Kiss – Destroyer (1976) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Kiss - Destroyer (1976) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Kiss – Destroyer (1976) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
1.41 GB (ISO) + 1.38 GB (DSF) + 675 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

The pressure was on Kiss for their fifth release, and the band knew it. Their breakthrough, Alive!, was going to be hard to top, so instead of trying to recreate a concert setting in the studio, they went the opposite route. Destroyer is one of Kiss’ most experimental studio albums, but also one of their strongest and most interesting. Alice Cooper/Pink Floyd producer Bob Ezrin was on hand, and he strongly encouraged the band to experiment — there’s extensive use of sound effects (the album’s untitled closing track), the appearance of a boy’s choir (“Great Expectations”), and an orchestra-laden, heartfelt ballad (“Beth”). Continue reading “Kiss – Destroyer (1976) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Boston – Boston (1976) [2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Boston - Boston (1976) [2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Boston – Boston (1976) [2000, 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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1.56 GB (ISO) + 1.54 GB (DSF) + 782 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

Boston is one of the best-selling albums of all time, and deservedly so. Because of the rise of disco and punk, FM rock radio seemed all but dead until the rise of acts like Boston, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen. Nearly every song on Boston’s debut album could still be heard on classic rock radio decades later due to the strong vocals of Brad Delp and unique guitar sound of Tom Scholz. Continue reading “Boston – Boston (1976) [2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

John Lennon – 7 Japanese SHM-SACD Albums (1970-1980) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Lennon - 7 Japanese SHM-SACD Albums (1970-1980) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Lennon – 7 Japanese SHM-SACD Albums (1970-1980)
[2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
7 x Discs | Full Scans Included
13.8 GB (ISO) + 14.0 GB (DSF) + 6.62 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
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The Doors ‎- Infinite (2013) [Box Set, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Doors ‎- Infinite (2013) [Box Set, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Doors ‎- Infinite (2013) [Box Set, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
6 x Discs | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
18.5 GB (ISO) + 22.4 GB (DSF) + 16.0 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Infinite, a deluxe, limited-edition, audiophile boxed set from Analogue Productions, contains all six legendary albums by The Doors – the self-titled 1967 debut (one of rock’s most important), Strange Days, Waiting For The Sun, The Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel and the visceral L.A. Woman. Each album has been remastered in multichannel for hybrid SACD by Doug Sax and The Doors’ original engineer Bruce Botnick. Continue reading “The Doors ‎- Infinite (2013) [Box Set, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Björk – Vespertine (2001) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Björk - Vespertine (2001) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Björk – Vespertine (2001) [2004, Remastered, 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
3.43 GB (ISO) + 3.98 GB (DSF) + 9.14 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

After cathartic statements like Homogenic, the role of Selma in Dancer in the Dark, and the film’s somber companion piece, Selmasongs, it’s not surprising that Björk’s first album in four years is less emotionally wrenching. But Vespertine isn’t so much a departure from her previous work as a culmination of the musical distance she’s traveled; within songs like the subtly sensual “Hidden Place” and “Undo” are traces of Debut and Post’s gentle loveliness, as well as Homogenic and Selmasongs’ reflective, searching moments. Continue reading “Björk – Vespertine (2001) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Björk – Medúlla (2004) [Japanese Edition, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Björk - Medúlla (2004) [Japanese Edition, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Björk – Medúlla (2004) [Japanese Edition, 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
3.02 GB (ISO) + 7.83 GB (DSF) + 3.33 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

It’s hard to accuse Björk of making music influenced by commercial or critical expectations at any point in her career, but her post-Homogenic work is even more focused on following her bliss, whether that means acting and singing in Lars Von Trier’s grim musical Dancer in the Dark; crafting tiptoeing laptop lullabies on Vespertine; or, in the case of Medúlla, sculpting an album out of almost nothing but singing and vocal samples. Continue reading “Björk – Medúlla (2004) [Japanese Edition, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (1977) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (1977) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (1977) [2016, 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
481 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.71 GB (DSF) + 829 MB (FLAC) + 1.74 GB (ISO)
Update: Missing files have been added

Audiophiles needn’t any introduction to the Alan Parsons Project’s I Robot. Engineered by Parsons after he performed the same duties on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, the 1977 record reigns as a disc whose taut bass, crisp highs, clean production, and seemingly limitless dynamic range are matched only by the sensational prog-rock fare helmed by the keyboardist. Not surprisingly, it’s been issued myriad times. Continue reading “The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (1977) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Santana – Abraxas (1970) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Santana - Abraxas (1970) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Santana – Abraxas (1970) [2016, 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
1.57 GB (ISO) + 1.53 GB (DSF) + 779 MB (FLAC) + 241 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

The San Francisco Bay Area rock scene of the late ’60s was one that encouraged radical experimentation and discouraged the type of mindless conformity that’s often plagued corporate rock. When one considers just how different Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, and the Grateful Dead sounded, it becomes obvious just how much it was encouraged. Continue reading “Santana – Abraxas (1970) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue (1959) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (1959) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue (1959) [2015, 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
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Kind of Blue isn’t merely an artistic highlight for Miles Davis, it’s an album that towers above its peers, a record generally considered as the definitive jazz album. To be reductive, it’s the Citizen Kane of jazz — an accepted work of greatness that’s innovative and entertaining. That may not mean it’s the greatest jazz album ever made, but it certainly is a universally acknowledged standard of excellence. Continue reading “Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue (1959) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Manhattan Transfer – The Christmas Album (1992) [2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Manhattan Transfer - The Christmas Album (1992) [2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Manhattan Transfer – The Christmas Album (1992) [2000, Reissue, 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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2.00 GB (ISO) + 1.95 GB (DSF) + 931 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Re-uploaded By Request

For their set of Christmas related material, the Manhattan Transfer welcome such guests as trumpeter Jack Sheldon (on “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”), Tony Bennett (“The Christmas Song”), trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison and tenor saxophonist Pete Christlieb. With arrangements provided for the backing orchestra by Johnny Mandel on a few numbers, highlights of this disc include “Snowfall,” a Santa medley and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” A pleasing set of jazz-influenced Christmas music. Continue reading “The Manhattan Transfer – The Christmas Album (1992) [2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Johnny Mathis ‎– The Christmas Album (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Johnny Mathis ‎– The Christmas Album (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Johnny Mathis ‎– The Christmas Album (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
2.49 GB (ISO) + 4.46 GB (DSF) + 1.98 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Re-uploaded By Request

The Christmas Album is the fifth Christmas album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on October 15, 2002, by Columbia Records and included his first recordings of three traditional carols (“Joy To The World”, “Away in a Manger”, “O Little Town of Bethlehem”), three new songs (“Heavenly Peace”, “A Christmas Love Song”, “Merry Christmas”), and a handful of 20th-century offerings. Continue reading “Johnny Mathis ‎– The Christmas Album (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Eddie Higgins Trio – Christmas Songs (2014) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eddie Higgins Trio - Christmas Songs (2014) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eddie Higgins Trio – Christmas Songs (2014) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
0.98 GB (FLAC) + 2.17 GB (ISO) + 2.14 GB (DSF) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Re-uploaded By Request

Christmas Songs was recorded at Avatar Studio in New York City on July 7-8, 2004. This release is a holiday album that’s uplifting and sentimental without dreariness or noise. Recorded in 2004, the album features pianist Eddie Higgins with bassist Jay Leonhart and drummer Joe Ascione. Higgins’ drifting-feather piano playing complements the perfect song list. Continue reading “Eddie Higgins Trio – Christmas Songs (2014) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) [2003, 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
1.67 GB (ISO) + 1.62 GB (DSF) + 777 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz called on pianist extraordinaire Vince Guaraldi and his trio to compose and perform music that would reflect the humor, charm, and innocence of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the entire Peanuts gang for their 1965 Christmas TV special. Continue reading “Vince Guaraldi Trio – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Eugene Ruffolo – Even Santa Gets The Blues (2009) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eugene Ruffolo - Even Santa Gets The Blues (2009) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eugene Ruffolo – Even Santa Gets The Blues (2009) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
2.08 GB (DSF) + 2.12 GB (ISO) + 955 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

When it comes to Christmas, there are two camps. There are those who find it commercial and hollow, and those who are bewitched by the season’s traditions, music, and unique magic. 1 fall decidedly in the latter category. lt’s long been an ambition of mine to record a Christmas CD, and when I approached Günter Pauler with the idea last year, he was more than enthusiastic. Continue reading “Eugene Ruffolo – Even Santa Gets The Blues (2009) [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
1.30 GB (ISO) + 1.27 GB (DSF) + 619 MB (FLAC) + 276 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files 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]”