T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) [2004, Remastered Reissue]
R&B, Soul/Funk, Post-Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 39:09 | 289,95 Mb
Label: Capitol Records/EMI (EU) | Cat.# 072435787712 | Released: 2004-08-19 (1982)
R&B, Soul/Funk, Post-Disco | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 39:09 | 289,95 Mb
Label: Capitol Records/EMI (EU) | Cat.# 072435787712 | Released: 2004-08-19 (1982)
T-Connection was a funk and disco group from Nassau, the Bahamas, who scored two hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1977 and 1979. They did better on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they had five Top 10 hits, including "Do What You Wanna Do", which reached #1, and "Everything Is Cool", which peaked at #15 on the US Billboard R&B chart. In the United Kingdom, they posted five entries in the UK Singles Chart, with "Do What You Wanna Do" their highest placed success at #11. Group members included the brothers, Theophilus "T" and Kirkwood Coakley, plus David Mackey and Anthony Flowers.
~Wikipedia
Release of the album: 1982 [LP Capitol Records, Cat.# ST-12191, USA]
Release of this CD: 2004, August, 19 [CD Capitol Records/EMI (EU), Cat.# 072435787712 / UPC: 724357877121]
℗&© Digital Remaster 2004. The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Capitol Records, Inc. (Original recording 1981, 1982)
Marketed and distributed by EMI.
Printed in the EU
Note: High Resolution 24-bit/96-kHz digital remastering.
Credits:
Acoustic Guitar, Guitar – David Mackey
Arranged By – T-Connection
Backing Vocals – Patrick Carey, Steve Colebrook
Backing Vocals, Bass, Drums, Percussion – Kirkwood Coakley
Drums, Percussion, Vocals [Chants] – Anthony Flowers
Engineer – Jeff Hendrickson, Scott Litt
Producer, Written-By, Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Percussion – Theophilus Coakley
Reissue Producer – Gilles Pétard, Gérard Woog
Tracklist:
01. "Girl Watching" (04:53)
(Theophilus "T" Coakley)
02. "Party Night" (05:07)
(Theophilus "T" Coakley)
03. "A Little More Love" (04:50)
(Theophilus "T" Coakley)
04. "Slippin' Away" (04:34)
(Theophilus "T" Coakley)
05. "Might As Well Dance" (05:16)
(Theophilus "T" Coakley)
06. "Rushing Through The Crowd" (04:09)
(Theophilus "T" Coakley)
07. "The Best Of My Love" (06:21)
(Theophilus "T" Coakley)
08. "Goombay Time" (04:39)
(K. Coakley, T. Coakley)
Recorded at The Power Station, NYC
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 7. March 2010, 21:17
T-Connection / Pure and natural
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Read offset correction : 48
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Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
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Additional command line options : -5 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=Ripped By andygrakoff aka yetiisyou" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 4:53.05 | 0 | 21979
2 | 4:53.05 | 5:07.18 | 21980 | 45022
3 | 10:00.23 | 4:49.45 | 45023 | 66742
4 | 14:49.68 | 4:33.47 | 66743 | 87264
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7 | 28:48.34 | 6:21.20 | 129634 | 158228
8 | 35:09.54 | 4:39.32 | 158229 | 179185
9 | 42:21.11 | 31:36.64 | 190586 | 332849
Track 1
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Peak level 89.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
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Track 2
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\02 – Party night.wav
Peak level 93.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [0A4756A5], AccurateRip returned [EA5AAF04]
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Track 3
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\03 – A little more love.wav
Peak level 86.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
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Track 4
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\04 – Slippin' away.wav
Peak level 90.0 %
Track quality 99.9 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [80BCD14A], AccurateRip returned [D2A9E411]
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Track 5
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\05 – Might as well dance.wav
Peak level 98.3 %
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Track 6
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\06 – Rushing trough the crowd.wav
Peak level 96.6 %
Track quality 99.9 %
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Track 7
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\07 – The best of my love.wav
Peak level 86.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
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Track 8
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\08 – Goombay time.wav
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Track quality 100.0 %
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EAC extraction logfile from 7. March 2010, 21:17
T-Connection / Pure and natural
Used drive : ASUS DRW-1608P2 Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
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 : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -5 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=Ripped By andygrakoff aka yetiisyou" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 4:53.05 | 0 | 21979
2 | 4:53.05 | 5:07.18 | 21980 | 45022
3 | 10:00.23 | 4:49.45 | 45023 | 66742
4 | 14:49.68 | 4:33.47 | 66743 | 87264
5 | 19:23.40 | 5:16.14 | 87265 | 110978
6 | 24:39.54 | 4:08.55 | 110979 | 129633
7 | 28:48.34 | 6:21.20 | 129634 | 158228
8 | 35:09.54 | 4:39.32 | 158229 | 179185
9 | 42:21.11 | 31:36.64 | 190586 | 332849
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Track quality 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1) [25C419C2], AccurateRip returned [2C7699B4]
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Track 2
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\02 – Party night.wav
Peak level 93.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
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Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\03 – A little more love.wav
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Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\04 – Slippin' away.wav
Peak level 90.0 %
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Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\05 – Might as well dance.wav
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Track 6
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\06 – Rushing trough the crowd.wav
Peak level 96.6 %
Track quality 99.9 %
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Track 7
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\07 – The best of my love.wav
Peak level 86.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
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Track 8
Filename E:\!Rips\FUNK @ SOUL\T-Connection - Pure & Natural (1982) (EMI #072435787712)\08 – Goombay time.wav
Peak level 90.5 %
Track quality 100.0 %
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Analyzed: T-Connection / Pure and natural
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.92 dB -13.16 dB 4:53 01-Girl watching
DR11 -0.54 dB -13.48 dB 5:07 02-Party night
DR11 -1.29 dB -14.62 dB 4:50 03-A little more love
DR10 -0.91 dB -13.63 dB 4:34 04-Slippin' away
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DR12 -0.29 dB -14.07 dB 4:09 06-Rushing trough the crowd
DR13 -1.30 dB -16.80 dB 6:21 07-The best of my love
DR11 -0.87 dB -13.25 dB 4:39 08-Goombay time
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 966 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Analyzed: T-Connection / Pure and natural
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.92 dB -13.16 dB 4:53 01-Girl watching
DR11 -0.54 dB -13.48 dB 5:07 02-Party night
DR11 -1.29 dB -14.62 dB 4:50 03-A little more love
DR10 -0.91 dB -13.63 dB 4:34 04-Slippin' away
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DR13 -1.30 dB -16.80 dB 6:21 07-The best of my love
DR11 -0.87 dB -13.25 dB 4:39 08-Goombay time
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 966 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Thanks to funky_cat & Аndy
See also:
T-Connection - T-Connection (1978) & Magic (1977) [1998, Reissue]
T-Connection - Totally Connected (1979) [2014, Japan]