Special Section: Audiophile Discs

Return To Forever – Musicmagic (1977) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Return To Forever - Musicmagic (1977) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Return To Forever – Musicmagic (1977) [2016, 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: 248 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.01 GB (DSF) + 827 MB (FLAC) + 697 MB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 250 | Genre: Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Return to Forever was one of the most commercially and artistically successful jazz/rock bands of the ’70s. Albums like Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy and Where Have I Known You Before are filled with the band’s chemistry and deft mix of genres. This 1977 effort marks the departure of founding member, drummer Lenny White and guitarist Al DiMeola. White is replaced here with Gerry Brown. Continue reading “Return To Forever – Musicmagic (1977) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

John Coltrane – Soultrane (1958) [2003, MFSL Remastered, Mono, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Coltrane - Soultrane (1958) [2003, MFSL Remastered, Mono, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Coltrane – Soultrane (1958) [2003, MFSL Remastered, Mono, 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: 259 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.05 GB (DSF) + 822 MB (FLAC) + 1.66 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2020 | Genre: Hard Bop, Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

In addition to being bandmates within Miles Davis’ mid-’50s quintet, John Coltrane (tenor sax) and Red Garland (piano) head up a session featuring members from a concurrent version of the Red Garland Trio: Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Taylor (drums). This was the second date to feature the core of this band. A month earlier, several sides were cut that would end up on Coltrane’s Lush Life album. Continue reading “John Coltrane – Soultrane (1958) [2003, MFSL Remastered, Mono, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

James Gang – James Gang Rides Again (1970) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

James Gang - James Gang Rides Again (1970) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

James Gang – James Gang Rides Again (1970)
[2017, 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: 206 MB (CD-Layer) + 878 MB (DSF) + 688 MB (FLAC) + 1.41 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2195 | Genre: Hard Rock, Rock & Roll
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

With their second album Rides Again, the James Gang came into their own. Under the direction of guitarist Joe Walsh, the group — now featuring bassist Dale Peters — began incorporating keyboards into their hard rock, which helped open up their musical horizons. For much of the first side of Rides Again, the group tear through a bunch of boogie numbers, most notably the heavy groove of “Funk #49.” Continue reading “James Gang – James Gang Rides Again (1970) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Band – Music From Big Pink (1968) [2009, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band – Music From Big Pink (1968) [2009, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band – Music From Big Pink (1968)
[2009, 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: 407 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.05 GB (DSF) + 810 MB (FLAC) + 1.67 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2044 | Genre: Folk Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added
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The Band – Stage Fright (1970) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band - Stage Fright (1970) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band – Stage Fright (1970) [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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 384 MB (CD-Layer) + 987 MB (DSF) + 712 MB (FLAC) + 1.47 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2048 | Genre: Blues Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added
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The Band – Cahoots (1971) [2009, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band - Cahoots (1971) [2009, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band – Cahoots (1971) [2009, 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: 415 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.17 GB (DSF) + 823 MB (FLAC) + 1.75 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2045 | Genre: Blues Rock, Folk Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

The Band weren’t planning on making an album when they started work on their fourth LP, 1971’s Cahoots. Their manager, Albert Grossman, was building a recording studio in Woodstock, New York, where the members of the Band lived, and he invited them over to try the place out as finishing touches were being put on the studio. Continue reading “The Band – Cahoots (1971) [2009, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Band – Northern Lights – Southern Cross (1975) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band - Northern Lights - Southern Cross (1975) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Band – Northern Lights – Southern Cross (1975)
[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: 431 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.12 GB (DSF) + 767 MB (FLAC) + 1.64 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2047 | Genre: Country Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The first studio album of Band originals since 1971’s Cahoot — in many respects, Northern Lights-Southern Cross was viewed as a comeback. It also can be seen as a swan song, in that its recording marked the last time the five members would work together in the studio as a permanent group, with a commitment to making a record they would tour behind and build on as a working band. Continue reading “The Band – Northern Lights – Southern Cross (1975) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (1985) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (1985) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II (1985)
[2017, 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
2x Discs | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.00 GB (CD-Layer) + 2.64 GB (DSF) + 2.18 GB (FLAC) + 4.76 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2-2121 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added
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Billy Joel – The Stranger (1978) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Billy Joel - The Stranger (1978) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Billy Joel – The Stranger (1978) [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: 446 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.14 GB (DSF) + 772 MB (FLAC) + 1.72 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2089 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

An integral part of Mobile Fidelity’s Billy Joel catalog restoration series, The Stranger is mastered from the original master tapes and made available on transparent hybrid SACD. Far superior to previous reissues, this edition emphasizes the crucial touches and insightful techniques Ramone brought to a batch of material that ranks among Joel’s most clever, catchy, and sagacious. Continue reading “Billy Joel – The Stranger (1978) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain (1982) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain (1982) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain (1982)
[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
451 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.12 GB (DSF) + 777 MB (FLAC) + 1.69 GB (ISO)

The Nylon Curtain is mastered from the original master tapes and made available on fully transparent hybrid SACD. The myriad nuances amidst Phil Ramone’s crisp production assume greater tonality, texture, and detail. What was a very good-sounding album is now an audiophile-caliber favorite, with transparency, clarity, and microdynamics enhancing the poignant connection between Joel’s expressiveness and the listener’s emotions. Continue reading “Billy Joel – The Nylon Curtain (1982) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (1983) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man (1983) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (1983) [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: 520 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.12 GB (DSF) + 797 MB (FLAC) + 1.65 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2094 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

An essential title in our Billy Joel catalog restoration series, An Innocent Man is mastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g LP at RTI. The resulting presentation effortlessly outshines that heard on all previous editions of this 1983 set. Particularly, the effervescent harmonies now possess an airiness and extension that lends to realistic tonal decay. Instruments are balanced and placed on a wider Continue reading “Billy Joel – An Innocent Man (1983) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ry Cooder – Chicken Skin Music (1976) [2018, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ry Cooder - Chicken Skin Music (1976) [2018, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ry Cooder – Chicken Skin Music (1976) [2018, 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: 969 MB (DSF) + 737 MB (FLAC) + 1.63 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2161 | Genre: Country Rock, Folk Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Ry Cooder has always believed in the “mutuality in music,” and this may be no more evident in his career than with his fifth album, Chicken Skin Music (a Hawaiian colloquialism, synonymous with goosebumps). Even more than usual, Cooder refuses to recognize borders — geographical or musical — presenting “Stand By Me” as a gospel song with a norteño arrangement, or giving the Jim Reeves country-pop classic, “He’ll Have to Go,” a bolero rhythm, featuring the interplay of Flaco Jimenez’s accordion and Pat Rizzo’s alto sax. Continue reading “Ry Cooder – Chicken Skin Music (1976) [2018, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Blue Öyster Cult – Secret Treaties (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blue Öyster Cult – Secret Treaties (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.86 GB (DSF) + 2.22 GB (FLAC) + 1.82 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ5 246 | Genre: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

While the speed-freak adrenaline heaviness and shrouded occult mystery of Tyranny and Mutation is the watermark for Blue Öyster Cult’s creative invention, it is Secret Treaties that is widely and critically regarded as the band’s classic. Issued in 1974, Secret Treaties is the purest distillation of all of BÖC’s strengths. Here the songs are expansive, and lush in their textures. Continue reading “Blue Öyster Cult – Secret Treaties (1974) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Alice Cooper – Muscle of Love (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Alice Cooper – Muscle of Love (1973)
[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 Image + Cue + Log
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 372 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.88 GB (DSF) + 2.28 GB (FLAC) + 2.02 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ5 229 | Genre: Glam Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Coming off such conceptual, theatrical, sleazy hard rock records as the massively successful School’s Out (1972) and Billion Dollar Babies (1973), the Alice Cooper group decided that their next release would be more along the lines of their earlier, more straightforward work (à la Love It to Death). While Muscle of Love was a gold-certified Top Ten success, it performed below expectations (their previous two albums peaked at number two and number one, respectively) and would unfortunately prove to be the original Alice Cooper band’s last studio album together. Continue reading “Alice Cooper – Muscle of Love (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Eagles – The Long Run (1979) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eagles - The Long Run (1979) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eagles – The Long Run (1979) [2023, 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: 1.78 GB (DSF) + 901 MB (FLAC) + 1.81 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2234 | Genre: Country Rock

Akin to the audiophile label’s other Eagles SACDs, this collectible edition plays with organic richness, spectacular dynamics, and microscopic levels of detail. Songs come across with an epic sweep and feature front-to-back soundstages that give the music desirable air, roominess, and separation. Continue reading “Eagles – The Long Run (1979) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”