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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 ...

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 ...

John Coltrane: Blue Train | John Bacon-Shone - August 1, 2026

Dolby TrueHD should be identical to the LPCM as it is a lossless compression.

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, ...

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 | 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 ...

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 ...

Mozart: Complete sonatas for keyboard and violin Vol. 2 - Cooper/Podger