Buddy Rich – The Greatest Drummer That Ever Lived (1977)
{2002, 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: 249 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.20 GB (SACD ISO) + 583 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 003 | Genre: Big Band, Jazz

Although the title of this reissue is not necessarily accurate (Buddy Rich’s 1966 big band was a stronger unit), this is a high-quality jazz album. Rich surprisingly does not solo much (just on Chick Corea’s “Fiesta”) but the material is strong, the arrangements (by Mike Abene, Frank Perowsky, Tom Boros, Barry Keiner and Barry Mintzer) are colorful, and the soloists are excellent. The 15-piece Buddy Rich big band features Steve Marcus on tenor and soprano, Gary Pribek on tenor, pianist Barry Keiner and trumpeter Dean Pratt and the songs include inventive versions of “Birdland,” “Bouncin’ with Bud” and Horace Silver’s “Cape Verdean Blues.” The only weak point to this set is that the playing time is only around 40 minutes since this is a straight reissue of a former LP. Recommended. ― Allmusic

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: October, 1977
• Released Date: 2002 by Audio Fidelity
• More info

Tracklist:
01. Birdland – 06:46
02. Bouncin’ With Bud – 05:54
03. Cape Verdean Blues – 06:17
04. Fiesta – 06:22
05. Funk City Ola – 04:32

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Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul (1969) {2002, MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}
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Total Size: 284 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.84 GB (SACD ISO) + 917 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2005 | Genre: Soul, R&B

Released at the tail end of the ’60s, Hot Buttered Soul set the precedent for how soul would evolve in the early ’70s, simultaneously establishing Isaac Hayes and the Bar-Kays as major forces within black music. Though not quite as definitive as Black Moses or as well-known as Shaft, Hot Buttered Soul remains an undeniably seminal record; it stretched its songs far beyond the traditional three-to-four-minute industry norm, featured long instrumental stretches where the Bar-Kays stole the spotlight, and it introduced a new, iconic persona for soul with Hayes’ tough yet sensual image. With the release of this album, Motown suddenly seemed manufactured and James Brown a bit too theatrical. Surprising many, the album features only four songs. The first, “Walk on By,” is an epic 12-minute moment of true perfection, its trademark string-laden intro just dripping with syrupy sentiment, and the thumping mid-tempo drum beat and accompanying bassline instilling a complementary sense of nasty funk to the song; if that isn’t enough to make it an amazing song, Hayes’ almost painful performance brings yet more feeling to the song, with the guitar’s heavy vibrato and the female background singers taking the song to even further heights. The following three songs aren’t quite as stunning but are still no doubt impressive: “Hyperbolicsyllabicsequedalymistic” trades in sappy sentiment for straight-ahead funk, highlighted by a stomping piano halfway through the song; “One Woman” is the least epic moment, clocking in at only five minutes, but stands as a straightforward, well-executed love ballad; and finally, there’s the infamous 18-minute “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” and its lengthy monologue which slowly eases you toward the climactic, almost-orchestral finale, a beautiful way to end one of soul’s timeless, landmark albums, the album that transformed Hayes into a lifelong icon. ― Allmusic

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: September 1969
• Released Date: 2002 by MFSL
• More info

Tracklist:
01. Walk On By – 12:04
02. Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic – 09:39
03. One Woman – 05:10
04. By The Time I Get To Phoenix – 18:43

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Los Lobos – By The Light Of The Moon (1987) {2012, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.63 GB (ISO) + 810 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2064 | Genre: Latin Rock

On How Will the Wolf Survive?, Los Lobos seemed to be feeling out the boundaries of how much they could say about the hard realities of life within the framework of good-time R&B-flavored rock & roll, and on their next album, 1987’s By the Light of the Moon, the group gently shifted their focus to favor their more contemplative side. While the band certainly hadn’t lost the ability to rock out (check out “My Baby’s Gone” or “Shakin’ Shakin’ Shakes” for proof), most of the album displayed a lighter touch musically, with David Hidalgo’s deft lead guitar and Cesar Rosas’ precise rhythm chords fueling lean but smoky R&B numbers like “Is That All There Is?” and “All I Wanted to Do Was Dance” and understated musical snapshots like “One Time, One Night” and “River of Fools.” Lyrically, By the Light of the Moon is dominated by the sad mysteries of life and the less-than-generous nature of fate, as ordinary people try to come to terms with death (“One Time, One Night”), disappointment (“Is That All There Is?”), love that’s faded into the shadows (“The Hardest Time”), and the mingled comfort and uncertainties of faith (“Tears of God”). While the soundtrack album to the movie La Bamba, released the same year, captured Los Lobos at their most carefree and high-spirited as they called up the spirit of Ritchie Valens, By the Light of the Moon showed the other side of the coin as the group looked into the hearts and souls of themselves and the community around them, and if it’s a harder album to enjoy than those that preceded it, its depth rewards repeated listenings. ― Allmusic

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: 1987
• Released Date: 2012 by MFSL
• More info

Tracklist:
01. One Time, One Night – 04:49
02. Shakin’ Shakin’ Shakes – 04:14
03. Is This All There Is? – 04:00
04. Prenda Del Alma – 03:26
05. All I Wanted To Do Was Dance – 03:57
06. Set Me Free (Rosa Lee) – 03:36
07. The Hardest Time – 03:13
08. My Baby’s Gone – 03:41
09. River Of Fools – 02:55
10. The Mess We’re In – 03:02
11. Tears Of God – 03:46

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John Mayall & Friends – Along For The Ride (2001) {2003, Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}
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Total Size: 462 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.58 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.22 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 016 | Genre: Blues Rock

By the time this was released in 2001, John Mayall was more known for the people who played in his seminal British band, the Bluesbreakers rather than his own accomplishments. The success of 1999’s Padlock on the Blues afforded Mayall the opportunity to fulfill his dreams and gather an all-star lineup of blues and rock luminaries. “A World of Hurt” and “That’s Why I Love You So” both typify the good but not great groove that permeates Along for the Ride. Better tracks “Yo Yo Man” and “Early in the Morning” are easygoing blues that feature the great rhythm section of John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. Fellow Fleetwood Mac and Bluesbreaker alum, the reclusive Peter Green plays acoustic slide guitar on “Yo-Yo Man.” “So Many Roads” has Mayall dueting with Otis Rush, and it soon becomes a contest on who sounds more disgruntled. The playful “Testify” features vocals and subtle guitar lines from blues phenom Shannon Curfman. This ends on the strong note. The powerful and wry “She Don’t Play By the Rules” has Mayall with arguably the strongest and most subtle band with Mick Taylor on lead guitar and Andy Fairweather Low on acoustic guitar. Along for the Ride is produced, engineered, and mixed by David Z. Despite the camaraderie, a lot of the hooks here don’t stick, and fans of Mayall and superstar sessions will get the most from this effort. ― Allmusic

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: May 8, 2001
• Released Date: December 3, 2003 by Audio Fidelity
• More info

Tracklist:
01. A World Of Hurt – 04:30
02. Along For The Ride – 04:50
03. Put It Right Back – 04:31
04. That’s Why I Love You So – 04:15
05. Yo Yo Man – 02:59
06. If I Don’t Get Home – 05:20
07. Testify – 04:26
08. Early In The Morning – 04:06
09. Something About My Baby – 04:18
10. So Many Roads – 06:11
11. World War Blues – 04:27
12. California – 05:55
13. She Don’t Play By The Rules – 05:14
14. Bad Dream Catcher – 03:03

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John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillen’ (2003) {Audio Fidelity 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: 175 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.34 GB (SACD ISO) + 614 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 005 | Genre: Blues

Remastered for SACD this collection by the king of theboogie himself, John Lee Hooker, is a must for any bluesfan. Features 20 tracks including the first release ‘Boogie Chillun’ in 1948 as well as many other hits up until 1954.

Additional Info:
• Released Date: March 25, 2003
• More info

Tracklist:
01. Hey, ‘S The House Rent Boogie – 03:04
02. I’m In The Mood – 02:59
03. Do My Baby Think Of Me? – 02:56
04. I’m Gonna Git Me A Woman – 02:35
05. Four Women In My Life – 03:07
06. Yes, Baby, Baby – 02:41
07. Let’s Talk It Over (One More Time) – 03:03
08. Baby, How Can You Do It? – 02:46
09. Bluebird, Take A Letter Down South – 02:46
10. Boogie Chillen’ – 03:12
11. It Hurts Me So – 02:48
12. Down Child – 02:54
13. Gonna Boogie – 02:25
14. Bad Boy – 03:07
15. Baby, I’m Gonna Miss You – 02:34
16. Half A Stranger – 03:08
17. Rock House Boogie – 02:53
18. Baby, You Ain’t No Ugly Good – 03:13
19. Lookin’ For A Woman – 03:15
20. The Syndicator – 03:00

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VA – Man Of The World: Reflections On Peter Green (2003) {Audio Fidelity Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}
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Total Size: 480 MB (CD-Layer) + 3.20 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.47 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 011 | Genre: Blues Rock

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. — Audio fidelity

Additional Info:
• Released Date: 2003
• More info

Tracklist:
01. Billy Sheehan – Oh Well – 06:23
02. Rory Gallagher – Showbiz Blues – 07:59
03. Arthur Brown – The Green Manalishi – 05:05
04. Snowy White – Looking For Somebody – 07:13
05. Dave Peverett – Love That Burns – 06:13
06. Vince Converse – Rattlesnake Shake – 05:27
07. Harvey Mandel – Ramblin’ Pony – 05:19
08. Dave Peverett – If You Be My Baby – 04:35
09. Southside Johnny – Baby When The Sun Goes Down – 04:51
10. Larry McCray – Black Magic Woman – 04:00
11. Luther Grosvenor – Crying Won’t Bring You Back – 05:14
12. Savoy Brown – Stop Messin’ ‘Round – 03:06
13. Paul Jones – Albatross – 04:40
14. Rory Gallagher – Leaving Town Blues – 06:44
15. Ian Anderson – Man Of The World – 02:55

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Los Lobos – Kiko (1992) {2013, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.12 GB (ISO) + 0.98 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2069 | Genre: Latin Rock

Los Lobos had earned a reputation as one of the most intelligent and creative roots rock acts in America with the albums By the Light of the Moon and The Neighborhood, but it was with 1992’s Kiko that they really demonstrated the breadth of their sonic ambitions. Produced in collaboration with Mitchell Froom, Kiko exchanged the more straightforward approach of Los Lobos’ previous sessions for a uniquely textured sound, with the group’s guitars thrown into sharp relief against Froom’s collection of vintage tape-loop keyboards, and the arrangements are often unusually spare, most powerfully in the ghostly spaciousness of “Kiko and the Lavender Moon” and “Wake Up Delores.” Even the more full-bodied cuts, such as the rollicking “That Train Don’t Stop Here” and the hard-rocking “Whiskey Trail,” boast a different personality than in Los Lobos’ previous work, with the guitars clean but cutting like a switchblade and the drums snapping hard, and the more contemplative selections drip with a mysterious, otherworldly ambience that’s matched by the impressionistic imagery of David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez’s superb songs. At its best, Kiko sounds like the musical equivalent of a Luis Buñuel dream sequence, balancing beauty and menace with intelligence and a skill that’s little short of dazzling; it’s a brilliant, singular achievement, and the most rewarding album in the group’s catalog. ― Allmusic

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: May 26, 1992
• Released Date: 2013 by MFSL
• More info

Tracklist:
01. Dream In Blue – 03:34
02. Wake Up Dolores – 02:56
03. Angels With Dirty Faces – 04:03
04. The Train Don’t Stop here – 03:52
05. Kiko and The Lavender Moon – 03:36
06. Saint Behind The Glass – 03:17
07. Reva’s House – 03:05
08. When The Circus Comes – 03:16
09. Arizona Skies – 02:44
10. Short Side of Nothing – 02:56
11. Two Janes – 03:54
12. Wicked Rain – 03:03
13. Whiskey Trail – 02:41
14. Just A Man – 03:41
15. Peace – 03:55
16. Rio De Tenampa – 02:00

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George Harrison – Live In Japan (1992) {2004, Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
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Total Size: 620 MB (CD-Layer) + 7.99 GB (SACD ISO) + 6.10 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Parlophone | EU | Cat#: 7243 5 94665 2 1 | Genre: Pop Rock

Live in Japan is a live double album by English musician George Harrison, released in July 1992. Credited to “George Harrison with Eric Clapton and Band”, it was Harrison’s second official live album release, after 1971’s Grammy-winning The Concert for Bangladesh. The album was recorded during his and Clapton’s joint Japanese tour in December 1991, and it contains a selection of Harrison’s hits as a solo artist alongside some of his best-known Beatles songs. Aside from the 2001 reissue of All Things Must Pass, with previously unavailable bonus tracks, Live in Japan was Harrison’s last release before his death in November 2001.

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: July 13, 1992
• Released Date: 2004
• More info

Disc 1:
01. I Want To Tell You – 04:32
02. Old Brown Shoe – 03:50
03. Taxman – 04:16
04. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) – 03:37
05. If I Needed Someone – 03:50
06. Something – 05:21
07. What Is Life – 04:47
08. Dark Horse – 04:21
09. Piggies – 02:56
10. Got My Mind Set On You – 04:54

Disc 2:
01. Cloud Nine – 04:22
02. Here Comes The Sun – 03:31
03. My Sweet Lord – 05:42
04. All Those Years Ago – 04:26
05. Cheer Down – 03:53
06. Devil’s Radio – 04:25
07. Isn’t It A Pity – 06:33
08. While My Guitar Gently Weeps – 07:08
09. Roll Over Beethoven – 04:44

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America – Struttin’ Our Stuff (2004) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 4.16 GB (ISO) + 4.73 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: In-Akustic | Germany | Cat#: INAK 5507 SACD | Genre: Folk Rock, Country Rock

This performance, during America’s last European tour in 1999, was recorded at the Ohne Filter Studio in Germany. Their 1972 single, A Horse With No Name, climbed to the top the charts in countries throughout the world. The band also released a string of hit singles, many of which are included in this live audio recording such as, Riverside, You Can Do Magic, Ventura Highway and many more! ― Amazon

Additional Info:
• Released Date: 2004
• More info

Tracklist:
01. Riverside – 03:30
02. Ventura Highway – 03:47
03. You Can Do Magic – 04:06
04. Daisy Jane – 03:10
05. Three Roses – 03:26
06. I Need You – 02:31
07. Wednesday Morning – 03:48
08. Pages – 04:00
09. Wheels Are Turning – 04:34
10. Tin Man – 03:57
11. Only In Your Heart – 03:07
12. Lonely People – 02:34
13. Last Unicorn – 03:22
14. From A Moving Train – 03:45
15. Sandman – 05:57
16. Sister Golden Hair – 03:55
17. A Horse With No Name – 04:59

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Jethro Tull – Song From The Wood: The Country Set (1977)
{2017, 40th Anniversary Edition, 3CD + 2DVD + Hi-Res Audio}
EAC Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
2xDVD-9 | ISO | NTSC 16:9 (720×480) VBR | Dolby AC3 / DTS / LPCM | Stereo & Multichannel
Hi-Res Audio | FLAC Tracks @24bit/48-96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 1.04 GB (CDs) + 14.6 GB (DVD) + 4.54 GB (Hi-Res) + 508 MB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Chrysalis | EU | Cat#: 0190295847876 | Genre: Progressive Rock
 
The classic album remixed, featuring 3CDs and 2DVDs of additional content, and 96 page booklet!

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: February 11, 1977
• Released Date: May 19, 2017
• More info

CD 1
A Steven Wilson stereo remix
01. Songs From The Wood – 04:55
02. Jack-In-The-Green – 02:31
03. Cup Of Wonder – 04:34
04. Hunting Girl – 05:10
05. Ring Out, Solstice Bells – 03:48
06. Velvet Green – 06:05
07. The Whistler – 03:31
08. Pibroch (Cap In Hand) – 08:35
09. Fire At Midnight – 02:27
Associated Recordings
10. Old Aces Die Hard – 08:41
11. Working John, Working Joe – 05:11
12. Magic Bells (Ring Out, Solstice Bells) – 03:25
13. Songs From The Wood (Unedited Master) – 04:53
14. Fire At Midnight (Unedited Master) – 02:35
15. One Brown Mouse (Early Version) – 03:35
16. Strip Cartoon – 03:19
Original 1977 US Stereo Single Mix
17. The Whistler – 03:31

CD 2
Live In Concert 1977 (Part One) – Mixed to stereo by Jakko Jakszyk
01. Wond’ring Aloud – 02:33
02. SkatingSkating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day Away – 04:04
03. Jack-In-The-Green – 03:14
04. Thick As A Brick – 13:15
05. Songs From The Wood – 06:01
06. Instrumental – 02:27
07. Drum Solo – 04:16
08. To Cry You A Song – 02:33
09. A New Day Yesterday – 02:54
10. Flute Solo Improvisation: God Rest Ye Marry Gentlemen / Bouree – 08:14
11. Living In The Past / A New Day Yesterday (Reprise) – 02:32

CD 3
Live In Concert 1977 (Part Two) – Mixed to stereo by Jakko Jakszyk
01. Velvet Green – 06:26
02. Hunting Girl – 05:39
03. Too Old To Rock ‘N’ Roll: Too Young To Die – 04:16
04. Minstrel In The Gallery – 05:39
05. Crossed-Eyed Mary – 03:45
06. Aqualung – 08:32
07. Instrumental Improvisation – 03:31
08. Wind Up – 04:54
09. Back Door Angels / Guitar Improvisation / Wind Up (Reprise) – 07:15
10. Locomotive Breath – 05:47
11. Land Of Hope And Glory / Improvisation / Back Door Angels (Reprise) – 04:00

DVD 1 (Audio)
Contains: Songs From The Wood album – with additionally Old Aces Die Hard, Working John, Working Joe, Magic Bells (Ring Out, Solstice Bells), One Brown Mouse & Strip Cartoon remixed to 5.1 DTS, Dolby Digital AC3 surround and 96/24 LPCM stereo.

Additionally: Songs From The Wood (unedited master), Fire At Midnight (unedited master) as 96/24 LPCM stereo. The Original album as 96/24 LPCM stereo, Original Quad mixes of Songs From The Wood, Jack-In-The-Green, Velvet Green & The Whistler with DTS 4.0 and Dolby Digital AC3 4.0 surround sound.

DVD 2 (Audio/Video)
Jethro Tull live on video for almost 2 hours, at the Capital Centre, Landover MD 21st november 1977, mixed to stereo, DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital AC3 surround, with additionally Beethoven’s Ninth (original audio) and promotional footage for The Whistler Single.

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The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
{2017, 50th Anniversary Edition, 4CD + DVD + Blu-ray + Hi-Res Audio}
EAC Rip | 4xCD | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
DVD-9 | ISO | NTSC 16:9 (720×480) VBR | DTS 5.1 / Dolby Digital 5.1 / LPCM Stereo
Blu-ray | MPEG-4 AVC / 32980 kbps / 1080i / 16:9 | DTS-HD MA 5.1 / Dolby TrueHD Audio 5.1 / LPCM Stereo | 24bit/96kHz
Hi-Res Audio | FLAC Tracks @24bit/96kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 1 GB (CDs) + 6.79 GB (DVD) + 34.2 GB (BD) + 3.32 GB (Hi-Res) + 2.55 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Apple / Universal | EU | Cat#: 0602557455328 | Genre: Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock

It was 50 years ago when The Beatles’ John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr astonished and delighted the world, ushering in the Summer of Love with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, a groundbreaking masterwork that became popular music’s most universally acclaimed album. The album is newly mixed by Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell in stereo, sourced directly from the four-track masters at Abbey Road Studios in London, and guided by the original, Beatles-preferred mono mix produced by his father, George Martin. This extensive collection gives an unprecedented insight into how The Beatles made their ground-breaking album. The box set features a new stereo version by Giles Martin and 33 tracks from the Sgt. Pepper sessions that place you in the studio as the group develop the songs.

4 Audio CDs:
A new stereo mix of the album by Giles Martin. Sgt. Pepper Sessions on 2 CDs with over 100 minutes of audio illustrating how the album was created. Newly mixed from the original four-track tapes, most of the material is previously unreleased. Also contains the original 1967 mono mix of the album and bonus tracks including three previously unreleased mixes.

Blu-Ray/DVD:
Fully restored 1992 documentary The Making of Sgt. Pepper, including interviews with Paul, George and Ringo and fascinating in-the-studio footage introduced by George Martin. Restored promotional films for ‘A Day In The Life’, ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ and ‘Penny Lane’. 2017 Giles Martin 5.1 surround sound mix and high-resolution stereo audio in 96KHz/24bit of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band plus ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ and ‘Penny Lane’.

144-page hardback book featuring an introduction by Sir Paul McCartney, comprehensive song-by-song details and recording information, in-depth essays about the design of the cover, the album’s musical innovations and its historical context… and much more. Illustrations include photographs from the recording sessions, handwritten lyrics and Abbey Road documentation.

Plus a replica of the original card insert and two bonus posters. –Amazon

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: May 26, 1967
• Released Date: May 26, 2017
• More info

CD 1 – New Stereo Mix
01. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 02:03
02. With A Little Help From My Friends – 02:45
03. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – 03:28
04. Getting Better – 02:47
05. Fixing A Hole – 02:38
06. She’s Leaving Home – 03:26
07. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! – 02:39
08. Within You Without You – 05:08
09. When I’m Sixty-Four – 02:40
10. Lovely Rita – 02:46
11. Good Morning Good Morning – 02:34
12. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – 01:21
13. A Day In The Life – 05:33

CD 2 – Sgt. Pepper Sessions
01. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 1) – 02:40
02. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 4) – 03:00
03. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7) – 03:17
04. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 26) – 03:19
05. Strawberry Fields Forever (Stereo Mix 2015) – 04:10
06. When I’m Sixty-Four (Take 2) – 03:01
07. Penny Lane (Take 6 – Instrumental) – 02:56
08. Penny Lane (Vocal overdubs and speech) – 01:47
09. Penny Lane (Stereo Mix 2017) – 03:01
10. A Day In The Life (Take 1) – 04:41
11. A Day In The Life (Take 2) – 04:49
12. A Day In The Life (Orchestra overdub) – 00:56
13. A Day In The Life (Hummed last chord) (Take 8, 9, 10, and 11) – 01:55
14. A Day In The Life (The last chord) – 02:53
15. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 1 – Instrumental) – 02:34
16. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 9 and speech) – 02:37
17. Good Morning Good Morning (Take 1 – Instrumental, breakdown) – 01:04
18. Good Morning Good Morning (Take 8) – 02:47

CD 3 – Sgt. Pepper Sessions
01. Fixing A Hole (Take 1) – 02:59
02. Fixing A Hole (Speech and Take 3) – 03:28
03. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Speech from before Take 1; Take 4 and speech at the end) – 03:08
04. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Take 7) – 02:35
05. Lovely Rita (Speech and Take 9) – 03:05
06. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Take 1 and speech at the end) – 03:40
07. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Speech, false start and Take 5) – 04:08
08. Getting Better (Take 1 – Instrumental and speech at the end) – 02:19
09. Getting Better (Take 12) – 02:45
10. Within You Without You (Take 1 – Indian instruments only) – 05:33
11. Within You Without You (George coaching the musicians) – 03:56
12. She’s Leaving Home (Take 1 – Instrumental) – 03:49
13. She’s Leaving Home (Take 6 – Instrumental) – 03:48
14. With A Little Help From My Friends (Take 1 – False start and Take 2 – Instrumental) – 03:15
15. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Speech and Take 8) – 01:59

CD 4 – Mono Album (1967 Mix) And Bonus Tracks
01. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 02:02
02. With A Little Help From My Friends – 02:45
03. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – 03:27
04. Getting Better – 02:47
05. Fixing A Hole – 02:38
06. She’s Leaving Home – 03:25
07. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! – 02:41
08. Within You Without You – 05:07
09. When I’m Sixty-Four – 02:40
10. Lovely Rita – 02:46
11. Good Morning Good Morning – 02:34
12. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – 01:19
13. A Day In The Life – 05:23
14. Strawberry Fields Forever (Original Mono Mix) – 04:09
15. Penny Lane (Original Mono Mix) – 03:02
16. A Day In The Life (First Mono Mix) – 04:43
17. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Original Mono Mix – No. 11) – 03:50
18. She’s Leaving Home (First Mono Mix) – 03:42
19. Penny Lane (Capitol Records Mono US Promo Mix) – 03:01

Blu-ray / DVD
• Fully restored 1992 documentary ‘The Making Of Sgt. Pepper’, including interviews with Paul, George and Ringo and fascinating in-the-studio footage introduced by George Martin.
• Restores promotional films for ‘A Day In The Life’, ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ and ‘Penny lane’.
• 2017 Giles Martin 5.1 surround sound and stereo audio in 96kHz/24bit of ‘Sgt. Peppe’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ plus ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ and ‘Penny Lane’

Hi-Res Audio From BD – 2017 Giles Martin 5.1 surround & stereo in 96kHz/24bit
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
01. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 02:02
02. With A Little Help From My Friends – 02:45
03. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – 03:27
04. Getting Better – 02:47
05. Fixing A Hole – 02:38
06. She’s Leaving Home – 03:26
07. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite – 02:39
08. Within You Without You – 05:08
09. When I’m Sixty-Four – 02:41
10. Lovely Rita – 02:45
11. Good Morning Good Morning – 02:35
12. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – 01:20
13. A Day In The Life – 05:31
Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane
01. Strawberry Fields Forever – 04:11
02. Penny Lane – 03:03

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Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits (1970) {2015, 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 | Stereo & Multichannel
Total Size: 360 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.97 GB (SACD ISO) + 2.21 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | Austria | Cat#: AFZ5 215 | Genre: R&B

Released in 1970 during the stopgap between Stand! and There’s a Riot Goin’ On, Greatest Hits inadvertently arrived at precisely the right moment, summarizing Sly & the Family Stone’s joyous hit-making run on the pop and R&B charts. Technically, only four songs here reached the Top Ten, with only two others hitting the Top 40, but judging this solely on charts is misleading, since this is simply a peerless singles collection. This summarizes their first four albums perfectly (almost all of Stand! outside of the two jams and “Somebody’s Watching You” is here), adding the non-LP singles “Hot Fun in the Summertime,” “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin),” and “Everybody Is a Star,” possibly the loveliest thing they ever recorded. But, this isn’t merely a summary (and, if it was just that, Anthology, the early-’80s comp that covers Riot and Fresh would be stronger than this), it’s one of the greatest party records of all time. Music is rarely as vivacious, vigorous, and vibrant as this, and captured on one album, the spirit, sound, and songs of Sly & the Family Stone are all the more stunning. Greatest hits don’t come better than this — in fact, music rarely does. ― Allmusic

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: November 21, 1970
• Released Date: 2015, Audio Fidelity
• More info

Tracklist:
01. I Want To Take You Higher – 03:04
02. Everybody Is A Star – 03:03
03. Stand! – 03:09
04. Life – 03:01
05. Fun – 02:23
06. You Can Make It If You Try – 03:43
07. Dance To The Music – 03:00
08. Everyday People – 02:23
09. Hot Fun In The Summertime – 02:40
10. M’Lady – 02:45
11. Sing A Simple Song – 03:06
12. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) – 04:49

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Neil Norman – Sci-Fi In Hi-Fi (2003) {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: 312 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.99 GB (SACD ISO) + 953 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 012 | Genre: Soundtrack

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. Even when the technical wizards at director George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic are dreaming up the next Star Wars movie, there is, at heart, a sense of the earliest, silliest versions of the genre still present. In that spirit come Neil Norman’s souped-up and synthesized treatments of the various scores for sci-fi films and TV series. Norman lists a raft of acoustic orchestral musicians in the credits, but their names are in smaller print than those of the guitarists and keyboard players who are the real driving force behind these excerpts from Star Trek, Star Wars, and many other similar efforts. Even in SACD fidelity, this is space music on the cheap. And Norman and his crew are better on the more synth-pop stuff; they nearly fall apart when trying to negotiate Richard Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra (sorry, “2001: A Space Odyssey”). This is, however, just the thing to play over the P.A. system at the next sci-fi fan festival at a local motel, that is, if Norman himself hasn’t been contracted to play live. ― Allmusic

Additional Info:
• Released Date: September 4, 2003

Tracklist:
01. Universe – 01:51
02. Star Trek Encounters – 06:39
03. Star Wars – 02:22
04. Space 1999 #2 – 01:34
05. The Thing – 01:20
06. Ufo – 01:22
07. Superman – 02:17
08. Alien – 02:36
09. Battlestar Galactica – 01:32
10. Journey To The 7th Galaxy – 02:05
11. The Outer Limits – 01:30
12. Godzilla – 01:31
13. 2001: A Space Odyssey – 01:21
14. The Adventures of Superman – 00:56
15. The Prisoner – 01:06
16. Buckaroo Banzai – 03:29
17. Airwolf – 02:49
18. Mysterious Island [Previously unreleased]- 03:52
19. Blade Runner – 04:13
20. Jurassic Park (The Lost World Medley) [Previously unreleased] – 04:50

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Duke Ellington – Blues In Orbit (1960) {1999, 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: 258 MB (CD-Layer) + 1.47 GB (SACD ISO) + 738 MB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Cat#: UDCD 757 | Genre: Jazz

Blues in Orbit lacks the intellectual cache of the suites and concept pieces that loomed large in Ellington’s recordings of this period, but it’s an album worth tracking down, if only to hear the band run through a lighter side of its sound — indeed, it captures the essence of a late-night recording date that was as much a loose jam as a formal studio date, balancing the spontaneity of the former and the technical polish of the latter. Ellington and company were just back from a European tour when the bulk of this album was recorded at one after-midnight session in New York on December 2, 1959 — the arrangements had to be hastily written out when the copyist failed to appear for the gig. So on the one hand, the band was kicking back with these shorter pieces; on the other, the group was also improvising freely and intensely at various points. The title track, recorded more than a year before most of the rest, is a slow blues that puts Ellington’s piano into a call-and-response setting with the horns, with Ellington getting in the last word. “Villes Ville Is the Place, Man” is a bracing, beat-driven jaunt, highlighted by solos featuring Ray Nance, Harry Carney, and Johnny Hodges on trumpet, baritone sax, and alto, respectively. “Three J’s Blues” shows off composer Jimmy Hamilton playing some earthy tenor sax in a swinging, exuberant blues setting. “Smada” features Billy Strayhorn on piano and Johnny Hodges on alto, in a stirring dance number, and “Pie Eye’s Blues” is a hot studio improvisation featuring Ray Nance and Jimmy Hamilton trading three solos each. ― Allmusic

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: 1960
• Released Date: 1999 by MFSL
• More info

Tracklist:
01. Three J’s Blues – 02:54
02. Smada – 02:39
03. Pie Eye’s Blues – 03:29
04. Sweet And Pungent – 04:03
05. C Jam Blues – 04:53
06. In A Mellow Tone – 02:43
07. Blues In Blueprint – 03:42
08. The Swingers Get The Blues Too – 03:08
09. The Swinger’s Jump – 03:55
10. Blues In Orbit – 02:29
11. Villes Ville Is The Place, Man – 02:30

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Jimmy Reed – Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall (1961) {2004, 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: 333 MB (CD-Layer) + 2.54 GB (SACD ISO) + 1.02 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Audio Fidelity | USA | Cat#: AFZ 020 | Genre: Blues

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.

Reed’s recordings of “Bright Lights, Big City” and “Big Boss Man” were voted two of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: August 1961
• Released Date: 2004 by Audio Fidelity
• More info

Tracklist:
01. Bright Lights, Big City – 02:45
02. I’m Mr. Luck – 03:31
03. Baby What’s Wrong – 03:20
04. Found Joy – 03:37
05. Kind Of Lonesome – 02:48
06. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth – 02:29
07. Tell Me You Love Me – 02:51
08. Blue Carnegie – 02:49
09. I’m A Love You – 02:01
10. Hold Me Close – 02:34
11. Blue Blue Water – 02:42
12. Baby What You Want Me To Do – 02:27
13. You Dont Have To Go – 03:07
14. Hush Hush – 02:38
15. Found Love – 02:20
16. Honest I Do – 02:47
17. You Got Me Dizzy – 02:55
18. Big Boss Man – 02:50
19. Take Out Some Insurance – 02:27
20. Boogie In The Dark – 02:36
21. Going To New York – 02:20
22. Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby – 02:16
23. The Sun Is Shining – 02:50

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The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) {2017, 50th Anniversary, CD-Format & Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
2xVinyl Rip | FLAC Tracks @24bit/96kHz, Hi-Res | FLAC Tracks @16bit/44.1kHz, CD-Format | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.99 GB (24/96) + 839 MB (16/44) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Apple / Universal | EU | Cat#: 0602557455342 | Genre: Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock

This expanded 180-gram 2LP vinyl gatefold package features the new stereo album mix on the first LP and adds a second LP with previously unreleased alternate takes for each of the album’s 13 songs, newly mixed in stereo and sequenced in the same order as the album. ― Amazon

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: May 26, 1967
• Released Date: May 26, 2017
• More info

Record One – New Stereo Mix by Giles Martin
Side A
01. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 02:02
02. With A Little Help From My Friends – 02:45
03. Lucy In The Sky WIth Diamonds – 03:27
04. Getting Better – 02:46
05. Fixing A Hole – 02:37
06. She’s Leaving Home – 03:25
07. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite – 02:40
Side B
08. Within You Without You – 05:05
09. When I’m Sixty-Four – 02:39
10. Lovely Rita – 02:45
11. Good Morning Good Morning – 02:34
12. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) – 01:20
13. A Day In The Life – 05:58

Record Two – Sgt. Pepper Studio Sessions Mixed by Giles Martin
Side C
15. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Take 9) – 02:37
16. With A Little Help From My Friends (Take 1 – False Start & Take 2 – Instrumental) – 03:18
17. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Take 1) – 03:59
18. Getting Better (Take 1 – Instrumental) – 02:19
19. Fixing A Hole (Take 3) – 03:28
20. She’s Leaving Home (Take 1 – Instrumental) – 03:49
21. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! (Take 4) – 03:28
Side D
22. Within You Without You (Take 1 – Indian Instruments) – 05:33
23. When I’m Sixty-Four (Take 2) – 03:01
24. Lovely Rita (Take 9) – 03:05
25. Good Morning Good Morning (Take 8) – 02:47
26. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Take 8) – 01:57
27. A Day In The Life (Take 1 and Hummed Last Chord) – 04:53

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Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan (1962) {2016, MFSL Remastered, Monaural, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.51 GB (ISO) + 727 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2177 | Genre: Folk Rock

Made when mono was still king, Bob Dylan’s self-titled 1962 debut is as understated of an entrance as any significant musician as ever made. Already well-versed in American roots music, Dylan simultaneously pays homage to tradition and extends it by putting his own stamp on classic material that metaphorically functions as the soil of our contemporary songs and styles. Free of ego, and performed with masterful conviction, Bob Dylan ranks with the debut efforts of similar artistic giants Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones.

Mastered from the original master tapes, this restored mono SACD brings the contents of this seminal release as closest as they’ve ever come to master tape-quality in the original mono configuration. Transparent to the source, the simple sounds of Dylan’s voice, acoustic guitar, and harmonica take on lifelike perspective and directness—the “husk and bark” to which Robert Shelton referred in his now-legendary New York Times review of a Dylan appearance at Gerde’s Folk City. MoFi has made possible an inexpensive time-traveling trip back to the Greenwich Village coffeehouses and folk clubs in which Dylan cut his teeth, albeit in much better fidelity and without any annoying background chatter.

As the preferred mix at the time of the recording, the mono version presents Dylan as he and his producers originally intended. Since the separation of the stereo versions isn’t as sharp, the mono edition places Dylan’s vocals in the heart of the musical action and as one with the accompaniment. It paints listeners an incredibly accurate portrait of the attention-getting, concrete mass of sound that features no artificial panning and straight-ahead immersion into the music. This is how almost everyone first heard this timeless album—making the mono mix all the more historically valuable and truthful.

Much has been made of the commercial indifference that greeted the album upon its low-key release. Yet focusing on sales figures and the reaction of a public not yet hip to Dylan’s name or music is to miss the forest for the trees. Distinguished from the era’s other folk efforts by way of the determination, brazenness, and lived-through-this worldliness Dylan approaches the material and sings the songs, Dylan lays the groundwork for the path he’d soon trailblaze and everyone else would follow.

By nodding to Woody Guthrie at the same time he completely re-imagines a sobering tune such as Blind Lemon Jefferson’s “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean,” Dylan straddles the past and future. He also displays, with challenging authority and savant-like expertise, the ability to handle weighty topics such as death, sorrow, and lamentation with the vaudeville flair, bluesy mannerisms, and poignant command of an artist three times his age.

As Dylan scholar and pop-culture critic Greil Marcus observed in 2010, “Everybody knew Joan Baez and the Kingston Trio; if you knew Bob Dylan, you knew something other people didn’t, something that soon enough everybody had to know. Within a year, an album could put an adjective in front of the singer’s name as if it were already common coin.” It all starts here. ― Mofi.com

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: March 19, 1962
• Released Date: 2016 by MFSL
• More info

Tracklist:
01. You’re No Good – 01:42
02. Talkin’ New York – 03:22
03. In My Time of Dyin’ – 02:42
04. Man of Constant Sorrow – 03:11
05. Fixin’ to Die – 02:23
06. Pretty Peggy-O – 03:27
07. Highway 51 – 02:53
08. Gospel Plow – 01:47
09. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down – 02:37
10. House of the Risin’ Sun – 05:21
11. Freight Train Blues – 02:21
12. Song to Woody – 02:45
13. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean – 02:44

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Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home (1965) {2016, MFSL Remastered, Monaural, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.92 GB (ISO) + 894 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2181 | Genre: Folk Rock

Bring it all back home – in mono. Originally designed by the artist for mono listening, Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home represents the moment that pop and rock music became their own art form, expressions finally treated with the same seriousness and respect as classical and jazz. Incalculably influential, the 1965 landmark established myriad benchmarks in songwriting, sound, artwork, and performance. It served the world notice that Dylan was no longer just the virtuoso visionary tuned into the wants of the folk community. It’s a disarming broadcast that declares Dylan’s surroundings and personality, and those of his audiences, whether they knew it or not, drastically changed.

As part of its Bob Dylan catalog restoration series, Mobile Fidelity is humbled to have the privilege of mastering the iconic album on its world-renowned mastering system and in its original mono format. Strictly limited to just 3,000 copies, the end result is the very finest, most transparent SACD of Bringing It All Back Home ever produced. Forever renowned for its organic sound, the album’s you-are-there-presence is fantastically enhanced on this superb version.

Since Bringing It All Back Home features the most instrumentation Dylan implemented in arrangements at that stage of his career, the set is undoubtedly vivid in stereo – particularly the electric half. Yet the Minnesota native paid particular attention to the mono mix, which here presents Dylan with unparalleled directness. The record’s second half sounds especially genuine, lifelike, and intimate in mono. It paints listeners an incredibly accurate portrait of the attention-getting mass of acoustic-based sound – and features no artificial panning or echo chamber of its stereo counterpart. Instead, you are immersed right into the music.

Indeed, the sonics on this Mobile Fidelity reissue are so realistic, balanced, and tonally accurate that acoustic guitars resonate with the woody decay they do as when you strum them on your lap. Equally vivid are the textures of the drum skins, amplified pitch of the electric guitars, and ambient hum of the interior space of Columbia’s Studio B. Both the plugged-in and acoustic sides claim a discerning level of microdynamics, spaciousness, imaging, and warmth that will send even the most rabid Dylan fans into a tizzy.

More than 50 years after its release, Bringing It All Back Home continues to come on like a prophetic transmission from a savant who’s privy to cerebral viewpoints, mental transferences, and “thought dreams” elusive to everyone but him. With the flipside of the album, Dylan strings together four of the most unflinching, forward-reaching, and boundary-breaking acoustic-based compositions ever played. In addressing liberating psychedelia, lost innocence, institutional naiveté, and tarnished relationships, respectively, Dylan constructs a compositional quartet/suite that functions as metaphor for his waving goodbye to political folk music’s imprisoning rules and bounding restrictiveness – and a rough guide to the transcendental poetry, shape-shifting vocal phrasing, and alternate tunings he now embraced.

Side One remains one of the boldest cohesive artistic statements ever made. Dylan, forever throwing down the gauntlet to detractors and narrow-minded fans, plugging in with a band and kicking it all off with the in-your-face hootenanny “Subterranean Homesick Blues” before romping, slashing, and rolling through “Maggie’s Farm,” another fun albeit caustic indictment of homogenous thought and bohemian method. Dylan’s attitude undergoes a self-awakening metamorphosis, his lyrical scope broadened, his hallucinogenic interests increased, his willingness to embrace paradoxes and shake them out with mind-convulsing aptitude in line with his progression towards bizarre imagery.

Ranked 31 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Bringing It All Back Home marks the moment when paradigms permanently shifted, preexisting standards fell, and fresh aural, poetic, and sonic dialects came to fore. Albums don’t come more vetted. You deserve to experience the mono edition in the finest-possible quality, just as Dylan intended. ― mofi.com

Additional Info:
• Original Released Date: March 22, 1965
• Released Date: 2016 by MFSL
• More info

Tracklist:
01. Subterranean Homesick Blues – 02:21
02. She Belongs To Me – 02:52
03. Maggie’s Farm – 03:57
04. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 02:52
05. Outlaw Blues – 03:02
06. On The Road Again – 02:37
07. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream – 06:36
08. Mr. Tambourine Man – 05:34
09. Gates Of Eden – 05:46
10. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – 07:37
11. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 04:18

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Carly Simon – 4 Albums (1971-1974) {MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
PS3 SACD Rip | 4xSACD | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 6.23 GB (ISO) + 2.82 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | Genre: Pop Rock

1971. Carly Simon (2015, MFSL, UDSACD 2165, USA)

1971. Carly Simon (2015, MFSL, UDSACD 2165, USA)
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included

Tracklist:
01. That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be – 04:21
02. Alone – 03:40
03. One More Time – 03:37
04. The Best Thing – 04:24
05. Just A Sinner – 03:18
06. Dan, My Fling – 05:29
07. Another Door – 03:24
08. Reunions – 03:10
09. Rolling Down The Hills – 03:40
10. The Love’s Still Growing – 04:12

DR

ISO
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1971. Anticipation (2015, MFSL, UDSACD 2166, USA)

1971. Anticipation (2015, MFSL, UDSACD 2166, USA)
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included

Tracklist:
01. Anticipation – 03:23
02. Legend In Your Own Time – 03:45
03. Our First Day Together – 03:31
04. The Girl You Think You See – 03:10
05. Summer’s Coming Around Again – 04:19
06. Share The End – 04:00
07. The Garden – 04:12
08. Three Days – 03:21
09. Julie Through The Glass – 03:26
10. I’ve Got To Have You – 04:50

DR

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FLAC

1972. No Secrets (2015, MFSL, UDSACD 2167, USA)

1972. No Secrets (2015, MFSL, UDSACD 2167, USA)
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included

Tracklist:
01. The Right Thing To Do – 02:58
02. The Carter Family – 03:30
03. You’re So Vain – 04:18
04. His Friends Are More Than Fond Of Robin – 03:01
05. We Have No Secrets – 04:04
06. Embrace Me, You Child – 04:09
07. Waited So Long – 04:29
08. It Was So Easy – 03:08
09. Night Owl – 03:50
10. When You Close Your Eyes – 03:12

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1974. Hotcakes (2016, MFSL, UDSACD 2168, USA)

1974. Hotcakes (2016, MFSL, UDSACD 2168, USA)
PS3 SACD Rip | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz | Full Scans Included

Tracklist:
01. Safe And Sound – 03:40
02. Mind On My Man – 02:58
03. Think I’m Gonna Have A Baby – 03:56
04. Older Sister – 03:09
05. Just Not True – 05:18
06. Hotcakes – 01:13
07. Misfit – 03:07
08. Forever My Love – 03:27
09. Mockingbird – 04:14
10. Grownup – 03:45
11. Haven’t Got Time For The Pain – 03:56

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Carole King – 3 Albums (MFSL Remastered, CD-Layer & Hi-Res SACD Rip)
EAC/XLD Rip | 3xCD | FLAC Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
PS3 SACD Rip | 3xSACD | ISO @1bit/2.8224MHz, DSD64 | FLAC Tracks @24bit/88.2kHz
Total Size: 884 MB (CD-Layer) + 6.36 GB (SACD ISO) + 2.90 GB (SACD FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | Genre: Adult Contemporary, Pop
 
Tapestry (1971), Music (1971), The Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18 1971 (1996)

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1971. Tapestry (2013, MFSL, UDSACD 2117, USA)

1971. Tapestry (2013, MFSL, UDSACD 2117, USA)
EAC Rip | FLAC Tracks + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included

Tracklist:
01. I Feel The Earth Move – 03:00
02. So Far Away – 03:56
03. It’s Too Late – 03:54
04. Home Again – 02:29
05. Beautiful – 03:08
06. Way Over Yonder – 04:46
07. You’ve Got A Friend – 05:10
08. Where You Lead – 03:20
09. Will You Love Me Tomorrow – 04:13
10. Smackwater Jack – 03:43
11. Tapestry – 03:16
12. (You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman – 03:53

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1971. Music (2011, MFSL, UDSACD 2068, USA)

1971. Music (2011, MFSL, UDSACD 2068, USA)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included

Tracklist:
01. Brother, Brother – 03:00
02. It’s Going To Take Some Time – 03:33
03. Sweet Seasons – 03:14
04. Some Kind Of Wonderful – 03:06
05. Surely – 04:57
06. Carry Your Load – 02:56
07. Music – 03:48
08. Song Of Long Ago – 02:43
09. Brighter – 02:45
10. Growing Away From Me – 03:03
11. Too Much Rain – 03:35
12. Back To California – 03:26

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1996. The Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971 (2010, MFSL, UDSACD 2067, USA)

1996. The Carnegie Hall Concert (2010, MFSL, UDSACD 2067, USA)
XLD Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included

Tracklist:
01. I Feel The Earth Move – 03:58
02. Home Again – 02:42
03. After All This Time – 03:33
04. Child Of Mine – 03:50
05. Carry Your Load – 03:37
06. No Easy Way Down – 05:37
07. Song Of Long Ago – 02:50
08. Snow Queen – 04:24
09. Smackwater Jack – 03:16
10. So Far Away – 04:37
11. It’s Too Late – 04:03
12. Eventually – 04:38
13. Way Over Yonder – 04:13
14. Beautiful – 04:01
15. You’ve Got A Friend (With James Taylor) – 05:22
16. Medley: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? / Some Kind Of Wonderful / Up On The Road (With James Taylor) – 07:47
17. ( You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman – 04:16

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