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Nat King Cole – After Midnight (1956) [2010, Remastered, Mono, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat King Cole - After Midnight (1956) [2010, Remastered, Mono, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Once Nat King Cole gave up playing piano on a regular basis and instead focused on a series of easy listening vocal albums, jazz fans longed for him to return to his first love. These 1956 studio sessions made up Cole’s last jazz-oriented disc, where he played piano and sang on every number, joined by several guest soloists. Continue reading “Nat King Cole – After Midnight (1956) [2010, Remastered, Mono, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Massimo Farao’ Double Piano Quartet – The Masquerade Is Over (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Massimo Farao' Double Piano Quartet - The Masquerade Is Over (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Massimo Farao’ Double Piano Quartet – The Masquerade Is Over (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Basic Scans Included
Total Size: 2.27 GB (ISO) + 1.08 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Venus Records | Japan | Cat#: VHGD-236 | Genre: Jazz
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Illinois Jacquet – Swing’s The Thing (1957) [2012, Remastered, Mono, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Illinois Jacquet - Swing's The Thing (1957) [2012, Remastered, Mono, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Swing’s the Thing is an album by American jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet recorded in late 1956 and originally released on the Clef label. Continue reading “Illinois Jacquet – Swing’s The Thing (1957) [2012, Remastered, Mono, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Harold Mabern Trio – Fantasy (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Harold Mabern Trio - Fantasy (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Harold Mabern Trio – Fantasy (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Basic Scans Included
Total Size: 2.43 GB (ISO) + 1.19 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Venus Records | Japan | Cat#: VHGD-243 | Genre: Jazz
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Freddie Hubbard – Hub Cap (1961) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Freddie Hubbard - Hub Cap (1961) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Hub Cap is the third album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and was released on the Blue Note label in 1961 as BLP 4073 and BST 84073. It features performances by Hubbard, Julian Priester, Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton, Larry Ridley and Philly Joe Jones. Continue reading “Freddie Hubbard – Hub Cap (1961) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Joyce Yuill – Lady Be Good (2017) [Japan, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joyce Yuill - Lady Be Good (2017) [Japan, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joyce Yuill – Lady Be Good (2017) [Japan, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Basic Scans Included
Total Size: 1.83 GB (ISO) + 909 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Venus Records | Japan | Cat#: VHGD-241 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
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Chicago – Discography (1969-2015)

Chicago - Discography (1969-2015)

According to Billboard chart statistics, Chicago is second only to the Beach Boys as the most successful American rock band of all time, in terms of both albums and singles. Judged by album sales alone, as certified by the R.I.A.A., the band does not rank quite so high, but it is still among the Top Ten best-selling U.S. groups ever. If such statements of fact surprise, that’s because Chicago has been singularly underrated since the beginning of its long career, both because of its musical ambitions — to the musicians, rock is only one of several styles of music to be used and blended, along with classical, jazz, R&B, and pop — and because of its refusal to emphasize celebrity over the music. Continue reading “Chicago – Discography (1969-2015)”

Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue (1958) {2015, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue (1958) {2015, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue (1958) {2015, 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 | Basic Scans Included
Total Size: 236 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.83 GB (SACD ISO) + 857 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPJ 083 SA | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Little Girl Blue is the debut album by jazz singer, pianist and songwriter Nina Simone, released by Bethlehem Records. Simone was in her mid-20s at the time, and still aspiring to be a classical concert pianist. She immediately sold the rights for the songs on this album to Bethlehem for $3,000 (US$25,446 in 2017 dollars), with the deal eventually costing her royalty profits of more than a million dollars. Simone was dissatisfied by the lack of effort the record company took in promoting her, and after this album she formed a long business relationship with Colpix Records. Continue reading “Nina Simone – Little Girl Blue (1958) {2015, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Jerry Weldon & Massimo Farao’ – What’s New (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jerry Weldon & Massimo Farao' - What's New (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jerry Weldon & Massimo Farao’ – What’s New (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Basic Scans Included
Total Size: 2.04 GB (ISO) + 884 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Venus Records | Japan | Cat#: VHGD-242 | Genre: Jazz
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Nat King Cole – St. Louis Blues (1958) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat King Cole - St. Louis Blues (1958) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

St. Louis Blues is a 1958 album by Nat King Cole, arranged by Nelson Riddle. St. Louis Blues was the soundtrack to the film of the same name that starred Cole. The Billboard album chart placed the disc at a peak position of #18. Continue reading “Nat King Cole – St. Louis Blues (1958) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Denise King – La Vie En Rose (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Denise King - La Vie En Rose (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Denise King – La Vie En Rose (2017) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Basic Scans Included
Total Size: 2.26 GB (ISO) + 1.05 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Venus Records | Japan | Cat#: VHGD-239 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
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Nat King Cole – The Very Thought Of You (1958) [2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat King Cole - The Very Thought Of You (1958) [2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat King Cole possessed one of the most accessible and appealing voices of any singer in the 1950s. This ballad-oriented set puts the emphasis completely on his voice (there is no piano playing or any hint of his jazz-oriented past) and features Cole accompanied by Gordon Jenkins’ sweet arrangements for a string orchestra. Continue reading “Nat King Cole – The Very Thought Of You (1958) [2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Frank Sinatra – Nice ‘N’ Easy (1960) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}

Frank Sinatra - Nice 'N' Easy (1960) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}

Frank Sinatra – Nice ‘N’ Easy (1960) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 230 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | USA | Cat#: UDCD 790 | Genre: Bing Band, Vocal Jazz

Breaking slightly from his pattern of a swing album following the release of ballads set, Frank Sinatra followed No One Cares with Nice ‘N’ Easy, a breezy collection of mid-tempo numbers arranged by Nelson Riddle. Not only is it the lightest set that he recorded for Capitol, it is the one with the loosest theme. Sinatra selected a collection of songs he had sang early in his career, having Riddle rearrange the tunes with warm, cheery textures. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Nice ‘N’ Easy (1960) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}”

George Benson – Breezin’ (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

George Benson - Breezin' (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

George Benson – Breezin’ (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity 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: 316 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.21 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.92 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 731 MB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ5 185 | Genre: Smooth Jazz

All of a sudden, George Benson became a pop superstar with this album, thanks to its least representative track. Most of Breezin’ is a softer-focused variation of Benson’s R&B/jazz-flavored CTI work, his guitar as assured and fluid as ever with Claus Ogerman providing the suave orchestral backdrops and his crack then-working band (including Ronnie Foster on keyboards and sparkplug Phil Upchurch on rhythm guitar) pumping up the funk element. Continue reading “George Benson – Breezin’ (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Frank Sinatra – Albums Collection

Frank Sinatra - Albums Collection

Frank Sinatra was arguably the most important popular music figure of the 20th century, his only real rivals for the title being Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles. In a professional career that lasted 60 years, he demonstrated a remarkable ability to maintain his appeal and pursue his musical goals despite often countervailing trends. He came to the fore during the swing era of the 1930s and ’40s, helped to define the “sing era” of the ’40s and ’50s, and continued to attract listeners during the rock era that began in the mid-’50s. He scored his first number one hit in 1940 and was still making million-selling recordings in 1994. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Albums Collection”