24-Bit Hi-Res Lossless & DSD – Page 222

Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Genius + Soul = Jazz is a 1961 album by Ray Charles featuring big band arrangements by Quincy Jones and Ralph Burns. Charles is accompanied by two groups drawn from members of The Count Basie Band and from the ranks of top New York session players. It was recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in two sessions on December 26 and 27, 1960 and originally released on the Impulse! label as Impulse! A–2. Continue reading “Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Greatest Rock Ballads (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Greatest Rock Ballads (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Greatest Rock Ballads (2015) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.17 GB (ISO) + 1.41 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony Music | EU | Cat#: 88875052412 | Genre: Rock
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Boston – Boston (1976) {2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Boston - Boston (1976) {2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Boston – Boston (1976) {2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.52 GB (ISO) + 771 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Epic | USA | Cat#: ES 34188 | Genre: Hard Rock

Boston is one of the best-selling albums of all time, and deservedly so. Because of the rise of disco and punk, FM rock radio seemed all but dead until the rise of acts like Boston, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen. Nearly every song on Boston’s debut album could still be heard on classic rock radio decades later due to the strong vocals of Brad Delp and unique guitar sound of Tom Scholz. Continue reading “Boston – Boston (1976) {2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Journey – Arrival (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Journey - Arrival (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Journey was formed originally as a vehicle for Neal Schon’s guitar pyrotechnics, but after five years the band sought out a lead singer to give them mainstream pop appeal, and Steve Perry did that, helping them to a string of seven consecutive multi-platinum albums before the band broke up in 1987. A 1996 reunion put them back in the winners’ circle with Trial by Fire, but Perry then bowed out for health reasons, putting Journey in the sticky position of recruiting a new lead singer. (Drummer Steve Smith has also been replaced by Deen Castronovo formerly of Bad English.) Continue reading “Journey – Arrival (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jethro Tull – Heavy Horses: New Shoes Edition (1978) [2018, Super Deluxe Box, 3CD + 2DVD + Hi-Res]

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses: New Shoes Edition (1978) [2018, Super Deluxe Box, 3CD + 2DVD + Hi-Res]

3CD + 2 x DVD set. Robust 1978 album in new Steven Wilson stereo mix, plus 31 BONUS tracks including a complete 1978 live show from Switzerland as well as two DVD’s of 5.1 DTS and 96/24 PCM Stereo mixes, concert and promo footage from the era and 96-page book. Continue reading “Jethro Tull – Heavy Horses: New Shoes Edition (1978) [2018, Super Deluxe Box, 3CD + 2DVD + Hi-Res]”

Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) [2014, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD + DVD + Hi-Res]

Rick Wakeman - The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) [2014, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD + DVD + Hi-Res]

A deluxe version of one of the classic ‘concept’ Prog albums of all time and Rick Wakeman’s second. Re-mastered with bonus tracks and a Quad mix from the time. Long out of print, the A&M Rick Wakeman catalogue is highly sought after by fans, this is one of the first in a re-issue campaign to restore the Rick Wakeman catalogue back to its former glory. This release includes a 1-CD re-mastered at Abbey Road and a DVD featuring the album in Quad and stereo. Continue reading “Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973) [2014, Deluxe Edition, Remastered, CD + DVD + Hi-Res]”

Marillion – Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Marillion - Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Delivering a political album is always risky, with the possibility that it will get locked in its historical era usually a direct consequence. On their 18th album, prog rockers Marillion don’t seem to care, and they have nothing to lose and no one to account to but themselves. FEAR is an acronym for “Fuck Everybody and Run.” Two of its three lengthy, multi-part suites (“El Dorado” and “The New Kings”) are overtly political statements that look at England and the calamitous state of the world not only observationally but experientially. Continue reading “Marillion – Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ray Charles And Betty Carter – Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles And Betty Carter - Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles And Betty Carter – Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961) [2012, 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: 2.72 GB (ISO) + 1.21 GB (FLAC Mch) + 802 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 385SA | Genre: Swing, Big band

This pairing of two totally idiosyncratic vocalists acquired legendary status over the decades in which it had been out of print. But the proof is in the listening, and frankly it doesn’t represent either artist’s best work. There is certainly a powerful, often sexy rapport between the two — Charles in his sweet balladeering mode, Carter with her uniquely keening, drifting high register — and they definitely create sparks in the justly famous rendition of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Continue reading “Ray Charles And Betty Carter – Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Journey – Greatest Hits (1988) {2001, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Journey - Greatest Hits (1988) {2001, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Journey – Greatest Hits (1988) {2001, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.66 GB (ISO) + 1.30 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | USA | Cat#: CS 44493 | Genre: Hard Rock

Greatest Hits is an excellent, thorough 14-track collection containing all of Journey’s big hits, from 1978’s “Wheel in the Sky” to 1986’s “I’ll Be Alright Without You.” Although the songs aren’t presented in chronological order and a handful of minor hits (“Suzanne,” “Walks Like a Lady”) aren’t included, it doesn’t matter, since every essential Journey single — “Only the Young,” “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Any Way You Want It,” “Separate Ways,” “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’,” “Open Arms,” “Send Her My Love” — is here, which means that it’s all most casual fans will ever need. Continue reading “Journey – Greatest Hits (1988) {2001, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Toto – Hydra (1979) [2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Toto - Hydra (1979) [2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

If Toto’s musical advantage was that, since its members continued to play on many of the successful records made in L.A., its own music was popular almost by definition, its disadvantage was that it made little attempt to seek an individual musical signature — a particular style, say, or a distinctive singer (Bobby Kimball was not it) who could make its records immediately identifiable. Continue reading “Toto – Hydra (1979) [2000, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping (1974) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Second Helping is a 1974 album by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was the band’s second album, and featured its biggest hit single, “Sweet Home Alabama”, an answer song to Neil Young’s “Alabama” and “Southern Man”. Continue reading “Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping (1974) [2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

John Mayall With Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers (1966) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Mayall With Eric Clapton - Blues Breakers (1966) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Mayall With Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers (1966) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.52 GB (ISO) + 774 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9043 | Genre: Blues Rock
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Nuthin’ Fancy (1975) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Nuthin' Fancy (1975) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Nuthin’ Fancy (1975) {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: 1.50 GB (ISO) + 719 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 2137 SA | Genre: Blues Rock

Second Helping brought Lynyrd Skynyrd mass success and for the follow-up they offered Nuthin’ Fancy. It was a self-deprecating title for a record that may have offered more of the same, at least on the surface, but was still nearly peerless as a Southern rock record. The biggest difference with this record is that the band, through touring, has become heavier and harder, fitting right in with the heavy album rock bands of the mid-’70s. Continue reading “Lynyrd Skynyrd – Nuthin’ Fancy (1975) {2013, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Blind Faith – Blind Faith (1969) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blind Faith – Blind Faith (1969) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.70 GB (ISO) + 817 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Universal | Japan | Cat#: UIGY-9031 | Genre: Blues Rock
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Kiss – Destroyer (1976) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Kiss - Destroyer (1976) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The pressure was on Kiss for their fifth release, and the band knew it. Their breakthrough, Alive!, was going to be hard to top, so instead of trying to recreate a concert setting in the studio, they went the opposite route. Destroyer is one of Kiss’ most experimental studio albums, but also one of their strongest and most interesting. Alice Cooper/Pink Floyd producer Bob Ezrin was on hand, and he strongly encouraged the band to experiment — there’s extensive use of sound effects (the album’s untitled closing track), the appearance of a boy’s choir (“Great Expectations”), and an orchestra-laden, heartfelt ballad (“Beth”). Continue reading “Kiss – Destroyer (1976) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”