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The Plastic People Of The Universe – Egon Bondy’s Happy Hearts Club Banned (1978) [2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Plastic People Of The Universe - Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned (1978) [2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Plastic People Of The Universe – Egon Bondy’s Happy Hearts Club Banned (1978)
[2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.20 GB (ISO) + 2.14 GB (DSF) + 1.08 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI | Czech Republic | Cat#: 9 07121 2 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Avantgarde

Egon Bondy’s Happy Hearts Club Banned is an album by Czech underground band The Plastic People of the Universe. It was recorded in 1974/75, mainly at Houska Castle, enabled by the castle’s then warden Svatopluk Karásek, with some songs being recorded in Prague. The album could not be officially released and distributed under the former Communist regime in Czechoslovakia; instead fans duplicated tapes with one another, often resulting in poor technical quality. It was released in 1978 in France by SCOPA Invisible Production. Continue reading “The Plastic People Of The Universe – Egon Bondy’s Happy Hearts Club Banned (1978) [2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Memories & Golden Hits (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Memories & Golden Hits (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Memories & Golden Hits (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.50 GB (ISO) + 2.44 GB (DSF) + 1.17 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music | Japan | Cat#: 5370319 | Genre: Rock, R&B, Jazz
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Bob Marley & The Wailers – The Complete Island Recordings (2015) [Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bob Marley & The Wailers - The Complete Island Recordings (2015) [Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bob Marley & The Wailers – The Complete Island Recordings (2015)
[Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
12x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 9.72 GB (Hi-Res) + 2.81 GB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Tuff Gong | US & EU | Cat#: TFGG5360251.1 | Genre: Reggae

The Complete Island Recordings includes 11LPs packaged in a rigid card box with lift top lid, and wrapped in silver paper that simulates the brushed metal finish of a zippo lighter. The box includes all nine Bob Marley & The Wailers studio albums recorded for Island Records, featuring their most celebrated releases, including Catch A Fire, their 1973 label debut, and Rastaman Vibration, their 1976 breakthrough album in the United States, along with two live albums Live! and Babylon By Bus. Continue reading “Bob Marley & The Wailers – The Complete Island Recordings (2015) [Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River (1969) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold]

If anything, CCR’s third album Green River represents the full flower of their classic sound initially essayed on its predecessor, Bayou Country. One of the differences between the two albums is that Green River is tighter, with none of the five-minute-plus jams that filled out both their debut and Bayou Country, but the true key to its success is a peak in John Fogerty’s creativity. Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River (1969) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold]”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country (1968) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold CD]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country (1968) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold CD]

Opening slowly with the dark, swampy “Born on the Bayou,” Bayou Country reveals an assured Creedence Clearwater Revival, a band that has found its voice between their first and second album. It’s not just that “Born on the Bayou” announces that CCR has discovered its sound — it reveals the extent of John Fogerty’s myth-making. Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country (1968) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold CD]”

Alexander Scriabin / Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev – Symphony No. 1 / The Poem Of Ecstasy (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alexander Scriabin / Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev - Symphony No. 1 / The Poem Of Ecstasy (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alexander Scriabin / Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev
Symphony No. 1 / The Poem Of Ecstasy (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Digital Booklet
Total Size: 3.92 GB (ISO) + 10.9 GB (DSF) + 4.29 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: PentaTone | Netherlands | Cat#: PTC 5186 514 | Genre: Classical

Alexander Scriabin’s development as a composer was marked by dramatic changes in his style, from the rather direct Romanticism of his Symphony No. 1 in E major to the more harmonically complex and mystical music of his middle and late phases, represented here by the Poem of Ecstasy (Symphony No. 4). This multichannel hybrid SACD recording by Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra presents both works in luscious state-of-the-art sound, which brings out the richness of Scriabin’s orchestration and puts both pieces in a spacious acoustic that allows them to have their proper impact. Continue reading “Alexander Scriabin / Russian National Orchestra / Mikhail Pletnev – Symphony No. 1 / The Poem Of Ecstasy (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.67 GB (ISO) + 1.65 GB (DSF) + 845 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2213 | Genre: Symphonic Rock, Progressive Rock

Presenting the album with breathtaking clarity yet retaining the warmth, texture, and emotion that differentiate live music from reproduced sounds, this collectible reissue features reference-quality levels of in-the-moment presence, grand-scale soundstaging, and instrumental balance. Bursting with a veritable cornucopia of stimuli, MoFi’s Eldorado SACD also benefits from superb separation and immersive atmospherics that stem from the meticulous remastering process. Continue reading “Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Falco – The Sound Of Musik: The Greatest Hits (2022)

Falco - The Sound Of Musik: The Greatest Hits (2022)

On the eve of what would have been his 65th birthday, Sony Austria are to issue a new Falco best of called The Sound of Musik. This presents the singles in chronological order from 1981’s Ganz Wien to 1998’s Out of the Dark. Continue reading “Falco – The Sound Of Musik: The Greatest Hits (2022)”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy And The Poor Boys (1969) [1994, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy And The Poor Boys (1969) [1994, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]

Make no mistake, Willy & the Poor Boys is a fun record, perhaps the breeziest album CCR ever made. Apart from the eerie minor-key closer “Effigy” (one of John Fogerty’s most haunting numbers), there is little of the doom that colored Green River. Fogerty’s rage remains, blazing to the forefront on “Fortunate Son,” a working-class protest song that cuts harder than any of the explicit Vietnam protest songs of the era, which is one of the reasons that it hasn’t aged where its peers have. Also, there’s that unbridled vocal from Fogerty and the ferocious playing on CCR, which both sound fresh as they did upon release. Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy And The Poor Boys (1969) [1994, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pendulum (1970) [1996, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Pendulum (1970) [1996, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]

During 1969 and 1970, CCR was dismissed by hipsters as a bubblegum pop band and the sniping had grown intolerable, at least to John Fogerty, who designed Pendulum as a rebuke to critics. He spent time polishing the production, bringing in keyboards, horns, even a vocal choir. His songs became self-consciously serious and tighter, working with the aesthetic of the rock underground Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pendulum (1970) [1996, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]”

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (1976) [2019, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (1976) [2019, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (1976) [2019, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.33 GB (Hi-Res) + 409 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Fantasy | US | Cat#: CCR-2 | Genre: Rock & Roll, Classic Rock

Chronicle, Vol. 1 contains every one of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s original 19 hit singles — including “Proud Mary,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Green River,” “Down on the Corner,” “Travelin’ Band,” “Up Around the Band,” and “Have You Ever Seen the Rain” — plus “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” which became a hit at the same time this double-record compilation was released. Continue reading “Creedence Clearwater Revival – Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (1976) [2019, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Brian Flanagan – Where Dreams Are Made (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Brian Flanagan - Where Dreams Are Made (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Brian Flanagan – Where Dreams Are Made (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.80 GB (ISO) + 3.35 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Stockfisch Records | Germany | Cat#: SFR 357.4091.2 | Genre: World & Country

Irish songwriter, composer, vocalist, musician and poet, Brian Flanagan has worked with artists from diverse musical backgrounds such as Michael Flatley, Nadine Coyle, Eric Bibb, Nathan Carter, Finbar Furey, Brian Kennedy and Sharon Shannon. Brian is renowned for his ability to write to order, emotionally charged pieces that are immediately engaging. Love, loss, self-pity, recognizing chances and taking them – or not, almost mystical nature experiences, life-changing encounters, art and artists, environmental protection, human rights: it is truly a broad, moving and very current spectrum of themes which Irish singer-songwriter Brian Flanagan has worked through in the eleven tracks on this Audiophile SACD. Continue reading “Brian Flanagan – Where Dreams Are Made (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Beth Hart – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2022) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Beth Hart - A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2022) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Beth Hart – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2022) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.31 GB (Hi-Res) + 434 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Provogue | EU | Cat#: PRD 7659 1 | Genre: Blues Rock

While recording her 2019 album War in My Mind with producer Rob Cavallo, Beth Hart sang a version of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” during a bit of downtime in the studio. Impressed, Cavallo suggested that Hart record an entire album of Zeppelin covers, but the singer demurred, saying she needed to be in a specific mindset to sing those songs: “you’ve got to be pissed off to hit that right.” Hart got pissed off during the COVID-19 pandemic, so she summoned Cavallo and made A Tribute to Led Zeppelin. Continue reading “Beth Hart – A Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2022) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.37 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Records | Genre: Alternative Rock

There’s truly enough warmth and good vibes to go around on Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 12th full-length, Unlimited Love. Not only did the band re-form their seminal lineup, welcoming guitarist John Frusciante back into the fold after a decade-long absence, but they also reunited with longtime production guru Rick Rubin, who was swapped out for Danger Mouse on their last album, 2016’s The Getaway. Continue reading “Red Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love (2022) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Tears For Fears – Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) [1992] [2020, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tears For Fears - Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) [1992] [2020, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tears For Fears – Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) [1992] [2020, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.12 GB (ISO) + 3.07 GB (DSF) + 1.45 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music | Hong Kong | Cat#: 5389907 | Genre: New Wave, Synth-pop

Capturing some of their chart-topping smashes and other key tracks, Tears for Fears marks a monumental career with their collection Tears Roll Down: Greatest Hits 82-92. Toward the end of the praise surrounding their third album, 1991’s Seeds of Love, Curt Smith left the band. Roland Orzabal was left to sail the ship alone, and the strong success dwindled years later. However, this dozen-track compilation showcases some of the band’s early tracks heavily dominated by pulsating bass drops and heavy synth beats. Continue reading “Tears For Fears – Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) [1992] [2020, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”