VA - Hall Of Fame (Rare And Unissued Gems From The FAME Vaults) Vol.1-3 [2012 - 2014]

Hall Of Fame, Vol. 01 Rare & Unissued Gems From The FAME Vaults [2012]

01 James Barnett You're So Fine 2:15
02 Jimmy Hughes I Worship The Ground You Walk On 2:28
03 June Conquest I Do 3:00
04 Richard Earl & The Corvettes Blind Can't See 2:33
05 Big Ben Atkins Tell It Like It Is 2:24
06 Jackie Almost Persuaded 2:48
07 Joe Simon When It Comes To Dancing 1:55
08 George Byrd & The Dominoes It Ain't No Harm 3:01
09 Prince Phillip Keep On Talking 3:04
10 Entertainers I Need Someone 2:45
11 Ben & Spence Hand Shakin' 2:57
12 James Gilreath Meet Me Tonight 2:45
13 Clarence Carter Tell Daddy 1:57
14 Ralph ''Soul'' Jackson You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy 2:18
15 Jimmy Hughes Steal Away '67 (Pt 1) 3:23
16 Otis Clay I'm Qualified 2:40
17 Marjorie Ingram In The Heat Of Love 2:26
18 Unknown Male Love Changes A Man 2:44
19 Clarence Carter Too Weak To Fight 2:08
20 Otis Clay Your Helping Hand 2:47
21 O.B. McClinton Two Big Legs And A Short Red Dress 2:41
22 Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces Baby Come Back 2:22
23 Travis Wammack Let's Do It Over 2:49
24 George Jackson For You 2:18

Hall Of Fame, Vol. 02 More Rare & Unissued Gems from the FAME Vaults [2013]

01 Unknown Female Another Good Woman Gone Bad 3:06
02 James Barnett It Tears Me Up 2:39
03 Ben & Spence Long Ago 2:57
04 June Conquest Don't Let It Be Said 2:42
05 George Jackson Take Me Back 2:05
06 Unknown Male Don't Count Me Out 2:53
07 Big Ben Atkins I Can't Stop (No No No) 2:21
08 Billy Young Have Pity On Me 2:30
09 George Jackson I Smell a Rat 2:37
10 Ralph ''Soul'' Jackson Don't Tear Yourself Down 2:26
11 Linda Carr Are You Teasing Me 2:45
12 Ben & Spence No One Left to Come Home To 2:56
13 Prince Phillip Fool for a Woman 2:42
14 Unknown Male Got to Get Over 2:34
15 Clarence Carter Take It All Off 2:04
16 Marjorie Ingram I'm Gonna Start Checking Up On My Man 2:45
17 Prince Phillip How Much More Can a Poor Man Stand 2:27
18 Unknown Female My Dreams Don't Ever Come True 2:33
19 George Soule Midnight Affair 3:22
20 Otis Clay That Kind of Lovin' 2:40
21 Clarence Carter They're Gonna Find Us (At the Dark End of the Street) 3:46
22 O.B. McClinton You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure 2:20
23 Joe Simon Get in a Hurry 2:21
24 Jackie Unfortunately 2:03

Hall Of Fame, Vol. 03 More Rare & Unissued Gems from the FAME Vaults [2014]

01 Billy & Clyde A World of My Own 2:55
02 Clarence Carter Hey Man 2:49
03 Dan Greer Don't Let a Good Thing Go to Waste 2:09
04 Ben & Spence L-O-V-E Love 2:43
05 Ralph Soul Jackson You Left the Water Running 2:43
06 Dan Brantley The Door to My Heart 2:33
07 Clarence Carter I Done Run Out 2:46
08 Billy Young You're Too Much 2:20
09 Roy Lee Johnson Ain't Nothin' Good About Bein' Lonely (Demo) 2:53
10 Big Ben Atkins Don't Raise Your Voice at Me 2:44
11 Unknown Male I'm in Love (That's All I Can Say) 3:15
12 Ben & Spence You're the One for Me 2:12
13 Billy Young Why Don't You Care 2:25
14 Roy Lee Johnson What Your Love's Gonna Turn Out to Be (Demo) 2:41
15 Herman Moore Come on Home 2:53
16 Otis Clay She's About a Mover 2:45
17 George Jackson I Don't Want to Know 3:22
18 Ben & Spence A Stone Loser 3:01
19 Clarence Carter I Feel a Burning 2:01
20 Herman Moore Love Light 2:47
21 Roy Lee Johnson Love is Calling on Me 2:53
22 Prince Phillip Hail! Hail! the Gang's All Here 2:31
23 Unknown Male Your Sister's Keeper 2:49
24 Otis Clay You Don't Miss Your Water 2:45

 

U2 - U22 (live 2 CD, 2012/FLAC)

 

'U22' is a limited edition, live 2-CD set documenting their U2360° Tour from 2009 to 2011. For subscribers only, this double-CD comes packaged in a U2.com LP-sized 24-page book and will not become commercially available.

On U2360° between 2009 and 2011, the band played 110 shows in 30 countries to 7 million people. There were at least 22 songs in the show every night, but over 26 months the set list was continually reinvented. By the last night more than fifty songs had featured, stretching from 2009's No Line On The Horizon all the way back to 1980's debut Boy. It was down to the subscribers of U2.com to decide on the 22 songs (via a vote) that appear on the 'U22'.

• Bono: Lead Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica
• The Edge: Guitars, Backing Vocals
• Adam Clayton: Bass Guitar
• Larry Mullen, Jr.: Drums, Percussion 

 

VA - African Guitar Box [5 LP, 2012]

 

5 LP box set of classic African guitar based music recorded between 1951 & 1970. Mostly solo performances with guitar & vocals. 

The first disc features classic acoustic guitar music from all over the African disporia, with an emphasis on Congolese & Kenyan artists. The second disc has all electric guitar performances with minimal accompaniment on percussion – nothing remotely funk based. The third disc features a mix of acoustic & electric performances. Disc four presents more challenging compositional music on acoustic guitar than found on the previous 3 discs – not easy listening by any means, but very rewarding. The final disc is the most sublime & peaceful acoustic guitar & vocal performances you could ever imagine!

The Allstars From Charlottesville VA. - Tip Your Waitress [1978]

 

In late December, 1972, Richard Green alit Amtrak’s Southern Crescent from NYC to Charlottesville, VA., bearing his life’s possessions—four records, a backpack and a Stratocaster—planning on a quick visit. Ten years later (neither he nor anyone else can remember exactly when), he decamped for Washington, DC, having increased his holdings to include a box of books, two boxes of records, a second guitar and a trash bag full of clothes.

In the intervening years, he formed, led and ultimately dissolved what arguably was the most influential central Virginia band of its period, the Charlottesville Allstars. The Allstars was the first local band to tour extensively, ultimately working 250 to 300 one-nighters per year. The band broke open major markets such as Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Atlanta for other local bands. Their sole album, “Tip Your Waitress,” was the only commercial LP released by any contemporary Charlottesville band. As many as 20 musicians passed through the Allstars lineup, including players who went on to notoriety in the Skip Castro Band and the Stoned Wheat Things.

Spurred by renewed interest in the 70s music scene inspired by the documentary film “Live . . . from the Hook,” the Allstars reunited in 2007 for a limited schedule of gigs. The current lineup represents the band’s definitive period, from 1976 to 1979. In addition to Green on guitar and vocals are virtuoso Doug Jay, harmonica and vocals; co-founder Steve Bliley, guitar; and the authoritative rhythm section of Paul Hammond, drums and vocals; and Steve Riggs, bass.

This re-release includes no less than 5 previously unreleased performances, all remastered for the digital domain.

• Lucille Schoettle: Vocals
• Dick Green: Vocals, Lead Guitar
• Doug Jay: Vocal Harmonica on "Mean Old Train"
• Steve Bliley: Rhythm Guitar
• Steve Riggs: Bass
• Steve Ramsay: Drums

Additional Musicians:

• Jimmy Thackery: Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Tom Principato: Guitar (Lead on cut 6)
• Sandy Gray: Guitar (cuts 17-20)
• Tony Pallagrosi: Trumpet (cut 20)
• Carlos Novi: Tenor Sax (cut 20)
• Dave Birkin: Tenor Sax
• Billy Clark: Alto Sax
• Paul Hammond: Drums, Vocals (cuts 17-20)

01. Bumble Bee (3:00)
02. Forty Days & Forty Nights (3:20)
03. The Fever (4:58)
04. Voodoo Woman (2:54)
05. My Love Will Never Die (5:05)
06. Wasn't That Good (2:59)
07. Ninety-Nine Pounds (3:52)
08. So Many Roads (So Many Trains) (4:03)
09. Hoodoo Blues (3:23)
10. Tell Mama (3:11)
11. Mean Old Train (3:06)
12. Tell Me All The Tings You Do (4:08)
13. I Pity The Fool (3:47)
14. I'm Tore Down (3:21)
15. Saturday Night Fish Fry (4:29)
16. Further (On) Up The Road (3:08)
17. 25 Miles (4:05)
18. You Don't Care (2:56)
19. Can't Hold Out (3:25)
20. Tell Mama (With Horns) (4:20)


Tracks 13-20 are bonus tracks.

VA- Day of the Dead [3 CD, 2016/320+FLAC]

 

Day of the Dead is the twenty-fifth compilation release benefiting the Red Hot Organization, an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS. Featuring fifty-nine exclusive recordings of covers of Grateful Dead songs by a number of independent artists as a tribute to the band and creation and curation by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National.