(Pop Rock) Elton John - Blue Moves [1976] (Digitally Remastered by Gus Dudgeon) - 1997, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 17. January 2010, 21:00
Elton John / Blue Moves (CD 1)
Used drive : ASUS DRW-1814BLT Adapter: 2 ID: 2
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 : 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\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -8" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 1:23.15 | 0 | 6239
2 | 1:23.15 | 7:52.25 | 6240 | 41664
3 | 9:15.40 | 5:56.45 | 41665 | 68409
4 | 15:12.10 | 5:27.60 | 68410 | 92994
5 | 20:39.70 | 6:05.67 | 92995 | 120436
6 | 26:45.62 | 3:25.73 | 120437 | 135884
7 | 30:11.60 | 5:42.37 | 135885 | 161571
8 | 35:54.22 | 5:09.18 | 161572 | 184764
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\Elton John - Blue Moves (CD 1).wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 6F36171D
Copy CRC 6F36171D
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [90ED7B25]
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [3119D90C]
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [26F0CF60]
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [0F8C9FC9]
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [DE6664CC]
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [EF470813]
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [00E611E7]
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [AD1E9DD7]
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 17. January 2010, 21:52
Elton John / Blue Moves (CD 2)
Used drive : ASUS DRW-1814BLT Adapter: 2 ID: 2
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 : 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\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -8" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 3:48.17 | 0 | 17116
2 | 3:48.17 | 6:14.58 | 17117 | 45224
3 | 10:03.00 | 5:17.62 | 45225 | 69061
4 | 15:20.62 | 3:27.73 | 69062 | 84659
5 | 18:48.60 | 4:10.40 | 84660 | 103449
6 | 22:59.25 | 4:09.50 | 103450 | 122174
7 | 27:09.00 | 4:25.07 | 122175 | 142056
8 | 31:34.07 | 4:08.55 | 142057 | 160711
9 | 35:42.62 | 1:19.15 | 160712 | 166651
10 | 37:02.02 | 6:42.65 | 166652 | 196866
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\Elton John - Blue Moves (CD 2).wav
Peak level 95.1 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC E0904DBD
Copy CRC E0904DBD
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [EDBC2118]
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [962C6FC5]
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [70C8A9B2]
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [61FC026D]
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [3214D21C]
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [2BCBBFA5]
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [F0F1E910]
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [97386DF8]
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [9EED267C]
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 8) [89EC283A]
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report

All the tapes used to create these new masters are the original mixes. However due to the fact that many of the tapes are at least 25 years old, they have "softened up" to varying degrees. So, the sound has been passed through the most up to date digital processing, at 20 Bit Resolution; namely The Sadie Digital System and Prism Super Noise Shaper. The effect is purely to "enhance" rather than colour the "sound".
At the original producer, I would have used this equipment at the time, had it been available for mastering. The very nature of analogue recordings being transferred to vinyl demanded major compromises. With the benefits of digital sound these constraints are removed, and the recordings can be heard much closer to the reproduction we had originally intended.
Gus Dudgeon