Demis Roussos - Collected (3-Disc Set)

Demis Roussos was born on June 15, 1946 in Alexandria, Egypt as Artemios Ventouris Roussos. He was raised in Egypt until his parents moved to Greece in the early 1960s after losing their possessions during the Suez Crisis.

He was best known for his solo hits in the 1970s and 80s, including Forever and Ever, Goodbye and Quand je t'aime. He was also a member of progressive rock group Aphrodite's Child. He was caught up in a plane hijacking when flight TWA 847 from Athens to Rome was hijacked by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad in 1985. He and his third wife were held at gunpoint for five days before they were released. Some of his fellow passengers endured 17 days in captivity. For Demis the only way to get over this rather traumatic experience was to make music again. For that reason he went to Holland and recorded the single “Island Of Love”, which can be considered a comeback, in the spring of 1986. In 2010, Demis Roussos is back in Greece where he realizes one of his oldest dreams by performing at the antic theatre “Erodion”, a memorable concert for his country. He had not sang there since 1974 and the emotion between Demis and the Greek crowd is in its height.

His tour in South Africa in 2012 was memorable for all South Africans, as much as it was for Demis Roussos who realized how much people had not forgotten him there, since his latest appearance there during the Apartheid, in 1977.

Album: Collected (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:44
Size: 178.0 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/Easy Listening
Year: 2015

[ 3:11] 1. Rain And Tears
[ 3:13] 2. End Of The World
[ 3:50] 3. I Want To Live
[ 4:36] 4. Marie Jolie
[ 3:28] 5. It's Five O'clock
[ 4:30] 6. Such A Funny Night
[ 4:52] 7. Spring, Summer, Winter And Fall
[ 2:49] 8. Babylon
[ 5:52] 9. The Four Horsemen
[ 2:53] 10. Hic And Nunc
[ 3:30] 11. We Shall Dance
[ 3:25] 12. She Came Up From The North
[ 3:43] 13. Good Days Have Gone
[ 2:46] 14. I Know I'll Do It Again
[ 4:32] 15. Fire And Ice
[ 3:46] 16. My Blue Ship's A Sailing (A-Sailing)
[ 4:45] 17. O My Friends You've Been Untrue To Me
[11:54] 18. Ulysses

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Album: Collected (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:56
Size: 160.1 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/Easy Listening
Year: 2015

[3:57] 1. My Reason
[3:16] 2. When I Am A Kid
[3:37] 3. Forever And Ever
[3:37] 4. Velvet Mornings
[3:54] 5. Goodbye My Love Goodbye
[3:51] 6. My Friend The Wind
[3:22] 7. Lovely Lady Of Arcadia
[3:02] 8. Someday Somewhere
[3:42] 9. My Only Fascination
[3:00] 10. When Forever Has Gone
[2:34] 11. From Souvenirs To Souvenirs
[3:09] 12. Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun
[2:45] 13. Far Away
[4:16] 14. Mourir Auprès De Mon Amour
[3:20] 15. Lost In Love
[7:24] 16. Follow Me
[3:42] 17. Island Of Love
[3:44] 18. Quand Je T'aime
[3:34] 19. On Ecrit Sur Les Murs

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Album: Collected (Disc 3)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:20
Size: 174.7 MB
Styles: Pop/Rock/Easy Listening
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[5:15] 1. A Flower's All You Need
[5:04] 2. Margarita
[4:07] 3. I Dig You
[2:49] 4. Loving Arms
[3:46] 5. Sometimes When We Touch
[2:35] 6. If You Remember Me
[4:24] 7. Man Of The World
[3:54] 8. Miss You Nights
[3:42] 9. Race To The End
[3:09] 10. Lament
[4:12] 11. Love Me Tender
[5:45] 12. Planet Earth Is Blue
[7:50] 13. House Of The Rising Sun
[4:23] 14. Nature Boy
[4:12] 15. Prier
[4:09] 16. Mamy Blue
[2:52] 17. On My Own
[4:03] 18. Una Furtiva Lagrima

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Spyros Manesis - Undelivered

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:15
Size: 101.3 MB
Styles: Piano jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:42] 1. Cold Inside
[6:44] 2. Not Yet
[5:53] 3. Amsterdam
[5:47] 4. On Green Dolphin Street
[5:08] 5. Falling
[4:54] 6. The Pinwheel
[5:20] 7. Undelivered
[5:44] 8. Exodos

With Joao Hasselberg on bass, Kaspars Kurdeko on drums and Spyros on piano, the trio which formed in Amsterdam in 2010 has recorded its debut album for the Portuguese label JACC Records. The album, Undelivered was officially released in Europe.

Greek pianist Spyros Manesis composes new music, arranges old jazz standards and plays the piano together with Portuguese double bassist João Hasselberg and Latvian drummer Kaspars Kurdeko, who embrace Spyros's musical ideas with deep musicality and remarkable dedication.

The understanding and the unique chemistry among the three musicians have helped the trio develop a distinguished sound characterized by lyricism, a wide range of dynamics and textures, a high level of musical interplay and a real improvisation spirit, which are elements that make their live performances unique musical experiences. Their debut album “Undelivered" is now released by JACC Records.

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Nana Mouskouri - The Best Of Nana Mouskouri

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:02
Size: 119.1 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal
Year: 1991/2006
Art: Front

[3:21] 1. Plaisir D'amour
[2:40] 2. Fields Of Love
[2:37] 3. The White Rose Of Athens
[2:45] 4. The Queen Of Hearts
[2:49] 5. Turn On The Sun
[4:09] 6. Come And Sing
[3:38] 7. I Have A Dream
[4:14] 8. Bridge Over Troubled Water
[3:22] 9. Love Me Tender
[3:58] 10. And I Love You So
[3:08] 11. Try To Remember
[3:37] 12. Day Is Done
[4:25] 13. Amazing Grace
[4:01] 14. Song For Liberty
[3:09] 15. Ta Pedia Tou Pirea

Globally speaking, Nana Mouskouri is the biggest-selling female artist of all time. Her fluency in multiple languages -- Greek, French, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese -- enabled her to reach audiences all over Europe, the Americas, and even Asia. Possessed of a distinctive, angelic soprano -- the product of having been born with only one vocal cord -- Mouskouri was sometimes described as Europe's answer to Barbra Streisand. Her repertoire was varied enough to support the universal appeal she aimed for: jazz standards, well-known pop tunes from before and after the rock era, French cabaret chansons, movie songs, classical and operatic repertory, religious music, folk songs from her native Greece and elsewhere, and more. Television ads for Mouskouri collections (a major North American marketing tool) leave the impression that her chief strength was interpreting familiar songs in that lovely voice; however, her early fame in Europe was built largely on songs written for and associated with her, most notably her first hit, "The White Rose of Athens." She was particularly successful in her eventual adopted home of France, where her trademark large black glasses were viewed as highly unorthodox visual style. Mouskouri recorded steadily from the 1960s into the new millennium, tailoring specific releases to specific international markets with tremendous success. ~Steve Huey

The Best Of Nana Mouskouri

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The Speakeasies' Swing Band - Land Of Plenty

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:54
Size: 105.1 MB
Styles: Retro Swing
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[5:10] 1. Sinner's Advice
[4:31] 2. My Baby Kicked Me Out
[4:49] 3. Love Theme From 'the Godfather'
[5:41] 4. S. Ballad
[2:34] 5. Cashor Check
[3:18] 6. Pera Vrechi
[4:15] 7. To Danio
[4:23] 8. Gypsy Curse
[5:28] 9. Please Love Me
[5:40] 10. Deal With The Devil

Acoustic Guitar – Giannis Ntalianis; Clarinet – Christos Papadopoulos; Double Bass – Panos Voulgarakis; Drums – Stergios Koias; Electric Guitar – Panos Karnoutsos; Piano, Accordion – Manolis Stamatiadis; Saxophone – James Wylie (tracks: 7,8,10); Trombone – Menelaos Karagiannis (tracks: 8,10); Trumpet – Christos Anastasiadis (tracks: 7,8,10); Violin – Thanos Anagnostopoulos (tracks: 3); Vocals – Caterina Sisinni. Recorded live at “Royal Alzheimer Hall” studio by Titos Kariotakis, Christos Harbilas & Orestis Patsinakidis.

Ten stories that will take you back to the Prohibition era where the speakeasies and swing music were the only means to get around everyday life problems.

Land Of Plenty

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