Loseless Music: October 2010

Ray Charles - selftitled debut [Japanese LP P-4580A] 24-bit/96kHz

Ray Charles - selftitled debut
Japanese LP P-4580A (Original released as Atlantic 8006)
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192kHz (converted to 24/96 & 16/44.1) | FLAC (dual-mono) | m3u, cue & Tech Log
Artwork incl. Lyrics | 440 / 150 mb incl. recovery | Fileserve | 1957 | Soul, Blues, R&B

Allmusic.com rating: 4.5 / 5

One of the first handful of LPs issued by Atlantic, Ray Charles (later retitled Hallelujah I Love Her So) is a bona fide classic of its genre. Weighted about three to one in favor of Charles' own compositions, its raison d'etre was the hits "Hallelujah I Love Her So" and the pounding, soaring "Ain't That Love," which opens the LP. As with other Atlantic albums of the period, its content was determined more by Charles' recent singles than by a real plan for the LP, but even within those limitations it's an amazingly subtle record.

Charles does just as well with his interpretations of others' work, most notably the ominous, gospel-focused rendition of "Sinner's Prayer" (which offers a virtuoso piano performance, and comes courtesy of the pen of Charles' former mentor Lowell Fulson) and Henry Glover's wrenching ballad "Drown in My Own Tears," which is topped out on each verse by a gorgeous chorus. "Funny (But I Still Love You)" offers a guitar break played in such an understated fashion that it almost doesn't seem so much a part of R&B as it was usually being offered in 1957 as it does a part of Charles' early career output. The second side of the LP is even better, opening with the title track, a number that is almost too ubiquitous in its various cover versions — the original has a mix of urgency and playfulness that's absolutely bracing, and the album carries this mood forward with "Mess Around," an Ahmet Ertegun-authored piano- and sax-driven romp with Charles at his most ebullient as a singer. "This Little Girl of Mine" offers him in a surprisingly light, almost acrobatic vocal mode, while "Greenbacks" is a knowing, clever cautionary narrative that is almost a throwback to 1940s-style R&B. "Don't You Know" is as salacious a piece of R&B as one was likely to hear in 1957, and "I Got a Woman" closes the record out on a pounding, driving note. ”

Track listing

All songs written by Ray Charles except as indicated.

Side A
"Ain't That Love" – 2:51
"Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 3:21
"Come Back Baby" – 3:06
"Sinner's Prayer" (Lloyd Glenn, Lowell Fulson) – 3:24
"Funny (But I Still Love You)" – 3:15
"Losing Hand" (Charles E. Calhoun) – 3:14
"A Fool for You" – 3:03

Side B
"Hallelujah I Love Her So" – 2:35
"Mess Around" (A. Nugetre) – 2:42
"This Little Girl of Mine" – 2:33
"Mary Ann" – 2:48
"Greenbacks" (Renald Richard) – 2:52
"Don't You Know" – 2:57
"I Got a Woman" (Charles, Richard) – 2:54

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Frank Sinatra with the Count Basie Orchestra - Sinatra at the Sands [MFSL 180g DoLP] 24/96

Frank Sinatra with the Count Basie Orchestra - Sinatra at the Sands
Mobile Fidelity 180g DoLP / MFSL 2-332
Half-speed mastered by Rob LoVerde @ Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192kHz (converted to 24/96) | FLAC | m3u, cue & Tech Log
Artwork | 1.6 gb (24-bit) | Fileserve.com | Jazz Vocals | 1966

Allmusic.com rating: 4.5 / 5

Frank Sinatra. Count Basie. Quincy Jones. Las Vegas. This combination of performers and venue just don’t get any better. And by every measure, Sinatra at the Sands is as good as music gets. Comprised of live material recorded during five nights in early 1966 at the famed Copa Room, Ol’ Blue Eyes’ 21-song album stands as one of his pinnacle achievements, the results a blend of superb chemistry, sparkling arrangements, infallible singing, and contagious energy. As part of its continuing series of essential Sinatra recordings, Mobile Fidelity is proud to offer the record in the most definitive-sounding edition available. Listeners will be transported to a table close to the stage, with the image of a tuxedo-clad Sinatra unfolding right in front of them.

By 1966, Sinatra had conquered the world. His tenure as a teen idol and maturing crooner behind him, he was confident, assured, focused, and quite simply, untouchable. Music’s top arrangers and composers came to him, knowing the magic that he’d bring to their labors of love. It’s for these reasons that Count Basie and his orchestra backs Sinatra here, and why Jones, in demand by everyone, chooses instead to lend his arrangement insights onstage at the Sands. Indeed, Sinatra at the Sands harkens back to the day’s when concerts were a true event, and the album is nothing short that promise. This is a happening you won’t want to miss.

Containing many of Sinatra’s most well-known and celebrated performances--“I’ve Got a Crush on You,” “Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)” among them--Sinatra at the Sands finds the entertainer in immaculate voice. He improvises lines with effortless and ease, casually adorns lyrics with hidden rhythms, stretches notes to instill meaning and emotion, and utilizes his impeccable knack for phrasing to turn a line and beget instrumental responses that complement each song’s mood. Meanwhile, Basie and Co. swing on uptempo numbers and lay back on melancholy tunes that still bring a tear to the eye.

Warner Bros. executive Stan Cornyn, writing about these very shows, observed that, doing more than sing, “Sinatra turns actor. The man whose broad’s left him with some other guy and all of the loot…And there is silence about, for this audience is watching a man become that last lucked-out guy at the bar, the last one, with no where to go but sympathy city.” And so it goes, Sinatra proving it’s the singer and the song, demonstrating a seemingly unlimited range as he transports you to saloons, romantic parks, lonely streets, and bustling cities. Everything—the pacing, structure, passion, interpretation—is perfect.

Mobile Fidelity has half-speed mastered this exquisite analog set from the original analog master tapes, originally recorded by engineer Lowell Frank. Clear, big, and sumptuous, Sinatra at the Sands now resonates with previously unheard details, transparency, imaging, projection, smoothness, and dimensionality. Capturing a human voice remains the most difficult recording task. Suffice it to say that this 2LP set will join the ranks of the very best recordings you own. ”

Track Listing
Side A
1. "Come Fly with Me" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 3:45
2. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:42
3. "I've Got You Under My Skin" (Cole Porter) – 3:43
4. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:31
5. "Street of Dreams" (Victor Young, Samuel Lewis) – 2:16
6. "One for My Baby" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:40

Side B
7. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:50
8. "One O'Clock Jump" (Instrumental) (Count Basie) – 0:53
9. "The Tea Break" (Sinatra Monologue) – 11:48
10. "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) – 3:21

Side C
11. "All of Me" (Instrumental) (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 2:56
12. "The September of My Years" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 2:57
13. "Get Me to the Church on Time" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2:22
14. "It Was a Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) – 4:01
15. "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:18
16. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:24

Side D
17. "Where or When" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:46
18. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 3:26
19. "My Kind of Town" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 3:04
20. "A Few Last Words" (Sinatra Monologue) – 2:30
21. "My Kind of Town" (Reprise) – 1:00

Personnel
Frank Sinatra - vocals
Count Basie - piano
Bill Miller - piano
The Count Basie Orchestra
Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor

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Ottmar Liebert with Luna Negra - Up Close (2008) [Vinyl-Rip 24Bit/96kHz]

Ottmar Liebert with Luna Negra - Up Close (2008) Flac Audio 24bit/96kHz & 16bit/44kHz | Pics Included | no Logs & no Cue (Vinyl Rip) Rar Files 934MB --->24bit | Separate Files | FileServe.com

A binaural dummy head recording, sometimes also called holophonics. The listener has to use headphones to experience the 3D surround-sound quality of the music since the recording uses the head-related transfer function. Recorded live-to-stereo in August of 2007. No edits were made and the volume was not compressed!

Tracklist
1. Carrousel - 6:34
2. La Luna - 6:34
3. Cocteau - 5:06
4. The River - 7:14
5. Sao Paulo - 7:31
6. Silence (Excerpt) - 2:53
7. Three Days Without You - 4:26
8. Up Close - 6:08
9. Underworld - 3:31
10. Entrance + Tuning - 0:20

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Miles Davis - On The Corner [Japan LP / SOPL-125] 24-bit/96kHz

Allmusic.com rating: 5 / 5

On the Corner is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, recorded in June and July 1972 and released later that year on Columbia Records. It was scorned by critics at the time of its release and was one of Davis's worst-selling recordings. Its critical standing has improved dramatically with the passage of time, as it is now seen as a strong forerunner of many musical techniques and tendencies.

Davis claimed that On the Corner was an attempt at reconnecting with the young black audience which had largely forsaken jazz for rock and funk. While there is a discernible rock and funk influence in the timbres of the instruments employed, from a musical standpoint the album was a culmination of sorts of the musique concrète approach that Davis and producer Teo Macero (who had studied with Otto Luening at Columbia University's Computer Music Center) had begun to explore in the late 1960s. Both sides of the record were based around drum and bass grooves, with the melodic parts snipped from hours of jams. These techniques, refined via the use of computers and digital audio equipment, are now standard amongst producers of electronically-based music[citation needed]. Also cited as musical influences on the album by Davis were the contemporary composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, who later recorded with the trumpeter in 1980, and Paul Buckmaster (who played electric cello on the album and contributed some arrangements).

Track listing
All songs written by Miles Davis.

Side one
"On the Corner / New York Girl / Thinkin' One Thing and Doin' Another / Vote for Miles" (19:55)
"Black Satin" (5:16)

Side two
"One and One" (6:09)
"Helen Butte / Mr. Freedom X" (23:18)

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Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife (1983) {Original A&M LP} 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip

Cuts Like a Knife is the third studio album by the Canadian rock artist Bryan Adams. Released on 18 January 1983 through A&M Records, the album became a huge commercial success in Canada and the United States whereas outside North America, the album did poorly. After the release of Reckless the album would chart on the British album chart and would later be certified Silver by the BPI. It was recorded at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver, Canada. Three singles were released from the album: "Straight from the Heart", "Cuts Like a Knife" and "This Time"; the three were responsible for launching Adams into mainstream popularity.

Recording and production
The recording for the album was between 13 August-20 October 1982. Mixing started on 14 October and would end the 20. October. "Straight from the Heart" was recorded at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver, Canada by Bob Clearmountain and Adams, it was later mixed at Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Canada. "Straight from the Heart" was originally written in 1978, the title for the song originally came from his friend Eric Kagna. This song was the last recorded song for the album. Adams didn't really want "This Time" to be recorded but since Clearmountain insisted the song was recorded at Little Mountain studio.

Songs
"Straight from the Heart" is a rock song written by Adams and was released in December 1982 as the first single released from the album, which was released the next month. It is one of Adams' most recognizable and popular songs. The song peaked at the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 at 10 and 32 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song has appeared on all of Adams' compilation albums with the exception of The Best of Me.

"Cuts Like a Knife" was released in 1983 and became one of the most successful songs from Cuts Like a Knife on the American rock charts and one of Adams most recognizable and popular songs from the 80s. "Cuts Like a Knife" was released worldwide on March, 1984. The song reached the top ten on the Mainstream Rock Tracks at six, "Cuts Like a Knife" would also chart on the Billboard Hot 100 at 15. "Cuts Like A Knife" was Adams first the top twenty hit on the Canadian singles chart and remained in the top twenty for six weeks. "Cuts Like a Knife" was released the following month in Europe but didn't chart.

"This Time" is a rock song written by Adams and Vallance and was the third single released from the album. "This Time" was Adams first single to chart in Europe. While it charted after being re-released in the United Kingdom. The song peaked at the top thirty on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart at 21, it would also chart on the Billboard Hot 100 at 24.

Release and reception
Adams breakthrough album Cuts Like a Knife co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200. The album was released in January, 1983 and featured the hit singles "Straight from the Heart", "This Time" and "Cuts Like a Knife". "Cuts Like a Knife" and "Straight from the Heart" were nominated for a Juno Award for Single of the Year, "Cuts Like a Knife" would win the Composer of the Year award. In Canada Cuts Like a Knife was certified three times platinum and the album would also be certified in the United States reaching platinum.

Cuts Like a Knife included the hits "Straight from the Heart", "This Time", "Cuts Like a Knife", "I'm Ready", "The Only One" and "Take Me Back". All the singles had accompanying music videos. The first three singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100, while only "Straight from the Heart" peaked at the top ten. "Cuts Like a Knife" would become the most successful single from Cuts Like a Knife at its time of release on the rock charts, reaching number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the mainstream rock chart.

Cuts Like a Knife tour
The Cuts Like a Knife tour started in eastern Canada. In March, Adams started the American leg of the tour, after five months Adams had performed over 100 dates. He later joined the British progressive rock band Supertramp on their tour in North America. He then traveled to Vancouver where he played live in front of 30,000 fans. Later on he went down to Europe for a six week solo tour. He played in six different countries. November, 1983 Adams went to Japan to start his own headline tour. By this time Adams had been on the road 283 days. Adams supported The Police when he toured in Australia and New Zealand.
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Track Listing
All songs composed by Adams, Vallance except as noted.

1. "The Only One" - 3:14
2. "Take Me Back" - 4:49
3. "This Time" - 3:18
4. "Straight from the Heart" (Adams, Kagna) - 3:30
5. "Cuts Like a Knife" - 5:16
6. "I'm Ready" - 3:58
7. "What's It Gonna Be" - 3:39
8. "Don't Leave Me Lonely" (Adams, Carr, Vallance) - 3:09
9. "Let Him Know" - 3:09
10. "The Best Was Yet to Come" - 2:56

Released 18 January 1983
Recorded 13 August - 20 October 1982
Genre Rock
Length 38:53
Label A&M
Producer Bryan Adams, Bob Clearmountain

Professional reviews
* Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
* Rolling Stone 2/5 stars

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VA - Audiophile Test (2009)

VA - Audiophile Test (2009)
Easy Listening, Vocal | FLAC, CUE, no LOG | Rip by XLossless Decoder | Cover Included | 285MB | FS |1CD

Let's test your sound system with one of the best audiophile test CD 2009

Tracklist
01. Couleur Cafe - AWA
02. You II - HYPS
03. We've Only Just Begun
04. La cabane sur des pattes de poule (Baba Yaga)
05. Invention No.2 for Violoncello and Contrabass Poco Rubato, con tutta la forza
06. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
07. 1000 Bird Song
08. An Alpine Symphony Op.64 Stille vor dem Sturm
09. An Alpine Symphony Op.64 Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg
10. What A Difference A Day Made
11. Largo~Symphony No.9 Op.95
12. Toccata and Fugue in E major BWV.566 Toccata Fugue
13. KOKONO NO KORI
14. Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
15.Cliff wave children (March Version)
16. Bohemian Rhapsody (Live Recording)

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Various – High-End Test CD (1994)

Simply a useful CD to test the basic capabilities of your stereo equipment. This CD contains various technical tests, recordings of solo instruments, recording techniques, outdoor recordings, and various brilliant recordings of music. The booklet is in Dutch only, the CUE sheet is undefined, but for the critical listener this CD may be a(nother) helpfull instrument, no more and no less.

Tracklist:
Tracks 01–09 – Various Technical Tests
Tracks 10-21 – Various Recordings of Solo Instruments
Tracks 22-23 – Recording Techniques
Tracks 24-29 – Various Outdoor Recordings
Tracks 30-42 – Various Recordings of Music

Sound Quality: 9/10

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Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits (1980) 24-Bit/96-kHz Vinyl Rip

The album reached Number One on both the Pop and Country charts in the United States of America and featured three singles that were not included on any of Rogers' studio albums - these being "Lady" (written and produced specifically for Rogers by Lionel Richie, which was a #1 hit single in the same year), "Love The World Away" (a top 5 country and top 20 pop hit that was featured on the soundtrack of the box-office smash Urban Cowboy) and "Long Arm of the Law" (a lesser known, but still relatively popular song among Rogers' loyal fan base).

The album features a further nine hit singles from Rogers' career, hence missing out on a number of others (notable omissions including "Daytime Friends", "Sweet Music Man" and "Love Or Something Like It") but didn't stop the album from being a huge success and confirmed Rogers' status as one of the world's biggest stars, going on to sell more than 22 million copies world wide. In country music today it remains the best selling compilation release of all-time, beating out Garth Brooks' 1994 limited-time-availability release The Hits.
(wikipedia)

This particular Kenny Rogers collection focuses on the singer's EMI America chart entries from the late '70s and early '80s. The 12-track sampling includes "Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer," "She Believes in Me," "Coward of the County," "Lady," and "The Gambler." "Reuben James" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" are re-recordings by Rogers, not the versions he made popular in the late '60s with his group the First Edition. Still, this is a good set for those who only want the hits.
( Al Campbell - AllMusic Guide)

Track Listing:
A1. The Gambler
A2. Lady
A3. Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
A4. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
A5. She Believes in Me
A6. Coward of the County
B1. Lucille
B2. You Decorated My Life
B3. Reuben James
B4. Love the World Away
B5. Every Time Two Fools Collide
B6. Long Arm of the Law

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Woody Herman - Woody and Friends, Monterey Jazz Festival 1979 (24-Bit/96-kHz Vinyl Rip)

Recorded live at the 1979 Monterey Jazz Festival, Herman and his Young Thundering Herd welcomed trumpeters Woody Shaw and Dizzy Gillespie and trombonist Slide Hampton to the bandstand for "Woody'n You" and "Manteca," and featured guest Stan Getz on a typically beautiful rendition of "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" The other side of the original LP finds the Herd sounding in spirited form on four standards with baritonist Gary Smulyan and tenor saxophonist Frank Tiberi (who doubles on bassoon during "Caravan") taking solo honors.
(Scott Yanow - AllMusic Guide)

Recorded live at Monterey Jazz Festival, Sept. 15, 1979
Recording engineer: Wally Heider
Mastered by: Shogo Takeuchi
Guest artists: Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Slide Hampton, Woody Shaw

Track Listing:
A1. Introduction, Caravan
A2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
A3. Countdown
A4. Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul
B1. Woody 'N You
B2. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
B3. Manteca

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