Monday, November 30, 2020

The Archies - Discography - 320kbps Bitrate

By Ozzieguy10:36 AMThe Archies6 comments

The Archies

Most '60s bubblegum groups were faceless studio concoctions, made up of hired professionals and given nominal group identities after the fact. The Archies made no pretense of being a real band in the first place -- their music, including the smash hit "Sugar, Sugar," was "performed" by the animated TV cartoon characters spun off from Archie comics. In reality, of course, they were a studio concoction made up of hired professionals (most notably lead singer Ron Dante), but in this case, they weren't technically faceless.

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Malcolm Roberts [RIP] - Discography - 320kbps Bitrate [Requested]

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Malcolm Roberts

Born: March 31, 1944 - Died: February 7, 2003

R.I.P.

Born in 1944 in Manchester, England, this powerful vocalist enjoyed most of his success outside the U.K. Malcolm Roberts studied interior design at a local art college, and went to music and drama classes in the evenings. After a spell with the National Youth Theatre as an actor, he appeared in several programs on U.K. television, including Coronation Street. In 1964, he understudied the part of Eric Dooley in Lionel Bart's West End musical Maggie May, and later took over the role. He also appeared in a Manchester revival of West Side Story, along with other diverse productions such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Julius Caesar (with Timothy Dalton). After a period out of show business, during which he worked as an ice cream salesman and a bouncer in a Soho strip club in London, Roberts was offered a contract with RCA Records. His first release, "Time Alone Will Tell" (the Italian ballad "Non Pensare Me"), entered the U.K. charts in 1967. He then relocated to the independent label Major-Minor and enjoyed a Top Ten hit with the Tobias Brothers' "May I Have the Next Dream with You"

1970 - The Voice Of Malcolm Roberts

1993 - The Best Of The EMI Years

2002 - The Talk Of The Town

2003 - Rio

2003 - The Best Of Malcolm Roberts

2003 - The Very Best of Malcolm Roberts

2011 - Malcolm Roberts

The Beach Boys - Discography - 320kbps Bitrate

By Ozzieguy8:53 PMThe Beach Boys18 comments

The Beach Boys Discography

Beginning their career as the most popular surf band in the nation, the Beach Boys finally emerged by 1966 as America's preeminent pop group, the only act able to challenge (for a brief time) the overarching success of the Beatles with both mainstream listeners and the critical community. From their 1961 debut with the regional hit "Surfin'," the three Wilson brothers -- Brian, Dennis, and Carl -- plus cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine constructed the most intricate, gorgeous harmonies ever heard from a pop band. With Brian's studio proficiency growing by leaps and bounds during the mid-'60s, the Beach Boys also proved one of the best-produced groups of the '60s, exemplified by their 1966 peak with the Pet Sounds LP and the number one single "Good Vibrations." Though Brian's escalating drug use and obsessive desire to trump the Beatles (by recording the perfect LP statement) eventually led to a nervous breakdown after he heard Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the group soldiered on long into the '70s and '80s, with Brian only an inconsistent participant. The band's post-1966 material is often maligned (if it's recognized at all), but the truth is the Beach Boys continued to make great music well into the '70s. Displayed best on 1970's Sunflower, each member revealed individual talents never fully developed during the mid-'60s -- Carl became a solid, distinctive producer and Brian's replacement as nominal bandleader, Mike continued to provide a visual focus as the frontman for live shows, and Dennis developed his own notable songwriting talents. Though legal wranglings and marginal oldies tours during the '90s often obscured what made the Beach Boys great, the band's unerring ability to surf the waves of commercial success and artistic development during the '60s made them America's first, best rock band.