Yellow Magic Orchestra – BGM (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Yellow Magic Orchestra - BGM (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Yellow Magic Orchestra – BGM (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.90 GB (ISO) + 919 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: GT Music | Japan | Cat#: MHCL 10112 | Genre: Synth-Pop

BGM stands for “background music,” and one could be mistaken for thinking that this is an album of ambient-sounding tracks. Instead, it’s a continuation of YMO’s techno aesthetic, focusing more on Takahashi’s distorted vocals and similarly liquid synth sounds, which give much of the album a melancholic air. Continue reading “Yellow Magic Orchestra – BGM (1981) {2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Freddie Mercury – Never Boring (2019) {Deluxe Edition, WEB Hi-Res}

Freddie Mercury - Never Boring (2019) {Deluxe Edition, WEB Hi-Res}

Freddie Mercury – Never Boring (2019) {Deluxe Edition, WEB Hi-Res}
WEB Download | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz
Total Size: 1.67 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal International Music | Genre: Pop

Include a new 12-track compilation of many of Freddie’s greatest solo performances; a newly mixed 11-track special edition of “Mr Bad Guy” and the nine-track 2012 special edition of “Barcelona” featuring full orchestra.

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Tomita – Firebird (1975) [2019, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tomita - Firebird (1975) [2019, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tomita – Firebird (1975) [2019, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.03 GB (ISO) + 1.71 GB (FLAC Mch) + 834 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | Austria | Cat#: CDSML 8558 | Genre: Classical

Equipped with a warehouse of component Moog equipment, four phase shifters, a Roland space echo unit, a sitar (!), and other period electronic gear, Tomita re-enters the Russian classical repertoire with his take on Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite (1919 version). As unique as Tomita’s idiom was (and still is), this transcription is rather conservative for him, not as startling nor as playful as those of Debussy and Mussorgsky on his first two RCA albums. Continue reading “Tomita – Firebird (1975) [2019, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen (2019) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen (2019) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen (2019) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 379 MB (CD-Quality) + 1.38 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Ghosteen Ltd | Genre: Alternative Rock

Ghosteen is the new two part album from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Ghosteen is the seventeenth studio album from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, following 2016’s Skeleton Tree. The album was recorded in 2018 and early 2019 at Woodshed in Malibu, Nightbird in Los Angeles, Retreat in Brighton and Candybomber in Berlin. It was mixed by Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Lance Powell and Andrew Dominik at Conway in Los Angeles.’The songs on the first album are the children. The songs on the second album are their parents. Ghosteen is migrating spirit.’ Nick Cave. Continue reading “Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Ghosteen (2019) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

The Thelonious Monk Quartet – Monk’s Dream (1963) {2019, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream (1963) {2019, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

The Thelonious Monk Quartet – Monk’s Dream (1963) {2019, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.76 GB (ISO) + 871 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2207 | Genre: Hard Bop, Piano Jazz

Monk’s Dream is the Columbia Records debut release featuring the Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk (piano), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), and Frankie Dunlop (drums). Jazz scholars and enthusiasts alike also heralded this combo as the best Monk had been involved with for several years. Although he would perform and record supported by various other musicians, the tight — almost telepathic — dimensions that these four shared has rarely been equalled in any genre. Continue reading “The Thelonious Monk Quartet – Monk’s Dream (1963) {2019, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969) {2019, 50th Anniversary, Super Deluxe Edition, New Mix, 3CD + BD + Hi-Res}

The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969) {2019, 50th Anniversary, Super Deluxe Edition, New Mix, 3CD + BD + Hi-Res}

The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969) {2019, 50th Anniversary, Super Deluxe Edition, New Mix, 3CD + BD + Hi-Res}
EAC Rip | 3x CD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Blu-ray Audio | DTS-HD MA (5.1 / 24bit / 96kHz) | LPCM (2.0 / 24bit / 96kHz) | Dolby TrueHD/Atmos Audio (7.1 / 24bit / 48kHz)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 759 MB (CD) + 16 GB (BD) + 3.37 GB (Hi-Res) + 5.80 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal Music Group / Apple | Germany | Cat#: 0602577921124 | Genre: Classic Rock

The 3CD+blu-ray super deluxe edition delivers Giles Martin’s new stereo mix on CD 1 with two further CDs of outtakes and unreleased rarities (‘sessions’). A blu-ray audio is the fourth and final disc and it delivers two separate surround sound mixes – a standard 5.1 and a Dolby Atmos mix (along with a hi-res stereo version of the new Giles Martin stereo mix). Continue reading “The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969) {2019, 50th Anniversary, Super Deluxe Edition, New Mix, 3CD + BD + Hi-Res}”

Randy Newman – Lonely At The Top: The Studio Albums, 1968-77 (2017) [Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Randy Newman - Lonely At The Top: The Studio Albums, 1968-77 (2017) [Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Randy Newman – Lonely At The Top: The Studio Albums, 1968-77 (2017)
[Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

12x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 6.56 GB (Hi-Res) + 1.55 GB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Nonesuch | USA | Cat#: 558519-1 | Genre: Pop Rock

Randy Newman’s Lonely at the Top: Studio Albums, 1968–1977 comprises Newman’s first five studio albums—Randy Newman, 12 Songs, Sail Away, Good Old Boys, and Little Criminals—on vinyl and a bonus 45 RPM of alternate versions of “You Can Leave Your Hat On” and “Last Night I Had a Dream.” The collection will receive a limited release of 1,000. Continue reading “Randy Newman – Lonely At The Top: The Studio Albums, 1968-77 (2017) [Box Set, Limited Edition, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Karla Bonoff – Restless Nights (1979) [2018, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Karla Bonoff - Restless Nights (1979) [2018, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Karla Bonoff – Restless Nights (1979) [2018, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.55 GB (ISO) + 737 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Stereo Sound Publishing, Inc | Japan | Cat#: SSVS004 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

Karla Bonoff seems to have had some trouble coming up with material for her second album, which may explain why it took two years (a long time in the ’70s) and contained covers of “When You Walk in the Room” and “The Water Is Wide,” and also why the originals weren’t as uniformly excellent as those on her first album. True, leadoff track “Trouble Again” was a gem (as Linda Ronstadt proved when she recorded it on her Cry Like a Rainstorm — Howl Like the Wind album in 1989), but some of the other material was only pedestrian. Continue reading “Karla Bonoff – Restless Nights (1979) [2018, Japan, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Tony Bennett – The Ultimate Tony Bennett (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tony Bennett - The Ultimate Tony Bennett (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Tony Bennett – The Ultimate Tony Bennett (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.48 GB (ISO) + 1.16 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia / Legacy | USA | Cat#: CS 63570 | Genre: Easy Listening

The first-ever single-disc collection to span Tony’s entire five-decade career, now presented with special, 80th birthday packaging! And Tony chose the 20 tracks himself, as well as contributed rare photos and commentary in the notes. Includes Because of You; Rags to Riches; I Left My Heart in San Francisco; Stranger in Paradise; Blue Velvet; Smile; I Wanna Be Around; The Good Life; When Joanna Loved Me; If I Ruled the World , and more, winding up appropriately with The Best Is Yet to Come . A true legend. Continue reading “Tony Bennett – The Ultimate Tony Bennett (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Beach Boys – 6 Albums (1964-1867) [2014, Japanese SHM-SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys - 6 Albums (1964-1867) [2014, Japanese SHM-SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys – 6 Albums (1964-1867) [2014, Japanese SHM-SACD, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | 6x Single Layer SACD | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 7.04 GB (ISO) + 2.96 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9651/56 | Genre: Rockabilly, Psychedelic Rock
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The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up (1971) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up (1971) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.41 GB (ISO) + 1.25 GB (FLAC Mch) + 650 MB (FLAC Stereo)
Label: Analogue Productions | USA ‎| Cat#: CAPP 070 SA | Genre: Pop Rock

The Beach Boys’ post-1966 catalog is littered with LPs that barely scraped the charts upon release but matured into solid fan favorites despite — and occasionally, because of — their many and varied eccentricities. Surf’s Up could well be the definitive example, beginning with the cloying “Don’t Go Near the Water” and ending a bare half-hour later with the baroque majesty of the title track (originally written in 1966). Continue reading “The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up (1971) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Pearl Jam – Twenty (2011) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Pearl Jam - Twenty (2011) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Pearl Jam – Twenty (2011) [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: 5.50 GB (Hi-Res) + 1.51 GB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Monkeywrench Records | USA | Cat#: 886979603516 | Genre: Alternative Rock

To celebrate their 20th anniversary — marked from the release of Ten, not their formation — Pearl Jam launched a multimedia project called Pearl Jam Twenty, spearheaded by a Cameron Crowe-directed documentary to which this double-disc set provides the nominal soundtrack, both supplemented by a memorabilia-laden coffeetable book. It’s a project not dissimilar to The Beatles Anthology and, appropriately enough, the PJ20 soundtrack is a weird hodgepodge of demos, alternate tracks, outtakes, and live cuts all culled together under a title that suggests it has broader appeal than it does. Continue reading “Pearl Jam – Twenty (2011) [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]

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]”

Golden Earring – Naked III: Live at the Panama (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Golden Earring - Naked III: Live at the Panama (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Golden Earring – Naked III: Live at the Panama (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 4.16 GB (ISO) + 3.95 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.48 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Benelux | Cat#: 987 021-9 | Genre: Classic Rock
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Pure Prairie League – Two Lane Highway & If The Shoe Fits (2017) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Pure Prairie League - Two Lane Highway & If The Shoe Fits (2017) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Pure Prairie League – Two Lane Highway & If The Shoe Fits (2017) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.02 GB (ISO) + 2.58 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.29 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | UK | Cat#: CDSML 8527 | Genre: Country Rock, Southern Rock
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