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20.4.19

FREDA PAYNE - Contact (1971-2018) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Freda Payne's second Invictus album was a significant success, making it onto the pop charts. She found her niche in the early '70s, doing silky, sophisticated pop/soul with excellent production, arrangements, and material supplied by the Holland/Dozier/Holland team. They wisely didn't try to make her a sassy or hard-edged vocalist, putting her voice in string and horn-dominated charts and emphasizing her soothing, lightly sensual side. by Ron Wynn
Tracklist: 
1 I'm Not Getting Any Better 6:45
Written-By – Holland - Dozier
2 Suddenly It's Yesterday 4:24
Written-By – Holland - Dozier
3 You Brought The Joy 3:00
Written-By – Holland - Dozier
4 Bring The Boys Home 3:22
Written-By – A. Bond, G. Johnson, G. Perry
5 You've Got To Love Somebody (Let It Be Me) 3:01
Written-By – R. Miner, W. Weatherspoon
6 Prelude 0:53
Written-By – Holland - Dozier
7 The Road We Didn't Take 4:17
Written-By – Holland - Dozier
8 Odds And Ends 3:50
Written-By – G. Johnson, G. Perry
9 Cherish What Is Dear To You (While It's Near To You) 3:56
Written-By – A. Bond, Holland - Dozier
10 I Shall Not Be Moved 2:43
Written-By – Holland - Dozier
11 Mama's Gone 3:23
Written-By – G. Johnson, G. Perry, R. Dunbar
Bonus Tracks
12 You Brought The Joy (Us Single Version)
13 He's In my Life
14 How Can I Live Without My Life
15 Just A Woman
16 Come Back
17 You're The Only Bargain I've Got
18 Deeper And Deeper (Us Single Version)
19 Band Of Gold (Alternate Version)
Credits:
Arranged By – H.B. Barnum, McKinley Jackson, Anthony Camillo
Musician [Stuff] – Greg Perry, Ronald Dunbar, William Weatherspoon
Primary Artist, Vocals  –  Freda Payne

21.12.17

STEVIE WONDER - With a Song in My Heart [1963] MOTOWN

Having tried to turn Little Stevie Wonder into Big Ray Charles, then broken him through with "Fingertips, Pt. 2," Motown then gave us "Steve Wonder, Lounge Lizard." At least, that's what you'd think listening to this string-filled crooning session, in which the 13-year-old earnestly makes his way through the likes of Johnny Mercer's "Dream," "Get Happy," "Without A Song," and other supper club standards. Berry Gordy's wish for all his artists may have been to play the Copacabana, but this one was far below the legal drinking age, and, although Wonder brought his usual willingness to the project, it was years beyond his abilities. by William Ruhlmann
Tracklist
1 With A Song In My Heart 3:12
2 When You Wish Upon A Star 2:59
3 Smile 3:20
4 Make Someone Happy 4:04
5 Dream 2:11
6 Put On A Happy Face 2:37
7 On The Sunny Side Of The Street 4:00
8 Get Happy 2:14
9 Give Your Heart A Chance 2:16
10 Without A Song 4:14

STEVIE WONDER - With a Song in My Heart 
[1963] MOTOWN / CBR320 / scan

2.12.17

LITTLE STEVIE WONDER - Tribute to Uncle Ray [1962]

 "Little Stevie Wonder, Tamla's 11-year-old musical genius, is blind, a similarity he shares with a famed musician and vocalist of today," shamelessly announce the liner notes of this album. Unfortunately, Wonder at 11 does not share much of Ray Charles's vocal abilities, even when he is singing Charles' songs (others are "originals in the style of his idol") and, since he doesn't play on the record, there's no similarity there either. Today, listening to a child emote his way through songs like "Drown In My Own Tears" is a curiosity at best, and the album is only for hardcore Wonder fanatics. by William Ruhlmann
Tracklist  
1 Hallelujah I Love Her So
Written-By – Ray Charles
2 Ain't That Love
Written-By – Ray Charles
3 Don't You Know
Written-By – Ray Charles
4 The Masquerade
Written-By – Rubel, Migidson
5 Frankie & Johnny
Arranged By – Clarence Paul
6 Drown In My Own Tears
Written-By – Henry Glover
7 Come Back Baby
Written-By – Ray Charles
8 Mary Ann
Written-By – Ray Charles
9 Sunset
Written-By – Paul, Judkins
10 My Baby's Gone
Written-By – Berry Gordy, Jr.
STEVIE WONDER - Tribute to Uncle Ray 
[1962] MOTOWN / CBR320 / scan

11.11.17

STEVIE WONDER - The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie [1962] MOTOWN

 Stevie Wonder's debut album, released when he was 11, is still an amazing musical document, showcasing his skills as a percussionist (drums and bongos), chromatic harmonica player, keyboardist (piano and organ), and composer -- and he was prodigious in all four categories. All of these skills are highlighted throughout this record, and Wonder's youthful, exuberant voice had a maturity suggesting that greatness was around the corner. Perhaps most surprising to contemporary listeners will be the emphasis on instrumentals, which made this a fairly unusual album by Motown standards to begin with. Apart from a few shouts in the background in some of the more free-form tracks, there's not a vocal to be heard here, yet the sounds are rich and diverse enough that one never misses them. What's more, a lot of what's here is extremely sophisticated instrumental music for its time, and the "jazz" reference in the title is not a matter of optimistic convenience or self-aggrandizement -- a lot of this is legitimate jazz. by Bruce Eder

Tracklist  
1 Fingertips 2:55
Bongos – Little Stevie
2 Square 2:59
Harmonica – Little Stevie
3 Soul Bongo 2:17
Bongos – Little Stevie
4 Manhattan At Six 3:44
Drums – Little Stevie
5 Paulsby 2:44
Organ, Harmonica – Little Stevie
6 Some Other Time 5:07
Harmonica – Little Stevie
7 Wondering 2:49
Organ – Little Stevie
8 Session Number 112 3:15
Piano, Harmonica – Little Stevie
9 Bam 3:33
Harmonica – Little Stevie

STEVIE WONDER - The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie 
Motown [1962] CBR320 / scan

MICHEL CAMILO & TOMATITO — Spain Again (2006) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Michel Camilo, the New York-based, Dominican-born pianist, and Tomatito, the Spanish flamenco guitarist, recorded a well-received duets alb...