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Neil Diamond - Serenade (1974) [1996, Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 20 Aug 2021 15:20:31

Neil Diamond's 2nd album for Columbia Records, and his 9th studio album "Serenade", was released in 1974. Three singles were lifted from the album: "Longfellow Serenade" (#5), "I've Been This Way Before" (#34) and "The Last Picasso". The album was also issued as a quadraphonic LP with some songs as alternate takes.

~Wikipedia

Neil Diamond's first regular album release for Columbia Records, following the success of the movie soundtrack Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Serenade is a slight effort characterized by Diamond's attempts to make pop sentiments seem more profound by grafting more auspicious art references onto them. But whether he's name-dropping Picasso or Longfellow, Diamond still has greeting card sentiments on his mind. Nevertheless, the catchiest of these autodidactic exercises, "Longfellow Serenade," which combines comments about "winged flight" with the exhortation, "Come on, baby, ride," was a Top Ten hit.

~Review by William Ruhlmann

Release of this album: 1974, September, 27 [LP Columbia, Cat.# PC 32919, USA]
Release of this CD: 1996 [CD Columbia/Sony Music (Austria), Cat.# 465012 2 (31-465012-10), UPC: 5099746501228]
Original Sound Recording Made By Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
℗ 1974 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
© 1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Distribution Sony Music
Made in Austria

Credits:

Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmie Haskell (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6)
Art Direction, Design – Ron Coro
Bass – Emory Gordy
Drums – Dennis St. John
Engineer [Assistant] – Linda Tyler
Engineer – Armin Steiner
Guitar – Richard Bennett
Keyboards – Alan Lindgren, David Paich
Photography By – Suzanne Ayres
Producer – Tom Catalano
Written-By – N. Diamond

Tracklist:

01. I've Been This Way Before (03:49)
02. Rosemary's Wine (02:43)
03. Lady Magdelene (07:02)
04. The Last Picasso (04:26)
05. Longfellow Serenade (03:52)
06. Yes I Will (04:40)
07. Reggae Strut (03:50)
08. The Gift Of Song (02:23)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 27. March 2010, 10:19

Neil Diamond / Serenade

Used drive : ATAPI DVD A DH20A4H Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : No
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 3:48.62 | 0 | 17161
2 | 3:48.62 | 2:42.55 | 17162 | 29366
3 | 6:31.42 | 7:01.58 | 29367 | 60999
4 | 13:33.25 | 4:25.60 | 61000 | 80934
5 | 17:59.10 | 3:51.57 | 80935 | 98316
6 | 21:50.67 | 4:40.05 | 98317 | 119321
7 | 26:30.72 | 3:49.63 | 119322 | 136559
8 | 30:20.60 | 2:22.70 | 136560 | 147279

Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename E:\Bearbeitung\Neil Diamond - Serenade\Neil Diamond - Serenade.wav

Peak level 97.7 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC A10E979F
Copy OK

No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

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Track 2 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [0D1FE188], AccurateRip returned [9F95CAA0]
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Track 5 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [4F767294], AccurateRip returned [D0433294]
Track 6 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [9820F5CC], AccurateRip returned [2CC486D0]
Track 7 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 3) [A12E334B], AccurateRip returned [B6343CC3]
Track 8 cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [7099D32E], AccurateRip returned [39214E34]

No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database

End of status report

Dynamic Range Meter log

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Neil Diamond / Serenade
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR13 -0.39 dB -18.11 dB 3:49 01-I've been this way before
DR14 -0.20 dB -17.59 dB 2:43 02-Rosemary's wine
DR14 -0.82 dB -20.33 dB 7:02 03-Lady Magdalene
DR14 -1.25 dB -18.92 dB 4:26 04-The Last Picasso
DR14 -1.99 dB -19.01 dB 3:52 05-Longfellow Serenade
DR15 -0.60 dB -22.61 dB 4:40 06-Yes I will
DR16 -0.88 dB -18.23 dB 3:50 07-Reggae Strut
DR13 -3.02 dB -19.88 dB 2:23 08-The Gift of Song
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR14

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 756 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Thanks to original releaser

See also:

You may also be interested in the following albums by Neil Diamond:

Sweet Caroline (1969) [1990, Reissue]
Moods (1972) [1986, Reissue]
September Morn (1979) [1996, Reissue]
On The Way To The Sky (1981) [1986, Reissue]
Primitive (1984) [1986, Reissue]

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