Barry Manilow – Barry Manilow I (1973) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Barry Manilow - Barry Manilow I (1973) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Barry Manilow – Barry Manilow I (1973) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 799 MB (Hi-Res) + 232 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 1-097 | Genre: Adult Contemporary
Half-Speed Mastered

Barry Manilow’s debut album proves to be a far different animal than its glitzier successors; it’s fairly raw and unpolished, though his dramatic vocal style is already well established here. The material roams from impassioned balladeering (“I Am Your Child,” “One of These Days”) to chunky country (“Sweetwater Jones”), driving rock (“Oh My Lady”), and ’40s-style swing (“Cloudburst”) — and that’s just side one. “Could It Be Magic,” of course, is what pulled Manilow above the pack; it’s a textbook summary of the dramatic orchestration and swooning vocals that have long marked his style. Continue reading “Barry Manilow – Barry Manilow I (1973) {1982, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

Inger Marie Gundersen – The Best of Inger Marie Gundersen Vol.2 (2019) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Inger Marie Gundersen - The Best of Inger Marie Gundersen Vol.2 (2019) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Inger Marie Gundersen – The Best of Inger Marie Gundersen Vol.2 (2019) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD
Total Size: 2.49 GB (ISO) + 1.08 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Aurora | EU | Cat#: STUCD10703SA | Genre: Easy Listening
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Various Artists – Ultimate Divas (2015) [4CD Set]

Various Artists - Ultimate Divas (2015) [4CD Set]

Various Artists – Ultimate Divas (2015) [4CD Set]
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.81 GB
Label: Sony Music | EU | Cat#: 88875085812 | Genre: Pop

Ultimate Divas: 72 classic hits and harder to find rarities from the greatest Divas in music across 4 CDs, all housed in a fold out cardboard digi-pack sleeve. Continue reading “Various Artists – Ultimate Divas (2015) [4CD Set]”

Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Chinatown & Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet (2017) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Percy Faith & His Orchestra - Chinatown & Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet (2017) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Chinatown & Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet (2017)
[Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel (Quad 4.0)
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.84 GB (ISO) + 2.45 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.17 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | UK | Cat#: CDLK 4599 | Genre: Easy Listening
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Percy Faith & His Orchestra – New Thing & Black Magic Woman (2019) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Percy Faith & His Orchestra - New Thing & Black Magic Woman (2019) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Percy Faith & His Orchestra – New Thing & Black Magic Woman (2019)
[Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel (Quad 4.0)
Hybrid SACD | Front & Back Covers Only
Total Size: 3.29 GB (ISO) + 2.86 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.38 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | UK | Cat#: CDLK 4625 | Genre: Easy Listening
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Simply Red – Big Love: Greatest Hits Edition (2015) [30th Anniversary, 2CD]

Simply Red - Big Love: Greatest Hits Edition (2015) [30th Anniversary, 2CD]

Simply Red – Big Love: Greatest Hits Edition (2015) [30th Anniversary, 2CD]
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 0.97 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: East West / Warner | EU | Cat#: 0825646015849 | Genre: Pop

Mick Hucknall and Simply Red are rightly inseparable in the minds of most listeners — he is the frontman and the star, the one constant in the band’s history — but the singer’s short-lived solo career of 2008-2012 proved there was a difference between Hucknall and the group. Big Love, the album the reunited Simply Red recorded to celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2015, isn’t as in thrall to the past as the vocalist’s two albums of covers, nor is it as comfortable with rock as 2007’s Stay. Continue reading “Simply Red – Big Love: Greatest Hits Edition (2015) [30th Anniversary, 2CD]”

Neil Sedaka – Oh Carol And All The Early Classics (2011)

Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol And All The Early Classics (2011)

Neil Sedaka – Oh Carol And All The Early Classics (2011)
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 736 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Jasmine Records | Czech Republic | Cat#: JASCD 590 | Genre: Oldie

Neil Sedaka was one of the first serious singer/songwriters in pop and this is the most comprehensive set of his early career ever released. Featured are two original albums in their entirety ‘Neil Sedaka’ and ‘Circulate’ plus the hits “I Go Ape”, “Oh Carol”, “Stairway To Heaven” and more. Continue reading “Neil Sedaka – Oh Carol And All The Early Classics (2011)”

Monica Mancini – Ultimate Mancini (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monica Mancini - Ultimate Mancini (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Monica Mancini – Ultimate Mancini (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: 3.89 GB (ISO) + 1.06 GB (FLAC Mch) + 2.87 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Concord Records | US | Cat#: SACD-1034-6 | Genre: Easy Listening

Henry Mancini was easily one of the greatest composers for film soundtracks, so putting together a collection of 17 songs nominated for various awards (Grammy, Golden Globe, or Academy Awards) was easy. But finding the proper mix of musicians was important. His daughter, Monica Mancini, is a talented singer in her own right, so she was an obvious choice. Continue reading “Monica Mancini – Ultimate Mancini (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Diana Ross – Discography (1970-2012)

Diana Ross - Discography (1970-2012)

Diana Ross – Discography (1970-2012)
EAC Rip | 57xCD | FLAC/APE Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 23.9 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS
Label: Various | Genre: Adult Contemporary, R&B

As a solo artist, Diana Ross is one of the most successful female singers of the rock era. If you factor in her work as the lead singer of the Supremes in the 1960s, she may be the most successful. With her friends Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, and Barbara Martin, Ross formed the Primettes vocal quartet in 1959. In 1960, they were signed to local Motown Records, changing their name to the Supremes in 1961. Continue reading “Diana Ross – Discography (1970-2012)”

Dido – Discography (1999 – 2019)

Dido - Discography (1999 - 2019)

Dido – Discography (1999 – 2019)
EAC Rip | 11xCD | FLAC Tracks/Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 6.47 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | COMPILATION
Label: Various | Genre: Pop

Electronic pop singer/songwriter Dido burst onto the international mainstream at the close of the ’90s, issuing two of the U.K.’s best-selling albums of all time. Her debut, 1999’s No Angel, topped charts around the globe and sold over 20 million copies. The follow-up, 2003’s Life for Rent, performed just as well, bolstered by her comforting blend of electronic production and pastoral heart, which was heard on singles such as “White Flag,” her highest-charting and best-selling to date. Continue reading “Dido – Discography (1999 – 2019)”

Chaka Khan – Original Album Series (2009) [5CD Box Set]

Chaka Khan - Original Album Series (2009) [5CD Box Set]

Chaka Khan – Original Album Series (2009) [5CD Box Set]
EAC Rip | 5xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.42 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Rhino | EU | Cat#: 8122 79836 0 | Genre: R&B, Adult Contemporary

Part of Warner Bros. UK and Rhino’s Original Album Series collection, this budget-priced set of Yvette Marie Stevens (Chaka Khan) jams features five complete albums, including Chaka (1978), Naughty (1980), What Cha’ Gonna Do for Me (1981), Chaka Khan (1982), and I Feel for You (1984). Continue reading “Chaka Khan – Original Album Series (2009) [5CD Box Set]”

Freddie Mercury – Never Boring (2019) [Special Edition, Box Set, 3CD + DVD + BD + Hi-Res]

Freddie Mercury - Never Boring (2019) [Special Edition, Box Set, 3CD + DVD + BD + Hi-Res]

Freddie Mercury – Never Boring (2019) [Special Edition, Box Set, 3CD + DVD + BD + Hi-Res]
EAC Rip | 3x CD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC Video | LPCM (2.0 / 24bit / 48kHz)
DVD | NTSC 16:9 (720×480) VBR | LPCM (2.0)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 851 MB (CDs) + 14.9 GB (BD) + 3.92 GB (DVD) + 742 MB (Hi-Res) + 2.40 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mercury Records | Netherlands | Cat#: 0602577410499 | Genre: Pop

Taken from the very best original source material available, the full “Never Boring” collection contains three CDs with 32 tracks; a Blu-ray and DVD featuring 13 promo videos and interview; a 120-page 10”x10” hardback book full photos, many of them rare and unpublished, as well as thoughts and choice quotes from Freddie himself, and an introduction from Rami Malek, who earned an Oscar for his portrayal of Freddie in Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Specially created insert packaging includes a double-sided poster containing an image of Freddie and an original work from synesthetic artist Jack Coulter inspired by the song “Mr Bad Guy”. Continue reading “Freddie Mercury – Never Boring (2019) [Special Edition, Box Set, 3CD + DVD + BD + Hi-Res]”

Freddie Mercury – Never Boring (2019) {Deluxe Edition, WEB Hi-Res}

Freddie Mercury - Never Boring (2019) {Deluxe Edition, WEB Hi-Res}

Freddie Mercury – Never Boring (2019) {Deluxe Edition, WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz
Total Size: 1.67 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal International Music | Genre: Pop

Include a new 12-track compilation of many of Freddie’s greatest solo performances; a newly mixed 11-track special edition of “Mr Bad Guy” and the nine-track 2012 special edition of “Barcelona” featuring full orchestra.

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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]”