Sam Cooke – Ain’t That Good News (1964) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sam Cooke – Ain’t That Good News (1964) [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: 1.35 GB (ISO) + 625 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABKCO | EU | Cat#: 0602498077078 | Genre: Soul

The last of his studio albums released in his lifetime, Sam Cooke’s Ain’t That Good News offers a lot of superb material, pointing in several directions that, alas, were to go largely unexplored. The central number is, of course, the earth-shattering “A Change Is Gonna Come,” with its soaring gospel sound and the most elaborate production of any song in Cooke’s output. Continue reading “Sam Cooke – Ain’t That Good News (1964) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Otis Redding – Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Otis Redding - Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Otis Redding – Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.35 GB (ISO) + 631 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 095 SA | Genre: R&B, Soul

Otis Redding’s third album, and his first fully realized album, presents his talent unfettered, his direction clear, and his confidence emboldened, with fully half the songs representing a reach that extended his musical grasp. More than a quarter of this album is given over to Redding’s versions of songs by Sam Cooke, his idol, who had died the previous December, and all three are worth owning and hearing. Continue reading “Otis Redding – Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Aznavour – Qui? (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour - Qui? (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour – Qui? (1963) [2004, 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: 3.39 GB (ISO) + 2.64 GB (FLAC Mch) + 907 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 571114 2| Genre: Chanson

Qui ? (Who?) is the tenth French studio album by the French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, released in 1963. Continue reading “Charles Aznavour – Qui? (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Aznavour – Plus Bleu … (1997) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour - Plus Bleu ... (1997) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour – Plus Bleu … (1997) [2004, 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: 3.86 GB (ISO) + 2.95 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.05 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 571115 2 | Genre: Chanson
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Charles Aznavour – La Mamma (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour - La Mamma (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour – La Mamma (1963) [2004, 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: 3.38 GB (ISO) + 2.70 GB (FLAC Mch) + 963 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 571116 2 | Genre: Chanson

La mamma is the eleventh French studio album by the French singer Charles Aznavour, released in 1963. It achieved TOP1 in France for several weeks, Spain (also TOP1), it was a TOP10 hit in Belgium, Holland, and other countries. It became a bestseller, and sold over a million copies only in France. The English version of ‘La Mama’ entitled ‘For Mama’, was written in 1964, with words by Don Black and became a hit in Philippines. In the US Ray Charles performed it. Continue reading “Charles Aznavour – La Mamma (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Diana Ross – All The Great Hits (1981) [2018, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Diana Ross - All The Great Hits (1981) [2018, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Diana Ross – All The Great Hits (1981) [2018, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.70 GB (ISO) + 1.30 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Motown | Japan | Cat#: 5384122 | Genre: R&B, Adult Contemporary

Diana Ross is certainly a diva of goddess-like proportions. Whether joined by the Supremes, or out on her own, her voice is unmistakable and powerful, plus she possesses the uncanny ability to take songs penned by others and make them very much her own — to imbibe them with her very soul. Continue reading “Diana Ross – All The Great Hits (1981) [2018, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Aznavour – Idiote Je T’Aime… (1972) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour - Idiote Je T'Aime... (1972) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour – Idiote Je T’Aime… (1972) [2004, 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: 4.32 GB (ISO) + 3.75 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.35 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 571135 2 | Genre: Chanson

Throughout his long, prolific career, Charles Aznavour has worked in a variety of musical styles, from traditional French chanson to small-combo jazz to easy listening pop to a few rather odd side trips into the distinctively Gallic form of ’60s beat music known as ye-ye. Yet 1995’s IDIOTE JE T’AIME–yes, that translates to “I love you, Idiot”–showcases Aznavour in the style for which his perhaps best known and most beloved by his fans, backed by a full yet never overbearing orchestra (think Petula Clark, not Nelson Riddle-era Frank Sinatra.) Continue reading “Charles Aznavour – Idiote Je T’Aime… (1972) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Aznavour – Entre Deux Rêves (1967) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour - Entre Deux Rêves (1967) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour – Entre Deux Rêves (1967) [2004, 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: 3.68 GB (ISO) + 2.93 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.08 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 5711172 | Genre: Chanson
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Charles Aznavour – De T’avoir Aimée… (1966) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour - De T'avoir Aimée... (1966) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour – De T’avoir Aimée… (1966) [2004, 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: 3.32 GB (ISO) + 2.63 GB (FLAC Mch) + 977 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 571 119 2 | Genre: Chanson
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Elton John – Peachtree Road (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Elton John - Peachtree Road (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Elton John – Peachtree Road (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: 3.18 GB (ISO) + 2.17 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.03 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mercury | EU | Cat#: 9867612 | Genre: Pop Rock

Peachtree Road is the twenty-seventh studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John, released in 2004. It was named after Peachtree Road, the northern part of Peachtree Street in Atlanta, where one of John’s four homes is located. This is the only album during his long career on which John has sole credit as producer. On previous projects, he was listed as a co-producer, joined by Clive Franks or Greg Penny; Franks on A Single Man, 21 at 33 and parts of The Fox; Penny on Duets and Made in England. it was recorded in January 2004. Continue reading “Elton John – Peachtree Road (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Steely Dan – Aja (1977) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Steely Dan - Aja (1977) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Steely Dan – Aja (1977) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.60 GB (ISO) + 760 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9026 | Genre: Jazz Rock

Steely Dan hadn’t been a real working band since Pretzel Logic, but with Aja, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen’s obsession with sonic detail and fascination with composition reached new heights. A coolly textured and immaculately produced collection of sophisticated jazz-rock, Aja has none of the overt cynicism or self-consciously challenging music that distinguished previous Steely Dan records. Continue reading “Steely Dan – Aja (1977) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Buddy Guy – DJ Play My Blues (1982) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Buddy Guy - DJ Play My Blues (1982) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Buddy Guy – DJ Play My Blues (1982) [2004, 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: 4.07 GB (ISO) + 3.69 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.29 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: JSP Records | UK | Cat#: JSP5104 | Genre: Blues

Buddy Guy’s music has changed a great deal since this album was recorded in Chicago in 1981. It is possible that Guy has never sounded better than this, tearing into some deep indigo blues, letting his guitar wail loud on every cut, and playing with inspiration, especially on the title cut and “Dedication to the Late T-Bone Walker,” a track that seems to spring from some place deep within himself. Nor was he the only one on fire at the sessions. Continue reading “Buddy Guy – DJ Play My Blues (1982) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra – What’s New (1983) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Linda

Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra – What’s New (1983)
[2011, Japanese Reissue, 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: 2.41 GB (ISO) + 1.95 GB (FLAC Mch) + 726 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Music | Japan | Cat#: WPCR-14169 | Genre: Easy Listening

What’s New is an album of traditional pop standards released by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt in 1983. It represents the first in a trilogy of 1980s albums Ronstadt recorded with bandleader/arranger Nelson Riddle. John Kosh designed the album covers for all three albums. Continue reading “Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra – What’s New (1983) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Richard Thompson – Rumor And Sigh (1991) [2018, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Richard Thompson - Rumor And Sigh (1991) [2018, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Richard Thompson – Rumor And Sigh (1991) [2018, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.48 GB (ISO) + 1.12 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2194 | Genre: Folk Rock, Alternative Rock

While Richard Thompson’s devotees will tell you the man is a triple-threat genius — passionate vocalist, compelling songwriter, and sterling guitarist — even his most loyal supporters will concede that the dour nature of his songs and the no-frills production of many of his albums make the bulk of his catalog tough sledding for the uninitiated. Given this, 1991’s Rumor and Sigh is arguably the best album for those wanting to sample Thompson’s work for the first time. Continue reading “Richard Thompson – Rumor And Sigh (1991) [2018, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Gene Clark – The Lost Studio Sessions 1964-1982 (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gene Clark - The Lost Studio Sessions 1964-1982 (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gene Clark – The Lost Studio Sessions 1964-1982 (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.10 GB (ISO) + 1.28 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sierra Records | USA | Cat#: SACD 7001 | Genre: Folk Rock, Country Rock

24 tracks-Two CDs worth of music. Playable on both standard CD and SACD players, 36 page booklet. At long last, these 24 thought-to-be-lost recordings by the late, great Gene Clark is now in release on Sierra Hybrid SACD and Sierra High Fidelity on 2 LP audiophile vinyl set. These incredible recordings, which have never been released commercially, are from the original analog master studio recording sessions held in Los Angeles between 1964 and 1982. Gene Clark was one of the most influential musical pioneers of the rock era. A pivotal figure at the births of rock music’s golden trifecta of hyphenated subgenres (folk, psychedelic and country) in the1960s, he earned his rightful place in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame as a founding member and principal songwriter of The Byrds. Continue reading “Gene Clark – The Lost Studio Sessions 1964-1982 (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”