The Dusty Springfield Anthology (3CD/1997) Mercury Records - 314 553 501-2

 

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Pop, Blue-Eyed Soul, French Chanson, Country, Jazz...

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The Dusty Springfield Anthology, released in 1997, is a 3-disc set that compiles a comprehensive selection of Dusty Springfield's work. It was released by Mercury Records and includes 77 tracks. The anthology features a wide range of her songs, including hits and lesser-known tracks, providing a thorough overview of her career.

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was a British singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, pop and dramatic ballads, with French chanson, country, and jazz also in her repertoire.

CD1

1. The Springfields – Silver Threads And Golden Needles

2. The Springfields – Island Of Dreams

3. I Only Want To Be With You

4. Stay Awhile

5. Wishin’ And Hopin’

6. Anyone Who Had A Heart

7. Do-Re-Mi

8. I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself

9. All Cried Out

10. Guess Who

11. Live It Up

12. He’s Got Something

13. Losing You

14. Your Hurtin’ Kinda Love

15. Now That You’re My Baby

16. In The Middle Of Nowhere

17. Some Of Your Lovin’

18. Oh No, Not My Baby

19. It Was Easier To Hurt Him

20. I’ve Been Wrong Before

21. Needle In A Haystack

22. I Had A Talk With My Man

23. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)

24. Little By Little

25. You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

26. Goin’ Back

27. All I See Is You

28. I’ll Try Anything

29. The Corrupt Ones

CD2

1. The Look Of Love

2. Give Me Time

3. What’s It Gonna Be

4. Chained To A Memory

5. If You Go Away

6. Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream

7. I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten

8. Sweet Ride

9. Magic Garden

10. I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today

11. Son Of A Preacher Man

12. Just One Smile

13. Don’t Forget About Me

14. Breakfast In Bed

15. The Windmills Of Your Mind

16. Willie And Laura Mae Jones

17. Am I The Same Girl

18. In The Land Of Make Believe

19. A Brand New Me

20. Goodbye

21. Silly, Silly Fool

22. I Wanna Be A Free Girl

23. How Can I Be Sure

24. Spooky

25. What Good Is I Love You

26. Haunted

27. Yesterday When I Was Young

CD3

1. Who Gets Your Love

2. Tupelo Honey

3. Mama’s Little Girl

4. The Other Side Of Life

5. Let Me Love You Once Before You Go

6. You Set My Dreams To Music

7. Give Me The Night

8. Sandra

9. A Love Like Yours

10. I’d Rather Leave While I’m In Love

11. Living Without Your Love

12. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me

13. It Goes Like It Goes

14. Bits And Pieces

15. Don’t Call It Love

16. Soft Core

17. Time And Time Again

18. What Have I Done To Deserve This (Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield)

19. Nothing Has Been Proved

20. In Private

21. Where Is A Woman To Go

The Firm & Mean Business (1985/86) Atlantic Records

 

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Rock, Hard Rock

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The Firm were a British rock supergroup formed in 1984, featuring singer Paul Rodgers, guitarist Jimmy Page, drummer Chris Slade, and bassist Tony Franklin.The band released two albums in 1985 and 1986 and eventually saw their greatest chart success with the songs "Radioactive", "All the King's Horses" and "Satisfaction Guaranteed".

The Firm (1985) Atlantic Records - 7 81239-2

Tracklist:

1. Closer (02:53)

2. Make or Break (04:22)

3. Someone to Love (04:54)

4. Together (03:55)

5. Radioactive (02:49)

6. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (04:33)

7. Money Can't Buy (03:34)

8. Satisfaction Guaranteed (04:10)

9. Midnight Moonlight (09:14)

Personnel:

Paul Rodgers – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, production

Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitars, production

Tony Franklin – fretless bass, keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals

Chris Slade – drums and percussion

Additional musicians:

Steve Dawson – trumpet on "Closer"

Paul "Shilts" Weimar – baritone saxophone on "Closer"

Willie Garnett – tenor saxophone on "Closer"

Don Weller – tenor saxophone solo on "Closer"

Sam Brown, Helen Chappelle & Joy Yates – backing vocals on "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" & "Midnight Moonlight"

Mean Business (1986) Atlantic Records - 7 81628-2

Tracklist:

1. Fortune Hunter (05:01)

2. Cadillac (05:57)

3. All The King's Horses (03:19)

4. Live In Peace (05:06)

5. Tear Down The Walls (04:46)

6. Dreaming (06:03)

7. Free To Live (04:15)

8. Spirit Of Love (05:07)

Personnel:

Paul Rodgers – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, producer

Jimmy Page – acoustic and electric guitars, producer

Tony Franklin – fretless bass, keyboards, synthesizer, rhythm guitar on "Dreaming", vocals

Chris Slade – drums and percussion

The Monterey International Pop Festival. June 16-17-18 1967 (4CD Box Set/2013) Salvo - SALVOSBX 102

 

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Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Blues Rock, Folk Rock & Country

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The Monterey International Pop Festival was a three-day music festival held June 16 to18, 1967, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. The festival is remembered for the first major American appearances by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Who, the Byrds, the Mamas and the Papas, Ravi Shankar and others, the first large-scale public performance of Janis Joplin, and the introduction of Otis Redding to a mass American audience...

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Tracklist of the 4CDs

The Blues Brothers Complete (2CD/1998) Atlantic Records - 7567 80840 2

 

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Blues, Blue-Eyed Soul

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The Blues Brothers (formally, The Fabulous Blues Brothers’ Show Band and Revue) are an American blues and soul revue band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who met and began collaborating as original cast members of Saturday Night Live.

The Blues Brothers Musical Revue consisted of lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues (Belushi) and his brother, Elwood Blues (Aykroyd), who played a harmonica that he carried onstage in a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. The duo were usually dressed in matching black suits, black pencil ties, black trilby hats and sunglasses. The band itself was carefully constructed, and made up of experienced musicians of the time, including Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, "Blue" Lou Marini, Tom "Bones" Malone, and Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin.

CD1

1. Opening: I Can’t Turn You Loose (1:54)

2. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (3:23)

3. Gimme Some Lovin’ (3:05)

4. Think (3:15)

5. Soul Man (3:05)

6. Soul Finger (1:46)

7. Messin’ With The Kid (2:56)

8. Hey Bartender (2:57)

9. (I Got Every Thing I Need) Almost (2:42)

10. Rubber Biscuit (2:52)

11. Shot Gun Blues (5:22)

12. Groove Me (3:42)

13. I Don’t Know (4:12)

14. "B’"Movie Box Car Blues (4:04)

15. Flip Flop And Fly (3:25)

16. She Caught The Katy (4:09)

17. Peter Gunn Theme (3:49)

CD2

1. Shake A Tail Feather (2:50)

2. The Old Landmark (2:59)

3. Theme From Rawhide (2:40)

4. Minnie The Moocher (3:25)

5. Sweet Home Chicago (7:53)

6. Jailhouse Rock (3:22)

7. Who’s Making Love (3:32)

8. Do You Love Me (2:55)

9. Guilty (3:41)

10. Perry Mason Theme (2:05)

11. Riot In Cell Block Number Nine (3:33)

12. Green Onions (5:45)

13. I Ain’t Got You (2:44)

14. From The Bottom (3:25)

15. Going Back To Miami (4:03)

16. Expressway To Your Heart (3:25)

17. Excusez Moi Mon Cherie (2:41)

18. Closing: I Can’t Turn You Loose (0:49)

Personnel:

Vocals, Harmonica – Elwood Blues

Lead Vocals – Joliet Jake Blues

Bass – Donald "Duck" Dunn

Guitar – Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper

Saxophone [Baritone], Trombone, Trumpet, Backing Vocals – Tom "Bones" Malone

Saxophone [Tenor, Alto], Backing Vocals – Lou "Blue" Marini, Tom "Triple Scale" Scott

Trumpet, Backing Vocals – Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin

Drums – Willie Hall (tracks: 1-2 to 1-4, 2-1, 2-5)

Drums [Additional] – Steve Jordan (tracks: 1-3)

Drums, Backing Vocals – Steve "Getdwa" Jordan

Guitar [Additional] – Elliot Randall (tracks: 1-3)

Keyboards – Murphy "Murph" Dunne (tracks: 1-2, 1-14, 2-5, 2-9)

Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Paul "The Shiv" Shaffer

Backing Vocals – Brenda Corbett (tracks: 1-4), Carolyn Franklin (tracks: 1-4), Margaret Branch (tracks: 1-4), Patti Austin (tracks: 1-2), Ullanda McCullough (tracks: 1-2), Vivian Cherry (tracks: 1-2)

Leader [Musical Director] – Paul Shaffer (tracks: 1-1, 1-5, 1-7 to 1-9, 1-11, 2-16)

The Long Train Runnin’ The Doobie Brothers 1970-2000 (4CD Box Set/1999) Warner Archives/Rhino - R2 75876

 

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Rock, Soft Rock, Pop Rock, Blue-Eyed Soul

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The Long Train Runnin' 1970-2000 is a compilation album by The Doobie Brothers released in 1999. It consists of 4 CDs and includes demo recordings, single versions, and live versions from throughout the band's career.

The Doobie Brothers are known for their classic rock style and their focus on good fun and music without major political or religious themes. The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band formed in San Jose, California in 1970. Known for their flexibility in performing across numerous genres and their vocal harmonies, the band has been active for over five decades, with their greatest success taking place in the 1970s...

Tracklist of four albums

Members

Current official members:

Patrick Simmons – guitar, banjo, recorder, vocals (1970–1982, 1987–1991, 1992, 1993–present)

Tom Johnston – vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, harmonica (1970–1977, 1987–1991, 1992, 1993–present)

Michael McDonald – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers (1975–1982, 1987, 1992, 1995–1996, 2019–present)

John McFee – guitar, mandolin, banjo, violin, cello, pedal steel guitar, harmonica, vocals (1979–1982, 1987, 1993–present)

Current touring members:

John Cowan – bass, lead and backing vocals (1993–1995, 2010–present)

Marc Russo – saxophones (1998–present)

Ed Toth – drums, percussion (2005–present)

Marc Quiñones – percussion, backing vocals (2018–present)