The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (1977) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (1977) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (1977) [2016, 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: 413 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.00 GB (DSF) + 829 MB (FLAC) + 1.69 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2174 | Genre: Progressive Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Audiophiles needn’t any introduction to the Alan Parsons Project’s I Robot. Engineered by Parsons after he performed the same duties on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, the 1977 record reigns as a disc whose taut bass, crisp highs, clean production, and seemingly limitless dynamic range are matched only by the sensational prog-rock fare helmed by the keyboardist. Not surprisingly, it’s been issued myriad times. Continue reading “The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (1977) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Alexandra Shakina – All The Way (2018) [CD + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alexandra Shakina – All The Way (2018) [CD + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alexandra Shakina – All The Way (2018) [CD + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz / Front & Back Covers
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz / Front & Back Covers
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz / Front & Back Covers
CD / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log / Full Scans Included
Total Size: 364 MB (CD) + 1.40 GB (DSF) + 1.00 GB (FLAC) + 2.15 GB (ISO)
Label: Venus Records | Japan | Cat#: VHGD-306 / VHCD-78331 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

The debut album from Russian vocalist Alexandra Shakina, performing standards with backing from the Massimo Farao’ Trio. Continue reading “Alexandra Shakina – All The Way (2018) [CD + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Neil Young – Somewhere Under the Rainbow 1973 (2023) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Neil Young - Somewhere Under the Rainbow 1973 (2023) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Neil Young – Somewhere Under the Rainbow 1973 (2023) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.87 GB
Label: Reprise | Genre: Country Rock

Recorded at London’s Rainbow Theater in November of 1973, Somewhere Under the Rainbow captures Neil Young at the height of the Tonight’s the Night era, having finished that tumultuous album just months earlier and already taking the material to the stage. The Santa Monica Flyers, Neil’s backing band on this tour, consisted of pedal steel player Ben Keith, bassist Billy Talbot, drummer Ralph Molina, and Nils Lofgren jumping between piano, guitar, and even occasional accordion. Continue reading “Neil Young – Somewhere Under the Rainbow 1973 (2023) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Metallica – 72 Seasons (2023) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Metallica - 72 Seasons (2023) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Metallica – 72 Seasons (2023) [Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 1.85 GB
Label: Blackened Records | Genre: Thrash Metal

While promoting Metallica’s eleventh album, Lars Ulrich claimed 72 Seasons was “maybe the most friction-free record we’ve ever made” which is a fair assessment of the LP. Never before has Metallica seemed so comfortable being Metallica, embracing their identity as a collective and letting each member play to their strengths: Ulrich’s drums are pushed forward in the mix, Robert Trujillo roams wild with his bass, Kirk Hammett gets plenty of room to solo while James Hetfield processes all he’s learned in therapy. Continue reading “Metallica – 72 Seasons (2023) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (1973) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (1973) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (1973) [2011, Japanese Reissue, 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: 1.21 GB (DSF) + 881 MB (FLAC) + 1.97 GB (ISO)
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9080 | Genre: Progressive Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added
Continue reading “Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (1973) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Elton John – Honky Château (1972) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Elton John - Honky Château (1972) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Elton John – Honky Château (1972) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 5.32 GB (DSF) + 3.74 GB (FLAC) + 3.37 GB (ISO)
Label: Island Records | US | Cat#: B0003609-36 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Considerably lighter than Madman Across the Water, Honky Chateau is a rollicking collection of ballads, rockers, blues, country-rock, and soul songs. On paper, it reads like an eclectic mess, but it plays as the most focused and accomplished set of songs Elton John and Bernie Taupin ever wrote. The skittering boogie of “Honky Cat” and the light psychedelic pop of “Rocket Man” helped send Honky Chateau to the top of the charts, but what is truly impressive about the album is the depth of its material. Continue reading “Elton John – Honky Château (1972) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Elton John – Madman Across The Water (1971) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Elton John - Madman Across The Water (1971) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Elton John – Madman Across The Water (1971) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 5.04 GB (DSF) + 3.41 GB (FLAC) + 3.10 GB (ISO)
Label: Island Records | US | Cat#: B0003610-36 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Trading the cinematic aspirations of Tumbleweed Connection for a tentative stab at prog rock, Elton John and Bernie Taupin delivered another excellent collection of songs with Madman Across the Water. Like its two predecessors, Madman Across the Water is driven by the sweeping string arrangements of Paul Buckmaster, who gives the songs here a richly dark and haunting edge. And these are songs that benefit from grandiose treatments. Continue reading “Elton John – Madman Across The Water (1971) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Grateful Dead – American Beauty (1970) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Grateful Dead - American Beauty (1970) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Grateful Dead – American Beauty (1970) [2014, 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: 270 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.17 GB (DSF) + 858 MB (FLAC) + 1.72 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2138 | Genre: Folk Rock, Country Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

American Beauty is a studio album by rock band the Grateful Dead. Released November 1, 1970, by Warner Bros. Records, the album continued the folk rock and country music style of their previous album Workingman’s Dead, issued earlier in the year. Though the Americana approach is still evident in the songwriting, comparatively the sound focused more on folk harmonies and major-key melodies, showing influence from Bob Dylan and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. Continue reading “Grateful Dead – American Beauty (1970) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Paolo Giacometti, Martin Sandhoff / Kölner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens – Johann Wilhelm Wilms: Sinfonie und Solokonzerte (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Paolo Giacometti, Martin Sandhoff / Kölner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens - Johann Wilhelm Wilms: Sinfonie und Solokonzerte (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Paolo Giacometti, Martin Sandhoff / Kölner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens – Johann Wilhelm Wilms: Sinfonie und Solokonzerte (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Front & Back Covers
Total Size: 6.30 GB (DSF) + 4.36 GB (FLAC) + 3.91 GB (ISO)
Label: ARS Produktion | Germany | Cat#: ARS 38 024 | Genre: Classical

When asked about his favorite instrument, Johann Wilhelm Wilms could only have answered: the orchestra. This statement probably sounds rather strange for a composer who, as a young pianist, was the number one among the piano virtuosos and teachers of his adopted city of Amsterdam and who was also appreciated as a flutist for decades; however, it is at least as plausible if one listens to one of his works for orchestra: every page of a Wilms Continue reading “Paolo Giacometti, Martin Sandhoff / Kölner Akademie / Michael Alexander Willens – Johann Wilhelm Wilms: Sinfonie und Solokonzerte (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Blue Öyster Cult – Secret Treaties (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blue Öyster Cult – Secret Treaties (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.86 GB (DSF) + 2.22 GB (FLAC) + 1.82 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ5 246 | Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

While the speed-freak adrenaline heaviness and shrouded occult mystery of Tyranny and Mutation is the watermark for Blue Öyster Cult’s creative invention, it is Secret Treaties that is widely and critically regarded as the band’s classic. Issued in 1974, Secret Treaties is the purest distillation of all of BÖC’s strengths. Here the songs are expansive, and lush in their textures. Continue reading “Blue Öyster Cult – Secret Treaties (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Alice Cooper – Muscle of Love (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alice Cooper – Muscle of Love (1973)
[2015, 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
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 372 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.88 GB (DSF) + 2.28 GB (FLAC) + 2.02 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ5 229 | Genre: Glam Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Coming off such conceptual, theatrical, sleazy hard rock records as the massively successful School’s Out (1972) and Billion Dollar Babies (1973), the Alice Cooper group decided that their next release would be more along the lines of their earlier, more straightforward work (à la Love It to Death). While Muscle of Love was a gold-certified Top Ten success, it performed below expectations (their previous two albums peaked at number two and number one, respectively) and would unfortunately prove to be the original Alice Cooper band’s last studio album together. Continue reading “Alice Cooper – Muscle of Love (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Alexandra Shakina – Mood Indigo (2019) [CD + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alexandra Shakina - Mood Indigo (2019) [CD + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alexandra Shakina – Mood Indigo (2019) [CD + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz / Front & Back Covers
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz / Front & Back Covers
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz / Front & Back Covers
CD / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log / Full Scans Included
Total Size: 391 MB (CD) + 1.56 GB (DSF) + 1.10 GB (FLAC) + 2.48 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Venus Records | Japan | Cat#: VHGD-350 / VHCD-78346 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Alexandra Shakina, backed by Massimo Farao’ on piano, Nicola Barbon on bass and Gianni Cazzola on drums, sings “Isn’t It Romantic?”, “Let’s Face The Music And Dance”, “Mood Indigo”, “I’m A Fool To Want You” and more. Continue reading “Alexandra Shakina – Mood Indigo (2019) [CD + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jerry Lee Lewis – A Whole Lotta… (2012) [4CD-Set]

Jerry Lee Lewis - A Whole Lotta... (2012) [4CD-Set]

Jerry Lee Lewis – A Whole Lotta… (2012) [4CD-Set]
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.88 GB
Label: Salvo | UK | Cat#: SALVOBX410 | Genre: Rock & Roll, Country

There is no shortage of Jerry Lee Lewis anthologies — the early Sun years in particular have been ripe for compiling — so it’s been easy to overlook a glaring gap in his catalog: a comprehensive career overview. The closest there’s been is Rhino’s terrific double-disc All Killer, No Filler, but Salvo’s 2012 box A Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis trumps that 1993 set handily. Continue reading “Jerry Lee Lewis – A Whole Lotta… (2012) [4CD-Set]”

Fist – Fleet Street (1981) [2022 Remastered]

Fist - Fleet Street (1981) [2022 Remastered]

Fist – Fleet Street (1981) [2022 Remastered]
XLD Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 284 MB
Label: Bad Reputation | France | Cat#: BAD221201 | Genre: Hard Rock

Digitally remastered edition of this 1981 release. Formed in 1979 by Ottawa-born Ron Chenier, singer/ guitarist, recruited players and began honing their chops doing small clubs in and around the Toronto area. Fleet Street was the band’s third album. “Double Or Nothing” again showcased Chenier’s talent for writing slick, guitar riffs, while “Thunder In Rock” was easily the year’s best tune on the radio waves. With the clever addition of a sax solo, “Thunder In Rock” is probably most synonymous with Fist’s music, if any song is at all. Continue reading “Fist – Fleet Street (1981) [2022 Remastered]”

Donna Summer – She Works Hard For The Money (1983) [2023, Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money (1983) [2023, Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Donna Summer – She Works Hard For The Money (1983)
[2023, Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.73 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mercury Records | Genre: Pop, Disco
Continue reading “Donna Summer – She Works Hard For The Money (1983) [2023, Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”