(Funk/Soul) The Isley Brothers - Forever Gold - 1977, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Originally issued to commemorate the Isleys' four-album streak of gold records, Forever Gold served as a concise summary of the band's classic mid-'70s era. Though it's since been superseded by many CD collections, it does do its job, since "Fight the Power," "That Lady," and "For the Love of You" are all here in their original uncut versions, as well as their covers of "Hello It's Me" and "Summer Breeze." All are definitely essential, but can be found on other, more comprehensive collections. The one unusual cut here is "Hope You Feel Better," from 1975's The Heat Is On, a cut not found on most other Isleys albums. It's a great tune, but anyone starting an Isleys collection would automatically start with The Heat Is On, since it's a required album. What's more, the Isleys released many other indispensable songs after this album, so it's not nearly as crucial as it once was. As a summary of the Isley Brothers' classic era, Forever Gold is serviceable, and is worth a cheap purchase, but fans should really try to track down other, far more extensive samplers first. ~ Victor W. Valdivia, All Music Guide

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 30. December 2008, 2:00
The Isley Brothers / Forever Gold
Used drive : PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM Adapter: 3 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : E:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
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TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 5:34.17 | 0 | 25066
2 | 5:34.17 | 6:15.20 | 25067 | 53211
3 | 11:49.37 | 5:32.10 | 53212 | 78121
4 | 17:21.47 | 5:24.18 | 78122 | 102439
5 | 22:45.65 | 5:21.60 | 102440 | 126574
6 | 28:07.50 | 5:37.32 | 126575 | 151881
7 | 33:45.07 | 6:02.58 | 151882 | 179089
8 | 39:47.65 | 4:18.12 | 179090 | 198451
9 | 44:06.02 | 3:52.45 | 198452 | 215896
10 | 47:58.47 | 6:12.13 | 215897 | 243809
Track 1
Filename R:\Pedro\01 - That Lady (Part 1 & 2).wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 78.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC FD4BA346
Copy CRC FD4BA346
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [87683902], AccurateRip returned [E697AF5E]
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename R:\Pedro\02 - Live It Up (Part 1 & 2).wav
Peak level 93.3 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BFFE2E5D
Copy CRC BFFE2E5D
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [E33438F7], AccurateRip returned [597FA2DA]
Copy OK
Track 3
Filename R:\Pedro\03 - Hello It's Me.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.96
Peak level 62.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC F3CDEB79
Copy CRC F3CDEB79
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [710EC086], AccurateRip returned [47FBB688]
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename R:\Pedro\04 - (At Your Best) You Are Love.wav
Peak level 51.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1DFBB719
Copy CRC 1DFBB719
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [26062026], AccurateRip returned [8F24FBC4]
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename R:\Pedro\05 - Fight The Power (Part 1 & 2).wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.44
Peak level 93.2 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BA703C41
Copy CRC BA703C41
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [6EB7FB60], AccurateRip returned [98BD9685]
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename R:\Pedro\06 - For The Love Of You (Part 1 & 2).wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.04
Peak level 74.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC B62998DE
Copy CRC B62998DE
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [400A2475], AccurateRip returned [86DE2DC3]
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename R:\Pedro\07 - Hope You Feel Better Love (Part 1 & 2).wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.29
Peak level 97.6 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 6717AB7A
Copy CRC 6717AB7A
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [DBE796D7], AccurateRip returned [9712A268]
Copy OK
Track 8
Filename R:\Pedro\08 - The Highways Of My Life.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.13
Peak level 74.6 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC DEB4216E
Copy CRC DEB4216E
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [50927C5C], AccurateRip returned [C5041235]
Copy OK
Track 9
Filename R:\Pedro\09 - Harvest For The World.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.56
Peak level 72.6 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C62D68E4
Copy CRC C62D68E4
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [62181467], AccurateRip returned [8782187D]
Copy OK
Track 10
Filename R:\Pedro\10 - Summer Breeze.wav
Peak level 82.6 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC EC88A502
Copy CRC EC88A502
Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 4) [3C7DA633], AccurateRip returned [C63BB1A0]
Copy OK
No errors occurred
End of status report

AUDIOCHECKER v1.2 - by Dester - opdester@freemail.hu
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01 -===- J:\Uploads\The Isley Brothers'1977 - Forever Gold\01 - That Lady (Part 1 & 2).flac
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02 -===- J:\Uploads\The Isley Brothers'1977 - Forever Gold\02 - Live It Up (Part 1 & 2).flac
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03 -===- J:\Uploads\The Isley Brothers'1977 - Forever Gold\03 - Hello It's Me.flac
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04 -===- J:\Uploads\The Isley Brothers'1977 - Forever Gold\04 - (At Your Best) You Are Love.flac
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05 -===- J:\Uploads\The Isley Brothers'1977 - Forever Gold\05 - Fight The Power (Part 1 & 2).flac
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06 -===- J:\Uploads\The Isley Brothers'1977 - Forever Gold\06 - For The Love Of You (Part 1 & 2).flac
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07 -===- J:\Uploads\The Isley Brothers'1977 - Forever Gold\07 - Hope You Feel Better Love (Part 1 & 2).flac
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08 -===- J:\Uploads\The Isley Brothers'1977 - Forever Gold\08 - The Highways Of My Life.flac
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09 -===- J:\Uploads\The Isley Brothers'1977 - Forever Gold\09 - Harvest For The World.flac
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10 -===- J:\Uploads\The Isley Brothers'1977 - Forever Gold\10 - Summer Breeze.flac
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