Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {1999, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973) {1999, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {1999, Japan, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
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Total Size: 1.72 GB (ISO) + 818 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: SME Records | Japan | Cat#: SRGS 4510 | Genre: Jazz-Funk

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Incubus – A Crow Left Of The Murder… (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Incubus - A Crow Left Of The Murder... (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Incubus – A Crow Left Of The Murder… (2004) [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: 3.80 GB (ISO) + 3.26 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.25 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Epic / Immortal | US | Cat#: EH 92863 | Genre: Alternative Rock

At the beginning of their career, Incubus was rightly lumped in with the legions of post-Korn alt metal/rap-rock bands swarming America in the latter days of the 20th century. But by their third album, 1999’s Make Yourself, they had separated from the pack, as indicated by the presence of producer Scott Litt, best-known for his work with R.E.M.. It signaled that the band was serious, and they began expanding their rap-metal template on that album and its follow-up, 2001’s Morning View, completing their transition from juvenelia to maturity with 2003’s Crow Left of the Murder. Continue reading “Incubus – A Crow Left Of The Murder… (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Kraftwerk – Minimum-Maximum (2005) [2006, English Version, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum (2005) [2006, English Version, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Kraftwerk – Minimum-Maximum (2005) [2006, English Version, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
2x SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 7.48 GB (ISO) + 6.04 GB (FLAC Mch) + 2.42 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI | UK | Cat#: 334 996 2 / 0946 3 34996 2 1 | Genre: Electronic
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Weather Report – Black Market (1973) [2001, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Black Market (1973) [2001, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report – Black Market (1973) [2001, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.55 GB (ISO) + 714 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: SME Records | Japan | Cat#: SRGS 4576 | Genre: Fusion

The shifts in Weather Report’s personnel come fast and furious now, with Narada Michael Walden and Chester Thompson as the drummers, Alex Acuna and Don Alias at the percussion table, and Alphonso Johnson giving way to the mighty, martyred Jaco Pastorius. Continue reading “Weather Report – Black Market (1973) [2001, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Weavers – Reunion At Carnegie Hall 1963 (1963) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Weavers - Reunion At Carnegie Hall 1963 (1963) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Weavers – Reunion At Carnegie Hall 1963 (1963) [2013, 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: 3.26 GB (ISO) + 1.45 GB (FLAC Mch) + 954 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPF 005 SA | Genre: Country, World

The Weavers celebrated their 15th anniversary by performing two concerts — May 2 and 3, 1963 — at Carnegie Hall, the site of their historic 1955 comeback concert, and invited back former members Pete Seeger and Erik Darling, as well as introducing new member Bernie Krause. The shows served to reaffirm the status of a group that had fostered the folk boom of the late ’50s and early ’60s, yet had been bypassed by it as others scored with their songs Continue reading “The Weavers – Reunion At Carnegie Hall 1963 (1963) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz / Gilberto (1964) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz / Gilberto (1964) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz / Gilberto (1964) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
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Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CVRJ 8545 SA | Genre: Bossa Nova, Jazz

One of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova’s finest moment, Getz/Gilberto trumped Jazz Samba by bringing two of bossa nova’s greatest innovators — guitarist/singer João Gilberto and composer/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim — to New York to record with Stan Getz. The results were magic. Continue reading “Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz / Gilberto (1964) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

VA – Music From The Miramax Motion Picture Chicago (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA - Music From The Miramax Motion Picture Chicago (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA – Music From The Miramax Motion Picture Chicago (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
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Total Size: 4.48 GB (ISO) + 3.52 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.33 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Epic | US | Cat#: ES 87018 | Genre: Soundtrack

Maurine Watkins’ satirical play Chicago has gone through several permutations since it opened at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway on December 30, 1926. There was a silent movie version in 1927, followed by a sound film called Roxie Hart starring Ginger Rogers in 1942. In 1975, director/choreographer Bob Fosse and the songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb brought a darker vision to the story of a murderess who achieves acquittal due to publicity and slick lawyering, and their musical ran 898 performances back on Broadway. Continue reading “VA – Music From The Miramax Motion Picture Chicago (2002) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Louis Armstrong – Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats Waller (1955) {2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats Waller (1955) {2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Louis Armstrong – Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats Waller (1955) {2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
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Total Size: 3.72 GB (ISO) + 1.23 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: CS 64927 | Genre: Ragtime, Swing

Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller only worked together twice, briefly in 1925 in Erskine Tate’s band and four years later in the New York revue Connie’s Hot Chocolates. But Waller made an indelible enough impression for Satchmo to record the tribute album Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller in 1955, when such ideas were new. Continue reading “Louis Armstrong – Satch Plays Fats: A Tribute To The Immortal Fats Waller (1955) {2000, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Louis Armstrong – Plays W. C. Handy (1954) {1999, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Louis Armstrong - Plays W. C. Handy (1954) {1999, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Louis Armstrong – Plays W. C. Handy (1954) {1999, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
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Total Size: 3.28 GB (ISO) + 1.42 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: CS 64925 | Genre: Dixieland

This recording was not only Louis Armstrong’s finest record of the 1950s but one of the truly classic jazz sets. Armstrong and his All-Stars (trombonist Trummy Young, clarinetist Barney Bigard, pianist Billy Kyle, bassist Arvell Shaw, drummer Barrett Deems, and singer Velma Middleton) were clearly inspired by the fresh repertoire, 11 songs written by W.C. Handy. Continue reading “Louis Armstrong – Plays W. C. Handy (1954) {1999, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

J. S. Bach / Anner Bylsma – Suites For Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (1992) [2019, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

J. S. Bach / Anner Bylsma - Suites For Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (1992) [2019, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

J. S. Bach / Anner Bylsma – Suites For Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (1992) [2019, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
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Total Size: 5.25 GB (ISO) + 2.18 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony Music | Japan | Cat#: SICC 10299~300 | Genre: Classical

Anner Bylsma, who plays a Baroque cello in original condition, has written a whole book about the variety of bow strokes needed for this music. Fancying the use of the bow as an analogue to the use of a foil in a duel, he calls Bach a “fencing master,” a term that implies intense training, physical coordination used with spontaneity, and a readiness to change the approach instantly as each successive, fast-moving challenge demands. His playing makes the music fresh and new with a flexibility and vitality that illustrates the thesis of his book. Continue reading “J. S. Bach / Anner Bylsma – Suites For Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (1992) [2019, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Fiona Joy Hawkins – Christmas Joy (2011) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Fiona Joy Hawkins - Christmas Joy (2011) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Fiona Joy Hawkins – Christmas Joy (2011) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
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Total Size: 3.81 GB (ISO) + 2.41 GB (FLAC Mch) + 939 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Little Hartley Music | Australia | Cat#: FJH016 | Genre: Xmas, Classical

In Christmas Joy, Fiona Joy Hawkins has breathed new life into a repertoire of traditional music deeply in need of new perspective and new energy. The recording offers an inventive and, yes, joyful approach; bringing life to music which has been taken for granted for decades. Both in her unique slant on traditional music and in her own compositions for this recording, Christmas Joy is an utterly brilliant creation. Continue reading “Fiona Joy Hawkins – Christmas Joy (2011) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Fiona Joy Hawkins – 600 Years In A Moment (2013) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Fiona Joy Hawkins - 600 Years In A Moment (2013) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Fiona Joy Hawkins – 600 Years In A Moment (2013) [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: 4.05 GB (ISO) + 2.87 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.08 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Little Hartley Music | Australia | Cat#: FJH015 | Genre: Country, Folk, World
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Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall – Orient – Occident II (Hommage À La Syrie) (2013) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall - Orient - Occident II (Hommage À La Syrie) (2013) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall – Orient – Occident II (Hommage À La Syrie) (2013) [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: 3.87 GB (ISO) + 1.44 GB (FLAC Stereo) + 3.33 GB (FLAC Mch) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alia Vox | EU | Cat#: AVSA9900 | Genre: Classical, Folk, World, Medieval
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Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall – Orient-Occident (1200-1700) (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall - Orient-Occident (1200-1700) (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall – Orient-Occident (1200-1700) (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Mutlichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.15 GB (ISO) + 2.55 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.31 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alia Vox | EU| Cat#: AVSA9848 | Genre: Classical, Folk, World, Medieval

AliaVox’s Orient-Occident 1200-1700 is unique in Jordi Savall’s recorded output in that, despite the title, it has no correspondence whatsoever with any specific historical or musicological program. Rather, like the “East meets West” albums pairing violinist Yehudi Menhuin with sitar player Ravi Shankar, Orient-Occident 1200-1700 brings Savall and ace Hespèrion XXI percussionist Pedro Estevan into the orbit of Greek santur player Dimitris Psonis, Israeli oud player Yair Dalal, Moroccan oudist Driss El Maloumi, and three Afghan traditional musicians — Osman Ahrman, Khaled Arman, and Siar Hashimi. Continue reading “Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall – Orient-Occident (1200-1700) (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Gustav Mahler / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Elizabeth Watts / Marc Albrecht – Symphony No. 4 (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gustav Mahler / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Elizabeth Watts / Marc Albrecht - Symphony No. 4 (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gustav Mahler / Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Elizabeth Watts / Marc Albrecht – Symphony No. 4 (2015) [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: 2.69 GB (ISO) + 1.98 GB (FLAC Mch) + 889 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Pentatone Music | Germany | Cat#: PTC 5186 487 | Genre: Classical
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