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Grand Funk Railroad – On Time (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2021, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Grand Funk Railroad - On Time (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2021, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Grand Funk Railroad – On Time (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2021, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz & 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 3.43 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Capitol | Genre: Classic Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock

Grand Funk Railroad’s 1969 debut is a wildly uneven affair. Although the exuberant energy and power-trio theatrics that would fuel their 1970s hits are in place, the group’s songwriting and arranging abilities are very much in their infancy. The biggest problems in terms of songwriting are the often-amateurish lyrics: “Anybody’s Answer” is a sincere but muddled attempt at a message song that expends a lot of energy without ever focusing on a particular target and “Heartbreaker” is a love lament that is content to trot out a series of well-worn heartbreak clichés. Continue reading “Grand Funk Railroad – On Time (1969) [Official Digital Release] [2021, Reissue, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Chopin / Kempf – Chopin: Études Opp. 10 & 25 (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Chopin / Kempf - Chopin: Études Opp. 10 & 25 (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Chopin / Kempf – Chopin: Études Opp. 10 & 25 (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Digital Booklet
Total Size: 2.99 GB (ISO) + 3.31 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Bis | Sweden | Cat#: BIS-SACD-1390 | Genre: Classical

Playing a rather brilliant Steinway D instrument at the Academy of Music, Stockholm, in 2003, British pianist Freddy Kempf (b. 1977) makes a lyrical and aggressive contribution to the long line of virtuosos who traverse these familiar sets of etudes. Engineer Jens Braun pushes the sonic envelope to the brink, with the C# Minor, Op. 10, No. 4 threatening to shatter at the extreme ends, but it all works nicely. The whole disc, in fact, is an audiophile model for rich, pointed, and balanced piano sound. Continue reading “Chopin / Kempf – Chopin: Études Opp. 10 & 25 (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Arvo Pärt / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier With Christopher Bowers-Broadbent – Da Pacem (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Arvo Pärt / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier With Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - Da Pacem (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Arvo Pärt / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier With Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
Da Pacem (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Digital Booklet
Total Size: 3.33 GB (ISO) + 3.53 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Harmonia Mundi | Germany | Cat#: HMU 807401 | Genre: Classical

This collection of short works by Arvo Pärt features a cappella music and some lightly accompanied by an organ. Conducting the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir is Paul Hillier, one of Pärt’s most celebrated interpreters and the author of a book-length study of his music. Hillier came to Pärt from the field of early music, and in his notes he stresses affinities between Pärt and the composers of medieval and Renaissance eras. Continue reading “Arvo Pärt / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / Paul Hillier With Christopher Bowers-Broadbent – Da Pacem (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Killers – Pressure Machine (2021) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Deluxe, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

The Killers - Pressure Machine (2021) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Deluxe, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

The Killers – Pressure Machine (2021) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Deluxe, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
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Total Size: 2.13 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: P&D – Island | Genre: Indie, Pop Rock

Less than a year after the release of their critically acclaimed sixth album Imploding the Mirage, the Killers returned with the melancholic Pressure Machine, a stark rumination on small-town life set to the most pensive, yet touching soundscapes in their catalog to date. This is not a typical Killers album: stripped of their typical Vegas bombast, rousing anthems, and glittering showmanship, the set reveals the dark side of the Sam’s Town trailer park, a place of depression, fundamentalism, desperation, and violence. Continue reading “The Killers – Pressure Machine (2021) [Official Digital Release] [2022, Deluxe, CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Changeup (Acoustic) [2022] [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Changeup (Acoustic) [2022] [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Changeup (Acoustic) [2022] [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
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Total Size: 2.38 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Legacy Recordings | Genre: Pop Rock

The album is a 25-track collection featuring new, unplugged versions of songs spanning Joan Jett‘s entire career, from her work with the trailblazing 1970s all-female group The Runaways through to some of her most recent songs with The Blackhearts. Continue reading “Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – Changeup (Acoustic) [2022] [Official Digital Release] [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]”

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]
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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]
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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
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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 – 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]”

Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.51 GB (ISO) + 651 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Music | Japan | Cat#: WPGR-10003 | Genre: Post-Bop, Jazz

Pithecanthropus Erectus was Charles Mingus’ breakthrough as a leader, the album where he established himself as a composer of boundless imagination and a fresh new voice that, despite his ambitiously modern concepts, was firmly grounded in jazz tradition. Mingus truly discovered himself after mastering the vocabularies of bop and swing, and with Pithecanthropus Erectus he began seeking new ways to increase the evocative power of the art form and challenge his musicians (who here include altoist Jackie McLean and pianist Mal Waldron) to work outside of convention. Continue reading “Charles Mingus – Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) [2011, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.64 GB (ISO) + 768 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | US | Cat#: CIPJ 35 SA | Genre: Post-Bop, Piano Jazz

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history. Charles Mingus consciously designed the six-part ballet as his magnum opus, and — implied in his famous inclusion of liner notes by his psychologist — it’s as much an examination of his own tortured psyche as it is a conceptual piece about love and struggle. It veers between so many emotions that it defies easy encapsulation; for that matter, it can be difficult just to assimilate in the first place. Continue reading “Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (1963) [2011, Remastered, 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]

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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