Thursday, February 12, 2015

James Blood Ulmer: America - Do You Remember The Love?

James Blood Ulmer: America - Do You Remember The Love?
All compositions by James Blood Ulmer
  1. "I Belong in the U.S.A." - 6:40
  2. "Lady Blue" - 6:17
  3. "After Dark" - 6:18
  4. "Show Me Your Love, America" - 7:24
  5. "Black Sheep" - 3:44
  6. "Wings" - 5:31
James "Blood" Ulmer - guitar, vocals
Bill Laswell - 4, 6 & 8 string basses
Ronald Shannon Jackson - drums
Nicky Skopelitis - 12 string guitar, banjo
Bernard Fowler, Fred Fowler, Muriel Fowler - backing vocals

Recorded at the Power Station, Quadrosonic and RPM, New York City in 1987

Blue Note ‎– BT 85136, 1987

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Ulmer-AmericaDoYouRememberTheLove[RPM2015].zip 66.9 MB

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Ulmer-AmericaDoYouRememberTheLove[RPM2015][FLAC].zip 658.8 MB

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

James Blood Ulmer ‎– Odyssey

James Blood Ulmer ‎– Odyssey
All compositions by James "Blood" Ulmer
  1. "Church" – 4:54
  2. "Little Red House" – 4:45
  3. "Love Dance" – 5:05
  4. "Are You Glad to Be in America?" – 3:40
  5. "Election" – 3:26
  6. "Odyssey" – 5:01
  7. "Please Tell Her" – 4:10
  8. "Swing & Things" – 4:32

James "Blood" Ulmer – guitar, vocals
Charles Burnham – violin
Warren Benbow – drums

Recorded at the Power Station, New York in March–May 1983

Columbia ‎– BFC 38900, 1983

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Ulmer-Odyssey[RPM2015].zip 66.5 MB

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Ulmer-Odyssey[RPM2015][FLAC].zip 665.0 MB

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

James Blood Ulmer ‎– Free Lancing

The highest of Harmolodic High Priests, Blood Ulmer mines the frantic funk of 70’s Ornette Coleman—a tune like Night Lover could have fallen out of Ornette’s gig bag at the session for Captain Black—but works his own soul/blues vein good and hard until all that sifts through is pure Blood.
James Blood Ulmer ‎– Free Lancing
All compositions by James Blood Ulmer
  1. "Timeless" - 4:22
  2. "Pleasure Control" - 5:00
  3. "Night Lover" - 5:22
  4. "Where Did All the Girls Come From?" - 4:38
  5. "High Time" - 4:00
  6. "Hijack" -
  7. "Free Lancing" - 4:42
  8. "Stand Up to Yourself" - 4:37
  9. "Rush Hour" - 5:32
  10. "Happy Time" - 5:11
James Blood Ulmer - electric guitar; vocals (#2, 4 & 8)
Amin Ali - electric bass
G. Calvin Weston - drums
Ronnie Drayton - second guitar (#2, 4 & 8)
Diane Wilson, Irene Datcher, Zenobia Konkerite - background vocals (#2, 4 & 8)
David Murray - tenor saxophone (#5, 6 & 9)
Oliver Lake – alto saxophone (#5, 6 & 9)
Olu Dara - trumpet (#5, 6 & 9)

Columbia ‎– ARC 37493, 1981

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Ulmer-FreeLancing[RPM2015].zip 90.4 MB

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Ulmer-FreeLancing[RPM2015][FLAC].zip 881.4 MB