Various Artists – 200 Original Juke Box Hits (1995) [10CDs Box Set]

Various Artists - 200 Original Juke Box Hits (1995) [10CDs Box Set]

Various Artists – 200 Original Juke Box Hits (1995) [10CDs Box Set]
EAC Rip | 10xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
2.86 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added
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The Beatles – The Beatles With Tony Sheridan: Single Box (2013) [Remastered, Japanese SHM-CD]

The Beatles - The Beatles With Tony Sheridan: Single Box (2013) [Remastered, Japanese SHM-CD]

The Beatles – The Beatles With Tony Sheridan: Single Box (2013) [Remastered, Japanese SHM-CD]
EAC Rip | 9xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
1.50 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Japanese-only nine SHM-CD single box set containing pre-fame recordings by The Beatles with Tony Sheridan. Each CD’s cover replicates the original Japanese CD artwork. Covers of some CDs that didn’t have original Japanese art have been created for this release. Continue reading “The Beatles – The Beatles With Tony Sheridan: Single Box (2013) [Remastered, Japanese SHM-CD]”

Brenda Lee – Little Miss Dynamite (1995) [4CDs Box Set]

Brenda Lee - Little Miss Dynamite (1995) [4CDs Box Set]

Brenda Lee – Little Miss Dynamite (1995) [4CDs Box Set]
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
1.77 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing file has been added

Five hours of pure gold on four CDs, covering the 127 songs that Brenda Lee recorded during the years 1956 through 1962, with the added allure of an 84-page hardcover book. What’s more, there’s hardly a second-rate song or performance here, and Lee’s singing style evolved so far that there are surprises throughout. Continue reading “Brenda Lee – Little Miss Dynamite (1995) [4CDs Box Set]”

Ritchie Valens – Greatest Hits (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ritchie Valens - Greatest Hits (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ritchie Valens – Greatest Hits (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
1.62 GB (ISO) + 1.56 GB (DSF) + 460 MB (FLAC) + 148 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Ritchie Valens was only 17 when he died in 1959. His musical legacy rests on about an album-and-a-half of completed studio material, a poorly recorded high school concert, and a handful of demos and rehearsal tapes, all of which present a problem for collections of this sort. If you include a full disc’s worth of music, you need to dip into unfinished or badly recorded material, which is a quality issue. Continue reading “Ritchie Valens – Greatest Hits (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run (1975) [1994, Sony MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered]

Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1975) [1994, Sony MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered]

Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run (1975)
[1994, Sony MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered]

EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Scans Included
Total Size: 235 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony MasterSound | EU | Cat#: 480416 2 | Genre: Rock & Roll

Bruce Springsteen’s make-or-break third album represented a sonic leap from his first two, which had been made for modest sums at a suburban studio; Born to Run was cut on a superstar budget, mostly at the Record Plant in New York. Springsteen’s backup band had changed, with his two virtuoso players, keyboardist David Sancious and drummer Vini Lopez, replaced by the professional but less flashy Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg Continue reading “Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run (1975) [1994, Sony MasterSound, 24-Karat Gold Disc Remastered]”

The Rolling Stones – Hot Rocks (1971) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks (1971) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Hot Rocks (1971)
[1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

2 x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.97 GB (Hi-Res) + 695 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Japan JVC Pressed | Cat#: MFSL 2-170 | Genre: Rock & Roll
Half-Speed Mastered

This two-LP set is both a lot more and a bit less than what it seems. It is seven years’ worth of mostly very high-charting — and all influential and important — songs, leaving out some singles in favor of well-known album tracks, and in the process, giving an overview not just of the Rolling Stones’ hits but of their evolving image. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Hot Rocks (1971) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones (1964) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (1964) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones (1964)
[1984, 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: 741 MB (Hi-Res) + 220 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Japan JVC Pressed | Cat#: MFSL 1-161 | Genre: Rock & Roll
Half-Speed Mastered

At the close of 1963, the Rolling Stones were, for want of a better word, on a — roll. They’d done okay if not great the previous summer with their debut single, a cover of a Chuck Berry obscurity called “Come On,” which was more energetic than 99 percent of its competition, and then roared into the Top 20 in November with a follow up single, a savage rendition of the Lennon-McCartney song “I Wanna Be Your Man,” Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones (1964) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA (1963) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA (1963) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA (1963) [2014, Remastered, 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: 1.97 GB (DSF) + 915 MB (FLAC) + 2.04 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPP 059 SA | Genre: Surf Rock

The real breakthrough, as Brian Wilson asserts himself in the studio as both songwriter and arranger on a set of material that was much stronger than Surfin’ Safari. Besides the hit title track and its popular drag-racing flip side (“Shut Down”) Continue reading “The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA (1963) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Beach Boys – Surfer Girl (1963) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl (1963) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys – Surfer Girl (1963) [2014, Remastered, 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: 2.07 GB (DSF) + 954 MB (FLAC) + 2.15 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPP 060 SA | Genre: Surf Rock

Capitol pushed the Beach Boys for too much material in too short a time for the group to maintain as much quality control as would have been desirable. Consequently, most of their pre-1965 albums contain a high degree of filler, and thus stack up poorly next to those of such contemporaries as the Beatles Continue reading “The Beach Boys – Surfer Girl (1963) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Out Of Our Heads (1965) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads (1965) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Out Of Our Heads (1965)
[1984, 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: 720 MB (Hi-Res) + 208 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Japan JVC Pressed | Cat#: MFSL 1-163 | Genre: Rock & Roll
Half-Speed Mastered

In 1965, the Stones finally proved themselves capable of writing classic rock singles that mined their R&B/blues roots, but updated them into a more guitar-based, thoroughly contemporary context. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Out Of Our Heads (1965) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Aftermath (1966) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1966) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Aftermath (1966)
[1984, 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: 1.10 GB (Hi-Res) + 319 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Japan JVC Pressed | Cat#: MFSL 1-164 | Genre: Rock & Roll
Half-Speed Mastered

The Rolling Stones finally delivered a set of all-original material with this LP, which also did much to define the group as the bad boys of rock & roll with their sneering attitude toward the world in general and the female sex in particular. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Aftermath (1966) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Between The Buttons (1967) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (1967) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Between The Buttons (1967)
[1984, 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: 832 MB (Hi-Res) + 239 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Japan JVC Pressed | Cat#: MFSL 1-165 | Genre: Rock & Roll
Half-Speed Mastered

The Rolling Stones’ 1967 recordings are a matter of some controversy; many critics felt that they were compromising their raw, rootsy power with trendy emulations of the Beatles, Kinks, Dylan, and psychedelic music. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Between The Buttons (1967) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Beach Boys – All Summer Long (1964) [2015, Reamstered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys - All Summer Long (1964) [2015, Reamstered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys – All Summer Long (1964)
[2015, Reamstered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 303 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.11 GB (DSF) + 968 MB (FLAC) + 2.14 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPP 063 SA | Genre: Surf Rock

The best pre-1965 Beach Boys album featured their brilliant number one single “I Get Around,” as well as other standout cuts in the beautifully sad “Wendy,” “Little Honda” (one of their best hot rod tunes, covered by the Hondells for a hit), and their remake of the late-’50s doo wop classic “Hushabye.” Continue reading “The Beach Boys – All Summer Long (1964) [2015, Reamstered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe (1963) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe (1963) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe (1963) [2014, Remastered, 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: 2.04 GB (DSF) + 962 MB (FLAC) + 2.12 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPP 061 SA | Genre: Surf Rock

Little Deuce Coupe was a concept album of sorts, in that most of the songs had something to do with cars and hot rod culture. That’s a pretty thin train of thought to sustain for most of a record. What’s worse, by the Beach Boys’ own standards of hot rod tunes, most of the tracks are pretty trite and unimaginative, rating among their worst early material. Continue reading “The Beach Boys – Little Deuce Coupe (1963) [2014, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”