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Joy of Cooking - The Complete Joy of Cooking (2006) 2CD

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Joy of Cooking - The Complete Joy of Cooking (2006) 2CD

Joy of Cooking - The Complete Joy of Cooking (2006) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 717 Mb | MP3 (CBR320) ~ 282 Mb | Artwork included | 02:00:38
Folk Rock, Soft Rock, Folk-Jazz, Blues-Rock, Psychedelic Rock | Label: Acadia | # ACA 8118

Two CD compilation featuring the complete Capital Records recordings from this Bay Area band. Recorded between 1970-72, this set includes their three albums Joy Of Cooking, Closer To The Ground and Castles. Joy Of Cooking were formed in Berkeley (San Francisco Bay Area) during the hippie era (1967). Their fusion sound, incorporating folk, rock, jazz, gospel and blues, had little in common with acid-rock: it heralded a new era of "creativity" and of stylistic re-evalutation. One of the first bands led by female musicians, and one of the earliest to deal with feminist issues within popular music, the Joy Of Cooking were led by pianist Toni Brown (who had graduated in creative writing) and guitarist Terry Garthwaite (a folk-singer and an aspiring sociologist). The three-unit rhythm section, on the other hand, was entirely male.

Eric Clapton - Unplugged (1992) 2CD + DVD Deluxe Edition 2013

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Eric Clapton - Unplugged (1992) 2CD + DVD Deluxe Edition 2013

Eric Clapton - Unplugged (1992) 2CD + DVD Deluxe Edition 2013
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 642 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 232 Mb | Time: 01:36:34
DVD9 | NTSC | 4:3 (720x480) VBR | LPCM, 2ch, 1536 kbps / DTS, 1510 kbps | 02:07:11 | ~ 8 Gb
Blues, Blues-Rock, Classic Rock | Label: Warner/Reprise | # 8122796366 | Scans ~ 88 Mb

Eric Clapton was already an acknowledged master of the electric guitar in January 1992 when he traded his signature Stratocaster for an acoustic Martin to record Unplugged. The live album captured the legendary guitarist, backed by a small band, performing acoustic versions of his own songs and several blues standards. Released later that same year, the album was an unqualified blockbuster, selling more than 19 million copies worldwide and earning six Grammy Awards, sweeping the top honors, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Reprise Records celebrates Clapton's electrifying acoustic performances with a new 2-CD/DVD collection that includes a remastered version of the original album along with six unreleased outtakes on two CDs. The DVD features a newly restored version of the concert, as well as more than an hour of previously unseen footage from the rehearsal.

Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (Deluxe Edition) (2008)

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Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (Deluxe Edition) (2008)

Paul Weller - 22 Dreams (Deluxe Edition) (2008)
FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) / MP3 320 kbps | 1:39:06 | 233 / 643 Mb
Genre: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Of all the many things Paul Weller has done in his career, he has somehow managed to survive three decades without a double album to his credit.

Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie - Roy And Diz (1955) [Reissue 1994]

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Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie - Roy And Diz (1955) [Reissue 1994]

Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie - Roy And Diz (1955) [Reissue 1994]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 216 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 178 MB | Covers - 50 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Mainstream Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (314 521 647-2)

This set features two sizzling horns mingling in a decidedly frenetic dance contest. These songs hop and bounce with enduring vitality. A definite coolness exists within the searing solos of the two trumpet kings as they empty their lungs, executing mind-spinning, scale-like passages and high notes, and there's a palpable sense of competition as they take turns performing their acrobatic brass-work. They can both propel notes from their horns like nobody's business, yet their tonal and stylistic differences create two distinct elements within the music. Bassist Ray Brown's tempos provide a cool structure for the flurries of notes the trumpets cast forth. Some of the most poetic moments from these 1954 recordings are when their collaboration intertwines them within the passages, but their supercharged blowing naturally finds a subtler ground and tact when they come together in a musical braid work that's no less affecting than their solos.

Paul Weller - Wild Wood (Deluxe Edition) (2007)

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Paul Weller - Wild Wood (Deluxe Edition) (2007)

Paul Weller - Wild Wood (Deluxe Edition) (2007)
FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) / MP3 320 kbps | 2:37:12 | 365 / 987 Mb
Genre: Rock

The 1993 release of Wild Wood single handedly changed Weller's persona. No longer was he only 'Paul Weller of The Jam/Style Council', now he was the larger than life 'Modfather,' the patriarch of Britpop, championed by groups like Oasis and all things hip. Led by a renewed creative spark and expanded influences including Nick Drake, Traffic and even Crosby, Stills & Nash, Weller produced, according to Q Magazine, a 'pastoral coming of age masterpiece.' Wild Wood single-handedly defined Weller as a solo artist while simultaneously wrenching British rock from the grips of techno in the UK and the imposing influence of grunge from the west. This Deluxe Edition reissue includes a 32-page booklet with extensive new liner notes by Lois Wilson, including brand new interviews with Weller and others. Musically, there is an expanse of bonus material including b sides, demos, BBC session versions and unreleased tracks reinforcing the fact that Wild Wood, as Uncut Magazine put it, '…made the Modfather, and changed British rock.'

VA - Texas Piano Blues 1929-1948 (1991) [Story Of Blues Series]

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VA - Texas Piano Blues 1929-1948 (1991) [Story Of Blues Series]

VA - Texas Piano Blues 1929-1948 (1991) [Story Of Blues Series]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 240 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 152 Mb | Scans included
Piano Blues, Texas Blues | Label: RST Blues Documents, DA Music | # 3509-2 | 01:03:47

This is a good collection of piano-accompanied vocals sporting bluesmen who worked the lumber camps and oil fields of rural Texas, as well as the red-light districts of cities like Galveston and Houston. Big Boy Knox shows a strong city influence in his decorative right-hand work, as does Robert Cooper, whose playing points to the influence of Fats Waller. Joe Pullem is on board with his hit, "Black Gal," which is perhaps overstated by three takes and a variation. The vocals are good, however, and the piano playing is uniformly excellent. Stylistically, this music falls somewhere between ragtime, blues, and vaudeville.

Fat Mattress - Fat Mattress (1969) [Reissue 2009]

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Fat Mattress - Fat Mattress (1969) [Reissue 2009]

Fat Mattress - Fat Mattress (1969) [Reissue 2009]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 409 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 155 MB | Covers - 11 MB
Genre: Psychedelic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Esoteric Recordings (ECLEC2134)

Expanded release for the debut album by Noel Redding's band with eight bonus tracks. Recorded in 1969, Fat Mattress was the eponymous debut album by the band formed by Jimi Hendrix Experience bass guitarist Noel Redding. The album evoked the influences of the time, touching upon styles pioneered by groups such as Traffic (whose member Chris Wood guested on the record). A superb piece of psychedelic rock in it's own right, Fat Mattress failed to get the attention it deserved at the time of release (despite a tour as support act to the Hendrix Experience) but has subsequently been hailed as a classic of the era. This Esoteric reissue has eight bonus tracks comprising non-album singles, mono mixes, studio out-takes and an unreleased solo single by Fat Mattress’ Jim Leverton.

VA - The Ultimate Wartime Hits (2010) 2CDs

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VA - The Ultimate Wartime Hits (2010) 2CDs

VA - The Ultimate Wartime Hits (2010) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 347 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 281 Mb | Scans included
Label: EMI Gold | # 50999 6 40523 2 8 | Time: 01:58:33
Oldies, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Big Band, Swing

40 Great Original Hits By Original Artists: Vera Lynn, Fred Astaire, Gracie Fields, Harry Roy, Al Bowlly, Joe Loss, The Andrews Sisters, Jo Stafford, Noel Coward, Geraldo, and many more.

I’m With Her - Wild and Clear and Blue (2025)

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I’m With Her - Wild and Clear and Blue (2025)

I’m With Her - Wild and Clear and Blue (2025)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 229 MB | Cover | 41:10 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 97 MB
Americana, Folk, Bluegrass, Supergroup | Label: Rounder

What a rare treat to get a second album from I'm With Her, the folky supergroup of Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan and Sara Watkins—who all have thriving, busy careers as recording and touring musicians. It's been seven years since the trio's excellent See You Around, and Wild and Clear and Blue was worth the wait. In fact, it might even top their debut. Opener "Ancient Light" gets right under your skin, with Jarosz taking the vocal lead before the others join in to harmonize and trade verses. Watkins' fiddle is pleasantly sharp, and the song's spirit evokes moody '90s-style folk—the era of Indigo Girls and Sarah McLachlan—but also the otherworldly vocal blending of the McGarrigle Sisters.

Peggy Lee - THE QUEEN OF AMERICAN POP (2025)

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Peggy Lee - THE QUEEN OF AMERICAN POP (2025)

Peggy Lee - THE QUEEN OF AMERICAN POP (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:03:15 | 283 Mb
Genre: Jazz

Peggy Lee's alluring tone, distinctive delivery, breadth of material, and ability to write many of her own songs made her one of the most captivating artists of the vocal era, from her breakthrough on the Benny Goodman hit "Why Don't You Do Right" to her many solo successes that showed her bewitching vocal power, a balance between sultry swing and impeccable musicianship. Lee started out in the early '40s as the vocalist for the Goodman band, and shortly thereafter became a star in her own right. Though she had numerous pop hits, she constantly crossed the line between pop and jazz, and was hailed by numerous critics as one of America's finest singers in either genre. In addition, Lee was involved in the film world as both an actress and a composer, most actively in the '50s (she received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Pete Kelly's Blues).

Bananarama - Glorious (Live in London) (2025)

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Bananarama - Glorious (Live in London) (2025)

Bananarama - Glorious (Live in London) (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:34:30 | 714 / 217 Mb
Genre:Pop Dance

Some of their most loved songs, fan favourites and tracks they have never performed live before. From Global hits such as Cruel Summer, Venus, I Heard A Rumour, Robert de Niro’s Waiting and Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango) to Only Your Love and Move in My Direction, through to last year’s ultra modern dance pop tracks Feel The Love and Supernova.

Cyrille Dubois, Marianne Croux, Coline Dutilleul, Luca Montebugnoli - Bizet: Les Melodies. Enregistrement integral (2025)

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Cyrille Dubois, Marianne Croux, Coline Dutilleul, Luca Montebugnoli - Bizet: Les Melodies. Enregistrement integral (2025)

Cyrille Dubois, Marianne Croux, Coline Dutilleul, Luca Montebugnoli - Bizet: Les Melodies. Enregistrement integral (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 3:34:36 | 843 Mb
Genre: Classical

Surprising as it may seem, there has never been a complete recording of Bizet’s songs. The formidable team assembled here fills this gap and offers a chance to discover a little-known side of his vocal music, with numerous rarities, early works, alternative versions and other unpublished pieces compiled by the leading specialists and accompanied by period instruments. On the 150th anniversary of his death, the creator of Carmen richly deserved this tribute!

Soft Machine - Bundles (1975) [Reissue 2010]

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Soft Machine - Bundles (1975) [Reissue 2010]

Soft Machine - Bundles (1975) [Reissue 2010]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 240 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 99 MB | Covers - 123 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock/Canterbury Scene, Jazz Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Esoteric Recordings (ECLEC 2196)

Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the long overdue release of the re-mastered edition of the classic 1975 album Bundles by the celebrated Jazz and Rock group Soft Machine. The album was the band s first for EMI's Harvest label and featured a line-up of Mike Ratledge (keyboards), Karl Jenkins (Oboe, Piano, Soprano Sax), John Marshall (Drums), Roy Babbington (Bass) and new member Allan Holdsworth (Guitar). An accessible collection, Bundles featured Holdsworth’s considerable guitar playing talents and opened a new chapter for the band, and attracted much praise upon release. Unavailable on CD for nearly 15 years, this Esoteric Recordings reissue has been re-mastered from the original tapes and fully restores the original artwork.

Boston SO, Charles Munch - Claude Debussy & Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Works (1962/2006) Japanese Blu-Spec CD, 2009

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Boston SO, Charles Munch - Claude Debussy & Maurice Ravel: Orchestral Works (1962/2006) Japanese Blu-Spec CD, 2009

Claude Debussy: Prélude À L'Après-Midi D'Un Faune; Nocturnes; Printemps
Maurice Ravel: La Valse; Boléro
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 297 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 149 Mb | Scans ~ 52 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: BMG Japan | # BVCC 20008 | Time: 01:05:26

There could be no better introduction to the sound of the Boston Symphony, in the repertoire in which it became most famous, than this French collection with Charles Munch. Sometimes wild and unpredictable in concert performances, Munch's conducting here is both visceral yet elegant, full of mystery when called for and unbridled in its passion at other times. 1962 Recordings.

Bomsori, Bamberger Symphoniker & Jakub Hrusa - Bruch & Korngold (2025)

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Bomsori, Bamberger Symphoniker & Jakub Hrusa - Bruch & Korngold (2025)

Bomsori, Bamberger Symphoniker & Jakub Hrusa - Bruch & Korngold (2025)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:06:36 | 320 Mb
Genre: Classical

Korean violinist Bomsori releases a further pre-release track of her upcoming second solo album on DG that focuses around two masterpieces of the violin repertoire: the Bruch and Korngold violin concertos. Having played these works since childhood, Bomsori formed a wonderful collaboration with Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberger Symphoniker for her new recording. The album is rounded out with a selection of further pieces by Korngold that are arranged and transcribed for violin, both with orchestra and for violin and piano.