(Jazz-Rock) Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy (Japanese Remastered SHM-CD) - 1973, APE (image+.cue), lossless

The only element of sophomore slump in Steely Dan's second album was the disappointing sales response upon its initial release in 1974. Musically, Countdown to Ecstasy is even stronger than the Dan's terrific debut, pushing the musical envelope with more complex jazz harmonies and intricate time signatures, and carrying their lyrics into even more shadowy realms peppered with sci-fi imagery and street-level slang. The songs are stunning, from the opening blast of "Boddhisattva," a Zen boogie fueled by Denny Dias's and Jeff Baxter's angular, bopping guitars, to the postnuclear apocalypse of "King of the World." In between, they deliver the one-two punch of "Show Biz Kids," with its perfect snapshot of affluent decadence, and "My Old School," in which college daze is remembered through a collision of staccato guitar and blazing horns.

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

EAC extraction logfile from 18. March 2010, 13:51

Steely Dan / Countdown To Ecstasy [SHM-CD]

Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GH22NP20 Adapter: 0 ID: 0

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

Read offset correction : 102
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 : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
---------------------------------------------------------
1 | 0:00.00 | 5:18.67 | 0 | 23916
2 | 5:18.67 | 3:11.28 | 23917 | 38269
3 | 8:30.20 | 5:39.67 | 38270 | 63761
4 | 14:10.12 | 6:59.33 | 63762 | 95219
5 | 21:09.45 | 5:26.10 | 95220 | 119679
6 | 26:35.55 | 5:46.30 | 119680 | 145659
7 | 32:22.10 | 3:51.05 | 145660 | 162989
8 | 36:13.15 | 5:00.52 | 162990 | 185541

Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename C:\Steely Dan (1973) Countdown To Ecstasy\Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy [SHM-CD].wav

Peak level 88.4 %
Range quality 99.9 %
Copy CRC B848BB17
Copy OK

No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [97D0000A]
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [FA435F39]
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [2489E879]
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [B00C7E07]
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [B70CB60F]
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [621514C1]
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [2E512495]
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 3) [5A99E173]

All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report