Ian Shaw - Change Partners

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 87:20
Size: 199.9 MB
Styles: Contemporary jazz
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[4:59] 1. Change Partners
[4:02] 2. It Could Happen To You
[3:03] 3. This Can't Be Love
[5:34] 4. The Echo Of A Song
[2:59] 5. I Wish I Were In Love Again
[4:15] 6. Goodnight Angel
[3:26] 7. I'll Be Seeing You
[3:22] 8. Taking A Chance On Love
[4:42] 9. My Heart Is Haunted
[5:35] 10. Time After Time
[3:59] 11. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
[4:22] 12. You Are My Hearts Delight
[5:46] 13. It's Easy To Remember
[4:44] 14. Just Let Me Look At You
[5:17] 15. My Funny Valentine
[4:11] 16. Have You Met Miss Jones
[4:07] 17. Little Girl Blue
[3:24] 18. Where Or When
[3:37] 19. I Concentrate On You
[5:48] 20. With A Song In My Heart

Ian Shaw (born 2 June 1962) is a Welsh jazz singer, record producer, and stand up comedian. Shaw was born in St. Asaph, Wales, and took his music degree at the University of London. His career in performance began in the 1980s on the Alternative Cabaret Circuit, alongside such performers as Julian Clary, Rory Bremner, and Jo Brand. At the same time, he was playing in piano bars and at festivals in London and throughout Europe.

In 1990 he toured Europe and recorded with fellow singer Carol Grimes. Since this time, Shaw has regularly worked in duo settings with other singers, including Claire Martin, Linda Lewis, Liane Carroll, and Sarah Jane Morris. By the mid-1990s, he was regularly performing at the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and in 1995 released two albums on the club's Jazzhouse label: Ghosthouse and a tribute to Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart Taking It to Hart. In 1996, Shaw led his own 'Very Big Band' on a UK tour, and by the late 1990s he was performing regularly in the U.S. In 1999, he released In a New York Minute, the first of two albums on New York's Milestone Records label. This and Soho Stories, released in 2001, featured American musicians, including Cedar Walton, Lew Soloff, and Eric Alexander. On the album A World Still Turning (2003), he worked with Billy Childs and Peter Washington, and guest vocalist Mark Murphy.

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Bonnie Tyler - Wings

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:52
Size: 132.5 MB
Styles: Contemporary Pop/Rock
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:40] 1. Louise
[2:55] 2. Celebrate
[3:08] 3. Driving Me Crazy
[3:44] 4. Hold Out Your Heart
[3:28] 5. Run Run Run
[4:05] 6. Wings
[3:18] 7. It's A Heartache
[3:30] 8. Stand Up
[3:33] 9. Crying In Berlin
[3:49] 10. Total Eclipse Of The Heart
[4:15] 11. I'll Stand By You
[4:44] 12. All I Need Is Love
[3:35] 13. I Won't Look Back
[3:29] 14. Streets Of Stone
[2:54] 15. Chante Avec Moi
[3:37] 16. Louise (French Vers)

2005 album from the veteran golden throated singer. Most of the 13 tracks are co-written by Bonnie herself, including the first single "Louise" which has a video that was shot in Paris. All but two songs on the CD are new, while the two older songs are actually re-recorded versions of the hits "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" and "It's A Heartache".

Wings

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Shirley Bassey - 12 Of Those Songs

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 35:16
Size: 80.8 MB
Styles: Pop-jazz vocals
Year: 1968
Art: Front

[2:16] 1. Come Back To Me
[3:11] 2. I'm A Fool To Want You
[3:24] 3. A House Is Not A Home
[2:20] 4. If Love Were All
[2:56] 5. Moon River
[2:10] 6. Don't Rain On My Parade
[2:54] 7. Something's Coming
[3:02] 8. Days Of Wine And Roses
[3:47] 9. Call Me
[3:36] 10. Charade
[3:19] 11. I Wish You Love
[2:17] 12. One Of Those Songs (Girls Of De Folies Bergère)

She’s gold, gowns and glamour. Champagne, charisma and chic. Savoir faire, style and showbiz. She’s besequinned, beloved, Bassey.

The buzzwords have been tripping off our tongues for decades, but there can never be enough of them to sum up an artist who defines the word superstar. In a world where true legends of entertainment are an endangered phenomenon, it’s time once again to celebrate the unique force of nature that is Dame Shirley Bassey.

One of Great Britain’s greatest-ever entertainers has been having a love affair with her public for more than 50 years. She’s sung for Presidents, Queens and secret agents, hung out with a King, packed concert halls across the known world and sold an estimated 135 million records in the process. Every step of the way, she has radiated magnetic elegance, and now the moment has come for Dame Shirley to bedazzle yet another new generation.

12 Of Those Songs

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Dave Edmunds - ...Again

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:37
Size: 113.6 MB
Styles: Roots rock, Pub rock
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:33] 1. Again
[3:26] 2. Chutes & Ladders
[3:25] 3. Halfway Down
[4:14] 4. I Got The Will
[5:09] 5. I Love Music
[3:23] 6. Standing At The Crossroads
[2:15] 7. Return To Sender
[3:15] 8. Georgia On My Mind
[3:01] 9. It Doesn't Really Matter
[3:38] 10. People Wanna Get High
[2:48] 11. I Still Love You
[2:05] 12. Baby Face
[2:35] 13. The Claw
[3:33] 14. Your Song
[3:09] 15. A Better Word For Love

Not long after the 1994 release of Plugged In, Dave Edmunds chose to tune out, slowly winding his way back to his native Wales, where he essentially acted as a hermit. Occasionally, he'd show up on-stage -- or on Jools Holland's Later -- but his active career essentially ceased, punctuated by the live album A Pile of Rock (a title often recycled in his career) documenting a one-off European show from 1997, plus a 2000-era largely instrumental album called Musical Fantasies. With this in mind, the release of ...Again in 2013 is big news: it appears to be his first new album in nearly two decades. This isn't the case. ...Again is a curious thing, a 15-track collection that contains no less than nine of the 11 songs on 1994's Plugged In, along with "Return to Sender," his contribution to the Otis Blackwell tribute Brace Yourself (released in 1994, but recorded in 1991), plus five new songs. It's not quite enough to be considered a full-fledged comeback but it's slightly more than tossed-off bonus tracks, too, as these new contributions spin the Plugged In material in a slightly different direction. Of course, it helps that the weakest moments of that 1994 album are left behind -- "Sabre Dance 94" is not revived -- and the new cuts are often quite strong. An instrumental version of Elton John's "Your Song" may veer a little too close to the middle of the road but the title track "Again" easily slips into the sound and spirit of the rest of the material, as does the slightly melancholy Beach Boys boogie of "People Wanna Get High" -- both are distinguished by being two rare original compositions by this retro-rocker -- while "Baby Face" is a nicely riotous Little Richard salute and "Georgia on My Mind" pays a fair tribute to Ray Charles. All five songs are easily enjoyable and their inclusion turns this record, which is essentially Plugged In, into a better album. Plugged In holds up well -- 20 years later, its isolationist roots rock doesn't feel dated as much as it feels out of time -- and having a five or six strong cuts added to it does enhance its value, yet it's hard not to wish that ...Again was a full-on new album instead of this half-measure. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

...Again

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Shakin' Stevens - The Collection

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 77:37
Size: 177.7 MB
Styles: Roots Rock, Rockabilly
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:04] 1. This Ole House
[3:12] 2. Cry Just A Little Bit
[2:44] 3. Lipstick, Powder And Paint
[3:10] 4. Green Door
[3:20] 5. A Love Worth Waiting For
[2:49] 6. What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For
[2:54] 7. Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)
[2:44] 8. Marie, Marie
[3:55] 9. Teardrops
[3:22] 10. Turning Away
[2:50] 11. You Drive Me Crazy
[3:09] 12. A Letter To You
[2:33] 13. Oh Julie
[3:18] 14. Because I Love You
[2:35] 15. Hot Dog
[3:56] 16. Breaking Up My Heart
[3:15] 17. It's Raining
[2:47] 18. Shirley
[3:28] 19. A Little Boogie Woogie (In The Back Of My Mind)
[3:03] 20. Give Me Your Heart Tonight
[3:29] 21. Radio
[3:10] 22. I'll Be Satisfied
[2:59] 23. Feel The Need In Me
[2:01] 24. It's Late
[3:39] 25. Merry Christmas Everyone

While there may not be many Shakin Stevens fans left here at the dawn of the 21st century, there are perhaps enough to take great delight in this double-disc set that collects the British rockabilly artist's many singles -- there are 25 cuts on the CD -- and also includes a live performance DVD (with the UK import version only). Stevens burst onto the scene at the dawn of the 1980s performing a roots rock style that was in fact both dated and timeless. His readings of Dave Alvin's classic "Marie, Marie" (right after the Blasters' version tanked) and Stuart Hamblen's "This Ole House" became nearly definitive versions as he used his '50s warble combined with a full and rich baritone. Stevens could sing country, blues, R&B, and (of course) rockabilly with equal acumen, as this excellent collection bears out. There have been many compilations over the years, but none are this extensive or pervasive in covering his underappreciated career. The DVD included with the import version offers proof as to why Stevens sold out concert halls all over Europe and Japan. This is a dynamite find. ~Thom Jurek

The Collection

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