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Miles Davis – ‘Round About Midnight (1957) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight (1957) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis – ‘Round About Midnight (1957) [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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.64 GB (ISO) + 1.61 GB (DSF) + 732 MB (FLAC) + 253 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2083 | Genre: Hard Bop, Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Given that ‘Round About Midnight was Miles Davis’ debut Columbia recording, it was both a beginning and an ending. Certainly the beginning of his recording career with the label that issued most if not all of his important recordings; and the recording debut of an exciting new band that had within its ranks Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, pianist Red Garland, and an all but unknown tenor player named John Coltrane. Continue reading “Miles Davis – ‘Round About Midnight (1957) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 2.97 GB (Hi-Res) + 581 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABC | US | Cat#: ABCX-779 | Genre: Jazz Rock, Pop Rock

Can’t Buy a Thrill became an unexpected hit, and as a response, Donald Fagen became the group’s full-time lead vocalist, and he and Walter Becker acted like Steely Dan was a rock & roll band for the group’s second album, Countdown to Ecstasy. The loud guitars and pronounced backbeat of “Bodhisattva,” “Show Biz Kids,” and “My Old School” camouflage the fact that Countdown is a riskier album, musically speaking, than its predecessor. Continue reading “Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy (1973) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Sweet – Discography (1971-2021)

Sweet - Discography (1971-2021)

Sweet – Discography (1971-2021)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Official Digital Release | FLAC Tracks
Total Size: 37.7 GB | Total Discs: 83 | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS ALBUMS | BOX SETS

In some ways, the Sweet epitomized all the tacky hubris and garish silliness of the early ’70s. Fusing bubblegum melodies with crunching, fuzzy guitars, the band looked like a heavy metal band, but were as tame as any pop group. It was a dichotomy that served them well, as they racked up a number of hits in both the U.K. and the U.S. Most of those songs were written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, a pair of British songwriters who had a way with silly, simple, and catchy hooks. Continue reading “Sweet – Discography (1971-2021)”

Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972) [2000, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill (1972) [2000, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972) [2000, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 3.26 GB (Hi-Res) + 637 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Speakers Corner Records | Germany | Cat#: ABCX 758 | Genre: Pop Rock, Jazz Rock

Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were remarkable craftsmen from the start, as Steely Dan’s debut, Can’t Buy a Thrill, illustrates. Each song is tightly constructed, with interlocking chords and gracefully interwoven melodies, buoyed by clever, cryptic lyrics. All of these are hallmarks of Steely Dan’s signature sound, but what is most remarkable about the record is the way it differs from their later albums. Continue reading “Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972) [2000, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Nat king Cole – Just One Of Those Things (1957) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat king Cole - Just One Of Those Things (1957) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat king Cole – Just One Of Those Things (1957) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / XLD Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.18 GB (ISO) + 6.98 GB (DSF) + 2.54 GB (FLAC) + 410 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 903 SA | Genre: Big Band, Swing, Vocal Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Just One of Those Things is a theme album comparable to one of Frank Sinatra’s uptempo swing albums of the same period (Come Fly with Me, etc.), and employs the same arranger/conductor, Billy May. Nat King Cole is a bit less effective than Sinatra at uptempo material; he tends to undersing these sprightly standards, and May saves his dramatic horn charts and percussion shots for moments when Cole is away from the microphone. Continue reading “Nat king Cole – Just One Of Those Things (1957) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – FM (The Original Movie Soundtrack) [1978] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Various Artists - FM (The Original Movie Soundtrack) [1978] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Various Artists – FM (The Original Movie Soundtrack) [1978] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 5.46 GB (Hi-Res) + 879 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MCA | US | Cat#: MCA2-12000 | Genre: Soundtrack, Classic Rock

Appropriately, the soundtrack for the 1978 movie FM feels like a radio play list of the era, collecting songs from Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Boz Scaggs, and other ’70s radio staples. Steely Dan’s title track, Queen’s “We Will Rock You,” Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band’s “Night Moves,” Billy Joel’s “Just The Way You Are,” and Boston’s “More Than a Feeling” are some of the highlights from this double-disc set, which also includes tracks from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Foreigner, and Linda Ronstadt, all of whom also appeared in the film. Continue reading “Various Artists – FM (The Original Movie Soundtrack) [1978] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Nazareth – Surviving the Law [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Nazareth - Surviving the Law [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Nazareth – Surviving the Law [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 0.99 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Frontiers Records | Genre: Hard Rock

It is difficult to sum up in few words the history and influence in the history of rock music that an act like Nazareth has had. Having celebrated their 50th Anniversary in 2018 with the release of their 24th studio album, “Tattooed On My Brain”, the long-running UK hard rockers will enter their 54th year of existence in 2022 with the release of their 25th studio album, “Surviving The Law”. Continue reading “Nazareth – Surviving the Law [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 2.83 GB (Hi-Res) + 559 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSV 1-514 | Genre: Symphonic Rock, Progressive Rock
Pressed On Supervinyl

Mastered from the original analog master tapes, pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl vinyl at RTI, and housed in a tip-on jacket, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition 180g LP of Eldorado allows the longtime audiophile staple to resonate with previously unheard dynamics, tones, and colors. Conjuring the feeling of journeying to different horizons, the record’s songs teem with layer upon layer of details, which can now be heard as the producers intended. Continue reading “Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds Of Fire (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds Of Fire (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
Stereoo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.04 GB (ISO) + 5.78 GB (DSF) + 2.17 GB (FLAC) + 357 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ5 212 | Genre: Jazz Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Emboldened by the popularity of Inner Mounting Flame among rock audiences, the first Mahavishnu Orchestra set out to further define and refine its blistering jazz-rock direction in its second — and, no thanks to internal feuding, last — studio album. Although it has much of the screaming rock energy and sometimes exaggerated competitive frenzy of its predecessor, Birds of Fire is audibly more Continue reading “Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds Of Fire (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Carly Simon – No Secrets (1972) [2016, MFSL Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon - No Secrets (1972) [2016, MFSL Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon – No Secrets (1972) [2016, MFSL Remaster, 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: 1.54 GB (ISO) + 1.51 GB (DSF) + 708 MB (FLAC) + 224 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2167 | Genre: Pop
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Carly Simon’s best album, No Secrets was also her commercial breakthrough, topping the charts and going gold, along with its leadoff single, “You’re So Vain.” That song set the album’s saucy tone, with its air of sexually frank autobiography (“You had me several years ago/When I was still quite naïve”) and its reflections on the jet-set lifestyle. Continue reading “Carly Simon – No Secrets (1972) [2016, MFSL Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Carly Simon – Carly Simon (1971) [2015 MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon - Carly Simon (1971) [2015 MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon – Carly Simon (1971) [2015 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: 1.65 GB (ISO) + 1.60 GB (DSF) + 791 MB (FLAC) + 250 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2165 | Genre: Pop
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

“That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be,” the leadoff track of Carly Simon’s first album and a Top Ten hit, in which the singer expresses reservations about getting married, benefited from a sense of role reversal — it’s such a guy sentiment, but sung by a woman in 1971, it came across as a feminist statement, consistent with the overall disillusionment so prevalent then. Continue reading “Carly Simon – Carly Simon (1971) [2015 MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Carly Simon – Anticipation (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon - Anticipation (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon – Anticipation (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, 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: 1.59 GB (ISO) + 1.56 GB (DSF) + 706 MB (FLAC) + 206 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2166 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Carly Simon’s second album found her extending the gutsy persona she had established on her debut album, notably on the title track and “Legend in Your Own Time” (both of them hit singles), and “I’ve Got to Have You.” The latter especially suggested a frankly passionate person whose vulnerability was a source of strength, not weakness, a valuable feminist trait and one Simon would pursue in her later work. Continue reading “Carly Simon – Anticipation (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Carly Simon – Hotcakes (1974) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carly Simon – Hotcakes (1974) [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: 1.63 GB (ISO) + 1.59 GB (DSF) + 767 MB (FLAC) + 247 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2168 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

A glowing, pregnant Carly Simon smiles out from the cover of Hotcakes, one of her biggest selling albums, which featured the gold single “Mockingbird,” a duet with her husband James Taylor that effectively remade the old Inez and Charlie Foxx hit and bested it on the charts. Continue reading “Carly Simon – Hotcakes (1974) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Frank Sinatra – Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!! (1961) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Frank Sinatra - Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! (1961) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Frank Sinatra – Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!! (1961)
[2013, 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: 1.06 GB (ISO) + 1.07 GB (DSF) + 526 MB (FLAC) + 193 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2110 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!! And More is a fast, driving album, the speediest and hardest swing collection Frank Sinatra ever recorded. The majority of the album is a re-recording of six of the eight songs from his first LP, Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra, as rearranged by Nelson Riddle. Sinatra performed the songs twice as fast as was expected; consequently, it’s one of his jazziest swing sets, with the musicians spitting out energetic, forceful solos and providing tough, gutsy support. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Sinatra’s Swingin’ Session!!! (1961) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Frank Sinatra – No One Cares (1959) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Frank Sinatra - No One Cares (1959) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Frank Sinatra – No One Cares (1959) [2013, 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: 1.53 GB (ISO) + 0.99 GB (DSF) + 741 MB (FLAC) + 239 MB (CD-Layer)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2111 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Frank Sinatra’s second set of torch songs recorded with Gordon Jenkins, No One Cares was nearly as good as its predecessor Where Are You? Expanding the melancholy tone of the duo’s previous collaboration, No One Cares consists of nothing but brooding, lonely songs. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – No One Cares (1959) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”