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| TRACKLIST |
| 1. Watcher Of The Skies . . . . . . . .8:35 2. Get 'Em Out By Friday. . . . . . . .9:19 3. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed. . .8:19 4. The Musical Box . . . . . . . . . .10:59 5. The Knife. . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:47 |
From http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=149728
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| There appear to be FOUR (?) original masterings of this title. When clips were posted, preferences were expressed for both the Nimbus/Atlantic and Sanyo/Sonopress 2 versions (as Jeff pointed out, "this is really a question of taste"). Despite forum member Zal Schreiber recalling doing mastering for this title, both chiagerald and Jeff posted figures for the Atlantic disc that match the V/C Nimbus, so it remains unclear whether his version ever went into production. Black Elk’s early (no barcode) UK copy lacks any indication of where it was made, but looks like a PDO Blackburn disc. Strangely, it matches a disc made by Sonopress in Germany. There are TWO Sonopress editions! Version 1 [Dr. M] - V/C Nimbus : 82.8% - 88.9% - 100.0% - 94.2% - 94.4% [chia] - V/C EMI Uden, NL : 82.8% - 88.9% - 100.0% - 94.2% - 94.4% [chia] - Atlantic WEA, US : 82.8% - 88.9% - 100.0% - 94.2% - 94.4% NOTE: On the V/C Nimbus, in track 2 (Get 'Em Out by Friday) at around 9:12 before the applause fades, the sound stutters in the right channel. No one has reported this on any other early CD edition, so it is unknown whether this is a mastering error, a glitch on a particular pressing, or something actually on the master tape. (The DE cross-fades to the next track at this point; this could be a clue that it was an issue with the master tape that needed to be ‘fixed’). Version 2 [BE] - V/C PDO, UK (?) : 96.7% - 100.0% - 95.4% - 100.0% - 100.0% [Dr. M] - V/C Sonopress 1 : 96.7% - 100.0% - 95.4% - 100.0% - 100.0% Version 3 [LP6] - V/C Sanyo, Japan : 100.0% - 100.0% - 91.3% - 86.5% - 99.7% Version 4 [Jeff] - V/C Sonopress 2 : 93.4% - 94.0% - 85.5% - 81.1% - 93.3% NOTE: Dr. M has suggested that Versions 3 and 4 may be level-shifted versions of each other. This is still awaiting confirmation. After samples were posted, Raf was able to determine the following: "The V/C Nimbus and the Atlantic are definitely identical, and they both have that ‘stuttering’ fadeout at the end of this track. It sounds good, though. The V/C Sanyo Japan is a different mastering and does not have the fadeout anomaly on Track 2. And yes, it sounds good too." |
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As promised :-p