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Boz Scaggs: Boz Scaggs | Downunderman - July 5, 2026

Released in 2026 and the 2nd time round on SACD. The first one (from 2013) is here Scaggs: Boz Scaggs Both are mastered for SACD by Kevin Gray, ...

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus | Downunderman - June 30, 2026

In December 2025 MoFi acknowledged that this SACD release had out of phase problems. "We are writing to inform you the Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus (Numbered Hybrid SACD) ...

Alice Cooper: Welcome To My Nightmare | Downunderman - July 5, 2026

This SACD was released in the first half of 2026 and mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. It reflects the recording and tape technology limitations of the ...

Sonny Rollins: East Broadway Run Down | Downunderman - July 1, 2026

Released in December 2025 and first time on SACD The album was originally engineered by Rudy Van Gelder and Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound is credited with the "Reissue ...

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Downunderman - July 3, 2026

Released in May 2026 and first time on SACD. The promotional blurb reads as follows; "..To commemorate this milestone [The 100th Anniversary of his birth], three titles will ...

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Downunderman - July 4, 2026

Thanks Mark. Amazing that the label allowed 75+ year old tapes out of their sight and into outside hands to be mastered........and remarkable they were still in good enough ...

Scaggs: Boz Scaggs | Downunderman - July 4, 2026

This 2013 SACD used the original 1969 mix of the album and is the first use on digital. For CDs up to this point the 1977 remix had been used. It was mastered for SACD by ...

Puccini: Turandot - Mehta | John Broggio - July 5, 2026

This is the best I've heard this recording on a hi-res medium but some distortion of the sound at climaxes remains, unlike with the Britten War Requiem, which is a terrible ...

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Paganini Rhapsody - Haas, Inbal