The Style Council – Cafe Bleu (1984) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2010 # UIGY-9055]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 44:10 minutes | Scans included | 1,31 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 919 MB
Style Council’s first proper album Cafe Bleu was one of their better efforts, but it indicated the group’s fatal flaw — a tendency to be too eclectic and overambitious. Amidst the lazy jazz instrumentals, many of them courtesy of Mick Talbot, Paul Weller inserted several solid soul-tinged pop songs, including “My Ever Changing Moods,” “Headstart for Happiness,” “You’re the Best Thing,” and “Here’s One That Got Away.” However, that doesn’t excuse the rap experiment, “A Gospel.” The album was later released with a slightly different running order as My Ever Changing Moods in the U.S.; the American edition included the U.K. hit “A Solid Bond in Your Heart”.
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The Steve Davis Project – Quality Of Silence (1999)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:38 minutes | Scans included | 2,2 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,0 GB
Jazz drummer Steve Davis was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1958. Following the advice of drumset teacher Alan Dawson, Steve moved to New York City in the early 1980s to begin his career as a jazz drummer. Throughout the 1980s Steve built up a reputation in the New York scene, playing and recording with many big names.
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The Stan Getz Quartet – Pure Getz (1982) [Reissue 2003]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 47:27 minutes | Scans included | 2,96 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 939 MB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound | Concord Records # SACD-1000-6
This enduring Stan Getz recording beautifully reveals the essence of one of jazz’s eternal tenor saxophone masters. His inimitable melodicism, fluid virtuosity, seemingly infinite inventiveness and heartfelt lyricism are pure genius—or, quite simply, Pure Getz. The remarkable clarity and realism of this special Super Audio CD release virtually puts the listener right in the recording studio with Getz and his quartet.
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Freek Borstlap, Ivanka Neeleman, Haru Kitamika – Johan Schenk, Christiaen Herwich, Philippus Hacquart: The Spirit of Gambo (2006)
SACD ISO (2.0/MCH): 3,46 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 1,10 GB | Full Artwork: 151 MB
Label/Cat#: Stockfisch Rec. # SFR 357.4042.2 | Country/Year: Germany 2006 | 3% Recovery Info
Genre: Classical | Style: Chamber Music, Viola da Gamba
Members of the viol family, with their 6 (or 7) strings and fretted necks were the string instruments of choice during the Renaissance and early Baroque, slowly being replaced by the 5-string and fret-less violin family. The bass viol, the ‘viola da gamba’ (so named as it was held between the knees), was a particular favourite of royal and aristocratic domestic music making over a long period.
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The Searchers – Collection [1963-1966] (2003)
SACD ISO (Stereo): 1.64 GB | 24B/88,2kHz Stereo FLAC: 809 MB | Full Artwork | 3% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Audio Fildelity # AFZ 018 | Country/Year: US 2003
Genre: Rock, Pop | Style: British Invasion
biography by Bruce Eder
Founded in 1957 by John McNally (guitar/vocals), the Searchers were originally one of thousands of skiffle groups formed in the wake of Lonnie Donegan’s success with “Rock Island Line.” the Searchers’ immediate competitors included bands such as the Wreckers and the Confederates, both led by Michael Pender (guitar, vocals), and the Martinis, led by Tony Jackson (guitar/vocals). By 1959, McNally and Pender were working together as a duet; later in the year, Jackson joined as the lead vocalist. After drummer Norman McGarry left the Searchers he was replaced by Chris Crummy, who quickly renamed himself Chris Curtis. Other changes were in the works as Jackson built and learned to play a customized bass guitar. Learning his new job on the four-stringed instrument proved too difficult to permit him to continue singing lead, and McNally and Pender brought in a fifth member, Johnny Sandon (born Billy Beck). Johnny Sandon & the Searchers lasted from 1960 through February of 1962, and were extremely popular on the dance hall and club circuit in Liverpool. Sandon cut out for a career on his own, with another band called the Remo Four in early 1962.
Various Artists – The Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs (Music From The HBO Series) [2x SACD ‘2001]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 102:23 minutes | Scans included | 4,13 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 2,03 GB
Original Television Soundtrack
Show creator David Chase, director Martin Bruestle, and executive producer Brad Grey are credited with this rich, cross-genre, multigenerational collection, but they tellingly thank a few score others. The contributions from usual suspect vets like Frank Sinatra, Dylan, Elvis Costello, Otis Redding, Van Morrison, the Kinks, Keith Richards (and the Stones), the Pretenders, and Ben E. King contain more than their fair share of musical and contextual surprises. But the collection’s true appeal lies in its artistically oblique corners, which somehow embrace alt-rock (R&B tinged and straight up, courtesy of Pigeonhed and Cake, respectively), nouveau Aussie country (Kasey Chambers), traditional gospel and swampy blues (the Campbell Brothers with Katie Jackson, R.L. Burnside), Vivaldi (Cecilia Di Bartoli), and contemporary Neopolitan pop (Madreblu, Lorenzo Jovanotti). Even budding star Uncle Junior chimes in, with Dominic “Goldenthroat” Chianese lending a spare, heartfelt rendition of the traditional “Core’ngrato”; hang onto your kneecaps, ‘N Sync!
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The Red Garland Trio – Groovy (1958) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2011]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:50 minutes | Scans included | 1,61 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 599 MB
Red Garland & Miles Davis had a symbiotic relationship. Red was such an important cog in the Davis quintet as a soloist, interactive accompanist, & keeper of the repertory. Being in Miles’ group gave Garland the exposure he otherwise would not have gotten. Once Garland’s talent as a pianist, with a boundless repository of material in his head, was established, Prestige’s Bob Weinstock signed him to a contract as a recording leader in his own right. With his Davis section-mate, Paul Chambers, on bass, & New York drummer Arthur Taylor, Garland formed a trio that met quite often in Rudy Van Gelder’s studio. Groovy was the 3rd in Red’s trio series for Prestige & it has the usual fine mix of jazz standards, ballad standards, blues ballads, & just plain blues. It is an object lesson in finding & maintaining a groove.
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The Red Garland Quintet – All Mornin’ Long (1958) [APO Remaster 2012]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 37:09 minutes | Scans included | 1,5 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 680 MB
or DSF 2.0 Mono DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 37:13 minutes | 1,46 GB
All Mornin’ Long is a jazz album by pianist Red Garland and his quintet. It was originally issued in 1958 on the Prestige label and catalogued as PRLP 7130. It features only three pieces, which belong to the hard bop subgenre and distinguish themselves by being fast-paced and bluesy. Critic Ira Gitler found the album satisfactory and said that the eponymous first piece was a “many-splendored, deep-dish demonstration of feeling, mood and melody”.
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The Ray Brown Trio – Soular Energy (1984) [Reissue 2003]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 45:39 minutes | Scans included | 1,83 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 858 MB
Ray Brown, Gene Harris & Gerryck King are spectacular in this 1984 recording. Red Holloway (tenor sax) & a rare appearance by the great Emily Remler (guitar) round out the original musicians.
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The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – James Bond Themes (2005)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:20 minutes | Scans included | 2,27 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Full Scans included | 465 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound
The world’s largest-ever classical recording contract with one of the most outstanding orchestras, was begun in September 1993 and has been build into a collection of over 150 albums of the world’s best classical music. Our aim is to present the ultimate in quality at an unbeatable price, making ‘The Royal Philharmonic Collection’ the only collection you will ever need.
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The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Great Western Themes (2005)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 38:22 minutes | Scans included | 2,12 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Full Scans included | 419 MB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound
The world’s largest-ever classical recording contract with one of the most outstanding orchestras, was begun in September 1993 and has been build into a collection of over 150 albums of the world’s best classical music. Our aim is to present the ultimate in quality at an unbeatable price, making ‘The Royal Philharmonic Collection’ the only collection you will ever need.
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The Roma Trio – The Four Seasons (2009) [Japan 2016]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 67:25 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,75 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,38 GB
Following the trios led by Stefano Bollani and Giovanni Guidi, The Roma Trio is another splended piano trio from Italy that debuted on Venus Records. Following their Venus debut “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” and sophomore release “Ciao Ciao Bambina” comes a surprising third album which is entirely dedicated to the “jazzification” of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons concerti, each of which represented a season of the year.
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The Rolling Stones – Still Life (American Concert 1981) (1982) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2011 # UIGY-9082]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:24 minutes | Scans included | 1,63 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans NOT included | 858 MB
Like Love You Live before it, Still Life showcases the Stones as pure entertainers, although the band adds enough rhythmic grit to keep the record from sinking into pure showbiz formula…
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The Rolling Stones – Remastered (2002) [Promo Sampler]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 78:24 minutes | Scans included | 3,15 GB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,73 GB
Before release of the Rolling Stones remastered series, ABKCO Records presented this promotional release. This disc contains some “edited” & three differently mastered songs than were pressed on later officially remastered albums.
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The Rolling Stones – Love You Live (1977) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2011 # UIGY-9070]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 83:16 minutes | Scans included | 3,34 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans NOT included | 1,69 GB
Recorded on the supporting tour for 1976’s Black and Blue, the double-album set Love You Live is an adequate live album, capturing the Stones’ transition from a lean, lethal rock & roll band to accomplished showmen. As showmen, they aren’t as compelling as they are when they’re rockers, but the show-biz glitz of Mick Jagger’s arena rock shtick remains thoroughly entertaining, even when it robs the music of its power.
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