I certainly was in the right!
![Roberta Flack - First Take (1969) [2021, 50th Anniversary, Remastered, WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]](https://i.postimg.cc/B64ZgKbL/folder.jpg "Roberta Flack - First Take (1969) [2021, 50th Anniversary, Remastered, WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]")
Roberta Flack – First Take (1969) [2021, 50th Anniversary, Remastered, WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
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Total Size: 816 MB (CD-Quality) + 7.13 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino / Atlantic | Genre: R&B
Natalie Cole – Thankful (1977) {1980, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 778 MB (Hi-Res) + 221 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-032 | Genre: Soul, Jazz
Thankful could be subtitled the finest hour for Natalie Cole and the songwriting/production duo of Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy. The album flows from track to track. It boasts the beautiful number one R&B/Top Ten pop million-selling ballad “Our Love,” as well as radio-aired tracks: the rousing, gospel-ish “Be Thankful,” ” Just Can’t Stay Away,” the lushly orchestrated torch number “Aint Nothing Stronger Than Love,” and the smooth tropical-flavored “La Costa.” Continue reading “Natalie Cole – Thankful (1977) {1980, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”
Al Jarreau – All Fly Home (1978) {1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
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Total Size: 824 MB (Hi-Res) + 224 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-019 | Genre: Jazz, Soul
Half-Speed Mastered
With a restrained yet potent funk band and a few cameos from luminaries in the jazz world, Al Jarreau gets plenty of opportunities to wrap his rubbery, ever-changing timbre around an agreeable collection of tunes, the majority of which he wrote or co-wrote. Continue reading “Al Jarreau – All Fly Home (1978) {1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”
![The Temptations - Give Love At Christmas (1980) [2016, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]](https://i.postimg.cc/xjtdsjbb/folder.jpg "The Temptations - Give Love At Christmas (1980) [2016, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]")
The Temptations – Give Love At Christmas (1980) [2016, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 222 MB (CD-Quality) + 796 MB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Motown | Genre: R&B, Christmas
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![The Temptations - The Temptations' Christmas Card (1970) [2015, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]](https://i.postimg.cc/zfc5138y/folder.jpg "The Temptations - The Temptations' Christmas Card (1970) [2015, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]")
The Temptations – The Temptations’ Christmas Card (1970) [2015, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]
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Total Size: 253 MB (CD-Quality) + 790 MB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Motown | Genre: R&B, Christmas
Continue reading “The Temptations – The Temptations’ Christmas Card (1970) [2015, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”
![Stevie Wonder - The Best Of Stevie Wonder: The Christmas Collection (2004) [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]](https://i.postimg.cc/rF6M3ymK/folder.jpg "Stevie Wonder - The Best Of Stevie Wonder: The Christmas Collection (2004) [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]")
Stevie Wonder – The Best Of Stevie Wonder: The Christmas Collection (2004)
[2015, Reissue, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
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Total Size: 2.80 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Motown | Genre: R&B, Christmas
Continue reading “Stevie Wonder – The Best Of Stevie Wonder: The Christmas Collection (2004) [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”
![The Supremes - Merry Christmas (1965) [2015, Reissue, WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]](https://i.postimg.cc/h4yzgRk9/folder.jpg "The Supremes - Merry Christmas (1965) [2015, Reissue, WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]")
The Supremes – Merry Christmas (1965) [2015, Reissue, WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
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Total Size: 235 MB (CD-Quality) + 2.13 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Motown | Genre: R&B, Christmas
Christmas albums are usually done to appease recording artists who have had some success; they rarely sell well because the holiday season is short, but some disprove the stereotype and sell seemingly forever — like this one. The Supremes put their warm harmonies on 12 classic Christmas songs, everything from “White Christmas” to a rousing “Joy to the World.” Diana Ross’ angelic, sweet, innocent voice is a perfect match for favorites like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.” Continue reading “The Supremes – Merry Christmas (1965) [2015, Reissue, WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”
![Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) [2019, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]](https://i.postimg.cc/YS01xsMb/dd.jpg "Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) [2019, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]")
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971) [2019, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 3.16 GB (Hi-Res) + 758 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL | UltraDisc One-Step | US | Cat#: UD1S 2-008 | Genre: R&B, Soul
Named the 6th best album in music history by Rolling Stone, Marvin Gaye’s staggeringly influential What’s Going On is pure soul genius and an ageless document about urban ills, employment issues, environmental concerns, and social responsibilities that’s as relevant today as it was upon release in 1971. At once, the singer both revolutionized Motown’s cache and upped the ante for his fellow artists. Continue reading “Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971) [2019, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”
![Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) [2003, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]](https://i.postimg.cc/LsZb4jZn/folder.jpg "Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) [2003, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]")
Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On (1973) [2003, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
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Total Size: 1.90 GB (ISO) + 2.13 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Motown | US | Cat#: B0000935-36 | Genre: Funk, Soul
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![Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983) [2000, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]](https://i.postimg.cc/wv5XcyBF/folder.jpg "Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983) [2000, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]")
Herbie Hancock – Future Shock (1983) {2000, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
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Total Size: 1.57 GB (ISO) + 779 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: SME Records | Japan | Cat#: SRGS 4536 | Genre: Soul, Funk
Much of the album was initially composed by the team of avant-garde bassist and record producer Bill Laswell, and keyboardist and producer Michael Beinhorn, and played on tour by their group Material in 1982, as a precursor to recording the follow-up album to Material’s One Down album (on which Whitney Houston was the lead singer on a cover of the Soft Machine song “Memories”). Continue reading “Herbie Hancock – Future Shock (1983) [2000, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”
VA – Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion And Its Aftershocks 1963-1967 (2018) {Box Set}
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Total Size: 1.94 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: RPM Records | UK | Cat#: RPMBX541 | Genre: Oldies, Rhythm & Blues, Pop Rock
Six CD set. British Beat was the term adopted to describe the exciting new sounds out of Liverpool and other cities in the wake of The Beatles’ explosion onto the world stage in 1963/64. Named after the slang term forever associated with The Beatles, this mammoth 6-CD box set offers around 180 tracks in chronological order from the mid-1960s, many of which are new to CD and some of which are previously unissued. Continue reading “VA – Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion And Its Aftershocks 1963-1967 (2018) {Box Set}”
Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {2016, Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
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Total Size: 238 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.02 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.57 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 828 MB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPJ 084 SA | Genre: Jazz-Funk
Head Hunters was a pivotal point in Herbie Hancock’s career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed avant-garde boundaries on his own albums and with Miles Davis, but he had never devoted himself to the groove as he did on Head Hunters. Drawing heavily from Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and James Brown, Hancock developed deeply funky, even gritty, rhythms over which he soloed on electric synthesizers, bringing the instrument to the forefront in jazz. Continue reading “Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {2016, Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}”
![Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On (1971) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]](https://i.postimg.cc/DfXqVkz9/folder.jpg "Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On (1971) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]")
Sly & The Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On (1971) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
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Total Size: 1.98 GB (ISO) + 956 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ORG Music | US | Cat#: ORGM-1079 | Genre: Funk, Soul
It’s easy to write off There’s a Riot Goin’ On as one of two things — Sly Stone’s disgusted social commentary or the beginning of his slow descent into addiction. It’s both of these things, of course, but pigeonholing it as either winds up dismissing the album as a whole, since it is so bloody hard to categorize. Continue reading “Sly & The Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On (1971) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”
![Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]](https://i.postimg.cc/HWzd0RHZ/folder.jpg "Isaac Hayes - Shaft (1971) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]")
Isaac Hayes – Shaft (1971) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
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Total Size: 2.89 GB (ISO) + 1.39 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Stax | US | Cat#: SXSA-88002-6 | Genre: Funk, Jazz, Soundtrack
Of the many wonderful blaxpoitation soundtracks to emerge during the early ’70s, Shaft certainly deserves mention as not only one of the most lasting but also one of the most successful. Isaac Hayes was undoubtedly one of the era’s most accomplished soul artists, having helped elevate Stax to its esteemed status; therefore, his being chosen to score such a high-profile major-studio film shouldn’t seem like a surprise. Continue reading “Isaac Hayes – Shaft (1971) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”
![Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]](https://i.postimg.cc/63dHtrjT/folder.jpg "Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]")
Isaac Hayes – The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
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Total Size: 1.50 GB (ISO) + 720 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Stax | US | Cat#: SXSA-1010-6 | Genre: Funk, Soul
Although this is Isaac Hayes’ third long-player, he had long been a staple of the Memphis R&B scene — primarily within the Stax coterie — where his multiple talents included instrumentalist, arranger, and composer of some of the most beloved soul music of the ’60s. Along with his primary collaborator, David Porter, Hayes was responsible for well over 200 sides — including the genre-defining “When Something Is Wrong With My Baby,” “Soul Man,” “B-A-B-Y,” “Hold On, I’m Comin’,” and “I Had a Dream.” As a solo artist however, Hayes redefined the role of the long-player with his inimitably smooth narrative style of covering classic pop and R&B tracks, many of which would spiral well over ten minutes. Continue reading “Isaac Hayes – The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”