Grateful Dead – From The Mars Hotel (1974) [2019, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Grateful Dead - From The Mars Hotel (1974) [2019, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Grateful Dead – From The Mars Hotel (1974) [2019, 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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.55 GB (ISO) + 1.53 GB (DSF) + 748 MB (FLAC) + 414 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2196 | Genre: Country Rock, Folk Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s world-renowned mastering system and strictly limited to 2,500 copies, Mobile Fidelity’s hybrid SACD of From the Mars Hotel comes on as both an audiophile delight and Deadhead’s dream. Vastly improving upon the long-out-of-print 1984 MoFi version that currently commands upwards of hundreds of dollars on the aftermarket, the new version takes advantage of enhancements to the cutting system, pressing process, and mastering gear. Continue reading “Grateful Dead – From The Mars Hotel (1974) [2019, MFSL 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]

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]”

Loggins And Messina – Loggins And Messina (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Loggins And Messina - Loggins And Messina (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Loggins And Messina – Loggins And Messina (1972) [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 Image + Cue + Log
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.80 GB (ISO) + 5.31 GB (DSF) + 2.12 GB (FLAC) + 367 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ5 216 | Genre: Country Rock, Folk Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The first full-fledged L&M album found the duo in good form as songwriters, with Messina turning in the sparkling “Thinking Of You,” and the two collaborating on the hit single “Your Mama Don’t Dance” and “Angry Eyes.” Their backup band was anchored by multi-instrumentalist Al Garth, and also featured keyboardist Michael Omartian and Poco steel guitarist Rusty Young Continue reading “Loggins And Messina – Loggins And Messina (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

America – Hearts (1975) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

America – Hearts (1975) [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
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.58 GB (ISO) + 5.23 GB (DSF) + 1.96 GB (FLAC) + 339 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ5 231 | Genre: Country Rock, Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Hearts is the fifth studio album by American folk rock trio America, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1975. The album was produced by longtime Beatles producer George Martin, the second of seven consecutive albums he produced with America. Continue reading “America – Hearts (1975) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi – Wagner: Tristan und Isolde an Orchestral Passion / Overtures to ‘Das Liebesverbot’ ‘Die Feen’ (2011) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde an Orchestral Passion / Overtures to 'Das Liebesverbot' 'Die Feen' (2011) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi – Wagner: Tristan und Isolde an Orchestral Passion / Overtures to ‘Das Liebesverbot’ ‘Die Feen’ (2011) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Digital Booklet
Total Size: 3.46 GB (ISO) + 10 GB (DSF) + 3.91 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Chandos | UK | Cat#: CHAN 5087 | Genre: Classical

Neeme Järvi is back conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in the third of four albums featuring Henk de Vlieger’s bold arrangements of operas by Wagner. Of the first album (CHSA 5060), Classic FM wrote: ‘Dutch composer Henk de Vlieger builds a penetrating symphonic poem that reflects the dramatic depths of The Ring.’ Continue reading “Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi – Wagner: Tristan und Isolde an Orchestral Passion / Overtures to ‘Das Liebesverbot’ ‘Die Feen’ (2011) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jay Leonhart Trio – Fly Me To The Moon: Tribute To Ray Brown (2018) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jay Leonhart Trio - Fly Me To The Moon: Tribute To Ray Brown (2018) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jay Leonhart Trio – Fly Me To The Moon: Tribute To Ray Brown (2018) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
No Scans Included
Total Size: 2.73 GB (ISO) + 2.69 GB (DSF) + 1.15 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vernus Records | Japan | Cat#: VHGD-283 | Genre: Jazz
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Mieko Hirota – McIntosh Reference Vocal Sound Jazzing-Mico (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mieko Hirota – McIntosh Reference Vocal Sound Jazzing-Mico (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mieko Hirota – McIntosh Reference Vocal Sound Jazzing-Mico (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
No Scans Included
Total Size: 937 MB (ISO) + 2.31 GB (DSF) + 1.07 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Top Music International Ltd. | Japan | Cat#: TM-SACD9012.2 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
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Ray Charles – The Genius Sings The Blues (1961) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles - The Genius Sings The Blues (1961) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles – The Genius Sings The Blues (1961) [2010, 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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.38 GB (ISO) + 1.38 GB (DSF) + 408 MB (FLAC) + 116 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2049 | Genre: R&B, Blues
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The Genius Sings the Blues is an album by Ray Charles, released in October 1961 on Atlantic Records. The album was his last release for Atlantic, compiling twelve blues songs from various sessions during his tenure for the label. The album showcases Charles’s stylistic development with a combination of piano blues, jazz, and southern R&B. The photo for the album cover was taken by renowned photographer Lee Friedlander. Continue reading “Ray Charles – The Genius Sings The Blues (1961) [2010, MFSL 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]

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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.26 GB (ISO) + 1.27 GB (DSF) + 609 MB (FLAC) + 279 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 225 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: DSF 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]”

Frank Sinatra – Where Are You? (1957) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Frank Sinatra - Where Are You? (1957) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Frank Sinatra – Where Are You? (1957) [2013, 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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.68 GB (ISO) + 1.71 GB (DSF) + 453 MB (FLAC) + 154 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2109 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Following the hard-driving A Swingin’ Affair, Frank Sinatra released another all-ballads record, Where Are You? The album was the first he recorded at Capitol without Nelson Riddle, as well as the first he recorded in stereo. Where Riddle’s down beat albums are stately and sullen, Jenkins favors lush, melancholy arrangements played by large, string-dominated orchestras. Jenkins’ arrangements suggested classical textures, although the tempos alluded to Billie Holiday’s ballad style. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Where Are You? (1957) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Mel Tormé – The London Sessions (2002) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mel Tormé - The London Sessions (2002) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mel Tormé – The London Sessions (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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.71 GB (ISO) + 1.68 GB (DSF) + 786 MB (FLAC) + 246 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 002 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Mel Tormé had recorded relatively few rewarding albums in the decade before this set, originally put out by Gryphon before being reissued on CD by DCC Jazz. However, his voice had improved with time, his range had widened, and he had become an even stronger jazz singer than before. Continue reading “Mel Tormé – The London Sessions (2002) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony – Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible (1979) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony - Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible (1979) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony – Prokofiev: Ivan The Terrible (1979) [2003, 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 Image + Cue + Log
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.87 GB (ISO) + 6.65 GB (DSF) + 2.18 GB (FLAC) + 390 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 4003 | Genre: Classical
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added
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Arne Domnérus – Jazz At The Pawnshop 30th Anniversary (1977) [2006, Remastered, 3x Discs, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Arne Domnérus - Jazz At The Pawnshop 30th Anniversary (1977) [2006, Remastered, 3x Discs, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Arne Domnérus – Jazz At The Pawnshop 30th Anniversary (1977)
[2006, Remastered, 3x Discs, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
3x Discs / Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 10.7 GB (ISO) + 29.6 GB (DSF) + 11.6 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Proprius | Sweden | Cat#: PRSACD 7879 | Genre: Swing, Jazz

On December 6 and 7, 1976, in a small jazz club called Stampen (The Pawn Shop) in Stockholm’s Old Town, Swedish sound engineer Gert Palmcrantz recorded a group of leading Scandinavian jazzmen live, trying to get “the tight, harmonious sound of the records of my childhood.” Conditions were less than ideal. A full house, a great deal of background noise. Continue reading “Arne Domnérus – Jazz At The Pawnshop 30th Anniversary (1977) [2006, Remastered, 3x Discs, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Richard Wagner / Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer – Götterdämmerung / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Siegfried Idyll (2013) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Richard Wagner / Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer - Götterdämmerung / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Siegfried Idyll (2013) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Richard Wagner / Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer – Götterdämmerung / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Siegfried Idyll (2013) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Digital Booklet
Total Size: 3.66 GB (ISO) + 9.11 GB (DSF) + 3.67 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Channel Classics | Cat#: CCS SA 32713 | Genre: Classical

Wagner is the giant among composers because he created his own world. Whereas others interpreted ancient and familiar mythology, Wagner created his own myth. Whereas others composed to librettos by poets, Wagner wrote his own texts. He evenbuilt his own opera house, which had to be different and innovative. Continue reading “Richard Wagner / Budapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer – Götterdämmerung / Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Siegfried Idyll (2013) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Mel Tormé, George Shearing – A Vintage Year (1988) [2003, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mel Tormé, George Shearing - A Vintage Year (1988) [2003, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mel Tormé, George Shearing – A Vintage Year (1988) [2003, Reissue, 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: 3.87 GB (ISO) + 9.55 GB (DSF) + 3.96 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Concord Jazz | US | Cat#: SACD-1026-6 | Genre: Swing, Vocal, Bop

Singer Mel Tormé and pianist George Shearing make a perfect team, bringing out the best in each other. With the assistance of bassist John Leitham and drummer Donny Osborne, the swinging, witty duo performs a variety of standards, including Noël Coward’s “Someday I’ll Find You,” “The Way You Look Tonight,” and “Anyone Can Whistle,” and a couple of medleys highlighted by a humorous six-song “New York, New York Medley.” Continue reading “Mel Tormé, George Shearing – A Vintage Year (1988) [2003, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”