Jazz Funk Soul (Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, Everette Harp) – Jazz Funk Soul (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:03 minutes | 0,99 GB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | @ Shanachie Entertainment
Recorded: JHL Sound, Pacific Palisades CA, Automotive Recording, Irvington NY, Rue Harp Studios LA, CA

Jazz Funk Soul is the new Smooth Jazz super group featuring 3 of the most important hit makers on the scene today: Jeff Lorber, Everett Harp and Chuck Loeb. As artists and producers they are responsible for selling millions of albums and scoring close to 50 #1 Smooth Jazz radio hits! As a touring ensemble, they are wowing audiences from coast to coast.

Jeff Lorber is famous for launching the career of Kenny G and his productions and collaborations with such greats as Dave Koz, Janet Jackson, Lalah Hathaway and Miles Davis. He is one of the most sought after producers and performers in Jazz! Chuck Loeb is widely regarded as one of the finest guitarists ever. Both as a solo artist and as the producer and lead guitarist of the iconic group Fourplay, Loeb has amassed an astonishing record of Smooth Jazz hits! Everette Harp has recorded and shared the stage with such musical giants as Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, Billy Joel and Patti LaBelle. A hit maker in his own right, Jazziz magazine hails his “amazing virtuosity” and Jazz Times calls him “a rare talent.”

Since Jazz Funk Soul began touring in 2013, the popularity of the group and the audience’s enthusiasm has been tremendous. This new album was created to satisfy the demand from their growing audience. Jazz Funk Soul is overflowing with soaring saxophone solos, brilliant guitar riffs, super funky piano riffs and incredibly compelling melodies. Highlights include the soon to be hit single, “In The Moment,” the sensuous Loeb original “Feel Me,” the high spirited romp “All Over” and much more!!

Tracklist:
1 Speed of Light 04:31
2 Swingette 05:09
3 Adrenaline 04:29
4 Silent Partner 06:25
5 Telephone 04:26
6 We Were There 05:49
7 Line Drive 04:27
8 Serious Business 04:34
9 D.C. 04:15
10 Raccoon 04:58

Personnel:
Jeff Lorber – keyboards, synth bass, rhythm guitar, Rhodes, piano
Chuck Loeb – guitars, keyboards, bass
Everette Harp – alto saxophone, EWI, keys, synth bass, soprano saxophone
Additional:
Gary Novak, Brian Dunne, Lionel Cordew – drums
Dave Mann – horns
Lenny Castro – congas, percussion
James Genus – acoustic bass, bass
A. Ray “The Weeper” Fuller – rhythm guitars
Till Bronner – trumpet
Mark Hollingsworth – flutes
John Patitucci, Jimmy Haslip – bass

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JD Allen – Graffiti (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 45:56 minutes | 537 MB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Front cover | @ Savant Records
Recorded January 8, 2015 at Tedesco Studios in Paramus, NJ.

Tenor saxophonist JD Allen’s latest release featuring Gregg August and Rudy Royston consisting of nine original tracks.

JD Allen’s career ascendence suggests that he’s making plenty of the right choices. The native of Detroit has been on the New York scene since 1993, when his youthful precociousness earned him a spot in “Jazz Ahead”, the singer Betty Carter’s acclaimed touring program for up-and-comers. TimeOut New York says he will “remind you of giants like Coltrane and Rollins but placing a special kind of premium on concision, directness and accessibility.” The Chicago Reader adds, “Allen has gravitated toward a more brooding, elliptical approach with a strong jolt of John Coltrane at his most probing.” Finally, JD is, in the words of Connecticut’s WNPR, “A man for all seasons,” who “plays ballads with warmth, beauty and truth, grooves hard in a post-bop mode or wails in a free jazz setting with passion saturated with the soulful spirituality, grace and inspired abandon recalling the power and the glory of John Coltrane.” One of the telltale symbols of his upward trajectory is the fact that his trio, bassist Gregg August (lead bass chair in the Brooklyn Philharmonic) and drummer Rudy Royston (a much sought-after rhythm power since relocating to New York from Denver), has remained solid throughout his rise.

Tracklist:
1 Naked 04:02
2 Jawn Henry 05:57
3 Third Eye 07:45
4 Graffiti 04:22
5 G-dspeed, B. Morris 04:12
6 Little Mack 02:25
7 Sonny Boy 06:08
8 Indigo (Blue Like) 04:13
9 Disambiguation 06:52

Personnel:
JD Allen – tenor saxophone
Gregg August – bass
Rudy Royston – drums

Production:
Producer: JD Allen
Recording engineer: Tom Tedesco
Mastering engineer: Katsuhiko Naito

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Alexis Cole – A Kiss In The Dark (2014) [Binaural+]
DSD128 (.dsf) 1 bit/5,6 MHz | Time – 53:31 minutes | 3,05 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 53:32 minutes | 2,12 GB
Genre: Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ Chesky Records

Called “one of the great voices of today”, Alexis Cole has been compared to classic jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Anita O’Day. Her luxurious voice and innovative interpretations make her an instant favorite with audiences of all ages. Cole is the recipient of a Swing Journal Gold Disk award, and has won the NY Jazzmobile and Montreux Jazz Festival vocal competitions…

This time out, Alexis Cole goes further back in time with her quartet of guitarist Saul Rubin, saxophonist/clarinetist Dan Block, bassist Pat O’Leary and drummer Phil Stewart to a more genteel time when sheet music was the most common method of dissemination of popular tunes. With her relaxed style, clear articulation, unhurried, conversational approach and allknowing sense of cool, Cole and her crew strike a swinging accord on nuggets like “Ain’t We Got Fun,” “Bimini Bay,” “Whippoor­will,” the buoyantly swinging title track and ten other tunes from yesteryear in this engaging retro revue. Everything goes down nice ‘n’ easy on this luxurious outing, and Alexis delivers with timeless charm from track to track.

Part of the Chesky Binaural + Series, all recorded with a single microphone, the band and singer appear right before you with this spacious, lush and multidimensional recording. You will hear some of the most natural and pure vocals ever recorded of a jazz singer.

Tracklist:
01 – Ain’t We Got Fun
02 – Whip-poor-will
03 – Do You Ever Think Of Me
04 – Limehouse Blues
05 – Chicago, that Toddlin’ Town
06 – Bimini Bay
07 – Nobody Knows You When You are Down and Out
08 – After You’ve Gone
09 – There’s a Broken for Every Light on Broadway
10 – A Kiss in the Dark
11 – Indian Summer
12 – Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday
13 – Let the Rest of the World Go By
14 – Till We Meet Again

Produced by David Chesky. Recording, editing and mastering engineer: Nicholas Prout.
Recorded December 19, 2013 at the Hirsch Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Recorded using a B&K Binaural head, MSB A/D Converter, and Crystal microphone cable.

Musicians:
Alexis Cole – vocals
Dan Block – saxophone, clarinet
Saul Rubin – guitar
Pat O’Leary – bass
Phil Stewart – drums

This album was made with the purest audio path, using the very best microphones, mic preamps, analog-to-digital converters, recorders, and cables with careful attention to detail to produce the most transparent and natural sound available today.

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High Risk (feat. Dave Douglas) – Dark Territory (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 40:13 minutes | 446 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: Bandcamp | Artwork: Digital booklet

Dark Territory is a collection of new music from the creative electronic-inspired ensemble High Risk. Following the success of the group’s eponymous release in 2015, this new album continues to explore the intersection of creative improvisation and modern electronic music production to create a unique sound that Pitchfork described as, “simultaneously chill and surprising, it’s the sound of a group discovering a valid language, and then proceeding to push the limits of that new aesthetic”.

Lead a highly experimental musician, two-time GRAMMY nominated trumpeter Dave Douglas, who’s has spent his career investigating sounds often far outside the acoustic jazz tradition, the album once again features Jonathan Maron (Groove Collective) on electric and acoustic bass, Mark Guiliana (Beat Music, Heernt, David Bowie) on electric and acoustic drums and DJ, producer and beatmaker Shigeto (Ghostly International) on electronics.

The material was recorded by five-time GRAMMY nominated Geoff Countryman (Dr. Luke, Patti LaBelle, Wu-Tang Clan, Randy Brecker, Gregory Porter, Fred Hersch) and mixed by Steve Wall (Semi Precious Weapons, Matisyahu, Meshell Ndegeocello), and mastered by Mark Wilder.

Tracklist:
01 – Celine
02 – All The Pretty Horsepower
03 – Let’s Get One Thing Straight
04 – Mission Acropolis
05 – Ridge Hill
06 – Neural
07 – Loom Large

Musicians:
Dave Douglas – trumpet
Shigeto – electronics
Jonathan Maron – bass
Mark Guiliana – drums

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Jeff Bradshaw – Home: One Special Night At The Kimmel Center (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 1:18:47 minutes | 893 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ Shanachie Entertainment

Acclaimed trombonist Jeff Bradshaw came “home” to The Kimmel Center for a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of great artists from the worlds of R&B, Jazz and Gospel; the resulting concert, presented in all its glory here, delivers electrifying performances by Jeff, Robert Glasper, Marsha Ambrosius, Black Thought of The Roots, Will Downing, Kim Burrell, Bilal, Kenny Lattimore, Tweet, Eric Roberson, Take 6, Najee and Trombone Shorty, all backed by a 20 piece orchestra.

Jeff Bradshaw is an award winning trombone player, recording artist and bandleader who has performed and recorded with Jill Scott, Jay Z, Michael Jackson, The Roots, Marsha Ambrosius and many more. Jeff has been at the center of the Neo soul movement that emerged out of Philadelphia, becoming an important influencer of that eclectic scene. Like recent best sellers by Robert Glasper, his two acclaimed solo albums have delivered a unique fusion of R&B, Jazz and Gospel.

For Home, which is co produced by Robert Glasper, Bradshaw brought together a stellar lineup of great vocalists and musicians backed by a killer 20 piece band at Philadelphia s premiere arts venue, The Kimmel Center, for a once in a lifetime performance recorded in front of a rapturous sold out audience. Highlights include Kim Burrell s stunning 9 minute performance of Love, Marsha Ambrosius emotional rendition of a previously unrecorded original song, and Bilal s intense version of the Enchantment s classic Where Do We Go From Here. The album includes a bonus cut studio version of All Time Love featuring Tweet, Robert Glasper and Eric Roberson.

Tracklist:
01 – Open Your Eyes (Intro)
02 – All Time Love
03 – I Do Sincerely
04 – Love
05 – N.O. Groove
06 – Break You Off
07 – All This Love
08 – Where Do We Go From Here
09 – My Forever
10 – Beyond The Stars
11 – What Must I Do
12 – For Grover
13 – The World Is A Ghetto (Outro)
14 – All Time Love (Studio Version)

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Jessy J – My One And Only One (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:09 minutes | 657 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download  – Source: HDTracks | Artwork: Digital booklet | @ Shanachie Entertainment

Saxophonist, vocalist, songwriter Jessy J is one of the brightest stars on the Smooth Jazz scene. Her combination of extraordinary musical talents and exciting live performances have garnered her several Smooth Jazz radio #1s, a #1 Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart position, Billboard’s and R&R’s Contemporary Jazz Song Of The Year Award and more. She also performs before millions as the saxophonist on television’s The Voice, and has appeared on American Idol as well. My One And Only One is Jessy J’s most deliciously grooving, sensuous, creative work to date. Produced by the great Paul Brown (George Benson, Boney James, Peter White), the album features special guest, Grammy winning keyboardist Gregg Karukas. Highlights include Jessy’s sensitive re-imaginings of Adele’s “Lovesong,” Toni Braxton’s “You’re Makin’ Me High,” the R&B classic “Strawberry Letter 23” plus 7 great Jessy J originals!

Tracklist:
1 Una Mas 03:38
2 My One And Only One 04:15
3 Lovesong 05:16
4 The Tango Boy 04:27
5 Paraiso 03:52
6 Back To Basics 06:16
7 You’re Makin’ Me High 06:24
8 Siempre 04:53
9 Cuba 04:28
10 Strawberry Letter 23 04:40

Personnel:
Jessy J – Arranger, Composer, Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Vocals
Frank Abraham – Bass
Alex Al – Bass
Michael Angel – Guitar
Paul Brown – Arranger, Guest Artist, Guitar, Mixing
Oskar Cartaya – Bass
Richie Gajate Garcia – Percussion
Sergio Gonzalez – Drums
Jay Gore – Guitar (Rhythm)
Ronnie Gutierrez – Percussion
Iajhi Hampden – Drums
Taku Hirano – Percussion
Dave Hooper – Drums
Norman Jackson – Keyboards, Strings
Gregg Karukas – Guest Artist, Keyboards, Strings
Janis Liebhart – Vocals (Background)
Michael Ripoll – Arranger, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Programming, Vocals
Ruslan Sirota – Arranger, Piano
Lee Thornberg – Brass, Horn Arrangements
Roberto Vally – Bass
Zoux – Keyboards

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Jethro Tull – Benefit (1970/2013/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 1:08:06 minutes | 1,3 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download  – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | @ Parlophone UK

This 40th anniversary special edition was remixed and remastered by Steve Wilson.

Britain’s Jethro Tull sowed the seeds that would become its flowering brand of progressive rock three albums into their career. Their third album, 1969’s Benefit, is a welcome transition away from the blues-rock that characterized their earlier material. Despite a tumultuous line-up change that severed ties with the group’s bassist, the addition of organist John Evan would more than compensate for the loss. The RIAA would certify the record Gold nearly a year after its release, recognizing the sale of over 500,000 copies. Reaching #3 on the UK charts and #11 stateside on the Billboard Hot 200, Benefit gained attention for its notable use of advanced studio techniques. The unmistakable voice and musicianship of frontman and producer Ian Anderson still resonates on the album over forty years later. The record’s ambitious nature and signature sound served as a precursor to Jethro Tull’s revered album Aqualung, but should be regarded as an excellent display of sonic ingenuity nonetheless.

Tracklist:
01 – With You There to Help Me
02 – Nothing To Say
03 – Alive And Well And Living In
04 – Son
05 – For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me
06 – To Cry You A Song
07 – A Time For Everything
08 – Inside
09 – Play In Time
10 – Sossity You’re A Woman
11 – Singing All Day
12 – Sweet Dream
13 – 17
14 – Teacher (UK Stereo)
15 – Teacher (US Stereo)

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Jethro Tull – Too Old To Rock ‘N’ Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976) {Deluxe Edition 2015} [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

ZAZ – Recto Verso (2013) [Deluxe Edition]
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:50 minutes | 1,08 GB
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“Isabelle Geffroy, better known by the nickname Zaz, is a French singer-songwriter mixing jazzy styles, French variety, soul and acoustic. Her vocals are often compared to those of Edith Piaf. Recto Verso is her second studio album. The album was Zaz’s first album in three years, after her eponymous début, released in 2010. It débuted on the French Album Chart at #2 and to date has spawned two singles, “On ira” and “Si”. Musically, it is largely in a similar style to Zaz’s début album. The title refers to the two sides of Zaz’s personality, which she wished to express in the music of the album.

Tracklist:

01. On ira
02. Comme ci, comme ça
03. Gamine
04. T’attends quoi
05. La lessive
06. J’ai tant escamoté
07. Déterre
08. Toujours
09. Si je perds
10. Si
11. Oublie Loulou
12. Cette journée
13. Nous debout
14. La lune
Deluxe Bonus tracks:
15. La part d’ombre
16. Le retour du soleil
17. Laissez-moi

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Kenny Rogers – Once Again It’s Christmas (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:09 minutes | 463 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download  – Source: HDTracks | Front Cover | @ Warner Bros. Records

Featuring Alison Krauss, Jennifer Nettles, Home Free Jim Brickman, Winfield’s Locket alongside the country legend for his first country album in 17 years.

Country music icon Kenny Rogers offers up his first Christmas collection since 1998’s Christmas from the Heart. His sixth holiday-themed album overall, Once Again It’s Christmas features a number of guest performers including Alison Krauss, Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles, vocal group Home Free, pianist Jim Brickman, and country-pop duo Winfield’s Locket. The festive collection marks Rogers’ return to recording holiday music, a genre he’s been quite close to over the years both sentimentally and commercially. The album’s autumn 2015 release preceded his annual Christmas & Hits Tour, which entered its 35th year in November. –AllMusic Review by Timothy Monger

Tracklist:
1 Once Again It’s Christmas 03:57
2 There’s A New Kid In Town (feat. Winfield’s Locket) 03:51
3 Here It Is Christmas – Baby, It’s Cold Outside (feat. Jennifer Nettles) 02:55
4 Little Drummer Boy 03:20
5 Back To Bethlehem 03:42
6 Winter Wonderland 03:50
7 Some Children See Him (feat. Alison Krauss) 04:24
8 I’ll Be Home For Christmas 02:46
9 Children, Go Where I Send Thee (feat. Home Free) 04:34
10 That Silent Night (feat. Jim Brickman) 03:42
11 The Light 04:08

Personnel:
Kenny Rogers – Vocals, Guitar
Pat Bergeson – Harmonica
Paul Brainard – Pedal Steel
Mike Braun, Steve Brewster – Drums
Jim Brickman – Featured Artist, Piano
Pat Coil – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, Piano, Synthesizer
Eric Darken – Percussion
Randy Dorman – Arranger, Guitar (Electric)
Tim Ellis – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Larry Hall – Arranger, Orchestra, Primary Artist
Colby Hendricks – Bass
Leslie Martin Henke – Group Member, Vocals
John Hobbs – Fender Rhodes, Piano, Synthesizer
Home Free – Featured Artist, Vocals
Alison Krauss – Featured Artist, Vocals
Brent Mason – Guitar (Electric)
Jennifer Nettles – Featured Artist, Vocals
Russ Pahl – Pedal Steel
Denis Solee – Sax (Tenor)
Bryan Sutton – Guitar (Acoustic), Mandocello
Brooke Martin Thames – Group Member, Vocals
George Tidwell – Trumpet
Troy Welstad – Hammond B3
Bergen White – Arranger, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Harmony
John Willis – Guitar (Acoustic)
Lonnie Wilson – Drums
Winfield’s Locket – Featured Artist

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KISS – Unmasked (1980/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:55 minutes | 1,6 GB | Genre: Rock
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Unmasked is the eighth studio album by American hard rock band Kiss, released in 1980. It was the last studio album to feature the original lineup of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss until the band reunited in 1996. Criss actually had no involvement with the recording of the album; Anton Fig (uncredited) played all the drums on the album.

Although Unmasked was certified gold shortly after its release in the U.S., it quickly fell off the charts. Deciding factors included the band’s failure to mount a stateside tour, the fact that the majority of the compositions on Unmasked were easily forgettable, and longtime fans’ weariness with Kiss’ attempts to branch out into other musical styles. Vini Poncia was on board as producer again, and again he replaces the raw, heavy rock of earlier Kiss releases with pop gloss. Several tracks are indeed strong, and would have benefited greatly by a more direct sound, such as “Is That You?”, “Talk to Me”, “Two Sides of the Coin”, “Naked City”, and the single, “Shandi”. But there’s more filler on Unmasked than the average Kiss release – “What Makes the World Go ‘Round”, “Tomorrow”, and “She’s So European” are tedious and predictable, both compositionally and sonically. Again, session drummer Anton Fig fills in for Peter Criss, who would officially split from the band soon after the album’s release (eventually replaced by Eric Carr). Although the band’s popularity dwindled in their homeland, they embarked on a massively successful European and Australian tour, where Unmasked was a huge hit, until year’s end.

Tracklist:
01 – Is That You?
02 – Shandi
03 – Talk To Me
04 – Naked City
05 – What Makes The World Go Round
06 – Tomorrow
07 – Two Sides Of The Coin
08 – She’s So European
09 – Easy As It Seems
10 – Torpedo Girl
11 – You’re All That I Want

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Kristin Berardi – Where Or When (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:26 minutes | 521 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Artwork: Front cover | @ ABC Jazz

Kristin Berardi is acknowledged as one of Australia’s finest jazz singers. Twice winner of the Australian Bell Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Kristin has toured extensively throughout Australia and internationally – and now presents her new album, recorded with a hand-picked band of homegrown musicians.

Where or When is a collection of songs that showcase Berardi’s astonishing vocal talents. The intimacy of the band is heightened by the decision to record without drums, anchoring the album’s sound in Sam Anning’s rich bass.

Tracklist:
01 – Where or When
02 – Lucky 13
03 – Suzanne
04 – Born to Be Blue
05 – Brad
06 – Unity Village
07 – Cool Baby
08 – Limbo
09 – Is It Ok for Clowns to Cry?
10 – Young at Heart

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Kylie Minogue – Kylie Christmas {Deluxe} (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:10 minutes | 592 MB | Genre: Holiday, Pop
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Artwork: Front cover | @ Parlophone UK

Recorded at Angel Studios and Sarm Music Village, the album features 13 tracks – including several duets and a mix of original and classic songs. Kylie has enlisted the help of her sister Dannii Minogue for the deluxe version of the album, recording the brand new song 100 degrees – set to be a disco Christmas classic! James Corden features on Yazoo’s brilliant ‘Only You’, Iggy Pop joins Kylie on the Waitresses festive hit, ‘Christmas Wrapping’ while Frank Sinatra posthumously completes the roll call of collaborators, appearing on ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’.

All tracks on the album were produced by Kylie’s long-standing musical director Steve Anderson, except ‘White December’ and ‘Cried Out Christmas’ which were produced by Matt Prime and ‘Everyday’s Like Christmas’ by Stargate. Three brand new tracks feature on the main album, ‘White December’, ‘Christmas Isn’t Christmas ‘Til You Get Here’ and ‘Every Day’s Like Christmas’ and a further three on the deluxe edition – ‘Oh Santa’, ‘100 Degrees’ and ‘Cried Out Christmas’. Ranging from slow and sultry to disco, all six of the tracks truly encompass the Christmas spirit.

Tracklist:
1. It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 02:45
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (feat. Frank Sinatra) 02:16
3. Winter Wonderland 01:54
4. Christmas Wrapping (with Iggy Pop) 05:05
5. Only You (with James Corden) 03:06
6. I’m Gonna Be Warm This Winter 02:30
7. Every Day’s Like Christmas 04:13
8. Let It Snow 01:56
9. White December 03:08
10. 2000 Miles 03:35
11. Santa Baby 03:22
12. Christmas Isn’t Christmas ‘Til You Get Here 03:04
13. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 03:22
14. Oh Santa 02:38
15. 100 Degrees (with Dannii Minogue) 04:31
16. Cried Out Christmas 03:45

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Lexi Walker – Merry Christmas (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 24:50 minutes | 282 MB | Genre: Pop, Holiday, Christmas
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Sony Music Masterworks imprint Portrait Records signs singing sensation Lexi Walker, the dynamic 13-year-old whose performance of “Let It Go” from Frozen has received over 72 million YouTube views.
Lexi’s holiday-themed debut album Merry Christmas, available November 20, features traditional and new holiday songs from both sides of the Atlantic, including “O Holy Night,” “Christmastime Is Here,” “Pat A Pan,” “When a Child is Born,” plus “We Need a Little Christmas” from Broadway’s Mame. It also includes her rendition of the hit “Let It Go” and more.

At just 13 years old, the eighth-grade redhead has not only starred in a viral video of “Let It Go,” she has performed on America’s Got Talent with the One Voice Children’s Choir and sung with The Piano Guys, Kristin Chenoweth, Lindsey Stirling, and David Archuleta. She recently opened for Idina Menzel at a benefit concert in Utah. Lexi’s rendition of the national anthem at a Real Salt Lake soccer game also reached millions of viewers, and she’ll be belting out “The Star-Spangled Banner” again at the San Francisco 49ers-Arizona Cardinals NFL game on November 29.

Lexi has been singing ever since she can remember. Her grandmother recalls Lexi at two years old, sitting in a gift shop singing along with a stuffed bear that played the Beatles tune “I Will,” over and over until a crowd started to gather. A veteran voice teacher, her grandmother realized right then that she had another talented young singer to nurture.

Since then, Lexi’s explosive young career has included performances on Good Morning America, The Queen Latifah Show, CBS New York’s The Couch, and numerous TV news programs. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, the Disney Christmas Day Parade, and Christmas for the Troops at the Kennedy Center. Based in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, she has toured Japan and the East Coast, and looks forward to bringing her music to new audiences both close to home and around the world – all while continuing to study her favorite subjects (math, science, and art) and eating plenty of sushi and Thai food along the way.

Tracklist:
1 When a Child is Born 03:03
2 Christmastime is Here 03:11
3 It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 03:29
4 O Holy Night 00:04:55
5 Pat A Pan 03:33
6 We Need a Little Christmas 03:37
7 Let It Go (Bonus Track) 03:02

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Light of Gold – A Cappella SF Christmas, Ragnar Bohlin (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 57:03 minutes | 948 MB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded: August 29 – September 1, 2014, St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco

Internationally renowned (and GRAMMY-award winning) conductor Ragnar Bohlin founded Cappella SF, a professional chamber choir, in 2014. Since then, this select Bay Area-based ensemble has presented four concerts to tremendous critical acclaim and recorded music for two CDs – including this, their first commercial release. With Cappella SF, maestro Bohlin strives to showcase the choral riches of all musical periods at the highest artistic level. And concertgoers lucky enough to have heard them in concert will confirm that this superb new choir is doing just that.

This marvelous holiday program, with music spanning more than a millennium, has something for everybody. In addition to beloved traditional seasonal standards in striking arrangements, listeners will also take great delight in both original compositions and arrangements from top-tier English and American composers as well as leading choral masters from Bohlin’s native country of Sweden – to include a piece composed for Cappella SF by Fredrik Sixten that’s heard here in its world premiere recording.

Tracklist:
1. Veni, veni, Emmanuel, arr. Ragnar Bohlin (1:51)
2. Michael Praetorius: Psallite unigenito (1:35)
3. Lo, how a Rose, arr. Mårten Jansson (3:43)
4. In dulci jubilo, arr. Bartholomeus Gesius and J.S. Bach (1:28)
5. Silent Night, arr. Hanns Miessner (3:23)
6. Ding, dong! Merrily on high, arr. Sir David Willcocks (1:54)
7. Benjamin Britten: Balulalow (1:27)
8. Britten: This little babe (1:34)
9. The first Nowell, arr. Willcocks (5:05)
10. John Rutter: Candlelight carol (4:15)
11. Audete, gaudete, arr. Ward Swingle (1:28)
12. Fredrik Sixten: There is no rose (5:46)
13. Sixten: The song of the star* (1:35)
14. Folke Bohlin: Look! Shepherds of Bethlehem (3:19)
15. Gustaf Nordqvist: Jul, jul, strålande jul (2:59)
16. David Conte: Patapan (1:33)
17. Conte: O magnum mysterium (3:20)
18. Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque (4:07)
19. Go tell it on the mountain, arr. Ragnar Bohlin (1:45)
20. Have yourself a merry little Christmas, arr. Barlow Bradford (4:56)

Personnel:
Cappella SF
Ragnar Bohlin, conductor

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Carly Simon – Hello Big Man (1983/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:36 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Rock
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Recorded: Power Station Studios, New York City

Originally released in 1983, „Hello Big Man“ was Carly Simon’s final album for Warner Brothers Records. Following 1981’s well-reviewed but commercially lackluster collection of jazz and pop standards „Torch“, „Hello Big Man“ was another unexpected stylistic detour, featuring Simon recording with the pioneering reggae rhythm section of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. While the resulting music bears an obvious reggae influence (most particularly on a cover of Bob Marley’s ‘Is This Love?’), the overall effect has more in common with slightly younger and more stylistically experimental singer-songwriters such as Joan Armatrading and Rickie Lee Jones. Unfortunately, for all their quirky charms, the album and its single, ‘You Know What To Do,’ were both commercial failures. The budget-line reissue from Rhino Flashback features remastered sound.

Hello Big Man, Carly Simon’s first new studio album of original material in more than three years, followed on from her 1981 album of standards, Torch, and the British Top Ten success of her collaboration with Chic, “Why.” Both experiences (plus, perhaps, her 1980 hit “Jesse”) seemed to have reinvigorated her taste in pop music, if Hello Big Man was any indication. The sound was a return to the style of Anticipation and No Secrets after years of following trends — the songs were romantic, with the erotic edge that had charged much of Simon’s best material. The album was typically uneven, what with its reggae material (including a redundant cover of Bob Marley’s “Is This Love”), but also typically personal and compelling. The title track was a winning account of her parents’ courting, complete with a happy-ever-after ending that didn’t occur in real life. –AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann

Tracklist:
1. You Know What To Do 04:18
2. Menemsha 04:44
3. Damn You Get To Me 03:19
4. Is This Love 04:17
5. Orpheus 03:56
6. It Happens Everyday 02:49
7. Such A Good Boy 04:03
8. Hello Big Man 05:33
9. You Don’t Feel The Same 02:46
10. Floundering 03:51

Personnel:
Carly Simon, vocals, guitars, piano, background vocals
Hugh McCracken, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Jimmy Ryan, acoustic guitar
Marcus Miller – bass, background vocals
Dean Parks, Elliott Randall, Eric Gale, Sid McGinnis, Andy Summers, electric guitar
David Sanborn, Lou Marini, alto saxophone
Michael Brecker, tenor saxophone
Ronnie Cuber, baritone saxophone
Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin, trumpet
Don Grolnick, piano, organ, synthesizer
Mike Mainieri, piano, synthesizer, marimba, chimes
Peter Wood, piano, Moog synthesizer
Rob Mounsey, synthesizer, background vocals
Rick Marotta, drums, cymbals, tom tom
Jimmy Bralower, Sly Dunbar, drums
Errol Crusher Bennett, percussion
Lynn Goldsmith, Elizabeth Witham, Rachel Zabar, Fonzi Thornton, Julie Levine, Hugh Taylor, Kate Taylor, Lucy Simon, Robbie Shakespeare, Sally Taylor, Tawatha Agee, Ben Taylor, background vocals

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Carly Simon – No Secrets (1972/2001)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:31 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Pop
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Carly Simon’s 1972 album No Secrets remains a benchmark of the era’s singer-songwriter releases, both commercially and artistically. The platinum selling album topped the Billboard charts, yielded the #1 single “You’re So Vain” and the top 10 single “The Right Thing to Do.” The album also features an all-star set of cameos, including appearances by James Taylor, Paul and Linda McCartney, and Mick Jagger.

Carly Simon’s best album, No Secrets was also her commercial breakthrough, topping the charts and going gold, along with its leadoff single, “You’re So Vain.” That song set the album’s saucy tone, with its air of sexually frank autobiography (“You had me several years ago/When I was still quite naïve”) and its reflections on the jet-set lifestyle. But Simon’s honesty meant that her lyrical knife was double-edged; now that she felt she had found true love (“The Right Thing to Do,” another Top Ten hit, was her celebration of her relationship with James Taylor), she was as willing to acknowledge her own mistakes and regrets as she was to point fingers. But it wasn’t only Simon’s forthrightness that made the album work; it was also Richard Perry’s simple, elegant pop/rock production, which gave Simon’s music a buoyancy it previously lacked. And Perry paid particular attention to Simon’s vocals in a way that made her more engaging (or at least less grating) to listen to.

Tracklist:
01 – The Right Thing To Do
02 – The Carter Family
03 – You’re So Vain
04 – His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin
05 – We Have No Secrets
06 – Embrace Me, You Child
07 – Waited So Long
08 – It Was So Easy
09 – Night Owl
10 – When You Close Your Eyes

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Prince – Classic Albums Collection 1978-1986 (2013)
8 Albums | FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 339:01 minutes | 11.4 GB | Genre: R&B, Pop, Rock
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Few artists have created a body of work as rich and varied as Prince. During the ’80s, he emerged as one of the most singular talents of the rock & roll era, capable of seamlessly tying together pop, funk, folk, and rock. Not only did he release a series of groundbreaking albums; he toured frequently, produced albums and wrote songs for many other artists, and recorded hundreds of songs that still lie unreleased in his vaults. With each album he released, Prince has shown remarkable stylistic growth and musical diversity, constantly experimenting with different sounds, textures, and genres. Occasionally, his music can be maddeningly inconsistent because of this eclecticism, but his experiments frequently succeed; no other contemporary artist can blend so many diverse styles into a cohesive whole. Prince is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who has sold over eighty million copies worldwide. He has won seven GRAMMY Awards, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. He is also one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”.

Prince – For You (1978/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 33:21 minutes | 1,19 GB
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For You is Prince’s highly regarded debut album. He showcases his unworldly arrangements and performance skills, blending R&B with funk. Reaching the top twenty five on Billboard’s Top R&B albums, For You includes the standouts, “Just As Long As We’re Together” and “Soft And Wet.” This iconic debut is an essential addition to your music collection.

On his debut album, For You, Prince shows exceptional skill for arranging and performing mainstream urban R&B and funk, but his songwriting remains conventional. Only on the mildly racy “Soft and Wet” does he demonstrate a personal touch, but the song is still more of a promise than a fulfillment. While For You isn’t a bad record, it is merely a pleasant one, and it offers very little indication of his staggering talents.

Tracklist:
01 – For You
02 – In Love
03 – Soft And Wet
04 – Crazy You
05 – Just As Long As We’re Together
06 – Baby
07 – My Love Is Forever
08 – So Blue
09 – I’m Yours

Prince – Prince (1979/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:05 minutes | 1,44 GB
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Prince is the second studio album by Prince, originally released in October 1979. It was written, produced, and performed entirely by Prince himself, and is a harbinger of what Prince would be capable of in his future albums. The song “I Feel for You” is a true masterpiece, all the more incredible given the fact Prince was only 20 years old when he recorded the album. Other great singles from this album include “I Wanna Be Your Lover” and “Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?”

Expanding the urban R&B and funk approach of his debut, Prince is a considerably more accomplished record than his first effort, featuring the first signs of his adventurous, sexy signature sound. Although the album is still rather uneven, a handful of songs rank as classics. “I Wanna Be Your Lover” is excellent lite funk and “Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?” is a wonderful soulful plea, but “I Feel for You,” a sexy slice of urban R&B with a strong pop melody, is the true masterpiece of Prince, indicating the major breakthroughs of his next album, Dirty Mind.

Tracklist:
01 – I Wanna Be Your Lover
02 – Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
03 – Sexy Dancer
04 – When We’re Dancing Close and Slow
05 – With You
06 – Bambi
07 – Still Waiting
08 – I Feel for You
09 – It’s Gonna Be Lonely

Prince – Dirty Mind (1979/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 30:03 minutes | 1,03 GB
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Neither For You nor Prince was adequate preparation for the full-blown masterpiece of Prince’s third album, Dirty Mind. Recorded in his home studio, with Prince playing nearly every instrument, Dirty Mind is a stunning, audacious amalgam of funk, new wave, R&B, and pop, fueled by grinningly salacious sex and the desire to shock. Where other pop musicians suggested sex in lewd double-entendres, Prince left nothing to hide – before its release, no other rock or funk record was ever quite as explicit as Dirty Mind, with its gleeful tales of oral sex, threesomes, and even incest. Certainly, it opened the doors for countless sexually explicit albums, but to reduce its impact to mere profanity is too reductive – the music of Dirty Mind is as shocking as its graphic language, bending styles and breaking rules with little regard for fixed genres. Basing the album on a harder, rock-oriented beat more than before, Prince tries everything – there’s pure new wave pop (“When You Were Mine”), soulful crooning (“Gotta Broken Heart Again”), robotic funk (“Dirty Mind”), rock & roll (“Sister”), sultry funk (“Head,” “Do It All Night”), and relentless dance jams (“Uptown,” “Partyup”), all in the space of half an hour. It’s a breathtaking, visionary album, and its fusion of synthesizers, rock rhythms, and funk set the style for much of the urban soul and funk of the early ’80s.

Tracklist:
01 – Dirty Mind
02 – When You Were Mine
03 – Do It All Night
04 – Gotta Broken Heart Again
05 – Uptown
06 – Head
07 – Sister
08 – Partyup

Prince – Controversy (1981/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:08 minutes | 1,26 GB
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Composed, produced, arranged and performed by Prince, Controversy is the music icon’s 1981 classic. Reaching #3 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums, the work features the hit R&B singles “Controversy” and “Let’s Work.” This undeniable masterpiece highlights Prince’s remarkable musicianship. The outing received four stars from Blender and Rolling Stone.

Controversy continues in the same vein of new wave-tinged funk on Dirty Mind, emphasizing Prince’s fascination with synthesizers and synthesizing disparate pop music genres. It is also more ambitious than its predecessor, attempting to tackle social protest (“Controversy,” “Ronnie, Talk to Russia,” “Annie Christian”) along with sex songs (“Jack U Off,” “Sexuality”), and it tries hard to bring funk to a rock audience and vice versa. Even with all of Prince’s ambitions, the music on Controversy doesn’t represent a significant breakthrough from Dirty Mind, and it is often considerably less catchy and memorable. Nevertheless, Prince’s talents as musician make the record enjoyable, even if it isn’t as compelling as most of his catalog.

Tracklist:
01 – Controversy
02 – Sexuality
03 – Do Me, Baby
04 – Private Joy
05 – Ronnie, Talk to Russia
06 – Let’s Work
07 – Annie Christian
08 – Jack U Off

Prince – 1999 (1982/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 70:12 minutes | 2,52 GB
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1999 is the seminal masterpiece by Prince. It is his first to reach the Billboard Top Ten and was one of the bestselling albums of 1983. The outing features the breakthrough hits “1999,” “Delirious” and “Little Red Corvette.” The multi-instrumentalist incorporates thrilling synthesizers to produce one of his most innovative works to date. VH1, Slant Magazine, and Rolling Stone named 1999 one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2008, the album was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame.

Chart History/Awards:
– Reached #4 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums.
– Reached #9 on the Billboard 200.
– “1999” reached #4 on Billboard’s Top R&B Singles.
– “Delirious” reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
– Included on VH1, Slant Magazine and Rolling Stone’s “Greatest Albums of All Time.”
– Inducted into the GRAMMY® Hall of Fame.
– Allmusic.com – 5/5 stars.

With Dirty Mind, Prince had established a wild fusion of funk, rock, new wave, and soul that signaled he was an original, maverick talent, but it failed to win him a large audience. After delivering the sound-alike album, Controversy, Prince revamped his sound and delivered the double album 1999. Where his earlier albums had been a fusion of organic and electronic sounds, 1999 was constructed almost entirely on synthesizers by Prince himself. Naturally, the effect was slightly more mechanical and robotic than his previous work and strongly recalled the electro-funk experiments of several underground funk and hip-hop artists at the time. Prince had also constructed an album dominated by computer funk, but he didn’t simply rely on the extended instrumental grooves to carry the album – he didn’t have to when his songwriting was improving by leaps and bounds. The first side of the record contained all of the hit singles, and, unsurprisingly, they were the ones that contained the least amount of electronics. “1999” parties to the apocalypse with a P-Funk groove much tighter than anything George Clinton ever did, “Little Red Corvette” is pure pop, and “Delirious” takes rockabilly riffs into the computer age. After that opening salvo, all the rules go out the window – “Let’s Pretend We’re Married” is a salacious extended lust letter, “Free” is an elegiac anthem, “All the Critics Love U in New York” is a vicious attack at hipsters, and “Lady Cab Driver,” with its notorious bridge, is the culmination of all of his sexual fantasies. Sure, Prince stretches out a bit too much over the course of 1999, but the result is a stunning display of raw talent, not wallowing indulgence.

Tracklist:
01 – 1999
02 – Little Red Corvette
03 – Delirious
04 – Let’s Pretend We’re Married
05 – D.M.S.R.
06 – Automatic
07 – Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
08 – Free
09 – Lady Cab Driver
10 – All The Critics Love U In New York
11 – International Lover

Prince – Purple Rain (1984/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 43:46 minutes | 1,58 GB
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Purple Rain is Prince’s 1984 masterpiece and one of the best albums in music history. This multi-Platinum classic has sold over twenty million copies worldwide, becoming one of the bestselling albums of all time. This chart-topping hit features the Top Ten singles “Purple Rain,” “Let’s Go Crazy” and “When Doves Cry.” It earned Prince two GRAMMY Awards and is featured on countless “Best of” lists including Time, Rolling Stone, VH1, Vanity Fair, Slant Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and many others. In 2012, the album was inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. This brilliant masterpiece is an essential addition to any collection.

Chart History/Awards:
– On Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”
– On Tempo’s “Greatest Albums of the 1980s.”
– #2 on Slant Magazine’s “Best Albums of the 1980s.”
– Inducted into the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry.
– One of Entertainment Weekly’s “100 Best Movie Soundtracks.”
– One of Vibe’s “100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century.”
– Reached #1 on the Billboard 200.
– “Let’s Go Crazy” and “When Doves Cry” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
– Won two GRAMMY Awards.
– Allmusic.com – 5/5 stars, album pick.

Prince designed Purple Rain as the project that would make him a superstar, and, surprisingly, that is exactly what happened. Simultaneously more focused and ambitious than any of his previous records, Purple Rain finds Prince consolidating his funk and R&B roots while moving boldly into pop, rock, and heavy metal with nine superbly crafted songs. Even its best-known songs don’t tread conventional territory: the bass-less “When Doves Cry” is an eerie, spare neo-psychedelic masterpiece; “Let’s Go Crazy” is a furious blend of metallic guitars, Stonesy riffs, and a hard funk backbeat; the anthemic title track is a majestic ballad filled with brilliant guitar flourishes. Although Prince’s songwriting is at a peak, the presence of the Revolution pulls the music into sharper focus, giving it a tougher, more aggressive edge. And, with the guidance of Wendy and Lisa, Prince pushed heavily into psychedelia, adding swirling strings to the dreamy “Take Me With U” and the hard rock of “Baby I’m a Star.” Even with all of his new, but uncompromising, forays into pop, Prince hasn’t abandoned funk, and the robotic jam of “Computer Blue” and the menacing grind of “Darling Nikki” are among his finest songs. Taken together, all of the stylistic experiments add up to a stunning statement of purpose that remains one of the most exciting rock & roll albums ever recorded.

Tracklist:
01 – Let’s Go Crazy
02 – Take Me With U
03 – The Beautiful Ones
04 – Computer Blue
05 – Darling Nikki
06 – When Doves Cry
07 – I Would Die 4 U
08 – Baby I’m A Star
09 – Purple Rain

Prince – Around The World In A Day (1985/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 42:33 minutes | 1,54 GB
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Around The World In A Day is Prince’s double Platinum classic. This seminal masterpiece follows the success of Purple Rain, reaching #1 on the Billboard 200. Adding a variety of psychedelic elements to his sound, the albums features Top Ten hits including “America,” “Pop Life” and “Raspberry Beret”.

Purple Rain made Prince sound like he could do anything, but it still didn’t prepare even his most fervent fans for the insular psychedelia of Around the World in a Day. Prince had made his interior world sound fascinating and utopian on Purple Rain, but Around the World in a Day is filled with cryptic religious imagery, bizarre mysticism, and confounding metaphors which were drenched in heavily processed guitars, shimmering keyboards, grandiose strings, and layers of vocals. As an album, the record is a bit impenetrable, requiring great demands of the listener, but individual songs do shine through: “Raspberry Beret” is a brilliant piece of neo-psychedelia with an indelible chorus, “Pop Life” is a snide swipe at stardom that emphasizes Prince’s outsider status, “Condition of the Heart” is a fine ballad, “America” is a good funk jam, “Paisley Park” is heavy and slightly frightening guitar psychedelia, while the title track is a sunny, kaleidoscopic pastiche of Magical Mystery Tour. The problem is, only a handful of the songs have much substance outside of their detailed production and intoxicating performances, and the album has a creepy sense of paranoia that is eventually its undoing.

Tracklist:
01 – Around The World In A Day
02 – Paisley Park
03 – Condition Of The Heart
04 – Raspberry Beret
05 – Tamborine
06 – America
07 – Pop Life
08 – The Ladder
09 – Temptation

Prince – Parade: Music From The Motion Picture Under The Cherry Moon (1986/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:53 minutes | 1,46 GB
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“Parade: Music From The Motion Picture Under The Cherry Moon” is Prince’s eighth studio album and the last album that he did with The Revolution. It was released as the soundtrack to the 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon, which was directed by Prince, who also starred in the film. The album was mostly a solo effort by Prince, who plays most of the instruments on the album. Other musicians featured on the album include Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, Dr. Fink, Jonathan Melvoin, and Susannah Melvoin, as well as featuring several orchestral arrangements by Clare Fischer.

Undaunted by the criticism Around the World in a Day received, Prince continued to pursue his psychedelic inclinations on Parade, which also functioned as the soundtrack to his second film, Under the Cherry Moon. Originally conceived as a double album, Parade has the sprawling feel of a double record, even if it clocks in around 45 minutes. Prince & the Revolution shift musical moods and textures from song to song – witness how the fluttering psychedelia of “Christopher Tracy’s Parade” gives way to the spare, jazzy funk of “New Position,” which morphs into the druggy “I Wonder U” – and they’re determined not to play it safe, even on the hard funk of “Girls and Boys” and “Mountains,” as well as the stunning “Kiss,” which hits hard with just a dry guitar, keyboard, drum machine, and layered vocals. All of the group’s musical adventures, even the cabaret-pop of “Venus de Milo” and “Do U Lie?” do nothing to undercut the melodicism of the record, and the amount of ground they cover in 12 songs is truly remarkable. Even with all of its attributes, Parade is a little off-balance, stopping too quickly to give the haunting closer, “Sometimes It Snows in April,” the resonance it needs. For some tastes, it may also be a bit too lyrically cryptic, but Prince’s weird religious and sexual metaphors develop into a motif that actually gives the album weight. If it had been expanded to a double album, Parade would have equaled the subsequent Sign ‘o’ the Times, but as it stands, it’s an astonishingly rewarding near-miss.

Tracklist:
01 – Christopher Tracy’s Parade
02 – New Position
03 – I Wonder U
04 – Under The Cherry Moon
05 – Girls & Boys
06 – Life Can Be So Nice
07 – Venus De Milo
08 – Mountains
09 – Do U Lie?
10 – Kiss
11 – Anotherloverholenyohead
12 – Sometimes It Snows In April

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Prince – Art Official Age (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44.1kHz]

Max Richter – Recomposed By Max Richter > Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:58 minutes | 873 MB | Genre: Classical
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Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons is the 2012 album by neo-classical composer Max Richter. The Four Seasons may be the most cherished piece of classical music ever composed. This album is part of Deutsche Grammophon’s new Recomposed series, which invites contemporary musicians to re-work an original piece of music. Award-winning composer Max Richter approached Vivaldi’s masterpiece as not only an admirer, but more importantly, as a composer. This re-work is engaging, attractive and highly accessible. The album features British violinist Daniel Hope, German conductor Andre de Ridder and the Konzerthaus Chamber Orchestra.

Antonio Vivaldi’s Le Quattro Stagioni is one of the most beloved works in Baroque music, and even the most casual listener can recognize certain passages of “Spring” or “Winter” from frequent use in television commercials and films. Yet if these concertos have grown a little too familiar to experienced classical fans, Max Richter has disassembled them and fashioned a new composition from the deconstructed pieces. Using post-minimalist procedures to extract fertile fragments and reshape the materials into new music, Richter has created an album that speaks to a generation familiar with remixes, sampling, and sound collages, though his method transcends the manipulation of prerecorded music. Richter has actually rescored the Four Seasons and given the movements of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter thorough makeovers that vary substantially from the originals. The new material is suggestive of a dream state, where drifting phrases and recombined textures blur into walls of sound, only to re-emerge with stark clarity and poignant immediacy. Violinist Daniel Hope is the brilliant soloist in these freshly elaborated pieces, and the Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin is conducted with control and assurance by André de Ridder, so Richter’s carefully calculated effects are handled with precision and subtlety. Deutsche Grammophon’s stellar reproduction captures the music with great depth, breadth, and spaciousness, so everything that Richter and de Ridder intended to be heard comes across.

Tracklist:
01 – Spring 0
02 – Spring 1
03 – Spring 2
04 – Spring 3
05 – Summer 1
06 – Summer 2
07 – Summer 3
08 – Autumn 1
09 – Autumn 2
10 – Autumn 3
11 – Winter 1
12 – Winter 2
13 – Winter 3

Personnel:

Max Richter – composer, mixing, producer, quotation author
André de Ridder – conductor
Daniel Hope – primary artist, violin [solo]Raphael Alpermann – harpsichord
Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin – orchestra
Alexander Kahl – cello
David Drost – cello
Nerina Mancini – cello
Ying Guo – cello
Ernst-Martin Schmidt – viola
Felix Korinth – viola
Katja Plagens – viola
Matthias Benker – viola

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Maysa – Back 2 Love (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 50:08 minutes | 580 MB | Genre: Jazz
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | Digital Booklet | Label: @ Shanachie Entertainment

Grammy nominee Maysa holds unique status in the world of R&B/Jazz. Her incomparably lush, sensuous vocals have garnered her legions of loyal, loving fans. As featured vocalist of the UK super group Incognito, core member of Stevie Wonder’s Wonderlove and, of course, through her own al- bums and concerts, Maysa has long thrilled R&B and Jazz audiences. Back 2 Love is the most sensuous and heartfelt recording of her brilliant career. Teaming up with hit making producers JR Hutson (Jill Scott, Earth Wind And Fire), Stokely Williams (Mint Condition), Lorenzo Johnson (Ledisi) and her longtime collaborator Chris “Big Dog” Davis (Will Downing, Phil Perry, Kim Burrell, George Clinton), Maysa digs deep to deliver the soulful, jazz-inflected performances that have won her legions of dedicated fans. Special highlights include “Keep It Moving,” a vibey, funky duet with Mint Condition’s Stokely, “Heavenly Voices,” a deeply moving ballad reminiscent of Maysa’s recent hit “Inside My Dream,” “Last Chance For Love,” Maysa’s gorgeous collaboration with R&B icon Phil Perry and more brilliant Maysa originals.

Back 2 Love, Maysa’s eighth release for the Shanachie label, marks 20 years for the singer as a solo artist. She was as active as ever when the album was released, coming off her first Grammy nomination and gigs with Incognito and her own band. Once more, she works closely with fellow songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Chris “Big Dog” Davis, and J.R. Hutson (son of Chicago soul giant Leroy Hutson) also assists on a handful of cuts. Stokley Williams takes over as composer and producer on “Keep It Movin’,” a highlight on which the Mint Condition leader also plays everything and duets with Maysa. The song has the same traits — the brightness, that slight bounce and lilt — as Mint Condition’s best. Another guest appearance comes from labelmate Phil Perry, who joins in for “Last Chance for Love,” a sparkling slow jam. Back 2 Love works through a multitude of styles, from stomping house with pure disco-soul lineage (the title track and “Miracle”) to highly melodic retro-modern pop (“The Radio Played Our Song”), but the quality of the songs is consistent. Filled with typically refined adult contemporary R&B and some pleasant surprises, this is among Maysa’s most pleasing solo albums. –AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman

Tracklist:
1 Back 2 Love 04:29
2 Keep It Movin’ 04:18
3 Heavenly Voices 04:42
4 Miracle 04:15
5 Smilin’ 03:41
6 Go Away Little Boy 03:54
7 Tear It Up Tear It Down 04:18
8 Unforgettable 03:54
9 Last Chance For Love 04:40
10 The Radio Played Our Song 03:40
11 Beautiful Symphony 03:47
12 Back 2 Love (Remix) 04:30

Personnel:
Maysa Leak – Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Chris “Big Dog” Davis – Drums, Keyboard Programming, Mixing
William Fluka – Horn
Chris Herbert – Horn
Kris Jensen – Horn
Rohn Lawrence – Guitar
Phil Perry – Featured Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Vincent Richardson – Vocals (Background)
Eric Rousseau – Synthesizer
Stokley – Featured Artist
Dawn Tallman – Vocals (Background)
Alvin White – Guitar
Joel Whitley -Guitar
Stokley Williams – Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals (Background)

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Metallica – Death Magnetic (2008/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88.2kHz  | Time – 01:14:46 minutes | 1,61 GB | Genre: Metal
Official Digital Download – Source: PonoMusic | ©  Warner Bros. Records
Recorded: Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA, Shangri La Studios, Malibu, CA and HQ in San Rafael, CA from April 2007 to May 2008.

Call Death Magnetic Kirk Hammett’s revenge. Famously browbeaten into accepting Lars Ulrich and producers Bob Rock’s dictum that guitar solos were “dated” and thereby verboten for 2003’s St. Anger — a fraught recording chronicled on the 2004 documentary Some Kind of Monster — Metallica’s lead guitarist dominates this 2008 sequel, playing with an euphoric fury not heard in years, if not decades. This aesthetic shift isn’t because Hammett suddenly rules the band: powerless to add solos to St. Anger, he couldn’t reinstate them without the blessing of Ulrich and James Hetfield, the politburo of Metallica. The duo suffered some combination of shame and humility in the wake of the muddled St. Anger and Monster, convincing these two unmovable forces to change direction. They ditched longtime producer Rock — who’d helmed every album since 1991’s breakthrough blockbuster Metallica — in favor of Rick Rubin, patron saint of all veteran rockers looking to reconnect with their early spark. Rubin may be the go-to producer for wayward superstars but as the producer of Slayer, he’s also rooted in thrash, so he understands the core of Metallica’s greatness and gently steers them back to basics on Death Magnetic.

Of course, Metallica’s basics are pretty complex: intertwined guitar riffs, frenetic solos, and thunderous double-bass drums stitched together as intricate seven-minute suites. Metallica slowly weaned themselves away from labyrinthine metal during the ’90s, tempering their intensity, straightening out riffs, spending nearly as much time exploring detours as driving the main road, all the while losing sight of their identity. This culminated in the confused St. Anger, a transparent and botched attempt at returning to their roots, crippled by the chaos surrounding the departure of bassist Jason Newsted. With all their problems sorted out in public — including replacing Newsted with Robert Trujillo, who acquiesces to the Metallica custom of being buried far, far in the mix — the group embraces every gnarled, ugly thing they eschewed in the years since “Metallica.” Death Magnetic bounces the band back to the days before Bob Rock, roughly sounding as if it could come after …And Justice for All. Such a deliberate revival of the glory days can be tricky, as it could make a group seem stuck in the past — or, just as badly, they can get essential elements wrong — but Death Magnetic is a resounding success because they hunker down and embrace their core strengths, recognizing that their greatest asset is that nobody else makes noise in the same way as they do.

That’s the pleasure of Death Magnetic: hearing Metallica sound like Metallica again. Individual songs and, especially, Hetfield’s lyrics — less the confessional ballast of St. Anger, more a traditional blend of angst and terror — are secondary to how the band sounds, how they spit, snarl, and surge, how they seem alive. Metallica isn’t replicating moves they made in the ’80s, they’re reinvigorated by the spirit of their early years, adding shading they’ve learned in the ’90s, whether it’s the symphonic tension of “The Unforgiven III” or threading curdled blues licks through the thrash. Listening to the band play, it’s hard not to thrill at Metallica’s mastery of aggression and escalation. There is no denying that the band is older and settled, no longer fueled by the hunger and testosterone that made their ’80s albums so gripping, but on Death Magnetic older doesn’t mean less potent. Metallica is still vitally violent and on this terrific album — a de facto comeback, even if they never really went away — they’re finally acting like they enjoy being a great rock band. –Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist:
1 That Was Just Your Life 7:08
2 The End Of The Line 7:52
3 Broken, Beat & Scarred 6:25
4 The Day That Never Comes 7:56
5 All Nightmare Long 7:57
6 Cyanide 6:39
7 The Unforgiven III 7:46
8 The Judas Kiss 8:00
9 Suicide & Redemption 9:57
10 My Apocalypse 5:01

Personnel:
James Hetfield – vocals, rhythm guitar
Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
Lars Ulrich – drums
Robert Trujillo – bass
Additional:
David Campbell – orchestration on “The Unforgiven III”

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