Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins And Confrères (1958) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Coleman Hawkins - Coleman Hawkins And Confrères (1958) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins And Confrères (1958) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
No Scans Included
Total Size: 1.45 GB (ISO) + 1.41 GB (DSF) + 666 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CVRJ 6110 SA | Genre: Bop, Hard Bop

Coleman & Confreres. Ben Webster (ts), Roy Eldridge (tpt), and Hawkins head things up. This is one of the few worthwhile releases in this special Alpha series. Continue reading “Coleman Hawkins – Coleman Hawkins And Confrères (1958) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Queen – A Night At The Opera (1975) [2001, DVD-Audio + Hi-Res]

Queen - A Night At The Opera (1975) [2001, DVD-Audio + Hi-Res]

Queen – A Night At The Opera (1975) [2001, DVD-Audio + Hi-Res]
DVD-Audio | MLP 5.1 / DTS 96/24 5.1 / LPCM 2.0
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 6.87 GB (DVD-A) + 3.29 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DTS Entertainment | US | Cat#: 69286-01091-9-3 | Genre: Classic Rock, Glam Rock

This is the first edition of “A Night At The Opera” to be released on the DVD-A format.
It has the original 5.1 mix by Elliot Scheiner.
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Los Lobos – By The Light Of The Moon (1987) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Los Lobos - By The Light Of The Moon (1987) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Los Lobos – By The Light Of The Moon (1987)
[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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.68 GB (ISO) + 1.66 GB (DSF) + 834 MB (FLAC) + 279 MB (CD-Layer)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2064 | Genre: Latin Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

On How Will the Wolf Survive?, Los Lobos seemed to be feeling out the boundaries of how much they could say about the hard realities of life within the framework of good-time R&B-flavored rock & roll, and on their next album, 1987’s By the Light of the Moon, the group gently shifted their focus to favor their more contemplative side. Continue reading “Los Lobos – By The Light Of The Moon (1987) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ray Charles – Albums Collection (1957-2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Ray Charles - Albums Collection (1957-2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Ray Charles – Albums Collection (1957-2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz / 48kHz / 88.2kHz / 96kHz / 192kHz
19 Albums | Total Size: 23.5 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
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Van Morrison – What’s It Gonna Take? (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Van Morrison - What's It Gonna Take? (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Van Morrison – What’s It Gonna Take? (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 2.28 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Virgin Music UK | Genre: Blues Rock, Pop Rock

Van Morrison’s 43rd studio album, What’s It Gonna Take? (Exile Productions/Virgin) features 14 new compositions that collectively reflect his indefatigable drive to record and perform live in front of audiences. The album was produced by Morrison and is preceded by the single “Pretending,” a gorgeous, restless, soul song. Continue reading “Van Morrison – What’s It Gonna Take? (2022) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]”

Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Heavy Weather (1977) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977) [2017, 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
Total Size: 1.57 GB (ISO) + 1.54 GB (DSF) + 731 MB (FLAC) + 234 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 258 | Genre: Jazz Fusion
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Weather Report’s biggest-selling album is that ideal thing, a popular and artistic success — and for the same reasons. For one thing, Joe Zawinul revealed an unexpectedly potent commercial streak for the first time since his Cannonball Adderley days, contributing what has become a perennial hit, “Birdland.” Indeed, “Birdland” is a remarkable bit of record-making, a unified, ever-developing piece of music that evokes, without in any way imitating, a joyous evening on 52nd St. with a big band. Continue reading “Weather Report – Heavy Weather (1977) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report - Tale Spinnin' (1975) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [2016, 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
Total Size: 688 MB (ISO) + 1.77 GB (DSF) + 851 MB (FLAC) + 270 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 248 | Genre: Jazz Fusion
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Tale Spinnin’ is the sixth album by Weather Report, recorded and released in 1975, featuring the addition of Leon “Ndugu” Chancler on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Josef Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana. Weather Report was recording next door to Ndugu in the studio, and Chancler was asked to join them for a recording session. Continue reading “Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Bob Marley – Young Mystic (2004) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bob Marley - Young Mystic (2004) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bob Marley – Young Mystic (2004) [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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.82 GB (ISO) + 1.79 GB (DSF) + 776 MB (FLAC) + 216 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 021 | Genre: Reggae
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Recorded under the auspices of revolutionary reggae producer Lee Perry around 1971-72, this compilation includes early versions of many of the songs that were later to make Bob Marley and the Wailers internationally famous. Previously a fairly run-of-the-mill Jamaican vocal group, the band were molded by Perry into a rootsy, Rasta-centric outfit. Continue reading “Bob Marley – Young Mystic (2004) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Coleman Hawkins – Supreme Jazz (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Coleman Hawkins - Supreme Jazz (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Coleman Hawkins – Supreme Jazz (2006) [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 Included
Total Size: 3.47 GB (ISO) + 9.94 GB (DSF) + 4.05 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Membran Music Ltd. | Germany | Cat#: 223275-207 | Genre: Swing, Cool Jazz
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Coleman Hawkins – Wrapped Tight (1965) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Coleman Hawkins - Wrapped Tight (1965) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Coleman Hawkins – Wrapped Tight (1965) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
No Scans Included
Total Size: 1.45 GB (ISO) + 1.42 GB (DSF) + 660 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CIPJ 87 SA | Genre: Bop

Hawkins’s last strong recording finds the veteran, 43 years after his recording debut with Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds, improvising creatively on a wide variety of material on this CD, ranging from “Intermezzo” and “Here’s That Rainy Day” to “Red Roses for a Blue Lady” and “Indian Summer.” Best is an adventurous version of “Out of Nowhere” that shows that the tenor-saxophonist was still coming up with new ideas in 1965. Continue reading “Coleman Hawkins – Wrapped Tight (1965) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Steely Dan – Everything Must Go (2003) [DVD-Audio + Hi-Res]

Steely Dan - Everything Must Go (2003) [DVD-Audio + Hi-Res]

Steely Dan – Everything Must Go (2003) [DVD-Audio + Hi-Res]
DVD-Audio | MLP 5.1 & 2.0 / Dolby AC3 5.1 & 2.0 / DTS 5.1
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 6.21 GB (DVD-A) + 4.03 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Reprise | US | Cat#: 48435-9 | Genre: Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock
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Glenn Frey – Soul Searchin’ (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Glenn Frey - Soul Searchin' (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Glenn Frey – Soul Searchin’ (1988) [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: 1.02 GB (Hi-Res) + 333 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA Records | Promo | US | Cat#: MCA-6239 | Genre: Pop Rock

Eight years after the demise of The Eagles, Glenn Frey had settled into a career that involved writing the occasional movie theme song, taking the occasional acting role, and, every four years, turning out another album of light soul-pop tunes written with Jack Tempchin. Continue reading “Glenn Frey – Soul Searchin’ (1988) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Glenn Frey – No Fun Aloud (1982) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Glenn Frey - No Fun Aloud (1982) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Glenn Frey – No Fun Aloud (1982) [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: 835 MB (Hi-Res) + 261 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Asylum Records | US | Promo | Cat#: E1-60129 | Genre: Pop Rock

Glenn Frey’s first solo album plotted two Top 40 singles, with “I Found Somebody” going to number 31 in the summer of 1982 and the destitute-sounding “The One You Love” hitting number 15 two months later. With help from Jack Tempchin, who wrote the Eagles’ “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” the album reached number 32 on the U.S. charts, but it’s Frey’s perfectly guided vocals and impeccable talent for crafting laid-back love songs that make the album noteworthy. Continue reading “Glenn Frey – No Fun Aloud (1982) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Glenn Frey – The Allnighter (1984) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Glenn Frey - The Allnighter (1984) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Glenn Frey – The Allnighter (1984) [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: 922 MB (Hi-Res) + 277 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA Records | Promo | US | Cat#: MCA-5501 | Genre: Pop Rock
Quiex II Pressing

The Allnighter is the second solo studio album by Glenn Frey, the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the Eagles. The album was released in mid-1984 on MCA in the United States and the United Kingdom, two years after Frey’s modestly successful debut album No Fun Aloud and four years after the demise of the Eagles. It was and still is Frey’s most successful solo album throughout his whole solo career, having reached No. 22 on the Billboard charts, and releasing two top 20 singles with “Smuggler’s Blues” and “Sexy Girl”. Continue reading “Glenn Frey – The Allnighter (1984) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

A-Ha – Stay On These Roads (1988) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

A-Ha - Stay On These Roads (1988) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

A-Ha – Stay On These Roads (1988) [Japanese Release, 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: 1.00 GB (Hi-Res) + 317 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner-Pioneer | Japan | Cat#: P-13651 | Genre: Synth-pop

a-ha’s recording career hit the skids in America with its third release. But in the U.K., the album became the group’s third straight to peak at number two, though it charted for a shorter period than the first two albums, and there were four Top 25 hits — the title track, “The Blood That Moves the Body,” “Touchy!,” and “You Are the One.” (Also included was a-ha’s 1987 theme from the James Bond movie The Living Daylights, a U.K. number five that missed the U.S. charts.) Continue reading “A-Ha – Stay On These Roads (1988) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”