List of HDCD-encoded Compact Discs

From Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase

This is a list of Compact Discs encoded with High Definition Compatible Digital (HDCD).

This is a work in progress, that has only recently started. A more extensive, but less detailed, list of known HDCD compact discs is available at Head-Fi.org.

Key for HDCD Detected column
Yes HDCD coding was detected, and HDCD features are used that may offer some benefit.
Yes HDCD coding was detected, but no HDCD features were used.
False Positive Not an HDCD-encoded disc, but by coincidence patterns matching HDCD codes appear and could affect audio in undesirable ways.

Pop/Rock

Year Title Label Cat# Labeled Detected Peak Extend Gain Adjust Filter(s) Errors Scan Tool/Device Notes
HDCD Features Used
1999 Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire - Oh! The Grandeur Rykodisc RCD 10398 No Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg
2003 Neil Young - On The Beach Reprise Records 9362-48497-2 Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg Digital Masterpiece Series
2003 Neil Young - American Stars 'N Bars Reprise Records 9362-48496-2 Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg Digital Masterpiece Series
2003 Neil Young - Hawks & Doves Reprise Records CDW 48499 Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg Digital Masterpiece Series
2003 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Reactor Reprise Records 9362-48498-2 Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg Digital Masterpiece Series
1995 Neil Young - Time Fades Away Reprise Records 2-2151 Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 0 ffmpeg Test pressing of unreleased HDCD Remaster [1]
2009 Neil Young - North Country: 1971-1972 Reprise Records 175292-2 No Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg From Archives, Vol.1 Boxset
2009 Neil Young - Live At Massey Hall: Toronto 1971 Reprise Records 175292-2 No Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg From Archives, Vol.1 Boxset
2009 Neil Young - Topanga 3: 1970 Reprise Records 175292-2 No Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg From Archives, Vol.1 Boxset
2009 Neil Young - Live At The Fillmore East: New York 1970 Reprise Records 175292-2 No Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg From Archives, Vol.1 Boxset
2009 Neil Young - Live At The Fillmore East: New York 1970 Reprise Records 175292-2 No Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg From Archives, Vol.1 Boxset
2009 Neil Young - Topanga 2: 1969-1970 Reprise Records 175292-2 No Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg From Archives, Vol.1 Boxset
2009 Neil Young - Live At The Riverboat: Toronto 1969 Reprise Records 175292-2 No Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg From Archives, Vol.1 Boxset
2009 Neil Young - Topanga 1: 1968-1969 Reprise Records 175292-2 No Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg From Archives, Vol.1 Boxset
2009 Neil Young - Early Years: 1963-1968 Reprise Records 175292-2 No Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg From Archives, Vol.1 Boxset
2012 Scorpions - Love At First Sting Audio Fidelity AFZ 143 Yes Yes No No 2 ffmpeg
2000 NOFX - Pump Up The Valuum Epitaph 86584-2 Yes Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
1999 NOFX - The Decline Fat Wreck Chords FAT 605-2 No Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
1998 Yngwie Malmsteen - Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra Canyon International PCCY-01211 Yes Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
2002 Yngwie Malmsteen - Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra Live Canyon International PCCY-01551 Yes Yes No -7.5 0 ffmpeg Suspected to be a "Special Mode" disc which cannot be properly decoded by consumer HDCD decoder hardware. [2]
1997 311 - Transistor Capitol Records 314 536 181-2 Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 0 ffmpeg
2001 Tool - Lateralus Volcano 61422-31160-2 Yes Yes No -4.0 1 ffmpeg
2010 Styx - The Grand Illusion Audio Fidelity AFZ 067 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd- Second Helping Audio Fidelity AFZ 054 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2010 Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band Audio Fidelity AFZ 047 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2009 The Doors - Soft Parade Audio Fidelity AFZ 038 Yes Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
2010 Billy Joel - Glass Houses Audio Fidelity AFZ 092 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2010 Billy Joel - 52ns Street Audio Fidelity AFZ 095 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2009 Billy Idol - Rebel Yell Audio Fidelity AFZ 036 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2002 J - Unstoppable Drive Universal UPCH-1202 No Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
2005 Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are Audio Fidelity AFZ 027 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2010 Deep Purple - Fireball Audio Fidelity AFZ 098 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2009 Deep Purple - In Rock Audio Fidelity AFZ 051 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2009 The Cars - Heartbeat City Audio Fidelity AFZ 033 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2005 Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... Audio Fidelity AFZ 026 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2010 Deep Purple - Machine Head Audio Fidelity AFZ 065 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2000 Aqua - We Belong to the Sea Universal 158 296-2 No Yes No No 5 ffmpeg Only the first track is HDCD encoded
2000 Aqua - Cartoon Heroes Universal 156 382-2 Yes Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
2000 Aqua - Bumble Bees Universal 158 239-2 No Yes No No 0 ffmpeg Only the first track is HDCD encoded
2000 Aqua - Aquarius Universal 157 273-2 Yes Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
2005 J - Glaring Sun Avex Trax AVCD-17803 No Yes No No transient 2 ffmpeg
2001 J - Blood Muzik Universal UUCH-1040 No Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
2006 Bad Company - Bad Company Audio Fidelity AFZ 024 Yes Yes No No transient 0 ffmpeg
2001 Yes - Close To The Edge Atlantic AMCY-6292 Yes Yes Permanent No transient 13 ffmpeg
2002 King Crimson - USA Virgin CDVKCX12 Yes Yes No -4.0 0 ffmpeg 30th Anniversary Edition
2000 King Crimson - Lizard Pony Canyon PCCY-01423 No Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg 30th Anniversary Edition
2000 King Crimson - Islands Pony Canyon PCCY-01424 No Yes Permanent No 11 ffmpeg 30th Anniversary Edition
2000 King Crimson - In Wake of Poseidon Pony Canyon PCCY-01422 No Yes Permanent No 3 ffmpeg 30th Anniversary Edition
2000 King Crimson - Starless And Bible Black Pony Canyon PCCY-01426 Yes Yes No -4.0 6 ffmpeg 30th Anniversary Edition
2001 King Crimson - Discipline Pony Canyon PCCY-01428 Yes Yes No -4.0 0 ffmpeg 30th Anniversary Edition
2001 King Crimson - Beat Pony Canyon PCCY-01429 Yes Yes No -4.0 0 ffmpeg 30th Anniversary Edition
2001 King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair Pony Canyon PCCY-01430 Yes Yes No -4.0 0 ffmpeg 30th Anniversary Edition
2006 King Crimson - In the Court of King Crimson WHD Entertainment IECP-10003 Yes Yes No -4.0 3 ffmpeg
2008 CSNY - Déjà Vu Live Reprise Records 512606-2 Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg
2002 Ayumi Hamasaki - Ayu-mi-x 4 Non-Stop Mega Mix Avex Trax AVCD-17104 No Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg
2002 Ayumi Hamasaki - Ayu-mi-x 4 Acoustic Orchestra Avex Trax AVCD-17098 No Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg
2001 Ayumi Hamasaki - Ayu-mi-x III Non-Stop Mega Mix Avex Trax AVCD-11930 No Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg
2001 Ayumi Hamasaki - Ayu-mi-x III Acoustic Orchestra Avex Trax AVCD-11928 No Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg
2003 Ayumi Hamasaki - Memorial Address Avex Trax AVCD-17411 No Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg
2002 Ayumi Hamasaki - Rainbow Avex Trax AVCD-17239 No Yes Permanent No 9 ffmpeg
2002 Ayumi Hamasaki - I Am... Avex Trax AVCD-17037 No Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg
2009 The Doors - Morrison Hotel Audio Fidelity AFZ 037 Yes Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
1998 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing Warner Bros. Records 9 47130-2 No Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg
Authority Zero - A Passage In Time False Positive No -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg
1999 Beck - Midnite Vultures Yes No No transient 1 ffmpeg
1998 Beck - Mutations Yes Intermittent No 1 ffmpeg
2002 Beck - Sea Change Yes No No 1 ffmpeg
1996 Better Than Ezra - Friction, Baby Yes Permanent -4.0 0 ffmpeg
2007 Bright Eyes - Cassadaga Saddle Creek LBJ-103 No Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
2007 Bright Eyes - Four Winds (single) No Yes No No 0 ffmpeg Single from Cassadaga
1998 Bruce Springsteen - 18 Tracks Yes Yes No -4.0 0 ffmpeg
2001 Days of the New - Days of the New III Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
2002 Future Bible Heroes - Eternal Youth Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
2001 Gorillaz - Gorillaz Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg
1997 Green Day - Nimrod Reprise 9 46794-2 Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg
1996 John Mellencamp - Mr. Happy Go Lucky Mercury No Yes Intermittent -4.0 2 ffmpeg
1997 John Mellencamp - The Best That I Could Do 1978-1988 Yes No No 2 ffmpeg
1997 Līve - Secret Samadhi No Yes No -4.0 74 ffmpeg
2003 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale Yes Permanent No transient 0 ffmpeg
2002 Neil Young - Are You Passionate False Positive Yes -1.5 transient 6 ffmpeg
1996 Neil Young - Dead Man Yes Permanent -4.0 0 ffmpeg
1995 Neil Young - Mirror Ball Yes Permanent -4.0 0 ffmpeg
2000 Neil Young - Silver & Gold Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg
1999 Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile Yes No No transient 1 ffmeg 2-disc album, HDCD in only one track on "Right" disc.
Pearl Jam - Live on Two Legs Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
Phantom Planet - The Guest Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
Phish - Farmhouse Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
2002 Silverchair - Diorama Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
Tegan and Sara - If It Was You Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg
The Avalanches - Since I Left You False Positive No -6.0 transient 1 ffmpeg
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue False Positive Yes -4.0 0 ffmpeg
2004 The Faint - Wet From Birth Saddle Creek LBJ-67 No Yes Permanent No 0 ffmpeg
2008 The Features - Some Kind of Salvation Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Yes No No 8 ffmpeg
The Guess Who - The Best of The Guess Who False Positive Yes -4.0 0 ffmpeg
The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
Traveling Wilburys - Volume 1 Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
Traveling Wilburys - Volume 3 Yes No No 0 ffmpeg
U2 - The Royal Philharmonic Performs the Hits of U2 Yes Permanent No 3 ffmpeg

Soundtrack

Year Title Label Cat# HDCD Features Used Errors Scan Tool/Device Notes
Labeled Detected Peak Extend Gain Adjust Filter(s)
Various - Dead Man Yes Permanent -4.0 0 ffmpeg
Various - Driven False Positive No No 0 ffmpeg

Classical

Year Title Label Cat# HDCD Features Used Errors Scan Tool/Device Notes
Labeled Detected Peak Extend Gain Adjust Filter(s)
1992 Dallas Wind Symphony - Testament Reference Recordings RR-49CD Yes Yes Permanent -3.0 transient 0 ffmpeg First commercial HDCD release
1999 Minnesota Orchestra - Bernstein Reference Recordings RR-87CD Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg
2002 Pacific Symphony Orchestra - Richard Danielpour: An American Dream Reference Recordings RR-97CD Yes Yes Permanent -4.0 transient 0 ffmpeg