Leonard Slatkin / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra – Gershwin: An American In Paris; Catfish Row (Suite From “Porgy And Bess”); Promenade; Rhapsody In Blue; Cuban Overture (1975) {2005, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Leonard Slatkin / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - Gershwin: An American In Paris; Catfish Row (Suite From

Leonard Slatkin / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra – Gershwin: An American In Paris; Catfish Row (Suite From “Porgy And Bess”); Promenade; Rhapsody In Blue; Cuban Overture (1975)
{2005, MFSL 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: 3.23 GB (ISO) + 2.57 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.25 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 4007 | Genre: Classical

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Don McLean – Botanical Gardens (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}

Don McLean - Botanical Gardens (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}

Don McLean – Botanical Gardens (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}
WEB Download | FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz / CD-Format | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz / Hi-Res
Total Size: 374 MB (CD-Format) + 345 MB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG Rights Management | Genre: Pop Rock

Now, in 2018, a new chapter starts as Don McLean releases his new album ‘Botanical Gardens’ on March 23rd . The album precedes a 14-date UK tour, starting April 29th at the Southend Cliffs Pavilion. ‘Botanical Gardens’, his 19th studio album and first in 8 years, is arguably one of Don’s most reflective to date. Continue reading “Don McLean – Botanical Gardens (2018) {WEB, CD-Format + Hi-Res}”

Weezer – Weezer (1994) {2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Weezer - Weezer (1994) {2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Weezer – Weezer (1994) {2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.68 GB (ISO) + 842 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2160 | Genre: Alternative Rock

Even if you lived through it, it’s hard to fathom exactly why Weezer were disliked, even loathed, when they released their debut album in the spring of 1994. If you grew up in the years after the heyday of grunge, it may even seem absurd that the band were considered poseurs, hair metal refugees passing themselves off as alt-rock by adapting a few tricks from the Pixies and Nirvana songbooks and sold to MTV with stylish videos. Nevertheless, during alt-rock’s heyday of 1994, Weezer was second only to Stone Temple Pilots as an object of scorn, bashed by the rock critics and hipsters alike. Continue reading “Weezer – Weezer (1994) {2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Jeff Beck – Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2017) {2CD + Blu-ray + Hi-Res}

Jeff Beck - Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2017) {2CD + Blu-ray + Hi-Res}

Jeff Beck – Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2017) {2CD + Blu-ray + Hi-Res}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC Video | DTS-HD MA (5.1 / 24bit / 48kHz) | LPCM (2.0 / 24bit / 48kHz)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 842 MB (CD) + 31.1 GB (BD) + 4.34 GB (Hi-Res FLAC Stereo & Mch) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Eagle Rock | USA | Cat#: EVB335679 | Genre: Blues Rock

In the summer of 2016, Jeff Beck celebrated 50 years of his musical career with a special concert at the famous Hollywood Bowl. The setlist reached back to his first recordings with The Yardbirds in 1966 and came right up to date with tracks from his most recent album Loud Hailer. As the evening progressed he was joined by many of the great musicians he has collaborated with over the years including Billy F. Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Hall, Jan Hammer, Beth Hart and Steven Tyler. Continue reading “Jeff Beck – Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2017) {2CD + Blu-ray + Hi-Res}”

Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach – Painted From Memory (1998) {2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE

Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach - Painted From Memory (1998) {2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach – Painted From Memory (1998)
{2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.12 GB (SACD ISO) + 991 MB (SACD FLAC) + 292 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2193 | Genre: Pop

Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach first collaborated on “God Give Me Strength,” a sweeping ballad that functioned as the centerpiece in Allison Anders’ Grace of My Heart. It was a stunning song in the tradition of Bacharach’s classic ’60s work and it was successful enough that the composers decided to collaborate on a full album, Painted from Memory. Wisely, they chose to work within the stylistic parameters of Bacharach’s ’60s material, but Painted from Memory never sounds like a stylistic exercise. Continue reading “Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach – Painted From Memory (1998) {2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE”

Stealers Wheel – Stealers Wheel (1972) {2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Stealers Wheel - Stealers Wheel (1972) {2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Stealers Wheel – Stealers Wheel (1972) {2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.39 GB (ISO) + 644 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Intervention Records | USA | Cat#: IR-SCD1 | Genre: Folk Rock

Stealers Wheel is the debut 1972 album by the Scottish folk rock band Stealers Wheel. “Stuck in the Middle with You” reached the Top 10 in the UK, US and Canada. Continue reading “Stealers Wheel – Stealers Wheel (1972) {2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Billy Joel – Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel (2004) {2018, Reissue, WEB Hi-Res}

Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel (2004) {2018, Reissue, WEB Hi-Res}

Billy Joel – Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel (2004) {2018, Reissue, WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 1.68 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | Genre: Pop Rock

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Ray Charles – Ray Charles Live In Concert (1964) {2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Ray Charles - Ray Charles Live In Concert (1964) {2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Ray Charles – Ray Charles Live In Concert (1964) {2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.66 GB (ISO) + 771 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA| Cat#: CAPP 500 SA | Genre: R&B

This classic 1964 recording by Ray Charles includes 12 vintage tracks performed to perfection. His voice is in great shape, and the recording by Wally Heider is a marvel for its day; all the instruments are placed nicely with Charles’ voice out front where it belongs. There’s a slinky version of “Hallelujah I Love Her So,” the musicians creating nice little changes behind Charles’ soulful nuances. Continue reading “Ray Charles – Ray Charles Live In Concert (1964) {2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Nuthin’ Fancy (1975) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Nuthin' Fancy (1975) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Nuthin’ Fancy (1975) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.50 GB (ISO) + 719 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 2137 SA | Genre: Blues Rock

Second Helping brought Lynyrd Skynyrd mass success and for the follow-up they offered Nuthin’ Fancy. It was a self-deprecating title for a record that may have offered more of the same, at least on the surface, but was still nearly peerless as a Southern rock record. The biggest difference with this record is that the band, through touring, has become heavier and harder, fitting right in with the heavy album rock bands of the mid-’70s. Continue reading “Lynyrd Skynyrd – Nuthin’ Fancy (1975) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Shelly Manne & Bill Evans – Empathy (1962) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Shelly Manne & Bill Evans - Empathy (1962) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Shelly Manne & Bill Evans – Empathy (1962) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.41 GB (ISO) + 611 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CVRJ 8497 SA | Genre: Hard Bop, Post Bop

This album came about through a fortuitous convergence of circumstances. Shelly Manne & His Men were appearing at New York’s Village Vanguard, sharing the bill with the Bill Evans Trio. Getting Riverside’s permission to let the pianist participate, Creed Taylor set up a session at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio with Evans and Manne sharing top billing. Manne’s bass player, Monty Budwig, made up the trio. This was a busman’s holiday for Evans, who was freed from the musical parameters he had set for his then-current trio. Continue reading “Shelly Manne & Bill Evans – Empathy (1962) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Michael Hedges – Aerial Boundaries (1984) {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE

Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries (1984) {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Michael Hedges – Aerial Boundaries (1984) {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 269 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.53 GB (SACD ISO) + 655 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 218 | Genre: New Age

This is the finest album from Michael Hedges, the man who is responsible for the greatest revolution in solo acoustic guitar playing since Leo Kottke. There are moments on Aerial Boundaries where it seems literally impossible that so much music is coming from one man and his guitar. Attacking his instrument, snapping strings, banging on the fingerboard with his right hand, Hedges plays supremely beautiful music Continue reading “Michael Hedges – Aerial Boundaries (1984) {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE”

Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On (1973) {2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) {2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On (1973) {2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 185 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.27 GB (SACD ISO) + 596 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2039 | Genre: R&B

Let’s Get It On is the thirteenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye. It was released on August 28, 1973, by Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during June 1970 to July 1973 at Hitsville U.S.A. and Golden World Studio in Detroit, and at Hitsville West in Los Angeles. Continue reading “Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On (1973) {2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Marvin Gaye ‎- Let’s Get It On (1973) {2015, Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res}

Marvin Gaye ‎- Let's Get It On (1973) {2015, Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res}

Marvin Gaye ‎- Let’s Get It On (1973) {2015, Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res}
Blu-ray Audio | DTS-HD MA (5.1 / 24bit / 96kHz) | Dolby TrueHD (5.1 / 24bit / 96kHz) | LPCM (2.0 / 24bit / 192kHz)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192-96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 7.07 GB (BDA) + 2.01 GB (Hi-Res Mch) + 1.40 GB (Hi-Res Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Motown / UMe | Germany | Cat#: B0022768-46 | Genre: R&B

After brilliantly surveying the social, political, and spiritual landscape with What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye turned to more intimate matters with Let’s Get It On, a record unparalleled in its sheer sensuality and carnal energy. Always a sexually charged performer, Gaye’s passions reach their boiling point on tracks like the magnificent title hit (a number one smash) and “You Sure Love to Ball”; silky and shimmering, the music is seductive in the most literal sense, its fluid grooves so perfectly designed for romance as to border on parody. Continue reading “Marvin Gaye ‎- Let’s Get It On (1973) {2015, Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res}”