Special Section: Audiophile Discs

The Doors – The Best Of The Doors (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Doors - The Best Of The Doors (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

The Doors – The Best Of The Doors (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: 3.21 GB (ISO) + 6.28 GB (DSF) + 2.54 GB (FLAC) + 385 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ5 206 | Genre: Classic Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The Best of The Doors is a compilation album by The Doors released in 1973. It is the first of three compilation albums to be released by the group since the death of lead singer Jim Morrison. The album was originally released in the CD-4 QuadraDisc format, on an exclusive basis, but was later reissued in 1980 in standard Stereo mostly Continue reading “The Doors – The Best Of The Doors (1973) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Patricia Barber – Nightclub (2000) [2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Patricia Barber - Nightclub (2000) [2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Patricia Barber – Nightclub (2000) [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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.40 GB (ISO) + 2.36 GB (DSF) + 1.1 GB (FLAC) + 321 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2004 | Genre: Vocal Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Chicago native and classically trained pianist Patricia Barber’s sixth album is a collection of downtempo standards, perfect for a rainy day. Taking on classics like “Autumn Leaves,” “I Fall in Love Too Easily,” “Bye Bye Blackbird,” or even “Alfie” is always a risk, but her confident vocals and interpretations eradicate any doubt that she is a master. Continue reading “Patricia Barber – Nightclub (2000) [2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Patricia Barber – A Distortion Of Love (1992) [2013, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Patricia Barber - A Distortion Of Love (1992) [2013, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Patricia Barber – A Distortion Of Love (1992) [2013, 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: 2.46 GB (ISO) + 2.42 GB (DSF) + 1.09 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2100 | Genre: Contemporary Jazz
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Pianist and singer Patricia Barber’s second album (and major-label debut) is a consistently interesting, but not always completely rewarding, array of original instrumentals, vocal standards, and surprise cover versions. Continue reading “Patricia Barber – A Distortion Of Love (1992) [2013, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Patricia Barber – Companion (1999) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Patricia Barber - Companion (1999) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Patricia Barber – Companion (1999) [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 Image + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.19 GB (ISO) + 2.14 GB (DSF) + 1012 MB (FLAC) + 340 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2023 | Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Vocal
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Companion was recorded in a special three-night series of shows in July, 1999 at Chicago’s famed Green Mill jazz club — an unusually short amount of time to produce a live album. To mine as much material as possible from those nights the performances were run more like recording sessions than live shows, with the crowd reverently hushed. Continue reading “Patricia Barber – Companion (1999) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

YES – Going For The One (1977) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

YES - Going For The One (1977) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

YES – Going For The One (1977) [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: 1.61 GB (ISO) + 1.58 GB (DSF) + 769 MB (FLAC) + 402 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 157 | Genre: Progressive Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Going for the One is perhaps the most overlooked item in the Yes catalog. It marked Rick Wakeman’s return to the band after a three-year absence, and also a return to shorter song forms after the experimentalism of Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans, and Relayer. In many ways, this disc could be seen as the follow-up to Fragile. Continue reading “YES – Going For The One (1977) [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]

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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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
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

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
Update: DSF Tracks have been added
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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
Update: DSF Tracks have been added
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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
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

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]”

Miles Davis – In A Silent Way (1969) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1969) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis – In A Silent Way (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: 1.58 GB (ISO) + 1.56 GB (DSF) + 800 MB (FLAC) + 261 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2088 | Genre: Fusion, Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Listening to Miles Davis’ originally released version of In a Silent Way in light of the complete sessions released by Sony in 2001 (Columbia Legacy 65362) reveals just how strategic and dramatic a studio construction it was. If one listens to Joe Zawinul’s original version of “In a Silent Way,” it comes across as almost a folk song with a very pronounced melody. The version Miles Davis and Teo Macero assembled from the recording session in July of 1968 is anything but. There is no melody, not even a melodic frame. Continue reading “Miles Davis – In A Silent Way (1969) [2012, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Miles Davis – Nefertiti (1968) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis - Nefertiti (1968) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis – Nefertiti (1968) [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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.63 GB (ISO) + 1.60 GB (DSF) + 804 MB (FLAC) + 247 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2146 | Genre: Post-Bop, Hard Bop
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Nefertiti, the fourth album by Miles Davis’ second classic quintet, continues the forward motion of Sorcerer, as the group settles into a low-key, exploratory groove, offering music with recognizable themes — but themes that were deliberately dissonant, slightly unsettling even as they burrowed their way into the consciousness. In a sense, this is mood music, since, like on much of Sorcerer, the individual parts mesh in unpredictable ways, creating evocative, floating soundscapes. Continue reading “Miles Davis – Nefertiti (1968) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Miles Davis – Filles De Kilimanjaro (1968) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis - Filles De Kilimanjaro (1968) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis – Filles De Kilimanjaro (1968) [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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.34 GB (ISO) + 2.30 GB (DSF) + 1.15 GB (FLAC) + 355 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2148 | Genre: Post-Bop, Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Since it’s billed as “Directions in Music by Miles Davis,” it should come as little surprise that Filles de Kilimanjaro is the beginning of a new phase for Miles, the place that he begins to dive headfirst into jazz-rock fusion. It also happens to be the swan song for his second classic quintet, arguably the finest collective of musicians he ever worked with, and what makes this album so fascinating is that it’s possible to hear the breaking point Continue reading “Miles Davis – Filles De Kilimanjaro (1968) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Miles Davis – Sorcerer (1967) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis - Sorcerer (1967) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Miles Davis – Sorcerer (1967) [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 Tracks + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.67 GB (ISO) + 1.65 GB (DSF) + 820 MB (FLAC) + 247 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2145 | Genre: Modal, Post-Bop, Jazz
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Sorcerer, the third album by the second Miles Davis Quintet, is in a sense a transitional album, a quiet, subdued affair that rarely blows hot, choosing to explore cerebral tonal colorings. Even when the tempo picks up, as it does on the title track, there’s little of the dense, manic energy on Miles Smiles — this is about subtle shadings, even when the compositions are as memorable as Tony Williams’ “Pee Wee” or Herbie Hancock’s “Sorcerer.” Continue reading “Miles Davis – Sorcerer (1967) [2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (1972) [2011, 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
Total Size: 979 MB (Hi-Res) + 290 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: MOFI 1-009 | Genre: Funk, Soul, R&B
Mastered on the GAIN 2 ULTRA ANALOG SYSTEM™

After releasing two “head” records during 1970 and 1971, Stevie Wonder expanded his compositional palette with 1972’s Talking Book to include societal ills as well as tender love songs, and so recorded the first smash album of his career. What had been hinted at on the intriguing project Music of My Mind was here focused into a laser beam of tight songwriting, warm electronic arrangements, and ebullient performances — altogether the most realistic vision of a musical personality ever put to wax, beginning with a disarmingly simple love song, “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (but of course, it’s only the composition that’s simple). Continue reading “Stevie Wonder – Talking Book (1972) [2011, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”