George Michael – Older (1996) [2022, Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-spec CD2]

George Michael - Older (1996) [2022, Limited Collector's Edition Blu-spec CD2]

George Michael – Older (1996) [2022, Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-spec CD2]
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.17 GB
Label: Sony Music | Japan | Cat#: SICP-31544-5 | Genre: Pop, Electronic

Japanese edition consists of two discs. Disc 1 includes original tracks featuring the latest remastering from the original master tapes. Disc 2 includes rare tracks and remix tracks. Features Japanese original jacket and the high-fidelity Blu-spec CD2 format. Continue reading “George Michael – Older (1996) [2022, Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-spec CD2]”

Ed Sheeran – Autumn Variations (2023) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Ed Sheeran - Autumn Variations (2023) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Ed Sheeran – Autumn Variations (2023) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 945 MB
Label: Gingerbread Man Records | Genre: Pop

Ed Sheeran is releasing his new album Autumn Variations on September 29. The album has been produced by Aaron Dessner and features 14 new tracks.
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Wham! – Make It Big (1984) [2001, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Wham! - Make It Big (1984) [2001, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Wham! – Make It Big (1984) [2001, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.07 GB (DSF) + 803 MB (FLAC) + 1.58 GB (ISO)
Label: Sony Msuic | Japan | Cat#: ESGA 514 | Genre: Pop
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The title was a promise to themselves, Wham!’s assurance that they would make it big after struggling out of the gates the first time out. They succeeded on a grander scale than they ever could have imagined, conquering the world and elsewhere with this effervescent set of giddy new wave pop-soul, thereby making George Michael a superstar and consigning Andrew Ridgeley to the confines of Trivial Pursuit. Continue reading “Wham! – Make It Big (1984) [2001, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Joe Cocker – Albums Collection (1969-2016)

Joe Cocker - Albums Collection (1969-2016)

Joe Cocker – Albums Collection (1969-2016)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Discs: 70xCDs + 1xDVD | Total Size: 28.1 GB
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS ALBUMS | BOX SETS

After starting out as an unsuccessful pop singer (working under the name Vance Arnold), Joe Cocker found his niche singing rock and soul in the pubs of England with his superb backing group, the Grease Band. He hit number one in the U.K. in November 1968 with his version of the Beatles’ “A Little Help from My Friends.” Continue reading “Joe Cocker – Albums Collection (1969-2016)”

Jason Mraz – We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (2008) [2023, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Jason Mraz - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (2008) [2023, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Jason Mraz – We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (2008)
[2023, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

2x Discs | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.78 GB
Label: Rhino | Genre: Pop

The 15th anniversary deluxe edition 2-CD set contains the newly remastered original album and 14 bonus tracks, including previously unreleased material such as “Lucky (Jason’s First Draft)” and the vault track “Happy Endings.” The package features a 12-page booklet with rare photos, an artist-penned track-by-track commentary, and extensive liner notes by music journalist Annie Zaleski. Continue reading “Jason Mraz – We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. (2008) [2023, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Kylie Minogue – Tension (2023) [Deluxe Edition, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Kylie Minogue - Tension (2023) [Deluxe Edition, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Kylie Minogue – Tension (2023) [Deluxe Edition, Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 583 MB
Label: Liberator Music | Genre: Pop

22nd September will see the release of Kylie’s brand new studio album, ‘Tension’, a record of euphoric, empowered dance floor bangers and sultry pop cuts. ‘Tension’ is eleven tracks of unabashed pleasure-seeking, seize-the-moment, joyful pop tunes with the hypnotic electro of ‘Padam Padam’ opening the album. Discussing ‘Tension’, Kylie says, “I started this album with an open mind and a blank page. Unlike my last two albums there wasn’t a ‘theme’, it was about finding the heart or the fun or the fantasy of that moment and always trying to service the song.22nd September will see the release of Kylie’s brand new studio album, ‘Tension’, a record of euphoric, empowered dance floor bangers and sultry pop cuts. Continue reading “Kylie Minogue – Tension (2023) [Deluxe Edition, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Barry Manilow – Ultimate Manilow (2002) [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Barry Manilow - Ultimate Manilow (2002) [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Barry Manilow – Ultimate Manilow (2002) [2015, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.87 GB (DSF) + 1.48 GB (FLAC) + 3.16 GB (ISO)
Label: Sony Music | EU | Cat#: 88875140882 | Genre: Adult Contemporary
Update: DSF Tracks have been added
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Carly Simon – These Are The Good Old Days: The Carly Simon & Jac Holzman Story (2023) [Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Carly Simon - These Are The Good Old Days: The Carly Simon & Jac Holzman Story (2023) [Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Carly Simon – These Are The Good Old Days: The Carly Simon & Jac Holzman Story (2023)
[Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 3.16 GB
Label: Elektra | Genre: Pop, Adult Contemporary

When Carly Simon signed to Jac Holzman’s Elektra Records, it was the beginning of a relationship built on trust and mutual admiration. Carly shared: “Jac paired me with producer/engineer: Eddie Kramer, and we began exploring my songs, one of which was, – “That’s The Way I Always Heard It Should Be,” a song I had written earlier that year with Jake Brackman that expressed the deep inner feelings of women. By the time we had finished, Jac thought connecting to women with noble lyrics and honest identity was unusual as a first single, but a worthy risk. Continue reading “Carly Simon – These Are The Good Old Days: The Carly Simon & Jac Holzman Story (2023) [Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Joe Cocker – Fire It Up (2012) [2015 Release, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Joe Cocker - Fire It Up (2012) [2015 Release, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Joe Cocker – Fire It Up (2012) [2015 Release, Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.35 GB
Label: SevenOne Music | Genre: Blues Rock, Adult Contemporary

Teaming up once again with producer Matt Serletic, the Matchbox 20 and Collective Soul producer who helmed the 2010 album Hard Knocks, Joe Cocker winds up branching out in slightly different directions on 2012’s Fire It Up. Where Hard Knocks wound up as a clean, polished blue-eyed soul album, Fire It Up sounds closer to Serletic’s work with Matchbox 20 — an adult pop album where the R&B is buried beneath gleaming, pulsating rock. Continue reading “Joe Cocker – Fire It Up (2012) [2015 Release, Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Maroon 5 – V (2014) [Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res]

Maroon 5 - V (2014) [Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res]

Maroon 5 – V (2014) [Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res]
Blu-ray Audio | DTS-HD MA / LPCM / Dolby TrueHD | 24bit / 96kHz
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
No Scans
Total Size: 5.46 GB (BD) + 1.19 GB (Hi-Res)
Label: Interscope Records | EU | Cat#: 00602537965809 | Genre: Pop

It wasn’t noted much at the time, but founding keyboardist Jesse Carmichael sat out Maroon 5’s 2012 album Overexposed — a circumstance that just happened to coincide with Adam Levine capitalizing on his Voice-fueled stardom. Overexposed and over-filled with guest producers and songwriters drafted to compensate for the absent Carmichael, rapper Wiz Khalifa, reliable Swedish hitmakers Max Martin & Shellback Continue reading “Maroon 5 – V (2014) [Blu-ray Audio + Hi-Res]”

Clint Holmes – Playground In My Mind (1973) [2023, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Clint Holmes - Playground In My Mind (1973) [2023, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Clint Holmes – Playground In My Mind (1973) [2023, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.43 GB
Label: Epic / Legacy | Genre: Pop, Adult contemporary
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Lionel Richie – Just For You (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Lionel Richie - Just For You (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Lionel Richie – Just For You (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 5.95 GB (DSF) + 4.06 GB (FLAC) + 3.84 GB (ISO)
Label: Island Records | US | Cat#: B0002562-36 | Genre: Pop, Adult Contemporary

Lionel Richie spent much of the ’90s relatively quiet, and when he attempted a comeback toward the end of the decade, it didn’t make many waves. It wasn’t until the early part of the 2000s that his profile increased considerably as his greatest-hits disc The Definitive Collection cracked the Top 20, he guest-judged on American Idol, and his daughter Nicole tramped around on the Fox reality show The Simple Life. All of this set the stage for Just for You, his 2004 return to adult contemporary soft rock. Continue reading “Lionel Richie – Just For You (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Henry Mancini – Hangin’ Out With Henry Mancini & Theme From “Z” (2019) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Henry Mancini - Hangin' Out With Henry Mancini & Theme From

Henry Mancini – Hangin’ Out With Henry Mancini & Theme From “Z” (2019)
[Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | No Scans
Total Size: 4.03 GB (DSF) + 3.29 GB (FLAC) + 2.58 GB (ISO)
Label: Vocalion | UK | Cat#: CDSML 8553 | Genre: Easy Listening
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Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Barbra Streisand - The Movie Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | No Scans
Total Size: 4.94 GB (DSF) + 3.43 GB (FLAC) + 4.38 GB (ISO)
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: CH 90748 | Genre: Vocal Pop, Soundtrack

The idea of Barbra Streisand making an album of movie songs is a no-brainer; as annotators Jay Landers and Richard Jay-Alexander point out, she has already recorded over 50 songs written for motion pictures on her 59 previous albums. In fact, the only real challenge may be a marketing one for Columbia Records, since potential customers simply may assume this is a compilation of some of her previous performances. Continue reading “Barbra Streisand – The Movie Album (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Stars On 45 – Longplay Album Volume II (1981) [2023, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Stars On 45 - Longplay Album Volume II (1981) [2023, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Stars On 45 – Longplay Album Volume II (1981) [2023, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.47 GB
Label: Red Bullet | Genre: Disco, Pop

Longplay Album – Volume II is the second album by the Dutch soundalike studio group Stars on 45, released on the CNR Records label in the Netherlands in August 1981. In the US the album was retitled Stars On Long Play II, released on Radio Records and credited to ‘Stars On’. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand the album was listed as Stars on 45 Volume 2 or Stars on 45 – The Album – Volume 2 Continue reading “Stars On 45 – Longplay Album Volume II (1981) [2023, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”