Category: Rock

Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain (1982)
[2012, MFSL 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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
451 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.12 GB (DSF) + 777 MB (FLAC) + 1.69 GB (ISO)

The Nylon Curtain is mastered from the original master tapes and made available on fully transparent hybrid SACD. The myriad nuances amidst Phil Ramone’s crisp production assume greater tonality, texture, and detail. What was a very good-sounding album is now an audiophile-caliber favorite, with transparency, clarity, and microdynamics enhancing the poignant connection between Joel’s expressiveness and the listener’s emotions. Continue reading “Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain (1982) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (1983) [2013, MFSL 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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 520 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.12 GB (DSF) + 797 MB (FLAC) + 1.65 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2094 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

An essential title in our Billy Joel catalog restoration series, An Innocent Man is mastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g LP at RTI. The resulting presentation effortlessly outshines that heard on all previous editions of this 1983 set. Particularly, the effervescent harmonies now possess an airiness and extension that lends to realistic tonal decay. Instruments are balanced and placed on a wider Continue reading “Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (1983) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”