Quality: SACD

Dean Martin – This Time I’m Swingin’! (1960) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Dean Martin - This Time I'm Swingin'! (1960) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Dean Martin – This Time I’m Swingin’! (1960)
[2013, 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
203 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.39 GB (DSF) + 674 MB (FLAC) + 1.41 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

This Time I’m Swingin’! is an album recorded by Dean Martin for Capitol Records. The sessions yielding this album’s songs were recorded in May 1960. While thirteen tracks were recorded during the three sessions, only twelve of them made it onto the album when it was released October 3, 1960. Continue reading “Dean Martin – This Time I’m Swingin’! (1960) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Asia – Alpha (1983) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Asia - Alpha (1983) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Asia – Alpha (1983) [2017, 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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
283 MB (CD-LAYER) + 1.76 GB (ISO) + 1.73 GB (DSF) + 842 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: CD-Layer, DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

The eagerly awaited follow-up to the supergroup’s debut, Alpha landed with a resounding thud a year later. The album still managed to be a platinum-selling Top Ten hit, as did the leadoff single “Don’t Cry,” but where Asia managed to make old sounds fresh, Alpha fails miserably. Continue reading “Asia – Alpha (1983) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Band – The Last Waltz (1978) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band - The Last Waltz (1978) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band – The Last Waltz (1978) [2014, 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
2x Discs | Full Scans Included
1.01 GB (CD-Layer) + 3.15 GB (DSF) + 2.37 GB (FLAC) + 5.23 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

“It started as a concert – it became a celebration.” Unprecedented in scope and unrivaled in spirit, The Last Waltz transcends both the group it honors and every A-list star that appears. Indeed, The Band’s farewell event captures the zeitgeist of a creative period like none other and raises a glass to the communal ethos and artistic electricity that emerged from a time during which foreign wars Continue reading “The Band – The Last Waltz (1978) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Arne Domnérus – Jazz At The Pawnshop 30th Anniversary (1977) [2006, Remastered, 3x Discs, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Arne Domnérus - Jazz At The Pawnshop 30th Anniversary (1977) [2006, Remastered, 3x Discs, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Arne Domnérus – Jazz At The Pawnshop 30th Anniversary (1977)
[2006, Remastered, 3x Discs, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
3x Discs / Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
10.7 GB (ISO) + 30.3 GB (DSF) + 11.3 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

On December 6 and 7, 1976, in a small jazz club called Stampen (The Pawn Shop) in Stockholm’s Old Town, Swedish sound engineer Gert Palmcrantz recorded a group of leading Scandinavian jazzmen live, trying to get “the tight, harmonious sound of the records of my childhood.” Conditions were less than ideal. A full house, a great deal of background noise. Continue reading “Arne Domnérus – Jazz At The Pawnshop 30th Anniversary (1977) [2006, Remastered, 3x Discs, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Donald Byrd – Street Lady (1973) [2020, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Donald Byrd - Street Lady (1973) [2020, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Donald Byrd – Street Lady (1973) [2020, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel
2.08 GB (ISO) + 7.24 GB (DSF) + 2.54 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

Not so much a fusion album as an attempt at mainstream soul and R&B, Street Lady plays like the soundtrack to a forgotten blaxploitation film. Producer/arranger/composer Larry Mizell conceived Street Lady as a concept album to a spirited, independent prostitute, and while the hooker with a heart of gold concept is a little trite, the music uncannily evokes an urban landscape circa the early ’70s. Continue reading “Donald Byrd – Street Lady (1973) [2020, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Donald Byrd – Black Byrd (1973) [2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Donald Byrd - Black Byrd (1973) [2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Donald Byrd – Black Byrd (1973) [2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel
1.99 GB (ISO) + 7.02 GB (DSF) + 2.44 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

Purists howled with indignation when Donald Byrd released Black Byrd, a full-fledged foray into R&B that erupted into a popular phenomenon. Byrd was branded a sellout and a traitor to his hard bop credentials, especially after Black Byrd became the biggest-selling album in Blue Note history. Continue reading “Donald Byrd – Black Byrd (1973) [2019, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Marvin Gaye – The Marvin Gaye Collection (2004) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Marvin Gaye - The Marvin Gaye Collection (2004) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Marvin Gaye – The Marvin Gaye Collection (2004) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Scans Included
6.06 GB (DSF) + 2.29 GB (ISO) + 2.65 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

The high-end audio format war (DTS vs. DVD Audio vs. Super Audio CD) still didn’t have a clear winner in 2004, so to ensure there’s some Marvin Gaye to pump through your expensive tube amps, Universal issued The Marvin Gaye Collection in a Hybrid Super Audio CD. Continue reading “Marvin Gaye – The Marvin Gaye Collection (2004) [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]

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
2.48 GB (ISO) + 4.82 GB (DSF) + 1.84 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

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]”

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-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
1.82 GB (ISO) + 1.77 GB (DSF) + 871 MB (FLAC) + 271 MB (CD-LAYER) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

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]”

Ritchie Valens – Greatest Hits (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ritchie Valens - Greatest Hits (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ritchie Valens – Greatest Hits (2003) [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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
1.62 GB (ISO) + 1.56 GB (DSF) + 460 MB (FLAC) + 148 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Ritchie Valens was only 17 when he died in 1959. His musical legacy rests on about an album-and-a-half of completed studio material, a poorly recorded high school concert, and a handful of demos and rehearsal tapes, all of which present a problem for collections of this sort. If you include a full disc’s worth of music, you need to dip into unfinished or badly recorded material, which is a quality issue. Continue reading “Ritchie Valens – Greatest Hits (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Thelonious Monk And Gerry Mulligan – Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Thelonious Monk And Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Thelonious Monk And Gerry Mulligan – Mulligan Meets Monk (1957)
[2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
1.50 GB (DSF) + 971 MB (ISO) + 1.04 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Mulligan Meets Monk documents the 1957 meeting of two sharp musical minds. Though the pairing may seem unlikely, baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan — whose cool, West Coast style blends dexterity with laid-back grace — and Thelonious Monk — whose radical, angular piano playing and thoroughly modern compositions are blueprints for the possibilities of bop — sound remarkable together. In fact, it is the contrast between the players’ styles that lends this set its balance and appeal. Continue reading “Thelonious Monk And Gerry Mulligan – Mulligan Meets Monk (1957) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Nat King Cole – The Nat King Cole Story (1961) [2013, Analogue Productions Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat King Cole - The Nat King Cole Story (1961) [2013, Analogue Productions Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat King Cole – The Nat King Cole Story (1961)
[2013, Analogue Productions 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
2x Discs | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
681 MB (CD-Layer) + 15.1 GB (DSF) + 4.99 GB (FLAC) + 4.42 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

One of Nat King Cole’s crowning achievements and a fittingly lavish celebration of a cultural and musical icon, The Nat King Cole Story offers a glorious overview of the career of one of the greatest and most beloved performers in popular music history. The set’s 38 tracks, many re-recorded in stereo for this anthology, offer a selection of amazing music spanning Cole’s career. These are some of the finest, most enduring and treasured recordings ever made. Continue reading “Nat King Cole – The Nat King Cole Story (1961) [2013, Analogue Productions Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Roy Orbison – The Ultimate Collection (2016) [2018, Japan Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Roy Orbison - The Ultimate Collection (2016) [2018, Japan Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Roy Orbison – The Ultimate Collection (2016)
[2018, Japan Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
3.13 GB (DSF) + 3.20 GB (ISO) + 1.49 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Single-disc The Ultimate Collection is the first career-spanning Roy Orbison compilation since their double-disc Essential from a decade earlier. At 40 tracks, Essential would seem to have an edge over The Ultimate Collection, but the 2016 compilation has a significant advantage in that it contains the original hit versions of “Running Scared” and “In Dreams,” Continue reading “Roy Orbison – The Ultimate Collection (2016) [2018, Japan Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (1968) [2013, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968) [2013, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (1968) [2013, 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
1.95 GB (ISO) + 1.91 GB (DSF) + 931 MB (FLAC) + 288 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Steppenwolf is the first album by Canadian rock band Steppenwolf, released in January 1968 on ABC Dunhill Records.
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Dizzy Gillespie – Supreme Jazz (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Dizzy Gillespie - Supreme Jazz (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Dizzy Gillespie – Supreme Jazz (2006) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.73 GB (ISO) + 9.99 GB (DSF) + 4.35 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Membran Music Ltd. | Germany | Cat#: 223269-207 | Genre: Big Band
Update: Missing files have been added
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