Special Section: Audiophile Discs

Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988) [2007, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988) [2007, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988) [2007, 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: 231 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.37 GB (DSF) + 708 MB (FLAC) + 1.39 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2032 | Genre: Indiie Rock, Alternative Rock

One of the most compulsively listenable college rock albums of the ’80s, the Pixies’ 1988 full-length debut Surfer Rosa fulfilled the promise of Come on Pilgrim and, thanks to Steve Albini’s production, added a muscular edge that made their harshest moments seem even more menacing and perverse. Continue reading “Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988) [2007, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – 12 x 5 (1964) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - 12 x 5 (1964) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – 12 x 5 (1964)
[1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 680 MB (Hi-Res) + 201 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Japan JVC Pressed | Cat#: MFSL 1-162 | Genre: Rock & Roll
Half-Speed Mastered

The evolution from blues to rock accelerated with the Rolling Stones’ second American LP. They turned soul into guitar rock for the hits “It’s All Over Now” and “Time Is on My Side” (the latter of which was their first American Top Ten single). Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – 12 x 5 (1964) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Chicago – Chicago Transit Authority (1969) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority (1969) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Chicago – Chicago Transit Authority (1969) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.67 GB (Hi-Res) + 500 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 2-128 | Genre: Jazz Rock, Fusion
Half-Speed Mastered

Few debut albums can boast as consistently solid an effort as the self-titled Chicago Transit Authority (1969). Even fewer can claim to have enough material to fill out a double-disc affair. Although this long- player was ultimately the septet’s first national exposure, the group was far from the proverbial “overnight sensation.” Continue reading “Chicago – Chicago Transit Authority (1969) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
[1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 971 MB (Hi-Res) + 290 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Japan JVC Pressed | Cat#: MFSL 1-166 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

Without a doubt, no Rolling Stones album — and, indeed, very few rock albums from any era — split critical opinion as much as the Rolling Stones’ psychedelic outing. Many dismiss the record as sub-Sgt. Pepper posturing; others confess, if only in private, to a fascination with the album’s inventive arrangements, which incorporated some African rhythms Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

VA – Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More (1970) [1985, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

VA - Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More (1970) [1985, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

VA – Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More (1970) [1985, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
5x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 4.83 GB (Hi-Res) + 1.33 GB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan | Cat#: MFSL 5-200 | Genre: Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic
Half-Speed Mastered
Continue reading “VA – Woodstock: Music From The Original Soundtrack And More (1970) [1985, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (1968) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (1968) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (1968)
[1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 933 MB (Hi-Res) + 279 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Japan JVC Pressed | Cat#: MFSL 1-167 | Genre: Classic Rock, Rock & Roll
Half-Speed Mastered

The Stones forsook psychedelic experimentation to return to their blues roots on this celebrated album, which was immediately acclaimed as one of their landmark achievements. A strong acoustic Delta blues flavor colors much of the material, particularly “Salt of the Earth” and “No Expectations,” which features some beautiful slide guitar work. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet (1968) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! (1970) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (1970) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! (1970)
[1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.01 GB (Hi-Res) + 303 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Japan JVC Pressed | Cat#: MFSL 1-169 | Genre: Classic Rock, Rock & Roll
Half-Speed Mastered

Recorded during their American tour in late 1969 and centered around live versions of material from the Beggars Banquet-Let It Bleed era, Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! is often acclaimed as one of the top live rock albums of all time, although its appeal has dimmed a little today. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! (1970) [1984, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Rolling Stones – Some Girls (1978) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (1978) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Rolling Stones – Some Girls (1978)
[1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 276 MB (Hi-Res) + 954 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MFSL 1-087 | Genre: Pop Rock, Rock & Roll
Half-Speed Mastered

During the mid-’70s, the Rolling Stones remained massively popular, but their records suffered from Jagger’s fascination with celebrity and Keith’s worsening drug habit. By 1978, both punk and disco had swept the group off the front pages, and Some Girls was their fiery response to the younger generation. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Some Girls (1978) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual (1983) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual (1983) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual (1983) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 894 MB (Hi-Res) + 275 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MOFI 1-027 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: Missing files have been added

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s internationally acclaimed mastering system in California and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing, this numbered-edition Silver Label Series 33RPM LP rescues the music from long-standing harshness and disadvantageous brittleness. Continue reading “Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual (1983) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillen’ (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen' (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillen’ (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
Total Size: 2.42 GB (ISO) + 2.35 GB (DSF) + 629 MB (FLAC) + 178 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 005 | Genre: Blues
Update: Missing files have been added

Remastered for SACD this collection by the king of theboogie himself, John Lee Hooker, is a must for any bluesfan. Features 20 tracks including the first release ‘Boogie Chillun’ in 1948 as well as many other hits up until 1954. Continue reading “John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillen’ (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Band – Rock Of Ages: The Band In Concert (1972) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band - Rock Of Ages: The Band In Concert (1972) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band – Rock Of Ages: The Band In Concert (1972)
[2010, 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: 705 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.17 GB (DSF) + 1.51 GB (FLAC) + 3.29 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2046 | Genre: Country Rock, Classic Rock
Update: Missing files have been added

Released on the heels of the stilted, static Cahoots, the double-album Rock of Ages occupies a curious yet important place in Band history. Recorded at a spectacular New Years Eve 1971 gig, the show and album were intended to be a farewell of sorts before the Band took an extended break in 1972, but it turned out to be a last hurrah in many different ways, closing the chapter on the first stage of their career, when they were among the biggest and most important rock & roll bands. Continue reading “The Band – Rock Of Ages: The Band In Concert (1972) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Patricia Barber – Verse (2002) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Patricia Barber - Verse (2002) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Patricia Barber – Verse (2002) [2005, 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: 2.15 GB (ISO) + 2.10 GB (DSF) + 1010 MB (FLAC) + 330 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2027 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: Missing files have been added

Pianist/vocalist Patricia Barber is the Alanis Morissette of the jazz world. Her serpentine, poetic songs teeter between deftly witty and awkwardly Latinate. Each album is more ambitious than the last, taking her deeper into avant-garde territory both lyrically and instrumentally. Continue reading “Patricia Barber – Verse (2002) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969)
[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
Total Size: 249 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.66 GB (DSF) + 795 MB (FLAC) + 1.69 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 209 | Genre: Blues Rock, Classic Rock
Update: Missing files have been added

Joe Cocker’s debut album holds up extraordinarily well across four decades, the singer’s performance bolstered by some very sharp playing, not only by his established sideman/collaborator Chris Stainton, but also some top-notch session musicians, among them drummer Clem Cattini, Steve Winwood on organ, and guitarists Jimmy Page and Albert Lee, all sitting in. Continue reading “Joe Cocker – With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Santana – Caravanserai (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Santana - Caravanserai (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Santana – Caravanserai (1972) [2011, 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: 2.18 GB (ISO) + 2.15 GB (DSF) + 1.03 GB (FLAC) + 380 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2079 | Genre: Jazz Rock, Latin Jazz
Update: Missing files have been added

Drawing on rock, salsa, and jazz, Santana recorded one imaginative, unpredictable gem after another during the 1970s. But Caravanserai is daring even by Santana’s high standards. Carlos Santana was obviously very hip to jazz fusion Continue reading “Santana – Caravanserai (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Lou Reed – Berlin (1973) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Lou Reed - Berlin (1973) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Lou Reed – Berlin (1973) [2024, 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: 2.09 GB (DSF) + 978 MB (FLAC) + 2.13 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2277 | Genre: Pop Rock

Sourced from the original master tapes and housed in mini-LP-gatefold-style packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD of Berlin presents the landmark recording in audiophile quality for the first time. The scope, balance, and reach of Ezrin’s explosive production comes to the fore. As does the ample spaciousness and separation that help give the songs breathing room even when the music builds to an orchestral pitch. Continue reading “Lou Reed – Berlin (1973) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”