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WAR: Greatest Hits | John Bacon-Shone - December 29, 2025

It is worth noting that 2 of the best War albums have been released as quad Blu-rays, including hires stereo as well, at a good price https://store.rhino.com/collections/war

Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark | Downunderman - February 5, 2026

Quite remarkable how good this sounds - Its an album recorded in 1974 after all. Rob LoVerde's mastering seems to have modernized the presentation somewhat and the album ...

Porcupine Tree: In Absentia (Deluxe Edition) | Michael Whitaker - January 28, 2026

There is no Dolby Atmos on this release.

Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue | Raypirri - January 27, 2026

This is one of Nina's best albums and one that is well worthy of this fabulous Analogue Production's DSD mastering for SACD. The album and reproduction is superb and if one ...

Genesis: Abacab | Downunderman - December 9, 2025

Chris Bellman has done a good job on the mastering here. There are grumbles in some quarters that the bass is not as strong as they would like, but this is essentially a ...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 - Young | DYB - February 5, 2026

Many years ago, probably in the 1990s, I remember seeing/hearing Simone Young conducting at the Metropolitan Opera, and she was so... ordinary and instantly forgettable. I ...

Shostakovich: Symphonies 1-15 - Noseda | Dave Billinge - Today 01:08 am

I have now received a replacement copy of the "Symphony No.8" SACD and once again it is the wrong music. It looks as though LSO Live have not yet remastered this correctly. ...

WAR: Greatest Hits | Downunderman - December 10, 2025

This release was foreshadowed for quite a while before finally hitting the racks last month. That the Copyright/phonographic copyright year is '2003' suggests it was in the ...

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (extended suite) - Ormandy