Barry Manilow – Greatest Story (1979) [Japan, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Barry Manilow - Greatest Story (1979) [Japan, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Barry Manilow – Greatest Story (1979) [Japan, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.09 GB (Hi-Res) + 345 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd. | Japan | Cat#: 25RS-7 | Genre: Adult Contemporary
Pressed on JVC Super Vinyl

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Blood, Sweat & Tears – Live At Woodstock (2019) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Live At Woodstock (2019) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Live At Woodstock (2019) [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.38 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia / Legacy | Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz Fusion
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Keith Richards – Main Offender (1992) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Keith Richards - Main Offender (1992) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Keith Richards – Main Offender (1992) [Official Digital Release]
[2022, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.47 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG | Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop Rock

The Main Offender LP and CD is newly remastered under the supervision of original producer and X-Pensive Wino Steve Jordan. Also included is the exclusive Winos Live in London ’92 album that puts you in the Front row at the show with previously unreleased versions of “Eileen,” “Hate It When you Leave,” “Happy,” and more. Continue reading “Keith Richards – Main Offender (1992) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Weezer – SZNZ: Spring (2022) [EP] [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Weezer - SZNZ: Spring (2022) [EP] [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Weezer – SZNZ: Spring (2022) [EP] [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 603 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Crush Music / Atlantic | Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie
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Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 6 À 9 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall - Revolution: Symphonies 6 À 9 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 6 À 9 (2021)
[Hi-Res SACD Rip]

3x Discs / SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
3x Discs / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 7.84 GB (ISO) + 9.42 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alia Vox | EU | Cat#: AVSA9946 | Genre: Classical

The period-instrument Beethoven symphony cycle from Le Concert des Nations and its conductor, Jordi Savall, was delayed multiple times by the COVID-19 pandemic, including by the affliction of Savall himself. It was completed in the fall of 2021, which, Savall points out, was still within the Beethoven 250th-anniversary year. Continue reading “Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 6 À 9 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 1 À 5 (2020) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall - Revolution: Symphonies 1 À 5 (2020) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 1 À 5 (2020)
[Hi-Res SACD Rip]

3x Discs / SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
3x Discs / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 7.97 GB (ISO) + 9.41 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alia Vox | EU | Cat#: AVSA9937 | Genre: Classical

Given that Renaissance and Baroque specialist Jordi Savall is not necessarily the conductor to whom one would first turn for Beethoven, he is nevertheless a great musician whose opinion is worth listening to in any repertory. As one might expect, he has some unorthodox opinions in this survey of Beethoven’s first five symphonies (a complete set was planned but was at least temporarily cut short by the 2020 pandemic). Savall augments the 35 players of his Le Concert des Nations orchestra with 25 other young players for a total of 60, historically in line with what Beethoven would have expected. Continue reading “Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 1 À 5 (2020) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Waiting To Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) [1995]

Various Artists - Waiting To Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) [1995]

Various Artists – Waiting To Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) [1995]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.07 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Arista | EU | Cat#: 07822 18796 2 | Genre: Soundtrack

Mega-producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds assembled quite a cast for this critically acclaimed soundtrack (and movie). The phenomenal Whitney Houston leads a mostly all-star cast of artists. Houston is featured on three of the 16 selections including the “Exhale (Shoop Shoop),” which crested at the number spot on the Billboard R&B charts for eight consecutive weeks and one week at number one on the pop charts. Continue reading “Various Artists – Waiting To Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) [1995]”

Various Artists – The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1984)

Various Artists - The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1984)

Various Artists – The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1984)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 408 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Motown | EU | Cat#: 0737463610827 | Genre: Soundtrack

Stevie Wonder’s career in the 1980s was a source of frustration to the fans he had earned in the ’60s and ’70s. In 1982, there were a few new songs on a greatest-hits album and a duet with Paul McCartney. Then came this soundtrack to a Gene Wilder comedy that was simultaneously more of a pop vocal album than most soundtracks and yet less than a full-fledged Wonder record. Continue reading “Various Artists – The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1984)”

Various Artists – Master Superior Audiophile 2021 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Master Superior Audiophile 2021 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Master Superior Audiophile 2021 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Total Size: 1.03 GB (ISO) + 1.47 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Master Music | Germany | Cat#: MASA521022 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

This sampler SACD contains music from such artists as Anne Vada & Aki Fukakuso, Mulo Francel, Siri’s Svale Band, Julia Werup, Massimo Farao’ Afro Cuban Piano Quartet, Josefine Cronholm and more. Continue reading “Various Artists – Master Superior Audiophile 2021 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Frank Zappa – The Mothers 1971 (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Super Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Frank Zappa - The Mothers 1971 (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Super Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Frank Zappa – The Mothers 1971 (2022) [Official Digital Release]
[Super Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz | Digital Booklet
Total Size: 16.02 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Frank Zappa Catalog | Genre: Rock

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Mothers of Invention’s 1971 lineup, the complete Fillmore tapes are showcased here with every note played over 4 shows, including the John Lennon & Yoko Ono encore. Also included, is the full concert from the Rainbow Theatre in London, where FZ was infamously pushed off the stage, newly mixed by Eddie Kramer. This Super Deluxe 8 CD box set features a bonus hybrid 1971 concert from Harrisburg and Scranton, PA, with extensive liner notes and packaging. Continue reading “Frank Zappa – The Mothers 1971 (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Super Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Whitney Houston – Discography (1985-2009)

Whitney Houston - Discography (1985-2009)

Whitney Houston – Discography (1985-2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 25.2 GB | Total Discs: 42 | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS ALBUMS | SINGLES & EPs

Whitney Houston was inarguably one of the biggest pop stars of all time. Her accomplishments as a hitmaker were extraordinary. Just to scratch the surface, the mezzo-soprano powerhouse became the first artist to have seven consecutive singles hit number one, from “Saving All My Love for You” (1985) through “Where Do Broken Hearts Go” (1988). Her version of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” (1992) became nothing less than the biggest hit single in rock history. Continue reading “Whitney Houston – Discography (1985-2009)”

Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.51 GB (ISO) + 651 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Music | Japan | Cat#: WPGR-10003 | Genre: Post-Bop, Jazz

Pithecanthropus Erectus was Charles Mingus’ breakthrough as a leader, the album where he established himself as a composer of boundless imagination and a fresh new voice that, despite his ambitiously modern concepts, was firmly grounded in jazz tradition. Mingus truly discovered himself after mastering the vocabularies of bop and swing, and with Pithecanthropus Erectus he began seeking new ways to increase the evocative power of the art form and challenge his musicians (who here include altoist Jackie McLean and pianist Mal Waldron) to work outside of convention. Continue reading “Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.64 GB (ISO) + 768 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CIPJ 35 SA | Genre: Post-Bop, Piano Jazz

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history. Charles Mingus consciously designed the six-part ballet as his magnum opus, and — implied in his famous inclusion of liner notes by his psychologist — it’s as much an examination of his own tortured psyche as it is a conceptual piece about love and struggle. It veers between so many emotions that it defies easy encapsulation; for that matter, it can be difficult just to assimilate in the first place. Continue reading “Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Keiichi Suzuki – Captain Hate & First Mate Love (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Keiichi Suzuki - Captain Hate & First Mate Love (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Keiichi Suzuki – Captain Hate & First Mate Love (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 4.16 GB (ISO) + 3.33 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: SMDR GT Music | Japan | Cat#: MHCL 10089 | Genre: Indie Pop
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Moloko – Statues (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Moloko - Statues (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Moloko – Statues (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.78 GB (ISO) + 4.28 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Echo | UK | Cat#: ECHSACD44 | Genre: Electronic, Downtempo

‘Statues’ is the fourth album by the Sheffield-formed club-pop act, Moloko, marrying the vocals of Roisin Murphy and production techniques of Mark Brydon. It follows their previous studio album, 2000’s ‘Things To Make And Do’, which included the smash-hit single, ‘The Time Is Now’. Included here isthe single, ‘Familiar Feelings’. Continue reading “Moloko – Statues (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”