Madonna - Like A Virgin (1984)
Japan 1st Press 32XD-102 Target



Amazon.com
Madonna's second album was her breakthrough, thanks principally to two gimmicky hits: the sinuous "Like a Virgin," with its taboo-busting metaphor for that fresh, clean new-love feeling, and the cutesy, Betty-Boopsy "Material Girl." Most of the rest of the album, although similarly frothy, is superior to those warhorses, notably the irresistible LP tracks "Over and Over," and "Pretender"--which adds a bit of gossamer delicacy to the mandatory bounciness. "Dress You Up" is a Madonna classic, an insubstantial dance-pop delight bedecked in synthesized bells and replete to the beat with kinky suggestions. And there's a sign of greater depth to come in her cover of Rose Royce's elegiac ballad "Love Don't Live Here Anymore," a heartfelt vocal supported by a subtle, gorgeous arrangement helmed by producer Nile Rodgers and his two key Chic instrumental compatriots, Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson. --Ken Barnes



Возникший интерес масс надо было чем-то поддержать, и в 1984 году Мадонна выпускает второй альбом "Like A Virgin". Заглавный трек, написанный Томом Келли, принес певице 11-е место в хит-параде США. На следующий сингл был снят клип, в котором Мадонна предстала перед публикой в своем самом ярком образе, передразнивающем Мэрилин Монро. В 1985 году Мадонна становится звездой национального масштаба, во многом благодаря своему браку с актером Шоном Пенном.

И еще раз спасибо!

After running auCDtect (with frontend ver 1.2.2):

Processing file: 1/1 [Madonna.-.Like.A.Virgin.[Japan.32XD-102].[1984].wav]
This track is not an authentic CDA file!
It has a lossy (mp3, mpc, vqf...) origin with probability 95%



???

KajJacob
I can assure you, the CD is 100% original. I never bothered to check wuth auCDtect. Try checking separate tracks, or check audio spectrum. Try unpacking the iso.wv in winrar, and the converting wv file to wav. I suspect that auCD tect is reading extra bits of info, or you are doing something wrong..

@yury_usa

Here's the result of individual tracks:

Processing file: 1/9 [01 Material Girl.wav]
This track appears to be lossless with probability 87%

Processing file: 2/9 [02 Angel.wav]
This track appears to be lossless with probability 62%

Processing file: 3/9 [03 Like A Virgin.wav]
This track appears to be lossless with probability 100%

Processing file: 4/9 [04 Over And Over.wav]
Could not qualify the source of this track.

Processing file: 5/9 [05 Love Don't Live Here Anymore.wav]
This track is not an authentic CDA file!
It has a lossy (mp3, mpc, vqf...) origin with probability 79%

Processing file: 6/9 [06 Dress You Up.wav]
This track appears to be lossless with probability 100%

Processing file: 7/9 [07 Shoo-Bee-Doo.wav]
Could not qualify the source of this track.

Processing file: 8/9 [08 Pretender.wav]
This track is not an authentic CDA file!
It has a lossy (mp3, mpc, vqf...) origin with probability 95%

Processing file: 9/9 [09 Stay.wav]
This track appears to be lossless with probability 100%

WARNING: There were 2 tracks in the selection which was not lossless.
WARNING: 2 tracks could not be analysed


So I beleive you're right!
This is lossless material and you can't always trust auCDtect

yury_usa
Most likely, it happens because the CD is quite old (23 years!)
So, a lot of recordings were not up to the modern digital standards, peak levels are generally lowers, etc. That doesn't mean that is sounds worse, on the contrary I think it's as close to the origianal vinyl pressing, as CD could get

Fu** auCDtect

It is probably the worst shit published in years. If a reputed releseaer states it is an original CD, it has to be

Besides, I have already said taht I have proved auCDtect WRONG many times. It is NOT a trusty programme, Enough said.


The results of the "loose tracks" experiment are simply very funny


This post has been edited by Keykey on 21-10-2007, 13:40