(Neo Progressive) = Fancyfluid = Weak Waving (1990) = The Sheltering Sea (1995) = FLAC (image + .cue), lossless

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

EAC extraction logfile from 18. January 2011, 13:56

Fancyfluid / The Sheltering Sea

Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203S Adapter: 3 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

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V %s

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3 | 16:31.38 | 4:29.37 | 74363 | 94574
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9 | 57:32.48 | 6:39.63 | 258948 | 288935
10 | 64:12.36 | 8:36.64 | 288936 | 327699

Range status and errors

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Filename E:\Music\Fancyfluid - The Sheltering Sea.wav

Peak level 94.4 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC 2BFDC373
Copy OK

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-===- D:\Share\Lossless\Fancyfluid - The Sheltering Sea.flac
Extracted successfully
Conclusion: this track is CDDA with probability 99%

Not exactly a staple in the progressive world, Italy's Fancyfluid attempted to make their mark by being a hybrid of 80's style neo with Italian symph prog from the 70's bands like Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso and PFM.

In 1990 the band debuted with Weak Waving. Attempts to sound fresh fell flat despite the use of violin, flute and sax. Fancyfluid failed to capture an international audience, but maybe that was due to the heavily accented vocals of singer Fabrizio Goria. Fancyfluid's 1992 sophomore conceptual effort, King's Journey, actually showed some promise and they even recruited Banco's Rodolfo Maltese to play guitar and trumpet. 1995 gave us The Sheltering Sea, which by all accounts was a cohesive effort that proved that the band had finally gelled. The album features lively, complex and sophisticated music with delicate touches of acoustic guitar, holding true the 70's Italian symphonic prog tradition.

Unfortunately, the band hasn't released anything after such a promising third album. By all accounts, it seems that Fancyfluid has run dry.