Rickie Lee Jones – Pirates (1981) [2009, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates (1981) [2009, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Rickie Lee Jones – Pirates (1981) [2009, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 200 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.56 GB (SACD ISO) + 689 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2040 | Genre: Pop Rock

Pirates is the second album by Chicago-born singer, songwriter, and musician Rickie Lee Jones, released in July 1981, two years after her eponymous debut Rickie Lee Jones. The album is partially an account of her break-up with fellow musician Tom Waits after the success of her debut album. The cover is a 1976-copyrighted photo by Brassaï. Continue reading “Rickie Lee Jones – Pirates (1981) [2009, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds – The Black Motion Picture Experience & Music for Soulful Lovers (1973) [2017, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds - The Black Motion Picture Experience & Music for Soulful Lovers (1973) [2017, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds – The Black Motion Picture Experience & Music for Soulful Lovers (1973)
[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: 3.24 GB (ISO) + 1.41 GB (FLAC Stereo) + 2.62 GB (Multichannel) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | UK | Cat#: CDSML 8531 | Genre: Soundtrack
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The Doobie Brothers – 6 Japanese SACD Albums (1971-1980) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Doobie Brothers - 6 Japanese SACD Albums (1971-1980) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Doobie Brothers – 6 Japanese SACD Albums (1971-1980) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
6x SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | 5x Stereo SACD & 1x Multichannel SACD
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 8.74 GB (SACD ISO) + 5.98 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Music | Japan | Genre: Pop Rock, Country Rock

The Doobie Brothers (1971) / The Captain and Me (1973)
Livin’ on the Fault Line (1977) / Minute by Minute (1978) / One Step Closer (1980) / Farewell Tour (1983)

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Ray Charles – Ray Charles At The Olympia (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles - Ray Charles At The Olympia (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles – Ray Charles At The Olympia (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Multichannel Only
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.73 GB (ISO) + 3.82 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: XIII BIS Records | EU | Cat#: 640546 2 | Genre: R&B, Soul

Exclusive live release recorded on the late legend’s 70th birthday in 2000, his first appearance at the Olympia in 40 years, performing on this mythical stage with his trio. 13 tracks in all including ‘Just the Way You Look Tonight’, ‘Route 66’, ‘Song for You’, ‘Hallelujah I Love Her So’, ‘Georgia on My Mind’, ‘I’ve Got a Woman’, ‘Almost Like Being in Love Again’, ‘It Had to Be You’ and more. XIII Bis. 2004. Continue reading “Ray Charles – Ray Charles At The Olympia (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.49 GB (ISO) + 739 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 2 SA | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Genius + Soul = Jazz is a 1961 album by Ray Charles featuring big band arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns. Charles is accompanied by two groups drawn from members of The Count Basie Band and from the ranks of top New York session players. It was recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in two sessions on December 26 and 27, 1960 and originally released on the Impulse! label as Impulse! A–2. Continue reading “Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Greatest Rock Ballads (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Greatest Rock Ballads (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Greatest Rock Ballads (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.17 GB (ISO) + 1.41 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony Music | EU | Cat#: 88875052412 | Genre: Rock
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Journey – Arrival (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Journey - Arrival (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Journey – Arrival (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.10 GB (ISO) + 1.66 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: CS 69864 | Genre: Hard Rock

Journey was formed originally as a vehicle for Neal Schon’s guitar pyrotechnics, but after five years the band sought out a lead singer to give them mainstream pop appeal, and Steve Perry did that, helping them to a string of seven consecutive multi-platinum albums before the band broke up in 1987. A 1996 reunion put them back in the winners’ circle with Trial by Fire, but Perry then bowed out for health reasons, putting Journey in the sticky position of recruiting a new lead singer. (Drummer Steve Smith has also been replaced by Deen Castronovo formerly of Bad English.) Continue reading “Journey – Arrival (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ray Charles – Genius Loves Company (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles – Genius Loves Company (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: 3.38 GB (ISO) + 2.59 GB (FLAC Mch) + 991 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI | EU | Cat#: 7243 8 63555 2 2 | Genre: Easy Listening

Genius Loves Company is the last studio album Ray Charles completed before his death in June 2004. Prior to this, the last studio album he released was Strong Love Affair in 1996, which was a stab at modern pop, filled with new songs and given an adult contemporary sheen. It was not one of his most distinctive efforts, even when judged against his latter-day albums, and it disappeared not long after its release. Charles left Warner and, years later, signed with Concord, who released Genius Loves Company, which had a decidedly different approach than the all-modern Strong Love Affair. Continue reading “Ray Charles – Genius Loves Company (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Marillion – Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Marillion - Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Marillion – Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [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: 4.41 GB (ISO) + 3.50 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.28 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Ear Music | Germany | Cat#: 0211357EMU | Genre: Progressive Rock

Delivering a political album is always risky, with the possibility that it will get locked in its historical era usually a direct consequence. On their 18th album, prog rockers Marillion don’t seem to care, and they have nothing to lose and no one to account to but themselves. FEAR is an acronym for “Fuck Everybody and Run.” Two of its three lengthy, multi-part suites (“El Dorado” and “The New Kings”) are overtly political statements that look at England and the calamitous state of the world not only observationally but experientially. Continue reading “Marillion – Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ray Charles And Betty Carter – Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles And Betty Carter - Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles And Betty Carter – Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961) [2012, 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: 2.72 GB (ISO) + 1.21 GB (FLAC Mch) + 802 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 385SA | Genre: Swing, Big band

This pairing of two totally idiosyncratic vocalists acquired legendary status over the decades in which it had been out of print. But the proof is in the listening, and frankly it doesn’t represent either artist’s best work. There is certainly a powerful, often sexy rapport between the two — Charles in his sweet balladeering mode, Carter with her uniquely keening, drifting high register — and they definitely create sparks in the justly famous rendition of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Continue reading “Ray Charles And Betty Carter – Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) [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: 2.50 GB (ISO) + 2.02 GB (FLAC Mch) + 757 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Music | Japan | Cat#: WPCR-14170 | Genre: Pop Rock, Fusion

A portrait of the artist as a young man, The Nightfly is a wonderfully evocative reminiscence of Kennedy-era American life; in the liner notes, Donald Fagen describes the songs as representative of the kinds of fantasies he entertained as an adolescent during the late ’50s/early ’60s, and he conveys the tenor of the times with some of his most personal and least obtuse material to date. Continue reading “Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Toto – Hydra (1979) [2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Toto - Hydra (1979) [2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Toto – Hydra (1979) [2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.66 GB (ISO) + 856 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | USA | Cat#: CS 36229 | Genre: Pop Rock

If Toto’s musical advantage was that, since its members continued to play on many of the successful records made in L.A., its own music was popular almost by definition, its disadvantage was that it made little attempt to seek an individual musical signature — a particular style, say, or a distinctive singer (Bobby Kimball was not it) who could make its records immediately identifiable. Continue reading “Toto – Hydra (1979) [2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping (1974) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping (1974) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.50 GB (ISO) + 703 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 413 SA | Genre: Blues Rock

Second Helping is a 1974 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was the band’s second album, and featured its biggest hit single, “Sweet Home Alabama”, an answer song to Neil Young’s “Alabama” and “Southern Man”. Continue reading “Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping (1974) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

John Mayall With Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers (1966) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Mayall With Eric Clapton - Blues Breakers (1966) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Mayall With Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers (1966) [2010, 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: 1.52 GB (ISO) + 774 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9043 | Genre: Blues Rock
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Blind Faith – Blind Faith (1969) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blind Faith – Blind Faith (1969) [2010, 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: 1.70 GB (ISO) + 817 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9031 | Genre: Blues Rock
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