Bryan Adams – So Happy It Hurts (2022) [Deluxe Edition]

Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts (2022)

Bryan Adams – So Happy It Hurts (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 499 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG | Canada | Cat#: 538750822 | Genre: Pop Rock

So Happy It Hurts is the highly anticipated 15th studio album from acclaimed singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. Co-written and produced by Adams, the album features 12 newly recorded tracks including ‘So Happy It Hurts,’ ‘Always Have, Always Will,’ and ‘Never Gonna Rain.” The deluxe CD features a lenticular cover and a 32-page booklet with exclusive photos. Continue reading “Bryan Adams – So Happy It Hurts (2022) [Deluxe Edition]”

Barry Manilow – Greatest Story (1979) [Japan, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Barry Manilow - Greatest Story (1979) [Japan, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Barry Manilow – Greatest Story (1979) [Japan, 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: 1.09 GB (Hi-Res) + 345 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd. | Japan | Cat#: 25RS-7 | Genre: Adult Contemporary
Pressed on JVC Super Vinyl

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Blood, Sweat & Tears – Live At Woodstock (2019) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Live At Woodstock (2019) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Live At Woodstock (2019)
[CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.37 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia / Legacy | Genre: Classic Rock, Jazz Fusion
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Keith Richards – Main Offender (1992) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Keith Richards - Main Offender (1992) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Keith Richards – Main Offender (1992) [Official Digital Release]
[2022, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.47 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG | Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop Rock

The Main Offender LP and CD is newly remastered under the supervision of original producer and X-Pensive Wino Steve Jordan. Also included is the exclusive Winos Live in London ’92 album that puts you in the Front row at the show with previously unreleased versions of “Eileen,” “Hate It When you Leave,” “Happy,” and more. Continue reading “Keith Richards – Main Offender (1992) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Weezer – SZNZ: Spring (2022) [EP] [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Weezer - SZNZ: Spring (2022) [EP] [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Weezer – SZNZ: Spring (2022) [EP] [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 603 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Crush Music / Atlantic | Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie
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Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 6 À 9 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall - Revolution: Symphonies 6 À 9 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 6 À 9 (2021)
[Hi-Res SACD Rip]

3x Discs / SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
3x Discs / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 7.84 GB (ISO) + 9.42 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alia Vox | EU | Cat#: AVSA9946 | Genre: Classical

The period-instrument Beethoven symphony cycle from Le Concert des Nations and its conductor, Jordi Savall, was delayed multiple times by the COVID-19 pandemic, including by the affliction of Savall himself. It was completed in the fall of 2021, which, Savall points out, was still within the Beethoven 250th-anniversary year. Continue reading “Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 6 À 9 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 1 À 5 (2020) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall - Revolution: Symphonies 1 À 5 (2020) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 1 À 5 (2020)
[Hi-Res SACD Rip]

3x Discs / SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
3x Discs / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 7.97 GB (ISO) + 9.41 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alia Vox | EU | Cat#: AVSA9937 | Genre: Classical

Given that Renaissance and Baroque specialist Jordi Savall is not necessarily the conductor to whom one would first turn for Beethoven, he is nevertheless a great musician whose opinion is worth listening to in any repertory. As one might expect, he has some unorthodox opinions in this survey of Beethoven’s first five symphonies (a complete set was planned but was at least temporarily cut short by the 2020 pandemic). Savall augments the 35 players of his Le Concert des Nations orchestra with 25 other young players for a total of 60, historically in line with what Beethoven would have expected. Continue reading “Beethoven / Le Concert Des nations / Jordi Savall – Revolution: Symphonies 1 À 5 (2020) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Waiting To Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) [1995]

Various Artists - Waiting To Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) [1995]

Various Artists – Waiting To Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) [1995]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.07 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Arista | EU | Cat#: 07822 18796 2 | Genre: Soundtrack

Mega-producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds assembled quite a cast for this critically acclaimed soundtrack (and movie). The phenomenal Whitney Houston leads a mostly all-star cast of artists. Houston is featured on three of the 16 selections including the “Exhale (Shoop Shoop),” which crested at the number spot on the Billboard R&B charts for eight consecutive weeks and one week at number one on the pop charts. Continue reading “Various Artists – Waiting To Exhale (Original Soundtrack Album) [1995]”

Various Artists – The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1984)

Various Artists - The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1984)

Various Artists – The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1984)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 408 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Motown | EU | Cat#: 0737463610827 | Genre: Soundtrack

Stevie Wonder’s career in the 1980s was a source of frustration to the fans he had earned in the ’60s and ’70s. In 1982, there were a few new songs on a greatest-hits album and a duet with Paul McCartney. Then came this soundtrack to a Gene Wilder comedy that was simultaneously more of a pop vocal album than most soundtracks and yet less than a full-fledged Wonder record. Continue reading “Various Artists – The Woman In Red (Selections From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1984)”

Various Artists – Master Superior Audiophile 2021 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Master Superior Audiophile 2021 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Master Superior Audiophile 2021 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Total Size: 1.03 GB (ISO) + 1.47 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Master Music | Germany | Cat#: MASA521022 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

This sampler SACD contains music from such artists as Anne Vada & Aki Fukakuso, Mulo Francel, Siri’s Svale Band, Julia Werup, Massimo Farao’ Afro Cuban Piano Quartet, Josefine Cronholm and more. Continue reading “Various Artists – Master Superior Audiophile 2021 (2021) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Bill Haley & His Comets – The Decca Years And More (1990) [5CDs, Box Set]

Bill Haley & His Comets - The Decca Years And More (1990) [5CDs, Box Set]

Bill Haley & His Comets – The Decca Years And More (1990) [5CDs, Box Set]
EAC Rip | 5xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
2.13 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing file has been added

Any casual listener looking over this 132-track five-CD set would probably conclude that it was far more Bill Haley than they need bite off in one gulp — and they’d be right, as casual listeners. For the serious rock & roll enthusiast, as well as the hardcore Bill Haley fan, however, there’s a wealth of worthwhile material to be found here, some of which will amaze even those fans: a dozen great songs and 55 or so more that are good, and another 20 that are fascinating Continue reading “Bill Haley & His Comets – The Decca Years And More (1990) [5CDs, Box Set]”

Whitney Houston – Discography (1985-2009)

Whitney Houston - Discography (1985-2009)

Whitney Houston – Discography (1985-2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 25.2 GB | Total Discs: 42 | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS ALBUMS | SINGLES & EPs

Whitney Houston was inarguably one of the biggest pop stars of all time. Her accomplishments as a hitmaker were extraordinary. Just to scratch the surface, the mezzo-soprano powerhouse became the first artist to have seven consecutive singles hit number one, from “Saving All My Love for You” (1985) through “Where Do Broken Hearts Go” (1988). Her version of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” (1992) became nothing less than the biggest hit single in rock history. Continue reading “Whitney Houston – Discography (1985-2009)”

Keiichi Suzuki – Captain Hate & First Mate Love (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Keiichi Suzuki - Captain Hate & First Mate Love (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Keiichi Suzuki – Captain Hate & First Mate Love (2008) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 4.16 GB (ISO) + 3.33 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: SMDR GT Music | Japan | Cat#: MHCL 10089 | Genre: Indie Pop
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Dionne Warwick – Albums Collection (1963-2015)

Dionne Warwick - Albums Collection (1963-2015)

Dionne Warwick – Albums Collection (1963-2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Official Digital Release | FLAC Tracks
Total Size: 31.7 GB | Total Discs: 64 | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS ALBUMS

It is easier to define Dionne Warwick by what she isn’t rather than what she is. Although she grew up singing in church, she is not a gospel singer. Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan are clear influences, but she is not a jazz singer. R&B is also part of her background, but she is not really a soul singer, either, at least not in the sense that Aretha Franklin is. Continue reading “Dionne Warwick – Albums Collection (1963-2015)”

Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays (1963) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays (1963) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays (1963)
[2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.48 GB (ISO) + 707 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UCGU-9021 | Genre: Bossa Nova

In his first American album, Antonio Carlos Jobim presents a dozen of his songs, each one destined to become a standard — an astounding batting average. Jobim, who claimed to have been out of practice at the time of the session, merely plays single notes on the piano with one hand, punctuated by chords now and then, sticking to his long, undulating melodies with a few passages of jazz improvisation now and then. Continue reading “Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays (1963) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”