Elvis Costello – North (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Elvis Costello - North (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Elvis Costello – North (2003) {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: 2.90 GB (ISO) + 2.28 GB (FLAC Mch) + 883 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Deutsche Grammophon | EU | Cat#: 986 121-3 | Genre: Easy Listening

North, Elvis Costello’s 20th album of new material, follows the deliberately classicist When I Was Cruel by a mere year, but it feels more the sequel to 1998’s Burt Bacharach collaboration, Painted From Memory, or even 1993’s roundly ignored classical pop experiment, The Juliet Letters. Costello has abandoned clanging guitars and drums of Cruel — abandoned rock & roll, really — to return to a set of classically influenced songs, all “composed, arranged and conducted” by the man himself (on The Juliet Letters, he was merely the composer and voice). Continue reading “Elvis Costello – North (2003) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

T. Rex – Electric Warrior (1971) [2003, Reissue, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

T. Rex - Electric Warrior (1971) [2003, Reissue, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

T. Rex – Electric Warrior (1971) [2003, Reissue, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 387 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.33 GB (SACD ISO) + 2.04 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 793 MB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: A&M | EU | Cat#: 493 707-2 | Genre: Glam Rock

The album that essentially kick-started the U.K. glam rock craze, Electric Warrior completes T.Rex’s transformation from hippie folk-rockers into flamboyant avatars of trashy rock & roll. There are a few vestiges of those early days remaining in the acoustic-driven ballads, but Electric Warrior spends most of its time in a swinging, hip-shaking groove powered by Marc Bolan’s warm electric guitar. Continue reading “T. Rex – Electric Warrior (1971) [2003, Reissue, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – The RS500 Super Audio CD Sampler (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - The RS500 Super Audio CD Sampler (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – The RS500 Super Audio CD Sampler (2003) [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: 2.60 GB (ISO) + 2.07 GB (FLAC Mch) + 774 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Sony | USA | Cat#: 500 | Genre: Rock, Jazz
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Mannheim Steamroller – Fresh Aire 8 (2000) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mannheim Steamroller - Fresh Aire 8 (2000) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Mannheim Steamroller – Fresh Aire 8 (2000) [2016, Audio Fidelity 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: 2.99 GB (ISO) + 2.49 GB (FLAC Mch) + 992 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ5 238 | Genre: New Age

Fresh Aire 8 is the final album in the Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire series. Fresh Aire 8 has a full sound that offers a well-balanced blend of synthesizers and orchestra richly augmented by the London Symphony. Always thematic affairs, the topic this time is Infinity and how it relates to all facets of human life…love, art, philosophy, mathematics and of course music. This allows for some rather bizarre musical pieces as classic Mannheim Steamroller riffs weave their way through the tapestry of new sounds. Continue reading “Mannheim Steamroller – Fresh Aire 8 (2000) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sam Cooke – Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sam Cooke - Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sam Cooke – Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.35 GB (ISO) + 1.35 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABKCO | EU | Cat#: 9807446 | Genre: Soul

Some 46 years after his first pop hit, and 39 years after his death, comes only the second attempt at a comprehensive Sam Cooke collection. Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 eclipses RCA’s early-’80s The Man and His Music, going it better in running time but losing some important recordings — “That’s Heaven to Me” and “Soothe Me,” arguably one of Cooke’s most important songs — in the process of summing up his career. Continue reading “Sam Cooke – Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 (2003) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sam Cooke – Tribute To The Lady (1959) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sam Cooke - Tribute To The Lady (1959) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sam Cooke – Tribute To The Lady (1959) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.12 GB (ISO) + 563 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABKCO | EU | Cat#: 0602498074459 | Genre: R&B

Tribute to the Lady is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released in 1959. It was recorded in tribute to jazz vocalist Billie Holiday, who died later that year. The backing band is the René Hall Orchestra. Continue reading “Sam Cooke – Tribute To The Lady (1959) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sam Cooke – Ain’t That Good News (1964) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News (1964) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sam Cooke – Ain’t That Good News (1964) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.35 GB (ISO) + 625 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ABKCO | EU | Cat#: 0602498077078 | Genre: Soul

The last of his studio albums released in his lifetime, Sam Cooke’s Ain’t That Good News offers a lot of superb material, pointing in several directions that, alas, were to go largely unexplored. The central number is, of course, the earth-shattering “A Change Is Gonna Come,” with its soaring gospel sound and the most elaborate production of any song in Cooke’s output. Continue reading “Sam Cooke – Ain’t That Good News (1964) [2003, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt – A Meeting By The River (1993) {2008, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt - A Meeting By The River (1993) {2008, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt – A Meeting By The River (1993) {2008, 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) + 656 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPW 29 SA | Genre: World, Blues

A Meeting by the River can best be described as a spontaneous outpouring of music, unhindered by convention or form, brought into being by musicians so supremely capable that the music is never labored, the technique of their craft always subservient to the final product. Cooder and Bhatt are genuine masters of the guitar and mohan vina, respectively. The latter, an instrument created by Bhatt himself, is a sort of hybrid between a guitar and a vichitra vina, and is played with a metal slide. Continue reading “Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt – A Meeting By The River (1993) {2008, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Otis Redding – Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Otis Redding - Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Otis Redding – Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.35 GB (ISO) + 631 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 095 SA | Genre: R&B, Soul

Otis Redding’s third album, and his first fully realized album, presents his talent unfettered, his direction clear, and his confidence emboldened, with fully half the songs representing a reach that extended his musical grasp. More than a quarter of this album is given over to Redding’s versions of songs by Sam Cooke, his idol, who had died the previous December, and all three are worth owning and hearing. Continue reading “Otis Redding – Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965) [2016, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Aznavour – Qui? (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour - Qui? (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour – Qui? (1963) [2004, 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: 3.39 GB (ISO) + 2.64 GB (FLAC Mch) + 907 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 571114 2| Genre: Chanson

Qui ? (Who?) is the tenth French studio album by the French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, released in 1963. Continue reading “Charles Aznavour – Qui? (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Aznavour – Plus Bleu … (1997) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour - Plus Bleu ... (1997) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour – Plus Bleu … (1997) [2004, 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: 3.86 GB (ISO) + 2.95 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.05 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 571115 2 | Genre: Chanson
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Charles Aznavour – La Mamma (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour - La Mamma (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour – La Mamma (1963) [2004, 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: 3.38 GB (ISO) + 2.70 GB (FLAC Mch) + 963 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 571116 2 | Genre: Chanson

La mamma is the eleventh French studio album by the French singer Charles Aznavour, released in 1963. It achieved TOP1 in France for several weeks, Spain (also TOP1), it was a TOP10 hit in Belgium, Holland, and other countries. It became a bestseller, and sold over a million copies only in France. The English version of ‘La Mama’ entitled ‘For Mama’, was written in 1964, with words by Don Black and became a hit in Philippines. In the US Ray Charles performed it. Continue reading “Charles Aznavour – La Mamma (1963) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Aznavour – La Bohème (1966) {2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Charles Aznavour - La Bohème (1966) {2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Charles Aznavour – La Bohème (1966) {2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Scans Not Included
Total Size: 3.59 GB (ISO) + 2.81 GB (FLAC Mch) + 0.99 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 577472 2 | Genre: Chanson

Charles Aznavour, also known as La bohème is an album by French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, released in 1966. It included such international hits as “La Bohème” and “Jezebel”. The album includes songs by Charles Aznavour, Georges Garvarentz, Gilbert Bécaud and others. In 1966 it was originally released by Barclay Records in France and Canada, then by Reprise Records in the US (as Aznavour). Continue reading “Charles Aznavour – La Bohème (1966) {2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Diana Ross – All The Great Hits (1981) [2018, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Diana Ross - All The Great Hits (1981) [2018, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Diana Ross – All The Great Hits (1981) [2018, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.70 GB (ISO) + 1.30 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Motown | Japan | Cat#: 5384122 | Genre: R&B, Adult Contemporary

Diana Ross is certainly a diva of goddess-like proportions. Whether joined by the Supremes, or out on her own, her voice is unmistakable and powerful, plus she possesses the uncanny ability to take songs penned by others and make them very much her own — to imbibe them with her very soul. Continue reading “Diana Ross – All The Great Hits (1981) [2018, Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Charles Aznavour – Idiote Je T’Aime… (1972) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour - Idiote Je T'Aime... (1972) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Charles Aznavour – Idiote Je T’Aime… (1972) [2004, 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: 4.32 GB (ISO) + 3.75 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.35 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: EMI Music France | EU | Cat#: 571135 2 | Genre: Chanson

Throughout his long, prolific career, Charles Aznavour has worked in a variety of musical styles, from traditional French chanson to small-combo jazz to easy listening pop to a few rather odd side trips into the distinctively Gallic form of ’60s beat music known as ye-ye. Yet 1995’s IDIOTE JE T’AIME–yes, that translates to “I love you, Idiot”–showcases Aznavour in the style for which his perhaps best known and most beloved by his fans, backed by a full yet never overbearing orchestra (think Petula Clark, not Nelson Riddle-era Frank Sinatra.) Continue reading “Charles Aznavour – Idiote Je T’Aime… (1972) [2004, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”