Special Section: Audiophile Discs

Spirit – Spirit (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Spirit - Spirit (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Spirit – Spirit (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC + Cue + Log
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 363 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.57 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.21 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 520 | Genre: Progressive Rock Psychedelic Rock

Spirit is the debut album by rock band Spirit, released on January 22, 1968. The experimental album was commercially successful, spending more than six months on the Billboard album charts, peaking at #31, and garnered significant underground FM airtime. Continue reading “Spirit – Spirit (1968) [2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Deep Purple – Made In Japan (1972) [1998, DCC Remastered]

Deep Purple – Made In Japan (1972) [1998, DCC Remastered]

Deep Purple – Made In Japan (1972) [1998, DCC Remastered]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 552 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics | US | Cat#: GZS-1120 | Genre: Hard Rock

Recorded over three nights in August 1972, Deep Purple’s Made in Japan was the record that brought the band to headliner status in the U.S. and elsewhere, and it remains a landmark in the history of heavy metal music. Since reorganizing with singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover in 1969, Deep Purple had recorded three important albums — Deep Purple in Rock, Fireball, and Machine Head — and used the material to build a fierce live show. Continue reading “Deep Purple – Made In Japan (1972) [1998, DCC Remastered]”

John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970) [2004, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970) [2004, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970)
[2004, 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: 913 MB (Hi-Res) + 267 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | USA | Cat#: MFSL 1-280 | Genre: Classic Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

The cliché about singer/songwriters is that they sing confessionals direct from their heart, but John Lennon exploded the myth behind that cliché, as well as many others, on his first official solo record, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Inspired by his primal scream therapy with Dr. Arthur Janov, Lennon created a harrowing set of unflinchingly personal songs, laying out all of his fears and angers for everyone to hear. Continue reading “John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band (1970) [2004, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Greatest Hits (1972) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Greatest Hits (1972) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Greatest Hits (1972)
[2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 673 MB (ISO) + 817 MB (FLAC)
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 241 | Genre: Rock, Jazz Fusion

Sometimes, a greatest-hits set is timed perfectly to gather together a group’s most successful and familiar performances just at the point when that group has passed the point of their maximum exposure to the public, but before the public memory has had a chance to fade. That was the case when Columbia Records assembled this compilation for release in early 1972. At that point, Blood, Sweat & Tears had released four albums and scored six Top 40 hits, each of which is heard here. But lead singer David Clayton-Thomas had just quit the group, so that the unit that recorded songs like “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy” was not working together anymore. Continue reading “Blood, Sweat & Tears – Greatest Hits (1972) [2016, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu (1970) {1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu (1970) {1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu (1970) {1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Format / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 878 MB (Hi-Res) + 328 MB (CD-Format) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed in Japan on JVC | Cat#: MFSL 1-088 | Genre: Folk Rock
Half-Speed Mastered

One of the most hotly awaited second albums in history — right up there with those by the Beatles and the Band — Déjà Vu lived up to its expectations and rose to number one on the charts. Those achievements are all the more astonishing given the fact that the group barely held together through the estimated 800 hours it took to record Déjà Vu and scarcely functioned as a group for most of that time. Continue reading “Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà Vu (1970) {1983, MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

The Moody Blues – 5 Albums Collection (1967-1972) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Moody Blues - 5 Albums Collection (1967-1972) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

The Moody Blues – 5 Albums Collection (1967-1972) [MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
5x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Format / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 4.41 GB (Hi-Res) + 1.59 GB (CD-Format) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Genre: Progressive Rock

Days of Future Passed (1967) / On The Threshold of a Dream (1969) / To Our Children’s Children’s Children (1969)
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971) / Seventh Sojourn (1972)
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Dionne Warwick – Hot ! Live And Otherwise (1981) {MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Dionne Warwick - Hot ! Live And Otherwise (1981) {MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Dionne Warwick – Hot ! Live And Otherwise (1981) {MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Format / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.67 GB (Hi-Res) + 511 MB (CD-Format) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | Pressed In Japan | Cat#: MFSL 2-098 | Genre: Adult Contemporary

Hot! Live and Otherwise is a combination live and in-studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1981 on Arista Records. The LP was originally issued as number A2L 8605 in the Arista Catalog. Continue reading “Dionne Warwick – Hot ! Live And Otherwise (1981) {MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Child Is Father To The Man (1968) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father To The Man (1968) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Child Is Father To The Man (1968) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
CD-Layer / EAC Rip / FLAC Image + Cue + Log
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.20 GB (SACD ISO) + 3.60 GB (SACD FLAC) + 455 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ5 195 | Genre: Jazz Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Child Is Father to the Man is keyboard player/singer/arranger Al Kooper’s finest work, an album on which he moves the folk-blues-rock amalgamation of the Blues Project into even wider pastures, taking in classical and jazz elements (including strings and horns), all without losing the pop essence that makes the hybrid work. Continue reading “Blood, Sweat & Tears – Child Is Father To The Man (1968) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / 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..50 GB (SACD ISO) + 2.58 GB (SACD FLAC) + 398 MB (CD-Layer) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ5 198 | Genre: Jazz Rock, Blues Rock
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Phil Collins – 4 Albums (1981-1989) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered]

Phil Collins - 4 Albums (1981-1989) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered]

Phil Collins – 4 Albums (1981-1989) [Audio Fidelity, Remastered]
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.47 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Genre: Pop Rock
 
Face Value (1981) | Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) | No Jacket Required (1985) | …But Seriously (1989)
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Ringo Starr – Ringo (1973) [1994, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered]

Ringo Starr - Ringo (1973) [1994, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered]

Ringo Starr – Ringo (1973) [1994, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Scans Included
Total Size: 296 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: DCC Compact Classics | USA | Cat#: GZS-1066 | Genre: Pop Rock

With Ringo, Ringo Starr finally put his solo career in gear in 1973, after serving notice with back-to-back Top Ten singles in 1971 and 1972 that he had more to offer than his eccentric first two solo albums. Ringo was a big-budget pop album produced by Richard Perry and featuring Ringo’s former Beatles bandmates as songwriters, singers, and instrumentalists. Continue reading “Ringo Starr – Ringo (1973) [1994, DCC, 24-karat Gold Disc Remastered]”

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski / Minnesota Orchestra – Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé; Ma Mère L’Oye; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales (1975) [2005, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski / Minnesota Orchestra - Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé; Ma Mère L'Oye; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales (1975) [2005, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski / Minnesota Orchestra – Ravel: Daphnis Et Chloé; Ma Mère L’Oye; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales (1975) [2005, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.32 GB (ISO) + 2.55 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.24 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 4008 | Genre: Classical
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Stanislaw Skrowaczewski / Minnesota Orchestra – Ravel: Boléro / La Valse (1975) [2003, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski / Minnesota Orchestra - Ravel: Boléro / La Valse (1975) [2003, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski / Minnesota Orchestra – Ravel: Boléro / La Valse (1975) [2003, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.21 GB (ISO) + 2.38 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.11 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 4002 | Genre: Classical
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Walter Susskind / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra – Holst: The Planets (1975) [2004, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Walter Susskind / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - Holst: The Planets (1975) [2004, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Walter Susskind / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra – Holst: The Planets (1975) [2004, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.24 GB (ISO) + 1.63 GB (FLAC Mch) + 845 MB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 4005 | Genre: Classical
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Walter Susskind / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra – Smetana: Má Vlast (Complete Symphonic Cycle) (1975) [2004, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Walter Susskind / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra - Smetana: Má Vlast (Complete Symphonic Cycle) (1975) [2004, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Walter Susskind / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra – Smetana: Má Vlast (Complete Symphonic Cycle) (1975)
[2004, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.35 GB (ISO) + 2.50 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.27 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 4006 | Genre: Classical
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