Various Artists – Audiophile Reference IV (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Audiophile Reference IV (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Audiophile Reference IV (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
No Scans
Total Size: 1.83 GB (DSF) + 1.32 GB (FLAC) + 3.12 GB (ISO)
Label: First Impression Music | EU | Cat#: SACD 029 | Genre: Classical

This Audiophile Reference disc on Super Audio CD features a large selection of First Impression label artists with a cross-section of classical, jazz, and traditional folk selections. Continue reading “Various Artists – Audiophile Reference IV (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Count Basie – Live at The Sands (Before Frank) (1998) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Count Basie - Live at The Sands (Before Frank) (1998) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Count Basie – Live at The Sands (Before Frank) (1998)
[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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 332 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.47 GB (DSF) + 1.01 GB (FLAC) + 2.20 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2113 | Genre: Big Band, Swing, Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Frank Sinatra’s collaborations with Count Basie were among the singer’s better ventures back into jazz in the early 1960s, and led not only to a couple of great studio albums, and one superb live Sinatra album, but also to Basie’s being signed to the Sinatra-founded Reprise label in the mid-’60s. The 53 minutes of music captured on Live at the Sands was recorded during the opening sets from three different shows in late January and early February of 1966, by Basie and his band during the engagement with Sinatra at the Sands Hotel that yielded that live Sinatra album. Continue reading “Count Basie – Live at The Sands (Before Frank) (1998) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Lionel Richie – Just For You (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Lionel Richie - Just For You (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Lionel Richie – Just For You (2004) [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: 5.95 GB (DSF) + 4.06 GB (FLAC) + 3.84 GB (ISO)
Label: Island Records | US | Cat#: B0002562-36 | Genre: Pop, Adult Contemporary

Lionel Richie spent much of the ’90s relatively quiet, and when he attempted a comeback toward the end of the decade, it didn’t make many waves. It wasn’t until the early part of the 2000s that his profile increased considerably as his greatest-hits disc The Definitive Collection cracked the Top 20, he guest-judged on American Idol, and his daughter Nicole tramped around on the Fox reality show The Simple Life. All of this set the stage for Just for You, his 2004 return to adult contemporary soft rock. Continue reading “Lionel Richie – Just For You (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Henry Mancini – Hangin’ Out With Henry Mancini & Theme From “Z” (2019) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Henry Mancini - Hangin' Out With Henry Mancini & Theme From

Henry Mancini – Hangin’ Out With Henry Mancini & Theme From “Z” (2019)
[Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | No Scans
Total Size: 4.03 GB (DSF) + 3.29 GB (FLAC) + 2.58 GB (ISO)
Label: Vocalion | UK | Cat#: CDSML 8553 | Genre: Easy Listening
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Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Barbra Streisand - The Movie Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | No Scans
Total Size: 4.94 GB (DSF) + 3.43 GB (FLAC) + 4.38 GB (ISO)
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: CH 90748 | Genre: Vocal Pop, Soundtrack

The idea of Barbra Streisand making an album of movie songs is a no-brainer; as annotators Jay Landers and Richard Jay-Alexander point out, she has already recorded over 50 songs written for motion pictures on her 59 previous albums. In fact, the only real challenge may be a marketing one for Columbia Records, since potential customers simply may assume this is a compilation of some of her previous performances. Continue reading “Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Top Gun (1986) [1999, Special Expanded Edition, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Top Gun (1986) [1999, Special Expanded Edition, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Top Gun (1986) [1999, Special Expanded Edition, 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: 1.53 GB (DSF) + 1.16 GB (FLAC) + 2.37 GB (ISO)
Label: Legacy | US | Cat#: CS 65554 | Genre: Soundtrack
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Top Gun is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released in 1986 by Columbia Records. In 1999, it was reissued in a Special Expanded Edition with additional songs. In 2006, it was reissued again in a Deluxe Edition with yet more songs. The album reached number one in the charts for five nonconsecutive weeks in the summer and autumn of 1986. It was the best selling soundtrack of 1986 and one of the best selling of all time. Continue reading “Various Artists – Top Gun (1986) [1999, Special Expanded Edition, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Scans Included
Total Size: 914 MB (DSF) + 748 MB (FLAC) + 1.54 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2217 | Genre: Folk Rock, Pop Rock

The newly revealed transparency, presence, and immediacy provided by the SACD showcase the scope and craft of Simon’s alluring melodies – not to mention the vocal performances that, arguably, remain the album’s standout element. Simon’s singing hits peaks on There Goes Rhymin’ Simon that equal or best those on any of his other works, Simon and Garfunkel included. Continue reading “Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs (1969) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs (1969)
[2013, 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: 299 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.12 GB (DSF) + 909 MB (FLAC) + 1.86 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 168 | Genre: Pop Rock, R&B
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Departing from the Steve Miller Band after a two-album stint, Boz Scaggs found himself on his own but not without support. Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, his friend, helped him sign with Atlantic Records and the label had him set up shop in Muscle Shoals, recording his debut album with that legendary set of studio musicians, known for their down-and-dirty backing work for Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett, among many other Southern soul legends. Continue reading “Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs (1969) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Carole King – Tapestry (1971) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carole King - Tapestry (1971) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carole King – Tapestry (1971) [1999, 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
Total Size: 5.29 GB (DSF) + 3.85 GB (FLAC) + 3.43 GB (ISO)
Label: Epic | UK | Cat#: 493180 6 | Genre: Pop, Adult Contemporary
Update: DSF Tracks have been added
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Bill Withers – Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bill Withers - Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bill Withers – Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) [2014, 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: 483 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.91 GB (DSF) + 1.56 GB (FLAC) + 3.29 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2156 | Genre: R&B
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

A wonderful live album that capitalizes on Withers’ trademark melancholy soul sound while expanding the music to fit the room granted by a live show. Lovely versions of “Grandma’s Hands” and “Lean on Me” are balanced by heartfelt downbeat numbers like “Better Off Dead” and “I Can’t Write Left-Handed,” the latter being an anti-war song with a chilling message. Continue reading “Bill Withers – Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Love – Da Capo (1967) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Love - Da Capo (1967) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Love – Da Capo (1967) [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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 213 MB (CD-Layer) + 0.98 GB (DSF) + 723 MB (FLAC) + 1.51 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2130 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Love broadened their scope into psychedelia on their sophomore effort, Arthur Lee’s achingly melodic songwriting gifts reaching full flower. The six songs that comprised the first side of this album when it was first issued are a truly classic body of work, highlighted by the atomic blast of pre-punk rock “Seven & Seven Is” (their only hit single) Continue reading “Love – Da Capo (1967) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy (1978) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (1978) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy (1978) [2023, 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: 804 MB (DSF) + 652 MB (FLAC) + 1.35 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2241 | Genre: Pop Rock

Sourced from the original analog master tapes and housed in mini-LP gatefold packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD elevates the best-selling album of Zevon’s distinguished career to audiophile status. Co-produced by Browne and Waddy Wachtel – and featuring contributions by members of Fleetwood Mac plus Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, Leland Sklar, and Browne Continue reading “Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy (1978) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Bill Withers – Bill Withers’ Greatest Hits (1981) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bill Withers - Bill Withers' Greatest Hits (1981) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bill Withers – Bill Withers’ Greatest Hits (1981) [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
Total Size: 211 MB (CD-Layer) + 940 MB (DSF) + 726 MB (FLAC) + 1.53 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2155 | Genre: Soul, Jazz-Funk
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Bill Withers created mellow, downhome-style soul for barely more than a decade before retreating from the industry to pursue craftsman interests. Yet over the course of the handful of albums he made for Sussex and CBS, the Appalachian native struck lasting emotional chords in legends ranging from Booker T. Jones to Stephen Stills – not to mention the millions of listeners that fell under the spell of now-standard tracks such as “Lean on Me,” “Use Me,” and “Ain’t No Sunshine.” Continue reading “Bill Withers – Bill Withers’ Greatest Hits (1981) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jen Chapin – Revisions: Songs Of Stevie Wonder [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jen Chapin - Revisions: Songs Of Stevie Wonder [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jen Chapin – Revisions: Songs Of Stevie Wonder [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: 3.66 GB (DSF) + 2.58 GB (FLAC) + 3.61 GB (ISO)
Label: Chesky Records | US | Cat#: SACD 347 | Genre: Soul-Jazz

Jen Chapin, the daughter of the late folksinger Harry Chapin, has performed many styles of music and is not one to be easily classified. She is not the first artist to explore the music of Stevie Wonder in a jazz setting, nor is she the first vocalist to do so. But her stripped-down settings utilizing her husband Stephan Crump on bass and saxophonist Chris Cheek are striking, because they omit keyboards entirely and effectively blend pop, soul, and jazz into music that should be accessible to a wide variety of listeners. Continue reading “Jen Chapin – Revisions: Songs Of Stevie Wonder [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

George Harrison – Live In Japan (1992) [2004, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

George Harrison - Live In Japan (1992) [2004, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

George Harrison – Live In Japan (1992) [2004, 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
2x Discs | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 639 MB (CD-Layer) + 9.45 GB (DSF) + 6.29 GB (FLAC) + 8.23 GB (ISO)
Label: Parlophone | EU | Cat#: 7243 5 94665 2 1 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Live in Japan is a live double album by English musician George Harrison, released in July 1992. Credited to “George Harrison with Eric Clapton and Band”, it was Harrison’s second official live album release, after 1971’s Grammy-winning The Concert for Bangladesh. Continue reading “George Harrison – Live In Japan (1992) [2004, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”