Oliver Nelson – The Blues And The Abstract Truth (1961) [Japanese Limited SHM-SACD 2011]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:43 minutes | Scans included | 1,52 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 792 MB
As Oliver Nelson is known primarily as a big band leader and arranger, he is lesser known as a saxophonist and organizer of small ensembles. Blues and the Abstract Truth is his triumph as a musician for the aspects of not only defining the sound of an era with his all-time classic “Stolen Moments,” but on this recording, assembling one of the most potent modern jazz sextets ever. Lead trumpeter Freddie Hubbard is at his peak of performance, while alto saxophonists Nelson and Eric Dolphy (Nelson doubling on tenor) team to form an unlikely union that was simmered to perfection. Bill Evans (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), and Roy Haynes (drums) can do no wrong as a rhythm section. “Stolen Moments” really needs no comments, as its undisputable beauty shines through in a three-part horn harmony fronting Hubbard’s lead melody. It’s a thing of beauty that is more timeless as the years pass. The “Blues” aspect is best heard on “Yearnin’,” a stylish, swinging, and swaying downhearted piece that is a bluesy as Evans would ever be. Both “Blues” and “Abstract Truth” combine for the darker “Teenie’s Blues,” a feature for Nelson and Dolphy’s alto saxes, Dolphy assertive in stepping forth with his distinctive, angular, dramatic, fractured, brittle voice that marks him a maverick. Then there’s “Hoedown,” which has always been the black sheep of this collection with its country flavor and stereo separated upper and lower horn in snappy call-and-response barking. As surging and searing hard boppers respectively, “Cascades” and “Butch & Butch” again remind you of the era of the early ’60s when this music was king, and why Hubbard was so revered as a young master of the idiom. A must buy for all jazz fans, and a Top Ten or Top Fifty favorite for many.
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Oliver Nelson – The Blues And The Abstract Truth (1961) [Analogue Productions 2010]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:34 minutes | Scans included | 1,57 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 954 MB
One of jazz’s best kept secrets, this landmark 1961 release by saxophonist and arranger Oliver Nelson boasts the superstar lineup of Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Roy Haynes and Paul Chambers. The record explores the limitless boundaries of the blues and introduced the world to one of the jazz genre’s most performed standards, “Stolen Moments”.
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Oliver Nelson – Screamin’ The Blues (1960) [Analogue Productions 2018]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 39:56 minutes | Front/Rear cover (+PDF Booklet) | 1,61 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear cover (+PDF Booklet) | 1,59 GB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear cover (+PDF Booklet) | 900 MB
Oliver Nelson meets Eric Dolphy on this frequently exciting sextet session with trumpeter Richard Williams, pianist Richard Wyands, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Roy Haynes. Although Dolphy is too unique and skilled to be overshadowed in a setting such as this, Nelson holds his own. He contributed five of the six compositions (including “Screamin’ the Blues,” “The Meetin’,” and “Alto-Itis”) and effectively matches wits and creative ideas with Dolphy. This edition is a part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige Stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made.
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Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? (1995) [Reissue 2003]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 50:03 minutes | Scans included | 3,3 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 50:05 mins | Scans included | 1,02 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound
2003 SACD reissue, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? is the second album by the UK rockers, Oasis. Originally released in October 1995 in the UK, the album was Oasis’ most enduring commercial success, charting at #1 in the UK for 10 weeks and #4 in the U.S. The album has sold over 18 million copies worldwide. It is the third biggest-selling album in UK chart history. Album singles “Some Might Say”, “Roll With It”, ” Wonderwall”, and “Don’t Look Back in Anger” were hits in the UK.
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Jenny Evans – Nuages (2004)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,8 MHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 2,02 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 836 MB
Souce: SACD-R | Artwork: Front Cover | Genre: Jazz | © EMSA 50573
Hailing from Beckenham, Kent, England and now living in Munich, Germany, jazz vocalist Jenny Evans has achieved a great deal. She once graduated from the university with an M.A. in linguistics, has run her own jazz club, worked as a lyricist and an actress, took part in countless radio and television productions, was a featured singer in stage musicals and has given concerts all over the world. While experienced also in trad jazz, R’n’B and pop, Jenny Evans has been making a name for herself as an irresistibly charming swing vocalist in the tradition of Ella Fitzgerald and Anita O’Day. Yet following the big success of her last album “Gonna Go Fishin'”, the time came for her to think about her own identity and remember her European roots. An educated choral singer (whose first love was the contrapuntal motets of Orlando di Lasso) and former piano student of Trevor Pinnock, Jenny Evans pays homage to the European legacy on her new album “Nuages.”
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Arthur Grumiaux, Bernard Haitink & RCO – Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, Lalo (2021)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 01:09:07 minutes | 2,72 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:09:07 minutes | 1,08 GB
Souce: SACD-R | Artwork: Front Cover | Genre: Classical | © Decca / Esoteric
~ Arthur Grumiaux, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Manuel Rosenthal – Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto, Saint-Saens: Havanaise, Lalo: Symphonie espagnole ~
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Carole King – Music (1971) [MFSL 2011]
PS3 Rip | ISO | SACD DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:08 minutes | Scans included | 1,61 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,58 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 768 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2068 | Genre: Pop
Music, official name Carole King: Music, is the third album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. The album was released in December 1971 and quickly rose to the top of the charts. It features songs such as “It’s Going to Take Some Time” (US No. 12 by The Carpenters), “Sweet Seasons,” a No. 9 hit for Carole King, and “Brother, Brother”. Carole King: Music experienced immediate success and was certified gold on December 9, 1971, days after release. It was certified platinum on July 17, 1995. (more…)
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Glenn Gould – Bach: The Goldberg Variations (2007)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 2,48 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 440 MB
Souce: SACD-R | Artwork: Front Cover | Genre: Classical | © Sony BMG Music Entertainment
~ Recorded September 25-26, 2006 at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ~
Bernard Haitink, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra – Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos.5 & 9 (1981,1982/2021)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 2,98 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:28 minutes | 1,05 GB
Souce: SACD-R | Artwork: Front Cover | Genre: Classical | © Decca / Esoteric
Lavinia Meijer – Fantasies and Impromptus (2011)
SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 01:10:48 minutes | 3,52 GB
DSF Stereo DSD64/2.82MHz | Time – 01:12:05 minutes | 2,84 GB
Genre: Classical | © Channel Classics Records
On her third CD for Channel Classics, the harpist Lavinia Meijer (28) has brought together popular Fantasies and Impromptus by Spohr, Fauré, Pierné, Saint-Saëns, Roussel and Glière. Added to these are world premieres on CD of two completely forgotten harpist composers: Johannes Snoer (1868-1936) and Gabriel Verdalle (1845-1912).
On her first and very successful CD for Channel Classics, ‘Divertissements’, Lavinia Meijer also recorded only compositions originally written for the harp, with works by Carlos Salzedo, André Caplet and Jacques Ibert. On her highly commended CD ‘Visions’ she presented twentieth-century repertoire, with works by Byrnes, Isang Yun and Takemitsu, in addition to Britten and Patterson.
Lavinia Meijer graduated cum laude at the Amsterdam Conservatory in 2005. She was awarded the Netherlands Music Prize in 2009. (more…)
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B.B. Leon & Triple Treat – Blues Barn (2017)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 53:09 minutes | Scans included | 2,2 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 2,15 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,22 GB
Opus 3 Records is happy to announce the release of their first real Rock/Blues album ‘Blues Barn’ with B.B. Leon & Triple Treat. Bo Nordin (a.k.a. B.B. Leon), Mathias Lundqvist, Lasse Falck and Thomas Lingman perform on this recording which is more or less a live studio recording and where the mixing is 100% analog! Contains 12 Great Songs including the remakes of a couple of classical Blues Tunes; ‘If You Love Me’ by Little Johnny Taylor and ‘Rock Me Baby’ by B.B. King.
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Zdeněk Mácal, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra – Mahler: Symphony No.2 “Resurrection” (2008)
PS3 Rip | 2x SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 81:15 minutes | Front/Rear Cover | 3,25 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Cover | 3,2 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Cover | 1,52 GB
DSD Recording | Exton / Octavia Records Japan # OVCL-00370
Once the least performed and recorded of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies, due mostly to its taxing length, the Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” in C minor now appears with some regularity on disc and with increasing frequency on SACDs. This recording from Exton, featuring Zdenek Mácal and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, is remarkable for its spacious sound, close-up details, and wide-frequency range, and the interpretation is on a par with many other first-rate performances, so finding points of distinction between them is perhaps a futile endeavor, especially since only aficionados of this work will detect them. Mácal is certainly attuned to Mahler’s extreme mood swings and a unique mix of innocent reverence and sardonic parody, and there is nothing lacking in the CPO’s brilliant execution of the score, which displays many extended techniques and an extraordinary palette of tone colors.
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Will & Rainbow – Harmony (2003)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 & DST64 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 50:12 min | Front/Rear Covers | 4,2 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,99 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,08 GB
DSD Recording | Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Eighty-Eight’s/Village Records Japan # VRGL 8811
Keyboardist Will Boulware and company strike again with another dose of to-die-for contemporary jazz. His first Eighty-Eight’s label effort, “Over Crystal Green”, won Swing Journal’s Golden Disk award and helped to launch a label that has now received extensive acclaim from jazz and audiophile press. Boulware pulls out some heavy artillery on “Harmony”, including a very special appearance by Phoebe Snow, who sings on three tracks. Will & Rainbow is rounded out by Peter Bernstein on guitar, Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone, Philippe Saisse on synthesizers, Steve Gadd on drums, and Anthony Jackson on bass.
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Weather Report – Tale Spinnin’ (1975) [Reissue 2018]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 42:58 min | Front/Rear Cover | 1,94 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Cover | 957 MB
Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | Vocalion # CDSML 8550
Tale Spinnin’ is the fifth studio album by Weather Report, recorded and released in 1975, featuring the addition of Leon “Ndugu” Chancler on the drums. Ndugu was recruited after Josef Zawinul heard him play with Carlos Santana. Weather Report was recording next door to Ndugu in the studio, and Chancler was asked to join them for a recording session. That session ended up lasting a week and produced Tale Spinnin’. After the record, Ndugu was asked to join the band as a permanent member, but declined in favor of continuing to work with Carlos Santana.
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Weather Report – Night Passage (1980) [Reissue 2018]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 48:01 minutes | Scans included | 749 MB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,91 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,03 GB
Features Stereo Sound only | Vocalion # CDSML 8541
Night Passage is the eleventh album by Weather Report, released in 1980. The tracks were recorded in August 1980 at The Complex studios in Los Angeles (before a crowd of 250 people who can be heard on a couple of tracks), except for “Madagascar”, recorded live in Osaka, in June of the same year. The album introduces a new member to the band, percussionist Robert Thomas Jr. Night Passage loses the over-done production layers of some of Weather Report’s earlier releases (most notably 1978’s Mr. Gone). What is lost in layers of overdubs is made up in solo improvisation in the classic jazz tradition.
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