Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes (1974) {2001 Columbia Legacy}

Earth, Wind & Fire - Open Our Eyes (1974) {2001 Columbia Legacy}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 338 mb
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Genre: R&B, soul, Afrobeat, gospel

Open Our Eyes is the fifth album by Earth, Wind & Fire. Released in 1974, this was the album that was the beginning of where the group would go next, featuring their first certified hit song, "Mighty Mighty". The album also includes "Kalimba Story", "Devotion", and "Fair But So Uncool". The 2001 remaster for Columbia Legacy features a few unreleased songs not on the original album. The MP3 version has an additional interlude recorded for the album but not released until it was placed on The Eternal Dance box set.

Finally, after almost half a decade of serious dues-paying, Earth, Wind & Fire took off commercially with its fifth album, Open Our Eyes. EWF had been delivering great albums since 1971, but it wasn't until 1974 that the public proved genuinely receptive to Maurice White's mystical and unorthodox take on soul and funk. No longer would EWF enjoy only a small cult following. Thanks to treasures like "Kalimba Song," the gritty funk smoker "Mighty Mighty," and the unforgettable "Devotion," Open Our Eyes became EWF's first gold album and went to the top of the R&B charts. It's also interesting to note that with this album, singer Jessica Cleaves was gone, resulting in the first time EWF had an all-male lineup. The 2001 CD reissue adds four previously unreleased bonus tracks, one of them a "Walkin' in N'awlins" mix of "Fair But So Uncool," though the other three songs did not appear on the original album in an alternate form.

01. Mighty Mighty
02. Devotion
03. Fair But So Uncool
04. Feelin' Blue
05. Kalimba Story
06. Drum Song
07. Hey Girl (Interlude) (Bonus Track)
08. Tee Nine Chee Bit
09. Spasmodic Movements
10. Rabbit Seed
11. Caribou
12. Open Our Eyes

BONUS TRACKS (Previously Unreleased)
13. Ain't No Harm To Moan (Slave Song)
14. Fair But So Uncool (Walkin' In N'awlins Mix)
15. Step's Tune
15. Dreams
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Maurice White-vocals, drums, kalimba
Verdine White-vocals, bass, percussion
Philip Bailey-vocals, congas, percussion
Al McKay-vocals, guitar, percussion
Larry Dunn-piano, organ, Moog synthesizer
Ralph Johnson-drums, percussion
Andrew Woolfolk-soprano sax, flute
Johnny Graham-guitar, percussion

Produced by Joe Wissert & Maurice White
Associate producer: Charles Stepney
Arranged by Earth Wind & Fire and Charles Stepney

Recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
Engineer & Remix: Bruce Botnick for Ears
Remixed at Hollywood Sound Recorders Inc., Hollywood, California
Original LP Disc Mastering: Mastering Lab, Arnie Acosta

Special thanks to Charles Stepney: Moog synthesizer
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Bonus tracks mixed by Paul Klingberg, Leo Sacks & Maurice White during April 2000 at Magnet Vision Studios, Santa Monica, California
Assisted by Cameron Marcarelli & Rick Jacobsohn
CD Mastered by Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York

Tape research by Matthew Kelly & Stacey Boyle at Sony Music Studios, New York

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Sandman Project - Royal Family (EP) (2018) {Batov}

Sandman Project - Royal Family (EP) (2018) {Batov}
WEB Rip | FLAC (no log) | scans | 131 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 56 mb
Genre: jazz, Afrobeat

Royal Family is a 2018 EP by Israeli Afrobeat band Sandman Project. This was released by Baton.

1. Hamsa (5:43)
2. Royal Family (6:04)
3. Circles (3:24)
4. Mazerich (4:23)
5. Savanna Trip (4:06)

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Manu Dibango - Best Of (2020) {Mercury/Universal Music}

Manu Dibango - Best Of (2020) {Mercury/Universal Music}
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MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 88 mb
Genre: soul, R&B, funk, Afrobeat

Best Of is a 2020 compilation by the late Manu Dibango, who died of coronavirus in 2020. This was released by Mercury/Universal Music.

1. Soul Makossa
2. Hot Chicken
3. Wouri
4. New Bell
5. Night In Zeralda
6. Soul Machine
7. Je Veux Être Noir
8. Dikalo (Remix 97)
9. Soul Makossa (DJ Flex Remix)

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The Funkees - Now I'm A Man (1976) {2016 PMG}

The Funkees - Now I'm A Man (1976) {2016 PMG}
WEB Rip | FLAC with auCDtect | scans | 276 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 91 mb
Genre: funk, soul, R&B, Afrobeat, psychedelic rock

Now I'm A Man is a 1976 album by Nigerian band The Funkees, not named because they were fun keys. This is taken from a 2016 remastered reissued in Austria by the PMG label.

1. Now I'm A Man (6:58)
2. Korfisa (5:24)
3. Dance With Me (4:03)
4. Mimbo (5:28)
5. Patience (4:38)
6. Salam (5:35)
7. Time (3:52)
8. 303 (4:22)

Restoration by Oleg Galay

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The Blassics - Togetherings (2019) {Odd Funk}

The Blassics - Togetherings (2019) {Odd Funk}
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Genre: funk, Afrobeat

Togetherings is the 2019 album by Finnish funk band The Blassics. This was released by the Odd Funk label.

1. In A Sincere Way (6:06)
2. Hagerun Celeba (11:03)
3. Yeselalewa (6:23)
4. Why Is The Chicken Running (7:06)
5. Nurona Bilhatu (6:33)
6. Block Hipat (8:36)

Ville-Pekka Järvinen-bass
Joona Venäläinen-drums
Hanna Lotti-flute
Juha Sarkkola-guitar
Jukka Teerisaari-percussion
Victor Tokpanou-percussion
Mikko Veijonen-baritone saxophone
Tuure Tammi-trumpet
MikiMac (Mikiyas Getachew)-vocals

Produced, recorded & mixed by Juha Sarkkola & Tuure Tammi
Recorded live on analog 8-track tape recorder during August 2018 at Odd Funk Studio

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Ginger Baker - Do What You Like (2CD) (1998) {Polygram Chronicles}

Ginger Baker - Do What You Like (2CD) (1998) {Polygram Chronicles}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 993 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 387 mb
Genre: classic rock, jazz, Afrobeat, blues rock

Do What You Like is a 1998 compilation by drummer Ginger Baker that combined three of his albums: 1970's Ginger Baker’s Air Force, 1970's Ginger Baker’s Air Force 2, and 1972's Stratavarious, plus a non-LP track and a song previously unreleased.

For a change, the late 1960s yielded up a supergroup that lived up to its hype and then some. Ginger Baker's Air Force was recorded live at Royal Albert Hall in January of 1970 – in fact, this may be the best-sounding live album ever to come out of that notoriously difficult venue – at a show that must have been a wonder to watch, as the ten-piece band blazed away in sheets of sound, projected delicate flute parts behind multi-layered African percussion, or built their songs up Bolero-like, out of rhythms from a single instrument into huge jazz-cum-R&B crescendos. Considering that this was only their second gig, the group sounds astonishingly tight, which greatly reduces the level of self-indulgence that one would expect to find on an album where five of the eight tracks run in excess of ten minutes. There aren't too many wasted notes or phrases in the 78 minutes of music included here, and Steve Winwood's organ, Baker, Phil Seamen, and Remi Kabaka's drums, and the sax playing by Chris Wood, Graham Bond (on alto), and Harold McNair, all stand out, especially the sax trio's interwoven playing on "Don't Care." Additionally, Denny Laine plays louder, flashier, more virtuoso-level guitar than he ever got to turn in with the Moody Blues, bending notes in exquisite fashion in the opening of Air Force's rendition of the Cream standard "Toad," crunching away on rhythm elsewhere, and indulging in some more introspective blues for "Man of Constant Sorrow." The original CD reissue, which sounded pretty good, was deleted in the early '90s, but this album has been remastered again and repackaged as part of the Ginger Baker retrospective Do What You Like on Polygram's Chronicles series. It's a must-own for jazz-rock, Afro-fusion, blues-rock, or percussion fans.

DISC 1 - LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL
(Ginger Baker's Air Force)
1. Da Da Man
2. Early In The Morning
3. Don't Care
4. Toad
5. Aiko Biaye
6. Man Of Constant Sorrow
7. Do What You Like
8. Doin' It

DISC 2 - IN THE STUDIO
(non-LP single)
01. Man Of Constant Sorrow
(Ginger Baker's Air Force 2)
02. Let Me Ride
03. Sweet Wine
04. Do U No Hu Yor Phrenz R?
05. We Free Kings
06. I Don't Want To Go On Without You
07. Toady
08. 12 Gates Of The City
(Ginger Baker's Air Force 2 outtake, previously unreleased)
09. Sunshine Of Your Love
(Stratavarious)
10. Ariwo
11. Tiwa (It's Our Own)
12. Something Nice
13. Ju Ju
14. Blood Brothers
15. Coda

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VA - Impeach The Precedent (2005) {Kick Snare Hat/Kajmere Sound Recordings}

VA - Impeach The Precedent (2005) {Kick Snare Hat/Kajmere Sound Recordings}
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Genre: soul, R&B, hip-hop, rap, turntablism, funk, Afrobeat, future jazz

Impeach The Precedent is a 2005 compilation album released by the Kick Snare Hat label via Kajmere Sound Recordings. This features a wonderful mixture of soul, funk, Afrobeat and hip-hop, a groovy blend of the good stuff.

01. DJ Shortkut & Roy C. Hammond - Impeach The President
02. DJ Einstein & MC Zaakir - Have And Have Nots
03. Thes One & J-Live - Give It Up
04. This Kid Named Miles & Medusa - New Definition
05. The Globetroddas - Love
06. Jazzanova - L.O.V.E. And You And I
07. Poets Of Rhythm - Flight To St. Vincent
08. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes
09. Damon Aaron - Bungalow
10. Blk Sonshine - Echoes
11. Antibalas - P.A.Z
12. People Under The Stairs - Bomb Combo
13. Crown City Rockers - Movement
14. Breakestra - Show And Prove
15. New Mastersounds - Bullseye
16. The Rebirth - Everybody Say Yeah

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Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin - Music Is My Medicine (2009) {Ubiquity}

Clutchy Hopkins Meets Lord Kenjamin - Music Is My Medicine (2009) {Ubiquity}
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Genre: soul, R&B, funk, Afrobeat

Music Is My Medicine is the 2009 collaborative album between musicians who call themselves Clutchy Hopkins and Lord Kenjamin, which are most likely pseudonyms. This was released on the Ubiquity label.

With faint memories of a 4 track, deep-rooted beats, and a melodica, I have been brought back to health by the help of Lord Kenjamin and the music we made together. As a token of my appreciation I have promised the good Lord Kenjamin that the world would one day hear these recordings. The music has made a huge impact on our spirits and health during this time. We will call this record Music Is My Medicine.

1. The Old Spot
2. Brother John
3. Cold And Wet
4. Riff Raff Rollin
5. Lord Kenji
6. Doty's Leslie
7. Tune Traveler
8. Shadowfish
9. Gourds Of The Desert
10. Turtle Rock
11. Heavy Hands

Track 3 featuring Fat Albert Einstein
Track 5 featuring Jim McComas
Track 8 featuring Team Scrub

Produced by Clutchy Hopkins and Lord Kenjamin

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