Hurriganes – Roadrunner (1974) [2007, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Hurriganes - Roadrunner (1974) [2007, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Hurriganes – Roadrunner (1974) [2007, 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: 1.70 GB (ISO) + 647 MB (FLAC Stereo) + 1.67 GB (FLAC Mch) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Love Records | Finland | Cat#: LRSACD 117 | Genre: Rock & Roll

Roadrunner is an album released by the Finnish rock band Hurriganes in 1974. It is considered one of the most influential albums in Finnish rock music history. It was the best selling Finnish album in years 1974-1985 and has sold over 170 000 copies in Finland. The album was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden at Marcus Music studios. The album cover features the band members sitting on a backseat of a Cadillac in Ruskeasuo, Helsinki. The cover has been chosen many times as the best album cover in Finland. Continue reading “Hurriganes – Roadrunner (1974) [2007, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Technodelic (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodelic (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Yellow Magic Orchestra – Technodelic (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.75 GB (ISO) + 857 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: GT Music | Japan | Cat#: MHCL 10113 | Genre: Synth-pop

Widening their vision of synth-pop to include the darker strains of urban/R&B as well as a few vocals indebted to Roxy Music, 1981’s Technodelic proved a high-quality album that showed Yellow Magic Orchestra had the talent and inspiration to grow beyond Kraftwerk-derived electronic pop heavy on the novelty but a bit light on bending genres. Continue reading “Yellow Magic Orchestra – Technodelic (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Yellow Magic Orchestra – BGM (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Yellow Magic Orchestra - BGM (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Yellow Magic Orchestra – BGM (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.90 GB (ISO) + 919 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: GT Music | Japan | Cat#: MHCL 10112 | Genre: Synth-Pop

BGM stands for “background music,” and one could be mistaken for thinking that this is an album of ambient-sounding tracks. Instead, it’s a continuation of YMO’s techno aesthetic, focusing more on Takahashi’s distorted vocals and similarly liquid synth sounds, which give much of the album a melancholic air. Continue reading “Yellow Magic Orchestra – BGM (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Tomita – Firebird (1975) [2019, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tomita - Firebird (1975) [2019, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tomita – Firebird (1975) [2019, Remastered, CD-Layer + 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: 2.03 GB (ISO) + 1.71 GB (FLAC Mch) + 834 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | Austria | Cat#: CDSML 8558 | Genre: Classical

Equipped with a warehouse of component Moog equipment, four phase shifters, a Roland space echo unit, a sitar (!), and other period electronic gear, Tomita re-enters the Russian classical repertoire with his take on Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite (1919 version). As unique as Tomita’s idiom was (and still is), this transcription is rather conservative for him, not as startling nor as playful as those of Debussy and Mussorgsky on his first two RCA albums. Continue reading “Tomita – Firebird (1975) [2019, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Karla Bonoff – Restless Nights (1979) [2018, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Karla Bonoff - Restless Nights (1979) [2018, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Karla Bonoff – Restless Nights (1979) [2018, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.55 GB (ISO) + 737 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Stereo Sound Publishing, Inc | Japan | Cat#: SSVS004 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

Karla Bonoff seems to have had some trouble coming up with material for her second album, which may explain why it took two years (a long time in the ’70s) and contained covers of “When You Walk in the Room” and “The Water Is Wide,” and also why the originals weren’t as uniformly excellent as those on her first album. True, leadoff track “Trouble Again” was a gem (as Linda Ronstadt proved when she recorded it on her Cry Like a Rainstorm — Howl Like the Wind album in 1989), but some of the other material was only pedestrian. Continue reading “Karla Bonoff – Restless Nights (1979) [2018, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Tony Bennett – The Ultimate Tony Bennett (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tony Bennett - The Ultimate Tony Bennett (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tony Bennett – The Ultimate Tony Bennett (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.48 GB (ISO) + 1.16 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia / Legacy | USA | Cat#: CS 63570 | Genre: Easy Listening

The first-ever single-disc collection to span Tony’s entire five-decade career, now presented with special, 80th birthday packaging! And Tony chose the 20 tracks himself, as well as contributed rare photos and commentary in the notes. Includes Because of You; Rags to Riches; I Left My Heart in San Francisco; Stranger in Paradise; Blue Velvet; Smile; I Wanna Be Around; The Good Life; When Joanna Loved Me; If I Ruled the World , and more, winding up appropriately with The Best Is Yet to Come . A true legend. Continue reading “Tony Bennett – The Ultimate Tony Bennett (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Golden Earring – Naked III: Live at the Panama (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Golden Earring - Naked III: Live at the Panama (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Golden Earring – Naked III: Live at the Panama (2005) [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: 4.16 GB (ISO) + 3.95 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.48 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Benelux | Cat#: 987 021-9 | Genre: Classic Rock
Continue reading “Golden Earring – Naked III: Live at the Panama (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Pure Prairie League – Two Lane Highway & If The Shoe Fits (2017) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Pure Prairie League - Two Lane Highway & If The Shoe Fits (2017) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Pure Prairie League – Two Lane Highway & If The Shoe Fits (2017) [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: 3.02 GB (ISO) + 2.58 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.29 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | UK | Cat#: CDSML 8527 | Genre: Country Rock, Southern Rock
Continue reading “Pure Prairie League – Two Lane Highway & If The Shoe Fits (2017) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Scorpions & Berliner Philharmoniker – Moment Of Glory (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Scorpions & Berliner Philharmoniker - Moment Of Glory (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Scorpions & Berliner Philharmoniker – Moment Of Glory (2000) [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: 4.5 GB (ISO) + 4.05 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.49 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI | EU | Cat#: 7243 5 57274 2 8 | Genre: Symphonic Rock

On the heels of Metallica’s similarly conceived S&M comes the Scorpions’ Moment of Glory, a presentation of past favorites (plus three new songs) with full orchestral backing courtesy of the Berlin Philharmonic. The rock instrumentation blends in best on the ballads, but some of the up-tempo rockers can also be pretty exciting, if a little bombastic. Continue reading “Scorpions & Berliner Philharmoniker – Moment Of Glory (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Animals – Retrospective (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Animals - Retrospective (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Animals – Retrospective (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz
Total Size: 377 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.12 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.13 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABKCO | USA | Cat#: 93252 | Genre: Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Initially, the Animals’ Retrospective looks like just another greatest-hits compilation recycling the same old tracks already easily available elsewhere. Yawn! Yet, on closer inspection, there’s a big difference with this particular set. These 22 tracks are taken from the ABKCO masters and utilize Direct Stream Digital (DSD), containing both CD and Super Audio CD layers. ABKCO initially previewed this technology with much fanfare on the Rolling Stones’ reissues of 2003. Continue reading “The Animals – Retrospective (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Vanessa Fernandez – I Want You (2019) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Vanessa Fernandez - I Want You (2019) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Vanessa Fernandez – I Want You (2019) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Scans Included
Total Size: 2.43 GB (ISO) + 1.16 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Groove Note | EU | Cat#: GRV1200-3 | Genre: Pop Rock

Vanessa Fernandez returns with another outstanding set of classic R&B tunes from the 70s plus some newer more recent material. Together with her top notch band including Tim Pierce on guitars, Alex Al on bass, and Luis Conte on percussion. Recorded all analogue at United Recordings, the program includes Right On For The Darkness (Curtis Mayfield), I Want You (Marvin Gaye), Human (Rag n Bone Man), Creep (Radiohead), Back to Black (Amy Winehouse) and several others. A sonic and musical feast!! Continue reading “Vanessa Fernandez – I Want You (2019) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Steely Dan ‎- Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [2014, Japan SHM-SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Steely Dan ‎- Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [2014, Japan SHM-SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Steely Dan ‎- Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [2014, Japan SHM-SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.69 GB (ISO) + 856 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9566 | Genre: Jazz Rock, Pop Rock

Countdown to Ecstasy is the second studio album by the American rock band Steely Dan, released in July 1973 by ABC Records. It was recorded at Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado and at The Village Recorder in West Los Angeles, California. After the departure of vocalist David Palmer, the group recorded the album with Donald Fagen singing lead on all the songs. Continue reading “Steely Dan ‎- Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [2014, Japan SHM-SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Richard Wagner / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski – Das Rheingold (2013) {CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Richard Wagner / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski - Das Rheingold (2013) {CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Richard Wagner / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski – Das Rheingold (2013)
{CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

EAC Rip | 2x Disc | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | 2x Disc | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.48 GB (CD-Layer) + 7.37 GB (SACD ISO) + 6.26 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 3.12 GB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Pentatone Classic | Germany | Cat#: PTC 5186 406 | Genre: Classical

Among the events around the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s birth, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, in 2010, embarked on a project to record Wagner’s ten most important operatic works under the baton of Marek Janowski. Continue reading “Richard Wagner / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Marek Janowski – Das Rheingold (2013) {CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

The Moody Blues – Long Distance Voyager (1981) [2014, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager (1981) [2014, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Moody Blues – Long Distance Voyager (1981)
[2014, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.89 GB (ISO) + 931 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9549 | Genre: Progressive Rock

Long Distance Voyager is the tenth album by The Moody Blues, first released in May 1981 on the group’s Threshold record label. It was the group’s first album featuring keyboardist Patrick Moraz (who previously had worked with bands such as Refugee and Yes) in place of co-founder Mike Pinder, who left after Octave in 1978. Continue reading “The Moody Blues – Long Distance Voyager (1981) [2014, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – MoFi Collection 2 (2013) [MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - MoFi Collection 2 (2013) [MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – MoFi Collection 2 (2013) [MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.52 GB (ISO) + 744 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: SACD-52 | Genre: Rock

Here’s the demonstration disc for which you’ve been waiting. The successor to the imprint’s first collection ever made available for purchase by the public, Collection Volume 2 showcases nine sterling tracks stemming from iconic classic rock, soul, new wave, and country-folk artists. Ideal for audiophiles as well as newcomers curious about our history, the compendium also functions as a diverse sampler and system test disc. Like all of our releases, it is an extremely collectable, numbered edition title. Continue reading “Various Artists – MoFi Collection 2 (2013) [MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”