Bela Fleck – Drive (1988) [MFSL 2005] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Bela Fleck – Drive (1988) [MFSL 2005]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 52:03 minutes | Scans included | 2,09 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Full Scans included | 623 MB
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 7003 | Genre: Country

Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world’s most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. “Drive” was produced toward the end of Fleck’s New Grass Revival career and before the Flecktones were formed and included an all-star list of bluegrass performers.

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Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer – Mahler: Symphony No.5 (2014) DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer – Mahler: Symphony No.5 (2014)
DSD64 (.dsf) 1 bit/2,82 MHz | Time – 01:14:12 minutes | 2,92 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:12 minutes | 0,99 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet | © Channel Classics

The Fifth is the most Jewish of all Mahler’s symphonies. The first movement takes usto the unmistakable mood of Jewish lamentation, the finale to the childlike visionof messianic joy.As we know, Mahler converted to Catholicism. Views may differ as to whether hisdecision was opportunistic or a question of religious conviction. Christianity plays animportant part in much of Mahler’s music, though not in this particular work.Perhaps I may take the liberty of referring briefly to my own family. My ancestors(like Mahler’s) were merchants in a small shtetl in the Habsburg Empire. They wereobservant Jews. My grandfather, three years older than Gustav Mahler, decided toleave this religious lifestyle behind him when he went to study in Vienna. My fatherand his brothers were brought up without any religious education. They adoredGoethe, Mozart, Beethoven and Richard Wagner. One of the four brothers convertedto Catholicism when he married a daughter of a converted family. Later, underNazi occupation, when it seemed for a while that converting might help them avoiddeportation, two of my uncles and an aunt became Catholics; the other members of thefamily did not.Whether or not these decisions were opportunistic was never discussed in myfamily. Nobody cared – these were considered unimportant, personal decisions, partlydictated by circumstances. Converts or no converts, nobody practised any religion andeverybody adored culture. And they all hummed tunes like those in Mahler’s FifthSymphony.

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Byggesett Orchestra – Sold out Land (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Byggesett Orchestra – Sold out Land (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:20 minutes | 416 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © iMD- GOD DOG

An interplay of ambient jazz, which remains a vital cornerstone of their approach, and new influences (Terry Riley, Emeralds, Editions Mego, Kranks, Stars Of The Lid, Fripp/Eno, Canterbury) fuel the creation of a sound which is mature, protean and at peace with itself. Hypnotic, dark and forcefully bone-dry drones, elegant loops, minimal sound layers and free-form riffs clash with radically structured passages, heavy soundscapes and driving percussions, creating jagged panoramas of sound while orchestrating all disparate parts together to form a pyrothechnic melange.
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Buzzy Linhart – The Time To Live Is Now (1971/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Buzzy Linhart – The Time To Live Is Now (1971/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 44:22 minutes | 956 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Buddah – Legacy

Buzzy Linhart’s first of two albums for Kama Sutra, three if you include the band Music’s on the Buddah-distributed Eleuthera Records, 1971’s The Time to Live Is Now has the songwriter playing with different styles and sounds in a setting that is not as refined as the Eddie Kramer co-produced Music album or Barry Beckett and Roger Hawkins’ production of 1974’s Pussycats Can Go Far. But don’t blame the artist for that. In an exclusive interview for the All Media Guide conducted February 28th, 2002, Linhart revealed some of the secrets of The Time To Live Is Now: Bill Takas and Luther Rix, the bass player and drummer, are “world class jazz and classical musicians.” Bill Takas spent nine years on the Tonight Show, and they co-founded Ten Wheel Drive (with Genya Ravan; see the Construction #1 LP). “We had been performing eight-to-ten months as a trio, sometimes with sax…it was supposed to be more [produced] like ‘Pussycats’ (Pussycats Can Go Far)…but [record exec] Neil Bogart played this for a group of 30-something pros for Buddah/Kama Sutra, and they got up out of their chairs and danced to it.” That resulted in the late Neil Bogart deciding he wanted to release the roughs – the rough vocals, the rough mix, even with a 32,000 dollar budget, which was pretty good at that point in time. They called this “rock-folk,” rock with a jazz tinge as opposed to “jazz rock” that was Blood, Sweat & Tears. Even in its raw form, it is great stuff. Linhart lifts lines from here and there. Four lines from the Beatles’ 1968 hit “Lady Madonna” are taken almost verbatim in the title track – “Who buys the money, when you pay the rent” – while the strange “Cheat Cheat Lied” is fused with Percy Mayfield’s “Hit the Road Jack,” Linhart lifting a melody and line from Blind Faith’s “Presence of the Lord.” On the following album, Buzzy (also called “The Black Album” as his 1969 outing on Phillips was also titled Buzzy), he’s more blatantly lifting “What the World Needs Now Is Love” for his “Rollin’ On” title. When he goes into Chester Powers’ 1963 composition “Let’s Get Together,” you think he’s absconding with lyrics and melody again, but it’s actually a very cool cover of the Youngbloods’ “Get Together,” which hit for them in 1967 and 1969. It is charming, as is the first appearance of “Friends,” the Barry Manilow-produced hit for Bette Midler in 1973, re-cut by Buzzy on Pussycats Can Go Far and the only appearance here of friend Moogy Klingman, in the capacity of co-writer. Most of the material is by Linhart, “Good Face” being co-written with future Music bandmemberDoug Rodrigues, while drummer and co-producer Luther Rix pens and sings “Comin’ Home.” The group covers Jordan Kaplan’s “There’s No Need” with the legendary Ken Ascher on piano, and Jeannie Linhart does a vocal harmony on “The Love’s Still Growing,” but other than that, it’s the three-piece unit producing and performing on this Kama Sutra debut album. Todd Rundgren would come onboard to mix “The Black Album,” 1972’s Buzzy, which would replace Takas with Danny Trifan on bass, and add Jeff “Skunk” Baxter on guitar, but The Time to Live Is Now remains an important, albeit raw, document of a major talent emerging from the early ’70s.
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Burial – Nova / Moth (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Burial – Nova / Moth (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 15:02 minutes | 143 MB | Genre: Electronic, Downtempo, Future Garage
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Text Records

Four Tet and Burial’s collaborative tracks “Nova” and “Moth” have been given an official release on digital platforms.

“Moth” was originally released in 2009 on limited vinyl, while “Nova” arrived in 2012, but today (11 February) the collaborative tracks have arrived on streaming services for the first time.
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Bugge Wesseltoft – Be Am (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bugge Wesseltoft – Be Am (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:34 minutes | 675 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzland Recordings

In the 25 years since Bugge Wesseltoft founded Jazzland Recordings, he has engaged in numerous group projects and collaborations such as New Conception of Jazz, duos with the likes of Sidsel Endresen, Henning Kraggerud and Henrik Schwarz, one-off projects such as Trialogue, Bugge and Friends, and OKWorld! And of course, the super-trio RYMDEN. However, it is in his solo material that we can glimpse the true soul behind the effervescent and mercurial mind of one of the most influential and important Norwegian musicians of an entire generation.
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Bud Freeman – The Compleat Bud Freeman (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bud Freeman – The Compleat Bud Freeman (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 40:16 minutes | 780 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jazzology

Lawrence “Bud” Freeman (April 13, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois – March 15, 1991 in Chicago) was an American tenor saxophonist.
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Bryan Adams – Shine A Light (2019/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bryan Adams – Shine A Light (2019/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:00 minutes | 793 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Polydor Records

“Shine A Light” is the name of Bryan Adams’ new album. It is already the 14th studio album of the Canadian rock singer and world star.

The album “Get Up” was last released four years ago, with which he landed in the Top 3 of the charts several times.

in 2019, he picks up right where he left off. Listeners can expect a versatile, twelve-song mix of rock, pop and R’n’B, and of course Adams’ unmistakable voice.

The singer already revealed what the new record sounds like with the first single, the title track “Shine A Light,” which he wrote and produced with none other than Ed Sheeran.

There is also a special guest on the album: Jennifer Lopez joins in the song “That’s How Strong Our Love Is.”
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BRYAN ADAMS – Pretty Woman – The Musical (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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BRYAN ADAMS – Pretty Woman – The Musical (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 50:59 minutes | 642 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Badams Music Limited

BRYAN ADAMS has been recording and touring the world as a musician for four decades.
The Grammy award winning singer/songwriter has recorded 14 studio albums and his latest album “Shine A Light” was released in 2019. Pretty Woman is the first musical he has written with co-writer Jim Vallance.
Over the years, his music has achieved #1 status in over 40 countries. He has three Academy Awards and five Golden Globe nominations, not to mention he is also a Companion of the Order of Canada. Adams performs over 100+ concerts a year playing to audiences on six continents.
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BRYAN ADAMS – Classic (Classic Version) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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BRYAN ADAMS – Classic (Classic Version) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 34:24 minutes | 738 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Badams Music Limited

Kicking off with four of his biggest hits – Summer of ‘69, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, Heaven and Run To You – the recordings breathe new life into the tracks, bringing the instrumentation up to date and showcasing his ageless vocals.

More notably, they highlight the timelessness of the tracks which, decades on, sound as fresh and contemporary as they did upon their original release.

Also featured on ‘Classic’ is a new take on his ‘93 single Please Forgive Me, the lesser-known cuts Straight From The Heart and Hidin’ From Love, and Teacher Teacher – originally released by 38 Special in ‘84.

When it comes to the arrangements, there are no drastic overhauls, bar the odd adlib here and there, but the quality of the recordings is undeniably greater than the original cuts, owing to advancements in technology. In fact, the album is available in both stereo and spatial audio.

The concept of re-recording one’s catalogue is nothing new and in recent years Taylor Swift has revisited her own album series for a similar project – to which Bryan himself has compared his latest venture.

Just why he felt compelled to embark on this career-spanning task is unclear, but given the quality of part one, we’re already hungry for what’s to come.
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Bryan Adams – 11 (2008/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Bryan Adams – 11 (2008/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 58:55 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)

11 is the eleventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. The album was released by Polydor Records on March 17, 2008. 11 was the first release of new Adams material since Colour Me Kubrick in 2005 and the first studio album in four years since Room Service. Adams, Jim Vallance, Eliot Kennedy, Gretchen Peters, Trevor Rabin and Robert John “Mutt” Lange received producing and writing credits. Similar to Adams’ previous material, the themes in 11 are mainly based on love, romance, and relationships. 11 received generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics.
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BRUUT – Zest (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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BRUUT – Zest (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 45:15 minutes | 880 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Excelsior Recordings

The music of BRUUT! overstijgt styles by surfrock, boogaloo, hardrock and other things included in the songs te work. The result is a lot of energy, the band geluid en the new album At the moment it’s not different, but it’s different. BROOD! worked for 12 years steevast op dezelfde manner aan hun albums; everything is written ‘live’ in de repetitieruimte. Vanwege de Pandemie will be dit onmogelijk and will de band gedwongen om hun workwijze aan te fit. Op afstand, with zoom calls in an arsenal on the music software, there was a lot of noise, not long after that it was clear from the studio in the same place. A new beginning than the ware. Daar past also a new label bij. Vanaf nu brings Excelsior Recordings de muziek uit. Zo also het album Zest. Een plaat vol grooves die keer op keer blijven boeien.
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Bruno Philippe – J.S. Bach: The Complete Cello Suites (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Bruno Philippe – J.S. Bach: The Complete Cello Suites (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:04:05 minutes | 2,17 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © harmonia mundi

Bruno Philippe conceives Bach’s Suites for solo cello as a veritable existential journey, from life to death and resurrection. Forgoing metal strings for their historical gut equivalents, the young French artist offers us an inward, deeply moving reading of this monument of instrumental music.
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Bruce Springsteen – Adelaide Entertainment Arena, Adelaide, Australia (January 30, 2017) (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Bruce Springsteen – Adelaide Entertainment Arena, Adelaide, Australia (January 30, 2017) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 03:07:05 minutes | 2,32 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © live.brucespringsteen.net

Although only some of Springsteen’s works indicate the name of the E Street Band on the envelopes, his most important albums – Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town, The River, Born in the U.S.A., The Rising – all relied on the musical accompaniment of the group.

In 2014, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (in the category “Award for Musical Excellence”).
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Bruce Springsteen – 2009-11-10 Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

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Bruce Springsteen – 2009-11-10 Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:51:22 minutes | 2,15 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © live.brucespringsteen.net

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The recording of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 1978 Agora show has gone down in history as one of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s best live sets ever. Bootleg recordings of the concert circulated for years, becoming a favorite of fans. And the concert was an early offering in Springsteen’s ongoing official archive release schedule, arriving way back in 2014.

Now, Springsteen has added another, more recent Cleveland show to the archive mix. On Friday, March 4, he released a live album of his 2009 concert at the Quicken Loans Arena (now known as the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse).
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