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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 ...

Di Meola/McLaughlin/De Lucia: Friday Night in San Francisco | Paul - August 14, 2026

This 2026 Japanese hybrid SACD edition of this classic recording is without a doubt THE definitive version of this recording to date. I have the first SACD edition which was ...

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 ...

America: America | Downunderman - August 16, 2026

This SACD was released in 2013 and was mastered by Steve Hoffman at Stephen Marsh Mastering. This later 2026 edition America: America was ...

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

Downunderman: According to Blue Note, the Tone Poet LP version of Birth of the Cool "...was mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) from the original analog phono reel ...

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 ...

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 ...

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