Sharp Funk To Warm Up A Hard Winter

The Brothers Johnson are Los Angeles natives who cut their teeth in the early 1970s as a back-up band, but soon graduated to becoming session players for the one and only Quincy Jones. Jones decided to give them a shot as their own group, and they entered the funk scene in 1976. As producer, Jones gave the Brothers Johnson the immaculate production style he was always known for. As a result, the elegant, classy funk sounds that the Brothers Johnson embodied spawned a sub-genre that American black radio referred to as sophisi-funk. In terms or musicianship and performance, this is indeed sharper in style than even Earth, Wind & Fire. Amazing stuff, and truly representative of late 1970s funk.

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The Brothers Johnson - Right On Time [1977]
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1. Runnin' For Your Lovin'
2. Free Yourself, Be Yourself
3. "Q"
4. Right On Time
5. Strawberry Letter 23
6. Brother Man
7. Never Leave You Lonely
8. Love Is

The Brothers Johnson - Blam! [1978]
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1. Ain't We Funkin' Now
2. So Won't You Stay
3. Blam!!
4. Rocket Countdown/Blastoff
5. Ride-O-Rocket
6. Mista' Cool
7. It's You Girl
8. Streetwave

The Brothers Johnson - Light Up The Night [1980]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 86.3 MB





















1. Stomp!
2. Light Up The Night
3. You Make Me Wanna Wiggle
4. Treasure
5. This Had To Be
6. All About The Heaven
7. Smilin' On Ya
8. Closer To The One That You Love
9. Celebrations

This is what I'm talking about! Is this a party or what? (2:56 min. / SFW)

Loungin' Around The Tree [re-post]

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Ray Conniff - Christmas with Conniff [1959]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 64.9 MB

















1. Jingle Bells
2. Silver Bells
3. Frosty The Snowman
4. White Christmas
5. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
6. The Christmas Song
7. Here Comes Santa Claus
8. Winter Wonderland
9. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
10. Christmas Bride
11. Sleigh Ride
12. Greensleves (What Child Is This)

Henry Mancini - Merry Mancini Christmas [1966]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 82.3 MB

















1. The Little Drummer Boy
2. Jingle Bells / Sleigh Ride
3. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
4. Winter Wonderland / Silver Bells
5. Frosty The Snowman / Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
6. White Christmas (From The Paramount Picture 'Holiday Inn')
7. Carol For Another Christmas - Henry Mancini, His Orchestra
8. Silent Night / O Holy Night / O Little Town Of Bethlehem
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman / Deck The Halls / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
10. We Three Kings Of Orient Are / O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
11. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / Away In A Manger / The First Noel

Various Artists - Baby, It's Cold Outside: A Crooner Christmas [2005]
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1. Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Waltz
2. Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
3. Sammy Davis Jr - The Christmas Song
4. Bobby Darin - I'm Beginning To See The Light
5. Andy Williams - Winter Wonderland
6. Nat King Cole - O Holy Night
7. Bing Crosby - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
8. Frank Sinatra - I'll Be Home For Christmas
9. Dean Martin - Jingle Bells
10. Sammy Davis Jr & Carmen McRae - Baby, It's Cold Outside
11. Nat King Cole - O Come All Ye Faithful
12. Bing Crosby - What Child Is This? / The Holly And The Ivy

Various Artists - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town: A Family Christmas [2005]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 68.1 MB

















1. Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas
2. The Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
3. Perry Como - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
4. Elmo & Patsy - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
5. Gene Autry - Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
6. Willie Nelson - Frosty the Snowman
7. Jimmy Boyd - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
8. Ricky Zahnd & The Blue Jeaners - (I'm Gettin') Nuttin' for Christmas
9. The Beach Boys - Santa's Beard
10. The Singing Dogs - Jingle Bells
11. Stan Freberg & Billy May - The Night Before Christmas
12. The Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tann

Martinis & Mistletoe! [re-post]

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Various Artists - Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails [1996]
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1. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo - Billy May
2. Winter Wonderland - Peggy Lee
3. Christmas Trumpets/We Wish You A Verry Merry Christmas - Ray Anthony
4. Christmas Is - Lou Rawls
5. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town/White Christmas - Jimmy McGriff
6. I'd Like You For Christmas - Julie London
7. Holiday On Skis - Al Caiola & Riz Ortolani
8. (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag - Kay Starr
9. Jingle Bells/Jingle Bell Rock - Hollyridge Strings
10. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Dean Martin
11. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus/Jingle Bells - Eddie Dunstedter
12. Christmas Kisses - Ray Anthony
13. I'll Be Home For Christmas/Baby, It's Cold Outside - Jackie Gleason/Jack Marshall
14. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - Nancy Wilson
15. Cha-Cha All The Way - Capitol Studio Orchestra
16. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole
17. The Nutcracker Suite - Les Brown & His Band Of Renown
18. Ring Those Christmas Bells - Fred Waring & The Pennsylvanians
19. Bonus Track - Christmas Cocktails
20. Bonus Track - Christmas Cocktails
21. Bonus Track - Christmas Cocktails

Various Artists - Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails, Part Two [1997]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 128.6 MB
















1. Sleigh Ride/Jingle Bells - Caiola & Ortolani, Jimmy McGriff
2. Jingle All The Way - Lena Horne
3. Merry Christmas Baby - Lou Rawls
4. Warm December - Julie London
5. Let It Snow!/Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Eddie Dunstedter
6. The Merriest - June Christy
7. All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) - Nat King Cole Trio
8. The Christmas Waltz - Nancy Wilson
9. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm/Jing-A-Ling - Les Brown, Starlighters
10. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy McGriff
11. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Dean Martin
12. Snowfall/Snowfall Cha-Cha - George Shearing, Billy May
13. Jingle Bell Rock - Wayne Newton
14. Frosty The Snowman - Ventures
15. Christmas Island - Bob Atcher, Dinning Sisters
16. Exotic Night - Martin Denny
17. Happy Holiday - Peggy Lee
18. Sleigh Ride/Santa Claus' Party - Ferrante & Teicher, Les Baxter
19. Auld Lang Syne - Ultra-Lounge
20. What Is A Santa Claus? - Ultra-Lounge

Various Artists - Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails, Part Three [2005]
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 78.4 MB

















1. Baby It's Cold Outside - Carmen McRae
2. Frosty The Snowman - Bing Crosby
3. Santa Clause Is Comin' To Town - Lena Horne
4. Jingle Bells - Johnny Mercer
5. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Wayne Newton
6. That's What I Want For Christmas - Nancy Wilson
7. Winter Wonderland - Dean Martin
8. Do You Believe In Santa Claus? - Billy May
9. White Christmas - Peggy Lee
10. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Al Martino
11. A Marshmallow World - Ray Anthony
12. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Lou Rawls
13. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Julie London
14. Buon Natale (Means Merry Christmas To You) - Nat King Cole
15. Sorry To See You Go - June Christy

A Byrd In The Hand...

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Donald Byrd - Fuego [1959]
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1. Fuego
2. Bup A Loup
3. Funky Mama
4. Low Life
5. Lament
6. Amen

Donald Byrd - Royal Flush [1961]
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1. Hush
2. I'm A Fool To Want You
3. Jorgie's
4. Shangri-la
5. 6 M's
6. Requiem

Donald Byrd - The Cat Walk [1961]
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1. Say You're Mine
2. Duke's Mixture
3. Each Time I Think Of You
4. The Cat Walk
5. Cute
6. Hello Bright Sunflower

Let's Start September

If jazz has a map, then X marks the spot on this album as the spearhead of the free jazz movement. This album is so influential that this sub-genre of jazz that was spawned by Ornette Coleman took its name after this album.

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Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation [1961]
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1. Free Jazz
2. First Take

Summa Dis, Summa Dat

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Paul Chambers - Chamber's Music [1956]
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1. Dexterity
2. Stablemates
3. Easy to Love
4. Visitation
5. John Paul Jones
6. Eastbound

Art Blakey - Drums Around The Corner [1959]
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1. Moose the Mooche'
2. Blakey's Blues
3. Lee's Tune
4. Let's Take 16 Bars
5. Drums in the Rain
6. Lover
7. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
8. What Is This Thing Called Love?

Freddie Hubbard - Open Sesame [1960]
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1. Open Sesame
2. But Beautiful
3. Gypsy Blue
4. All or Nothing at All
5. One Mint Julep
6. Hub's Nub

Ain't Hot Enough This Summer...

Heatwave - The Best Of Heatwave: Always & Forever [1995]
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1. Boogie Nights (Single Version)
2. Too Hot To Handle
3. The Groove Line
4. Always And Forever
5. Mind Blowing Decisions
6. Ain't No Half Steppin'
7. Happiness Togetherness
8. Central Heating
9. Eyeballin' (special disco version)
10. Gangsters Of The Groove
11. Where Did I Go Wrong
12. Lettin' It Loose
13. Look After Love

The Only Band That Matters

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The Clash - The Story Of The Clash, Vol. 1 [1988]

















Disc 1
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 96.3 MB

1. The Magnificent Seven
2. Rock the Casbah
3. This Is Radio Clash
4. Should I Stay or Should I Go?
5. Straight to Hell
6. Armagideon Time
7. Clampdown
8. Train in Vain
9. Guns of Brixton
10. I Fought the Law
11. Somebody Got Murdered
12. Lost in the Supermarket
13. Bankrobber

Disc 2
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 100.3 MB

1. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
2. London's Burning
3. Janie Jones
4. Tommy Gun
5. Complete Control
6. Capital Radio
7. White Riot
8. Career Opportunities
9. Clash City Rockers
10. Safe European Home
11. Stay Free
12. London Calling
13. Spanish Bombs
14. English Civil War
15. Police & Thieves

Blues Dimensions

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The Rolling Stones - 12 X 5 [1964]
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1. Around and Around
2. Confessin' the Blues
3. Empty Heart
4. Time Is on My Side
5. Good Times, Bad Times
6. It's All Over Now
7. 2120 South Michigan Avenue
8. Under the Boardwalk
9. Congradulations
10. Grown Up Wrong
11. If You Need Me
12. Susie Q

Rhythm From The Riddim Twins

If your knowledge of reggae is limited to Bob Marley, this is a good place to branch out. Many reggae fans will tell you to check out Peter Tosh or Burning Spear, but I think Black Uhuru is a better start. Black Uhuru avoids Tosh's ominousness and Burning Spear's political stance in favor of preaching social solidarity a la Bob Marley. This compilation is a lil' bit of everything, including some cheesy 80s synthesizers.

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Black Uhuru - Liberation: The Island Anthology [1993]

















Disc 1
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 150.7 MB

1. Chill Out
2. Party Next Door
3. Black Uhuru Anthem (previously unreleased)
4. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
5. Shine Eye Gal
6. Sponji Reggae
7. Wicked Act
8. Botanical Roots - (previously unreleased)
9. Somebody's Watching You - (previously unreleased)
10. Utterance
11. Slaughter
12. I Love King Selassie
13. Darkness / Dubness
14. Elements - (previously unreleased)

Disc 2
Mp3, Stereo, 320 kbps, 147.6 MB

1. What Is Life (previously unreleased)
2. Youth of Eglington
3. Youth
4. Right Stuff
5. Whole World Is Africa
6. Happiness (previously unreleased)
7. Mondays / Killer Tuesday
8. Solidarity
9. Ion Storm
10. Try It (previously unreleased)
11. Bull in the Pen (previously unreleased)
12. Sinsemilla
13. Puff She Puff
14. Party in Session