Herbie Hancock – Albums Collection (1962-2007) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Herbie Hancock – Albums Collection (1962-2007) [Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

39x Albums | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz / 96kHz / 192kHz
Total Size: 52.1 GB
Hard Bop / Jazz-Funk / Fusion / Piano Jazz
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V.S.O.P. The Quintet / Herbie Hancock – Live Under The Sky (1979) [2007, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

V.S.O.P. The Quintet / Herbie Hancock - Live Under The Sky (1979) [2007, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

V.S.O.P. The Quintet / Herbie Hancock – Live Under The Sky (1979)
[2007, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
2x Discs
Total Size: 2.19 GB (DSF) + 1.76 GB (FLAC) + 3.96 GB (ISO)
Label: Sony Records Int’l | Japan | Cat#: SICP 10077-8 | Genre: Bop, Jazz

Herbie Hancock’s all-star V.S.O.P. Quintet reunited the Miles Davis group of the mid-’60s (Wayne Shorter on tenor and soprano, pianist Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and Tony Williams), with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard doing his best to fill Davis’ shoes. Continue reading “V.S.O.P. The Quintet / Herbie Hancock – Live Under The Sky (1979) [2007, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Herbie Hancock – Thrust (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Herbie Hancock – Thrust (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.91 GB (ISO) + 5.55 GB (DSF) + 2.20 GB (FLAC) + 243 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ5 223 | Genre: Jazz Fusion
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The follow-up to the breakthrough Headhunters album was virtually as good as its wildly successful predecessor: an earthy, funky, yet often harmonically and rhythmically sophisticated tour de force. There is only one change in the Headhunters lineup — swapping drummer Harvey Mason for Mike Clark — and the switch results in grooves that are even more complex. Continue reading “Herbie Hancock – Thrust (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Herbie Hancock – Future Shock (1983) [2000, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Herbie Hancock - Future Shock (1983) [2000, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Herbie Hancock – Future Shock (1983) {2000, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.57 GB (ISO) + 779 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: SME Records | Japan | Cat#: SRGS 4536 | Genre: Soul, Funk

Much of the album was initially composed by the team of avant-garde bassist and record producer Bill Laswell, and keyboardist and producer Michael Beinhorn, and played on tour by their group Material in 1982, as a precursor to recording the follow-up album to Material’s One Down album (on which Whitney Houston was the lead singer on a cover of the Soft Machine song “Memories”). Continue reading “Herbie Hancock – Future Shock (1983) [2000, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {1999, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973) {1999, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {1999, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.72 GB (ISO) + 818 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: SME Records | Japan | Cat#: SRGS 4510 | Genre: Jazz-Funk

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Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {2016, Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973) {2016, Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {2016, Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 238 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.02 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.57 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 828 MB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPJ 084 SA | Genre: Jazz-Funk

Head Hunters was a pivotal point in Herbie Hancock’s career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed avant-garde boundaries on his own albums and with Miles Davis, but he had never devoted himself to the groove as he did on Head Hunters. Drawing heavily from Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and James Brown, Hancock developed deeply funky, even gritty, rhythms over which he soloed on electric synthesizers, bringing the instrument to the forefront in jazz. Continue reading “Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {2016, Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Herbie Hancock – Sextant (1973) [2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Herbie Hancock - Sextant (1973) [2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Herbie Hancock – Sextant (1973) [2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.49 GB (ISO) + 1.54 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.51 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | Austria | Cat#: CDSML 8556 | Genre: Avant-garde Jazz

When Herbie Hancock left Warner Bros. in 1971 after releasing three musically sound but critically and commercially underappreciated albums — The Crossing, Mwandishi, and Fat Albert’s Groove — he was struggling. At odds with a jazz establishment that longed for his return to his Blue Note sound and a fierce consciousness struggle with free music and the full-on embrace of electricity since his tenure with Miles Davis, Hancock was clearly looking for a voice. Continue reading “Herbie Hancock – Sextant (1973) [2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Herbie Hancock – Gershwin’s World (1998) {2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock - Gershwin's World (1998) {2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock – Gershwin’s World (1998) {2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 4.40 GB (ISO) + 3.23 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.26 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Verve Records | US | Cat#: B0001379-36 | Genre: Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz

Gershwin’s World is a tour de force for Herbie Hancock, transcending genre and label, and ranking among the finest recordings of his lengthy career. Released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s birth, this disc features jazzman Hancock with a classy collection of special guests. The most surprising of Hancock’s guest stars is Joni Mitchell, who delivers a gorgeously sensual vocal on “The Man I Love,” then provides an airy, worldly take on “Summertime.” Continue reading “Herbie Hancock – Gershwin’s World (1998) {2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”