Voices Of East Harlem - Right On Be Free (remastered & expanded) - 1970

The Voices Of East Harlem were a community choir that grew from an inner city action project in 1969. A fluid 20-member ensemble whose ages ranged from 12 to 21, their music mixed devotional gospel fervor with commercial R&B and soul, and included lead vocalists Gerri Griffin and Monica Burress. Coming to the attention of Elektra boss Jac Holzman via their producer Jerry Brandt, they were signed in 1970 for their debut “Right On Be Free”, which showcased a diverse song selection from Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth, to Richie Haven’s “Run Shaker Life”, all performed in their distinctive high-energy style. A follow-up single “Oxford Town” appeared in 1971, produced by Donny Hathaway who was scheduled to produce a second Elektra album, rumoured to have been called “Brothers & Sisters”; the session logs actually refer to it as “Nation Time” (written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff). Both sides of the Elektra 45 plus the other aborted tracks from these sessions appear on this remastered & expanded edition for the first time in 36 years, and are bolstered by the last single “Angry” plus two live tracks recorded at the “Soul To Soul” concert in Ghana in 1971.


1. Right on Be Free 3:48
2. Simple Song of Freedom 4:04
3. Proud Mary 2:49
4. Music in the Air 3:19
5. Oh Yeah 1:34
6. For What It's Worth 3:32
7. Let It Be Me 3:24
8. No No No 4:03
9. Gotta Be a Change 2:39
10.Shaker Life 6:51
11.Oxford Town [*] 3:00
12.Sit Yourself Down [*] 2:14
13.Nation Time [*] 2:52
14.I Wanna Be Free [*] 3:59
15.Hey Brother [*] 2:42
16.Love Is the Answer [*] 2:47
17.Kind Woman [*] 4:54
18.Angry [*] 2:39
19.(We Are) New York Lightning [*] 2:54
20.Run Shaker Life [*] 5:49
21.Soul to Soul [*] 2:23

* Bonus tracks.



The Voices Of East Harlem comprised of:
Gerri Griffin (lead vocals)
Monica Burress (lead vocals)
Bernard Graham
Wayne Garfield
Jerome Mack
Elaine Clark
Cynthia Sessions
Kevin Griffin
Claudia Moore

Voices band:
Bob Ealey (drums)
Johnny Serrano (organ)
Leslie Maynard (organ)

Accompanying the Voices on 1-10:
Chuck Rainey or Jerry Jemmot - (bass)
Patty Bown (piano)
Richard Tee (organ)
Montego Joe or Ralph McDonald - (conga)
Cornell Dupree (guitar)

Possibly(!) accompanying the Voices on 11-17:
Phil Upchurch (guitar)
Willie Weeks (bass)
Fred White (drums)

Tracks 20-21 recorded live at the 'Soul to Soul' festival in Accra, Ghana, 1971.

Jerry Brandt, producer (1-10)
Donny Hathaway, producer (11-17),
T Davilio/S Vincent, producer (18-19),
Tom Dowd, producer (20-21)

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ALBINO! Live In San Francisco

Live in San Francisco was recorded in July of 2006 during ALBINO’s performance at the Second Annual Afrofunk Festival. “We were amazed by how well the ecstatic energy of ALBINO’s live set was captured in this recording so we knew we had to release it as soon as we heard it,” says the band’s co-founder and tenor saxophonist Nathan Endsley.

According to the SF Weekly, "ALBINO's ass-inspiriting percussive engine comes from a rhythm section of local all-stars; together, they form rhythms based in the West African tradition which holds at its heart the inseparable union of drumming and dance. Atop the band's rhythmic maelstrom ride tightly figured five-part horn lines. The section's 'heavy heavy' bottom end features a snarling dual baritone-sax yawp. This is world music that lives up to the name."

In keeping with the revolutionary message central to Fela’s Afrobeat legacy, the majority of songs on Live in San Francisco offer scathing sociopolitical commentary and urgent calls to civic action. For example, “Deconstruction of the Transitional Movement” confronts the erosion of American civil liberties in the name of national security. “Are We Safe Yet?” questions our current administration’s misdirected military aggression in Iraq and its perpetuation of a culture of fear in the name of counter-terrorism. Furthermore, “No Go Sell Me” is a tirade against consumer culture and the advertising industry’s pollution of the media. Finally, “Puppet Boy” skewers a certain incompetent, fraudulently elected Chief Executive by pulling back the curtain to expose the ominous forces Roving behind this figurehead.

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Albino-Rhino

The SF Music Award-winning ALBINO! is a ten-piece Afrobeat ensemble that honors the fiery legacy of Nigerian musical revolutionary Fela Kuti. ALBINO's high-energy grooves and explosive stage show thick with hypnotic percussion, a heavy horn section, African dance, outrageous costumes, and infectious group choreography have established the band as the West Coast's premier Afrobeat act.

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- Introducing the Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble

"Excellent debut!" - The Village Voice

"Dancers crowded the stage until the last downbeat." - New York Times

"The band tears through a propulsive set of original horn and percussion driven compositions." - Global Rhythm Magazine

"In Akoya's debut CD, Afrobeat's cross-cultural rhythm materials are as intense as rhythmic energies fused with modern jazz tonality and musicality. This is a great album that everyone will truly enjoy." - Lawrence Nii Nartey, The African Show, WKCR 89.9FM NYC

"In 2005, Voted as one of Next 100 Upcoming Bands. Akoya is developing a reputation for whipping dance floors into a frenzy with their fusion of African, Afro-Cuban, Jazz and Funk music...Akoya is poised to make an impact in the budding global Afrobeat movement." – URB Magazine

Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble takes to the stage an explosion of dance rhythms. Featuring members from Panama, Ghana, Benin, South Africa, Japan and the US, this 13-piece ensemble embraces unity and positive vibrations. The group features lead vocalist Kaleta, who for 10 years performed and recorded with the immortal Fela Kuti and Egypt 80. He has also toured with Femi Kuti as well as the legendary King Sunny Ade. Their debut CD "Introducing The Akoya Afrobeat Ensemble" has been very well received, as it has been getting regular airplay on radio stations in South Africa, Nigeria, Benin, France, London and Panama, as well as New York's WKCR, WBLS, WBAI, and WFMU.

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Kokolo - Heavy Hustling

KOKOLO AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA's fourth album, HEAVY HUSTLING, finds the NYC powerhouse group expertly mashing up Fela Kuti stylings into James Brown classics with a twist of Latin and Jamaican flavors thrown into the mix. This album is without question their best offering to date and showcases KOKOLO at the height of its innovative powers. Kokolo, one of the most well known and with best reputation afrobeat act around with 4 albums, 14x 7" and 12" releases and numerous worldwide tours under the belt, made not just another by-the-numbers homage to "The Godfather of Soul": this record breathes new life into the genre and demonstrates what the contemporary deep funk scene sounds like.

Anticipated by heavily playlisted first single "Soul Power", on Heavy Hustlyng you'll find other great classics from "Mr.Dynamite" such as "please please please", "think", "it's a new day" and "bring it up" all coocked with the unique Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra style. More than an album...HEAVY HUSTLING is a sign of the times. If it doesn't make you wanna move, consider yourself officially dead!

Kokolo will do a worldwide tour starting from March 08 to launch the new album.

"Kokolo have got the groove.. Anyone wanting to get low down and dirty, should look no further. This will get the bodies on the dance floor moving like never before" **** Clash www.clashmusic.com"
"This is absolutely red-hot. The best thing that Kokolo have done by far." Dj Snowboy (Blues & Soul Magazine)
"A big fat take on james brown classics. Funk for the 21st century!" Eddie Piller (Q Radio)

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Kaleta - Zozo Afrobeat : Get Up 7''

"ZOZO"Taken from the goun or fon dialects in the republic of Benin west Africa meaning something steaming hot truly keeps the Afrobeat fire burning.13 piece ensemble led by Kaleta real name Leon Ligan-Majek is a renown world music/afrobeat producer,arranger,guitarist,percussionist and singer born in the republic of benin but lived all his adolescent life in Lagos Nigeria,a city STONE THROW from his native country Benin,where the culture is similar in terms of language and music to that of Nigeria where he grew up.with ZOZO AFROBEAT,Kaleta music pays homage to the greats and yet still maintains his distinctive sound and energy.
He had performed,toured and recorded albums with legendary FELA KUTI,king SUNNY ADE,SHINA PETERS,and lately went on world tour with Lauryn Hill ...to mention but a few.
He is frontman to New York based AKOYA AFROBEAT for the past 5 years.

Kaleta - Zozo Afrobeat : Get Up 7''

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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Festa 20/03 Black Urbanus Especial

Def jazz (2005)

Tracklist:
01 — all i need
02 — hey young world
03 — can i get a...
04 — doin' it
05 — bring the pain
06 — the rain
07 — ghetto jam
08 — get u home
09 — back seat
10 — give it up

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Erykah Badu - Discography (1997-2008)

Erykah Badu - Baduizm Live (1997)

1 Rimshot (Intro) 3:48
2 Other Side of the Game 8:22
3 On & On 5:25
4 Reprise 2:14
5 Apple Tree 2:54
6 Ye Yo 6:07
7 Searching 4:26
8 Boogie Nights / All Night 6:03
9 Certainly 7:07
10 Stay 4:57
11 Next Lifetime (Interlude) 1:27
12 Tyrone 3:55
13 Next Lifetime 12:06
14 Tyrone (Extended Version) 5:40

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Erykah Badu - Worldwde Underground (2003)

1 Intro - World Keeps Turnin' 1:39
2 Bump It 8:49
3 Back in the Day (Puff) 4:46
4 I Want You 10:53
5 Woo 3:14
6 The Grind 2:49
7 Danger 5:49
8 Think Twice 3:02
9 Love of My Life Worldwide 5:26
10 Outro - World Keeps Turnin' 4:04
Bonus Track :
11 Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) 3:50

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Jump Back: A Tribute To James Brown 2008

Artist: VA
Title Of Album: Jump Back: A Tribute To James Brown
Year Of Release: 25 August, 2008
Label: Le Smoke Disque Portugal
Genre: Funk / Reissues
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: VBR kbit/s / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 61:58 min
Total Size: 92 mb

tracklist

01. Os Incriveis - I Feel Good (2:52)
02. Jr. and the Preludes - Papas Got A Brand New Bag (2:19)
03. Soul Sounds - Lickin Stick (2:04)
04. Showmen - Voglio Restare Solo (2:17)
05. Rabbits and Carrots - Give it Up or Turn it Loose (3:55)
06. Rabbits and Carrots - Sex Machine (2:27)
07. Kashmere Stage Band - Super Bad (2:53)
08. Soul Sound - I Got the Feelin (2:34)
09. Esquires Now - Think About (2:34)
10. The Presidents - It's My Thing (2:41)
11. Victor Olaiya and His International All Stars - There was A Time Cold Sweat (Medley) (9:23)
12. Victor Olaiya and His International All Stars - Mother Popcorn (1:05)
13. Impalas - Soul (2:31)
14. Big Boe and the Nighthawks - My Thing (2:54)
15. The Invaders - Big Payback (3:22)
16. Get Up with the Dancer -- Sex Machine (5:16)
17. University of Illinois Jazz Band featuring Don Smith -- I Got the Feelin(4:01)
18. Harrison High School -- Get on the Good Foot (5:47)
19. Les Watson and the Panthers -- Mother Popcorn (0:44)

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De Volta

- Fiquei meio sumido por esses dias,estive fazendo uma viagen pelo sul do pais e passei por Porto Alegre ( Brasil), Chuí(Brasil),Chuy ( Uruguay)Montevideo (Uruguay),Punta Del Este ( Uruguay),Colonia Del Sacramento ( Uruguay),Buenos Aires ( Argentina) e Laguna em Santa Cararina ( Brasil),Postei alumas fotos no meu "Flickr" www.flickr.com/photos/uilson e http://www.fotobilidades.blogspot.com/ .

Queria agradecer aos amigos que fiz e aos que são de alguma data.

Dj Platos Voladores e Dj RC de Montevideo

German, Federico e Dj. Lenni de Buenos Aires

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VA - West Coast Jazz (3CD) 2009

Artist: VA
Title Of Album: West Coast Jazz
Year Of Release: 30/01/2009
Label: My Music Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: VBR 121 kbps / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 157:04min
Total Size: 139 mb

We invite you on a journey to Los Angeles, Hollywood and New York the 50's. In this extraordinary accompanied us out to play jazz in the style of cool jazz. Album West Coast Jazz, the present arrangements of such jazz giants as Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Shelly Mann, Lennie Niehaus, Dave Brubeck and George shearing.

TRACKLIST
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CD-1
1 Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker - Nights At The Turntable 2:55
2 Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker - Walkin' Shoes 3:14
3 Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker - Makin' Whoopee 3:30
4 Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker - Love Me Or Leave Me 2:45
5 Gerry Mulligan - I Know, Don't Know Why 5:32
6 Gerry Mulligan - The Red Door 7:22
7 Chet Baker - Stella By Starlight 3:56
8 Chet Baker - I'm Glad There Is You 3:17
9 Miles Davis - Solar 4:45
10 Miles Davis - You Don't Know What Love Is 4:24
11 Miles Davis - Green Haze 5:53
12 Miles Davis - The Theme 5:48

CD-2
1 Stan Getz - The Way You Look Tonight 3:04
2 Stan Getz - Spring Is Here 6:08
3 Stan Getz - Round About Midnight 5:21
4 Stan Getz - I Hadn'y Anyone Till You 2:53
5 Shelly Manne - La Mucura 3:03
6 Shelly Manne - You And The Night And The Music 3:10
7 Shelly Manne - Sweets 2:53
8 Shelly Manne - You're My Thrill 3:05
9 Lennie Niehaus - Have You Met Miss Jones 2:44
10 Lennie Niehaus - Night Life 2:41
11 Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh - There Will Never Be Another You 4:48
12 Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh - I Can't Get Started 3:57
13 Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh - Topsy 5:28
14 Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh - Ronnie's Line 3:05

CD-3
1 Modern Jazz Quartet - Delaunay's Dilemma 4:01
2 Modern Jazz Quartet - But Not For Me 3:46
3 Modern Jazz Quartet - Versailes 3:26
4 Modern Jazz Quartet - Willow Weep For Me 4:52
5 Dave Brubeck - Sometimes I'm Happy 5:27
6 Dave Brubeck - Love Walked In 8:51
7 Dave Brubeck - Audrey 3:36
8 Dave Brubeck - A Fine Romance 3:52
9 George Shearing - Love Is Just Around Corner 2:42
10 George Shearing - Yesterdays 3:16
11 George Shearing - Cuban Fantasy 2:30
12 George Shearing - Autumn In New York 5:04

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VA - Hip Hop Anthology (4CD) 2009

Artist: Various Artists
Title Of Album: Hip Hop Anthology
Year Of Release: 13.02.09
Label: Wagram Mus
Genre: Hip-Hop
Bitrate: 172 kbps avg
Source : CD (LP)
Total Time: 04:25:01
Total Size: 344.MB

Track List

Disc 1
1. Elzhi Feat. Royce Da 5'9'' - Motown 25 3:54
2. Jake One Feat. Bishop Lamont & Busta Rhymes - Kissin The Curb 3:36
3. Dj Muggs & Planet Asia Feat. B-Real - Lion In The Forest 3:44
4. Dilated Peoples Feat. The Alchemist - Spit It Clearly 4:35
5. Madlib The Beat Konducta Feat. Defari - Gamble On Ya Boy 4:36
6. Lyrics Born Feat. KRS-One & Evidence - Pack Up (Remix) 4:07
7. The Coup Feat. Black Thought... - My Favourite Mutiny 4:36
8. Zion I Feat. Talib Kweli - Temperature 2:44
9. Brooklyn Academy Feat. Killah Priest - Splash 5:27
10. Raekwon, Prodigy & Ghostface Killah - The Game Of Rock 3:47
11. Method Man Feat. Rik'Y Waters - Win Some Loose Some 3:37
12. 88 Keys Feat. Kanye West - Stay Up (Viagra) 3:10
13. Jill Scott Feat. Common - 8 Minutes To Sunrise 4:27
14. M-1 (Dead Prez) Feat. Q-Tip - Love You Can't Borrow 3:54
15. Roots Manuva - Let The Spirit 4:39

Disc 2
1. Supernatural Feat. Chali 2na, Akil & Mark 7 & Iriscience - Work It Out 4:09
2. People Under The Stairs - Suite For Beaver Pt. 1 4:26
3. Afu-Ra - Equality 4:37
4. Pete Rock Feat. Slum Village - Da Villa 5:07
5. Guru's Jazzmatazz Feat. Yungun - Too Slick 2:06
6. Blackalicious Feat. Lateef - Side To Side 4:37
7. Lateef & The Chief : Maroons - If 4:28
8. Mos Def & Diverse - Wylin Out 3:58
9. De La Soul - Shopping Bags 3:56
10. Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard 5:21
11. Polyrhythm Addicts Feat. Phoroahe Monch - Take Me Home 3:45
12. Will.I.Am Feat. KRS-One - Take It 2:44
13. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Caught Up 3:32
14. Sunz Of Man Feat. RZA - Banksta'Z 5:11
15. Mack 10 Feat. Timbaland - Life As A Gangsta 4:30

Disc 3
1. Black Moon - How Many Emcee's (Must Get Dissed) 3:51
2. EPMD - Danger Zone 3:41
3. Kenny Dope - Get On Down 6:16
4. Junior M.A.F.I.A Feat. Puff Daddy & Jay-Z - Young G's 5:26
5. The Notorious BIG Feat. Lil Cease & Lil Kim - Get Money (Remix) 3:48
6. The Pharcyde - Passin' My By 5:02
7. Smif-N-Wessun - Bucktown 3:54
8. Snoop Dogg & DR Dre - 187 UM 3:43
9. N.W.A. - Dope Man 4:18
10. Masters At Work Feat. Screetchy Dan - Give It To Me 5:12
11. Mad Lion Feat. KRS-One - Double Trouble (Third World Mix) 3:56
12. Das Efx - International 3:52
13. PMD Feat. Mobb Deep & Fat Joe - It's The Pee Back To Work (Remix) 3:23
14. 2pac, DMX & Xzibit - Slip-n-Slide 4:42
15. Public Enemy - New Whirl Odor 3:27

Disc 4
1. West Street Mob - Break Dance - Electric Boogie 5:09
2. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - It's Nasty (Genius Of Love) 4:17
3. The Sugarhill Gang - Apache 4:25
4. Funky 4+1 - That's The Joint 5:50
5. Sicle Cell & Rhapazooty - Rhapazooty In Blue 5:43
6. Willie Wood Crew - Willie Rap 5:59
7. Mr Fox - Smooth Talk 7:49
8. Fly Guy - Fly Guy Rap 7:40
9. Joe Bataan - Rap-O Clap-O 4:01
10. Busy Bee Vs. Rodney Cee M.C. - Battle At The Dixie 3:35
11. Crash Crew - We Are Known As Emcees (We Turn The Party Out) 5:35
12. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) 4:28
13. Ultramagnetic Mc'S - Watch Me Now 4:31
14. Tone-Loc - Wild Thing 4:09
15. Young MC - Bust A Move 3:59

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A crise segundo Einstein:

A crise segundo Einstein:

“Não pretendemos que as coisas mudem, se sempre fazemos o mesmo.
A crise é a melhor benção que pode ocorrer com as pessoas e países, porque a crise traz progressos. A criatividade nasce da angústia, como o dia nasce da noite escura. É na crise que nascem as invenções, os descobrimentos e as grandes estratégias. Quem supera a crise, supera a si mesmo sem ficar “superado”.
Quem atribue à crise seus fracassos e penúrias, violenta seu próprio talento e respeita mais aos problemas do que às soluções.
A verdadeira crise, é a crise da incompetência. O inconveniente das pessoas e dos países é a esperança de encontrar as saídas e soluções fáceis.
Sem crise não há desafios, sem desafios, a vida é uma rotina, uma lenta agonia.
Sem crise não há mérito. É na crise que se aflora o melhor de cada um.
Falar de crise é promovê-la, e calar-se sobre ela é exaltar o conformismo.Em vez disso, trabalhemos duro. Acabemos de uma vez com a única crise ameaçadora, que é a tragédia de não querer lutar para superá-la”

Albert Einstein

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Quen Diria heinn !!! Aquele molequinho virou presidente dos Estados Unidos rs rs rs

Jerry Lee Lewis - Last Man Standing (2006)

Artists: Jerry Lee Lewis
Album: Last Man Standing
Label: Naive
Year: 2006
Genre: Rock'n Roll; Country
Format: mp3/ CBR 320 kbps, 44.1kHz, Stereo
Size: 134 Mb

It often seems like there are only two ways for rock, country, and blues veterans to launch comebacks when they're senior citizens: confront mortality head on or surround yourself with superstar guests to help carry you through a half-hearted stroll through your back catalog, scattering a few new tunes along the way. At first glance, Jerry Lee Lewis' Last Man Standing seems to fall into both categories: the title suggests that Jerry Lee is in the mood to take a long look back, and certainly the very concept of the album -- pairing Lewis with 21 other stars for a succession of duets, often on material that his guests either wrote or made famous -- seems like a typical superstar duet record. But the Killer has never been predictable, and nowhere is that truer than it is here, where Jerry Lee treats Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, John Fogerty, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, and 16 other stars as he treated the Nashville Teens at the Star Club in 1964 -- as game amateurs who have to sprint to keep up with the master. This is the only guest-studded superstar album where all the guests bend to the will of the main act, who dominates the proceedings in every conceivable way. Jerry Lee doesn't just run the guests ragged; he turns their songs inside out, too -- and nowhere is that clearer than on the opening "Rock and Roll," the Led Zeppelin classic that is now stripped of its signature riff and sounds as if it were a lost gem dug out of the Sun vaults. Far from struggling with this, Jimmy Page embraces it, following the Killer as he runs off on his own course -- he turns into support, and the rest of other 20 guests follow suit (with the possible exception of Kid Rock, who sounds like the party guest who won't go home on an otherwise strong version of "Honky Tonk Woman").

The label might sell Last Man Standing on the backs of the duet partners -- after all, it's awful hard to drum up interest in a record by a 71-year-old man no matter how great he is, so you need a hook like superstars -- but the album by no stretch of the imagination belongs to them. This is completely Jerry Lee's show from the second that he calls out, "It's been a long time since I rock & rolled," at the beginning of the record -- and those are true words, since he hasn't rocked on record in a long, long time. Ten years ago he cut the Andy Paley-produced Young Blood, but that was a typically tasteful self-conscious comeback record; it was driven as much by the producer's conception of the artist as it was the artist himself. The opposite is true here, where the production is simple and transparent, never interfering with the performances; it has the welcome effect of making it sound like there is simply no way to tame Jerry Lee, even though he's now in his seventies. And that doesn't mean that this is merely a hard-rocking record, although "Rock and Roll," "Pink Cadillac," and "Travelin' Band" do indeed rock harder than anything he's done since the '70s -- so hard that they stand proudly next to his classic Sun records, even if they don't have the unbridled fire of those peerless sides. No, this album touches on everything that Jerry Lee has done musically through his career, as the furious rock & roll is balanced by pure hardcore country, pile-driving boogie woogie, rambling blues, old-timey folk songs, and, especially, reinterpretations of familiar songs that are so thoroughly reimagined they seem like they were written specifically for Jerry Lee. And he does this the same way he's always done it: by singing and playing the hell out of the songs. His phrasing remains original and unpredictable, twisting phrases in unexpected ways -- and, yes, throwing his name into the mix frequently, too -- and his piano is equally vigorous and vital. This is a record that stays true to his music, and in doing so, it's not so much a comeback as it is a summation: a final testament from a true American original, one that explains exactly why he's important. But that makes Last Man Standing sound too serious, as if it were one of those self-consciously morbid Johnny Cash records -- no, this is a record that celebrates life, both in its joys and sorrows, and it's hard not to see it as nothing short of inspiring. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Chuck Berry - The Latest and the Greatest/You Never Can Tell

Artists: Chuck Berry
Album: The Latest and the Greatest/You Never Can Tell...
Label: BGO
Year: 1964
Genre: Rock'n Roll, Blues
Format: mp3/ CBR 320 kbps, 44.1kHz, Stereo
Size: 127,5 Mb

The value of this two-on-one CD from England's Beat Goes On Records is greater than the sum of its parts -- most of the important tracks here can be found on either the Chuck Berry box or one of the individual MCA-Chess CDs, but they sound infinitely better here, in new late-'90s transfers, than they do on MCA's mid-'80s digital editions. And "good" in this case means they're clean but mean, crisp but raunchy, not like the over-cleaned up versions off of the Chess Box's first disc. The notes are a bit vague as far as the origins of the two LPs are concerned -- they were patchwork creations from recent singles and old U.S. album tracks, done specifically for the British market by Pye Records -- but the sound makes up for those shortcomings. ~Bruce Eder

TrackList:

01 Nadine
02 Fraulein
03 Guitar Boogie
04 The The Things I Used to Do
05 Don't You Lie to Me
06 Driftin' Blues
07 Liverpool Drive
08 No Particular Place to Go
09 Lonely All the Time
10 Jaguar and Thunderbird
11 O Rangutang
12 You Two
13 Deep Feeling
14 Bye Bye Johnny
15 You Never Can Tell
16 Diploma for Two
17 The The Little Girl from Central
18 The The Way It Was Before
19 Around and Around
20 Big Ben
21 The The Promised Land
22 Back in the U.S.A.
23 Run Around
24 Brenda Lee
25 Reelin' and Rockin'
26 Come On

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