Manfred Mann's Earth Band - 40th Anniversary Box Set [21 CD, 2011]

 

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Creature Music has compiled this stunning box set comprising 21 CDs, a 36-page booklet of the band's history with extensive notes for each album, a 32-page book of Manfred's own memories and anecdotes and a poster of the current band. The catalogue CDs have been remastered and repackaged in LP-style sleeves. The albums have the original UK running order and refreshed sleeves. Live In Ersingen is a brand-new live recording from 22 July this year, featuring the band's latest vocalist, Robert Hart. Leftovers is a compilation of the hit singles and rare or previously unavailable recordings.


Albums in the set are

• Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
• Glorified Magnified,
• Messin,
• Solar Fire,
• The Good Earth,
• Nightingales And Bombers,
• The Roaring Silence,
• Watch,
• Angel Station,
• Chance,
• Somewhere In Africa,
• Live In Budapest,
• Criminal Tango,
• Masque,
• Manfred Mann's Plains Music,
• Soft Vengeance,
• Mann Alive
• 2006,
• Live In Ersingen 2011
• Leftovers

 

 

Linda Ronstadt - Original Album Series (5 CD, 2009/FLAC)

 

Disc 1: Prisoner In Disguise - 1975

Disc 2: Simple Dreams - 1977

Disc 3: Living In The U.S.A. - 1978

Disc 4: Mad Love - 1980

Disc 5: Cry Like A Rainstorm - 1989

 

 

VA - La Boite Noire : Les Racines de Nova 1961-1970 [10 CD/FLAC]

 Radio Nova (or simply Nova) is a radio station broadcast from Paris, created in 1981 by Jean-François Bizot. Its playlist is characterized by non-mainstream or underground artists of various music genres, such as electro, new wave, reggae, jazz, hip hop and world music. 

 

 

VA - I Didn't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It! - The Ralph Bass Sessions Vol.1 & 2 (2 CD, 1998/FLAC)

 

Ralph Bass Jr.; (1 May 1911 The Bronx – 5 March 1997 Chicago) was an American rhythm and blues record producer and talent scout for several independent labels. He was a pioneer in bringing black music into the American mainstream. During his career he worked in key roles for Black & White Records, Savoy Records, King Records, Federal Records, and Chess Records, recording some of the greatest performers in black music, including Etta James, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Earl Bostic, and groups such as The Platters and The Dominoes. Bass was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 as a non-performer.

 

Vol.1 (feat.Magic Slim, Jimmy Johnson, Lacy Gibson & Joe Carter)

01 - Jimmy Johnson - Pretty Baby

02 - Jimmy Johnson - Hi Heel Sneakers

03 - Jimmy Johnson - Looking For My Baby

04 - Jimmy Johnson - Thing I Used To Do

05 - Lacy Gibson - You Better Be Sure

06 - Lacy Gibson - Whop That Thang Around Me

07 - Lacy Gibson - Easy Woman

08 - Lacy Gibson - Take My Love

09 - Magic Slim - Born In Missouri

10 - Magic Slim - Strange Thing Happen

11 - Magic Slim - Soul Blues

12 - Magic Slim - Ship Made Of Paper

13 - Joe Carter - Joe's Boogie

14 - Joe Carter - Sweet Home Chicago

15 - Joe Carter - Annie Lee

Recorded at PS Studios, Chicago

Tracks 1-4 March 29, 1977

Tracks 5-8 March 9, 1977

Tracks 9-12 March 22, 1977

TracKs 13-15 April 5, 1977

Vol.2 (feat.Sunnyland Slim, Eddie Clearwater, Lee Jackson & Willie Williams)

01 - Lee Jackson - Dirty Old Man

02 - Lee Jackson - Chicago Woman

03 - Lee Jackson - Pleading For Love

04 - Lee Jackson - Rocks In My Pillow

05 - Sunnyland Slim - Bessie Mae

06 - Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin'

07 - Sunnyland Slim - I Had It So Hard

08 - Sunnyland Slim - Soft And Mellow Stella

09 - Eddie Clearwater - Mayor Daley's Blues

10 - Eddie Clearwater - Boogie My Blues Away

11 - Eddie Clearwater - I Don't Know Why

12 - Eddie Clearwater - Came Up The Hard Way

13 - Willie Williams - You Went Away Baby

14 - Willie Williams - Alcoholic Man

15 - Willie Williams - Showing Off My Car

Recorded at PS Studios, Chicago

Tracks 1-4 March 16, 1977

Tracks 5-8 March 8, 1977

Tracks 9-12 March 14, 1977

Tracks 13-15 March 17, 1977

Kraftwerk discography [1970-2011]

  

During the mid-'70s, Germany's Kraftwerk established the sonic blueprint followed by an extraordinary number of artists in the decades to come. From the British new romantic movement to hip-hop to techno, the group's self-described "robot pop" -- hypnotically minimal, obliquely rhythmic music performed solely via electronic means -- resonates in virtually every new development to impact the contemporary pop scene of the late-20th century, and as pioneers of the electronic music form, their enduring influence cannot be overstated. Kraftwerk emerged from the same German experimental music community of the late '60s that spawned Can and Tangerine Dream; primary members Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter first met as classical music students at the Dusseldorf Conservatory, originally teaming in the group Organisation and issuing a 1970 album, Tone Float, in the U.K. Schneider and Hütter soon disbanded Organisation, re-christening themselves Kraftwerk (German for "power station"), beginning work on their own studio (later dubbed Kling Klang), and immersing their music in the fledgling world of minimalist electronics; their 1971 debut, titled simply Kraftwerk 1, offered a hint of their unique aesthetic in its earliest form, already implementing innovations including Schneider's attempts at designing homemade rhythm machines.