The Isley Brothers – 3+3 (1973) [Reissue 2001]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & DST64 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:11 minutes | Full Scans included | 3,35 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 38:53 minutes | Scans included | 815 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Genre: Soul, R&B
As influential in its own way as early ’70s efforts by Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye, the Isley Brothers’ 3+3 took black music to the next level. Combining frontline vocalists O’Kelly, Ronald, and Rudolph with the instrumental chops of younger brothers Ernie and Marvin, plus brother-in-law Chris Jasper, the group broke out with the smoking single “That Lady,” featuring Ernie’s Hendrixian guitar. They followed it up with some soulful reworkings of rock songs of the moment (which, as luck would have it, all turned into certified classics), including the Doobie Brothers’ “Listen to the Music,” Seals and Crofts’s “Summer Breeze,” and James Taylor’s “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight.” It’s hard to imagine now how daring a strategy that was at the time, but the results sounds as fine today as ever.
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The Isley Brothers – 3+3 (1973) [Reissue 2001]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & DST64 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:11 minutes | Full Scans included | 3,35 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 38:53 minutes | Scans included | 815 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Genre: Soul, R&B
As influential in its own way as early ’70s efforts by Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, and Marvin Gaye, the Isley Brothers’ 3+3 took black music to the next level. Combining frontline vocalists O’Kelly, Ronald, and Rudolph with the instrumental chops of younger brothers Ernie and Marvin, plus brother-in-law Chris Jasper, the group broke out with the smoking single “That Lady,” featuring Ernie’s Hendrixian guitar. They followed it up with some soulful reworkings of rock songs of the moment (which, as luck would have it, all turned into certified classics), including the Doobie Brothers’ “Listen to the Music,” Seals and Crofts’s “Summer Breeze,” and James Taylor’s “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight.” It’s hard to imagine now how daring a strategy that was at the time, but the results sounds as fine today as ever.
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The Isley Brothers & Santana – Power Of Peace (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:06:07 minutes | 816 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings
Led by the legendary Ronald Isley on lead vocals and the album’s main producer/arranger Carlos Santana on lead guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion and background vocals, Power of Peace covers songs first made familiar by the Chambers Brothers (“Are You Ready”, “Love, Peace, Happiness”), Swamp Dogg (“Total Destruction to Your Mind”), Stevie Wonder (“Higher Ground”), Billie Holiday (“God Bless the Child”), Eddie Kendricks (“Body Talk”), Curtis Mayfield (“Gypsy Woman”), Muddy Waters/Willie Dixon (“I Just Want to Make Love to You”), Dionne Warwick/Jackie DeShannon (“What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love”), Marvin Gaye (“Mercy Mercy Me – The Ecology”), Leon Thomas (“Let the Rain Fall on Me”) and Sy Miller and Jill Jackson (“Let There Be Peace on Earth”). Power of Peace also premieres a new song, “I Remember”, written and sung by Cindy Blackman Santana.
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The Isley Brothers & Jimi Hendrix – In the Beginning (1971/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 27:03 minutes | 603 MB | Genre: Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Legacy Recordings
One bit of positive fallout from the seemingly endless glut of remastered CD reissues that fill the record store bins each Tuesday is that they sometimes offer an occasion to throw all critical objectivity to the wind. When a recording is an acknowledged classic, a writer generally has but two options — go against the grain to poke holes in its legacy, or celebrate its already known brilliance and hope there’s some piece of previously unavailable insight to be had. Well, The Isley Brothers’ 1973 soul masterpiece 3 + 3, recently cleaned up and put back into circulation by Epic/Legacy, leaves this critic no choice but to follow the path of least resistance and offer three reasons as to why it’s one of the most indisputably amazing R&B records of all time.
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The Isley Brothers – Just One Mo’ Time! Singles As & Bs 1960-1962 (2019/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:05 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Soul, Funk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla
‘Just One Mo’ Time’ is Jasmines second volume of classic recordings by the Isley Brothers. The first release back in 2010 was ‘You Make Me Want To Shout’ which contained 23 recordings from the very beginning of their career. This new set kicks off with the self-penned “Open Up Your Heart” and a bizarre, but fun, doo-wop styled rendition of Victor Herbert’s “Gypsy Love Song” from his operetta ‘The Fortune Teller’. The song is also well known via Mario Lanza. The doo-wop orientated mid-tempo “Write To Me” is a superb example of how the Isley’s were moulding the uptown soul sound that would soon dominate all of R&B music. Also includes their hit song, and undeniable pop music classic, “Twist & Shout” plus a stunning version of Ray Charles “A Fool For You” which reveals Ronald’s talent for bluesy vocalising in spectacular fashion. This CD and its predecessor represent just the first six years of Isley Brothers quite remarkable career.
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The Isley Brothers – The RCA Victor & T-Neck Album Masters: 1959-1983 (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 20:34:19 miniutes| 24,4 GB | Genre: Soul, Funk, R&B
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz | © Epic – Legacy
The Isley Brothers: The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983), a monumental 23-disc box set collection chronicling the sonic evolution and abiding achievements of the unprecedented R&B ensemble, The Isley Brothers. Features newly remastered versions of The Isley Brothers’ 21 albums, nearly all of which are expanded with rare mixes and tracks making their CD and digital debuts. This box set follows The Isley Brothers through their transformation from a 1950’s doo-wop/gospel vocal group into the world’s preeminent R&B Rock’N’Soul powerhouse party band. Includes 84 rare and previously unreleased bonus tracks including the “Great Lost Isley Brothers Album” – Wild In Woodstock: Live At Bearsville Sound Studio 1980, a live studio double album now newly restored. (more…)
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