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Dennie
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I rarely get to disc 2, so.... Disc # 2... :handgestures-thumbup:
One of a Kind Love Affair - Anthology -- 2 CD Box Set
The Spinners
1991 Atlantic Records
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Despite hailing from Detroit, the Spinners had only sporadic success as a Motown act, most notably with the Stevie Wonder-produced "It's a Shame." But with the early-'70s addition of Philippe Wynne as lead singer and new associations with Atlantic Records and producer Thom Bell, the group was transformed into one of the decade's key soul acts. With Wynne's gorgeous voice and ever-inventive improvisations riding Bell's smooth tracks, the Spinners made deathless single after deathless single while also committing must-own LPs like the self-titled one that featured "I'll Be Around." A One of a Kind Love Affair charts the great career of an outfit with truckloads of both R&B and pop credibility. --Rickey Wright
Track listing
DISC 1:
1. That's What Girls Are Made For
2. I'll Always Love You
3. It's a Shame
4. I Wish I Could Sleep, (Oh Lord) - (previously unreleased)
5. How Could I Let You Get Away
6. I'll Be Around
7. Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
8. One of a Kind (Love Affair)
9. Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
10. Ghetto Child
11. Mighty Love
12. I'm Coming Home
13. He'll Never Love You Like I Do
14. Love Don't Love Nobody
15. Then Came You
16. Living a Little, Laughing a Little
17. Sadie
DISC 2:
1. Games People Play
2. I Don't Want to Lose You
3. Honest I Do
4. Love or Leave
5. Sweet Love of Mine
6. How Could I Let You Get Away
7. Wake up Susan
8. Rubberband Man, The
9. Me and My Music
10. You're Throwing a Good Love Away
11. Heaven on Earth (So Fine)
12. Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl
13. Funny How Time Slips Away
One of a Kind Love Affair - Anthology -- 2 CD Box Set
The Spinners
1991 Atlantic Records
Amazon.com
Despite hailing from Detroit, the Spinners had only sporadic success as a Motown act, most notably with the Stevie Wonder-produced "It's a Shame." But with the early-'70s addition of Philippe Wynne as lead singer and new associations with Atlantic Records and producer Thom Bell, the group was transformed into one of the decade's key soul acts. With Wynne's gorgeous voice and ever-inventive improvisations riding Bell's smooth tracks, the Spinners made deathless single after deathless single while also committing must-own LPs like the self-titled one that featured "I'll Be Around." A One of a Kind Love Affair charts the great career of an outfit with truckloads of both R&B and pop credibility. --Rickey Wright
Track listing
DISC 1:
1. That's What Girls Are Made For
2. I'll Always Love You
3. It's a Shame
4. I Wish I Could Sleep, (Oh Lord) - (previously unreleased)
5. How Could I Let You Get Away
6. I'll Be Around
7. Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
8. One of a Kind (Love Affair)
9. Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
10. Ghetto Child
11. Mighty Love
12. I'm Coming Home
13. He'll Never Love You Like I Do
14. Love Don't Love Nobody
15. Then Came You
16. Living a Little, Laughing a Little
17. Sadie
DISC 2:
1. Games People Play
2. I Don't Want to Lose You
3. Honest I Do
4. Love or Leave
5. Sweet Love of Mine
6. How Could I Let You Get Away
7. Wake up Susan
8. Rubberband Man, The
9. Me and My Music
10. You're Throwing a Good Love Away
11. Heaven on Earth (So Fine)
12. Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl
13. Funny How Time Slips Away
Dennie said:
Arc Of A Diver -- CD
Steve Winwood
1980/1990 Island Records
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He wasn't Little Stevie, the 16-year-old phenom who set mid- '60s London blazing with his Ray Charles-like vocals, anymore. He was a half-forgotten ex-member of some of rock's most progressive (Traffic) and vilified (Blind Faith) bands, and he was considering leaving show business while recording this--his second album--alone and without a backup band. Arc of a Diver reflects a resigned-to-fate mood. It boasts a synth-heavy, dub-like ambience, with dirge-y tracks like "Spanish Dancer" and the wistful single "While You See a Chance" all but zoning out of your speakers. The fates were kind, though. Recording the single, Winwood inadvertently erased the drum intro. This spacey alteration, together with his catchiest tune since "Paper Sun," catapulted the song onto the charts. In a few years he would be among the top-selling vocalists in the world. His mood was lighter. He could afford to hire engineers that didn't make mistakes. --Don Harrison
"While You See a Chance" (Winwood, Will Jennings) - 5:12
"Arc of a Diver" (Winwood, Vivian Stanshall) - 5:28
"Second-Hand Woman" (Winwood, George Fleming) - 3:41
"Slowdown Sundown" (Winwood, Will Jennings) - 5:27
"Spanish Dancer" (Winwood, Will Jennings) - 5:58
"Night Train" (Winwood, Will Jennings) - 7:51
"Dust" (Winwood, George Fleming) - 6:20
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Dennie
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Today's work truck music....
Fleetwood Mac -- CD
Fleetwood Mac
1975/1990 Reprise Records
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Given their monumental legacy, it's hard to imagine that the so-called "classic edition" of Fleetwood Mac essentially came together casually over chips and margaritas at an L.A. eatery; the then-obscure duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks (whose own mid-'70s debut album had initially gone almost straight to the cut-out bins) became the crucial axis of the legendary band without so much as a formal audition. As the eponymous title suggests, the 1975 Mac realignment seems like a fresh start, though tracks like Christine McVie's smooth-jazz inflected "Warm Ways" hearken back to the Bob Welch/Bare Trees/Heroes Are Hard to Find era. But it's Buckingham's compelling, updated take on '60s California folk-pop, informed by the mystique of Nicks's proto-New Age song-sorceress presumptions, that breathed new life into the veteran, chameleonic band on now-familiar songs like "Monday Morning" and "Rhiannon." His chemistry with McVie is no less powerful, yielding such Mac staples as their collaboration "World Turning" and suffusing her "Over My Head" with nervous, insistent guitar rhythms.
"Monday Morning" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 2:48
"Warm Ways" (Christine McVie) – 3:54
"Blue Letter" (Rick Curtis, Mike Curtis) – 2:41
"Rhiannon" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:11
"Over My Head" (C. McVie) – 3:38
"Crystal" (Nicks) – 5:14
"Say You Love Me" (C. McVie) – 4:11
"Landslide" (Nicks) – 3:19
"World Turning" (Buckingham, C. McVie) – 4:25
"Sugar Daddy" (C. McVie) – 4:10
"I'm So Afraid" (Buckingham) – 4:22
Fleetwood Mac -- CD
Fleetwood Mac
1975/1990 Reprise Records
Amazon.com
Given their monumental legacy, it's hard to imagine that the so-called "classic edition" of Fleetwood Mac essentially came together casually over chips and margaritas at an L.A. eatery; the then-obscure duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks (whose own mid-'70s debut album had initially gone almost straight to the cut-out bins) became the crucial axis of the legendary band without so much as a formal audition. As the eponymous title suggests, the 1975 Mac realignment seems like a fresh start, though tracks like Christine McVie's smooth-jazz inflected "Warm Ways" hearken back to the Bob Welch/Bare Trees/Heroes Are Hard to Find era. But it's Buckingham's compelling, updated take on '60s California folk-pop, informed by the mystique of Nicks's proto-New Age song-sorceress presumptions, that breathed new life into the veteran, chameleonic band on now-familiar songs like "Monday Morning" and "Rhiannon." His chemistry with McVie is no less powerful, yielding such Mac staples as their collaboration "World Turning" and suffusing her "Over My Head" with nervous, insistent guitar rhythms.
"Monday Morning" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 2:48
"Warm Ways" (Christine McVie) – 3:54
"Blue Letter" (Rick Curtis, Mike Curtis) – 2:41
"Rhiannon" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:11
"Over My Head" (C. McVie) – 3:38
"Crystal" (Nicks) – 5:14
"Say You Love Me" (C. McVie) – 4:11
"Landslide" (Nicks) – 3:19
"World Turning" (Buckingham, C. McVie) – 4:25
"Sugar Daddy" (C. McVie) – 4:10
"I'm So Afraid" (Buckingham) – 4:22
Dennie
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Ray Sings - Basie Swings -- CD
Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra
2006 Concord/Hear Music
Ray Sings, Basie Swings combines archival, never-before-heard Ray Charles vocal recordings with brand-new performances by the Count Basie Orchestra. This ground breaking CD gives listeners the unprecedented experience of hearing Ray Charles at the dazzling peak of his vocal prowess. Ray Sings, Basie Swings was created with the most up-to-date recording and mixing technology, offering sound quality that is state-of-the art.
A Project Summary….The producers of this CD discovered archival reels of Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra performing live together in 1973. Although the vocals were superior, the remaining elements were of extremely poor quality. They decided to bring the current Basie Orchestra into the studio and, using the latest technology, they carefully and painstakingly laid down a new instrumental backdrop for Charles’ towering vocals.
“Ray Charles and Count Basie were two of the most charismatic personalities I’ve ever known. I loved them both. So to hear this amazing collaboration of their musical geniuses is a treat of the highest order. When 21st century technology and timeless soul come together, watch out! This one is for the ages.” --- Quincy Jones
Highlights:
*Marks the FIRST-TIME an entire album has been created using a pre-existing vocal track and a new instrumental backdrop.
*The FIRST AND ONLY RECORDING in which Charles is backed by the legendary bandleader’s orchestra, helping to fulfill one of Charles’ life-long musical dreams.
*Features AMAZING NEW ARRANGEMENTS and renderings of many Ray Charles classics, as well as the NEVER-BEFORE RECORDED song “Every Saturday Night.”
*Features arrangements by Quincy Jones and vocal arrangements by Patti Austin.
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 4:35
"Let the Good Times Roll" (Moore, Theard) – 2:57
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:19
"Every Saturday Night" (Hogan, West) – 4:05
"Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 2:35
"Crying Time" (Buck Owens) – 3:53
"I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) – 4:02
"Come Live with Me" (Bryant, Bryant) – 4:10
"Feel So Bad" (Johnson, Temple) – 4:10
"The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:04
"Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" (Melanie Safka) – 2:51
"Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 4:40
Dennie
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ROAD TESTED (LIVE) -- 2 CD Set
Bonnie Raitt
1995 Capitol Records
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A sense of self-confidence permeates Road Tested. If the '70s were marked by promise and the '80s by disappointment, the '90s, thanks to three smash studio albums, have been sheer triumph for Raitt, and she sounds damned satisfied. Her first live recording after 24 years in the business, Road Tested is an all-things-to-all-people effort, unsurprising given its creator has become all things to an awful lot of people. Steadfast favorites, '90s hits, and fresh additions to her repertoire are spiced by guest appearances by Bruce Hornsby, Ruth Brown, Charles Brown, Jackson Browne, Kim Wilson, and Bryan Adams. Raitt is in fine voice, her playing is great, and the band is solid. What's missing? Maybe some of that vanquished brashness and desperation. --Steve Stolder
1. "Thing Called Love" (John Hiatt) – 4:48
2. "Three Time Loser" (Don Covay, Ronald Dean Miller) – 3:39
3. "Love Letter" (Bonnie Hayes) – 4:37
4. "Never Make Your Move Too Soon" (Hooper, Will Jennings) – 3:32
5. "Something to Talk About" (Shirley Eikhard) – 3:43
6. "Matters of the Heart" (Michael McDonald) – 4:58
7. "Shake a Little" (Michael Ruff) – 4:38
8. "Have a Heart" (Bonnie Hayes) – 5:45
9. "Love Me Like a Man" (Chris Smither) – 5:11
10. "The Kokomo Medley" (Mississippi Fred McDowell) – 4:59
11. "Louise" (Paul Siebel) – 3:46
12. "Dimming of the Day" (Richard Thompson) – 4:19
13. "Longing in Their Hearts" (Jackson Browne, O'Keefe) – 5:02
14. "Come to Me" (Raitt) – 5:02
15. "Love Sneakin' up on You" (Little Jimmy Scott, Tom Snow) – 3:52
16. "Burning Down the House" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) – 4:21
17. "I Can't Make You Love Me" (Mike Reid, James Allen Shamblin) – 6:00
18. "Feeling of Falling" (Raitt) – 6:45
19. "I Believe I'm in Love with You" (Kim Wilson) – 5:24
20. "Rock Steady" (Bryan Adams, Gretchen Peters) – 4:12
21. "My Opening Farewell" (Jackson Browne) – 4:57
22. "Angel from Montgomery" (John Prine) – 5:37
Dennie
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mzpro5 said:I got one but sorry - not for sale. :teasing-neener:Dennie said:No-L said:
I've still got my "used music" dealer searching for this one! :eusa-clap:
Denniebscene-drinkingcheers:
Hey, thanks!
bscene-birdiedoublered: ...... :laughing-rolling:
Dennie
bscene-drinkingcheers:
Mort Weiss Quartet album by Mort Weiss was released Jun 28, 2007 on the SMS label. You can't beat this unbelievable combination of talent combined on this incredible cd. Mort Weiss Quartet CD music contains a single disc with 9 songs.
Recorded on September 12, 2002.
Personnel: Joey DeFrancesco (Hammond B3) Mort Weiss (clarinet); Ron Eschete (guitar); Ramon Banda (drums) Mort Weiss Quartet songs.
Audio Mixer: Chuck Mitchell Mort Weiss Quartet album.
Liner Note Authors: Joey DeFrancesco; Mort Weiss; Ron Eschete; Ramon Banda Mort Weiss Quartet CD music.
Dennie
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Just Like You -- CD
Keb' Mo'
1996 Okeh/Epic Records
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Keb' Mo's 1995 Grammy-winning eponymous debut firmly lodged the Los Angeles-born singer-guitarist in the contemporary blues pantheon. His sophomore effort, Just Like You, is slick in comparison to the virtuosic, bare-bones Keb' Mo', but it's nevertheless an irresistible and accomplished album. While songs such as "Perpetual Blues Machine" and "You Can Love Yourself" are classic Mo', with their canny lyrics and facile slide and acoustic guitar licks, the sapfest "Just Like You" (with guests Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne) and the clichéd "The Action" are hard to stomach. Toward the end of the disc, however, the gospel-laced "Hand It Over" and folksy "Momma, Where's My Daddy" restore the faith, displaying once again Mo's marvelous talent for wrenching the heartstrings with simply his voice and soulful steel-guitar manipulations. --Rebecca Robinson
Track Listing
1. That's Not Love
2. Perpetual Blues Machine
3. More Than One Way Home
4. I'm on Your Side
5. Just Like You
6. You Can Love Yourself
7. Dangerous Mood
8. Action, The
9. Hand It Over
10. Standin' at the Station
11. Momma, Where's My Daddy
12. Last Fair Deal Gone Down
13. Lullaby Baby Blues
Dennie
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In Hi Fi Stereo -- CD
Mindi Abair
2010 Telarc
Amazon Product Description
Any artist who takes his or her craft seriously will inevitably reach a point on the journey when history can no longer be overlooked. The direct line between the music of now and the music of then becomes too important to ignore, and the riches of generations past are suddenly rediscovered - and eventually reinterpreted for a new era. Saxophonist Mindi Abair has reached that critical juncture. After more than a decade of performing, songwriting and recording, she has taken a step back from the more polished sensibilities of contemporary jazz and embraced the sounds of past decades - specifically the `60s and early `70s, a period widely regarded as the golden age of R&B, soul and funk.
The result is In Hi-Fi Stereo. The album captures the raw and edgy aesthetic of that golden age, when a slab of vinyl could instantaneously put band and listener together in the same room and establish a visceral and enduring connection. Loaded with infectious grooves generated by a high-caliber crew of players, In Hi-Fi Stereo rekindles that spark for a new generation of ears.
"This album is a reflection of some of the older, more soulful records I've been listening to in the last couple years," says Abair, firing off a list of favorites that include Al Green, Alain Toussaint, Junior Walker, King Curtis, Archie Bell and the Drells, and many others. "I think it all kind of seeped into me over time. I wanted to move away from a more produced sound and just get into the studio and play. It didn't have to be perfect. It didn't have to be shiny and new. It's not an intellectual record. It's a fun, feel-good record inspired by some of those great sounds and grooves from that period, but recast for a modern audience."
Co-produced by Abair and R&B mainstay Rex Rideout (who also lays down keyboards on nearly every track), In Hi-Fi Stereo includes a roster of players representing the old school as well as the new. In addition to Abair's touring band, the album is seasoned with a number of guest players: veteran drummer James Gadson (a frequent session player for Bill Withers, Amos Lee and Nikka Costa), bassist Reggie McBride (Aretha, Rickie Lee Jones and Keb' Mo'), Mindi's Berklee classmate and friend Lalah Hathaway, nominated 2010 R&B Female Vocalist of the year, Ryan Collins and David Ryan Harris.
Start to finish, In Hi-Fi Stereo is something classic and something new at the same time. "It's a vintage sounding record, a modern take on a very classic sound," she says. "We didn't make your father's jazz record. We didn't set out to make an `old' record. It's not about doing what's been done before. It's about drawing on what and who inspires you, and bringing it into your world and making it your own - and then putting it out there for a new generation of people who love jazz and soul."
Track Listing:
Any Way You Wanna
All Star
L'Esprit Nouveau
Get Right
Be Beautiful
Down for the Count
Girls' Night Out
Let the Whole World Know (Sing Your Song)
It's a Man's Man's World
Take Me Home
The Alley.
Dennie
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Aretha In Paris -- Remastered CD
Aretha Franklin
1968/1994 Atlantic/Rhino
what is soul singing! December 25, 1999
By Frederick Barnes
Format:Audio CD
the title of this review is the jeopardyesque answer to the question that the music of this album brings forth. this album of music on cd format is soul music at it's zentith on display and should be considered a compulsary for music collectors and lovers. consider the first four songs performed on this album, they are not aretha's hit songs but they are aretha's best singing, also notice the background singers performance on satisfaction (i can't no) and come back baby, that's an example of soul musics church roots. i can't believe i'm the first one to review this cd, and i hope i am not the only who's looking for it, this performance is a gem and you will not be sorry for purchasing this cd. i gave it a 5 star rating with extreme partiality for a very good reason, if i may quote an old american folk saying: it's bad!
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
"Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (Franklin, Teddy White)
"Soul Serenade" (Luther Dixon, Curtis Ousley)
"Night Life" (Willie Nelson, Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk)
"Baby, I Love You" (Jimmy Holiday, Ronnie Shannon)
"Groovin'" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere)
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler)
"Come Back Baby" (Ray Charles)
"Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)" (Franklin, Teddy White)
"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" (Franklin, Teddy White)
"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (Ronnie Shannon)
"Chain Of Fools" (Don Covay)
"Respect" (Otis Redding)
Dennie
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Stepping Out -- Remastered CD
Diana Krall
1992/2000 Justin Time Records
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For years singer-pianist Diana Krall has been bringing new lifeblood to jazz via her dual knockout talents. And while her later recordings reveal a consistently maturing artist, this 1992 debut album shows that the Nanaimo, British Columbia, native had the goods right from the get-go. In her mid-20s here, Krall sings with honesty, subtlety, and persuasion while playing the piano with head-shaking authority, both as accompanist--she offers amazing asides in between vocal phrases--and as an absolutely A-one improviser. Indeed, it is remarkable to hear her weave her gifts into a wondrous whole. Working with bass ace John Clayton and the superb drummer Jeff Hamilton, Krall presents one winner after another. "This Can't Be Love" is typical, a selection where it is all but impossible not to tap your foot. After a nicely enunciated vocal--she slides into phrases much like Sarah Vaughan--the pianist cooks in her Oscar Peterson-meets-Gene Harris style, playing hip ideas that fall easily on the ear, underwritten by her rock-solid feel for time. "As Long as I Live" is another example of Krall's ability to sing and swing a standard with a nonstop groove. "Straighten Up and Fly Right" is slower and features a deeply bluesy vocal; "I'm Just a Lucky So and So" is equally sultry. The classic ballad "Body and Soul" finds her singing with intimacy and playing with a caressing touch. A very impressive start for a very impressive artist. --Zan Stewart
"This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:31
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" (Nat King Cole, Irving Mills) – 3:56
"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:04
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) – 4:23
"Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 5:35
"42nd Street" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 6:21
"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:33
"Big Foot" (Klaus Suonsaari) – 7:07
"The Frim-Fram Sauce" (Redd Evans, Joe Ricardel) – 4:08
"Jimmie" (Diana Krall) – 5:26
"As Long as I Live" (Arlen, Koehler) – 4:42
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:51