Special Section: Audiophile Discs

America – America (1971) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

America - America (1971) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

America – America (1971)
[2013, 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
1.89 GB (DSF) + 1.93 GB (ISO) + 903 MB (FLAC) + 293 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

America’s debut album is a folk-pop classic, a stellar collection of memorable songs that would prove influential on such acts as the Eagles and Dan Fogelberg. Crosby, Stills & Nash are the group’s obvious stylistic touchstone here, especially in the vocal harmonies used (compare the thick chordal singing of “Sandman” and “Children” to CS&N’s “You Don’t Have to Cry” and “Guinevere”) and the prominent use of active strummed acoustic guitar arrangements Continue reading “America – America (1971) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sarah McLachlan – Touch (1988) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sarah McLachlan - Touch (1988) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sarah McLachlan – Touch (1988)
[2013, 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
315 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.94 GB (DSF) + 935 MB (FLAC) + 1.99 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

A largely forgotten album in the wake of Sarah McLachlan’s mainstream success, Touch was the first album anyone heard from the singer. Only 19 at the time, McLachlan had years to go before she would become the seductive songstress of Fumbling Towards Ecstacy or the sensitive balladeer of Surfacing. Continue reading “Sarah McLachlan – Touch (1988) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (2000) [2004, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000) [2004, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (2000) [2004, 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
284 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.09 GB (DSF) + 981 MB (FLAC) + 2.15 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

As Whiskeytown finally ground to a halt in the wake of an astonishing number of personal changes following Faithless Street (coupled with record company problems that kept their final album, Pneumonia, from reaching stores until two years after it was recorded), Ryan Adams ducked into a Nashville studio for two weeks of sessions with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Continue reading “Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker (2000) [2004, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Cream – Fresh Cream & Wheels Of Fire (DCC Compact Classics, Remastered)

Cream - Fresh Cream & Wheels Of Fire (DCC Compact Classics, Remastered)

Cream – Fresh Cream & Wheels Of Fire (DCC Compact Classics, Remastered)
EAC Rip | 3 x CD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
873 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Fresh Cream (1966) & Wheels Of Fire (1968)
from the original master tapes, 24 karat Gold Disc
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Randy Newman – 12 Songs (1970) [2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered]

Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970) [2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered]

Randy Newman – 12 Songs (1970) [2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
180 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

On his debut album, Randy Newman sounded as if he was still getting used to the notion of performing his own songs in the studio (despite years of cutting songwriting demos), but apparently he was a pretty quick study, and his second long-player, 12 Songs, was a striking step forward for Newman as a recording artist. Continue reading “Randy Newman – 12 Songs (1970) [2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered]”

Phil Collins – 4 Albums (1981-1989) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered]

Phil Collins - 4 Albums (1981-1989) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered]

Phil Collins – 4 Albums (1981-1989) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered]
EAC Rip | 4 x CD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
1.50 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Face Value (1981) / Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) / No Jacket Required (1985)
…But Seriously (1989)
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J. Geils Band – The Morning After (1971) [2020, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

J. Geils Band - The Morning After (1971) [2020, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

J. Geils Band – The Morning After (1971) [2020, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
1.46 GB (ISO) + 1.42 GB (DSF) + 717 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The Morning After is a near perfect follow-up to the J. Geils Band’s self-titled debut album. It’s more of the same winning blend of rocked-out blues, jumped-up soul, and pure rock & roll wildness with enough attitude and energy to get a club full of people from zero to sweaty in less than 60 seconds. Continue reading “J. Geils Band – The Morning After (1971) [2020, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum (1968)
[2017, 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
313 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.34 GB (ISO) + 1.32 GB (DSF) + 635 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Vincebus Eruptum is the debut studio album by American rock band Blue Cheer. Released on January 16, 1968, the album features a heavy-thunderous blues sound, which would later be known as heavy metal. It also contains elements of acid rock, grunge, experimental rock, blues rock, stoner rock, and garage rock. Continue reading “Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jefferson Airplane – Crown Of Creation (1968) [1991, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Jefferson Airplane - Crown Of Creation (1968) [1991, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Jefferson Airplane – Crown Of Creation (1968)
[1991, 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
845 MB (Hi-Res) + 235 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Crown of Creation appeared ten months after their last album, After Bathing at Baxter’s, and it doesn’t take the same kind of leap forward that Baxter’s did from Surrealistic Pillow. Indeed, in many ways, Crown of Creation is a more conservative album stylistically, opening with “Lather,” Continue reading “Jefferson Airplane – Crown Of Creation (1968) [1991, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Blondie – Parallel Lines (1978) [1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978) [1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Blondie – Parallel Lines (1978)
[1981, 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
924 MB (Hi-Res) + 281 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Blondie turned to British pop producer Mike Chapman for their third album, on which they abandoned any pretensions to new wave legitimacy (just in time, given the decline of the new wave) and emerged as a pure pop band. But it wasn’t just Chapman that made Parallel Lines Blondie’s best album; it was the band’s own songwriting Continue reading “Blondie – Parallel Lines (1978) [1981, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984) [2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered]

The Cars - Heartbeat City (1984) [2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered]

The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984)
[2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 257 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

MTV had become a major marketing tool by 1984, and the Cars were one of the first bands to use the new video medium to their advantage. The band’s fifth album, Heartbeat City (Elektra), spawned several imaginative and memorable videos, which translated into massive chart and commercial success, making it one of the biggest releases of the year. Continue reading “The Cars – Heartbeat City (1984) [2009, Audio Fidelity Remastered]”

Grateful Dead – American Beauty (1970) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Grateful Dead - American Beauty (1970) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Grateful Dead – American Beauty (1970) [2014, 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
278 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.74 GB (DSF) + 871 MB (FLAC) + 1.77 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

American Beauty is a studio album by rock band the Grateful Dead. Released November 1, 1970, by Warner Bros. Records, the album continued the folk rock and country music style of their previous album Workingman’s Dead, issued earlier in the year. Though the Americana approach is still evident in the songwriting, comparatively the sound focused more on folk harmonies and major-key melodies, showing influence from Bob Dylan and Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. Continue reading “Grateful Dead – American Beauty (1970) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Bela Fleck – Drive (1988) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bela Fleck - Drive (1988) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Bela Fleck – Drive (1988)
[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
2.16 GB (ISO) + 2.12 GB (DSF) + 0.98 GB (FLAC) + 329 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Drive is an album by American banjoist Béla Fleck. The album was produced toward the end of Fleck’s New Grass Revival career and before the Flecktones were formed and included an all-star list of bluegrass performers. Continue reading “Bela Fleck – Drive (1988) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Kinks – Low Budget (1979) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Kinks - Low Budget (1979) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Kinks – Low Budget (1979)
[2003, 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
418 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.47 GB (ISO) + 1.17 GB (FLAC) + 2.47 GB (DSF) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

Low Budget doesn’t have a narrative like Preservation or Soap Opera, but Ray Davies cleverly designed the album as a sly satire of the recession and oil crisis that gripped America in the late ’70s — thereby satisfying his need to be a wry social commentator while giving American audiences a hook to identify with. It was a clever move that worked; not only did Low Budget become their highest-charting American album (not counting the 1966 Greatest Hits compilation), but it was also a fine set of arena rock, one of the better mainstream hard rock albums of its time. Continue reading “The Kinks – Low Budget (1979) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Loggins And Messina – Loggins And Messina (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Loggins And Messina - Loggins And Messina (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Loggins And Messina – Loggins And Messina (1972)
[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
2.88 GB (ISO) + 5.31 GB (DSF) + 1.98 GB (FLAC) + 437 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

The first full-fledged L&M album found the duo in good form as songwriters, with Messina turning in the sparkling “Thinking Of You,” and the two collaborating on the hit single “Your Mama Don’t Dance” and “Angry Eyes.” Their backup band was anchored by multi-instrumentalist Al Garth, and also featured keyboardist Michael Omartian and Poco steel guitarist Rusty Young Continue reading “Loggins And Messina – Loggins And Messina (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”