Wednesday, April 29, 2015

NEW RELEASES: COOL MILLION - SUMTHIN" LIKE THIS; THIRD WORLD (REISSUED & EXPANDED EDITION); EYDIE GORME - A DATE WITH EYDIE GORME

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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