Special Section: Audiophile Discs

America – Homecoming (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

America - Homecoming (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

America – Homecoming (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 Image + Cue + Log
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.15 GB (SACD DSF) + 2.86 GB (SACD ISO) + 2.40 GB (SACD FLAC) + 293 MB (CD-Layer)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ5 204 | Genre: Country Rock, Pop Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Homecoming, America’s finest album, refines and focuses the folk-pop approach found on their debut release. The songs here are tighter and more forthright, with fewer extended solo instrumental sections than before. The sound quality is clear and bright; the colorful arrangements, while still acoustic guitar-based, feature more electric guitar and keyboards. Continue reading “America – Homecoming (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Dire Straits – On Every Street (1991) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Dire Straits - On Every Street (1991) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Dire Straits – On Every Street (1991) [2024, 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: 1.70 GB (DSF) + 1.42 GB (FLAC) + 2.82 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2239 | Genre: Blues Rock, Pop Rock

Sourced from the original master tapes and housed in mini-gatefold-LP packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s hybrid SACD of On Every Street presents the album like it has always been meant to be experienced: in reference-grade audiophile sound. Continue reading “Dire Straits – On Every Street (1991) [2024, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Scorpions – Blackout (1982) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Scorpions - Blackout (1982) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Scorpions – Blackout (1982)
[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: 279 MB (CD-Layer) + 982 MB (DSF) + 727 MB (FLAC) + 1.48 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 164 | Genre: Hard Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Blackout was Scorpions’ first highly successful album, due to its clever balance of pop/rock (the title track), power ballads (“When the Smoke Is Going Down”), and catchy heavy metal (“Dynamite,” “No One Like You”). Vocalist Klaus Meine had a throat operation prior to the record’s release, and surprisingly, his voice sounds more melodic and lively than ever. Continue reading “Scorpions – Blackout (1982) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Harry Belafonte – Calypso (1956) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Harry Belafonte - Calypso (1956) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Harry Belafonte – Calypso (1956)
[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: 244 MB (CD-Layer) + 844 MB (DSF) + 567 MB (FLAC) + 1.30 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 138 | Genre: World
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

This is the album that made Harry Belafonte’s career. Up to this point, calypso had only been a part of Belafonte’s focus in his recordings of folk music styles. But with this landmark album, calypso not only became tattooed to Belafonte permanently; it had a revolutionary effect on folk music in the 1950s and ’60s Continue reading “Harry Belafonte – Calypso (1956) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

VA – Cruising: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA - Cruising: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA – Cruising: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980)
[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
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 299 MB (CD-Layer) + 743 MB (DSF) + 555 MB (FLAC) + 1.13 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 222 | Genre: Soundtrack
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added
Continue reading “VA – Cruising: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Sarah McLachlan – Touch (1988) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sarah McLachlan - Touch (1988) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Sarah McLachlan – Touch (1988)
[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: 476 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.21 GB (DSF) + 922 MB (FLAC) + 1.93 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 141 | Genre: Folk Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

A largely forgotten album in the wake of Sarah McLachlan’s mainstream success, Touch was the first album anyone heard from the singer. Only 19 at the time, McLachlan had years to go before she would become the seductive songstress of Fumbling Towards Ecstacy or the sensitive balladeer of Surfacing. Continue reading “Sarah McLachlan – Touch (1988) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Van Halen – Van Halen (1978) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Van Halen - Van Halen (1978) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Van Halen – Van Halen (1978) [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: 882 MB (DSF) + 754 MB (FLAC) + 1.48 GB (ISO)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Cat#: UDSACD 2243| | Genre: Hard Rock

Mastered from the original analog master tapes and housed in mini-LP-style packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD reissue allows fans to experience Van Halen’s original blend of raw power, Hollywood flair, and vaudeville fun for generations to come. Continue reading “Van Halen – Van Halen (1978) [2023, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Foreigner – Foreigner (1977) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Foreigner - Foreigner (1977) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Foreigner – Foreigner (1977) [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: 1.64 GB (ISO) + 1.61 GB (DSF) + 819 MB (FLAC) + 267 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2050 | Genre: AOR, Classic Rock
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Although punk rock’s furious revolution threatened to overthrow rock’s old guard in 1977, bands like Foreigner came along and proved that there was plenty of room in the marketplace for both the violent, upstart minimalism of punk and the airbrushed slickness of what would be called “arena rock.” Along with Boston, Journey, Heart, and others, Foreigner celebrated professionalism over raw emotion. Continue reading “Foreigner – Foreigner (1977) [2010, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Vangelis – Blade Runner (1994) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Vangelis - Blade Runner (1994) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Vangelis – Blade Runner (1994)
[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: 341 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.38 GB (DSF) + 0.99 GB (FLAC) + 2.32 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 154 | Genre: Soundtrack
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

The Blade Runner soundtrack was composed by Vangelis for Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner. It is mostly a dark, melodic combination of classical composition and synthesizers which mirrors the futuristic film noir envisioned by Scott. Since the premiere of the film, two official albums have been released containing music omitted from the film Continue reading “Vangelis – Blade Runner (1994) [2013, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band – Eddie And The Cruisers (1983) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band - Eddie And The Cruisers (1983) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band – Eddie And The Cruisers (1983)
[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: 219 MB (CD-Layer) + 808 MB (DSF) + 665 MB (FLAC) + 1.36 GB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 227 | Genre: Soundtrack
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

There was a year’s delay before this film, which concerns the mysterious death of a fictional ’60s rock star, took off via video and cable TV, but when it did, the soundtrack album, featuring such songs as “On the Dark Side” and “Tender Years” by John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, took off with it. To most, the songs sounded like Bruce Springsteen clones, but the music was appealing nonetheless. Continue reading “John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band – Eddie And The Cruisers (1983) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine (1992) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (1992) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine (1992)
[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: 440 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.31 GB (DSF) + 1.09 GB (FLAC) + 931 MB (ISO)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 244 | Genre: Alternative Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Probably the first album to successfully merge the seemingly disparate sounds of rap and heavy metal, Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled debut was groundbreaking enough when released in 1992, but many would argue that it has yet to be surpassed in terms of influence and sheer brilliance — though countless bands have certainly tried. Continue reading “Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine (1992) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”