Category: R&B

Jamiroquai – Discography (1993-2017)

Jamiroquai - Discography (1993-2017)

Jamiroquai – Discography (1993-2017)
EAC Rip | 22x CDs | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 14.4GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS ALBUMS | SINGLES

Active since the early ’90s, Jamiroquai have amassed a steady stream of hits in their native U.K. and experienced chart success in just about every other area of the world, with an irresistible blend of house rhythms and ’70s-era soul/funk (the latter, especially, leading early on to claims of Stevie Wonder imitations). The band has gone through several lineup changes during its career, but through it all, their leader has remained singer/songwriter Jason Kay (aka J.K.). Continue reading “Jamiroquai – Discography (1993-2017)”

Tower Of Power – Soul Vaccination: Tower Of Power Live (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tower Of Power - Soul Vaccination: Tower Of Power Live (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tower Of Power – Soul Vaccination: Tower Of Power Live (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.92 GB (DSF) + 1.43 GB (FLAC) + 2.96 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: 550 Music / Legacy | US | Cat#: BS 69829 | Genre: Jazz, Soul

The recordings on Soul Vaccination: Live were made during Tower of Power’s 1998 tour. It wasn’t a reunion tour, since ToP never really went away, but they nevertheless hauled such staples as “What Is Hip,” along with selection from latter-day albums. Continue reading “Tower Of Power – Soul Vaccination: Tower Of Power Live (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

B.B. King – Albums Collection [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

B.B. King - Albums Collection [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

B.B. King – Albums Collection [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz / 88.2kHz / 96kHz / 192kHz
18 Albums | Total Size: 28 GB | 3% RAR Recovery

UPDATE: King Of The Blues (1960) & More B.B. King (1961) have been added
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Quincy Jones – The Dude (1981) [2022, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Quincy Jones - The Dude (1981) [2022, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Quincy Jones – The Dude (1981) [2022, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Total Size: 1.68 GB (DSF) + 791 MB (FLAC) + 1.70 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Intervention Records | US | Cat#: IR-SCD 18 | Genre: R&B, Disco

The Dude is mastered direct-to-DSD by Kevin Gray at CoHEARent Audio from the Original Analog Master Tapes, which were acquired from Quincy’s team by Marshall Blonstein of Audio Fidelity. Coming from the tail end of the 100% analog era, The Dude is an amazing recording, and Intervention’s remastering by Kevin Gray brings the big, beautifully nuanced bass home with authority and bounce, while providing the kind of 3D imaging and sonic holography of the best audiophile recordings. A sonic sensation! Continue reading “Quincy Jones – The Dude (1981) [2022, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s The Way Of The World (1975) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World (1975) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s The Way Of The World (1975)
[2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 330 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.05 GB (DSF) + 0.99 GB (FLAC) + 2.09 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2016 | Genre: R&B
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Earth, Wind & Fire has delivered more than its share of excellent albums, but if a person could own only one EWF release, the logical choice would be That’s the Way of the World, which was the band’s best album as well as its best-selling. Continue reading “Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s The Way Of The World (1975) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Tina Turner – Albums Collection (1975-2018)

Tina Turner - Albums Collection (1975-2018)

Tina Turner – Albums Collection (1975-2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Official Digital Release | FLAC Tracks
Total Size: 20.0 GB | Total Discs: 36 | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUM | COMPILATION ALBUMS

One of the most dynamic soul singers in American music history, Tina Turner was a vibrant force from the moment she stepped onstage as lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in the late ’50s. Her gritty and growling performances beat down doors everywhere, looking back to the double-barreled attack of gospel fervor and free-spirited abandon that had originally formed soul in the early ’50s. Continue reading “Tina Turner – Albums Collection (1975-2018)”

VA – The Swing Era: The Music Of 1936-1937: The Movies: Between Vitaphone And Video (1970) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

VA - The Swing Era: The Music Of 1936-1937: The Movies: Between Vitaphone And Video (1970) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

VA – The Swing Era: The Music Of 1936-1937: The Movies: Between Vitaphone And Video (1970)
[CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.10 GB (Hi-Res) + 740 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Time Life Records | US | Cat#: STL 341 | Genre: Swing, Big Band, Rhythm & Blues

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Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973) [2014, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973) [2014, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973) [2014, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 982 MB (Hi-Res) + 296 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Tamla Motown | EU | Cat#: 0050109032617 | Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk

When Stevie Wonder applied his tremendous songwriting talents to the unsettled social morass that was the early ’70s, he produced one of his greatest, most important works, a rich panoply of songs addressing drugs, spirituality, political ethics, the unnecessary perils of urban life, and what looked to be the failure of the ’60s dream — all set within a collection of charts as funky and catchy as any he’d written before. Continue reading “Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973) [2014, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 979 MB (Hi-Res) + 290 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MOFI 1-009 | Genre: Funk, Soul, R&B
Mastered on the GAIN 2 ULTRA ANALOG SYSTEM™

After releasing two “head” records during 1970 and 1971, Stevie Wonder expanded his compositional palette with 1972’s Talking Book to include societal ills as well as tender love songs, and so recorded the first smash album of his career. What had been hinted at on the intriguing project Music of My Mind was here focused into a laser beam of tight songwriting, warm electronic arrangements, and ebullient performances — altogether the most realistic vision of a musical personality ever put to wax, beginning with a disarmingly simple love song, “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (but of course, it’s only the composition that’s simple). Continue reading “Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Larry Williams – The Astonishing… Larry Williams! (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Larry Williams - The Astonishing... Larry Williams! (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Larry Williams – The Astonishing… Larry Williams! (2022) [Official Digital Release]
[Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.11 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RevOla | Genre: R&B, Rock & Roll
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The Shirelles And King Curtis – Give A Twist Party (1962) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

The Shirelles And King Curtis - Give A Twist Party (1962) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

The Shirelles And King Curtis – Give A Twist Party (1962)
[Official Digital Release] [2022, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.73 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RevOla | Genre: Pop, Soul
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The Drifters – The Drifters Chantent Drip Drop (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

The Drifters - The Drifters Chantent Drip Drop (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

The Drifters – The Drifters Chantent Drip Drop (2022)
[Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 657 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RevOla | Genre: R&B
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Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.47 GB (ISO) + 1.44 GB (DSF) + 709 MB (FLAC) + 222 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 249 | Genre: Blues Rock, Soul
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Joe Cocker’s first three A&M albums form the bedrock of a career that spans over three decades. While Cocker certainly wasn’t always in top form during this stretch — thanks to alcohol problems and questionable comeback moves in the ’80s and ’90s — his early records did inform the classic pub rock sound later credited to proto-punk figures like Graham Parker and Brinsley Schwarz. Continue reading “Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits (1970) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits (1970) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits (1970)
[2015, Audio Fidelity Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 371 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.05 GB (ISO) + 5.68 GB (DSF) + 2.28 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity Remaster | US | Cat#: AFZ5 215 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Soul, Funk
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Released in 1970 during the stopgap between Stand! and There’s a Riot Goin’ On, Greatest Hits inadvertently arrived at precisely the right moment, summarizing Sly & the Family Stone’s joyous hit-making run on the pop and R&B charts. Technically, only four songs here reached the Top Ten, with only two others hitting the Top 40, but judging this solely on charts is misleading, since this is simply a peerless singles collection Continue reading “Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits (1970) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Jon Savage’s 1966 The Year The Decade Exploded (2015) [2CD]

Various Artists - Jon Savage’s 1966 The Year The Decade Exploded (2015) [2CD]

Various Artists – Jon Savage’s 1966 The Year The Decade Exploded (2015) [2CD]
XLD Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 554 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Ace | UK | Cat#: CDTOP2 1452 | Genre: Pop Rock, Soul

Assembled by Jon Savage as a soundtrack to his book 1966: The Year The Decade Exploded, Ace’s double-disc set of the same name does indeed bring his words to life, but it’s not necessary to read his book to find this 48-track collection thrilling. The genius behind 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded is in its compilation. Continue reading “Various Artists – Jon Savage’s 1966 The Year The Decade Exploded (2015) [2CD]”