The Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (1966) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (1966)
[2014, 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: 1.87 GB (ISO) + 1.83 GB (DSF) + 919 MB (FLAC) + 399 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 172 | Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The raw immediacy and tight instrumental attack of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band’s self-titled debut album were startling and impressive in 1965, but the following year, the group significantly upped the ante with its second LP, East-West. The debut showed that Butterfield and his bandmates could cut tough, authentic blues (not a given for an integrated band during the era in which fans were still debating if a white boy could play the blues) with the energy of rock & roll, but East-West was a far more ambitious set, with the band showing an effective command of jazz, Indian raga, and garagey proto-psychedelia as well as razor-sharp electric blues. Continue reading “The Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (1966) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
[2014, 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: 1.60 GB (ISO) + 1.57 GB (DSF) + 790 MB (FLAC) + 360 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 187 | Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Even after his death, Paul Butterfield’s music didn’t receive the accolades that were so deserved. Outputting styles adopted from Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters among other blues greats, Butterfield became one of the first white singers to rekindle blues music through the course of the mid-’60s. Continue reading “The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”