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Françoise Hardy – Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp (1979 Japanese Compilation)

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Françoise Hardy – Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp  Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC & mp3 | Web scans 1979 Epic/Sony Japan 25·3P-78 This is a Japan-only compilation (not to be confused with an earlier album with the same title)  which spans Françoise Hardy’s career up until the mid 1970s.  The sound, mastering, and pressing quality are all excellent. My last blog post originally contained a rant, now deleted, about how I will never truly understand the music and… Continue reading

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Paulinho da Viola – Paulinho da Viola (1971, Mono pressing)

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Paulinho Da Viola – Paulinho Da Viola 1971 Odeon – MOFB 3670 Style: Samba, MPB Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Tracklist A1 – Num Samba Curto (02:48) A2 – Pressentimento (02:47) A3 – Para Ver As Meninas (02:47) A4 – Nas Ondas Da Noite (02:06) A5 – Filosofia Do Samba (02:10) A6 – Consumir E Viver (02:42) B1 – Lapa Em Três Tempos (Musica Incidental: Abre A Janela) (02:48) B2 – Coração (02:05) B3 – Minha Vez De Sorrir (02:47)… Continue reading

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Chico Freeman – The Search (1983) (India Navigation)

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  Chico Freeman – The Search Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC | Web scans | Jazz 1.52GB (24/192) + 806 MB (24/96) || 1983 India Navigation IN 1059 I have not posted on this blog in nearly 6 months.  For those of you still hanging around, I hope you are all doing well.  A lot has been happening in the world, and in my personal and professional life, that have kept me away.  But I will try and… Continue reading

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La Sonora Matancera – Super 100 Éxitos (2008)

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La Sonora Matancera Super 100 Exitos Warner / Rhino / Peerless MCM 2851359 Made in Mexico Super 100 Éxitos, or is it 100 Super Éxitos? This is a 5-CD boxset with 100 tracks and no  notes or booklet.  Which is a shame because La Sonora Matancera is an institution whose inheritance the whole world has gained something from, arguably the “mothership” from whence all salsa music derives.  As has been stated here before, “salsa” is a catch-all, umbrella term anyway… Continue reading

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Leci Brandão – Antes Que Eu Volte A Ser Nada (1975) (1980 Japan Polydor / Marcus Pereira WLP)

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Leci Brandão – Antes Que Eu Volte A Ser Nada Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | FLAC |  300 dpi scans |Samba, MPB, Brazil 1975 Marcus Pereira || 1980 Polydor Japan   A classic debut album from one of the best artists to emerge from the 1970’s roots samba revival in Brazil, Leci Brandão is unique in that not only was she a tremendous singer but she also composed — on this album, there’s not a song she didn’t write!  Continue reading

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Dorothy Ashby – Afro-Harping (1968)

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Dorothy Ashby – Afro-Harping  Orig. release 1968 Cadet Records / 2018 Geffen / UMe Next to Alice Coltrane, Dorothy Ashby is easily the best-known proponent of “jazz harp.”  I mean, it’s not exactly a crowded scene, is it?  This record stimulates all my auralgenous zones, drawing on ‘soul jazz’, pop, Latin, post-bop, R&B and proto-funk.  It may even evoke “exotica”, but only in the best ways: the lead-off track has a theremin in it, FFS.  It’s the kind of thing… Continue reading