addition to versions of his famous "Waltz for Debby" and "Time Remembered," Evans plays seven of his favorite standards, including "You're Gonna Hear from Me," "Nardis," and "Emily." An excellent all-around set that was not originally released until 1988. | ” |
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February 21, 2014, 1:08 am
Abed Azrie - Hafez & Goethe: Divan (2013) [CD+DVD] {Doumtak}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 267 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 116 Mb
DVD5 -> 2.24 Gb | All Regions | PAL 16:9 | LinearPCM, 2 ch | ~72m | ISO Image | Subs: Francais, English, Deutsch
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© 2013 Doumtak / Harmonia Mundi | DOM005
Classical / World Music / Jazz | “ | In his latest album, the Syrian composer-singer Abed Azrié adapts texts of the great contemporary Syrian-Lebanese poet Adonis. Back on the work of this "alchemist of communication", as he likes to define the musician role, who does not hesitate to enrich traditional Arabic music with synthesizers and Western instruments. | ” |
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February 21, 2014, 6:05 am
David Bowie, Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra - Prokofiev - Peter And The Wolf (1978) {RCA}
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© 1983 RCA Records / Red Seal | RD82743
Classical / Children | “ | David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf is a classical music album containing David Bowie's narration of Sergei Prokofiev's 1936 composition Peter and the Wolf. The music is performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy. The album was released in May 1978 on RCA Records. It reached number 136 on the US Pop Albums chart. Bowie was RCA's third choice to undertake the narration for Peter and the Wolf behind Alec Guinness and Peter Ustinov, who had both turned the album down. Bowie has since said that it was a Christmas present for his son, Duncan Jones, then at 7 years old. | ” |
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February 21, 2014, 6:31 am
Grateful Dead - Dave's Picks Vol. 9 [3CD] (2014) {Missoula, MT 05-14-74}
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© 2014 Rhino / GD Prod. | R2-541133
Rock / Psychedelic / Folk Rock / Jam Band | “ | Dave's Picks Volume 9 is officially SOLD OUT. We're kicking off Dave's Picks 2014 with a visit to the Wall Of Sound era. Dave's Picks Volume 9 features the complete show from May 14, 1974, at Adams Field House at the University of Montana in Missoula, the Grateful Dead's only appearance in the state of oro y plata. This monstrously hot show is the third official show of the Wall Of Sound, which had debuted in March 1974. | ” |
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February 21, 2014, 6:37 pm
Miles Davis - "Four" & More (1964) {2005 Columbia DSD Remaster}
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© 2005 Columbia / Legacy | COL 519505 2
Jazz / Cool / Hard Bop / Trumpet | “ | In an odd bit of programming, Columbia placed the ballads from Miles Davis' February 12, 1964, concert on My Funny Valentine and the uptempo romps on this LP. Davis, probably a bit bored by some of his repertoire and energized by the teenage Tony Williams' drumming, performed many of his standards at an increasingly faster pace as time went on. These versions of "So What," "Walkin'," "Four," "Joshua," "Seven Steps to Heaven," and even "There Is No Greater Love" are remarkably rapid, with the themes quickly thrown out before Davis, George Coleman, and Herbie Hancock take their solos. Highly recommended and rather exciting music, it's one of the last times Davis would be documented playing a full set of standards. | ” |
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February 21, 2014, 9:48 pm
A-Ha - Original Album Series (2011) [5CD BoxSet] {Rhino}
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© 2011 Rhino / Warner | 8122797694
Rock / Pop / Synth Pop / New Vave | “ | Original Album Series album for sale by A-Ha was released Jun 21, 2011 on the Warner Bros UK label. Five CD set from the Norwegian trio contains a quintet of their original albums packaged in replica cardboard sleeves. | ” |
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February 22, 2014, 5:51 am
Chet Baker - In New York (1958) {2011 Riverside} [OJC Remasters Complete Series] (Item #8)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 308 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 123 Mb
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© 2011 Riverside / Concord | 0888072328433
Jazz / Cool / West Coast Jazz / Trumpet | “ | An extension of the popular Original Jazz Classics series (est. 1982), the new OJC Remasters releases reveal the sonic benefits of 24-bit remastering-a technology that didn't exist when these titles were originally issued on compact disc. The addition of newly-written liner notes further enhances the illuminating quality of the OJC Remasters reissues. "Each of the recordings in this series is an all-time jazz classic," says Nick Phillips, Vice President of Jazz and Catalog A&R at Concord Music Group and producer of the series. | ” |
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February 22, 2014, 6:47 pm
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle (1979) [2CD] {2009 30th Anniversary Beggars Banquet Remaster}
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© 2009 Beggars Banquet | BBQCD 2063
New Romantic / New Wave / Synth Pop / Electronic | “ | The Pleasure Principle was the point where the singer became a huge international solo star, even reaching the Top 10 in the United States with 'Cars' and Top 20 with the album. The Pleasure Principle pioneered electronic pop music on a new scale it was a much bigger success worldwide than Kraftwerk's releases or anything from the influential but still relatively 'culty' Bowie/Eno Berlin trilogy. And the fact that it was different and had a major impact in US Numan performed 'Cars' and 'Praying To The Aliens' in front of 40 million people on the Saturday Night Live Show means that there. | ” |
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February 23, 2014, 2:17 am
Keith Jarrett - Personal Mountains (1979) {ECM}
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© 1989 ECM Records | ECM 1382
Jazz / Post Bop / Modern Creative / Piano | “ | It is very much out of character for the prolific Keith Jarrett and his producer Manfred Eicher to hold anything back, yet they've done it here, releasing these live tapes of Jarrett's European quartet ten years after they were recorded. Presumably, they did it in order not to distract attention from Nude Ants, which was recorded a week after these concerts, but that never stopped them before from just piling on more discs. In any case, these Tokyo recordings were too good to hide; the quartet had reached an interactive creative high around this time, often burning at the rarified level that Nude Ants reached. | ” |
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February 23, 2014, 5:13 am
Michel Legrand - Anthology (2013) [15CD BoxSet] {Universal Music France}
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© 2013 Universal Music France / EmArcy | 534 556 9
Classical / Jazz / French / Songwriter | “ | Autumn 2013 marks Legrand's great return to the music scene: two concerts with Natalie Dessay at The Olympia in Paris (October 28th and 29th) followed by a tour through France and Europe, and also his first memoirs, Rien n'est grave dans les aigus, to be published by the Cherche-Midi Editeur. To tie in with these events, Universal Classics & Jazz France has undertaken the most ambitious, abundantly prolific and extravagant record-project ever devoted to Michel Legrand: a 15CD boxed-set which brings together every face and aspect of every domain on the Legrand continent; in other words, songs, jazz, original film-soundtracks, symphonic works, musicals… | ” |
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February 23, 2014, 8:05 pm
OMD (Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark) - Architecture & Morality (1981) [CD+DVD] {2007 Virgin Collector's Edition}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 388 Gb | MP3 @320 -> 116 Mb | Artwork (jpg) -> 13 Mb
DVD5 -> 3.82 Gb | All Regions | PAL 4:3 | LinearPCM, 2 ch | ~63m | ISO Image | 5% repair rar
© 2007 Virgin Records | 0946 3 89075 2 7
New Wave / New Romantic / Synth Pop | “ | After a delay in 2006, New Romantics old and, well...new can enjoy the highly anticipated release of OMD's Architecture and Morality, remastered and enhanced with DVD footage. This third album from the bruised nucleus of bassist/singer Andy McCluskey and keyboardist/electronics enthusiast Paul Humphreys is often regarded as their seminal work, not least because it achieved critical and commercial success (over three million sales and several top ten hits) unlike its predecessor Organisation (for all its sonic ambition, overly challenging) and its follow up Dazzle Ships (which lacked memorable songs). | ” |
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February 23, 2014, 8:57 pm
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage (1965) {2010 Analogue Productions Remaster}
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© 2010 Analogue Productions / Blue Note | CBNJ 84195 SA
Jazz / Hard Bop / Piano | “ | Every single tune on this album from the haunting "Maiden Voyage" to the gentle, swinging "Dolphin Dance" has found its way into the standard jazz repertoire. Herbie Hancock fashioned a modern jazz milestone with extraordinary compositions, interplay and solos. Analogue Productions' Blue Note and Nat "King" Cole Reissues WIN A Positive Feedback 2010 Brutus Award! | ” |
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February 24, 2014, 2:31 am
Joyce Collins Trio - Girl Here Plays Mean Piano (1960) {2012 Fresh Sound 24-bit Remaster}
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© 2012 Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 712
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Piano | “ | Joyce Collins (1930-2010) was an assertive two-handed pianist who listed Erroll Garner and Bud Powell as major influences—incidentally, she was also the first woman jazz pianist to serve on the board of directors of Los Angeles, Local 47, American Federation of Musicians. | ” |
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February 24, 2014, 9:06 pm
Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin (2008) [2DVD] {Deutsche Grammophon} [Wiener Philharmoniker - Daniel Barenboim]
2DVD -> 10.4 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 | Russian (LinearPCM, 2 ch / DTS, 5 ch) | ~157m | ISO Images
Subs: English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Chinese
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© 2008 Deutsche Grammophon | 073 4434
Classical / Opera | “ | Recorded at the 2007 Salzburg Festival, this production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin features an excellent, young cast and the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by maestro Daniel Barenboim. Director Andrea Breth has created an intimate production that mines the depths of expression and charisma of her singer-actors and integrates silent secondary episodes and miniature dramas to heighten the intensity of the story. The title role--a tour de force for any baritone--is taken by Peter Mattei, who starred as Figaro in the Metropolitan Opera's HD Live Broadcast of Il Barbiere di Siviglia. | ” |
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February 24, 2014, 11:15 pm
Johnny Griffin Orchestra - The Big Soul-Band (1960) {Riverside}
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© 1990 Riverside / OJC / Fantasy | OJCCD-485-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Progressive Jazz / Saxophone | “ | Tenor-saxophonist Johnny Griffin is showcased with a ten-piece group on this CD reissue of a Riverside LP which is augmented by a previously unreleased version of "Wade in the Water." The repertoire is a bit unusual with some spirituals (including "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" and "Deep River"), a tune apiece by Bobby Timmons ("So Tired") and Junior Mance, and three originals from Norman Simmons who arranged all of the selections. Trumpeter Clark Terry and trombonists Matthew Gee and Julian Priester have some short solos but the emphasis is on the leader who is in typically spirited and passionate form. | ” |
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February 25, 2014, 4:50 am
Various Artists - Blaxploitation. The Sequel (1997) [2CD] {Global}
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© 1997 Global Television / BMG | RADCD54
Jazz / Funk / Soul / Fusion | “ | Since the first volume of Blaxploitation used most of the obvious picks for this kind of compilation, the compilers of this volume are left free to make plenty of fresh choices. As a result, Blaxploitation, Vol. 2: The Sequel boasts plenty of enticing rarities like "Let's Clean Up the Ghetto" by the Philadelphia All-Stars, a funky message tune voiced by a collection of the stars from the Philadelphia-International label (including Lou Rawls and Teddy Pendergrass). Another fine rarity is the album-length version of the Temptations' classic "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone": At 11-plus minutes, this slickly orchestrated slice of ghetto realism plays out like an urban symphony. | ” |
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February 25, 2014, 6:02 pm
Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson - Ella and Oscar (1975) {2011 Pablo} [OJC Remasters Complete Series] (Item #9)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 315 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 160 Mb
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© 2011 Pablo / Concord | 0888072326934
Jazz / Bop / Vocal Jazz | “ | An extension of the popular Original Jazz Classics series (est. 1982), the new OJC Remasters releases reveal the sonic benefits of 24-bit remastering-a technology that didn't exist when these titles were originally issued on compact disc. The addition of newly-written liner notes further enhances the illuminating quality of the OJC Remasters reissues. "Each of the recordings in this series is an all-time jazz classic," says Nick Phillips, Vice President of Jazz and Catalog A&R at Concord Music Group and producer of the series. | ” |
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February 25, 2014, 6:18 pm
Morton Feldman - Violin and Orchestra (2013) {ECM New Series}
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© 2013 ECM New Series | ECM 2283
Classical / Avant-Garde / Modern Composition | “ | Carolin Widmann’s widely acclaimed ECM recordings have traversed a broad arc of music – from Schubert to Xenakis. Here she turns her attention to one of the pivotal compositions of Morton Feldman. Violin and Orchestra, composed in 1979, marked a new direction, with an almost painterly attention to detail in slowly unfolding music. | ” |
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