Barry Manilow – A Christmas Gift Of Love (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Barry Manilow - A Christmas Gift Of Love (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Barry Manilow – A Christmas Gift Of Love (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.75 GB (ISO) + 2.99 GB (DSF) + 2.40 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: CS 86976 | Genre: Christmas
Update: DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

Barry Manilow’s second seasonal collection, following 1990’s Because It’s Christmas, was released on Columbia Records, but that label berth appears to be a one-off for the singer, who followed his long tenure at Arista by signing to the jazz independent Concord for his last album, 2001’s Here at the Mayflower. Continue reading “Barry Manilow – A Christmas Gift Of Love (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends (1968) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends (1968) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends (1968) [2024, 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: 809 MB (DSF) + 680 MB (FLAC) + 890 MB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2257 | Genre: Folk Rock

Mastered on MoFi’s renowned system at the label’s California studio and housed in mini-LP- style packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD of Bookends presents the duo’s timeless effort in reference-quality sound. Continue reading “Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends (1968) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (1962) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song (1962) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (1962)
[2015, 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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 934 MB (ISO) + 826 MB (DSF) + 619 MB (FLAC) + 192 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 225 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

First issued in the early ’60s, this collection of musical Christmas cheer is packed full of the smoothly sung, sentimental favorites associated as much with Nat King Cole himself as with the season. The singer’s performance of “The Christmas Song” is an unforgettable classic reprised here twice, once in an updated version that includes a contemporary vocal from his daughter, Natalie, and also in Cole’s original 1946 recording. Continue reading “Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (1962) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Bela Fleck – Drive (1988) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bela Fleck - Drive (1988) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bela Fleck – Drive (1988)
[2005, MFSL 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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.46 GB (ISO) + 1.28 GB (DSF) + 0.98 GB (FLAC) + 330 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 7003 | Genre: Country
Update: New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

Drive is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck. The album was produced toward the end of Fleck’s New Grass Revival career and before the Flecktones were formed and included an all-star list of bluegrass performers. Continue reading “Bela Fleck – Drive (1988) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Tommy Turrentine – Tommy Turrentine (1960) [2003, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tommy Turrentine - Tommy Turrentine (1960) [2003, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tommy Turrentine – Tommy Turrentine (1960)
[2003, Audio Fidelity 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: 1.27 GB (ISO) + 1.18 GB (DSF) + 894 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fiddelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 007| Genre: Hard Bop
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When he recorded this album, his lone date as a leader, trumpeter Tommy Turrentine (who was a member of Max Roach’s group along with his brother, the soon-to-be famous tenor Stanley Turrentine) seemed to have a potentially great future. Unfortunately, ill health would eventually force his retirement. Continue reading “Tommy Turrentine – Tommy Turrentine (1960) [2003, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Buddy Rich – The Greatest Drummer Who Ever Lived… with ‘The Best Band I Ever Had’ (1977) [2002, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Buddy Rich - The Greatest Drummer Who Ever Lived... with 'The Best Band I Ever Had' (1977) [2002, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Buddy Rich – The Greatest Drummer Who Ever Lived… with ‘The Best Band I Ever Had’ (1977)
[2002, 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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 870 MB (ISO) + 769 MB (DSF) + 591 MB (FLAC) + 257 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 003 | Genre: Big Band, Jazz
Update: New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

Although the title of this reissue is not necessarily accurate (Buddy Rich’s 1966 big band was a stronger unit), this is a high-quality jazz album. Rich surprisingly does not solo much (just on Chick Corea’s “Fiesta”) but the material is strong, the arrangements (by Mike Abene, Frank Perowsky, Tom Boros, Barry Keiner and Barry Mintzer) are colorful, and the soloists are excellent. Continue reading “Buddy Rich – The Greatest Drummer Who Ever Lived… with ‘The Best Band I Ever Had’ (1977) [2002, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Doobie Brothers – What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Doobie Brothers – What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974)
[2011, MFSL 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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.29 GB (ISO) + 1.21 GB (DSF) + 879 MB (FLAC) + 333 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2060 | Genre: Blues Rock, Southern Rock
Update: New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

The Doobies team up with the Memphis Horns for an even more Southern-flavored album than usual, although also a more uneven one. By this time, Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, and company had pretty well inherited the mantle and the core (and then some) of the audience left behind by Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty Continue reading “The Doobie Brothers – What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits (1974) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Simon And Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Simon And Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
[2024, 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: 0.99 GB (DSF) + 858 MB (FLAC) + 1.11 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2263 | Genre: Folk, World

Sourced from the original master tapes and housed in mini-LP gatefold-sleeve packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD elevates the sonic and emotional impact of this epochal album. You’ll enjoy deep-black backgrounds, wide soundstages, pointillist details, and broad dynamics. Continue reading “Simon And Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Vox Aurea / Sanna Salminen – A Journey Into Christmas (2010) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Vox Aurea / Sanna Salminen - A Journey Into Christmas (2010) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Vox Aurea / Sanna Salminen – A Journey Into Christmas (2010) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.94 GB (DSF) + 2.45 GB (ISO) + 3.05 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alba Records | EU | Cat#: NCD 41 | Genre: Classical, Xmas
Update: DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added
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Bad Company – Bad Company (1974) [2024, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bad Company - Bad Company (1974) [2024, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bad Company – Bad Company (1974) [2024, Remastered, 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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 352 MB (CD-Layer) + 0.98 GB (DSF) + 821 MB (FLAC) + 1.10 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPA 009 SA | Genre: Hard Rock
Update: CD-Layer has been added

Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series)
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!
Bad Company’s eponymous 1974 debut featuring “Ready for Love”
Hybrid Stereo SACD
Mastered directly from the original master tape by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound

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David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)
[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: 1.18 GB (ISO) + 1.06 GB (DSF) + 946 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2214 | Genre: Folk Rock, Country Rock
Update: New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

David Crosby’s debut solo album was the second release in a trilogy of albums (the others being Paul Kantner’s Blows Against the Empire and Mickey Hart’s Rolling Thunder) involving the indefinite aggregation of Bay Area friends and musical peers that informally christened itself the Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra. Everyone from the members of the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane to Crosby’s mates in CSNY Continue reading “David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971) [2024, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971) [2024, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971) [2024, MFSL 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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 223 MB (CD-Layer) + 897 MB (DSF) + 699 MB (FLAC) + 995 MB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2269 | Genre: Folk

Sourced from the original analog master tapes and housed in a mini-LP gatefold sleeve, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD presents the landmark album with reference-grade detail, tonality, and directness. Marking the first time the beloved LP has received audiophile-quality treatment Continue reading “Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971) [2024, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Suzanne Vega – Suzanne Vega (1985) [2018, Japan Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega (1985) [2018, Japan Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Suzanne Vega – Suzanne Vega (1985)
[2018, Japan 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: 976 MB (DSF) + 1.04 GB (ISO) + 772 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Stereo Sound Reference Record | Japan | Cat#: SSVS-009 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

Though early comparisons were made to Joni Mitchell, Suzanne Vega’s true antecedents were Janis Ian and Leonard Cohen. Like Ian, she sings with a precise, frequently half-spoken phrasing that gives her lyrics an intensity that seems to suggest an unsteady control consciously held over emotional chaos. Like Cohen, Vega observes the world in poetic metaphor, her cold urban landscapes reflecting a troubled sense of love and loss. Continue reading “Suzanne Vega – Suzanne Vega (1985) [2018, Japan Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Milt Jackson Sextet – Invitation (1962) [2007, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Milt Jackson Sextet - Invitation (1962) [2007, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Milt Jackson Sextet – Invitation (1962) [2007, MFSL 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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.45 GB (ISO) + 1.33 GB (DSF) + 992 MB (FLAC) + 302 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2031 | Genre: Bossa Nova, Jazz
Update: New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

Invitation is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson’s Sextet featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label. Continue reading “Milt Jackson Sextet – Invitation (1962) [2007, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Diana Krall – Love Scenes (1997) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Diana Krall - Love Scenes (1997) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Diana Krall – Love Scenes (1997) [2004, Remastered, 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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 277 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.23 GB (ISO) + 5.20 GB (DSF) + 3.47 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Impulse | US | Cat#: B0002841-36 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: CD-Layer, DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

Vocalist/pianist Diana Krall was a very hot property by the time this Impulse CD was released. Teamed in a trio with her regular guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Christian McBride, Krall here mostly emphasizes ballads having something to do with love. Continue reading “Diana Krall – Love Scenes (1997) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”