The Stranglers - The UA Singles 1977-1982 [3CD]

Here's another lavish package for Stranglers fanatics

Track list:

101.(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
102.London Lady
103.Peasant In The Big Shitty (Live At The Nashville '76)
104.Choosey Susie
105.Peaches
106.Go Buddy Go
107.Something Better Change
108.Straighten Out
109.No More Heroes
110.In The Shadows
111.5 Minutes
112.Rok It To The Moon
113.Nice 'n' Sleazy
114.Shut Up
115.Walk On By
116.Mean To Me
117.Tits (Live At The Hope And Anchor)

201.Walk On By (Radio Edit)
202.Old Codger
203.Tank
204.Duchess
205.Fools Rush Out
206.Nuclear Device (The Wizard Of Aus)
207.Yellowcake UF6
208.Don't Bring Harry
209.Wired
210.Crabs (Live)
211.In The Shadows (Live at The Hope And Anchor) (Edit)
212.Bear Cage
213.Bear Cage (12'' Extended Mix)
214.Shah Shah A Go Go
215.Shah Shah A Go Go (12'' Version)
216.Sverige
217.N'Emmenes Pas Harry

301.Who Wants The World
302.The Meninblack (Waiting For 'Em)
303.Thrown Away
304.Top Secret
305.Just Like Nothing On Earth
306.Maninwhite
307.Let Me Introduce You To The Family
308.Vietnamerica
309.Golden Brown
310.Love 30
311.La Folie
312.La Folie (Radio Edit)
313.Waltzinblack
314.Strange Little Girl
315.Cruel Garden

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Holly Golightly - Serial Girlfriend [1988]

Release Date: Nov 10, 1998
Recorded while still a member of Thee Headcoatees (she would leave the following year), Holly Golightly's sixth solo release is another winner from start to finish. If the production is a little rougher and more garagey than on subsequent efforts, her earthy charm, sardonic -- sometimes feisty -- attitude, and sure way with a catchy chorus are in full effect. As usual, there's a cool cover -- in this case a languid, reverb-drenched duet with Billy Childish on Ike Turner's "Your Love Is Mine" -- and a couple of angry numbers, "Come the Day" and opening track "I Can't Be Trusted" ("Why won't you see/I can't give you anything/But misery"). More unusually, Serial Girlfriend features an instrumental track, the rollicking "Grandstand," which allows Golightly to showcase her underrated prowess on the electric guitar, and the final track, "Now," comes close to a cappella in dropping (or at least minimizing) guitar, bass, and drums in favor of piano, chimes, and Golightly's distinctive voice. For anyone who's ever wondered what the early Beatles or Rolling Stones might have sounded like with a female front person, Serial Girlfriend -- in which drummer Bruce Brand channels Charlie Watts (circa "Get off of My Cloud") for "Down Down Down" -- is the highly enjoyable answer.

Track list:

01.I Can't Be Trusted
02.You Shine
03.Your Love Is Mine
04.Grandstand
05.Clean In Two
06.Down Down Down
07.Come The Day
08.Serial Girlfriend
09.My Own Sake
10.Where Can I Go
11.Til I Get
12.Now
13.I Can't Be Trusted (Single)
14.Cardtable (B-Side)
15.Box Elder (B Side)

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Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs - Medicine County [2010]

Released: 30 Mar 2010
Recorded at Foreclosure Ministries, Georgia, USA
CD covers included

Track list:

01.Forget it
02.Two Left Feet
03.Medicine County
04.I Can't Lose
05.Murder In My Mind
06.Blood On The Saddle (Feat. Mr Tom Heinl)
07.When He Comes
08.Escalator
09.Eyes In The Back Of My Head
10.Dearly Departed
11.Don't Fail Me Now
12.Jack O'Diamonds

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Neil Young - Le Noise [2010] (FLAC - LOSSLESS)

Release Date: Sep 28, 2010
CD covers included

Track list:

1.Walk With Me
2.Sign of Love
3.Rescue Me
4.Love and War
5.Angry World
6.Hitchhiker
7.Peaceful Valley Blvd.
8.Rumblin'

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Holly Golightly - God Don't Like It [2000]

Release Date: Apr 18, 2000
It's hard to imagine how God couldn't possibly dig Holly Golightly's sixth groovy full-length, but to each his own (then again, Blind Willie McTell's "God Don't Like It" actually refers to moonshine). The former Headcoatee and band are in fine fettle on these 12 tracks of twangy British Invasion pop with an R&B twist. Things get off to an auspicious start with rollicking, reverb-drenched original, "I Hear You," and come to a honey of a conclusion with one of those surprising covers that have become Golightly's stock in trade -- in this case, a virtually unrecognizable surf guitar version of Bill Withers' "Use Me." She also gives "Pretty Good Love" (aka, "That's a Pretty Good Love," a song mostly closely associated with blues belter Big Maybelle) a slow, seductive "Fever"-like spin, but wrote the rest of the material herself, with the exception of Dan Melchior's "Can't Stand to See Your Face" (and duets with him on the harmonica-driven "Feel Something").

Track list:

01.I Hear You
02.Feel Something
03.Give Back Time
04.Pretty Good Love
05.I Don't Know
06.Overtaking
07.Nothing You Can Say
08.Easy On Me
09.Here Beside You
10.Second Place
11.Can't Stand To See Your Face
12.Use Me

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Luther Dickinson & Sons of Mudboy - Onward and Upward [2009]

Release Date: Nov 10, 2009
Recording Date: Aug 18, 2009
Three days after the death of legendary musician and producer Jim Dickinson, his son, Luther Dickinson, gathered friends at the family Zebra Ranch studio in Independence, MS, and recorded Onward and Upward, an album of gospel songs, hymns, and blues spirituals, tracking directly to half-inch tape with no overdubs or embellishments, and the result was a no-frills and intimate testament of grief and renewal. Luther, long a member of the North Mississippi Allstars and also currently a member of the Black Crowes, dubbed the ad hoc group the Sons of Mudboy, a reference to his father's influential band Mudboy and the Neutrons. On hand were two original members of the Neutrons, Sid Selvidge (guitar, vocals) and Jimmy Crosthwait (washboard, vocals), along with Jimbo Mathus (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals), Steve Selvidge (guitar, Dobro, vocals), Paul Taylor (washtub bass), and vocalist Shannon McNally. The album itself is essentially a musical wake, a way to both honor and say goodbye to Jim Dickinson in the one way he would most certainly want, and it is full of muted gems like the gently sad opener, "Let It Roll" (which Luther wrote that day), a haunting version of "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning," and "Back Back Train," among others. Onward and Upward emerges as a moving tribute, an emotional goodbye, and an honest, loving photograph of a moment in time, a moment when music reaches past entertainment to become the very heart of the matter.

Track list:

01.Let It Roll
02.Angel Band
03.Where the Soul of a Man Never Dies
04.Leaning On the Everlasting Arms
05.Jis Eye Is On the Sparrow
06.You've Got to Walk That Lonesome Highway
07.Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning
08.Softly & Tenderly
09.Up Over Yonder
10.In the Garden
11.Back Back Train
12.Glory Glory

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Curtis Mayfield - Live in Europe [1987]

Release Date: Jul 1987
Recording Date: Jul 1, 1981-Aug 8, 1983
Although Curtis Mayfield's album sales had decreased significantly by the late '70s, the smooth Chicago soul veteran remained a popular live attraction well into the '80s. Audiences still longed to hear gems from both his years with the influential Impressions and his early solo hits, and he gives them exactly what they want on this album (released as both a single CD and a two-CD set). Mayfield reminds us just how great the Impressions were on heartfelt versions of such '60s classics as "Gypsy Woman" (which greatly influenced the Isley Brothers), "It's Alright" and the inspirational "People Get Ready," and is equally captivating on incisive, early-'70s sociopolitical hits like "Pusherman," "Freddie's Dead," and "If There's a Hell Below." Live in Europe's main flaw isn't Mayfield's performances, but a band that, although decent, just doesn't go that extra mile or do this superb material justice. Horns, a main ingredient of many of his hits, are sorely missed -- especially on "Move on Up" -- and Buzz Amato's keyboards simply can't take their place.
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Track list:

01. Introduction
02. Ice 9
03. Back To The World
04. It's All Right/Amen
05. Gypsy Woman
06. Freddie's Dead
07. Pusherman
08. We Got To Have Peace
09. We've Only Just Begun
10. People Get Ready
11. Move On Up
12. If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go
13. When Seasons Change

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The Vaselines - Enter the Vaselines [2009]

Release Date: May 5, 2009
Recording Date: 1986-Jan 1989
Kurt Cobain made plenty of mistakes in his life, but loving the Vaselines was not among them. Nirvana covered three of their songs, and as Kurt might tell you if he were alive today, from 1986 to 1989 the Vaselines were the best pop band around. Sub Pop was smart enough to cash in on the Nirvana connection, and in 1992 released the career retrospective The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History. From the stomping, singalong opener "Son of a Gun" to the distorted and nasty "Let's Get Ugly" 17 tracks later, this collection was the Holy Grail of indie pop. In 2009, hot off of Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee's reunion (and appearance at Sub Pop's 20th anniversary bash), the label remastered the studio recordings, added a second disc of demos and live performances, and retitled the whole thing Enter the Vaselines.
The Vaselines' music is unfailingly amateurish, almost completely silly, occasionally quite perverted, and always about sex. It has the simplicity and ear-grabbing melodies of the best bubblegum, the loud and semi-competent guitars of punk, and some of the attitude and lo-fi sound of their noise rock contemporaries like the Jesus and Mary Chain. They also had a charmingly unschooled vocal approach (Kelly sounding cool and tough, McKee sweet as pie) with a fleeting acquaintance to pitch but tons of humor, attitude, and style. Throw in a bunch of religion and add brilliantly simple choruses that will have you singing along the first time you hear the songs (as well as the thousandth), and you've got genius. This brilliance shines brightest on the band's first two EPs, which were recorded by Stephen Pastel and contain the songs the group was best known for, like "Molly's Lips," "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam," and "Son of a Gun." The full-length album Dum-Dum, recorded without Pastel's guidance and with a bulked-up, rockier sound, is still quite amazing and features some timelessly cool songs like "Sex Sux (Amen)," which includes the immortal line "Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost/I'm the Sacred Host with the most," the rip-roaring "Monsterpussy," and the hilarious "The Day I Was a Horse." Taken together, the band's official output is brainy, funny, sexy, catchy pop music at its best.
So if the first disc of Enter the Vaselines is absolutely essential, the bonus disc is for fanatics only. The demos for "Son of a Gun" and unrecorded songs "Rosary Job" and "Red Poppy" are interesting from a historical perspective but not very listenable, as the duo hadn't really put its sound together yet. The live set from December of 1986 (three months before the first EP was recorded) is a sloppy, stiff performance with Kelly and McKee backed by a drum machine and fighting to be heard above the din of the unimpressed crowd. Much better is the live set from 1988 with a full band playing songs from the EPs and Dum-Dum (and a cover of Gary Glitter's "I Didn't Know I Loved You ['Til I Saw You Rock 'n' Roll]") in front of a semi-enthusiastic crowd. They still sound raw and amateurish but also like they are having much more fun. Kelly, McKee, and Pastel also seem to have had fun when they sat down for the chat about the history of the band that is a part of the set's beautiful packaging. Credit Sub Pop for putting tons of effort into the release of Enter the Vaselines and treating the band and the music with the respect they deserve. For a short period of time, there was nothing like them on Earth.

Track list:

101.Son Of A Gun
102.Rory Rides Me Raw
103.You Think You're A Man
104.Dying For It
105.Molly's Lips
106.Teenage Superstars
107.Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
108.Sex Sux (Amen)
109.Slushy
110.Monsterpussy
111.Bitch
112.No Hope
113.Oliver Twisted
114.The Day I Was A Horse
115.Dum-Dum
116.Hairy
117.Lovecraft
118.Dying For It (The Blues)
119.Let's Get Ugly

201.Son Of A Gun (Demo)
202.Rosary Job (Demo)
203.Red Poppy (Demo)
204.Son Of A Gun (Live In Bristol)
205.Rosary Job (Live In Bristol)
206.Red Poppy (Live In Bristol)
207.Rory Rides Me Raw (Live In Bristol)
208.You Think You're A Man (Live In Bristol)
209.Dying For It (Live In London)
210.Monsterpussy (Live In London)
211.Let's Get Ugly (Live In London)
212.Molly's Lips (Live In London)
213.The Day I Was A Horse (Live In London)
214.The Day I Was A Horse (Again) (Live In London)
215.Sex Sux (Amen) (Live In London)
216.I Didn't Know I Loved You ('til I Saw You Rock 'n' Roll) (Live In London)
217.Teenage Superstars (Live In London)

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V.A. - For Adults Only [1999]

Release Date: May 11, 1999
The 25 tracks compiled on this single-disc compilation have been issued under a plethora of titles since the '80s -- most notably in the digital domain as Raunchy Rock & Roll (1995). Many of these dirty ditties have become legendary in frat houses and barrooms across the world, despite their initial obscurity due to excruciatingly poor under-the-counter circulation. A more sociological vantage point reveals a broad scope of musical styles, ranging from doo wop ("Don't Fuck Around With Love") to redneck country & western twang ("Pussy Cat Song"). However, there are a few pop music genres that seem to artistically lend themselves to the unadulterated and overtly sexual intonations -- some intentional, others quite serendipitous. Among the most authentic are the '50s rhythm & blues and doo wop styles which inform tracks such as "Derby Town" and "The Rotten Cock Suckers Ball" -- both of which became infamous platters for the Clovers. The latter title was revived by Frank Zappa as "Cock-Suckers' Ball" and issued on his live Does Humor Belong in Music? multimedia project from the mid-'80s. Likewise, there are '50s sock-hop ballads such as "It's So Hard to Say I Love You" and "Sit on My Face," and even rockabilly ("Yo Yo"). There are also garage rockers ("Baby, Let Me Bang Your Box") and a funky (literally!), randy reggae reading of Rare Earth's hit "Get Ready," which is subtitled "French Style." More modern rock & roll contributions include "Fuck Off" by, appropriately enough, the Dildos, as well as David Trout's double-entendre-laden "Fast Food Song." Other notable inclusions are Screamin' Jay Hawkins' R&B hoodoo "Bite It" and "Constipation Blues," as well as the incendiary coupling of Jackie Wilson and LaVern Baker on a wild take of "Think Twice," which was decidedly toned down for the legit 45 rpm (b/w "Please Don't Hurt Me") for Brunswick in 1965. Also in the mix are a few sides -- such as "Did He Eat Your Titty" and "Stickball" -- that defy category. For Adults Only is a refreshingly self-indulgent artifact that reflects the decidedly more carnal and base aspects of popular music. Potential enthusiasts should be aware of the sound quality, which vacillates from track to track. While not unlistenable, there is copious surface noise to deal with on a majority of the recordings.
CD covers included

Track list:

01.Marty and The Mufftone - Its So Hard To Say I Love (When You're Sitting On My Face)
02.Connie Lingus - Fuck Me Forever
03.The Perversions - Did He Eat Your Titty
04.The Echos - Sit On My Face
05.Couto and The Milligans - Everybody is an Asshole (To Somebody Sometimes)
06.Jackie Wilson and Laverne Baker - Think Twice (X Version)
07.The Blenders - Don't Fuck Around with Love
08.Harry Hepcat and the Boogie Woogie Band - Streakin' USA
09.The Clovers - Derby Town
10.Screamin Jay Hawkins - Bite It
11.Blackie Kid - Hot Nuts
12.Slim Gaillard - Fuck Off (The Dirty Rooster)
13.The Bangers - Baby Let Me Bang Your Box
14.The Clovers - The Rotten Cocksuckers Ball
15.Chinga Chavin - Asshole from El Paso
16.Connie Vannett - The Pussycat Song
17.Adam Martin and The Pickers - Yo Yo
18.P.Vert - Stickball
19.Jack and Basil - Get Ready (French Style)
20.The Dildos - Fuck Off
21.David Trout - The Fast Food Song
22.Dicky Williams - Come Back Pussy
23.Dick Curless - The Iceman
24.James Lee Meadows - Uranis Is Out Tonight
25.Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Constipation Blues

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Luna - Bonnie and Clyde [1995]

This Penthouse-era EP is comprised of one track from that album, "Chinatown," two markedly different recordings of Serge Gainsbourg's classic "Bonnie & Clyde," and a faithful cover of Talking Heads' "Thank You for Sending Me an Angel." While the "Clyde Barrow Version" of "Bonnie & Clyde" was included as a hidden track on the Penthouse LP, the "Bonnie Parker Version" of the song is exclusive to this EP. Much slower and deliberate than the straightforward "Barrow" recording, the "Parker" version is much more effective, allowing the duet between Dean Wareham and Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier room to breathe aside the lovely cello accompaniment without sounding forced. Although, just the chance to hear Wareham deliver his deadpan in French is worth the price of admission.
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Track list:

01.Bonnie And Clyde (The Bonnie Parker Version)
02.Chinatown
03.Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
04.Bonnie And Clyde (The Clyde Barrow Version)

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Keb Darge & Paul Weller - Lost & Found Real R'N'B & Soul [2009]

Keb Darge is a Scottish DJ; Paul Weller is a British rock star. Both have a refined taste for Northern soul and other areas of R&B, something that’s keenly on display on their 2010 compilation Lost & Found: Real R 'n' B & Soul. Divided neatly between Darge’s and Weller’s picks, with the former responsible for the first half and the latter the second, Lost & Found sounds like the work of one compiler, one with a fondness for jump blues that complements the cool, uptown groove on display on the rest of the record. Scanning the track listing, it would seem that Big T. Tyler and Daddy Cleanhead wouldn’t quite mesh with the ‘60s soul that comprises the bulk of the record, but Lost & Found is sequenced with the seamless grace of a great DJ, so this flows like a great party while kicking up a lot of little-known classics from both the less well-known (Emmitt Long, Elsie Wheat, the Creations) and the justly celebrated (Tammi Terrell, Bobby Blue Bland, Major Lance).
CD covers included

Track list:

01.Big Mama Thornton - They Call Me Big Mama
02.The Brothers Of Soul - Come On Back
03.The Tempos - (Countdown) Here I Come
04.Epitome Of Sound - You Don't Love Me
05.Daddy Cleanhead & The Chuck Higgins Band - Something's Goin' On In My Room
06.The Casanova Two - We Got To Keep On
07.The Creations - A Dream
08.Elsie Wheat - Tippin'
09.Sarah Dean with Freddie Mitchell Orchestra - Long Lean Daddy
10.Billy Fair & Orch. - I'll Be True To You
11.The Cadets - I Want You
12.Velma Cross & Her High Steppers - I'll Be Oh So Good
13.Big T. Tyler - King Kong
14.The Flirtations - Stronger Than Her Love
15.The Greater Experience - Don't Forget To Remember
16.The Intruders - Hang On In There
17.Major Lance - Rhythm
18.Margie Joseph - One More Chance
19.Tammi Terrell - All I Do Is Think About You
20.The Dells - Wear It On Your Face
21.Bobby Bland - Honey Child
22.The Radiants - It Ain't No Big Thing
23.Albert King - Crosscut Saw
24.Jimmy Witherspoon - Money Is Getting Cheaper
25.Billy Watkins - The Ice-Man
26.Eddie Giles - Losin' Boy
27.Emmit Long - Call Me
28.Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It

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Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Keep Me in Mind Sweetheart [2008] EP

Release Date: Nov 17, 2008
The five new tracks on the EP were recorded during the same sessions in Glasgow and the Catskills that went on to yield 'Sunday at Devil Dirt' The songs on the EP are ones Isobel felt worked best as a separate piece of work, and the discerning listener may observe a different flavour to much of the album, though as ever Campbell and Lanegan compliment each other beautifully. Highlights include the beautiful 'Asleep on a Sixpence' and 'Rambling Rose, Clinging Vine' which already sound like instant standards.

Track list:

01.Keep Me In Mind Sweetheart
02.Fight Fire With Fire
03.Asleep On A Sixpence
04.Violin Tango
05.Rambling Rose, Clinging Vine
06.Hang On

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Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ramblin' Man [2005] EP

Release Date: Dec 13, 2005
The pairing of sweet Isobel Campbell and sour Mark Lanegan looks weird on paper, but it actually works fairly well on this short EP. Campbell handles the production and music, she and Lanegan both contribute vocals, and their deceptively ramshackle cover of Hank Williams' "Ramblin' Man" that gives the record its title lopes along woozily, Lanegan's loose-as-a-goose vocals a real treat. "(Do You Wanna) Come Walk with Me?" is the highlight, being a sweet and tender acoustic folk song featuring lovely harmony vocals from the pair. The other two songs are slight on one hand (Lanegan's "Revolver, Pt. 2") and string-filled and dramatic on the other ("St. James Infirmary"), and neither features Lanegan's vocals. The whole affair is lovely and dreamy and too darn short. Fans of both artists should grab it up, although they might be left feeling vaguely unsatisfied.

Track list:

01. Ramblin' Man
02. (Do You Wanna) Come Walk With Me?
03. Revolver (Part 2)
04. St. James Infirmary

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George Harrison - The Harri-Spector Show [2001]

bootleg
Silver CD>EAC>Flac
CD covers included

Track list:

1. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - River Deep Mountain High - Save The Last Dance For Me 7:01
2. Bring It On Home To Me - Remember - God - Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash - Money Honey - Tonight's The Night - You Better Move On 5:59
3. Down In The Valley - I Went To Your Wedding - The Great Pretender 5:04
4. Baby Let's Play House - Bluebird Over The Mountain - Ob La Di, Ob La Da - Let It Down - Hokey Pokey - I Hear You Knockin' 6:10
5. That'll Be The Day Let It Down (instrumental) Leaning On The Lampost 3:22
6. You instr. track - acetate 3:45
7. You instr. track - acetate 3:59
8. Message From George To David 1:58
9. Ding Dong, Ding Dong 3:43
10. The Place I Love (Splinter) 4:23
11. Another Message From George To David 0:20
12. Gravy Train (Splinter) 1:55
13. Somebody's City (Splinter) 2:25
14. More From George To David 0:05
15. China Light (Splinter) 1:51
16. Drink All Day (Splinter) 3:16
17. Music For A Ballet (Shankar Family and Friends) 3:00
18. I Am Missing You (Shankar Family and Friends) vocals by: Lakshmi Shankar 3:34
19. Dark Horse 4:27
20. Lovely Laddy Day (Ronnie Spector) with George on guitar (acetate) 3:00

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Metallica - The Unnamed Feeling (CD Single) [2004]

Taken from the 2003 album 'St. Anger'
CD covers included

Track list:

1. The Unnamed Feeling
2. Dirty Window (Live at Big Day Out Festival, Gold Coast, Australia on January 18, 2004)
3. Master Of Puppets (Live at Big Day Out Festival, Gold Coast, Australia on January 18, 2004)
4. Battery (Live at Big Day Out Festival, Gold Coast, Australia on January 18, 2004)

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Dimitri From Paris - Get Down With The Philly Sound [2010]

Release Date: May 25, 2010
Bitrate: 320k

Track list:

01.Teddy Pendergrass - You Cant Hide From Yourself
02.Eddie Kendricks - He's A Friend
03.Philly Devotions - Hurt So Bad (a Tom Moulton Mix)
04.Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck
05.The Jacksons - Living Together
06.Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Tell The World How I Feel About Cha Baby
07.John Davis & The Monster Orchestra - Night and Day
08.Carl Bean - I Was Born This Way
09.The Trammps - The Night The Lights Went Out
10.Harold Melvin - The Love I Lost
11.Charles Mann - Do It Again
12.Teddy Pendergrass - The More I Get, The More I Want
13.T.J.M. - I Dont Need No Music
14.Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost (Dimitri from Paris Super Disco Blend)
15.Philly Devotions - Hurt So Bad (Dimitri from Paris Super Disco Blend)
16.The Jacksons - Living Together (a Dimitri from Paris Disco Re-Edit)
17.Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck (a Dimitri from Paris Disco Re-Edit)
18.Teddy Pendergrass - The More I Get, The More I Want (Dimitri from Paris Super Disco Blend)
19.Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Tell The World How I Feel About Cha Baby (a Dimitri from Paris Disco Re-Edit)
20.Teddy Pendergrass - You Cant Hide From Yourself (Dimitri from Paris Super Disco Blend)
21.Eddie Kendricks - He's A Friend (Dimitri from Paris Super Disco Blend)
22.The Trammps - The Night The Lights Went Out (a Dimitri from Paris Disco Re-Edit)

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Leonard Cohen - Songs from the Road [2010]

Release Date: Sep 14, 2010
Given that Leonard Cohen's recent international concert tour was prompted by the fact his former manager purportedly made off with his life's savings, only a curmudgeon would blame the man for trying to make the enterprise as profitable as possible. Roughly 14 months after releasing Live in London, which preserved Cohen's July 2008 performance at London's 02 arena, the venerable singer and songwriter is presenting to his fans Songs from the Road, featuring 12 tunes (on both CD and DVD) from his 2008 and 2009 concert dates. While Live in London captured the feel and flow of a single concert and featured most of Cohen's best-known songs, this set includes bits and pieces from 11 different shows, and while this album isn't exactly a collection of rarities, it does feature a number of lesser-known tunes (such as "Heart With No Companion" and "That Don't Make It Junk") and variant versions of some of the more famous numbers (Cohen juggles the order of the verses on "Suzanne" and adds a new verse to "Bird on a Wire"). While Live in London was a richly satisfying souvenir of Cohen's inspired comeback shows, Songs from the Road is less impressive in its more modest scale and less cohesive atmosphere. But the album still demonstrates that Cohen is a compelling and absorbing performer who brings his soul into every verse he sings, and his band is nothing less that superb; even when Dino Soldo's sax and Bob Metzger's guitar dip into jazz fusion sleepyland, they give Cohen just the musical support he needs, and the interplay between them and the vocalist is a marvel. Songs from the Road seems a bit pale compared to the excellence of Live in London, but both albums are enough to convince anyone that even at the age of 74, Leonard Cohen remains one of the most vital figures in contemporary music, and his gifts as a performer nearly match his abilities as a writer, no small accomplishment.

Track list:

01.Lover, Lover, Lover
02.Bird On The Wire
03.Chelsea Hotel
04.Heart With No Companion
05.That Don't Make It Junk
06.Waiting For The Miracle
07.Avalanche
08.Suzanne
09.The Partisan
10.Famous Blue Raincoat
11.Hallelujah
12.Closing Time

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The Mamas & The Papas - Creeque Alley: The History Of The Mamas & The Papas [1991]

Release Date: Mar 12, 1991
They weren't the most important folk-rock group of the mid-'60s; the Byrds and others produced more enduring music. Yet the Mamas & the Papas were undoubtedly the most commercially successful folk-rock group of their time, racking up an astonishing nine Top 30 hits in little more than a year and a half. This 43-song double CD is by far the most comprehensive document of their legacy. It draws most heavily from their two 1966 albums (nine songs originate from their debut album, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, alone), when John Phillips' songwriting talent had yet to exhaust itself. Beyond the hits, the material is variable. Quite a few album tracks -- especially "Got a Feelin'," "Straight Shooter," "Go Where You Wanna Go," "Once Was a Time I Thought," and their cover of Lennon/McCartney's "I Call Your Name" -- were strong enough to have been hits under their own steam. Their slowed-down, California-ized versions of rock oldies were more problematic. And there's no doubt that their later material is less spirited and memorable than their initial burst of glory. The set includes various late-'60s and '70s solo recordings by each of the group's members (including small hit singles by John Phillips and Cass Elliott). Perhaps the most intriguing rarities are from the members' pre-Mamas days. These include commercial folk by the Big Three (featuring Cass Elliott) and primitive pop-folk-rock by the Mugwumps (including Elliott, Denny Doherty, and future Lovin' Spoonful member Zal Yanovsky).
CD covers included

Track list:

101.Wild Women (The Big Three)
102.Winken', Blinken And Nod (The Big Three)
103.I'll Remember Tonight (The Mugwumps)
104.I Don't Wanna Know (The Mugwumps)
105.This Precious Time (Barry McGuire)
106.John Phillips Dialog From 'A Gathering Of Flowers - The Anthology Of The Mamas & The Papas'
107.California Dreamin'
108.Go Where You Wanna Go
109.Monday, Monday
110.You Baby
111.Do You Wanna Dance
112.I Call Your Name
113.Spanish Harlem
114.Straight Shooter
115.Got A Feelin'
116.I Saw Her Again
117.Look Through My Window
118.Words Of Love
119.Dancing In The Street
120.Mama Cass Dialog From 'A Gathering Of Flowers - The Anthology Of The Mamas & The Papas'
121.Once Was A Time I Thought (With False Start And Studio Chatter)
122.No Salt On Her Tail

201.Trip, Stumble & Fall
202.Dancing Bear
203.Dedicated To The One I Love
204.Creeque Alley
205.My Girl
206.Twist and Shout
207.I Call Your Name (live)
208.Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)
209.Glad To Be Unhappy
210.For The Love Of Ivy
211.Safe In My Garden
212.Midnight Voyage
213.Dream A Little Dream Of Me
214.California Earthquake (by Mama Cass)
215.It's Getting Better (by Mama Cass)
216.Make Your Own Kind Of Music (by Mama Cass)
217.Mississippi (by John Phillips)
218.Whatcha Gonna Do (by Denny Doherty)
219.Mama Cass dialog from 'A Gathering Of Flowers...'
220.Step Out
221.The Achin' Kind (by Michelle Phillips)

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Irma Thomas - Wish Someone Would Care [1964]

It's because of powerful platters such as this that vocalist Irma Thomas would rightfully garner the crown as the undisputed Queen of New Orleans' thriving R&B scene. She established her reputation as a no-nonsense soul sister with the attitude-driven "You Can Have My Husband (But Don't Mess with My Man)," "A Good Man," and the regional hit "Look Up" prior to landing at the Crescent City powerhouse Minit Records. It was there she joined forces with the musical wunderkind Allen Toussaint who provided Thomas her next batch of notable sides, specifically "It's Raining" and "Ruler of My Heart" (aka "Pain in My Heart"). She was also among those to make the transition to the significantly larger Imperial Records after they purchased Minit in 1963. Wish Someone Would Care (1964) was the first of two long-players that Thomas released during her brief (1964 -- 1966) run on the Imperial roster. The album opens with the yearning torch balladry of the title track "Wish Someone Would Care" featuring Thomas supported by the inimitable H.B. Barnum, who tempers her remarkably versatile voice in the first of several sensitive arrangements. "I Need Your Love So Bad" is reflective of the guttural and bluesy style commonly associated with the likes of Otis Redding and James Brown. Here, Thomas definitely gives the boys a run for their money. The melody of "Without Love (There Is Nothing)" bears a striking resemblance to the "Tennessee Waltz" during the languid verses. The chorus, however, finds Thomas calling on her gospel roots to really "sell" the performance to great aplomb. Her update of Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone to Love" is a stone classic and easily takes on Odetta and Esther Phillips' respective versions with plenty of power to spare. "Time Is on My Side" -- initially relegated to a 45 rpm B-side -- found its way across the Atlantic ocean where it would take on a life of its own once the Rolling Stones covered it less than a year later. Similarly, Thomas' reading of the Jackie DeShannon co-penned "Break-A-Way" became a runaway smash throughout the bayou. And though it seemed to attract little attention elsewhere in the States, it has been remade to great effect by Tracey Ullman. Both the LP and single for Wish Someone Would Care crossed over onto the pop charts, simultaneously giving Thomas her only Top 40 single and Top 100 Album entry.

Track list:

01.It's Rainin'
02.Ruler Of My Heart
03.Two Winters Long
04.Wish Someone Would Care
05.Break-A-Way
06.Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Would Understand)
07.Time Is On My Side
08.Times Have Changed Me
09.He's My Guy
10.Take A Look
11.It's A Man's, Woman's World Part 1
12.It's A Man's, Woman's World Part 2
13.Without Love (There's Nothing)
14.Another Woman's Man
15.Straight From The Heart
16.I've Been There

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Cass Elliot - The Complete Cass Elliot Solo Collection 1968-71 [2007] 2CD

Release Date: Mar 27, 2007
Although she will probably always be first remembered for her work as a member of the Mamas & the Papas, Cass Elliot had a surprisingly productive -- if abbreviated -- solo career after the group called it quits in 1968. She released five albums (and another in which she shared billing with Dave Mason) between 1968 and her death in 1974, and while it’s natural to wonder where this wonderful singer would have taken her talents had she lived longer, she left a larger recorded legacy than most people realize. This two-disc set (covering 1968 to 1971) includes material from her first two solo albums (plus related period songs like the single “Make Your Own Kind of Music”), leaving it as a nice summation of the first half of the post-Mamas & the Papas Cass Elliot story.

Track list:

CD1
1. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
2. California Earthquake
3. The Room Nobody Lives In
4. Talkin' To Your Toothbrush
5. Blues For Breakfast
6. You Know Who I Am
7. Rubber Band
8. Long Time Loving You
9. Jane, The Insane Dog Lady
10. What Was I Thinking Of
11. Burn Your Hatred
12. Sweet Believer
(1-12: Dream A Little Dream album, 1968)
13. It's Getting Better
14. Blow Me A Kiss
15. Sour Grapes
16. Easy Come, Easy Go
17. I Can Dream, Can't I
18. Welcome To The World
19. Lady Love
20. He's A Runner
21. Move In A Little Closer Baby
22. When I Just Wear My Smile
23. Who's To Blame
(13-23: Bubble Gum, Lemonade And... Something For Mama album, 1969)

CD2
1. Make Your Own Kind Of Music (single 1969)
2. New World Coming (single 1970)
3. A Song That Never Comes (from Mama's Big Ones)
4. The Good Times Are Comin' (from Monte Walsh OST)
5. Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By (single 1970)
6. One Way Ticket (from Mama's Big Ones)
7. Ain't Nobody Else Like You (from Mama's Big Ones)
8. The Costume Ball (from Doctor's Wives OST)
9. Darling Be Home Soon (previously unreleased)
10. Sisotowbell Lane (previously unreleased)
11. For As Long As You Need Me (previously unreleased)
12. Different (from Pufnstuf OST)
13. Here We Go Again (from Dave Mason & Cass Elliot)
14. All For Me (single b-side 1969)
15. A Song That Never Comes (mono single mix)

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Alice Clark - Alice Clark (1972)

The self-titled 1972 disc from Alice Clark has more than stood the test of time, it is a sublime masterpiece of R&B/pop from the house of Bob Shad, the jazz producer who founded Mainstream Records, the original home for this superior project. Perhaps it isn't a coincidence that Clark's repertoire is exactly the kind of material Janis Joplin would pick up on in her days after Big Brother & the Holding Company, as this was also the first imprint that Joplin & the Holding Company recorded for professionally. Jimmy Webb's "I Keep It Hid" starts things off, one of the singles released from this original package and a nugget from another soul masterpiece, Supremes Arranged and Produced by Jimmy Webb, when Webb oversaw the post-Diana Ross girl group the same year as this release. A rendition of Fred Ebb and John Kander's tune, "Maybe This Time" from the motion picture Cabaret, is included along with three compositions from "Sunny" author Bobby Hebb. The collection of material from Webb, Ebb, and Hebb is actually genius A&R because all of it is a perfect fit. Northern soul fans and R&B critics are aware of this hidden treasure, but the buildup in this review of all the magnificent trappings shouldn't overshadow the fact that Alice Clark delivers the goods from start to finish. Some call it acid jazz, but truth be told, beyond the cult niches of space age bachelor pad and Northern soul -- the base that keeps obscure gems such as this bubbling on a variety of radar screens -- this is some of the best R&B you've probably never heard. The trifecta of Bobby Hebb songs include "Don't You Care" and "Hard, Hard Promises," two titles Hebb has yet to release on his own. The third is an up-tempo version of "The Charms of the Arms of Love" which concluded his 1970 album Love Games. Clark rips apart "It Takes Too Long to Learn to Live Alone" in wonderful fashion with tasteful guitar, chirping horns, and restrained vibraphone. Juanita Fleming's "Never Did I Stop Loving You" is just brilliant as the vocals take off into different dimensions inside and between the unique melody. The final track,"Hey Girl," is not the famous Carole King/Freddy Scott hit -- it's a true find originally covered by Donny Hathaway and written by Hathaway's percussion player, Earl DeRouen. Here Clark changes it to "Hey Boy" in a lively, jazz-heavy jaunt which concludes the Toshiba/EMI version of this dynamite set of recordings that should have made Alice Clark a superstar.

01.I Keep It Hid
02.Looking At Life
03.Don't Wonder Why
04.Maybe This Time
05.Never Did I Stop Loving You
06.Charms Of The Arms Of Love
07.Don't You Care
08.It Takes Too Long To Learn
09.Hard Hard Promises
10.Hey Girl

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