Eagles – Desperado (1973) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eagles - Desperado (1973) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eagles – Desperado (1973) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
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Total Size: 1.52 GB (ISO) + 1.50 GB (DSF) + 799 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2230 | Genre: Country Rock, Classic Rock
Update! DSF Tracks have been added

Mastered from the original analog master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD pays tribute to the record’s significance and enhances the experience for generations to come. Playing with reference sonics that elevate an effort forever held dear by audiophiles, it provides a lively, dynamic, transparent, balanced, and intimate view of a release whose contemporary importance continues to grow. Continue reading “Eagles – Desperado (1973) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

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

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River (1969) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 183 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics | US | Cat#: GZS-1064 | Genre: Country Rock, Classic Rock

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]

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country (1968) [1993, DCC Remastered, 24 Karat Gold CD]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 214 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics | US | Cat#: GZS-1038 | Genre: Classic Rock, Country Rock

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]”

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]”

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]

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy And The Poor Boys (1969) [1994, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]
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Total Size: 219 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics | US | Cat#: GZS-1070 | Genre: Country Rock, Classic Rock

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]

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Pendulum (1970) [1996, DCC Remastered, 24-Karat Gold]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 263 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics | US | Cat#: GZS-1097 | Genre: Country Rock, Classic Rock

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]”

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
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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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Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery (1979) [1980, CBS Mastersound Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery (1979) [1980, CBS Mastersound Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery (1979)
[1980, CBS Mastersound Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

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Total Size: 953 MB (Hi-Res) + 306 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: CBS Mastersound | US | Cat#: HZ 45769 | Genre: Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

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Toto – Toto IV (1982) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Toto - Toto IV (1982) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Toto – Toto IV (1982) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 946 MB (Hi-Res) + 293 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-250 | Genre: Pop Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

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Bernard Herrmann – The Four Faces Of Jazz (1973) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bernard Herrmann - The Four Faces Of Jazz (1973) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bernard Herrmann – The Four Faces Of Jazz (1973) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 1.01 GB (Hi-Res) + 289 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-255 | Genre: Big Band
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This delightful release, from the Indian Summer of Bernard Herrmann’s recording career, always got neglected by its potential audiences, ignored by Herrmann’s fans in favor of his recordings of his film music or his own classical compositions (or more conventionally familiar works such as The Planets) and missed totally by jazz listeners of a historical bent. Continue reading “Bernard Herrmann – The Four Faces Of Jazz (1973) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

R.E.M. – Reckoning (1984) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

R.E.M. - Reckoning (1984) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

R.E.M. – Reckoning (1984) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 857 MB (Hi-Res) + 560 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-261 | Genre: Pop Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

R.E.M. abandoned the enigmatic post-punk experiments of Murmur for their second album, Reckoning, returning to their garage pop origins instead. Opening with the ringing “Harborcoat,” Reckoning runs through a set of ten jangle pop songs that are different not only in sound but in style from the debut. Where Murmur was enigmatic in its sound, Reckoning is clear, which doesn’t necessarily mean that the songs themselves are straightforward. Continue reading “R.E.M. – Reckoning (1984) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson – Very Tall (1962) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson - Very Tall (1962) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson – Very Tall (1962)
[1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

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Total Size: 880 MB (Hi-Res) + 244 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-243 | Genre: Hard Bop
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This first matchup on records between pianist Oscar Peterson and vibraphonist Milt Jackson was so logical that it is surprising it did not occur five years earlier. Originally recorded for Verve and three decades later reissued on this audiophile CD by Mobile Fidelity, the quartet set (which also includes bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen) swings as hard as one might expect. Continue reading “Oscar Peterson Trio With Milt Jackson – Very Tall (1962) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

R.E.M. – Murmur (1983) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

R.E.M. - Murmur (1983) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

R.E.M. – Murmur (1983) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 982 MB (Hi-Res) + 289 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-231 | Genre: Pop Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

Leaving behind the garagey jangle pop of their first recordings, R.E.M. developed a strangely subdued variation of their trademark sound for their full-length debut album, Murmur. Heightening the enigmatic tendencies of Chronic Town by de-emphasizing the backbeat and accentuating the ambience of the ringing guitar, R.E.M. created a distinctive sound for the album — one that sounds eerily timeless. Continue reading “R.E.M. – Murmur (1983) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Rick Wakeman – Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1974) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1974) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Rick Wakeman – Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1974) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 871 MB (Hi-Res) + 254 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-230 | Genre: Progressive Rock
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth is one of progressive rock’s crowning achievements. With the help of the London Symphony Orchestra and the English Chamber Choir, Rick Wakeman turns this classic Jules Verne tale into an exciting and suspenseful instrumental narrative. Continue reading “Rick Wakeman – Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1974) [1995, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Sonic Youth – Goo (1990) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Sonic Youth - Goo (1990) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Sonic Youth – Goo (1990) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 1.09 GB (Hi-Res) + 350 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-257 | Genre: Alternative Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

Any doubts as to the continuing relevance of Sonic Youth upon their jump to major-label status were quickly laid to rest by Goo, their follow-up to the monumental Daydream Nation. While paling in the shadow of its predecessor, the record is nevertheless a defiant call to arms against mainstream musical values; the Geffen logo adorning the disc is a moot point — Goo is, if anything, a portrait of Sonic Youth at their most self-indulgently noisy and contentious Continue reading “Sonic Youth – Goo (1990) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”