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From: "HDtracks Press" To: "jeevacation®gmail.com" <jeevacation®gmail.com> Subject: HDtracks Newsletter for 09.24.09 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:54:08 +0000 HDtracks Newsletter for 09.24.09 Enter HDtracks, a sound quality oriented download "store," where you can get 100 percent uncompressed, DRM-free, bona-fide CD quality downloads and bum them to CD. HDtracks also supplies each CD's full liner notes and cover art as a PDF. - The Audiophiliac, CNetcom Featured Label: Blind Pig Records From their humble beginnings in the basement of an Ann Arbor, Michigan blues club in 1977, Blind Pig Records has grown into one of the premier blues labels in the world. A virtual who's who of blues and roots artists performed on the Blind Pig stage at one time or another - Otis Rush, Koko Taylor, Commander Cody, Asleep At The Wheel, Roosevelt Sykes, Robert Lockwood, Mighty Joe Young, Johnny Shines, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Walter Horton, Bonnie Raitt, Eddie Taylor, Jimmy Rogers, and Hound Dog Taylor, to name a few. Their incredible performances and the enthusiasm of the audiences led to the notion of recording this memorable music and presenting it to fans beyond the confines of this legendary club. From the very beginning, Blind Pig's belief in the creative abilities of the artists and their need to expand the limits of their art form took precedence over a strict adherence to any narrowly defined musical idiom. As a result, the label's natural progression has been to release albums not only in Blues, but also in the fields of Roots Rock, Zydeco, Rhythm & Blues, and Soul Gospel. Featured Artist: Muddy Waters `Anyone who's followed the course of modem popular music is aware of the vast influence exerted on its development by the large numbers of blues artists who collectively shaped and defined the approach to amplified music in the late 1940s and early '50s. Chicago was the pivotal point for the development and dissemination of the modem blues and virtually everything else has flowed, in one way or another, from this rich source. The revolution began inauspiciously enough in 1948 with the release of a 78-rpm single by a singer-guitarist called Muddy Waters. Coupled on Aristocrat 1305 were a pair of traditional Mississippi Delta- styled pieces "I Cant Be Satisfied" and "I Feel Like Going Home," and on them Waters' dark, majestic singing. Waters' use of amplification gave his guitar playing a new, powerful, striking edge and sonority that introduced to traditional music a sound its listeners found very exciting, comfortably familiar yet strangely compelling EFTA00770507 and, above all, immensely powerful, urgent. From the start it was he who dominated the music, who led the way - in style, sound, repertoire, instrumentation, in every way-first as a greatly popular club performer from the mid-1940s on and, a few years later, as the most influential recording artist in the new amplified blues idiom. In the years 1948-55 he put forth for definition the fundamental approaches and usages of modem blues in a remarkable series of ground-breaking and, as time has shown, classic records. In the years since, the style Waters delineated has been extended, fragmented, elaborated and otherwise commercialized, but the fundamental earthy, vital, powerful sound of the postwar blues as defined by Muddy and his bandsmen has yet to be excelled - or even equaled, come to that." - Pete Welding, excerpted from "Gone to Mainstreet," Bluesland, E.P. Dutton, 1992. Featured Albums The Lost Tapes Muddy Waters These recently discovered performances showcase a true blues legend at the height of his powers. The songs are culled from two live appearances in 1971 by Muddy with a heavyweight ensemble of back up musicians. Big Man Big Guitar [Livel Popa Chubby Twelve of Popa Chubby's most inspired blues and rock excursions culled from live concert performances in France. The 72+ minute CD program spotlights Popa's scorching guitar prowess and includes fan-favorite Chubby tunes plus inspired covers. 96 kHz/24-bit and 88.2 kHz/24-bit releases on HDtracks To HDtracks high-resolution store customers We would like to remind you that beginning on October 1st, 2009, the prices for our 96/24 and 88.2/24 album downloads will be changed from $15.98 to $17.98. This is your last week notice in advance of the change, so you will have time to take advantage of our current price. EFTA00770508 Toivo Tulev: Songs (88.2kHz/24-bit) Robin Blaze I Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir I Paul Hillier Toivo Tulev, one of the principal figures in Estonian music today, contributes to a wide range of styles. His works are deeply influenced by his study of Gregorian chant which gives them a mystic, incantatory dimension. Paul Hillier directs this world premiere recording. Spotless Rose (88.2kHz/24-bit) Charles Bruffy I Phoenix Bach Choir The Phoenix Chorale returns with an international anthology of songs to celebrate the Virgin Mary. The rewarding and unique programme, which includes premiere recordings, will appeal to all lovers of beautiful choral singing. Cab Calloway Stands In For the Moon (88.2kHz/24-bit) Conjure All star Blues/R&B/Jazz/Latin band celebrating the work of African American genius writer/griot poet, Ishmeal Reed, and music. "...just your basic, everyday smoky-bluesy-swinging-funky- literate-jazzy-tight improvised-crafted-ensemble thing. In short, a model for intelligent, creative pop music." -Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times The Desmond Project (96kHz/24-bit) John Basile Quartet This is the first recorded tribute to Paul Desmond and his collaborations with Jim Hall and, in the '70s, guitarist Ed Bickert. With his love of melody, shimmering tone and spare, graceful touch, John Basile falls into the same lyrical tradition. MORE NEW RELEASES IN 96 kHz/24 bit and 88.2 kHz/24 bit Classical BACH: Cantatas, Vol. 36 (BWV 6, 42, 103, 108) TCHAIKOVKY: Symphony No. 4 / Serenade in Bach Collegium Japan I Robin Blaze I Masaaki C major / Elegy in honour of Ivan Samarin Suzuki Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra I Neeme Jarvi EFTA00770509 Joy, fear and sadness, the various and conflicting In the cycle of Tchaikovsky's symphonies with emotions inherent in the subject matter, are Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by painted in Bach's incomparable musical language, Neeme Jarvi, we have reached the fifth and transmitted in these performances by Bach installment. The time has now come to Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki. Among the Symphony No.4, which — along with No.5 — soloists, Yukari Nonoshita and Robin Blaze are Tchaikovsky himself often referred to in the well-known to the followers of this series, while context of `Fate', symbolized by a `fate motif' James Gilchrist and Domink Weimer both appear which opens the work. in it for the second time. Jazz The Navignr Joel Frahm In My Pocket Greg Hatza The Navigator finds Joel Frahm working with his The return of the organ to prominence in the frequent collaborator, pianist-composer David 1990s has allowed Greg Hatza, who recorded two Berkman, as well as bassist Scott Colley and albums for Coral in the late '60s, to make a full- drummer Billy Drummond — the rhythm team of fledged comeback. For his second Palmetto date, Andrew Hill's sextet — Frahm has crafted an Hatza generally avoids blues (other than "Move exuberant and witty second album as a leader. Over" and the heated "Jump Street") in favor of more challenging chord changes, but fits very securely into the organ tradition. Rock The Good Earth The Feelies Bar/None Records is proud to re-release two classic albums from the critically acclaimed hyperactive alt rockers The Feelies. The Feelies NRBQ NRBQ In the fickle world of rock 'n' roll, it's very rare for a band to survive and thrive for 30 years. For a band to not only last that long, but to remain as EFTA00770510 second recording, The Good Earth, came some six years later and was co-produced by Feelies' co-regents Glenn Mercer and Bill Million with REM's Peter Buck (a Feelies admirer since his days as a record store clerk). The Good Earth introduced the line-up that continues to this day. adventurous, innovative, and flat-out fun as the day it started is nothing short of miraculous. But that's just what NRBQ has done. In celebration of their 30th anniversary, this 1999 release has the same title as the eponymous 1969 debut, and is easily as energetic, enjoyable and irresistible as anything this band has ever done. World Sessions de Rosiers MNO Michael Emenau, (MNO), has worked professionally as a classical and jazz musician, composer, producer, and remixer for over 15 years throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. The "Sessions Des Rosiers" were produced from 2005 to 2006, reflecting MNO's newest musical material written and influenced from his new home studio in Paris and celebrating the life of his newborn baby. Six Degrees of India - A Six Degrees Collection Various Artists Six Degrees has always pioneered the fusion of modem grooves with the music of India. Now, for the first time, they present a compilation that packs some of the best tracks that we have released over the years for this region. Six Degrees of India is filled with such leading lights of Asian/Electronica as Midival Punditz, Cheb i Sabbah, Karsh Kale, Bombay Dub Orchestra, David Starfire and many more. More New Additions Best Sellers Fantaisie Triomphale (88.2kHz/24bit) reVisions: Songs of Stevie Wonder (96kHz/24bit) BBC Symphony Orchestra I Rumon Gamba I Ian Jen Chapin Tracey EFTA00770511 Following on from the tremendous popularity of the two previous volumes, this is Ian Tracey's third symphonic organ works CD for Chandos on the enormous Willis organ of Liverpool Cathedral. Ian Tracey is well established as one of the leading exponents of this music and his skills are brought out to the fore in this brilliant selection of virtuosic works by some of the greatest masters of this genre, including Saint- Saens, Guilmant and Dupre. Vocalist Jen Chapin, daughter of Harry, has decided to take on the Stevie Wonder songbook with the minimalist accompaniment of bass and saxophone alone, played by Stephan Crump and Chris Cheek, respectively, and closely recorded in audiophile sound. Cheek provides another lead voice on tenor, baritone, and soprano, weaving and dancing around Chapin's keen interpretations, many of which, like "You Haven't Done Nothing," "Higher Ground," and "Big Brother," have a just as much political resonance in the '00s as they did when they were written. iration Information Shuggie Otis Inspiration Information, the brainchild of guitar prodigy Shuggie Otis, more than justifies the cult following garnered in the years since its (largely ignored) 1974 release. Shuggie was a late-'60s celebrity due to his Super Session duets with Al Kooper. Opting out of arena rock -- he reputedly refused an offer to join the Rolling Stones -- the 19-year-old Otis spent three years in the studio generating this one-man opus. His multi-tracked rhythms recall the laid-back funk of the Meters embroidered with psychedelic filigree, and his voice resembles Allan Toussaint's. But in every other regard, this is singular, sexy music, dislocated in time. The Smithereens Pla Syr nnmy_(96kHz/24bit) The Smithereens The Smithereens decided to make a proper, all- out studio version of one of the albums that inspired their rock dreams of becoming a band in the first place, The Who's Tommy, for its 40th anniversary tribute. This message was sent from MDtracks Press to Jeeyacationegmall.com. It was sent from: HDtracks, 355 West 52nd Street Sixth Floor, New York, New York 10019. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. - Contact - Try It Free! 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