Special Section: Audiophile Discs

B.B. King & Eric Clapton – Riding With The King (2000) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King (2000) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

B.B. King & Eric Clapton – Riding With The King (2000)
[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: 486 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.53 GB (DSF) + 1.15 GB (FLAC) + 2.57 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 211 | Genre: Blues Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

The potential for a collaboration between B.B. King and Eric Clapton is enormous, of course, and the real questions concern how it is organized and executed. This first recorded pairing between the 74-year-old King and the 55-year-old Clapton was put together in the most obvious way: Clapton arranged the session using many of his regular musicians, picked the songs Continue reading “B.B. King & Eric Clapton – Riding With The King (2000) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Procol Harum – A Salty Dog (1969) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (1969) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Procol Harum – A Salty Dog (1969) [2017, 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: 357 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.65 GB (DSF) + 823 MB (FLAC) + 1.70 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2192 | Genre: Classic Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

This album, the group’s third, was where they showed just how far their talents extended across the musical landscape, from blues to R&B to classical rock. In contrast to their hastily recorded debut, or its successor, done to stretch their performance and composition range, A Salty Dog was recorded in a reasonable amount of time, giving the band a chance to fully develop their ideas. Continue reading “Procol Harum – A Salty Dog (1969) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Ry Cooder – Paradise And Lunch (1974) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch (1974) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ry Cooder – Paradise And Lunch (1974) [2017, 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: 194 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.51 GB (DSF) + 684 MB (FLAC) + 1.55 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2159 | Genre: Blues
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released on June 8, 1974 on Reprise Records. The album is composed of cover versions of jazz, blues and roots standards and obscurities recorded at the Warner Brothers Studios. Continue reading “Ry Cooder – Paradise And Lunch (1974) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Judy Collins – Colors Of The Day: The Best Of Judy Collins (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Judy Collins - Colors Of The Day: The Best Of Judy Collins (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Judy Collins – Colors Of The Day: The Best Of Judy Collins (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
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 370 MB (CD-Layer) + 6.67 GB (DSF) + 2.57 GB (FLAC) + 2.05 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ5 220 | Genre: Folk
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

An excellent collection of some of the best tracks from Judy Collins’ early Elektra albums, Colors of the Day will both entertain and leave you wanting more. Lovingly programmed (it leads off with her excellent country-pop hit “Someday Soon,” an Ian Tyson classic), this is Collins at her finest. Earlier explorations into folk-pop (“Both Sides Now”), British folk (“Sunny Goodge Street,” “In My Life”), and gospel (“Amazing Grace”) clearly show her eclecticism. Continue reading “Judy Collins – Colors Of The Day: The Best Of Judy Collins (1972) [2015, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Willie Nelson – Always On My Mind (1982) [CBS Mastersound, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind (1982) [CBS Mastersound, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Willie Nelson – Always On My Mind (1982) [CBS Mastersound, 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: 727 MB (Hi-Res) + 208 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: CBS Mastersound | US | Cat#: HC 47951 | Genre: World, Country
Half-Speed Mastered

Whether intentionally or not, the first album after a greatest-hits collection always raises the curtain on a new era, and in Willie Nelson’s case, the difference between the era recapped on 1981’s Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) and the one started with 1982’s Always on My Mind is startling. Throughout the late ’70s, Nelson’s freewheeling, organically eclectic music was not just the biggest thing in country, it was also some of its best, most adventurous music. Continue reading “Willie Nelson – Always On My Mind (1982) [CBS Mastersound, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Ry Cooder – Boomer’s Story (1972) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story (1972) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Ry Cooder – Boomer’s Story (1972) [2017, 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: 214 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.58 GB (DSF) + 734 MB (FLAC) + 1.63 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2154 | Genre: Blues
Update: DSF Tracks have been added

Boomer’s Story, Ry Cooder’s third record, continues his archeological dig through music’s familiar and forgotten past. As was the case with his previous recordings, he not only looks to the masters — including blues legend Sleepy John Estes, songwriter Dan Penn (both of whom appear here) and the great Skip James — for material, but to lost and neglected pieces of American folk and blues, as well. Cooder adds the traditional title-track, which opens the album, and Lawrence Wilson’s “Crow Black Chicken,” which dates back to the late 1920s, to this collection of discoveries — both of which are handled with just the right balance of personality and reverence. Continue reading “Ry Cooder – Boomer’s Story (1972) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Eagles – One Of These Nights (1975) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eagles - One Of These Nights (1975) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eagles – One Of These Nights (1975) [2022, 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: 1.80 GB (DSF) + 873 MB (FLAC) + 1.83 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2232 | Genre: Country Rock

The Eagles recorded their albums relatively quickly in their first years of existence, their LPs succeeding each other by less than a year. One of These Nights, their fourth album, was released in June 1975, more than 14 months after its predecessor. Anticipation had been heightened by the belated chart-topping success of the third album’s “The Best of My Love”; taking a little more time, the band generated more original material, and that material was more polished. Continue reading “Eagles – One Of These Nights (1975) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Eagles – On The Border (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eagles - On The Border (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Eagles – On The Border (1974) [2022, 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: 1.69 GB (DSF) + 886 MB (FLAC) + 1.72 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2231 | Genre: Country Rock

The Eagles began recording their third album in England with producer Glyn Johns, as they had their first two albums, but abandoned the sessions after completing two acceptable tracks. Johns, it is said, tended to emphasize the group’s country elements and its harmonies, while the band, in particular Glenn Frey and Don Henley, wanted to take more of a hard rock direction. Continue reading “Eagles – On The Border (1974) [2022, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968)
[2005, 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: 418 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.80 GB (DSF) + 1.36 GB (FLAC) + 2.87 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2009 | Genre: Rock, Jazz Fusion
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

The difference between Blood, Sweat & Tears and the group’s preceding long-player, Child Is Father to the Man, is the difference between a monumental seller and a record that was “merely” a huge critical success. Arguably, the Blood, Sweat & Tears that made this self-titled second album — consisting of five of the eight original members and four newcomers Continue reading “Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968) [2005, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Jimmy Reed – Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall / The Best Of Jimmy Reed (1961) [2004, Audio Fidelity, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jimmy Reed - Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall / The Best Of Jimmy Reed (1961) [2004, Audio Fidelity, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Jimmy Reed – Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall / The Best Of Jimmy Reed (1961)
[2004, Audio Fidelity, 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: 343 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.57 GB (DSF) + 1.06 GB (FLAC) + 2.61 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 020 | Genre: Blues
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall is a double LP album by Jimmy Reed, released in 1961. Though the title suggests that the record was recorded live, it consists of a studio recreation of a Carnegie Hall performance on one disc and a second disc that is identical to an LP released separately as The Best of Jimmy Reed. Continue reading “Jimmy Reed – Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall / The Best Of Jimmy Reed (1961) [2004, Audio Fidelity, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Los Lobos – Good Morning Aztlán (2002) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Los Lobos - Good Morning Aztlán (2002) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Los Lobos – Good Morning Aztlán (2002) [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: 595 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.95 GB (DSF) + 0.98 GB (FLAC) + 1.99 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | UDSACD 2022 | Genre: Latin Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Great rock & roll bands aren’t supposed to be as modest as Los Lobos, an unlikely band comprised of five world-class musicians who write, sing, and play brilliantly, have been doing it for close to 30 years — and don’t appear to feel compelled to make a big show of it. Lack of flash should never be confused with a lack of creativity, of course, and their best album, 1992’s Kiko, showed they could bend traditional structures and play with the possibilities of the studio as well as any hipsters half their age. Continue reading “Los Lobos – Good Morning Aztlán (2002) [2003, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Neil Norman – Sci-Fi In Hi-Fi (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Neil Norman - Sci-Fi In Hi-Fi (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Neil Norman – Sci-Fi In Hi-Fi (2003) [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: 321 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.01 GB (DSF) + 984 MB (FLAC) + 2.04 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 012 | Genre: Soundtrack
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Whether in its original serial form in the 1940s, in the low-budget films of the 1950s, in the television series of the 1960s, or even in the overgrown re-imaginings for blockbuster movies in the 1970s and beyond, the science-fiction genre on film (and videotape) has always had something cheesy about it, and that is part of its appeal. Continue reading “Neil Norman – Sci-Fi In Hi-Fi (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Los Lobos – This Time (1999) [2004, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Los Lobos - This Time (1999) [2004, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Los Lobos – This Time (1999) [2004, 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: 257 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.56 GB (DSF) + 817 MB (FLAC) + 1.59 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2024 | Genre: Latin Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Given all the extracurricular projects members of Los Lobos pursued during the three years separating Colossal Head and its followup, it’s not surprising that they’ve decided to show off what they’ve learned on This Time, resulting in a record that vacillates between songcraft and sonic sculptures. It could be said that Kiko and Colassal Head were like this as well, but the difference is that This Time has the structure of a straight-ahead rock & roll record, clocking in at 38 minutes with 11 short tracks. Continue reading “Los Lobos – This Time (1999) [2004, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

VA – Man Of The World: Reflections On Peter Green (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA - Man Of The World: Reflections On Peter Green (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

VA – Man Of The World: Reflections On Peter Green (2003)
[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: 494 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.24 GB (DSF) + 1.52 MB (FLAC) + 3.30 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | US | Cat#: AFZ 011 | Genre: Blues Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Peter Green is the founder of Fleetwood Mac and his songs have been recorded, covered, and re-interpreted for the past 40 years. As BB King has said, “Peter Green is the only man who ever made me sweat.” Artists such as Ian Anderson, Rory Gallagher, Savoy Brown, Harvey Mandel and others share their interpretations of some of Peter’s greatest songs (Oh Well, Black Magic Women, Albatross, Supernatural and more), making this 15 song collection a must have. Continue reading “VA – Man Of The World: Reflections On Peter Green (2003) [Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Foreigner – 4 (1981) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Foreigner - 4 (1981) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Foreigner – 4 (1981) [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: 399 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.76 GB (DSF) + 912 MB (FLAC) + 1.29 GB (ISO) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | US | Cat#: UDSACD 2053 | Genre: AOR, Classic Rock
Update: CD-Layer & DSF Tracks have been added

Over the course of their first three late-’70s albums, Foreigner had firmly established themselves (along with Journey and Styx) as one of the top AOR bands of the era. But the band was still looking for that grand slam of a record that would push them to the very top of the heap. Released in 1981, 4 would be that album. In producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange — fresh off his massive success with AC/DC’s Back in Black — guitarist and all-around mastermind Mick Jones found both the catalyst to achieve this and his perfect musical soulmate. Continue reading “Foreigner – 4 (1981) [2013, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”