Category: R&B

Al Jarreau – All Fly Home (1978) {1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Al Jarreau - All Fly Home (1978) {1979, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Al Jarreau – All Fly Home (1978) {1979, 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: 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]

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]

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]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 253 MB (CD-Quality) + 790 MB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Motown | Genre: R&B, Christmas
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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]

Stevie Wonder – The Best Of Stevie Wonder: The Christmas Collection (2004)
[2015, Reissue, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz
Total Size: 2.80 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Motown | Genre: R&B, Christmas
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The Supremes – Merry Christmas (1965) [2015, Reissue, WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

The Supremes - Merry Christmas (1965) [2015, Reissue, WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

The Supremes – Merry Christmas (1965) [2015, Reissue, WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
WEB Download | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz
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 – 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]

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
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
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]

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
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
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}

VA - Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion And Its Aftershocks 1963-1967 (2018) {Box Set}

VA – Fab Gear: The British Beat Explosion And Its Aftershocks 1963-1967 (2018) {Box Set}
EAC Rip | 6xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
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}”

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]

Sly & The Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On (1971) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
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 – The Isaac Hayes Movement (1970) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

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
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
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]”

Billy Paul – Live In Europe (1974) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Billy Paul - Live In Europe (1974) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Billy Paul – Live In Europe (1974) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.38. GB (ISO) + 1.19 GB (FLAC Mch) + 579 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | Austria | Cat#: CDSML 8546 | Genre: R&B, Soul

Former jazz vocalist Billy Paul found R&B success in the ’70s on Philadelphia International doing a mix of anguished ballads, sophisticated originals, and reworked standards. But Paul was not a great live vocalist either as a jazz or soul singer, something that was evident on this mid-’70s set. Continue reading “Billy Paul – Live In Europe (1974) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Miracles – Love Crazy & The Miracles (2020) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Miracles - Love Crazy & The Miracles (2020) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Miracles – Love Crazy & The Miracles (2020) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.35 GB (ISO) + 1.58 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.27 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | Austria | Cat#: CDSML 8569 | Genre: R&B
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Donna Summer – Encore (2020) {Limited Edition, Remastered, Box Set}

Donna Summer - Encore (2020) {Limited Edition, Remastered, Box Set}

Donna Summer – Encore (2020) {Limited Edition, Remastered, Box Set}
EAC Rip | 33xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 13.1 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Driven By The Music | EU | Cat#: DBTMCDBOX02 | Genre: Pop, Disco, R&B

A new comprehensive 33CD box set, Encore, brings together remastered versions all of Donna Summer‘s 17 studio albums and offer eight bonus discs of rarities and non-album material. Continue reading “Donna Summer – Encore (2020) {Limited Edition, Remastered, Box Set}”

Average White Band – AWB (1974) {1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Average White Band - AWB (1974) {1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Average White Band – AWB (1974) {1995, 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: 896 MB (Hi-Res) + 262 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | USA | Cat#: MFSL 1-245 | Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk
Half-Speed mastered

After debuting with 1973’s excellent but neglected Show Your Hand (later reissued as Put It Where You Want It), the Average White Band switched from MCA to Atlantic and hit big with this self-titled gem. Upon first hearing gutsy, Tower of Power-influenced funk like “Person to Person” and the instrumental “Pick Up the Pieces” (a number one R&B hit), many soul fans were shocked to learn that not only were the bandmembers white — they were whites from Scotland. Continue reading “Average White Band – AWB (1974) {1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”