Various - Belmar Records Top 10 #1, #2, #3

Belmar Records is a musician-owned and run label operating out of Melbourne, Australia, specialising in original Roots, Jazz and Blues recordings. Our aim is to introduce roots music lovers around the world to some of the great talent Melbourne has to offer, one track at a time. All music on these albums is hand-made at Belmar Studios, Altona, Melbourne.

Album: Belmar Records Top 10 #1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:11
Size: 144.7 MB
Styles: Blues, Roots, R&B
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:14] 1. The Allardicians - Duck Down
[3:54] 2. Dockhead - Stuck On The Bayside
[3:39] 3. Kimba & Ryan - Rhapsody
[3:41] 4. Andy Swann & The Altona Two - Love Bandit
[4:02] 5. Magic Slim - By And By
[4:00] 6. Minnesota Bob & The Pearly Shells - Memo To Deano
[4:37] 7. Hetty & Vibes - Johnny B Goode
[4:04] 8. Porch Neuendorf - If You Would Be So Kind
[4:46] 9. Yvette & The Belmar Hummingbirds - Hit The Road Jack
[3:03] 10. Pearly Shells - Belmar Blues
[3:39] 11. The Hi Flyers - Hi Flyer Stomp
[3:54] 12. Yvette & The Belmar House Band - The Way You Do
[7:17] 13. Duckhead - Backdoor Man
[5:26] 14. Andy Swann & The Pearly Shells - Money
[3:49] 15. Helly & Vibes - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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Album: Belmar Records Top 10 #2
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:16
Size: 89.9 MB
Styles: Blues, Roots, R&B
Year: 2014
Art: Front

[4:38] 1. Andy Swann - I Feel So Bad
[4:34] 2. Yvette, The Pearly Shells - Dance Me To The End Of Love
[2:40] 3. The Twenty 20s - The Godfather Theme
[2:42] 4. Johnny Pseudofed, Kimba - House Of Bamboo
[3:00] 5. Kerri Simpson - For The Last Time
[2:48] 6. The Pearly Shells - Lonesome Shuffle
[2:25] 7. Kimba - Talk Of Love
[2:35] 8. Emma Franz Band - The Song Has Ended
[3:55] 9. Magic Sim Martin - Same Mistake Again
[2:35] 10. Danni Smith - Fishin
[4:34] 11. Broadway Bob - On Broadway
[2:44] 12. Jody Bell & The Belltones - Sweet Wasted Girl

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Album: Belmar Records Top 10 #3
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:56
Size: 100.6 MB
Styles: Blues, Roots, R&B
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[3:20] 1. The Pearly Shells - Buzzin'
[3:59] 2. Andy Swann - I Pity The Fool
[6:06] 3. Monique Shelford - To Love Somebody
[4:21] 4. Continental Robert Susz - Who's Bin Talking
[3:12] 5. The Belmar Houseband - With Bells On
[3:54] 6. Hetty Kate & The Twenty 20s - Sleepwalk
[2:26] 7. Yvette Johansson - Goodbye To Battles
[3:38] 8. Magic Sim Martin - Kryptonite
[2:22] 9. Candyman Reid - Tona Pier Bombdrive
[3:49] 10. Kimba Griffith - Across The Universe
[4:03] 11. Candyman Reid - Fool's Paradise
[2:42] 12. Nichaud Fitzgibbon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart

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Kerri Simpson - 2 albums: Fortune Favoured Me / 4AM

Kerri Simpson falls into that ever- burgeoning category of independent musicians in Australia who have earned the respect of their peers, have kept producing excellent recordings but, through the vagaries of the modern music industry, seem unable to reach a wider audience. One of Simpson's triumphs is that after more than twenty years she is still putting out quality albums like this new one.

Simpson's previous album, Fortune Favoured Me, released in 2012, was a great collection of original songs penned by Simpson as well as in collaboration with Jeff Lang, Geoff Achison, Shannon Bourne. There were also some well-chosen covers of songs from Stephen Cummings, Charles Jenkins and Cyndi Boste (who has her own terrific new album out at the moment). It is worth searching out if you missed it at the time. Perhaps the new album, 4AM, will inspire that search, but it is very different musical beast.

4AM is pitched firmly at a blues audience, which is possibly a good thing because it should at least create a lot of interest in that community and, by rights, get Simpson booked on the bill at blues and roots festival around the country (Hint!). The album comprises nine original songs written by Simpson, who shows that she is no slouch as a writer of blues and R&B oriented material. In fact, her blues credentials are considerable and her album Confessin' The Blues was nominated for an ARIA, after which some writers dubbed her Australia's Queen of The Blues. Simpson has lived in New Orleans and remains one of the few Australians to appear at Jazz Fest. It would hardly be surprising if quite a few other acts covered the songs on 4AM. It would be even better if someone like Bonnie Raitt picked up on it, but that is wishful thinking.

4AM is the third album in Simpson's Knockin At The Backdoor series and she set about recording some retro R&B party tunes for it. Simpson says that there was little or no rehearsal for the recording, that she was writing lyrics on the spot and that the most important aspect of the project was the musical bond between herself and the players – as talented a bunch of musos that you could possibly find for this project. Simpson is joined by drummer Mark Grunden, saxophonist Dean Hilson, guitarists Dai Jones and Shannon Bourne, keyboardist Andrew Ogburn and several other guest horn players. They sound fantastic.

Album: Fortune Favoured Me
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:56
Size: 96.0 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:52] 1. Fortune Favoured Me
[3:45] 2. One Time Around
[4:00] 3. Howl
[3:08] 4. If You Don't Know By Now
[5:19] 5. She Set Fire To The House
[3:44] 6. Cry Down
[3:32] 7. Insatiable
[5:38] 8. Mr. Wolf
[3:12] 9. Pirates Are A Girl's Best Friend
[6:42] 10. Silver's Last Stand

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Album: 4am
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 39:03
Size: 89.4 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:46] 1. 4am
[3:44] 2. Sam Pine
[5:19] 3. Twanging A New Tune
[3:00] 4. For The Last Time
[3:46] 5. Outta Sight Outta Mind
[6:05] 6. Come On Babe
[4:26] 7. All My Tomorrows
[4:40] 8. Keep Me Close
[4:14] 9. I'm Gone

4am

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