Special Section: Audiophile Discs

YES – Close To The Edge (1972) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

YES - Close To The Edge (1972) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

YES – Close To The Edge (1972) [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
Total Size: 1.57 GB (ISO) + 1.55 GB (DSF) + 779 MB (FLAC) + 353 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 147 | Genre: Progressive Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added
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Styx – Pieces Of Eight (1978) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Styx - Pieces Of Eight (1978) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Styx – Pieces Of Eight (1978) [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
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.78 GB (ISO) + 1.75 GB (DSF) + 886 MB (FLAC) + 643 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 265 | Genre: Progressive Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Styx’s feisty, straightforward brand of album rock is represented best by “Blue Collar Man” from 1978’s Pieces of Eight, an invigorating keyboard and guitar rush — hard and heavy, yet curved by Tommy Shaw’s emphasized vocals. Reaching number 21, with the frolicking romp of “Renegade” edging in at number 16 only six months later, Pieces of Eight maintained their strength as a front-running FM radio group. Continue reading “Styx – Pieces Of Eight (1978) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Styx – Paradise Theater (1981) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Styx - Paradise Theater (1981) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Styx – Paradise Theater (1981) [2014, 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: 1.69 GB (ISO) + 1.67 GB (DSF) + 823 MB (FLAC) + 398 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 174 | Genre: Progressive Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

After successfully establishing themselves as one of America’s best commercial progressive rock bands of the late ’70s with albums like The Grand Illusion and Pieces of Eight, Chicago’s Styx had taken a dubious step towards pop overkill with singer Dennis DeYoung’s ballad “Babe.” The centerpiece of 1979’s uneven Cornerstone album, the number one single sowed the seeds of disaster for the group by pitching DeYoung’s increasingly mainstream ambitions against the group’s more conservative songwriters, Tommy Shaw and James “JY” Young. Continue reading “Styx – Paradise Theater (1981) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Rock ‘N Soul Part 1 (1983) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Rock 'N Soul Part 1 (1983) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Rock ‘N Soul Part 1 (1983)
[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: 2.01 GB (ISO) + 1.97 GB (DSF) + 0.97 GB (FLAC) + 427 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2157 | Genre: Pop Rock
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Released at the peak of Hall & Oates’ popularity in the early ’80s, 1983’s Rock ‘n Soul, Pt. 1: Greatest Hits effectively chronicles the time when the duo could do no wrong — namely, the period between 1980’s Voices and 1982’s H2O, which includes only one other album, 1981’s excellent Private Eyes. Continue reading “Daryl Hall & John Oates – Rock ‘N Soul Part 1 (1983) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Daryl Hall & John Oates – H2O (1982) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Daryl Hall & John Oates - H2O (1982) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Daryl Hall & John Oates – H2O (1982) [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: 1.94 GB (ISO) + 1.91 GB (DSF) + 944 MB (FLAC) + 491 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2116 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Private Eyes solidified Hall & Oates’ status as one of the most popular acts in America in the early ’80s, and with 1982’s H2O, they capitalized on its success, delivering an album that turned out to be bigger than its predecessor, as it climbed higher on the charts and launched three Top Ten singles with “Maneater,” “One on One,” and “Family Man.” Bigger isn’t necessarily better, though, and in comparison to the glistening pop of Private Eyes, H2O pales somewhat, coming across as a little too serious, with its ambitions just being a little too evident. Continue reading “Daryl Hall & John Oates – H2O (1982) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Private Eyes (1981) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Private Eyes (1981) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Private Eyes (1981) [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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.81 GB (ISO) + 1.78 GB (DSF) + 918 MB (FLAC) + 481 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2115 | Genre: Pop Rock
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Hall & Oates were in the middle of recording Private Eyes when Voices suddenly, unexpectedly broke big, with “Kiss on My List” reaching number one not just on the Billboard charts, but in Cashbox and Record World. As the album’s producer, Neil Kernon, admits in Ken Sharp’s liner notes to the 2004 reissue of the album, everybody knew that the new record would have to do better than Voices Continue reading “Daryl Hall & John Oates – Private Eyes (1981) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Voices (1980) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Voices (1980) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Daryl Hall & John Oates – Voices (1980) [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: 1.83 GB (ISO) + 1.80 GB (DSF) + 871 MB (FLAC) + 486 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2114 | Genre: Pop Rock
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At the close of the ’70s, Hall & Oates began inching toward a sleek, modern sound, partially inspired by the thriving punk and new wave scene and partially inspired by Daryl Hall’s solo debut, Sacred Songs, a surprising and successful collaboration with art rock legend Robert Fripp. Continue reading “Daryl Hall & John Oates – Voices (1980) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Pretenders – Learning To Crawl (1983) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (1983) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Pretenders – Learning To Crawl (1983) [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: 1.69 GB (ISO) + 1.66 GB (DSF) + 870 MB (FLAC) + 321 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2057 | Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock
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The Pretenders – Pretenders II (1981) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Pretenders - Pretenders II (1981) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Pretenders – Pretenders II (1981) [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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.95 GB (ISO) + 1.92 GB (DSF) + 974 MB (FLAC) + 305 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2056 | Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock
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The Pretenders – Pretenders (1980) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Pretenders - Pretenders (1980) [2014, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Pretenders – Pretenders (1980) [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
Total Size: 1.95 GB (ISO) + 1.91 GB (DSF) + 954 MB (FLAC) + 298 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2144 | Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock
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VA – Legends: Crank It Up (2003) [2014, Audio Fildeity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA - Legends: Crank It Up (2003) [2014, Audio Fildeity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA – Legends: Crank It Up (2003) [2014, Audio Fildeity 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: 2.93 GB (ISO) + 2.89 GB (DSF) + 1.34 GB (FLAC) + 534 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 178 | Genre: Pop Rock
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Legends: Crank It Up features 18 original versions of pop/rock hits from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s. Among the highlights are the Doobie Brothers’ “Listen to the Music,” Jackson Browne’s “Running on Empty,” Rod Stewart’s “Tonight’s the Night,” America’s “Sister Golden Hair,” the Pretenders’ “Back on the Chain Gang,” and Ace’s “How Long.” Time Life released several other volumes in the Legends series that are of equally high quality. Continue reading “VA – Legends: Crank It Up (2003) [2014, Audio Fildeity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (1966) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Butterfield Blues Band - East-West (1966) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (1966)
[2014, 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: 1.87 GB (ISO) + 1.83 GB (DSF) + 919 MB (FLAC) + 399 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 172 | Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
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The raw immediacy and tight instrumental attack of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band’s self-titled debut album were startling and impressive in 1965, but the following year, the group significantly upped the ante with its second LP, East-West. The debut showed that Butterfield and his bandmates could cut tough, authentic blues (not a given for an integrated band during the era in which fans were still debating if a white boy could play the blues) with the energy of rock & roll, but East-West was a far more ambitious set, with the band showing an effective command of jazz, Indian raga, and garagey proto-psychedelia as well as razor-sharp electric blues. Continue reading “The Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (1966) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)
[2014, 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: 1.60 GB (ISO) + 1.57 GB (DSF) + 790 MB (FLAC) + 360 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 187 | Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
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Even after his death, Paul Butterfield’s music didn’t receive the accolades that were so deserved. Outputting styles adopted from Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters among other blues greats, Butterfield became one of the first white singers to rekindle blues music through the course of the mid-’60s. Continue reading “The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Miles Davis – Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording) [1970] [2016, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording) [1970] [2016, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis – Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording) [1970]
[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: 2.18 GB (ISO) + 2.14 GB (DSF) + 1.05 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2150 | Genre: Fusion, Jazz
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None of Miles Davis’ recordings has been more shrouded in mystery than Jack Johnson, yet none has better fulfilled Davis’ promise that he could form the “greatest rock band you ever heard.” Containing only two tracks, the album was assembled out of no less than four recording sessions between February 18, 1970 and June 4, 1970, and was patched together by producer Teo Macero. Most of the outtake material ended up on Directions, Big Fun, and elsewhere. Continue reading “Miles Davis – Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording) [1970] [2016, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (1970) [2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970) [2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (1970) [2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
2x Discs | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.91 GB (ISO) + 3.85 GB (DSF) + 1.93 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2-2149 | Genre: Fusion, Jazz
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Thought by many to be among the most revolutionary albums in jazz history, Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew solidified the genre known as jazz-rock fusion. The original double LP included only six cuts and featured up to 12 musicians at any given time, some of whom were already established while others would become high-profile players later, Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Airto, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Don Alias, Bennie Maupin, Larry Young, and Lenny White among them. Continue reading “Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (1970) [2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”