B.B. King – Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2011 (2012) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

B.B. King - Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2011 (2012) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]

B.B. King – Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2011 (2012) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC Video | DTS-HD MA (5.1 / 24bit / 48kHz) | LPCM (2.0 / 24bit / 48kHz)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 18.6 GB (BD) + 2.60 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Shout! Factory | EU | Cat#: 602527966038 | Genre: Blues

On June 28, 2011, the “King of the Blues” B.B. King played to an adoring sold-out crowd at London’s spectacular Royal Albert Hall. It was another unforgettable night in the career of one of the most legendary bluesmen to ever pick up a guitar. Joining the illustrious Mr. King onstage were guitar virtuoso Derek Trucks, “songbird extraordinaire” Susan Tedeschi, The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood, Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall and former Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash. Continue reading “B.B. King – Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2011 (2012) [Blu-ray + Hi-Res]”

Oscar Peterson – Vol. II – Girl Talk (1968) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Oscar Peterson - Vol. II - Girl Talk (1968) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Oscar Peterson – Vol. II – Girl Talk (1968) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.69 GB (ISO) + 801 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MPS Records | EU | Cat#: 06024 9811294 | Genre: Post Bop, Jazz

One of a number of memorable albums recorded by Oscar Peterson for MPS during the mid-’60s, Girl Talk was compiled from several live studio sessions taped between 1964 and 1966, with bassist Sam Jones and either Bobby Durham or Louis Hayes on drums. Peterson’s romping right hand helps this normally bland show tune. Continue reading “Oscar Peterson – Vol. II – Girl Talk (1968) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Oscar Peterson – Vol.1 – Action (1968) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Oscar Peterson - Vol.1 - Action (1968) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Oscar Peterson – Vol.1 – Action (1968) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.80 GB (ISO) + 883 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Verve Records | US | Cat#: B0002228-16 | Genre: Bop, Jazz

Oscar Peterson developed a friendship with Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, who proceeded to record the pianist in his first-rate studio beginning in the early ’60s, even though Peterson was under an exclusive contract to Verve at the time. Continue reading “Oscar Peterson – Vol.1 – Action (1968) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Count Basie – Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 (1962) [2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Count Basie - Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 (1962) [2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Count Basie – Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 (1962) [2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.74 GB (ISO) + 819 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CIPJ 15 SA | Genre: Big Band, Swing

One of Count Basie’s few small-group sessions of the ’60s was his best. With trumpeter Thad Jones and tenors Frank Foster and Eric Dixon filling in the septet, Basie is in superlative form on a variety of blues, standards and two originals apiece from Thad Jones and Frank Wess. Small-group swing at its best. Continue reading “Count Basie – Count Basie And The Kansas City 7 (1962) [2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Juice Newton – Juice Newton’s Greatest Hits (1984) [2021, Reissue, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Juice Newton - Juice Newton's Greatest Hits (1984) [2021, Reissue, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Juice Newton – Juice Newton’s Greatest Hits (1984) [2021, Reissue, WEB Hi-Res]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 816 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Capitol | Genre: Country, Pop
Continue reading “Juice Newton – Juice Newton’s Greatest Hits (1984) [2021, Reissue, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Kansas – Point Of Know Return Live & Beyond (2021) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Kansas - Point Of Know Return Live & Beyond (2021) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Kansas – Point Of Know Return Live & Beyond (2021) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 812 MB (CD-Quality) + 2.40 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: InsideOutMusic | Genre: Progressive Rock

Throughout 2016-2017, the band celebrated the anniversary of breakout album Leftoverture with the highly successful Kansas: Leftoverture 40th Anniversary Tour. Since 2018, Kansas has followed that tour with the even more successful Kansas: Point of Know Return Anniversary Tour. That tour was captured as Point of Know Return Live & Beyond. Continue reading “Kansas – Point Of Know Return Live & Beyond (2021) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Ben E. King – Don’t Play That Song! (1962) [2014, Remaster, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song! (1962) [2014, Remaster, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Ben E. King – Don’t Play That Song! (1962) [2014, Remaster, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz
Total Size: 1.02 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino / Atlantic | Genre: Early R&B

Ben E. King’s third album is a little short in running time but very high in quality, in terms of the dozen songs here. The title track was the selling point, but couldn’t help but be seduced by the exquisite production of “Ecstasy” and “On the Horizon,” the latter making about as fine use of harps and an ethereal chorus as one imagines possible — and when the strings come in, violins and cellos alternately, the sheer beauty of the track just overflows. “Show Me the Way to Your Heart” isn’t too far behind Continue reading “Ben E. King – Don’t Play That Song! (1962) [2014, Remaster, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Joe Strummer – Assembly (2021)

Joe Strummer - Assembly (2021)

Joe Strummer – Assembly (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 532 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Dark Horse Records | EU | Cat#: DH0002CD | Genre: Alternative Rock

It was Joe Strummer’s good fortune that he was the frontman of one of the greatest rock bands of all time, the Clash. It was his burden that after the group broke up, he had to spend the rest of his career being judged by a standard that meant only so much to him. Very little of what Strummer did as solo artist followed the musical template of the Clash, and that was just the way he wanted it. Continue reading “Joe Strummer – Assembly (2021)”

André Previn & His Pals – West Side Story (1960) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

André Previn & His Pals - West Side Story (1960) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

André Previn & His Pals – West Side Story (1960)
[1983, MFSL Remastered, 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: 818 MB (Hi-Res) + 211 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-095 | Genre: Jazz
Half-Speed Mastered

The last of a series of showtune albums recorded by the trio of pianist Andre Previn, bassist Red Mitchell and drummer Shelly Manne finds the all-star group focusing on the music of West Side Story (Previn and Manne alternated leadership, and it was the drummer’s good fortune to have the famous My Fair Lady album under his own name). Continue reading “André Previn & His Pals – West Side Story (1960) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Bernie Krause – Citadels Of Mystery (1979) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bernie Krause - Citadels Of Mystery (1979) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bernie Krause – Citadels Of Mystery (1979) [MFSL Remastered, 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: 766 MB (Hi-Res) + 258 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-505(100J-8) | Genre: Jazz
Half-Speed Mastered

Considering the fraught circumstances in which this album was recorded, it’s a miracle it sounds as serene as it does. Originally, this was planned as a collaborative project between Krause and his musical partner, Paul Beaver, for Columbia, but that deal collapsed when CBS executive Clive Davis was fired. Continue reading “Bernie Krause – Citadels Of Mystery (1979) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Gary Numan – Intruder (2021) [Deluxe Edition]

Gary Numan - Intruder (2021) [Deluxe Edition]

Gary Numan – Intruder (2021) [Deluxe Edition]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Scans Included
Total Size: 435 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG | EU | Cat#: 538658692 | Genre: Electronic

‘Intruder’ is Numan’s 18th solo studio album and follows 2017’s ‘Savage: Songs From A Broken World’, which became his highest charting set in almost forty years when it debuted at #2 on the Official Albums Chart. That commercial success was complemented with wide-reaching critical acclaim from Mojo, The Quietus, PopMatters and more. Continue reading “Gary Numan – Intruder (2021) [Deluxe Edition]”

Duke Ellington And Count Basie – First Time! The Count Meets The Duke (1961) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Duke Ellington And Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke (1961) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Duke Ellington And Count Basie – First Time! The Count Meets The Duke (1961) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.09 GB (ISO) + 1.49 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: CS 65571 | Genre: Big Band, Swing

A battle of the bands? Not quite — more like a mutual admiration society, with the orchestras of both jazz titans playing together. (The Duke is heard on the right side of your stereo/headphones, the Count on the left.) Ellington’s elegance and unique voicings meet Basie’s rollicking, blues-based Kansas City swing, and it works gloriously. Continue reading “Duke Ellington And Count Basie – First Time! The Count Meets The Duke (1961) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Tom Petty – Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) (2021)

Tom Petty - Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) (2021)

Tom Petty – Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) (2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 603 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Records | EU | Cat#: 093624884934 | Genre: Classic Rock, Rock & Roll

Originally released on the limited-edition Super Deluxe edition of Wildflowers….And All the Rest, Finding Wildflowers contains alternate versions of most of the album’s songs. Notably, the single “You Don’t Know How It Feels” is absent, along with “Time to Move On,” but the B-side “Girl on LSD” is here, as are two versions of “Cabin Down Below,” including a nicely shambling version of the blues tune. Continue reading “Tom Petty – Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) (2021)”