Artist(s): Drums – Art Blakey
Bass – Jymie Merritt
Piano – Bobby Timmons
Tenor Saxophone – Benny Golson
Trumpet – Lee Morgan
Recording Info: Recorded by Blue Note Records on October 30, 1958
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Producer Alfred Lion
Recorded By Rudy Van Gelder
Transferred from a 15ips tape
1 Moanin' 9:30
2 Are You Real 4:45
3 Along Came Betty 6:05
The Drum Thunder (Miniature) Suite 7:15
4 First Theme: Drum Thunder
5 Second Theme: Cry A Blue Tear
6 Third Theme: Harlem's Disciples
7 Blues March 6:15
8 Come Rain Or Come Shine 5:45
Please Note: This release was mastered in DSD with no PCM. (Pure DSD)
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Fantastic!
Great music and an exceptional tape transfer. This one of the best sounding albums in my collection.

Moanin'DSD256
This is another winner in the HDTT catalogue, sounding much more open and airy than the SACD version that i own. CD and SACD just cannot compare to well done tape transfers like this.

Excellent Music and Transfer
I really enjoyed this music on lower-resolution transfers, but the Pure DSD 256 from HDTT sounds like a whole new piece of music. Highly recommended!

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Moanin' fabulous
Incredibly good sounding album. A must to all audiophile jazz music lover.

256 is a game changer.
I bought a new DAC that can play the DSD 256 and it makes this album sound quite nice.
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