Laurie Anderson - United States Live (4 CD, 1984/1991/FLAC)

United States Live is the third album release by avant-garde singer-songwriter Laurie Anderson. Released as a 5-record boxed set (later reissued on four CDs), the album was recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City in February 1983.

United States was Anderson's magnum opus performance-art piece featuring musical numbers, spoken word pieces, and animated vignettes about life in the United States. Segments ranged from humorous, such as "Yankee See," which gently chided Anderson's record label, Warner Bros. Records, for signing her in the first place, to the apocalyptic anthem "O Superman," which had been an unexpected Top 10 hit for Anderson on the UK music charts in 1981. 

 

VA - American Primitive Vol. I + II (3 CD, 1997-2005/FLAC)

 

Early gospel and blues from the collections of Gayle Dean Wardlow and John Fahey.

John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been enormously influential and has been described as the foundation of the genre of American primitive guitar, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of the music and its minimalist style. Fahey borrowed from the folk and blues traditions in American roots music, having compiled many forgotten early recordings in these genres.

Gayle Dean Wardlow (born August 31, 1940) is an American historian of the blues. He is particularly associated with research into the lives of the musicians Charlie Patton and Robert Johnson and the historical development of the Delta blues, on which he is a leading authority. 

 

Otis Redding - Whisky a Go Go The Complete Recordings [7 CD, 2016/FLAC]

 

In chronological order, this seven-CD collection presents the entirety of Otis Redding's performances over three nights at the famed Whisky A Go Go, on LA's Sunset Strip. The seven sets, recorded Friday, April 8th, through Sunday, April 10th, feature the singer's popular songs of the time, including 'Respect,''I've Been Loving You Too Long' and his cover of The Rolling Stones' '(I Can t Get No) Satisfaction.' Several of these recordings -all remixed and remastered from the original analog tapes- will be released for the very first time.

 

 

Funkadelic discography [1970-2008]

 Funkadelic was an American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of the 1970s. Initially formed as a backing band for Clinton's vocal group the Parliaments, Funkadelic eventually pursued a heavier, more psychedelic rock-oriented sound.

Funkadelic.1970 Free Your Mind (2005 remastered)

Funkadelic.1970 Funkadelic (remastered 2005)

Funkadelic.1971 Maggot Brain (2005 remastered)

Funkadelic.1972 America Eats Its Young (2005 remastered)

Funkadelic.1973 Cosmic Slop (remastered 2005)

Funkadelic.1974 Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (remastered 1991)

Funkadelic.1975 Let's Take It to the Stage (remastered 1992)

Funkadelic.1976 Hardcore Jollies (remastered 1993)

Funkadelic.1976 Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (1992 remastered)

Funkadelic.1978 One Nation Under a Groove (remastered 1993)

Funkadelic.1979 Uncle Jam Wants You (remastered 1993)

Funkadelic.1980 Connections & Disconnections

Funkadelic.1981 The Electric Spanking of War Babies (remastered 2003)

Funkadelic.1996 Funkadelic Live - Meadowbrook, Rochester, Michigan 1971

Funkadelic.2000 Funk Gets Stronger [2 CD]

Funkadelic.2000 The Original Cosmic Funk Crew

Funkadelic.2005 Whole Funk & Nothing But The Funk [2 CD]

Funkadelic.2007 By Way Of The Drum

Funkadelic.2008 Toys

Gov't Mule - Bring On the Music : Live at the Capitol Theatre [4 CD, 2019/FLAC]

Gov’t Mule celebrates 25 years being a band with Bring On The Music – Live At The Capitol Theatre.

Hard rock quartet Gov't Mule emerged at the height of the jam band scene's emergence into the mainstream during the mid-'90s. They have played thousands of shows and been through many changes during that time -- some of them excruciatingly painful. The death of founding bassist Allen Woody in 2000 was so profound a loss that they didn't replace him with any one bassist for three years. Keyboardist Danny Louis came aboard in 2002; a year later, bassist Andy Hess was hired on and remained for five more years. Since 2008, Jorgen Carlsson has held down the chair. Bring on the Music: Live at the Capitol Theatre not only acknowledges the band's anniversary but pays homage to their greatest asset: fans. Gov't Mule is so conscious of them, concerts are delivered with completely different set lists so fans get the Mule walking a tightrope each night. In addition to the music there is a full-length concert film by veteran Danny Clinch that also contains interviews and backstage footage and Clinch's iconic photographs.