John Lewis - Evolution (HDCD) (1999) (eac-log-cover)

John Lewis - Evolution (1999)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 210MB

Atlantic | HDCD

Allmusic:
John Lewis, a founding member of the Modern Jazz Quartet (and architect, with Gunther Schuller, of the "Third Stream" movement that attempted a fusion of classical music and jazz), has always been known for the delicacy and refinement of his playing and for the quality of his compositions. This solo album will only add to his reputation in both regards. That he's able to make "Sweet Georgia Brown" sound like a recital piece is testament to his sophistication (and perhaps his sense of humor); that his own "Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West" manages to evoke New Orleans and Ravel simultaneously speaks to the depth of his musicianship. "Django," perhaps Lewis' most famous composition, is given a stop-action tango treatment here, and his "At the Horse Show" is as graceful as a colt. However, Lewis' voice is far too well-miked, which means he mutters and grunts in the left channel throughout the proceedings. Recommended nevertheless.

Tracks
-01. "Sweet Georgia Brown" - 2:54
-02. "September Song" - 5:25
-03. "Afternoon In Paris" - 5:10
-04. "Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West" - 4:17
-05. "I'll Remember April" - 3:09
-06. "Django" - 7:30
-07. "Willow Weep For Me" - 3:22
-08. "Cherokee" - 4:04
-09. "For Ellington" - 5:35
-10. "Don't Blame Me" - 3:50
-11. "At The Horse Show" - 2:49

John Lewis: solo piano.

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Johnny Jenkins - Ton-Ton Macoute! (1970) (HDCD) (eac-log-cover)

Johnny Jenkins - Ton-Ton Macoute! (1970)

blues, rock | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 320MB

Capricorn | HDCD 1997

AMG:
What a fine bowl of Southern gumbo this Johnny Jenkins disc is. Aided and abetted by the likes of Duane Allman (this started as an Allman solo disc, but when he formed the Allman Brothers Band, Jenkins put his vocals over the tracks best suited), Dickey Betts, and those great guys from Muscle Shoals, Jenkins cooks on such cuts as "Down Along the Covell" from the pen of Bob Dylan, and Muddy Waters' "Rollin' Stone." But it is Dr. John's "I Walk On Guilded Splinters" which shines here and is the one which folks will recognize as the basis for Beck's hit "Loser." On the slippery "Blind Bats & Swamp Rats" you can almost feel the heat and humidity rolling out of the bayou. This reissue also includes the mighty fine bonus cuts "I Don't Want No Woman" and "My Love Will Never Die." Great Southern funk n' roll for the discerning listener. It even includes educational linear notes which tell the tale behind each cut.

Tracks:
01. "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" (Dr. John) - 5:49
02. "Leaving Trunk" (Sleepy John Estes) - 4:19
03. "Blind Bats & Swamp Rats" (Jackie Avery) - 4:44
04. "Rollin' Stone" (Muddy Waters) - 5:21
05. "Sick and Tired" (Dave Bartholomew/Chris Kenner) - 4:41
06. "Down Along the Cove" (Bob Dylan) - 3:25
07. "Bad News" (J.D. Loudermilk) - 4:08
08. "Dimples" (John Lee Hooker/James Bracken) - 2:55
09. "Voodoo in You" (Jackie Avery) - 5:00
10. "I Don't Want No Woman" (Don Robey) - 2:12
11. "My Love Will Never Die" (Otis Rush) - 5:33

Personnel:
* Johnny Jenkins - vocals, guitar (4), harmonica (2, 6, 7, 8), foot stomping (4), lead guitar (10, 11)
* Duane Allman - electric guitar (9 [left channel]), slide guitar (4, 6), dobro (1), rhythm guitar (10, 11)
* Berry Oakley - bass (4, 6, 7)
* Jaimoe - timbales (1, 3, 9)
* Butch Trucks - drums (1, 9)
* Paul Hornsby - Wurlitzer piano (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11), piano (10), Hammond B-3 organ (11), rhythm guitar (6)
* Eddie Hinton - cowbell (9)
* Tippy Armstrong - cabasa (9)
* Pete Carr - acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (1, 9 [right channel]), guitar (2, 3, 5, 7, 8)
* Robert Popwell - bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11), timbales (5), shaker & woodblocks (2)
* Johnny Wyker - shaker & woodblocks (2)
* Jimmy Nalls - guitar (7)
* Ella Brown - vocals (3)
* Southern Comfort - vocals (1, 9)
* Johnny Sandlin - drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11)

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Ginger Baker - Falling Off The Roof (1996) (HDCD) (eac-flac-cover)

Ginger Baker - Falling Off The Roof (1996) (HDCD)

jazz-rock | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 400MB

Atlantic | rar +5% recovery

AMG
The second project to match drummer Ginger Baker with guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Charlie Haden does not reach the heights of the first effort. Guest appearances by banjoist Bela Fleck on three songs and guitarist Jerry Hahn on one are welcome, but the diversity and wide scope of the first Baker trio set are not reached. The music often leans toward country (Frisell was probably preparing mentally for his Nashville project), the originals are less memorable than before, and the element of danger is mostly absent. A bit of a disappointment.

Tracks:
01 - Falling off the Roof 4:00
02 - Amarillo, Barbados 4:41
03 - Bemshaw Swing 4:21
04 - Sunday at the Hillcrest 5:54
05 - Au Privave Parker 3:06
06 - Our Spanish Love Song 5:21
07 - C.B.C. Mimps 6:49
08 - Skeleton 5:57
09 - Vino Vecchio 3:56
10 - The Day the Sun Came Out 8:23
11 - Taney County 5:23

Personnel:
Ginger Baker - drums
Bill Frisell - guitar
Charlie Haden - bass
guests:
Bela Fleck - banjo
Jerry Hahn - guitar

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Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) (HDCD) (eac-log-cover)

 

Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)

rock | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 280MB

Reprise | HDCD 2009 | rar +5% recovery

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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969) is Neil Young's second solo album and his first with backing band Crazy Horse. The album was produced by Neil Young and David Briggs and contains three of his most memorable songs: "Cinnamon Girl", "Down by the River", and "Cowgirl in the Sand", all of which were written when Young had a 103 °F (39.5 °C) fever. In 2003, the album was ranked number 208 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Tracks
1 "Cinnamon Girl" – 2:58
2 "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" – 2:26
3 "Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)" – 5:49
4 "Down by the River" – 9:13
5 "The Losing End (When You're On)" – 4:03
6 "Running Dry (Requiem for the Rockets)" – 5:30
7 "Cowgirl in the Sand" – 10:06

Personnel
* Neil Young – guitar, vocals
* Danny Whitten – guitar, vocals
* Billy Talbot – bass
* Ralph Molina – drums, backing vocal
* Robin Lane – guitar, vocal (Track 3)
* Bobby Notkoff – violin (Track 6)

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Neil Young - Living With War (In the Beginning) (2006) Limited edition CD+DVD (lossless)

Neil Young 2006 - Living With War (In the Beginning) Limited edition CD+DVD

rock | CD: eac-flac; DVD: 24/96 audio + video | cover | 4650+265MB

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Living with War: "In the Beginning" is a stripped-down version of Neil Young's 2006 album Living with War. The original title of this particular CD/DVD release, according to a press release, was called Living with War - Raw. However, the title changed when the album was finally released.
In a special CD/DVD limited-edition package, available on Reprise Records in stores on December 19, 2006 the set included videos directed by Young of every song on the album. Using a wide range of visual sources, both from the Iraq War as well as demonstrations in the United States, and Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth the videos are a statement of not only what has happened during the past three years of war, but also how it has affected the entire world.
Living with War, which originally came out in early May 2006, immediately set off a firestorm of reaction from both sides of the political fence. With songs like "The Restless Consumer," "Shock and Awe," "Flags of Freedom" and "Let's Impeach the President," Living with War was quickly seen as a unique musical statement. On the "Raw" version of the album, the sound is straight-from-the-source, captured live in the studio exactly the way it was recorded, without the backing instrumentation and choral accompaniment found on the original release.

Track list:
1. "After the Garden" - 3:25
2. "Living with War" - 5:08
3. "The Restless Consumer" - 5:51
4. "Shock and Awe" - 4:56
5. "Families" - 2:33
6. "Flags of Freedom" - 3:45
7. "Let's Impeach the President" - 4:34
8. "Lookin' for a Leader" - 4:08
9. "Roger and Out" - 4:23

Personnel:
* Neil Young: guitars, vocal
* Rick Rosas: bass
* Chad Cromwell: drums
* Tom Bray: trumpet
* Neil Young & Niko Bolas: producer
* L.A. Johnson assistant producer

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Neil Young - American Stars 'n Bars (1977) (HDCD) (eac-flac-cover)

 

Neil Young - American Stars 'n Bars (1977)
rock | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 275MB
Reprise | HDCD | rar +5% recovery

American Stars 'n Bars is a studio album by Neil Young released in 1977. The album included "Like a Hurricane", one of Young's most well known songs.
The album was produced by Neil Young and David Briggs with Tim Mulligan except "Star of Bethlehem" by Elliot Mazer. The album cover was designed by Young's friend, actor Dean Stockwell, and features Connie Moskos keeled over with a bottle of Canadian whiskey in her hand and an intoxicated Young with his face pressed against the glass floor. Although initially receiving favorable reviews, the album was not released in digital format until 2003.[1] Its first CD release was a HDCD-encoded remastered version on August 19, 2003 as part of the Neil Young Archives Digital Masterpiece Series.

Tracks:
1 ) The old country waltz
2 ) Saddle up the Palomino
3 ) Hey babe
4 ) Hold back the tears
5 ) Bite the bullet
6 ) Star of Bethlehem
7 ) Will to live
8 ) Like a hurricane
9 ) Homegrown

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McDonald & Giles - McDonald & Giles (1970) (HDCD) (eac-flac-log)

McDonald & Giles - McDonald & Giles (1970)
rock | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 330MB
Virgin | HDCD | 2002 remaster | rar +5% recovery

McDonald and Giles is an album of music released by British musicians Ian McDonald and Michael Giles in 1971.
Ian McDonald and Michael Giles were members of the original King Crimson lineup, and were featured performers on the band's debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King (1969). Both left the group at the end of its first North American tour in 1969, although Giles appeared on the second King Crimson album, In the Wake of Poseidon (1970), as a session musician. Two other King Crimson members also worked on the album: Peter Giles and Peter Sinfield.
The music on McDonald and Giles contains many of the pastoral and musically complex elements of King Crimson, while generally avoiding that band's darker tendencies. The song "Flight of the Ibis" has a similar melody and rhythm to King Crimson's "Cadence and Cascade", with different lyrics. The album is also notable in that it contains a guest appearance by Steve Winwood, playing organ and piano on "Turnham Green." Winwood's group Traffic were also working on John Barleycorn Must Die at Island Studios at the same time.
Michael Giles' drum solo in "Tomorrow's People - The Children of Today" has been sampled by a number of rap and hip-hop artists.

Track list:
01 - Suite in C
02 - Flight of the Ibis
03 - Is She Waiting.flac
04 - Tomorrow's People - The Children of Today
05 - The Inventor's Dream
06 - The Workshop
07 - Wishbone Ascension
08 - Birdman Flies
09 - Wings in the Sunset
10 - Birdman - The Relection

Personnel
* Ian McDonald: guitar, piano, organ, saxes, flute, clarinet, zither, vocals and sundries
* Michael Giles: drums, percussion (including milk bottle, handsaw, lip whistle and nutbox), vocals
* Peter Giles: bass guitar
* Steve Winwood: organ, and piano solo on "Turnham Green"
* Michael Blakesley: trombone on "Tomorrow's People"

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Neil Young - Prairie Wind (HDCD) (2005)

Neil Young - Prairie Wind (HDCD) (2005)
rock | 1CD | EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | cover | 340MB
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AMG
Since Prairie Wind is a return to the soft, lush country-rock sound of Harvest; since Neil Young suffered a brain aneurysm during its recording; since it finds the singer/songwriter reflecting on life and family in the wake of his father's death; and since it's his most cohesive album in a decade, it would seem that all these factors add up to a latter-day masterpiece for Young, but that's not quite the case. Prairie Wind manages to be less than the sum of its parts and the problem isn't a lack of good songs (although it does have a few more clunkers than it should) or a botched concept.Young's decision to revive the country-rock that brought him his greatest popularity never feels like a cynical move -- the music is too warm, comfortable, and friendly to feel like anything but Neil playing to his strengths. However, since he cut this in Nashville with a bunch of studio pros including legendary keyboardist Spooner Oldham, it feels just a tad slicker than perhaps it should, since the smooth sound inadvertently highlights the sentimentality of the project. It's hard to begrudge Young if he wants to indulge in rose-colored memories -- a brush with death coupled with a loss of a parent tends to bring out sentimentality -- but such backward-gazing songs as "Far from Home" feel just a hair too close to trite, and the easy-rolling nature of the record doesn't lend them much gravity. There a few other songs that tend toward too close to the simplistic, whether it's the specific invocations of 9/11 and Chris Rock on "No Wonder" or the supremely silly Elvis salute "He Was the King," which are just enough to undermine the flow of the album, even if they fit into the general autumnal, reflective mood of the record. But since they do fit the overall feel of the album, and since they're better, even with their flaws, than the best songs on, say, Silver & Gold or Broken Arrow or Are You Passionate?, they help elevate the whole of Prairie Wind, particularly because there are some genuinely strong Young songs here: the moody opener "The Painter," the gently sighing "Fallin' off the Face of the Earth," the ethereal "It's a Dream," the sweet, laid-back "Here for Your," the understated "This Old Guitar" (there's also the sweeping "When God Made Me," recorded complete with a gospel chorus, one that will either strike a listener as moving or maudlin -- a latter-day "A Man Needs a Maid," only not as strong). This set of songs does indeed make Prairie Wind a better album than anything Young has released in the past decade, which means that it's easy to overrate it. For despite all of its strengths, neither the recording nor the songs are as memorable or as fully realized as his late-'80s/early-'90s comeback records -- Freedom, Ragged Glory, and Harvest Moon -- let alone his classic '70s work. Nevertheless, it's the closest Young has come to making a record that could hold its own with those albums in well over a decade, which means it's worthwhile even if it's never quite as great as it seems like it could have been.

Tracklisting:
01 - The Painter
02 - No Wonder
03 - Falling Off The Face Of The Earth
04 - Far From Home
05 - It's A Dream
06 - Prairie Wind
07 - Here For You
09 - He Was The King
10 - When God Made Me

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Neil Young - Neil Young (HDCD) (1968)

Neil Young - Neil Young (HDCD) (1968)
rock | 1CD | HDCD | EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | cover | 230MB
Reprise | RAR +5% recovery

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On his songs for Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young had demonstrated an eclecticism that ranged from the rock of "Mr. Soul" to the complicated, multi-part arrangement of "Broken Arrow." On his debut solo album, he continued to work with composer/arranger Jack Nitzsche, with whom he had made "Expecting to Fly" on the Buffalo Springfield Again album, and together the two recorded a restrained effort on which the folk-rock instrumentation, most of which was by Young, overdubbing himself, was augmented by discreet string parts. The country & western elements that had tinged the Springfield's sound were also present, notably on the leadoff track, "The Emperor of Wyoming," an instrumental that recalled the Springfield song "A Child's Claim to Fame."Still unsure of his voice, Young sang in a becalmed high tenor that could be haunting as often as it was listless and whining. He was at his least appealing on the nine-and-a-half-minute closing track, "The Last Trip to Tulsa," on which he accompanied himself with acoustic guitar, singing an impressionistic set of lyrics seemingly derived from Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited. But double-tracking and the addition of a female backup chorus improved the singing elsewhere, and on "The Loner," the album's most memorable track, Young displayed some of the noisy electric guitar work that would characterize his recordings with Crazy Horse and reminded listeners of his ability to turn a phrase. Still, Neil Young made for an uneven, low-key introduction to Young's solo career, and when released it was a commercial flop, his only album not to make the charts. (Several months after the album's release, Young remixed it to bring out his vocals more and added some overdubs. This second version replaced the first in the U.S. from then on, though the original mix remained available overseas.)

Track list:
1. "The Emperor of Wyoming"
2. "The Loner"
3. "If I Could Have Her Tonight"
4. "I've Been Waiting for You"
5. "The Old Laughing Lady"
6. "String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill"
7. "Here We Are in the Years"
8. "What Did You Do to My Life?"
9. "I've Loved Her So Long"
10. "The Last Trip to Tulsa"

Personnel
* Neil Young: guitars, piano, synthesizer, harpsichord, pipe organ, vocals
* Ry Cooder - guitar
* Jack Nitzsche - electric piano
* Jim Messina - bass
* Carol Kaye - bass
* George Grantham - drums
* Earl Palmer - drums
* Merry Clayton, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Gloria Richetta Jones, Sherlie Matthews, Gracia Nitzsche - backing vocals

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Neil Young - Re-ac-tor (HDCD) (1981)

Neil Young - Re-ac-tor (HDCD) (1981)
rock | 1CD | HDCD | EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | cover | 280MB
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Re-ac-tor is an album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse, released in 1981. The album married the electric guitar crunch of the late 70s Crazy Horse sound with early 80s New Wave rhythms. The simplistic, overdriven sound of the songs can be seen as a continuation of the punk-influenced numbers of Rust Never Sleeps such as "Sedan Delivery". Critical reception to the album was generally poor except for the accolades accorded to the album closer "Shots." The album marked the first use by Neil Young of the Synclavier which would be featured heavily on several of his later albums: Trans (1982) and Landing on Water (1986).

It was unavailable on compact disc until it was released as a HDCD-encoded remastered version on August 19, 2003 as part of the Neil Young Archives Digital Masterpiece Series.

Track list:
1. "Opera Star" – 3:31
2. "Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze" – 4:15
3. "T-Bone" – 9:10
4. "Get Back on It" – 2:14
5. "Southern Pacific" – 4:07
6. "Motor City" – 3:11
7. "Rapid Transit" – 4:35
8. "Shots" – 7:42

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