This fourth Beatles album has some of their strongest material, though is arguably also marred somewhat by the R&R covers. Yes, the Beatles were a great group, even when they played other people’s music. But much of the original material here is simply to die for. Then again, the insane…
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Booker Ervin
Booker Telleferro Ervin II (October 31, 1930 – August 31, 1970) was an American tenor saxophone player. His tenor playing was characterised by a strong, tough sound and blues/gospel phrasing. He is remembered for his association with bassist Charles Mingus. Ervin later recorded for Blue Note Records and played with…
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Little Feat – Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years (1971-1990) 13CD (2014) [16-44]
By request: This 13-CD box set includes Little Feat’s first ten core albums, the 2002 expanded edition of the acclaimed 1978 live album Waiting for Columbus, and a bonus disc of rarities from the now out-of-print 2000 box set Hotcakes and Outtakes. It spans the entire original run of Feat…
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Bob Weir and John Mayer – August 8, 2022 (FLAC)
Bob Weir and John MayerMonday, August 8, 2022Pine Creek Lodge, Livingston, MT 01 intro02 Friend Of The Devil03 Bertha04 Loser05 Brown-Eyed Women06 El Paso07 Cassidy08 Bird Song09 Uncle John’s Band10 Jack Straw11 Deal12 Terrapin Station13 Eyes of the World14 Not Fade Away RISE FOR THE RIVER
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Samson François – Chopin / Piano Works (2017) [16-44]
Much of Samson François’s pianistic career was devoted to performing and recording the works of Frédéric Chopin. A musician to whom many Chopin scholars are indebted, François was famed for bringing the intricacies of Chopin’s piano works to life, in a way no performer had done before him. Also featuring…
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Yusef Lateef – Live At Pep’s Vol. 1&2 (Impulse 1964) [16-44]
Live at Pep’s is a 1964 album by the American Jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist Yusef Lateef. Other participating musicians in this album were bassist Ernie Farrow, pianist Mike Nock, drummer James Black and trumpeter Richard Williams. This mid-’60s concert was one of Lateef’s finest, as it perfectly displayed his…
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – The Complete Island Recordings (2020) 11CD [16-44]
The long-awaited CD version of the iconic Complete Island Recordings `Zippo’ LP box! The 11CD Box Set includes all nine Bob Marley & The Wailers studio albums recorded for Island Records, featuring their most celebrated releases, including Catch A Fire their 1973 label debut, and Rastaman Vibration their 1976 breakthrough…
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Bob Marley – Songs Of Freedom (1992) 4CD (1999) [16-44]
Originally released as a limited-edition box set in 1992, Songs of Freedom presents an alternate history of Bob Marley’s career, tracing his progression with outtakes, rare singles, alternate mixes, live tracks, and album tracks instead of the songs that formed the bulk of his legacy, as it were. The question…
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Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (2022) Remixed & Remastered [16-44]
This new remix integrates elements from both the original stereo and mono mixes. There are a few reasons for this. One is that the mono mix has elements or slight extensions that are absent from the stereo. Another one is that the extractions from the stereo were not always useable,…
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Harold Mabern Jr. (March 20, 1936 – September 17, 2019) Prestige [16-44]
By any metric, pianist Harold Mabern was a jazz legend. His discography was vast and influential. He toured alongside giants like Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery and Sarah Vaughan. And, since 1981, he served as an instructor at New Jersey’s William Paterson University, where he helped cultivate a generation of talented…
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