The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds – The Black Motion Picture Experience & Music for Soulful Lovers (1973) [2017, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds - The Black Motion Picture Experience & Music for Soulful Lovers (1973) [2017, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds – The Black Motion Picture Experience & Music for Soulful Lovers (1973)
[2017, 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: 3.24 GB (ISO) + 1.41 GB (FLAC Stereo) + 2.62 GB (Multichannel) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Vocalion | UK | Cat#: CDSML 8531 | Genre: Soundtrack
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Ray Charles – Ray Charles At The Olympia (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles - Ray Charles At The Olympia (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ray Charles – Ray Charles At The Olympia (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Multichannel Only
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.73 GB (ISO) + 3.82 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: XIII BIS Records | EU | Cat#: 640546 2 | Genre: R&B, Soul

Exclusive live release recorded on the late legend’s 70th birthday in 2000, his first appearance at the Olympia in 40 years, performing on this mythical stage with his trio. 13 tracks in all including ‘Just the Way You Look Tonight’, ‘Route 66’, ‘Song for You’, ‘Hallelujah I Love Her So’, ‘Georgia on My Mind’, ‘I’ve Got a Woman’, ‘Almost Like Being in Love Again’, ‘It Had to Be You’ and more. XIII Bis. 2004. Continue reading “Ray Charles – Ray Charles At The Olympia (2004) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ray Charles – Ray Charles Live In Concert (1964) {2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Ray Charles - Ray Charles Live In Concert (1964) {2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Ray Charles – Ray Charles Live In Concert (1964) {2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.66 GB (ISO) + 771 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA| Cat#: CAPP 500 SA | Genre: R&B

This classic 1964 recording by Ray Charles includes 12 vintage tracks performed to perfection. His voice is in great shape, and the recording by Wally Heider is a marvel for its day; all the instruments are placed nicely with Charles’ voice out front where it belongs. There’s a slinky version of “Hallelujah I Love Her So,” the musicians creating nice little changes behind Charles’ soulful nuances. Continue reading “Ray Charles – Ray Charles Live In Concert (1964) {2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

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

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

Ray Charles – Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961) [2012, Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.49 GB (ISO) + 739 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 2 SA | Genre: Vocal Jazz

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

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

Journey – Arrival (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Single Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.10 GB (ISO) + 1.66 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Columbia | US | Cat#: CS 69864 | Genre: Hard Rock

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]”

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]

Marillion – Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) (2016) [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: 4.41 GB (ISO) + 3.50 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.28 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Ear Music | Germany | Cat#: 0211357EMU | Genre: Progressive Rock

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]”

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping (1974) [2013, 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]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.50 GB (ISO) + 703 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Analogue Productions | USA | Cat#: CAPP 413 SA | Genre: Blues Rock

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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Nancy Bryan – Neon Angel (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nancy Bryan - Neon Angel (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nancy Bryan – Neon Angel (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Front & Back Cover Only
Total Size: 2.37 GB (ISO) + 1.04 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: APO Records | USA | Cat#: APO 2013 SA | Genre: Folk, Country, World

The first non-blues artist on Analogue Productions, Los Angeles singer/songwriter Nancy Bryan offers in Neon Angel, her second APO release, social commentary with intense soul. Bryan’s honesty in her approach to song writing has created a stylization that defies category. Neon Angel is a unique and personal body of work. In it, her lyrics are visual and socially relevant, yet intimate, poetic and immediate. Her music ranges from the ethereal to a plaintive earthiness, and at times both expressions are grasped in the same moment. Continue reading “Nancy Bryan – Neon Angel (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Myra Taylor – My Night to Dream (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Myra Taylor - My Night to Dream (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Myra Taylor – My Night to Dream (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Front & Back Cover Only
Total Size: 2.12 GB (ISO) + 959 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: APO Records | USA | Cat#: APO 2017 SA | Genre: Vocal Jazz

A veteran jazz singer with solid backing by swinging KC musicians, this is a real treat for old-school swing lovers. Taylor sings uptempo (self-penned Spider and the Fly, as well as Mamma He Treats Your Daughter Mean, Lady Be Good and several more) and slower ballads, including a gorgeous, lush I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire. Continue reading “Myra Taylor – My Night to Dream (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

David Honeyboy Edwards – Shake ‘Em On Down (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

David Honeyboy Edwards - Shake 'Em On Down (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

David Honeyboy Edwards – Shake ‘Em On Down (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Front & Back Covers Only
Total Size: 2.52 GB (ISO) + 1.08 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: APO Records | USA | Cat#: APO 2010 SA | Genre: Blues

This 1999 session finds Honeyboy working his acoustic magic in the company of Madison Slim on harmonica and Jimmy D. Lane, son of the late Jimmy Rogers, on second guitar. Recorded at the Blue Heaven Studios (a converted church) in Salina, Kansas, this is a pretty inspired session with Edwards running through old classics like Charlie Patton’s “High Water Everywhere” Continue reading “David Honeyboy Edwards – Shake ‘Em On Down (2000) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Kinks – 15 SACD Albums (1971-1986) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Kinks - 15 SACD Albums (1971-1986) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Kinks – 15 SACD Albums (1971-1986) [Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
15x SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 33.5 GB (ISO) + 17.9 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Koch / Velvel | USA | Genre: Classic Rock
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