Special Section: Audiophile Discs

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]”

Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina – Sittin’ In (1971) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina - Sittin’ In (1971) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina – Sittin’ In (1971)
[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
1.89 GB (ISO) + 1.86 GB (DSF) + 910 MB (FLAC) + 465 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Sittin’ In is the first album by singer-songwriters Loggins and Messina, released in 1971. It began as a solo album by Kenny Loggins; Jim Messina was with Columbia Records, serving as an independent producer when he met Loggins. In the course of producing Loggins’ work, Messina provided backing vocals and guitar, leading to the album’s full title, Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina Sittin’ In. Continue reading “Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina – Sittin’ In (1971) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Boston – Boston (1976) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Boston - Boston (1976) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Boston – Boston (1976)
[1996, 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
1.11 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Boston is the debut studio album by American rock band Boston. Produced by Tom Scholz and John Boylan, the album was released on August 25, 1976, in the United States by Epic Records. Scholz had studied classical piano in his childhood and became involved in the Boston music scene in the late 1960s. Continue reading “Boston – Boston (1976) [1996, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Kim Carnes – Mistaken Identity (1981) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Kim Carnes - Mistaken Identity (1981) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Kim Carnes – Mistaken Identity (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
1.12 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Mistaken Identity should have established Kim Carnes as a huge international star. Her Rod Stewart rasp, affiliation with Kenny Rogers, management by Ken Kragen when he was arguably at his peak, makes one wonder why the across-the-board success of “Bette Davis Eyes” couldn’t be duplicated. Three years after the success of this album, Tina Turner actually did conquer the world, the various producers on Private Dancer weaving enough different textures to make for a multi-dimensional masterpiece. Continue reading “Kim Carnes – Mistaken Identity (1981) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Roy Orbison – The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison (1972) [1997, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered]

Roy Orbison - The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison (1972) [1997, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered]

Roy Orbison – The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison (1972)
[1997, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
339 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing file has been added

All-Time Greatest Hits is a 2-LP compilation album by Roy Orbison released in 1972, featuring the original Monument Records recordings. The album was re-released on compact disc by CBS Records in 1989. The album was given a high-quality digital remastering from the original analog master tapes by Steve Hoffman for DCC Compact Classics, Inc. in 1997, catalog number GZS-1118 Continue reading “Roy Orbison – The All-Time Greatest Hits Of Roy Orbison (1972) [1997, DCC Compact Classics, Remastered]”

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
726 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.24 GB (DSF) + 1.51 GB (FLAC) + 3.29 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
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]”

Loggins And Messina – Full Sail (1973) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Loggins And Messina - Full Sail (1973) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Loggins And Messina – Full Sail (1973)
[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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
2.02 GB (ISO) + 6.14 GB (DSF) + 2.39 GB (FLAC) + 462 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

This is every inch a follow-up to Loggins & Messina, including a ’50s rock & roll pastiche in the style of “Your Mama Don’t Dance” called “My Music” that hit number 16 as a single. Other notable material included Jim Messina’s island-rock anthem “Lahaina” and one of Kenny Loggins’ sensitive but generic ballads, typically called “A Love Song.” Continue reading “Loggins And Messina – Full Sail (1973) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Santana – Santana III (1971) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Santana - Santana III (1971) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Santana – Santana III (1971)
[2016, 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
1.72 GB (ISO) + 1.68 GB (DSF) + 874 MB (FLAC) + 295 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Santana III is an album that undeservingly stands in the shadows behind the towering legend that is the band’s second album, Abraxas. This was also the album that brought guitarist Neal Schon — who was 17 years old — into the original core lineup of Santana. Percussionist Thomas “Coke” Escovedo was brought in to replace (temporarily) José Chepitó Areas, who had suffered a brain aneurysm, yet who recovered quickly and rejoined the band. Continue reading “Santana – Santana III (1971) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures At An Exhibition (1971) [2026, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition (1971) [2026, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures At An Exhibition (1971)
[2026, 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
1.64 GB (DSF) + 815 MB (FLAC) + 1.66 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery

Mastered at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s California studio and housed in mini-LP-style gatefold packaging, the fabled album comes to life with spectacular dimensionality, breadth, and detail on this numbered-edition hybrid SACD. It doubles as an admission ticket that never expires to the band’s March 26, 1971 date at Newcastle City Hall. Continue reading “Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures At An Exhibition (1971) [2026, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Joe Walsh – So What (1974) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Walsh - So What (1974) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Walsh – So What (1974)
[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
225 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.49 GB (DSF) + 1.52 GB (ISO) + 696 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: DSF Tracks & Missing Files have been added

Joe Walsh’s catalog by this point was two albums strong and of a consistently high quality. Despite a change of lineup for So What — a wide range of musicians is used, including the Eagles’ Don Henley — the sound is very similar to previous releases. A number of classic Walsh tracks are featured, including a more polished version of “Turn to Stone,” originally featured on his debut album, Barnstorm, in a somewhat more riotous style. Continue reading “Joe Walsh – So What (1974) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 – Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (1966) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1966) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 – Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (1966)
[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
747 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

After bouncing around Philips, Atlantic, and Capitol playing Brazilian jazz or searching for an ideal blend of Brazilian and American pop, Sergio Mendes struck gold on his first try at A&M (then not much more than the home of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and the Baja Marimba Band). Continue reading “Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 – Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (1966) [1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Bob Marley And The Wailers – Catch A Fire (1973) [1995, MFSL Remastred, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bob Marley And The Wailers - Catch A Fire (1973) [1995, MFSL Remastred, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Bob Marley And The Wailers – Catch A Fire (1973)
[1995, MFSL Remastred, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
995 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Update: Missing files have been added

Catch a Fire was the major label debut for Bob Marley and the Wailers, and it was an international success upon its release in 1973. Although Bob Marley may have been the main voice, every member of the Wailers made valuable contributions and they were never more united in their vision and sound. Continue reading “Bob Marley And The Wailers – Catch A Fire (1973) [1995, MFSL Remastred, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”