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Charles Aznavour – Collected (2016) {3CD-Set}
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Basic Scans Included
Total Size: 1.30 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music | Netherlands | Cat#: 536 753-4 | Genre: Chanson
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Glenn Miller – The Golden Years of Glenn Miller (2002) {3CD-Set}
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Total Size: 586 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: The SoHo Collection | UK | Cat#: SOHOCD009 | Genre: Swing, Big band
Glenn Miller famously disappered over the English Channel in 1944, but his unique, clarinet-led big band sound had already made him a legend and this collection features all of his best-loved recordings. Includes 12-page booklet with rare photos and informative artist biography. Continue reading “Glenn Miller – The Golden Years of Glenn Miller (2002) {3CD-Set}”
Nina Simone – The Real… Nina Simone: The Ultimate Nina Simone Collection (2013) {3CD-Set}
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Scans Included
Total Size: 1.14 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony Music Entertainment | EU | Cat#: 88883778192 | Genre: Vocal Jazz, R&B
Dinah Washington – What A Diff’rence A Day Makes (1959) {1997, MFSL, Remastered}
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Total Size: 189 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL, UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 698 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
One of the more notorious albums in the history of vocal music, What a Diff’rence a Day Makes! is the lush session that bumped up Dinah Washington from the “Queen of the Blues” to a middle-of-the-road vocal wondress — and subsequently disenfranchised quite a few jazz purists. Continue reading “Dinah Washington – What A Diff’rence A Day Makes (1959) {1997, MFSL, Remastered}”
Al Jarreau – The Very Best Of: An Excellent Adventure (2009)
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Total Size: 461 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino | USA | Cat#: R2 521 468 | Genre: Vocal Jazz, R&B
Vocalist Al Jarreau is one of the most successful singers in history. He has scored hits on Billboard’s Jazz, R&B, Adult Contemporary, and Contemporary Jazz charts. He’s won multiple Grammys and sold millions of records. Rhino has assembled 15 tracks that represent his long career with Warner Brothers and even cross-licensed a couple from Universal’s GRP and Verve imprints. Continue reading “Al Jarreau – The Very Best Of: An Excellent Adventure (2009)”
Peggy Lee – Fever: 24 Great Songs (1993)
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Total Size: 355 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Intermusic | Portugal | Cat#: PRS 23012 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Dean Martin – The Best Of Dean Martin (2007)
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Total Size: 663 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Not Now Music | EU | Cat#: NOT2CD215 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
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VA – The Soul Survivors Present: Sounds Of Universal Love (2013)
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Total Size: 649 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Expansion Records | UK | Cat#: CDEXP 46 | Genre: Soul, R&B
Sounds Of Universal Love” is a top of the range collection of quality S.O.U.L. from the finest musical champions of the genre. The album is compiled and presented by The Soul Survivors, a publication that since 2006 has featured all the artists selected on this 16 track CD, interviewed by Fitzroy facey (Da Buzzboy). Continue reading “VA – The Soul Survivors Present: Sounds Of Universal Love (2013)”
Louis Armstrong & Friends – What A Wonderful Christmas (1997)
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Total Size: 215 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Hip-o Records | USA | Cat#: HIPD-40065 | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Xmas
Although this Christmas compilation is credited to “Louis Armstrong & Friends,” it’s really more aptly categorized as a various artists anthology, since Armstrong only has six of the fourteen tracks. The disc is filled out with seasonal offerings by Dinah Washington, Mel Torme, Louis Jordan, Lionel Hampton, Peggy Lee, Eartha Kitt, and Lena Horne, Duke Ellington, mostly from the 1950s. Continue reading “Louis Armstrong & Friends – What A Wonderful Christmas (1997)”
The Brian Setzer Orchestra – The Best of Collection: Christmas Rocks! (2008)
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Total Size: 495 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Surdog Records | USA | Cat#: 2-512780 | Genre: Rockabilly, Xmas
Brian Setzer released Boogie Woogie Christmas in 2002 and the live DVD Christmas Extravaganza in 2005, the same year as his second Christmas LP, Dig That Crazy Christmas — that’s a lot of holiday music in a short span of time and it’s all condensed on two 2008 compilations, Christmas Rocks! The Best Of Collection and The Ultimate Christmas Collection. Continue reading “The Brian Setzer Orchestra – The Best of Collection: Christmas Rocks! (2008)”
The Platters – A Special Christmas Collection (1998)
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Total Size: 203 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Legacy | Canada | Cat#: TVS 013 | Genre: Doo-Wop, Xmas
Doo-wop around the Christmas tree as the Platters’ heavenly harmonies surround Silver Bells; White Christmas; Deck the Halls; Silent Night; Joy to the World; Blue Christmas; The Christmas Song; Here Comes Santa Claus , and more! Continue reading “The Platters – A Special Christmas Collection (1998)”
Bing Crosby – Bing Crosby’s Christmas Classics (1962) {Reissue 1999}
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Total Size: 231 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Capitol | USA | Cat#: 72435-21433-2-0 | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Xmas
While it does not include Crosby’s biggest hit, the perennial “White Christmas,” this collection of holiday favorites remains a good representation of the singer’s many seasonal recordings. Among the highlights are “Winter Wonderland,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” Any fan of Crosby, as well as good Christmas music in general, will want to hunt this down. Continue reading “Bing Crosby – Bing Crosby’s Christmas Classics (1962) {Reissue 1999}”
Kylie Minogue – Kylie Christmas (2015) {Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD}
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DVD-5 | VIDEO_TS | Video: NTSC 16:9 (720×480) VBR | Audio: LPCM 2.0
Total Size: 1.89 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Parlophone | EU | Cat#: 0825646004881 | Genre: Pop, Xmas
The Kylie experience has become so all-encompassing it’s hard to believe that 2015’s Kylie Christmas is her first holiday album. She and her team do it right, providing a varied and diverse selection of tracks and moods. Continue reading “Kylie Minogue – Kylie Christmas (2015) {Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD}”
Laura Nyro – Time And Love: The Essential Masters (2000) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}
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Total Size: 379 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity, USA | Cat#: AFZ 085 | Genre: Pop
As a 16-song, single-disc best-of, this does the job very nicely for those who want Nyro’s best and most famous songs in one place. Only nine tracks into the CD you’ve already heard “Sweet Blindness,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” “And When I Die,” “Blowin’ Away,” “Eli’s Comin’,” “Stoney End,” and “Stoned Soul Picnic,” which should be enough to convince anyone that Nyro was a major Continue reading “Laura Nyro – Time And Love: The Essential Masters (2000) {2010, Audio Fidelity, HDCD Remastered}”
Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011) {Japanese Edition}
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Total Size: 304 MB (CD) + 415 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music, Japan | Cat#: UICI-1102 | Genre: R&B
The qualities of a vocal genius don’t always become clear when she’s singing classic material. Often as not, her abilities to both personalize and transcend a lifeless song with a stellar performance reveal the character behind the singer. Both Billie Holiday and Otis Redding excelled no matter what they were recording, whether it was a timeless standard or a studio throwaway. This collection of Amy Winehouse material, released to coincide with the first Christmas season after her death in July 2011 Continue reading “Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures (2011) {Japanese Edition}”