Special Section: Audiophile Discs

Jon Anderson – Olias Of Sunhillow (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jon Anderson - Olias Of Sunhillow (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jon Anderson – Olias Of Sunhillow (1976)
[2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 459 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.80 GB (SACD ISO) + 825 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 156 | Genre: Progressive Rock

Inspired by the artwork of Roger Dean and the writings of Ver Stanley Alder, Jon Anderson developed an entire story around the idea of an interstellar exodus from Sunhillow, writing this album around the narrative (named for the spaceship’s architect, Olias). The idea may seem overly ambitious, but Anderson fills the record with enough magical moments to delight fans of Yes’ mystic side Continue reading “Jon Anderson – Olias Of Sunhillow (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Michael Hedges – Aerial Boundaries (1984) {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE

Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries (1984) {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Michael Hedges – Aerial Boundaries (1984) {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 269 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.53 GB (SACD ISO) + 655 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 218 | Genre: New Age

This is the finest album from Michael Hedges, the man who is responsible for the greatest revolution in solo acoustic guitar playing since Leo Kottke. There are moments on Aerial Boundaries where it seems literally impossible that so much music is coming from one man and his guitar. Attacking his instrument, snapping strings, banging on the fingerboard with his right hand, Hedges plays supremely beautiful music Continue reading “Michael Hedges – Aerial Boundaries (1984) {2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE”

Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On (1973) {2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973) {2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On (1973) {2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 185 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.27 GB (SACD ISO) + 596 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2039 | Genre: R&B

Let’s Get It On is the thirteenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye. It was released on August 28, 1973, by Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during June 1970 to July 1973 at Hitsville U.S.A. and Golden World Studio in Detroit, and at Hitsville West in Los Angeles. Continue reading “Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On (1973) {2008, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Frank Sinatra ‎- The Collection 1953-1962 (1983) [MFSL Remastered, Box Set, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Frank Sinatra ‎- The Collection 1953-1962 (1983) [MFSL Remastered, Box Set, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Frank Sinatra ‎- The Collection 1953-1962 (1983) [MFSL Remastered, Box Set, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
16x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Format / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 10.6 GB (Hi-Res) + 3.46 GB (CD-Format) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | USA | Cat#: SC-1 | Genre: Swing, Vocal Jazz

Continue reading “Frank Sinatra ‎- The Collection 1953-1962 (1983) [MFSL Remastered, Box Set, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Randy Newman – 12 Songs (1970) [2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered]

RRandy Newman - 12 Songs (1970) [2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered]

Randy Newman – 12 Songs (1970) [2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered]
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 175 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 070 | Genre: Pop Rock

On his debut album, Randy Newman sounded as if he was still getting used to the notion of performing his own songs in the studio (despite years of cutting songwriting demos), but apparently he was a pretty quick study, and his second long-player, 12 Songs, was a striking step forward for Newman as a recording artist. Continue reading “Randy Newman – 12 Songs (1970) [2010, Audio Fidelity Remastered]”

Asia – Alpha (1983) {2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Asia - Alpha (1983) {2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Asia – Alpha (1983) {2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.70 GB (ISO) + 832 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 263 | Genre: Progressive Rock

The eagerly awaited follow-up to the supergroup’s debut, Alpha landed with a resounding thud a year later. The album still managed to be a platinum-selling Top Ten hit, as did the leadoff single “Don’t Cry,” but where Asia managed to make old sounds fresh, Alpha fails miserably. Continue reading “Asia – Alpha (1983) {2017, Audio Fidelity Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Frank Sinatra ‎- Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely (1958) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}

Frank Sinatra ‎- Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely (1958) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}

Frank Sinatra ‎- Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely (1958) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 165 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | USA | Cat#: UDCD 792 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

Originally, Frank Sinatra had planned to record Only the Lonely with Gordon Jenkins, who had arranged his previous all-ballads album, Where Are You. Jenkins was unavailable at the time of the sessions, which led Sinatra back to his original arranger at Capitol, Nelson Riddle. The result is arguably his greatest ballads album. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra ‎- Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely (1958) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}”

Frank Sinatra – Nice ‘N’ Easy (1960) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}

Frank Sinatra - Nice 'N' Easy (1960) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}

Frank Sinatra – Nice ‘N’ Easy (1960) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 230 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | USA | Cat#: UDCD 790 | Genre: Bing Band, Vocal Jazz

Breaking slightly from his pattern of a swing album following the release of ballads set, Frank Sinatra followed No One Cares with Nice ‘N’ Easy, a breezy collection of mid-tempo numbers arranged by Nelson Riddle. Not only is it the lightest set that he recorded for Capitol, it is the one with the loosest theme. Sinatra selected a collection of songs he had sang early in his career, having Riddle rearrange the tunes with warm, cheery textures. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Nice ‘N’ Easy (1960) {2008, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Remastered}”

Frank Sinatra – Point of No Return (1962) {2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE

Frank Sinatra - Point of No Return (1962) {2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Frank Sinatra – Point of No Return (1962) {2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 226 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.58 GB (SACD ISO) + 773 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2112 | Genre: Vocal Jazz

At the time he recorded his final Capitol album, Point of No Return, Frank Sinatra was no longer interested in giving his record label first-rate material, preferring to save that for his new label, Reprise. However, someone persuaded the singer to make the album a special occasion by reuniting with Axel Stordahl, the arranger/conductor who helped Sinatra rise to stardom in the ’40s; he also arranged the vocalist’s first Capitol session, so his presence gave a nice sense of closure to the Capitol era. Continue reading “Frank Sinatra – Point of No Return (1962) {2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE”

George Benson – Breezin’ (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

George Benson - Breezin' (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

George Benson – Breezin’ (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Hybrid SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 316 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.21 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.92 GB (SACD FLAC Mch) + 731 MB (SACD FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ5 185 | Genre: Smooth Jazz

All of a sudden, George Benson became a pop superstar with this album, thanks to its least representative track. Most of Breezin’ is a softer-focused variation of Benson’s R&B/jazz-flavored CTI work, his guitar as assured and fluid as ever with Claus Ogerman providing the suave orchestral backdrops and his crack then-working band (including Ronnie Foster on keyboards and sparkplug Phil Upchurch on rhythm guitar) pumping up the funk element. Continue reading “George Benson – Breezin’ (1976) [2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Derek And The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) {2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE

Derek And The Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) {2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Derek And The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
{2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz
Total Size: 641 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.10 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.49 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2188 | Genre: Blues Rock

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is the only studio album by Anglo-American blues rock band Derek and the Dominos. Released in November 1970, the double album is best known for its title track, “Layla”, and is often regarded as Eric Clapton’s greatest musical achievement. The other band members were Bobby Whitlock on keyboards and vocals, Jim Gordon on drums, Carl Radle on bass, and special guest performer Duane Allman on lead and slide guitar on 11 of the 14 songs. Continue reading “Derek And The Dominos – Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) {2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip} UPDATE”

The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966) {2012, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966) {2012, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966) {2012, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.52 GB (ISO) + 710 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2065 | Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Classic Rock

No album comes more vetted than the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. Universally renowned for its groundbreaking songs, majestic arrangements, landmark production, emotional lyrics, and bold creativity the 1966 record forever altered the pop-culture landscape and how everyone experiences music. Hailed not only by the international press, the set also remains prized for its impact on countless artists that changed their approach after beholding its sheer scope and genius. Household-name musicians including Paul McCartney, Elton John, Roger Waters, Elvis Costello, and Bob Dylan cite Pet Sounds as being among their favorite LPs and for influencing their direction. Now, it’s time you heard the best-possible version ever made available. Continue reading “The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966) {2012, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (1973) {2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (1973) {2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (1973) {2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz
Total Size: 452 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.66 GB (SACD-ISO) + 782 MB (SACD-FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ 170 | Genre: Glam Rock

Billion Dollar Babies is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alice Cooper, released in 1973. The album became the best selling Alice Cooper record at the time of its release, hit number one on the album charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and went on to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album was well received by such critics as Robert Christgau, Greg Prato of AllMusic, and Jason Thompson of popmatters, but Rolling Stone gave the album only two and a half stars. Continue reading “Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (1973) {2014, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Alice Cooper – 3 Albums (1971-1972) {Audio Fidelity, Remastered}

Alice Cooper - 3 Albums (1971-1972) {Audio Fidelity, Remastered}

Alice Cooper – 3 Albums (1971-1972) {Audio Fidelity, Remastered}
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC/WavPack Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 735 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Genre: Glam Rock, Hard Rock
 
Love It to Death (1971), Killer (1971), School’s Out (1972) Continue reading “Alice Cooper – 3 Albums (1971-1972) {Audio Fidelity, Remastered}”

The Cars – The Cars (1978) {2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

The Cars - The Cars (1978) {2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}

The Cars – The Cars (1978) {2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz
Total Size: 241 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.44 GB (SACD-ISO) + 710 MB (SACD-FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2162 | Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock

The Cars is the debut studio album by the American new wave band the Cars. It was released on June 6, 1978 on Elektra Records. The album, which featured the three charting singles “Just What I Needed,” “My Best Friend’s Girl,” and “Good Times Roll,” as well as several album-oriented rock radio hits, was a major success for the band, remaining on the charts for 139 weeks. It has been recognized as one of the band’s best albums. Continue reading “The Cars – The Cars (1978) {2015, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}”