The Beatles ‎- Abbey Road (1969) [2019, 50th Anniversary Edition, New Mix, 3xLP, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Beatles ‎- Abbey Road (1969) [2019, 50th Anniversary Edition, New Mix, 3xLP, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Beatles ‎- Abbey Road (1969) [2019, 50th Anniversary Edition, New Mix, 3xLP, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 5.34 GB (Hi-Res) + 1.26 GB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music Group / Apple | USA | Cat#: 0602508007446 | Genre: Classic Rock

This limited edition Deluxe vinyl box set features all 40 tracks from the Super Deluxe collection on three 180-gram vinyl LPs. The album’s new stereo mix LP is packaged in a faithfully replicated sleeve, with the two Sessions LPs paired in their own jacket, presented with a four-page insert in a lift-top box. Giles Martin, working with Sam Okell, from the original eight-track session tapes, was guided by the album’s original mix supervised by his father, George Martin Continue reading “The Beatles ‎- Abbey Road (1969) [2019, 50th Anniversary Edition, New Mix, 3xLP, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Dave Clark Five – Albums Collection [2019, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

The Dave Clark Five - Albums Collection [2019, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

The Dave Clark Five – Albums Collection [2019, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 1.3 GB (CD-Quality) + 4 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG Rights Management | Genre: Pop Rock
Continue reading “The Dave Clark Five – Albums Collection [2019, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz
Total Size: 304 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.30 GB (SACD ISO) + 629 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 253 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock

Vincebus Eruptum is the debut studio album by American rock band Blue Cheer. Released on January 16, 1968, the album features a heavy-thunderous blues sound, which would later be known as heavy metal. It also contains elements of acid rock, grunge, experimental rock, blues rock, stoner rock, and garage rock. Continue reading “Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Animals – Retrospective (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Animals - Retrospective (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Animals – Retrospective (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz
Total Size: 377 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.12 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.13 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABKCO | USA | Cat#: 93252 | Genre: Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Initially, the Animals’ Retrospective looks like just another greatest-hits compilation recycling the same old tracks already easily available elsewhere. Yawn! Yet, on closer inspection, there’s a big difference with this particular set. These 22 tracks are taken from the ABKCO masters and utilize Direct Stream Digital (DSD), containing both CD and Super Audio CD layers. ABKCO initially previewed this technology with much fanfare on the Rolling Stones’ reissues of 2003. Continue reading “The Animals – Retrospective (2004) [CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

XTC – Drums And Wires (1979) [2014, Remixed, CD + BD + Hi-Res]

XTC - Drums And Wires (1979) [2014, Remixed, CD + BD + Hi-Res]

XTC – Drums And Wires (1979) [2014, Remixed, CD + BD + Hi-Res]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC Video | DTS-HD MA (5.1 / 24bit / 96kHz) | LPCM (5.1 & 2.0 / 24bit / 96-192kHz)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96-192kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 453 MB (CD) + 33.9 GB (BD) + 12.1 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Ape House | EU | Cat#: APEBD103 | Genre: Pop Rock

CD + Blu-ray edition. Digitally remixed and re-mastered edition of the British band’s 1979 album. DRUMS & WIRES has been mixed for 5.1 Surround Sound from the original studio masters by Steven Wilson with input from Andy Partridge and is fully approved by XTC. CD features a completely new stereo album mix by Steven Wilson plus six additional singles and non-album tracks. Blu-ray features the new stereo album mix in 24bit/96khz LPCM audio, the original stereo album mix in 24bit/96khz LPCM audio, and three tracks from DJM mix sessions (for potential single mixes). Continue reading “XTC – Drums And Wires (1979) [2014, Remixed, CD + BD + Hi-Res]”

Soul Asylum – Black Gold: The Best Of Soul Asylum (2000)

Soul Asylum - Black Gold: The Best Of Soul Asylum (2000)

Soul Asylum – Black Gold: The Best Of Soul Asylum (2000)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 556 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia / Legacy | USA | Cat#: 498656 2 | Genre: Alternative Rock

Unusually, for a best-of by a band that started indie and didn’t become stars until hooking up with a major, Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum spans their entire pre-2000 career, starting with a 1985 track from their second LP. Naturally, their output on the major label that issued this compilation, Columbia, is emphasized; there are just four songs from the Twin/Tone era, and nothing at all from their 1984 debut, Say What You Will Clarence…Karl Sold the Truck. Continue reading “Soul Asylum – Black Gold: The Best Of Soul Asylum (2000)”

Liam Gallagher – Why Me? Why Not. (2019) [Official Digital Release] [Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Liam Gallagher - Why Me? Why Not. (2019) [Official Digital Release] [Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Liam Gallagher – Why Me? Why Not. (2019) [Official Digital Release]
[Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 383 MB (CD-Quality) + 622 MB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Records | Genre: Indie Rock

‘Why Me? Why Not.’ was written by Liam with producers Andrew Wyatt and Greg Kurstin, and recorded in Los Angeles and at RAK Studios in London. Wyatt and Kurstin previously contributed writing and production to Liam’s all-conquering debut solo album ‘As You Were’, and Liam was keen to get even deeper with them this time. Continue reading “Liam Gallagher – Why Me? Why Not. (2019) [Official Digital Release] [Deluxe Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Michael McDonald – Wide Open (2017)

Michael McDonald - Wide Open (2017)

Michael McDonald – Wide Open (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 532 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Chonin Records / BMG | US | Cat#: 538305292 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

Wide Open is Michael McDonald’s first album in nearly a decade, following Soul Speak by nine years, but a better benchmark would be Blue Obsession, the last album of original material he released. That record arrived in 2000, long before McDonald’s reputation was revived by both yacht rocking satirists and R&B hipsters — elements that barely factor into the sound of Wide Open, although their existence may have convinced McDonald to leave behind his stroll through the ’60s soul songbook. Continue reading “Michael McDonald – Wide Open (2017)”

Art Pepper – Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings (2019) {WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res}

Art Pepper - Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings (2019) {WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res}

Art Pepper – Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings (2019) {WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res}
WEB Download | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 2.16 GB (CD-Quality) + 3.90 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Omnivore Recordings | Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop

Producer Snyder had long wished to record Pepper, and to that end, booked him into a week at the Village Vanguard in New York. But the sax man was under contract to Contemporary Records, whose head Les Koenig opted to record the stint himself. Pepper, however, remained committed to recording for Snyder, the result of which was four albums recorded in 1979 and released in the ensuing years. Continue reading “Art Pepper – Promise Kept: The Complete Artists House Recordings (2019) {WEB, CD-Quality + Hi-Res}”

Ray Charles – Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Vols 1 & 2 (2009) [Official Digital Release] [2019, Reissue]

Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Vols 1 & 2 (2009) [Official Digital Release] [2019, Reissue]

Ray Charles – Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Vols 1 & 2 (2009) [Official Digital Release] [2019, Reissue]
FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 422 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Concord Records | Genre: R&B

Ray Charles’s Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Volumes 1 & 2 are major landmarks in American culture. Charles demonstrated that great songs with signature performances work in all genres. “I Can’t Stop Loving You” was a standard in country, soul and R&B, as he proved. Modern Sounds also brought America together during the Sixties’ civil rights movement. Charles became one of the first recording artists to have ownership and complete control of the masters. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music has been listed among the greatest albums of all time, along with the Beatles, Dylan, Motown, Springsteen, Hendrix and the Beach Boys. Continue reading “Ray Charles – Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Vols 1 & 2 (2009) [Official Digital Release] [2019, Reissue]”

Ian Dury – New Boots And Panties!! (1977) [2017, 40th Anniversary Edition, 4CDs]

Ian Dury - New Boots And Panties!! (1977) [2017, 40th Anniversary Edition, 4CDs]

Ian Dury – New Boots And Panties!! (1977) [2017, 40th Anniversary Edition, 4CDs]
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.76 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Edsel Records | UK | Cat#: NBAPBOX01 | Genre: Punk, Ska

Limited box set packaged in a 12 x 12 hardcover book containing four CDs, the original album on vinyl, and a pull out eight page booklet with sleeve notes by Phill Jupitus. Alongside the original album there are three bonus discs containing bonus tracks, demo versions, John Peel Sessions and a full live performance not available before on CD. New Boots And Panties!! Was the debut album for Ian Dury, originally released on Stiff Records in 1977. Continue reading “Ian Dury – New Boots And Panties!! (1977) [2017, 40th Anniversary Edition, 4CDs]”

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Do It Yourself (1979) [2019, 40th Anniversary Edition, 2CD + DVD]

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Do It Yourself (1979) [2019, 40th Anniversary Edition, 2CD + DVD]

Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Do It Yourself (1979) [2019, 40th Anniversary Edition, 2CD + DVD]
EAC Rip | 2x CD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
DVD | NTSC 4:3 (720×480) VBR | LPCM (2.0)
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 633 MB (CD) + 3.38 GB (DVD) + 1.67 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Edsel Records | EU | Cat#: EDSL0035 | Genre: Pop Rock

The 40th Anniversary Edition of the Classic Album by Ian Dury & The Blockheads in Deluxe Multi-Format Edition. Original Album on 180g Magnolia Coloured Vinyl – Cut from Original Master Tapes. Additional content in the form of 2CDs and DVD containing all of the Singles, B-Sides, Demos, Videos, and Live Concert – Rock Goes to College: Ian Dury & The Blockheads in concert at Queen’s University, Belfast. 3rd February 1979. Choose your own front cover from all of the 34 original sleeves designed by the legendary graphic artist Barney Bubbles. Collected and presented as 17 double-sided 12×12″ art prints for the first time in a sliding rigid slipcase. Continue reading “Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Do It Yourself (1979) [2019, 40th Anniversary Edition, 2CD + DVD]”