Special Section: Audiophile Discs

Eric Clapton – Unplugged (1992) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eric Clapton - Unplugged (1992) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eric Clapton – Unplugged (1992) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
No Scans
Total Size: 2.55 GB (ISO) + 2.51 GB (DSF) + 1.14 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2224 | Genre: Blues Rock

Mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered hybrid SACD enhances the blockbuster work for today – and the ages to come. Peeling away remaining sonic limitations to provide a transparent, lively, ultra-nuanced presentation of a record that won six Grammy Awards – including prizes for Album of the Year, Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, and Best Rock Song, it places Clapton and company in your room. Continue reading “Eric Clapton – Unplugged (1992) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow (1967) [2016, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967) [2016, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow (1967) [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: 1.45 GB (ISO) + 1.41 GB (DSF) + 411 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2175 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The second album by Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow was a groundbreaking piece of folk-rock-based psychedelia, and it hit like a shot heard round the world; where the later efforts from bands like the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and especially, the Charlatans, were initially not too much more than cult successes, Surrealistic Pillow rode the pop charts for most of 1967, soaring into that rarefied Top Five region occupied by the likes of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and so on, to which few American rock acts apart from the Byrds had been able to lay claim since 1964. Continue reading “Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow (1967) [2016, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (1969) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers (1969) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (1969) [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
Total Size: 1.87 GB (ISO) + 1.82 GB (DSF) + 945 MB (FLAC) + 301 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2176 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Controversial at the time, delayed because of fights with the record company over lyrical content and the original title (Volunteers of America), Volunteers was a powerful release that neatly closed out and wrapped up the ’60s. Here, the Jefferson Airplane presents itself in full revolutionary rhetoric, issuing a call to “tear down the walls” and “get it on together.” “We Can Be Together” and “Volunteers” bookend the album, offering musical variations on the same chord progression and lyrical variations on the same theme. Continue reading “Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers (1969) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Allman Brothers Band – The Allman Brothers Band (1969) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band (1969) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band – The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
[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: 251 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.34 GB (ISO) + 1.36 GB (DSF) + 680 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2101 | Genre: Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

They hailed from Macon, Georgia. They looked liked any number of young, hopeful bands straddling the violent fade of the 1960s with the advent of the 1970s. They missed the British Invasion-triggered blues revival by several years. Yet they sounded like no other group, their youthfulness belied by virtuosic abilities and interlocking interplay Miles Davis would’ve envied. It all starts here, on a smoldering self-titled debut that has few peers. Continue reading “The Allman Brothers Band – The Allman Brothers Band (1969) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach (1972) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach (1972) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach (1972) [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: 2.91 GB (ISO) + 2.86 GB (DSF) + 1.37 GB (FLAC) + 650 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2102 | Genre: Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Eat a Peach is the third studio album by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band. Produced by Tom Dowd, the album was released on February 12, 1972, in the United States by Capricorn Records. Following their artistic and commercial breakthrough with the release of the live album At Fillmore East (1971) Continue reading “The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach (1972) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East (1971)
[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: 3.26 GB (ISO) + 3.21 GB (DSF) + 1.48 GB (FLAC) + 578 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2143 | Genre: Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Fillmore East is synonymous with some of the greatest concerts ever staged. Yet the vaudeville venue belongs to one group: The Allman Brothers Band. This groundbreaking double album is why. As the collective’s breakthrough, it broadcasts to the world wowing improvisational flights and seamless musical fusion the likes of which no one had ever heard. Continue reading “The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East (1971) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Foghat – Fool For The City (1975) [2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Foghat - Fool For The City (1975) [2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Foghat – Fool For The City (1975) [2008, 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: 1.47 GB (ISO) + 1.43 GB (DSF) + 757 MB (FLAC) + 253 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2037 | Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

After building a solid core audience through relentless touring and a string of hard-rocking albums, Foghat finally hit the big time in 1975 with Fool for the City. It still stands out as the best album in the group’s catalog because it matched their road-tested abilities as hard rockers to a consistent set of tunes that were both well-crafted and ambitious. Continue reading “Foghat – Fool For The City (1975) [2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (1960) [1999, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Duke Ellington - Blues In Orbit (1960) [1999, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (1960) [1999, 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: 1.51 GB (ISO) + 1.47 GB (DSF) + 738 MB (FLAC) + 258 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDCD 757 | Genre: Big Band, Swing
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Blues in Orbit lacks the intellectual cache of the suites and concept pieces that loomed large in Ellington’s recordings of this period, but it’s an album worth tracking down, if only to hear the band run through a lighter side of its sound — indeed, it captures the essence of a late-night recording date that was as much a loose jam as a formal studio date, balancing the spontaneity of the former and the technical polish of the latter. Continue reading “Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (1960) [1999, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, 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: 1.47 GB (ISO) + 1.44 GB (DSF) + 709 MB (FLAC) + 222 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 249 | Genre: Blues Rock, Soul
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Joe Cocker’s first three A&M albums form the bedrock of a career that spans over three decades. While Cocker certainly wasn’t always in top form during this stretch — thanks to alcohol problems and questionable comeback moves in the ’80s and ’90s — his early records did inform the classic pub rock sound later credited to proto-punk figures like Graham Parker and Brinsley Schwarz. Continue reading “Joe Cocker – Joe Cocker! (1969) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Various Artists – Reggae In High-Fi (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists - Reggae In High-Fi (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Various Artists – Reggae In High-Fi (2003) [Audio Fidelity 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: 2.91 GB (ISO) + 2.87 GB (DSF) + 1.35 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 014 | Genre: Reggae
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Reggae In High-Fi contains 15 jammin’ selections…the cream of two decades from RAS Records, which is considered the preeminent Reggae label today. These are the real authentic sounds and superstars of Reggae. Featured artists include Black Uhuru, Yellowman, Israel Vibration, Jacob Miller, Freddie McGregor and Gregory Isaacs. Continue reading “Various Artists – Reggae In High-Fi (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sonny Rollins – Plus 4 (1956) [2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins - Plus 4 (1956) [2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sonny Rollins – Plus 4 (1956) [2002, 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: 1.31 GB (ISO) + 1.32 GB (DSF) + 622 MB (FLAC) + 184 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2006 | Genre: Bop, Jazz
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Sonny Rollins Plus 4 is a jazz album by Sonny Rollins, released in 1956 on Prestige Records. On this album Rollins plays with the Clifford Brown/Max Roach Quintet. The album was the last recording including pianist Richie Powell and Brown, as both died in a car accident three months later. Continue reading “Sonny Rollins – Plus 4 (1956) [2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits (1970) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits (1970) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits (1970)
[2015, Audio Fidelity Remaster, 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: 371 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.05 GB (ISO) + 5.68 GB (DSF) + 2.28 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity Remaster | US | Cat#: AFZ5 215 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Soul, Funk
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Released in 1970 during the stopgap between Stand! and There’s a Riot Goin’ On, Greatest Hits inadvertently arrived at precisely the right moment, summarizing Sly & the Family Stone’s joyous hit-making run on the pop and R&B charts. Technically, only four songs here reached the Top Ten, with only two others hitting the Top 40, but judging this solely on charts is misleading, since this is simply a peerless singles collection Continue reading “Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits (1970) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remaster, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin – Love Devotion Surrender (1973) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender (1973) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin – Love Devotion Surrender (1973)
[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: 1.63 GB (ISO) + 1.60 GB (DSF) + 812 MB (FLAC) + 296 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2080 | Genre: Jazz Rock, Blues Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

A hopelessly misunderstood record in its time by Santana fans — they were still reeling from the radical direction shift toward jazz on Caravanserai and praying it was an aberration — it was greeted by Santana devotees with hostility, contrasted with kindness from major-league critics like Robert Palmer. Continue reading “Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin – Love Devotion Surrender (1973) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Santana – Santana (1969) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Santana - Santana (1969) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Santana – Santana (1969) [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
Total Size: 1.56 GB (ISO) + 1.51 GB (DSF) + 763 MB (FLAC) + 245 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2151 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Latin Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Before the arrival of Carlos Santana’s eponymous band, the San Francisco rock scene drew the inspiration for its jam-oriented music mainly from blues, rock, and Eastern modalities. Santana added Latin music to the mix, forever changing the course of rock & roll history. On their groundbreaking debut album, the group mix Latin percussion with driving rock grooves. Continue reading “Santana – Santana (1969) [2016, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Nat King Cole – Welcome To The Club (1959) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat King Cole - Welcome To The Club (1959) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Nat King Cole – Welcome To The Club (1959)
[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: 1.30 GB (ISO) + 1.28 GB (DSF) + 604 MB (FLAC) + 310 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 153 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
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As the 1950s came to a close, Nat King Cole (vocals/piano) continued creating stylish renditions of pop and jazz flavored standards. On Welcome to the Club (1959) the artist teams up with Dave Cavanaugh and the Count Basie combo — minus the maestro himself due to contractual restraints — for one of Cole’s most powerful collections supported by a big band. In fact, it is Cole’s unmistakable ultra-cool intonations that flawlessly reign in the fiery — and at times overbearing — ensemble arrangements. Continue reading “Nat King Cole – Welcome To The Club (1959) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”