▄▄███████▄ IGR - Infinite Grooves
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┌───────────────--·(Infinite Grooves ·· Proudly Presents)·-─────────────────┐
└─┬╥─--∙· ·∙-──╥┬─┘
│║ Earth, Wind & Fire - The Need of Love ║│
└╢ ╟┘
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┌────────────────────────────--·(Release Info)·-────────────────────────────┐
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│║ Rip Date: Mar-17-2004 ║│
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│║ References: cd 2001:warner brothers 7599-26862-2 ║│
│║ Orig. release: lp 1971:warner brothers ║│
│║ Year: 1971 ║│
│║ Genre: Funk ║│
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│║ Source: CDDA ║│
│║ Transfer: EAC / Lame 3.90.3 ║│
│║ Quality: VBRkbs HQ Joint-Stereo ║│
│║ Size: 54,3 MB/ Tracks: 05 ║│
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│║ All IGR releases are pre-listened for possible rip faults. ║│
│║ Likewise, we've chosen to cure the pops and crackles in our vinyl ║│
│║ rips as long as the sound quality doesn't get lowered. ║│
│║ All rips done from original media, source and references provided. ║│
└╢ ╟┘
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┌─────────────────────────────--·(Rip Notes)·-──────────────────────────────┐
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│║ Tracklisting: ║│
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│║ 01 - Energy 09:41 ║│
│║ 02 - Beauty 04:16 ║│
│║ 03 - I Can Feel it in My Bones 05:08 ║│
│║ 04 - I Think About Lovin' You 06:00 ║│
│║ 05 - Everything is Everything 06:47 ║│
│║ ----- ║│
│║ 31:52 ║│
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│║ The ambitions of Earth, Wind & Fire only increased after their ║│
│║ stellar debut, and the group brought an abstract sense of ║│
│║ composition to their sophomore record, The End of Love. ║│
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│║ The opener, a ten-minute piece named "Energy," is proof enough, ║│
│║ with several extended passages inspired by everything from free ║│
│║ jazz as well as in-the-pocket funk like Kool & the Gang. ║│
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│║ The next song up, "Beauty" is also positive and intriguing, ║│
│║ though in an overly similar groove as "Fan the Fire" from the ║│
│║ first album. ║│
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│║ The closer, a cover of Donny Hathaway's gloriously funky ║│
│║ "Everything Is Everything," does justice to the original (and ║│
│║ that's saying a lot). ║│
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│║ Compared to the debut, The End of Love lacked a sense of ║│
│║ exuberance as well as a passel of solid songs and performances. ║│
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│║ Happy 5th Birthday to all the heads at IGR, good lookin out to ║│
│║ all those that supported us over the years. ║│
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│║ Keep on fonkin! ║│
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│║ Remember to support these artists by some method if you like them ║│
│║ by going to their concerts / buying more of their material / etc. ║│
└╢ ╟┘
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┌───────────────────────--·(About Infinite Grooves)·-───────────────────────┐
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│║ Infinite Grooves was founded in early 1999 with the belief that ║│
│║ the best music has already been made. This was a neglected part ║│
│║ of releasing in the MP3-scene - now that has changed with Infinite ║│
│║ Grooves at the top. We will constantly keep bringing you the very ║│
│║ best in disco-soul, rare grooves, jazz-funk etc. Like wine, a good ║│
│║ groove only gets better with age - so we will bring you back to ║│
│║ the olde school! ║│
└╢ ╟┘
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┌─────────────────────────--·(R-E-S-P-E-C-T To...)·-────────────────────────┐
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│║ Everybody contributing to the MP3-scene, but these in particular: ║│
│║ ·∙-───────────────────────────--∙·∙-───────────────────────────--∙· ║│
│║ Not disclosed for security reasons, but you know who you are! ║│
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┌─────────────────────────--·(How To Contact Us)·-──────────────────────────┐
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│║ Infinite Grooves is always open for new true funk-friends to help ║│
│║ us in our efforts to spread groovy music. This includes rippers, ║│
│║ site-ops, box-ops and just about anybody with skills or services ║│
│║ to offer that could be of interest to a group like us. If we want ║│
│║ you, you will know where to find us. All you gotta do is to love ║│
│║ the funk! ║│
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