J. S. Bach / Anner Bylsma – Suites For Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (1992) {2019, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

July 30, 2020

J. S. Bach / Anner Bylsma - Suites For Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (1992) {2019, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

J. S. Bach / Anner Bylsma – Suites For Violoncello Solo, BWV 1007-1012 (1992)
{2019, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Scans Not Included
Total Size: 5.25 GB (ISO) + 2.18 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony Music | Japan | Cat#: SICC 10299~300 | Genre: Classical

Anner Bylsma, who plays a Baroque cello in original condition, has written a whole book about the variety of bow strokes needed for this music. Fancying the use of the bow as an analogue to the use of a foil in a duel, he calls Bach a “fencing master,” a term that implies intense training, physical coordination used with spontaneity, and a readiness to change the approach instantly as each successive, fast-moving challenge demands. His playing makes the music fresh and new with a flexibility and vitality that illustrates the thesis of his book.Read More

Classical

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T. Rex – Electric Warrior (1971) {2020, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

July 27, 2020

T. Rex - Electric Warrior (1971) {2020, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

T. Rex – Electric Warrior (1971) {2020, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 615 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.99. GB (SACD ISO) + 1.14 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2209 | Genre: Glam Rock

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Glam Rock

Elton John – Discography

July 27, 2020

Elton John - Discography

Elton John – Discography
EAC Rip | 195xCD + 1xDVD | FLAC Tracks/Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 89.3 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS | BOX SETS
Label: Various | Genre: Glam Rock, Pop Rock

UPDATE: Several Albums Added

Elton John was the biggest pop star of the ’70s, grabbing headlines and generating hits throughout the world. As it turned out, this was merely the first act in a remarkable career that kept him at the top of the charts for decades. He charted a Top 40 hit single every year between 1970 and 1996, a sign that he knew how to both change with the times, and mold the times to fit him. Initially marketed as a singer/songwriter, John soon revealed he could also craft Beatles-like pop and pound out rockers with equal aplomb.Read More

Glam Rock, Pop Rock

Vanilla Fudge – Vanilla Fudge (1967) {2020, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

July 24, 2020

Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (1967) {2020, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Vanilla Fudge – Vanilla Fudge (1967) {2020, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 364 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.01 GB (SACD ISO) + 695 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2210 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock

Long considered one of the legendary lost bands of hard rock and a pioneer in (or influence on, depending on who you ask) progressive rock, Vanilla Fudge is probably best known for their complete reworkings of more mainstream songs into progressive rock explosions of killer musicianship and arranging.Read More

Psychedelic Rock

Fiona Joy Hawkins – Christmas Joy (2011) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

July 23, 2020

Fiona Joy Hawkins - Christmas Joy (2011) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Fiona Joy Hawkins – Christmas Joy (2011) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.81 GB (ISO) + 2.41 GB (FLAC Mch) + 939 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Little Hartley Music | Australia | Cat#: FJH016 | Genre: Xmas, Classical

In Christmas Joy, Fiona Joy Hawkins has breathed new life into a repertoire of traditional music deeply in need of new perspective and new energy. The recording offers an inventive and, yes, joyful approach; bringing life to music which has been taken for granted for decades. Both in her unique slant on traditional music and in her own compositions for this recording, Christmas Joy is an utterly brilliant creation.Read More

Classical, Xmas

Fiona Joy Hawkins – 600 Years In A Moment (2013) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

July 23, 2020

Fiona Joy Hawkins - 600 Years In A Moment (2013) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Fiona Joy Hawkins – 600 Years In A Moment (2013) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 4.05 GB (ISO) + 2.87 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.08 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Little Hartley Music | Australia | Cat#: FJH015 | Genre: Country, Folk, World

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Country, Folk, World-Ethnic

Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall – Orient – Occident II (Hommage À La Syrie) (2013) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

July 23, 2020

Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall - Orient - Occident II (Hommage À La Syrie) (2013) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall – Orient – Occident II (Hommage À La Syrie) (2013) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.87 GB (ISO) + 1.44 GB (FLAC Stereo) + 3.33 GB (FLAC Mch) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alia Vox | EU | Cat#: AVSA9900 | Genre: Classical, Folk, World, Medieval

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Classical, Folk, World-Ethnic

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Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall – Orient-Occident (1200-1700) (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

July 23, 2020

Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall - Orient-Occident (1200-1700) (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Hespèrion XXI / Jordi Savall – Orient-Occident (1200-1700) (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Mutlichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.15 GB (ISO) + 2.55 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.31 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Alia Vox | EU| Cat#: AVSA9848 | Genre: Classical, Folk, World, Medieval

AliaVox’s Orient-Occident 1200-1700 is unique in Jordi Savall’s recorded output in that, despite the title, it has no correspondence whatsoever with any specific historical or musicological program. Rather, like the “East meets West” albums pairing violinist Yehudi Menhuin with sitar player Ravi Shankar, Orient-Occident 1200-1700 brings Savall and ace Hespèrion XXI percussionist Pedro Estevan into the orbit of Greek santur player Dimitris Psonis, Israeli oud player Yair Dalal, Moroccan oudist Driss El Maloumi, and three Afghan traditional musicians — Osman Ahrman, Khaled Arman, and Siar Hashimi.Read More

Classical, Folk, World-Ethnic

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Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {2016, Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

July 22, 2020

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973) {2016, Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters (1973) {2016, Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 238 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.02 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.57 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 828 MB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CAPJ 084 SA | Genre: Jazz-Funk

Head Hunters was a pivotal point in Herbie Hancock’s career, bringing him into the vanguard of jazz fusion. Hancock had pushed avant-garde boundaries on his own albums and with Miles Davis, but he had never devoted himself to the groove as he did on Head Hunters. Drawing heavily from Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and James Brown, Hancock developed deeply funky, even gritty, rhythms over which he soloed on electric synthesizers, bringing the instrument to the forefront in jazz.Read More

Jazz, R&B

Willie Nelson – First Rose of Spring (2020) {WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res}

July 17, 2020

Willie Nelson - First Rose of Spring (2020) {WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res}

Willie Nelson – First Rose of Spring (2020) {WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res}
WEB Download | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 235 MB (CD-Quality) + 876 MB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Legacy Recordings | Genre: Country

The very title of First Rose of Spring — Willie Nelson’s 70th or 94th or 143rd, all depending on how you count things — suggests a bit of a rebirth, an emotion that hasn’t been particularly prevalent on the albums Willie recorded and released during his eighties. Turns out, the sentiment of the title and its accompanying song is a bit of a feint, since there are a fair number of nods to Nelson’s advanced age scattered through this 2020 record, but the tone of the album isn’t especially meditative or bleak.Read More

Country