Quality: SACD

Joe Walsh – So What (1974) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Walsh - So What (1974) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Walsh – So What (1974)
[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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
225 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.49 GB (DSF) + 1.52 GB (ISO) + 696 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

Joe Walsh’s catalog by this point was two albums strong and of a consistently high quality. Despite a change of lineup for So What — a wide range of musicians is used, including the Eagles’ Don Henley — the sound is very similar to previous releases. A number of classic Walsh tracks are featured, including a more polished version of “Turn to Stone,” originally featured on his debut album, Barnstorm, in a somewhat more riotous style. Continue reading “Joe Walsh – So What (1974) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True (1977) [2011, Japan Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977) [2011, Japan Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True (1977) [2011, Japan Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
1.48 GB (DSF) + 1.52 GB (ISO) + 744 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

Elvis Costello was as much a pub rocker as he was a punk rocker and nowhere is that more evident than on his debut, My Aim Is True. It’s not just that Clover, a San Franciscan rock outfit led by Huey Lewis (absent here), back him here, not the Attractions; it’s that his sensibility is borrowed from the pile-driving rock & roll and folksy introspection of pub rockers like Brinsley Schwarz, adding touches of cult singer/songwriters like Randy Newman and David Ackles. Continue reading “Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True (1977) [2011, Japan Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Young Rascals – Groovin’ (1967) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Young Rascals - Groovin' (1967) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Young Rascals – Groovin’ (1967)
[2022, 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
1.61 GB (ISO) + 1.56 GB (DSF) + 500 MB (FLAC) + 163 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: CD-Layer & Missing Files have been added

The Rascals move into the era of psychedelia with a vengeance on this album — the best of their entire history — which also retains a soulful core and adds a bit of a Latin beat. The original album on Atlantic was a monster seller thanks to the title track, practically the group’s signature tune (number one on the pop charts, number three on R&B), but “Groovin'” was only one small strong point on the album of the same name. Continue reading “The Young Rascals – Groovin’ (1967) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

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

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

Ray Charles And Betty Carter – Ray Charles And Betty Carter (1961)
[2012, Analogue Productions Remastered, 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
2.80 GB (ISO) + 6.07 GB (DSF) + 1.96 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

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, Analogue Productions Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Roger Waters – Ça Ira: There Is Hope (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Roger Waters - Ça Ira: There Is Hope (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Roger Waters – Ça Ira: There Is Hope (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
2 x Discs | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
6.14 GB (ISO) + 18.2 GB (DSF) + 6.93 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Roger Waters, the man who equated “education” with “thought control” in his pseudo-opera The Wall, is now back and appealing to higher culture in his new opera Ça Ira. Moreover, this is a real opera, with singers, a chorus, and an orchestra with not a single dreamy, overlong electric guitar solo in sight. Continue reading “Roger Waters – Ça Ira: There Is Hope (2005) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Roger Waters – The Wall: Live In Berlin (1990) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Roger Waters - The Wall: Live In Berlin (1990) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Roger Waters – The Wall: Live In Berlin (1990)
[2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
2 x Discs | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
17.9 GB (DSF) + 8.64 GB (ISO) + 7.87 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

The Wall – Live in Berlin was a live concert performance by Roger Waters and numerous guest artists, of the Pink Floyd studio album The Wall, itself largely written by Waters during his time with the band. The show was held in Berlin on 21 July 1990, to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall eight months earlier. A live album of the concert was released 21 August 1990. A video of the concert was also commercially released. Continue reading “Roger Waters – The Wall: Live In Berlin (1990) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Journey – Escape (1981) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Journey - Escape (1981) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Journey – Escape (1981) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
1.75 GB (DSF) + 2.04 GB (ISO) + 869 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

Escape was a groundbreaking album for San Francisco’s Journey, charting three singles inside Billboard’s Top Ten, with “Don’t Stop Believing” reaching number nine, “Who’s Crying Now” number four, and “Open Arms” peaking at number two and holding there for six weeks. Escape flung Journey steadfastly into the AOR arena, combining Neal Schon’s grand yet palatable guitar playing with Jonathan Cain’s blatant keyboards. Continue reading “Journey – Escape (1981) [1999, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Nektar – Journey To The Centre Of The Eye (1971) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye (1971) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nektar – Journey To The Centre Of The Eye (1971) [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 | Full Scans Included
2.72 GB (ISO) + 7.28 GB (DSF) + 3.28 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

Nektar’s debut album was one of their finest releases, saturated with abstract psychedelia and a wonderful science-fiction motif that is magnified through the rigorous but dazzling Mellotron of Allan Freeman and Roye Albrighton’s nomadic guitar playing. Throughout Journey’s 13 cuts, Nektar introduced their own sort of instrumental surrealism that radiated from both the vocals and from the intermingling of the haphazard drum and string work. Continue reading “Nektar – Journey To The Centre Of The Eye (1971) [2004, 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-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
2.74 GB (ISO) + 2.69 GB (DSF) + 1.32 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

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]”

Gentle Giant – Octopus (1972) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gentle Giant - Octopus (1972) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Gentle Giant – Octopus (1972) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

Returning to Gentle Giant’s fourth album after any kind of lengthy absence, it’s astonishing just how little Octopus has dated. Often written off at the time as a pale reflection of the truly gargantuan steps being taken by the likes of Jethro Tull and Barclay James Harvest, the band’s closest relatives in the tangled skein of period prog, Gentle Giant often seemed more notable for its album art than its music. Continue reading “Gentle Giant – Octopus (1972) [2010, Japanese SHM-SACD, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs (1969) [2026, Analogue Productions Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs (1969) [2026, Analogue Productions Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs (1969)
[2026, Analogue Productions Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
1.85 GB (DSF) + 915 MB (FLAC) + 1.88 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery

Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series)
Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!
Boz Scagg’s debut album praised by critics — an enduring blue-eyed soul masterpiece!
Featuring “Loan Me a Dime” and “Waiting for a Train”
Continue reading “Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs (1969) [2026, Analogue Productions Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Labelle – Nightbirds (1974) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Labelle - Nightbirds (1974) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Labelle – Nightbirds (1974) [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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
374 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.81 GB (ISO) + 1.97 GB (FLAC) + 5.18 GB (DSF) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

The finest of Labelle’s original albums, Nightbirds was recorded in New Orleans with funkmeister Allen Toussaint handling the production chores and, one assumes, members of the Meters taking care of the session work. Worth the price of admission for the Bob Crewe-written “Lady Marmalade” alone, the album veers between the strutting New Orleans, horn-laden singles and more mainstream pop material Continue reading “Labelle – Nightbirds (1974) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Eagles – Desperado (1973) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eagles - Desperado (1973) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eagles – Desperado (1973) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
1.52 GB (ISO) + 1.50 GB (DSF) + 799 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Mastered from the original analog master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD pays tribute to the record’s significance and enhances the experience for generations to come. Playing with reference sonics that elevate an effort forever held dear by audiophiles, it provides a lively, dynamic, transparent, balanced, and intimate view of a release whose contemporary importance continues to grow. Continue reading “Eagles – Desperado (1973) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Knack – Get The Knack (1979) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Knack - Get The Knack (1979) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Knack – Get The Knack (1979)
[2017, 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
430 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.68 GB (DSF) + 1.71 GB (ISO) + 867 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Get the Knack is the debut album by the Knack, released in June 1979. At the time, the album was one of the most successful debuts in history, selling over one million copies in less than two months and spending five weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. Continue reading “The Knack – Get The Knack (1979) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cars - Heartbeat City (1984) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984)
[2016, 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
275 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.60 GB (DSF) + 1.63 GB (ISO) + 811 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

Mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered edition SACD of Heartbeat City revisits the landmark album via a rich fidelity unmatched by any prior digital edition. Signifying the first time the set has been available on vinyl in nearly three decades, this reissue opens up the soundstages, decongests the low frequencies, and shines a spotlight on Mutt Lange’s pinpoint balances and glossy hooks. Continue reading “The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”