Kriya – Kriya (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Kriya - Kriya (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Kriya – Kriya (2006) [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: 2.82 GB (ISO) + 2.42 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.13 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alba Records | Finland | Cat#: ABCD 210 | Genre: Folk , World, Country

Talk about crossover! Kriya recorded their album in Finland, the songs are mostly translated from the original Sanskrit to Finnish, & the music generally sounds to me like a mix of Indian, Irish & Finnish. There are English translations printed of the lyrics, but this is another of those graphic failures where the background art or photography obscures the type & it is often unreadable. There do seem to be some connections between East Indian Sanskirt & Finnish, though I don’t know the details. Several of the songs have traditional Indian lyrics. Continue reading “Kriya – Kriya (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Mongo Santamaria – Live At Jazz Alley (1990) [2003, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mongo Santamaria - Live At Jazz Alley (1990) [2003, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mongo Santamaria – Live At Jazz Alley (1990) [2003, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 486 MB (CD-Layer) + 4.09 GB (SACD ISO) + 3.32 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 1.32 GB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Concord Picante | US | Cat#: SACD-1016-6 | Genre: Afro-Cuban Jazz

This is as close to Latin purist Mongo as we have heard in recent years, an eight-piece salsa band — including several members of the 1997 Tito Puente ensemble, like trumpeter Ray Vega, altoist Bobby Porcelli and tenorman Mitch Frohman — playing a brace of Mongo classics and Latin jazz pieces live before a hushed crowd in Seattle’s Jazz Alley. Continue reading “Mongo Santamaria – Live At Jazz Alley (1990) [2003, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Monty Alexander – Monty Meets Sly And Robbie (2000) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monty Alexander - Monty Meets Sly And Robbie (2000) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monty Alexander – Monty Meets Sly And Robbie (2000) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 337 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.34 GB (SACD ISO) + 2.54 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 0.97 GB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Telarc | Germany | Cat#: SACD-63494 | Genre: Jazz, Reggae

Jazz purists may turn up the nose at this jazz-reggae summit meeting, but that’s their loss. It’s not that they wouldn’t have the right to be suspicious — experiments in jazz-reggae fusion do not have a distinguished history. But the combination of Jamaican-born jazz pianist Monty Alexander and reggae godfathers Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare works beautifully here for a number of reasons: first of all, Alexander is a gifted melodist with an unerring sense of groove (not always a given with jazz players), and second of all, Sly and Robbie emancipated themselves long ago from reggae’s rhythmic strictures, so there’s lots of variety on this album. Continue reading “Monty Alexander – Monty Meets Sly And Robbie (2000) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Biber / Bizzarrie Armoniche / Riccardo Minasi – Rosenkranz Sonaten (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Biber / Bizzarrie Armoniche / Riccardo Minasi - Rosenkranz Sonaten (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Biber / Bizzarrie Armoniche / Riccardo Minasi – Rosenkranz Sonaten (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
2x SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Front & Back Covers Only
Total Size: 7.23 GB (ISO) + 6.02 GB (FLAC Mch) + 2.20 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Arts Music | EU | Cat#: 47735-8 | Genre: Classical

Here is something unusual among the growing number of recordings of Heinrich von Biber’s Rosary Sonatas; in Arts two-disc SACD set featuring violinist Riccardo Minasi and Bizzarrie Armoniche, Biber’s set of 15 Sonatas realized with a full, Italian style continuo and Italian violin ornamentation. The accepted standard, for decades, was continuo realization with organ alone, and eventually the notion of a cello or theorbo joining the band gained acceptance. Continue reading “Biber / Bizzarrie Armoniche / Riccardo Minasi – Rosenkranz Sonaten (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Great Film Fantasies (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Great Film Fantasies (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Great Film Fantasies (2006) {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: 3.85 GB (ISO) + 1.04 GB (FLAC Stereo) + 2.92 GB (FLAC Mch) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Telarc Surround | US | Cat#: SACD-60664 | Genre: Score, Soundtrack
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Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Mega Movies (2000) [2006, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra - Mega Movies (2000) [2006, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra – Mega Movies (2000) [2006, 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: 4.42 GB (ISO) + 3.32 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.26 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Telar | US | Cat#: SACD-60535 | Genre: Stage & Screen
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Various Artists – Telarc SACD Sampler (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Telarc SACD Sampler (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Telarc SACD Sampler (1999) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.92 GB (ISO) + 1.24 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Telarc | US | Cat#: SACDP-99-1 | Genre: Jazz, Blues, Classical
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Jon Lord – Beyond The Notes (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jon Lord - Beyond The Notes (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jon Lord – Beyond The Notes (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 423 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.48 GB (SACD ISO) + 2.92 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 1.25 GB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Capitol / EMI | EU | Cat#: 7243 8 74181 2 7 | Genre: Progressive Rock

Organist Jon Lord supposedly left Deep Purple to retire and take it easy, after he’d spent much of his life recording and touring the world with Purple and other artists. But upon his exit from the band, Lord played gigs and issued albums on his own, such as 2004’s Beyond the Notes. Continue reading “Jon Lord – Beyond The Notes (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Johnny Cash ‎– At Folsom Prison (1968) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Johnny Cash ‎– At Folsom Prison (1968) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Johnny Cash ‎– At Folsom Prison (1968) [1999, 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: 3.37 GB (ISO) + 2.75 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.04 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | EU | Cat#: 495244 6 | Genre: Country Rock

Folsom Prison looms large in Johnny Cash’s legacy, providing the setting for perhaps his definitive song and the location for his definitive album, At Folsom Prison. The ideal blend of mythmaking and gritty reality, At Folsom Prison is the moment when Cash turned into the towering Man in Black, a haunted troubadour singing songs of crime, conflicted conscience, and jail. Continue reading “Johnny Cash ‎– At Folsom Prison (1968) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Eric Bibb – Blues, Ballads & Work Songs (2011) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eric Bibb - Blues, Ballads & Work Songs (2011) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eric Bibb – Blues, Ballads & Work Songs (2011) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
XLD Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 541 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.28 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.16 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Opus 3 Records | EU | Cat#: CD 22111 | Genre: Blues

We are both privileged and delighted to release Eric’s new album “Blues, Ballads & Work Songs”, a further enhancement to Opus 3’s association with Eric which goes back to 1977 when he was in effect ‘discovered’ with the success of his debut album “Rainbow People”. Other Opus 3 albums over the years have included the 1994 release “Spirit & The Blues”, which proved to be his breakthrough album that had great success world-wide, and more recently the album “Just Like Love”. On this New Eric Bibb album the basic concept is to cover the complete range of traditional folk/blues songs which were an inherent part of his childhood up to the present time with his own inimitable compositions. Contains 14 songs including such traditional songs as “John Henry”, “Goin’ Down Slow” and “Sittin on Top of the World”. Continue reading “Eric Bibb – Blues, Ballads & Work Songs (2011) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (1960) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (1960) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (1960)
[2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.82 GB (ISO) + 851 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Riverside Records | US | Cat#: RISA-1169-6 | Genre: Hard Bop

The incredible Wes Montgomery of 1960 was more discernible and distinctive than the guitarist who would emerge a few years later as a pop stylist and precursor to George Benson in the ’70s. On this landmark recording, Montgomery veered away from his home Indianapolis-based organ combo with Melvin Rhyne, the California-based Montgomery Brothers band, and other studio sidemen he had been placed with briefly. Off to New York City and a date with Tommy Flanagan’s trio, Montgomery seems in his post- to hard bop element, swinging fluently with purpose, drive, and vigor not heard in an electric guitarist since bop progenitor Charlie Christian. Continue reading “Wes Montgomery – The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery (1960) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Wes Montgomery Trio – The Wes Montgomery Trio (1959) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Wes Montgomery Trio - The Wes Montgomery Trio (1959) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Wes Montgomery Trio – The Wes Montgomery Trio (1959) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.01 GB (ISO) + 946 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Riverside Records | US | Cat#: RISA-1156-6 | Genre: Hard Bop

While even label executive Orrin Keepnews admits that The Wes Montgomery Trio may have fallen short of representing Montgomery’s talent, he still felt that this debut captured a large portion of it. Recorded on October 5 and 6 in 1959, guitarist Montgomery is joined by organist Melvin Rhyne and drummer Paul Parker. Montgomery’s style, block chords and octaves, is already firmly in place, and he delivers lovely solos on “‘Round Midnight,” “Whisper Not,” and “Satin Doll.” Continue reading “The Wes Montgomery Trio – The Wes Montgomery Trio (1959) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Epica – The Score (An Epic Journey) (2005) [Special Edition, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Epica - The Score (An Epic Journey) (2005) [Special Edition, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Epica – The Score (An Epic Journey) (2005) [Special Edition, 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: 3.58 GB (ISO) + 1.11 GB (FLAC Stereo) + 2.84 GB (FLAC Mch) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Transmission Records | Netherlands | Cat#: TMSAD-058 | Genre: Neo-Classical, Score

The Score – An Epic Journey is a soundtrack album by the Dutch symphonic metal formation Epica, released in 2005. It is the film soundtrack to Joyride, a Dutch production. Continue reading “Epica – The Score (An Epic Journey) (2005) [Special Edition, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Telarc Classical SACD Sampler 2 (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists - Telarc Classical SACD Sampler 2 (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists – Telarc Classical SACD Sampler 2 (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | No Scans Included
Total Size: 4.08 GB (ISO) + 3.12 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.11 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Telarc | US | Cat#: SACD-60007 | Genre: Classical

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Various Artists – The Super Audio Surround Collection Volume 2 (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists - The Super Audio Surround Collection Volume 2 (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists – The Super Audio Surround Collection Volume 2 (2006) {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: 3.71 GB (ISO) + 3.02 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.16 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Linn Records | EU | Cat#: AKP 284 | Genre: Jazz, Classical

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