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Miles Davis – Filles De Kilimanjaro (1968) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis - Filles De Kilimanjaro (1968) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis – Filles De Kilimanjaro (1968) [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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.34 GB (ISO) + 2.30 GB (DSF) + 1.15 GB (FLAC) + 355 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2148 | Genre: Post-Bop, Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Since it’s billed as “Directions in Music by Miles Davis,” it should come as little surprise that Filles de Kilimanjaro is the beginning of a new phase for Miles, the place that he begins to dive headfirst into jazz-rock fusion. It also happens to be the swan song for his second classic quintet, arguably the finest collective of musicians he ever worked with, and what makes this album so fascinating is that it’s possible to hear the breaking point Continue reading “Miles Davis – Filles De Kilimanjaro (1968) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Miles Davis – Sorcerer (1967) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis – Sorcerer (1967) [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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.67 GB (ISO) + 1.65 GB (DSF) + 820 MB (FLAC) + 247 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2145 | Genre: Modal, Post-Bop, Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Sorcerer, the third album by the second Miles Davis Quintet, is in a sense a transitional album, a quiet, subdued affair that rarely blows hot, choosing to explore cerebral tonal colorings. Even when the tempo picks up, as it does on the title track, there’s little of the dense, manic energy on Miles Smiles — this is about subtle shadings, even when the compositions are as memorable as Tony Williams’ “Pee Wee” or Herbie Hancock’s “Sorcerer.” Continue reading “Miles Davis – Sorcerer (1967) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Poco – Collected (2019) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Poco - Collected (2019) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Poco – Collected (2019) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 2.14 GB (Hi-Res) + 748 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Music On Vinyl | EU | Cat#: MOVLP2280 | Genre: Country Rock

Limited 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Includes liner notes. The American country rock band Poco formed in 1968 and released different charting songs during the 1970s and 1980s. In 50 years, they recorded more than enough worthwhile material to bundle on two LPs. The Poco Collected album features songs from different periods and includes some live recordings. During their 50-years of existence Poco performed in various groupings and recorded over 20 studio albums. Continue reading “Poco – Collected (2019) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973) [2014, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973) [2014, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973) [2014, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 982 MB (Hi-Res) + 296 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Tamla Motown | EU | Cat#: 0050109032617 | Genre: R&B, Soul, Funk

When Stevie Wonder applied his tremendous songwriting talents to the unsettled social morass that was the early ’70s, he produced one of his greatest, most important works, a rich panoply of songs addressing drugs, spirituality, political ethics, the unnecessary perils of urban life, and what looked to be the failure of the ’60s dream — all set within a collection of charts as funky and catchy as any he’d written before. Continue reading “Stevie Wonder – Innervisions (1973) [2014, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 979 MB (Hi-Res) + 290 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MOFI 1-009 | Genre: Funk, Soul, R&B
Mastered on the GAIN 2 ULTRA ANALOG SYSTEM™

After releasing two “head” records during 1970 and 1971, Stevie Wonder expanded his compositional palette with 1972’s Talking Book to include societal ills as well as tender love songs, and so recorded the first smash album of his career. What had been hinted at on the intriguing project Music of My Mind was here focused into a laser beam of tight songwriting, warm electronic arrangements, and ebullient performances — altogether the most realistic vision of a musical personality ever put to wax, beginning with a disarmingly simple love song, “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (but of course, it’s only the composition that’s simple). Continue reading “Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Beatles – Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2016) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Beatles - Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2016) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Beatles – Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2016) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 1.20 GB (Hi-Res) + 568 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Apple / Universal | EU | Cat#: 0602557054996 | Genre: Rock & Roll

Capitol Records initially planned to release a live album from the Beatles in 1964, recording the band’s August 23 concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Nobody at the label found the results satisfactory so they attempted it again almost exactly a year later, taping the August 29 and 30, 1965 shows at the Hollywood Bowl but, once again, it proved hard to hear the Fab Four from underneath the roar of the crowd, so those tapes were also shelved. Continue reading “The Beatles – Live At The Hollywood Bowl (2016) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

ZZ Top – RAW (‘That Little Ol’ Band From Texas’ Original Soundtrack) [2022] [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

ZZ Top - RAW ('That Little Ol' Band From Texas' Original Soundtrack) [2022] [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

ZZ Top – RAW (‘That Little Ol’ Band From Texas’ Original Soundtrack) [2022]
[Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 1.40 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG Rights Management | Genre: Soundtrack, Blues Rock

Pay attention to the “raw” designation in RAW: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas, the 2022 album that purports to be the soundtrack to the 2019 documentary That Little Ol’ Band from Texas. Within the movie is a segment capturing ZZ Top playing a show at Gruene Hall, famously hailed as “the oldest continually run dance hall in Texas.” Continue reading “ZZ Top – RAW (‘That Little Ol’ Band From Texas’ Original Soundtrack) [2022] [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]”

Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel (1974) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel (1974) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel (1974) [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
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Total Size: 1.52 GB (ISO) + 1.50 GB (DSF) + 720 MB (FLAC) + 256 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2059 | Genre: Country Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Gram Parsons fondness for drugs and high living are said to have been catching up with him while he was recording Grievous Angel, and sadly he wouldn’t live long enough to see it reach record stores, dying from a drug overdose in the fall of 1973. This album is a less ambitious and unified set than his solo debut, but that’s to say that G.P. was a great album while Grievous Angel was instead a very, very good one. Continue reading “Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel (1974) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Gram Parsons – GP (1973) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gram Parsons - GP (1973) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gram Parsons – GP (1973) [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: 1.61 GB (ISO) + 1.59 GB (DSF) + 741 MB (FLAC) + 256 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2058 | Genre: Country Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Given Gram Parsons’ habit of taking control of the bands he played with (and his disinclination towards staying with them for very long), it was inevitable that he would eventually strike out on his own, and his first solo album, 1973’s G.P., is probably the best realized expression of his musical personality. Continue reading “Gram Parsons – GP (1973) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Voodoo Lounge (1994) [2018, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge (1994) [2018, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Voodoo Lounge (1994) [2018, Remastered, 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: 4.10 GB (Hi-Res) + 777 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | US & EU | Cat#: 7243 8 39830 1 8 / 7243 8 39782 1 2 | Genre: Pop Rock, Rock & Roll

Funny that the much-touted “reunion/comeback” album Steel Wheels followed Dirty Work by just three years, while it took the Stones five years to turn out its sequel, Voodoo Lounge — a time frame that seems much more appropriate for a “comeback.” To pile on the irony, Voodoo Lounge feels more like a return to form than its predecessor, even if it’s every bit as calculated and Bill Wyman has flown the coup. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Voodoo Lounge (1994) [2018, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Bridges To Babylon (1997) [2018, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon (1997) [2018, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Bridges To Babylon (1997) [2018, Remastered, 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: 4.54 GB (Hi-Res) + 853 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Polydor / Universal | US & EU | Cat#: 0602557974799 | Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

Voodoo Lounge confirmed that the Stones could age gracefully, but it never sounded modern; it sounded classicist. With its successor, Bridges to Babylon, Mick Jagger was determined to bring the Rolling Stones into the ’90s, albeit tentatively, and hired hip collaborators like the Dust Brothers (Beck, Beastie Boys) and Danny Saber (Black Grape) to give the veteran group an edge on their explorations of drum loops and samples. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Bridges To Babylon (1997) [2018, Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Alan Parsons Project – Ammonia Avenue (1984) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project – Ammonia Avenue (1984) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
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Total Size: 897 MB (Hi-Res) + 295 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Nippon Phonogram Co., Ltd. | Japan | Cat#: 20RS-54 | Genre: Progressive Rock

One of the most interesting aspects about the Alan Parsons Project is the band’s ability to forge a main theme with each of its songs, while at the same time sounding extremely sharp and polished. Much of this formula is used in Ammonia Avenue, only this time the songs rise above Parsons’ overall message due to the sheer beauty of the lyrics partnered with the luster of the instruments. Continue reading “The Alan Parsons Project – Ammonia Avenue (1984) [Japanese Release, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Alan Parsons Project – Vulture Culture (1985) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project - Vulture Culture (1985) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Alan Parsons Project – Vulture Culture (1985) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
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Total Size: 918 MB (Hi-Res) + 308 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Arista | US Promo | Cat#: AL8-8263| Genre: Progressive Rock

Vulture Culture is the eighth studio album by The Alan Parsons Project
Continue reading “The Alan Parsons Project – Vulture Culture (1985) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Bread – The Best Of Bread (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bread - The Best Of Bread (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bread – The Best Of Bread (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: 2.52 GB (ISO) + 4.87 GB (DSF) + 1.94 GB (FLAC) + 315 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ5 197 | Genre: Adult Contemporary
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The Best of Bread is a multi-platinum compilation album by the band Bread released in 1973 by Elektra Records. Later re-issues have additional tracks including several from 1974’s The Best of Bread, Volume 2. Continue reading “Bread – The Best Of Bread (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Cal Tjader Quintet ‎- Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader (1990) [2002, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cal Tjader Quintet ‎- Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader (1990) [2002, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cal Tjader Quintet ‎- Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader (1990)
[2002, 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
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Total Size: 299 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.86 GB (ISO) + 1.82 GB (DSF) + 878 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 004 | Genre: Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Vibraphonist Cal Tjader is in typically fine form on this live set from 1968. His quintet at the time featured Armand Perazza on congas and pianist Joe Kloess and his repertoire ranged from Afro-Cuban jazz to occasional straightahead tunes. Six of the eight selections on this date are originals by band members or Gary McFarland. Although Tjader had been playing this style of music for 15 years by this time, he still was quite creative and enthusiastic, and is heard throughout in excellent form. Continue reading “The Cal Tjader Quintet ‎- Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader (1990) [2002, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”