Alan Parsons – The Secret (2019) [Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD + Hi-Res]

Alan Parsons - The Secret (2019) [Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD + Hi-Res]

Alan Parsons – The Secret (2019) [Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD + Hi-Res]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
DVD-Audio | DTS (5.1 / 24bit / 48kHz) | DTS 96/24 (2.0 / 24bit / 96kHz) | AC-3 (5.1)
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 48kHz / 96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 322 MB (CD) + 2.65 GB (DVD) + 2.37 GB (Hi-Res) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Frontiers Music SRL | EU | Cat#: FR CDVD 943 | Genre: Symphonic Rock

Eleven-time Grammy nominated legendary music icon and master of progressive rock, Alan Parsons will returns with a new album, “The Secret”. Alan’s longtime hobby has been performing magic and this brand new album showcases his own passion for the craft, hence the title “The Secret.” The album will see a return to the pop rock sound with symphonic and progressive rock interludes which the Alan Parsons Project was known for. Features guest appearances by Jason Mraz, Lou Gramm (Foreigner), and more. The DVD is a 5.1 audio hi-definition mix of the album. Continue reading “Alan Parsons – The Secret (2019) [Deluxe Edition, CD + DVD + Hi-Res]”

Various Artists – Jazz In An R&B Groove Vol. 2 (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists - Jazz In An R&B Groove Vol. 2 (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists – Jazz In An R&B Groove Vol. 2 (2006) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.47 GB (ISO) + 1.14 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: HighNote Records | USA | Cat#: HCD 6015 | Genre: R&B, Jazz

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Various Artists – Jazz – That’s Soulfully Blue (2005) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists - Jazz - That's Soulfully Blue (2005) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists – Jazz – That’s Soulfully Blue (2005) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.35 GB (ISO) + 980 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: HighNote Records | USA | Cat#: HCD 6013 | Genre: Jazz

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Various Artists – Jazz In An R&B Groove (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists - Jazz In An R&B Groove (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists – Jazz In An R&B Groove (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.62 GB (ISO) + 1.17 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: HighNote Records | USA | Cat#: HCD 6012 | Genre: R&B, Jazz

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Various Artists – Jazz Goes Pop: Hits Of The 60’s Vol. 1 (2008) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists - Jazz Goes Pop: Hits Of The 60's Vol. 1 (2008) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists – Jazz Goes Pop: Hits Of The 60’s Vol. 1 (2008) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.28 GB (ISO) + 1.02 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: HighNote Records | USA | Cat#: HCD 6019 | Genre: Jazz

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Steve Miller Band – 15 Albums (1968-2019) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Steve Miller Band - 15 Albums (1968-2019) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

Steve Miller Band – 15 Albums (1968-2019) [Hi-Res]
[Official Digital Release]

16x Discs | Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 13.89 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Capitol Records | Genre: Blues Rock, Pop Rock
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Various Artists – Jazz After Midnight (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Jazz After Midnight (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Jazz After Midnight (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.50 GB (ISO) + 1.08 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: HighNote Records | USA | Cat#: HCD 6018 | Genre: Jazz
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Various Artists – Funky Organ: B3 Jazz Grooves (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Funky Organ: B3 Jazz Grooves (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Funky Organ: B3 Jazz Grooves (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.52 GB (ISO) + 1.17 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: HighNote Records | USA | Cat#: HCD 6017 | Genre: Jazz

Funky Organ: B-3 Jazz Grooves is a killer little comp of some truly bad-ass Hammond B-3 madness with music by Charles Earland, Bill Heid, Joey DeFrancesco, Mike LeDonne and Joey’s pop, Papa John. This is stellar funky groove played out over 50 minutes with bass out no-holds-barred greasy goodness. Continue reading “Various Artists – Funky Organ: B3 Jazz Grooves (2007) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Sax And The City: The Sensuous Sound Of The Saxophone (2008) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists - Sax And The City: The Sensuous Sound Of The Saxophone (2008) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Various Artists – Sax And The City: The Sensuous Sound Of The Saxophone (2008) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.20 GB (ISO) + 0.97 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: HighNote Records | USA | Cat#: HCD 6020 | Genre: Easy Listening

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The Cranberries – In The End (2019) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

The Cranberries - In The End (2019) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]

The Cranberries – In The End (2019) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]
Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 44.1kHz
Total Size: 512 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: BMG | Genre: Alternative Rock

In the End is the eighth and final studio album by the Irish alternative rock band The Cranberries, released on 26 April 2019 from BMG. It is the band’s first release since the death of singer Dolores O’Riordan, who died of drowning due to alcohol intoxication on 15 January 2018, though her vocals are featured posthumously. The surviving instrumentalists pieced together her demos with in-studio recordings over the course of the subsequent year and worked with long-time producer Stephen Street to finalize the album. Critical reception has been positive. Continue reading “The Cranberries – In The End (2019) [Hi-Res] [Official Digital Release]”

Jackie McLean Quintet – Lights Out! (1956) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jackie McLean Quintet - Lights Out! (1956) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jackie McLean Quintet – Lights Out! (1956) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.87 GB (ISO) + 829 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CPRJ 7035 SA | Genre: Jazz

Altoist Jackie McLean’s second session as a leader is reissued on this CD. The music that he makes with trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Elmo Hope, bassist Doug Watkins and drummer Art Taylor is essentially hard bop with fairly simple (or in some cases nonexistent) melody statements preceding two romps through the “I Got Rhythm” chord changes, a pair of blues, a thinly disguised “Embraceable You” and a straightforward version of “A Foggy Day.” Enjoyable if not really essential music from the up-and-coming altoist. Continue reading “Jackie McLean Quintet – Lights Out! (1956) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jackie McLean Quintet Introducing Bill Hardman – Jackie’s Pal (1956) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jackie McLean Quintet Introducing Bill Hardman - Jackie's Pal (1956) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jackie McLean Quintet Introducing Bill Hardman – Jackie’s Pal (1956)
[2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.70 GB (ISO) + 742 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CPRJ 7068 SA | Genre: Hard Bop

Here was Bill Hardman, who he introduced into a quintet with Mal Waldron (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums). Hardman’s hot breaking tone sounds a bit less forceful than on his (soon-to-be) later work with The Messengers, but it was already identifiable…Chambers has some exciting bowed spots, Mal Waldron was a bit bland and while Jones’ drumming fills the role, it missed the push Art Taylor’s drumming seemed to invite so often with McLean. Continue reading “Jackie McLean Quintet Introducing Bill Hardman – Jackie’s Pal (1956) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk (1958) {2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk (1958) {2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk (1958) {2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.38 GB (ISO) + 649 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CBNJ 81593 SA | Genre: Bop, Hard Bop

Lou Donaldson’s undisputed masterpiece, Blues Walk, marks the point where the altoist began to decisively modify his heavy Charlie Parker influence and add a smoky, bluesy flavor of his own. The material is still firmly in the bebop vein, and the mellower moments aren’t as sleepy as some of Donaldson’s subsequent work, so the album sounds vital and distinctive even as it slows down and loosens things up. Continue reading “Lou Donaldson – Blues Walk (1958) {2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

The Three Sounds – Bottoms Up! (1959) {2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

The Three Sounds - Bottoms Up! (1959) {2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

The Three Sounds – Bottoms Up! (1959) {2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.60 GB (ISO) + 762 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CBNJ 84014 SA | Genre: Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz

The second record by the Three Sounds (which, like too many of their recordings, has yet to be reissued on CD in the U.S.) features the increasingly popular group in prime form. Pianist Gene Harris, bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Bill Dowdy are in top form performing their brand of funky jazz, which left plenty of room for inventive solos along with the percolating grooves. On this set, the trio plays seven standards (including “Besame Mucho,” “Love Walked In” and “I Could Write a Book”), plus the original “Jinne Lou.” Well worth searching for. Continue reading “The Three Sounds – Bottoms Up! (1959) {2010, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything? (1972) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Todd Rundgren - Something / Anything? (1972) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything? (1972) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.61 GB (ISO) + 1.65 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analog Spark | Austria | Cat#: AS00044 | Genre: Progressive Rock

After two albums, Todd Rundgren had one hit and a burgeoning cult following, plus growing respect as a hitmaking record producer. There’s no question he was busy, but as it turns out, all this work only scratched the surface of his ambition. He had decided to abandon the Runt pretense and recorded a full double album by himself (save for one side). Others had recorded one-man albums before, most notably Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, but Rundgren — without borrowing musically from either artist — captured the homemade ambience of McCartney with the visionary feel of Music of My Mind, adding an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music from Gilbert & Sullivan through Jimi Hendrix, plus the crazed zeal of a pioneer. Continue reading “Todd Rundgren – Something / Anything? (1972) [2018, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”