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Gerry Rafferty - Snakes And Ladders (1980) [VINYL] - 24-bit/96kHz plus CD-compatible format

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Gerry Rafferty - Snakes And Ladders (1980) [VINYL] - 24-bit/96kHz plus CD-compatible format

Gerry Rafferty - Snakes And Ladders (1980) [VINYL]
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/96kHz | FLAC (5% Recovery) | m3u's, md5 checksum, no cue or log (vinyl) | Filesonic + FF
1010 MB (24/96) or 294 MB redbook | Artwork | Rock | 1980

The followup to the "City To City" followup "Night Owl". This one I think is better.

The followup to the "City To City" followup "Night Owl". This one I think is better. Like I like to say, it wasn't "City To City 2", but what could have been? Further, even if it was we would never have admitted it.


Allmusic Review by Mike DeGagne
"Two years after the release of Night Owl, Gerry Rafferty presented his fans with Snakes & Ladders, and although some of his former album's charm and lyrical appeal manages to resurface, the whole of the album comes up short. The memorable melodies, moving allegories, or genuine lyrical warmth that was put into past efforts arise in a couple of tracks, like in the beauty of "Bring It All Home" or in the mystique of "Look at the Moon." It's not that Rafferty's writing is weaker or has been restrained, it's the fact that he fails to present enough passion from an instrumental standpoint throughout the entire album, and to a lesser extent a vocal one, to establish the same type of emotion or atmosphere as he did with City to City or Night Owl. "Royal Mile" was released as a single in the U.K., but only climbed as high as number 67 there and number 54 in the U.S. The album went to number 15 in Britain, but Rafferty showed signs of relinquishing his genuine style ever so slightly, and 1982's Sleepwalking disappointingly confirmed this. Even though his exterior talents had dwindled only slightly, the intangible qualities that made Rafferty such a compelling artist seemed to be left behind in the past decade."


01 - The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin').flac
02 - I Was A Boy Scout.flac
03 - Welcome To Hollywood.flac
04 - Wastin' Away.flac
05 - Look At The Moon.flac
06 - Bring It All Home.flac
07 - The Garden Of England.flac
08 - Johnny's Song.flac
09 - Didn't I.flac
10 - Syncopatin' Sandy.flac
11 - Cafe In Cabotin.flac
12 - Don't Close The Door.flac


This is what I do in general. Not every step is done for all rips:
LP > Rega P1 with Ortofon Super 30 > TC-750LC > E-Mu 0202 > Adobe Audition 3 (AA) @ 96kHz 32bit float > Manual click removal in AA > Click Repair set @ 20 > AA used to balance L/R > (for MONO: Equalizer (from the ClickRepair guy) used to combine L+R >) AA to split tracks, fade in/out, and for manual click removal > for 24bit: use AA to truncate the 32bit file >
for 16bit: Izoptope RX Advanced to resample the 32bit file to 44.1kHz > and then to dither to`16bit using MBIT+ >

All > Trader's Little Helper to FLAC and (for 16bit: sector align if necessary, pad) > MP3 Tagger to edit tags.

"16bit" = 16bit at 44.1kHz
"24bit" = 24bit at 96kHz



Gerry Rafferty - Snakes And Ladders (1980) [VINYL] - 24-bit/96kHz plus CD-compatible format



foobar2000 1.0.2.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.0
log date: 2011-12-22 09:18:11

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Analyzed: Gerry Rafferty / Snakes And Ladders - LP rip
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -5.07 dB -20.01 dB 3:53 01-The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin')
DR13 -4.58 dB -20.36 dB 4:15 02-I Was A Boy Scout
DR13 -2.29 dB -19.92 dB 5:19 03-Welcome To Hollywood
DR13 -5.27 dB -19.80 dB 3:39 04-Wastin' Away
DR11 -9.11 dB -23.90 dB 2:24 05-Look At The Moon
DR12 -4.82 dB -19.10 dB 4:42 06-Bring It All Home
DR14 -6.31 dB -23.10 dB 4:09 07-The Garden Of England
DR12 -5.54 dB -19.65 dB 3:24 08-Johnny's Song
DR13 -6.91 dB -21.99 dB 4:16 09-Didn't I
DR14 -6.06 dB -22.65 dB 4:33 10-Syncopatin' Sandy
DR13 -6.57 dB -22.32 dB 4:54 11-Cafe In Cabotin
DR12 -7.18 dB -22.03 dB 3:47 12-Don't Close The Door
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 747 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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