Peder af Ugglas - Autumn Shuffle - Opus 3 - CD22042 (2004) SACD rip via PS3 to iso (3.15GB) | 24bit/88.2KhZ flac | Mch (2.01GB) (-0.34dB gain) | 2ch (972MB) DR12 (+4.64dB gain) | Blues Very good album with a very good sound. I listen to Stereo sound. I had never heard about this artist before I bought this album. It was an adventure - purchasing, but it was worthwile. It's a fancy, natural music which is never boring. A good mix of modern instrumental Blues, Rock & Folk. For me it is a perfect album with a very good sound of an outstanding guitarist. I love it! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Various comments from the web: I like to sample music & then take chances. Opus 3 has a great reputation for making great recordings & this disc is no exception. This is a pure DSD recording of a Swedish guitarist & his band. A good band it is. Mixing rock, blues & jazz with a taste of folk & blue grass......we get both a great performance & a wonderful recording. The sound is life-like, warm & realistic. It was recorded with a tubed microphone & the sound is lush & deep. Great guitar licks with every other instrument that can be imagined mixed into certain songs. All recorded wonderfully. Its the different combinations of instruments that keeps this disc fresh & exciting. Mr. Ugglas can really play guitar too. The bassist is using the stand up variety if you can dig it. Ugglas is essentially a rock & roll guy & obviously loves guitar....both electric & acoustic. The spring board for every song on this album is either rock, blues or folk in character. One track features bluesy guitar work recorded in a church with an organist. Now this is a cool concept. Another slow rocker has trombone in the song if you can imagine this. Ugglas & band manage to switch things up & around so as to keep the entire album interesting...almost nostalgic & sentimental. Like time is passing. Terrific solos from Ugglas. From start to finish this is a great album & a beautiful sacd. I can't think of anyone not liking the sound of this disc. Highly recommended. Yes, Finally! A Opus 3 album that actually is fun listening to! All my Opus 3 albums sounds great but this is the 1st one that also has a musical content which doesn't bore me after just a few tracks. The 1st time I listened to this album I was really surprised, this was more than I hoped for. Of course knowing that Opus 3 made a rock album made me really curious, but since this is experimential rock completly without song I was not sure what to excpect. The musical content really surpised me, but the sound quality was exactly as high as I excpected, I can't think of any complaints regarding sound quality. The surround mix is 4.1 (no centre speaker as usual with opus 3 surround sacd's), the mix is very careful with the surround speakers used for ambience only. At 1st I didn't see the point of making a surround mix if the rear speakers is barely used, but now I actually enjoy these mixes (but DSOTM will continue to be my absolute favorite sacd!). I had the privelige of buying this album directly from the man behind opus 3, Jan-Erik Persson, & he said he also really likes this type of rock & blues, so he promised more albums of this kind. Looking forward to it! Tracks: 01. Harvest Song 04:46 02. Wino's Dance 05:21 03. Autumn Shuffle 04:47 04. Central South 05:11 05. Passion 03:27 06. Last Call 03:51 07. Far Away 04:15 08. Dawn 03:06 09. I sold My Boat 02:34 10. Stockholm 04:27 11. Passing By 01:54 12. Strife Within 04:38 13. A Hymn 04:35 Musicians: Peder af Ugglas, electric & acoustic guitars & slide, electric bass, cumbus, mandolin, keyboards, piano, electric bass, percussion Bjorn Hamrin, harmonica Malte Sjostrand, Hammond B3 & Fender Rhodes organs Henrik Wartel, drums & persussion Bo Nordenfelt, upright bass Patrik Silvereke, accordion Dave Wilezewski, tenor sax Lars Hobinger, trombone Mattias Wager, church organ (Hedvig Eleonoras in Stockholm) http://www.filefactory.com/folder/ca5a9a858da1efca -------------------------------------------------------------------- Checksum for iso: B18F20667C1FD890403FAF105CDC2DD8 Opus 3 records - Autumn Shuffle.iso