Quality: SACD

The Cal Tjader Quintet ‎- Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader (1990) [2002, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cal Tjader Quintet ‎- Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader (1990) [2002, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cal Tjader Quintet ‎- Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader (1990)
[2002, 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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 299 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.86 GB (ISO) + 1.82 GB (DSF) + 878 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 004 | Genre: Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Vibraphonist Cal Tjader is in typically fine form on this live set from 1968. His quintet at the time featured Armand Perazza on congas and pianist Joe Kloess and his repertoire ranged from Afro-Cuban jazz to occasional straightahead tunes. Six of the eight selections on this date are originals by band members or Gary McFarland. Although Tjader had been playing this style of music for 15 years by this time, he still was quite creative and enthusiastic, and is heard throughout in excellent form. Continue reading “The Cal Tjader Quintet ‎- Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader (1990) [2002, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Viveza – Five O’Clock Foxtrot (1996) [2022, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Viveza - Five O'Clock Foxtrot (1996) [2022, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Viveza – Five O’Clock Foxtrot (1996) [2022, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Total Size: 863 MB (ISO) + 2.60 GB (DSF) + 1.13 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Top Music | EU | Cat#: TM-SACD9026.2 | Genre: Latin, Pop, Classical

Canadian ensemble Viveza appreciates a particular type of music that many other musicians only perform as encores or when they want to be temporarily less serious than usual. This type of music is commonly referred to as ‘salon’ or ‘palm court’ music. Continue reading “Viveza – Five O’Clock Foxtrot (1996) [2022, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Michel Legrand – Legrand Jazz (1958) [2017, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Michel Legrand - Legrand Jazz (1958) [2017, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Michel Legrand – Legrand Jazz (1958) [2017, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
No Scans
Total Size: 1.85 GB (ISO) + 1.81 GB (DSF) + 915 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Impex Records | Austria | Cat#: IMP8315 | Genre: Bop, Jazz

Michel Legrand has spent most of his life as a composer in the studios and for films, but this release is a jazz classic. Legrand took 11 famous jazz compositions and arranged them for three different groups. Tenor great Ben Webster, flutist Herbie Mann, four trombonists, and a rhythm section perform pieces by Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Django Reinhardt (“Nuages”), and the Count Basie-associated “Blue and Sentimental.” Continue reading “Michel Legrand – Legrand Jazz (1958) [2017, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Eric Clapton – Unplugged (1992) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eric Clapton - Unplugged (1992) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eric Clapton – Unplugged (1992) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
No Scans
Total Size: 2.55 GB (ISO) + 2.51 GB (DSF) + 1.14 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2224 | Genre: Blues Rock

Mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered hybrid SACD enhances the blockbuster work for today – and the ages to come. Peeling away remaining sonic limitations to provide a transparent, lively, ultra-nuanced presentation of a record that won six Grammy Awards – including prizes for Album of the Year, Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, and Best Rock Song, it places Clapton and company in your room. Continue reading “Eric Clapton – Unplugged (1992) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow (1967) [2016, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967) [2016, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow (1967) [2016, 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
Total Size: 1.45 GB (ISO) + 1.41 GB (DSF) + 411 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2175 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The second album by Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow was a groundbreaking piece of folk-rock-based psychedelia, and it hit like a shot heard round the world; where the later efforts from bands like the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and especially, the Charlatans, were initially not too much more than cult successes, Surrealistic Pillow rode the pop charts for most of 1967, soaring into that rarefied Top Five region occupied by the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and so on, to which few American rock acts apart from the Byrds had been able to lay claim since 1964. Continue reading “Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow (1967) [2016, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (1969) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (1969) [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
Total Size: 1.87 GB (ISO) + 1.82 GB (DSF) + 945 MB (FLAC) + 301 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2176 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Controversial at the time, delayed because of fights with the record company over lyrical content and the original title (Volunteers of America), Volunteers was a powerful release that neatly closed out and wrapped up the ’60s. Here, the Jefferson Airplane presents itself in full revolutionary rhetoric, issuing a call to “tear down the walls” and “get it on together.” “We Can Be Together” and “Volunteers” bookend the album, offering musical variations on the same chord progression and lyrical variations on the same theme. Continue reading “Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (1969) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Allman Brothers Band – The Allman Brothers Band (1969) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band – The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
[2012, 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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 251 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.34 GB (ISO) + 1.36 GB (DSF) + 680 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2101 | Genre: Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

They hailed from Macon, Georgia. They looked liked any number of young, hopeful bands straddling the violent fade of the 1960s with the advent of the 1970s. They missed the British Invasion-triggered blues revival by several years. Yet they sounded like no other group, their youthfulness belied by virtuosic abilities and interlocking interplay Miles Davis would’ve envied. It all starts here, on a smoldering self-titled debut that has few peers. Continue reading “The Allman Brothers Band – The Allman Brothers Band (1969) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach (1972) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach (1972) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach (1972) [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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.91 GB (ISO) + 2.86 GB (DSF) + 1.37 GB (FLAC) + 650 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2102 | Genre: Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Eat a Peach is the third studio album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released on February 12, 1972, in the United States by Capricorn Records. Following their artistic and commercial breakthrough with the release of the live album At Fillmore East (1971) Continue reading “The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach (1972) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East (1971)
[2015, 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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.26 GB (ISO) + 3.21 GB (DSF) + 1.48 GB (FLAC) + 578 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2143 | Genre: Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Fillmore East is synonymous with some of the greatest concerts ever staged. Yet the vaudeville venue belongs to one group: The Allman Brothers Band. This groundbreaking double album is why. As the collective’s breakthrough, it broadcasts to the world wowing improvisational flights and seamless musical fusion the likes of which no one had ever heard. Continue reading “The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle – Stravinsky Ballets: The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring (2022) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle - Stravinsky Ballets: The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring (2022) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle – Stravinsky Ballets: The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring (2022) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
2x Discs | Stereo & Multichannel | Digital Booklet
Total Size: 6.19 GB (ISO) + 18.9 GB (DSF) + 7.13 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: London Symphony Orchestra | Austria | Cat#: LSO5096 | Genre: Classical

Stravinsky sent shockwaves through classical music in the 20th century. His first three ballets—The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring, all composed between 1909 and 1913—brought a new and frenzied sense of rhythm, so distressing to audiences that it caused uproar; The Rite of Spring even caused a riot. Continue reading “London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle – Stravinsky Ballets: The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring (2022) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Foghat – Fool For The City (1975) [2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Foghat - Fool For The City (1975) [2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Foghat – Fool For The City (1975) [2008, 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
Total Size: 1.47 GB (ISO) + 1.43 GB (DSF) + 757 MB (FLAC) + 253 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2037 | Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

After building a solid core audience through relentless touring and a string of hard-rocking albums, Foghat finally hit the big time in 1975 with Fool for the City. It still stands out as the best album in the group’s catalog because it matched their road-tested abilities as hard rockers to a consistent set of tunes that were both well-crafted and ambitious. Continue reading “Foghat – Fool For The City (1975) [2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Giordano Bellincampi – Ole Schmidt: Brass Concertos (2022) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Giordano Bellincampi - Ole Schmidt: Brass Concertos (2022) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Giordano Bellincampi – Ole Schmidt: Brass Concertos (2022)
[Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Digital Booklet
Total Size: 2.06 GB (ISO) + 7.01 GB (DSF) + 2.37 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Dacapo Records | Germany | Cat#: 6.220702 | Genre: Classical

As a pianist, conductor and composer, Ole Schmidt (1928-2010) was one of the great polymaths of the Nordic musical world. His music was influenced by Bartók, Stravinsky and the French school and is underpinned by a certain Nordic clarity. It combines rhythmic energy, high concentration, elemental expressivity and deadpan humour. Schmidt’s experience on the podium gave him an inside track on the working of the orchestra, and his pragmatism and refinement are evident in his larger scores, including the three momentous concertos on this album. Continue reading “Aalborg Symphony Orchestra / Giordano Bellincampi – Ole Schmidt: Brass Concertos (2022) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (1960) [1999, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Duke Ellington - Blues In Orbit (1960) [1999, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (1960) [1999, 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
Total Size: 1.51 GB (ISO) + 1.47 GB (DSF) + 738 MB (FLAC) + 258 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDCD 757 | Genre: Big Band, Swing
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Blues in Orbit lacks the intellectual cache of the suites and concept pieces that loomed large in Ellington’s recordings of this period, but it’s an album worth tracking down, if only to hear the band run through a lighter side of its sound — indeed, it captures the essence of a late-night recording date that was as much a loose jam as a formal studio date, balancing the spontaneity of the former and the technical polish of the latter. Continue reading “Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (1960) [1999, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977) [2004, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eric Clapton - Slowhand (1977) [2004, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977) [2004, 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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.69 GB (ISO) + 6.54 GB (DSF) + 2.89 GB (FLAC) + 294 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Polydor | US | Cat#: B0003639-36 | Genre: Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Slowhand is a 1977 album by Eric Clapton. Released on 25 November by RSO Records, and titled after Clapton’s nickname, it is one of his commercially and critically most successful studio albums. Slowhand produced the two hit singles “Lay Down Sally” and “Wonderful Tonight”, reached various international music charts and was honored with numerous awards and recording certifications. Continue reading “Eric Clapton – Slowhand (1977) [2004, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity 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
Total Size: 1.47 GB (ISO) + 1.44 GB (DSF) + 709 MB (FLAC) + 222 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 249 | Genre: Blues Rock, Soul
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Joe Cocker’s first three A&M albums form the bedrock of a career that spans over three decades. While Cocker certainly wasn’t always in top form during this stretch — thanks to alcohol problems and questionable comeback moves in the ’80s and ’90s — his early records did inform the classic pub rock sound later credited to proto-punk figures like Graham Parker and Brinsley Schwarz. Continue reading “Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”