Sacd 2024

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (Remastered) (1958/2024) (SACD)

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (Remastered) (1958/2024) (SACD)
SACD DSD64 (iso, tracks dsf) - 1.7 GB
43:46 | Jazz, Hard Bop | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Cannonball Adderley's Lone Blue Note Album Features Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Sam Jones, and Hank Jones: Somethin' Else Has Reference Versions of "Autumn Leaves" and "Love for Sale" Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Presents 1958 Landmark in Definitive Sound: Includes Bonus Track, "Allison's Uncle"

Steely Dan - Aja (Remastered) (1977/2024) (SACD)  Vinyl & HR

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 23, 2024
Steely Dan - Aja (Remastered) (1977/2024) (SACD)

Steely Dan - Aja (Remastered) (1977/2024) (SACD)
SACD DSD64 2.0 (iso, scans) (2,8 MHz/1 Bit) - 1.8 GB
40:18 | Classic Rock, Jazz-Rock, Rock & Roll, Smooth Jazz | Label: Analogue Productions

Aja — Steely Dan's landmark sixth studio album reissue. Hybrid Stereo SACD release from Analogue Productions. Mastered by Bernie Grundman from an analog, non-Dolby EQ'd quarter-inch 15 ips tape copy. Plays in all CD and SACD players. If you were an audiophile in the late 1970s, you owned Aja. Rolling Stone, which ranks 1977's Aja at No. 63 on its latest 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, says "this was Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's no-holds barred stab at becoming a huge mainstream jazz-pop success. "And sure enough, thanks to sweet, slippery tracks like 'Deacon Blues,' and 'Peg,' this collegiate band with a name plucked from a William Burroughs novel and a songbook full of smart, cynical lyrics became bona fide superstars, shooting to the Top Five and selling platinum. And yes, Aja even won a Grammy for Best Engineeed Album."
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Remastered) (1974/2024) (SACD)

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Remastered) (1974/2024) (SACD)
SACD DSD64 (iso, tracks dsf) - 3.7 GB
1:34:20 | Prog Rock, Art Rock | Label: Analogue Productions / Atlantic / Charisma

Mastered directly from the original analog tape to Direct-Stream-Digital.Most track durations are different to the listed ones. The difference exceeds 5 seconds on tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-8, 2-3 and 2-12: for these the actual SACD track durations are used. Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series). Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records! The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway — Genesis' gold-selling sixth studio album! Hybrid Stereo SACD Mastered directly to DSD from the original master tape by Chris Bellman.
Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon (Remastered) (1970/2024) (SACD Hi-Res)

Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon (Remastered) (1970/2024) (SACD Hi-Res)
SACD FLAC (tracks) 24bit-88.2kHz - 867 MB
44:57 | Folk Rock | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

HYBRID SACD PRESENTS LANDMARK 1970 ALBUM IN REFERENCE-LEVEL AUDIOPHILE SOUND Ladies of the Canyon can be viewed as Joni Mitchell's coming-out party. Having recently moved to Lookout Mountain in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon area - her house is depicted in a watercolor painting she made for the record's cover - the Canadian icon turned to her immediate surroundings for inspiration all the while taking the pulse of national affairs, corporate enterprise, celebrity, and her relationship with Graham Nash. The rather upbeat Ladies of the Canyon also finds the singer-songwriter morphing into the groundbreaker who would shed folk music's constructs and wade into pop, jazz, soul, and poetry with a combination of depth, sophistication, self-examination, and acumen no one had ever heard. Deemed 'powerful and brilliant' upon release by The New York Times, this 1970 set marks the first of six consecutive masterworks Mitchell made - and an album that deserves to be heard in reference-grade audiophile sound on Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition hybrid SACD.
Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon (Remastered) (1970/2024) (SACD)

Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon (Remastered) (1970/2024) (SACD)
SACD DSD64 (tracks, dsf, booklet, scans) - 1.8 GB
44:51 | Folk Rock | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

HYBRID SACD PRESENTS LANDMARK 1970 ALBUM IN REFERENCE-LEVEL AUDIOPHILE SOUND Ladies of the Canyon can be viewed as Joni Mitchell's coming-out party. Having recently moved to Lookout Mountain in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon area - her house is depicted in a watercolor painting she made for the record's cover - the Canadian icon turned to her immediate surroundings for inspiration all the while taking the pulse of national affairs, corporate enterprise, celebrity, and her relationship with Graham Nash. The rather upbeat Ladies of the Canyon also finds the singer-songwriter morphing into the groundbreaker who would shed folk music's constructs and wade into pop, jazz, soul, and poetry with a combination of depth, sophistication, self-examination, and acumen no one had ever heard. Deemed 'powerful and brilliant' upon release by The New York Times, this 1970 set marks the first of six consecutive masterworks Mitchell made - and an album that deserves to be heard in reference-grade audiophile sound on Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition hybrid SACD.

Steely Dan - Gaucho (Remastered) (1980/2024) (SACD)  Vinyl & HR

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 10, 2024
Steely Dan - Gaucho (Remastered) (1980/2024) (SACD)

Steely Dan - Gaucho (Remastered) (1980/2024) (SACD)
SACD DSD64 (tracks, dsf, booklet) - 1.5 GB
38:06 | Pop Rock, Jazz-Rock | Label: Analogue Productions

Gaucho — Steely Dan's Grammy-winning seventh studio album reissue Hybrid Stereo SACD release from Analogue Productions!Mastered by Bernie Grundman from a 1980 analog tape copy originally EQ’d by Bob Ludwi Plays in all CD and SACD players. In their review of Gaucho, Rolling Stone proclaims, "Steely Dan have perfected the aesthetic of the tease. Their sound is as slippery as their (lyrical) irony." Gaucho — the seventh studio album by Steely Dan released in November 1980 — and Grammy-winner for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording, was also nominated for Album of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The sessions for Gaucho represented the band's typical penchant for studio perfectionism and obsessive recording technique. To record the album, the band used at least 42 different musicians, spent over a year in the studio, and far exceeded the original monetary advance given by the record label.

Dire Straits - On Every Street (Remastered) (1991/2024) (SACD)  Vinyl & HR

Posted by Rtax at March 31, 2024
Dire Straits - On Every Street (Remastered) (1991/2024) (SACD)

Dire Straits - On Every Street (Remastered) (1991/2024) (SACD)
SACD ISO (scans) | DSD 64 (2.8 MHz/1 Bit) - 2.4 GB
59:50 | Arena Rock, AOR, Blues Rock, Pop Rock, Rock & Roll | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

Numbered special edition hybrid SACD in replica LP gatefold sleeve. Comes with lyric booklet. Track durations do not appear on artwork. SACD and Redbook CD audio durations match within 1 second for all tracks.

Van Halen - Van Halen II (Remastered) (1979/2024) (SACD)  Vinyl & HR

Posted by Rtax at Jan. 28, 2025
Van Halen - Van Halen II (Remastered) (1979/2024) (SACD)

Van Halen - Van Halen II (Remastered) (1979/2024) (SACD)
SACD DSD64 (iso & tracks dsf, scans) - 1.3 GB
31:55 | Hard Rock | Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

First released in 1979. SACD , Print in USA . 2024. Mastered by Rob LoVerde at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sebastopol, CA on the Gain HD System.
Norah Jones - ...'Til We Meet Again (Live) (2021/2024) (SACD Hi-Res)

Norah Jones - …'Til We Meet Again (Live) (2021/2024) (SACD Hi-Res)
SACD FLAC (tracks) 24bit-176.4kHz - 2.6 GB
1:15:53 | Jazz, Contemporary Jazz | Label: Blue Note

Japanese SHM-SACD pressing. Blue Note. 2024.

Bad Company - Bad Company (Remastered) (1974/2024) (SACD)  Vinyl & HR

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 30, 2024
Bad Company - Bad Company (Remastered) (1974/2024) (SACD)

Bad Company - Bad Company (Remastered) (1974/2024) (SACD)
SACD (iso, scans) DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz - 1.4 GB
35:01 | Hard Rock, Blues Rock | Label: Analogue Productions

Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records! Bad Company's eponymous 1974 debut featuring "Ready for Love" Hybrid Stereo SACD Mastered directly from the original master tape by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound.