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1969 - THE BAND - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

2007-05-07T21:58:00.000+02:00

Gran canción de este clásico álbum homónimo, el segundo de The Band.

9/10

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Great song from this homonymous classic album, the second by The Band.

9/10

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(Robertson)

Produced by John Simon & The Band

Original Release: The Band [Capitol, 22nd September 1969]

Levon Helm: vocals, drums
Robbie Robertson: guitar
Rick Danko: bass, violin, back vocal
Richard Manuel: piano, back vocal
Garth Hudson: trumpet

Source: The Band [Remastered CD, 2000]
(currently available)

File Quality: 8/10 (MP3 - 256 kbps)

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1965 - LEVON AND THE HAWKS - Go Go Liza Jane

2007-05-07T20:39:00.000+02:00

Una buena canción de unos primerizos The Band, que fue grabada en 1965 pero no fue editada hasta 1968 en formato single.

7/10

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A good song by a group of beginners who would become The Band, which was recorded in 1965 but it wasn't released until 1968 on single form.

7/10

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(Traditional, arranged by Robbie Robertson)

Recorded in NYC, September 1965

Original Release: Go Go Liza Jane [single - Atco, 1968]

Rick Danko: vocals, bass
Levon Helm: vocals, drums
Richard Manuel: vocals, handclaps
Robbie Robertson: guitar
Garth Hudson: organ

Source: The Band - A Musical History
[5CD + 1DVD Box Set - Capitol, 2005]

(currently available)

File Quality: 8/10 (MP3 - 224 kbps)

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2000 - DAVID BOWIE - Fun [Dillinja Mix]

2007-05-07T19:48:00.000+02:00

Este tema de drum 'n' bass fue construyéndose desde la gira de 1997 presentando el último gran álbum de Bowie hasta la fecha: Earthling. Nunca fue editado en su versión original, ni tampoco ninguno de sus posteriores y más conocidos remixes. Quizás el mejor y más fácil de conseguir fue éste, remezclado por Dillinja, e incluído en el doble CD LIVEANDWELL.COM de 2000 que se recibía al suscribirse a BowieNet.

No es que sea un tema memorable, pero quedará como el último coletazo del inquieto y creativo Bowie de los 90.

7/10

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This drum 'n' bass theme was builded since the 1997 tour presenting the last great Bowie album to date: Earthling. It was never released in its original form, neither anyone of its subsequent and more known remixes. Maybe the best and the easier to get was this, remixed by Dillinja, and included on the 2000 double CD LIVEANDWELL.COM which was received with a subscription to BowieNet.

It's not that it's a memorable theme, but it'll remains as the last of the death throws by the creative Bowie of the 90's.

7/10

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(also known as Funhouse on different mixes)

(Bowie)

Produced by David Bowie

Remix by Dillinja

Original Release (and source): LIVEANDWELL.COM
(Risky Folio, September 2000)
(currently unavailable)

File Quality: 8/10 (MP3 - 192 kbps)

http://www.mediafire.com/?8zgm2rzmizz

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1986 - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION - Mountains + Do U Lie?

2007-05-07T12:54:00.000+02:00

Un par de psicodélicas muestras de Parade, un ecléctico y asombroso álbum de Prince. Así empezaba la cara B del vinilo, y es un fiel reflejo de la variedad de estilos del disco, que va del funk (el espléndido single Mountains, cantando con su mejor falsetto) al cabaret (Do U Lie?).

9,5/10

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A pair of psychedelic samples from Parade, an eclectic and amazing Prince album. This is how the vinyl B-side started, and it's a faithful reflection of the variety of styles on the disc, which goes from the funk (the splendid single Mountains, singing with his best falsetto) to the cabaret (Do U Lie?).

9,5/10

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Mountains (Prince / Lisa Coleman / Wendy Melvoin)

Do U Lie? (Prince)

Produced and Arranged by Prince

(Los Angeles, 1985)

Mixed by Prince

Original Release: Parade (Paisley Park, 31st March 1986)

Mountains:

Wendy Melvoin: guitar

Miko Weaver: guitar

Brown Mark: bass

Lisa Coleman: keyboards

Matt Fink: keyboards

Bobby Z.: drums

Eric Leeds: horns

Atlanta Bliss: horns

Do U Lie?:

Jonathan Melvoin: drums

Sandra Francisco: talking

Clare Fischer: orchestra compositions and arrangements

Source: Parade (CD)

(currently available)

Files quality: 6/10 (MP3 - 128 kbps)

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1974 - DAVID BOWIE - Future Legend / Diamond Dogs

2007-04-14T06:06:00.000+02:00

Así comienza el apocalíptico álbum de Bowie Diamond Dogs, en mi opinión una de sus grandes obras y un hito en la historia de la música del siglo XX. Future Legend es probablemente la mejor intro de un álbum de pop/rock. En apenas un minuto te sumerge en lo más profundo de Hunger City para dar entrada a uno de los pocos temas oxigenados del disco, el 'stoniano' Diamond Dogs.

Fue el primer álbum de Bowie autoproducido en solitario, además de encargarse de la música, las letras y los arreglos.

10/10

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That's how the apocalyptic Bowie album Diamond Dogs starts. In my opinion one of his great albums and a landmark on the 20th century music. Future Legend probably is the best intro of a pop-rock album. In just one minute you are immersed in the deepest from Hunger City to let into one of the few oxygenated themes on the disc, the 'stone' Diamond Dogs.

It was the first selfproduced Bowie album, besides doing the music, lyrics and arrangements.

10/10

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(Bowie)

Produced and Arranged by David Bowie

(London, UK & Hilversum, Holland / Dec 73 - Jan 74)

Mixed by David Bowie & Tony Visconti

Original Release: Diamond Dogs (RCA, 24th April 1974)

David Bowie: vocals, guitars, saxes
Herbie Flowers: bass
Mike Garson: keyboards

Source: Diamond Dogs [CD, 1990 Remaster, EMI]

Files quality: 9/10 (MP3 - 320 kbps)

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1966 - JOHN MAYALL / BLUES BREAKERS WITH ERIC CLAPTON - All Your Love [Stereo Mix]

2007-04-14T04:45:00.000+02:00

No soy un fan ni de John Mayall ni de Eric Clapton (ni tampoco del productor Mike Vernon), pero sin duda tuvieron sus grandes momentos. Y alguno de ellos juntos. Una muestra es el tema All Your Love que abre el segundo álbum de Mayall.

El álbum original de 1966 contenía las mezclas en Mono. Las mezclas en Stereo se editaron en 1969.

8/10

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I'm not a fan of neither John Mayall nor Eric Clapton (nor the producer Mike Vernon), but without a doubt they had their great times. And some of them together. A sample is the theme All Your Love which opens the second Mayall album.

The original 1966 album was the Mono Mix. The Stereo Mix album was released in 1969.

8/10

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(Otis Rush)

Produced by Mike Vernon

Engineered by Gus Dudgeon

Original Release (Mono Mix): John Mayall / Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (Deram, 22nd July 1966)

(currently available)

John Mayall: vocals

Eric Clapton: guitar

John McVie: bass

Hughie Flint: drums

File quality: 8/10 (MP3 - 320 kbps)

http://www.mediafire.com/?awkjywmv3yz

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2006 - GeoCentric - Warszawa

2007-04-04T05:32:00.000+02:00

Una reciente versión del clásico instrumental de Brian Eno y David Bowie de 1977. GeoCentric es un fan de Bowie de los USA que conocí en la red hace un tiempo. Me dejó escuchar algunas cosas que había grabado, y entre ellas destacaba esta gélida e inquietante revisión. No es habitual encontrar versiones interesantes de clásicos de Bowie, y menos entre aficionados o fans, así que esta versión merece ser escuchada.

7/10

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A recent cover of the classic instrumental by Brian Eno & David Bowie from 1977. GeoCentric is a Bowie fan from the USA who I knew on the net some time ago. He let me hear some things he had recorded, and among them, this icy and disturbing new vision was a highlight. It's not usual to find interesting covers of Bowie classics, and less among amateurs or fans, so this version deserves to be heard.

7/10

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(David Bowie / Brian Eno)

Unreleased

File quality: 6/10 (MP3 - 128 kbps)

http://www.mediafire.com/?dnze2eimo1z

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1990 - GIANT SAND - Some Kind Of

2007-03-20T03:14:00.000+01:00

Giant Sand es una banda de Tucson formada hacia 1980, y ha editado más de 20 álbumes desde 1985. Es una de las mejores y más interesantes bandas de rock alternativo de los últimos 20 años. Prácticamente es una banda de un solo miembro, Howe Gelb, apoyado por una serie de grandes músicos. Neil Young y Bob Dylan (y The Band) son claras influencias (de hecho, Giant Sand es el nombre de un tema de Dylan), pero el estilo fronterizo de Howe Gelb está abierto a docenas de influencias y experimentaciones. No satisfecho con una discografía tan prolífica, Gelb tiene una carrera paralela en solitario, y Giant Sand adoptaron un pseudónimo para sus álbumes country: The Band of... Blacky Ranchette. Joey Burns y el sensacional batería John Convertino formaron además su propia (y más exitosa) banda, Calexico. Otra banda relacionada son Friends of Dean Martinez, también con Convertino.

Una banda esencial y prácticamente desconocida. Muy recomendable, como demuestra esta canción de su gran álbum Swerve (muy difícil, si no imposible, de encontrar hoy en día).

9/10

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Giant Sand is a band from Tucson formed around 1980, and has released more than 20 albums since 1985. It's one of the best and more interesting alternative rock bands of the last 20 years. It's almost a one-man band, Howe Gelb, backed by great players. Neil Young and Bob Dylan (and The Band) are clear influences (in fact, Giand Sand is the title of one Dylan song), but Howe Gelb bordering style is open to dozens of inspirations and experimentations. Not satisfied with such a prolific discography, Gelb has also a parallel solo career, and Giant Sand had also a pseudonym for country albums: The Band of... Blacky Ranchette. Joey Burns and the superb drummer John Convertino also made their own and more successful band Calexico. Other related band are Friends of Dean Martinez, also with Convertino.

An essential and (almost) unknown band. Highly recommended, as this song proves, from the great Swerve album (very difficult, if not impossible, to find nowadays).

9/10

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(Gelb)

Produced by Giant Sand
Hollywood

Original Release, and Source: Swerve [Restless / Amazing Black Sand, 1990]
(currently unavailable)

Howe Gelb: vocals, guitars
John Convertino: drums

File quality: 9/10 (MP3 - VBR 224 kbps)

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1986 - GIL EVANS - Better Git It in Your Soul (The Hot and the Cool)

2007-03-16T12:07:00.000+01:00

Gil Evans es un legendario orquestador y arreglista de la historia del jazz. En la década de los 50 arregló y orquestó unas cuantas obras maestras del género: los álbumes Porgy and Bess, Sketches of Spain y Miles Ahead de Miles Davis, Dream of You de Helen Merrill o su propio y glorioso Great Jazz Standards.

Antes de su muerte, Evans (con 74 años) grabó unos cuantos temas para la excelente banda sonora de Absolute Beginners (Principiantes, Julien Temple, 1986), y también se encargó de los arreglos de viento para los estupendos temas That's Motivation de David Bowie, Have You Ever Had It Blue de The Style Council o Killer Blow de Sade.

Esta es una pequeña joya (2 min.) de la banda sonora, originalmente compuesta y registrada por el gran Charles Mingus. Atención a la batería.

9/10

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Gil Evans is a legendary orchestrator and arranger of jazz history. On the decade of the 50's he arranged and orchestrated a few masterpieces, as Miles Davis' Miles Ahead , Porgy and Bess , Sketches of Spain , Helen Merrill's Dream of You or his own glorious Great Jazz Standards .

Before his death Evans (74 years old) recorded a few numbers for the excellent Absolute Beginners (Julien Temple, 1986) soundtrack, and also made the brass arrangements for the great David Bowie's Thats Motivation , The Style Council's Have You Ever Had It Blue or Sade's Killer Blow .

This is a little (2 min.) gem from the soundtrack, originally composed and recorded by the great Charles Mingus. Pay attention to the drums.

9/10

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(Mingus)

Produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley (producers of Madness, Elvis Costello, Lloyd Cole and The Commotions, and Morrissey among others)

Original Release, and source: Absolute Beginners [Soundtrack CD - Virgin, April 1996]

File quality: 9/10 [MP3 - 320 kbps]

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1973 - JOHN LENNON - Tight A$

2007-03-13T23:06:00.000+01:00

Este es un buen rock'n'roll de Lennon, incluído en el estupendo y muy infravalorado álbum Mind Games.

Desde el año 2000, Yoko Ono (como supervisora) está no sólo remasterizando, sino remezclando casi toda la obra de Lennon. El objetivo de estas remezclas es conseguir una importante mejora de la calidad de sonido, que con una simple remasterización sería imposible. Estas maravillosas remezclas son totalmente fieles a las mezclas originales, y la calidad de sonido es infinitamente mayor.

No obstante, esta es la mezcla original de Tight A$, actualmente no disponible y probablemente descatalogada de por vida, ya que no hay ninguna razón comercial para que las versiones originales de sus álbumes sigan editándose.

8/10

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This is a good Lennon rock'n'roll number, from the great and very underrated Mind Games album.

Since 2000, Yoko Ono (as supervisor) is not only remastering, but also remixing almost the whole Lennon catalogue. The objective of these remixes is to achieve a major improvement on the sound quality, which would be impossible with a simple remaster. These marvelous remixes are totally faithful to the original mixes, and the sound quality is immensely higher.

However this is the original mix of Tight A$, currently not available and probably unlisted forever, since there are no commercial reasons to release the albums original versions.

8/10

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(Lennon)

Produced by John Lennon

New York, July 1973

Original Release: Mind Games [Apple, 16 November 1973]

(currently unavailable)

John Lennon (as 'Dr. Winston O'Boogie and Los Paranoias'): vocals, guitar - David Spinozza: guitar - Gordon Edwards: bass - Jim Keltner: drums

File quality: 6/10 (MP3 - 128 kbps)

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1961 - TONY SHERIDAN - WHY (CAN'T YOU LOVE ME AGAIN) [Original Stereo Mix]

2007-03-13T01:40:00.000+01:00

En junio de 1961, los Beatles estaban en Hamburgo grabando unas canciones como músicos de estudio para Tony Sheridan. También grabaron sus dos primeras canciones en un estudio profesional: Ain't She Sweet y Cry For a Shadow. De las cuatro que grabaron con Sheridan destaca Why.

La canción no fue publicada hasta 1963, cuando los Beatles ya eran más que famosos.

Ésta es la mezcla original en Stereo (puesta a la venta ya en 1964), y está incluída en el CD The Early Tapes of The Beatles.

7/10

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In June 1961, The Beatles were in Hamburg recording a few songs as the Tony Sheridan studio musicians. They also recorded their first two songs on a professional studio: Ain't She Sweet & Cry For a Shadow. Among the four which they recorded with Sheridan, Why is a highlight.

The song wasn't released until 1963, when The Beatles were more than famous.

This is the original Stereo mix (released in 1964), and it's included on The Early Tapes of The Beatles CD.

7/10

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Produced by Bert Kaempfert

Hamburg, June 1961

Original release (Mono Mix): My Bonnie [EP - Polydor, 12 July 1963]

Pete Best on drums

Source: The Early Tapes of The Beatles [CD - Spectrum, 1998]
(currently available)

File quality: 9/10 (MP3 - 320 kbps)

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