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Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler – Brahms: Symphony No. 1 · Gluck – “Alceste” Overture (1951-1952/2011) [SACD / Universal (Japan) – UCGG-9018]

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Title: Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler – Brahms: Symphony No. 1 · Gluck – “Alceste” Overture (1951-1952/2011)
Genre: Classical
Format: SACD ISO

Furtwängler’s broadcast recording of Brahms, which he was most skilled at alongside Beethoven. The recording venue, Titania-Palast, was a movie theater that had been renovated for use as a concert hall during this period, as the old Philharmonie had been destroyed by bombing.

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SACD

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Live In New York City (2001) [SACD / Columbia – COL 500000 6]

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Title: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – Live In New York City (2001)
Genre: Rock
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Compared to the gargantuan Live/1975-85, 2001′s Live in New York City seems like the very definition of restraint, but consider this — not only does it span two discs, it leaves out a considerable portion of the set list from the show and thereby the set list of Springsteen’s celebrated 2000 reunion with the E Street Band. Some critics complained that this record was little more than a tie-in to the HBO special of the same name, but even if that’s true, the record would have merit since it illustrates exactly why this group should never have parted ways. In a sense, even if this is the third live album in Springsteen’s catalog, it’s the first that attempts to replicate the feeling of an evening out with the E Street Band (the Live/1975-85 box tried too hard to be an ultimate experience; MTV Plugged captured a transitional phase). Though most reunions feel a little forced, this feels natural, yet never nostalgic, since the track listing never relies on the predictable. There are no hits in the conventional sense — outside of “Born in the U.S.A.” tucked away on the second disc and an initially uncredited “Born to Run” — but there are many fan favorites interspersed with a few obscurities and new songs, most notoriously the protest song “American Skin (41 Shots).” This works in Springsteen’s favor, since there’s no pandering — only the joy of making music with the band that understands him best. This doesn’t really result in something essential, even if the new songs are quite good, but if you’ve ever been a fan, it’s hard not to warm to Live in New York City.

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SACD

Bruce Springsteen – Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (2023 MFSL UltraDisc UHR SACD) (1973/2023) [SACD / Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – UDSACD 2264]

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Title: Bruce Springsteen – Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (2023 MFSL UltraDisc UHR SACD) (1973/2023)
Genre: Rock
Format: SACD ISO

Teeming with identifiable characters, youthful romanticism, vivid narratives, and sophisticated arrangements, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is a personal postcard from the heart, soul, and mind of a rock ‘n’ roll lifer bent on discovering his world and what lays beyond it. The 1973 album establishes many of the signature themes and sounds Bruce Springsteen would embrace throughout his unparalleled career. No wonder a majority of the songs – “Blinded by the Light,” “Lost in the Flood,” “Spirit in the Night” included – remain staples of the New Jersey native’s fabled concerts.
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SACD

The Bruce Katz Band – Three Feet Off The Ground (2000) [SACD / AudioQuest Music – AQ-SACD1056]

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Title: The Bruce Katz Band – Three Feet Off The Ground (2000)
Genre: Jazz, Blues
Format: SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

It has been said that instrumentalist Bruce Katz has one foot in jazz and the other foot in the blues, but those aren’t the only styles that interest the organist/pianist; rock, soul, and gospel are also part of what he does. All of those influences assert themselves on Three Feet Off the Ground, which tends to be more aggressive and rockin’ than the album that preceded it, 1997’s Mississippi Moan. “Wrecking Ball” and “Beef Jerky” (which brings to mind Lee Morgan’s “The Sidewinder”) are definitely among the more forceful things Katz has recorded, and his guitarist Julien Kasper sounds equally uninhibited. Although Katz is a talented acoustic pianist with a healthy appreciation of Albert Ammons, his piano playing takes a back seat to the organ this time. Katz’s Hammond B-3 dominates the album, and one is reminded how appealing he is on the instrument. As an organist, Katz has a gritty, earthy sound that is somewhere between Jimmy Smith and Stax hero Booker T. Jones (of Booker T. & the MG’s fame). Three Feet Off the Ground is a release that blues, jazz, and rock fans alike will want to hear.

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SACD

Brian Flanagan – Where Dreams Are Made (2017) [SACD / Stockfisch Records – SFR 357.4091.2]

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Title: Brian Flanagan – Where Dreams Are Made (2017)
Genre: Folk
Format: MCH SACD ISO

Brian Flanagan is an Irish songwriter, composer, vocalist, musician & poet. He has worked with artists from diverse musical backgrounds such as Michael Flatley, Nadine Coyle, Eric Bibb, Nathan Carter, Finbar Furey, Brian Kennedy & Sharon Shannon.

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SACD

Bread – The Best Of Bread (1973) [Audio Fidelity 2015] [SACD / Audio Fidelity – AFZ5 197]

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Title: Bread – The Best Of Bread (1973) [Audio Fidelity 2015]
Genre: Rock
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

The Best of Bread, is the single-disc collection of Bread’s hits, spanning 12 tracks, including lesser-known hits that didn’t reach the heights of “Make It With You”, “Everything I Own”, “If”, or “Baby I’m a Want You”. Though this isn’t as comprehensive as Rhino’s previous double-disc set – which means it doesn’t contain the David Gates solo cuts that the first one does – it still provides most casual listeners with all the Bread they’d need, in a highly listenable fashion, too.

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SACD

Bread – Baby I’m-A Want You (1972) [MFSL 2019] [SACD / Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – UDSACD 2205]

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Title: Bread – Baby I’m-A Want You (1972) [MFSL 2019]
Genre: Rock
Format: SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Baby I’m-a Want You is the fourth album by Bread, released in 1972. Its singles included the title cut (which reached #3 on the Billboard Top 100), “Everything I Own” (#5), “Mother Freedom” (#37), and “Diary” (#15). This was the first Bread album to feature keyboards player Larry Knechtel.
Baby I’m-A Want You is Bread’s best album, showcasing its soft and hard sides (yes, Bread had a hard side) at their respective peaks. “Mother Freedom”, with its crunchy James Griffin guitar solo, and the superb soft rocker “Baby I’m-A Want You” made a brilliant opening which the rest of the album had a hard time matching. The songs range from wistful sentimentality (“Diary”) to spirited protest (“This Isn’t What the Government,” a poor man’s “Taxman” with an anti-war slant). The high points outnumber the flat spots, and the playing is very polished (with unexpected hard rock flourishes on “Dream Lady”), but this is still a ’70s period piece.

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SACD

Brad Shepik Trio – Places You Go (2007) [SACD / Songlines Recordings – SGL SA1562-2]

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Title: Brad Shepik Trio – Places You Go (2007)
Genre: Jazz
Format: MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

While named after himself, guitarist Brad Shepik’s trio is as much about his bandmates as Shepik himself, with Gary Versace on Hammond B-3 and Tom Rainey on drums. All three masters of musical invention, this album features technically advanced, elegantly integrated, beautifully detailed jazz improvising. It’s also pretty soulful. The trio has a knack for honing in on the heart of the music, reflecting both the exhilaration of collective creation and the subtler emotional tints unique to each piece.

Although he holds onto the trio configuration for Places You Go, Brad Shepik has made one rather major change here: out goes the bassist of the jazz guitarist’s past two albums and in comes Hammond B-3 organist Gary Versace. To say that Shepik’s shaken things up a bit in the rhythm department with this move would be stating the obvious, but with Versace handling the basslines on his keys, and holdover drummer Tom Rainey not only tying up the loose ends but quite often pointing the way, the additional textures aren’t so much a switcheroo as an opening up of myriad new possibilities. And the trio do take advantage of those possibilities, even if, in doing so, they give up a certain amount of the abandon that characterized their previous output (as well as some of Shepik’s other projects, such as the Commuters and Babkas): Versace’s approach is more often than not far removed from that of classic B-3 players like Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff, save for one thing: like them, he’s got soul, and thus he and Shepik make sure to play off of the organ’s natural funkiness as often as possible. There is a cost to all this, though: Shepik’s music has lost a good deal of its worldliness. Where past projects were likely to visit traditions from the Balkans to Africa, the improvisations on Places You Go keep largely within more conventional Western jazz structures – if the word conventional can be applied to music this elastic and relatively edgy. Shepik has in the past shown a predilection for angular, strong, rhythmic bursts, and while there are still plenty of those, as well as many a time signature trick within these grooves, Shepik spends much of this record applying his technical prowess and songwriting acumen to what can only be considered rather straightforward, un-harsh tones and lyrical, easier-to-follow melodic and harmonic paths. Places You Go isn’t a lightweight album by any means – Shepik and both bandmembers kick out some serious musicality here from top to bottom, the smoother ballads being no exception – but it is a less experimental one. It would be foolhardy to expect a musician such as Shepik to stay here long, however – moving forward is too much a part of who he is.

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SACD

Brad Fiedel – Terminator 2: Original Soundtrack (1991) [Reissue 2003] [SACD / Universal – 980 941-4]

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Title: Brad Fiedel – Terminator 2: Original Soundtrack (1991) [Reissue 2003]
Genre: Soundtrack
Format: MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Brad Fiedel’s score for Terminator 2: Judgment Day expands on the largely synth-based sound of the original Terminator music with taut, percussive interludes and evocative, symphonic passages. Pieces like “Sarah’s Dream,” “Desert Suite,” “Cameron’s Inferno,” and “T1000 Terminated” range from the spare to the claustrophobic, but all of them capture the post-apocalyptic tension of the film perfectly.

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SACD

Brooke Miller – Familiar (2012) [SACD / Stockfisch Records – SFR 357.8076.1]

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Title: Brooke Miller – Familiar (2012)
Genre: Folk
Format: SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Brooke Miller is an artist who distills all of the these experiences to produce the album’s uniquely inspired, character-rich compositions delivered with emotional warmth and melodic softness – but also with plenty of drive and energy.
This exhilarating Canadian singer/songwriter grew up in the maritime province of Prince Edward Island off Canada’s East coast. Already at the age of twelve Brooke Miller made her un-timid mark singing in a punk band. And, with her looks, one is not hard put to imagine that the attractive artist could have made a successful career in acting or modeling. This, however, would have been to deprive the musical world of an artist who distills all of the experiences to produce the album’s uniquely inspired, character rich compositions delivered with emotional warmth and melodic softness – but also with plenty of drive and energy. The rich timbre of her voice and the quality of the guitar sound while entirely unique, resonates with influences ranging from Bruce Coburn to Joni Mitchell. The rhythmic, catching melodies with fresh elements of folk and a dash of country evoke the oceanic grandeur of her homeland. Brooke is aided by Don Ross, on bass, piano and Fender Rhodes.

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