COOL MILLION - SUMTHIN" LIKE THIS
After a
three-year wait that has seemed like eternity for devotees of the boogie, Cool
Million returns in 2015 with their long-awaited fourth album, Sumthin´Like This
. But don´t be fooled by the modest title: chances are you´ve never heard
anything like it! The hard-workling duo of Hardt and Ryle continue to expand
their parameters as producers utilizing top-tier programming and
instrumentation to deliver a uniquely faithful update of the celestial sounds
found on the best of early- 80s electro funk and boogie records. Glenn Jones,
Michael Jeffries, Marc Sadane, Gavin Christopher, and Atlantic Starr´s Porter
Carroll are a few of the sought-after purveyors of fine soul who lend their
one-of-a-kind talents to Sumthin Like This not to mention Tim Owens, who leads
off the album with the irresistible title cut, an instant floor-filler that
will get folks out of their seats whether they´re at the club or working on
their PC. Additional contributors to Sumthin' Like This include classy
singer-songwriter DJ Laura Jackson, who has appeared on every Cool Million
album to date and now appears as part of the group´s touring line-up; newcomer
Farina Miss; and internationally renown soulful house maestro Marc Evans, who
fronts the new CD´s leadoff single, Dontcha Wanna Dance . Sumthin Like This is
a feel-good, booty-shaking musica journey that will keep the party going day or
night, from start to finish. ~ Amazon
THIRD WORLD (REISSUED & EXPANDED EDITION)
Four
decades since their professional debut, Third World remain one of the most
popular Jamaican acts in the world, effortlessly mixing Reggae, Funk and Soul
to create a distinct sound of own. The success of the debut LP provided the
platform upon which Third World continued to grow artistically, yet despite its
significance, 'Third World' remained strangely elusive on CD, with its only
issue on the format being a limited US-only pressing, released in 1999.
Fortunately, for Reggae fans the world over, that oversight has finally been
addressed and at long last the album has not only been made available on
compact disc once more, but it has also been given the attention such a popular
and ground-breaking collection undoubtedly deserves. Featured alongside the
LP's original track listing are eight bonus tracks from the album sessions,
with their number including alternate takes to 'Slavery Days' and 'Got To Get
Along' and a trio of killer Dub cuts, all of which were previously unavailable
on CD.~ Amazon
EYDIE GORME - A DATE WITH EYDIE GORME
One of
Eydie Gorme's outstanding attributes was her versatility and on this
compilation album featuring twenty-five songs she recorded in the early 1960s,
you will find several excellent examples of this. Some tracks are appearing
here on CD for the first time - "Sonny Boy" and "Before Your
Time". Digitally re-mastered. She moves from favourite standards such as
"You'll Never Know" and "The Nearness of You", to the
exciting Latin beat of "Granada" and "Frenesi", to
Broadway's "Where is Love" and finally to her fun-filled take on
"Never on Sunday" renamed "I Love to Dance (But Never on Sunday)". ~ Amazon
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