(Disco, Funk, Soul) VA - Disco Spectrum 3 - 2003, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 6. July 2009, 9:56
Various / Disco Spectrum 3 (CD1)
Used drive : MATSHITAUJ-840D Adapter: 0 ID: 1
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 : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 192 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 5:40.20 | 0 | 25519
2 | 5:40.20 | 6:02.50 | 25520 | 52719
3 | 11:42.70 | 4:27.65 | 52720 | 72809
4 | 16:10.60 | 7:46.67 | 72810 | 107826
5 | 23:57.52 | 6:58.03 | 107827 | 139179
6 | 30:55.55 | 7:59.15 | 139180 | 175119
7 | 38:54.70 | 5:35.40 | 175120 | 200284
8 | 44:30.35 | 5:30.25 | 200285 | 225059
9 | 50:00.60 | 7:28.00 | 225060 | 258659
10 | 57:28.60 | 6:01.45 | 258660 | 285779
Track 1
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 1\01 - BT Express - Does It Feel Good.wav
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Track quality 100.0 %
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Track 2
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 1\02 - The Brothers - Under The Skin.wav
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Track 3
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 1\03 - Ediie Kendricks - Goin' Up In A Smoke.wav
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Track 4
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 1\04 - Hi Voltage - Somewhere Beyond.wav
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Track 5
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 1\05 - Delegation - Heartache No. 9.wav
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Track 6
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 1\06 - Mandre - Solar Flight.wav
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Track 7
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 1\07 - Syreeta - Can't Shake Your Love.wav
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Track 8
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 1\08 - Jo Boyer - Isabelle & The Rain.wav
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Track 9
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 1\09 - Koxo - Step By Step.wav
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Track 10
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 1\10 - Sweet Potato - Hot Disco Night.wav
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Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 6. July 2009, 11:49
Various / Disco Spectrum 3 (CD2)
Used drive : MATSHITAUJ-840D Adapter: 0 ID: 1
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 : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 192 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Programmi\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" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 8:38.10 | 0 | 38859
2 | 8:38.10 | 5:48.35 | 38860 | 64994
3 | 14:26.45 | 4:57.45 | 64995 | 87314
4 | 19:24.15 | 7:23.07 | 87315 | 120546
5 | 26:47.22 | 4:18.13 | 120547 | 139909
6 | 31:05.35 | 5:30.52 | 139910 | 164711
7 | 36:36.12 | 4:20.58 | 164712 | 184269
8 | 40:56.70 | 7:47.32 | 184270 | 219326
9 | 48:44.27 | 6:52.55 | 219327 | 250281
10 | 55:37.07 | 7:46.25 | 250282 | 285256
Track 1
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 2\01 - Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This.wav
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Track 2
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 2\02 - Universe City - Can You Get Down.wav
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Track 3
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 2\03 - Denise LaSalle - I'm So Hot.wav
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Track 4
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 2\04 - Blair - NightLife.wav
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Track 5
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 2\05 - Dunn Pearson, Jr. - Groove On Down.wav
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Track 6
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 2\06 - Fever - Don't You Want Me.wav
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Track 7
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 2\07 - Debbie Hayes And The Universal Robot Band - Let's Get This Thing Together.wav
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Track 8
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 2\08 - Lenny Williams - Please Don't Tempt Me.wav
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Track 9
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 2\09 - Dazzle - Reaching.wav
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Track 10
Filename D:\Disco Spectrum 3 - CD 2\10 - Invisible Man's Band - Love Can't Come Will Come.wav
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The third installment in Barely Breaking Even's Disco Spectrum series adds Sean P to the track selection committee. Joey Negro took on the duties of curating the first two volumes, and now he's joined by P, who has previously teamed with Negro on the spectacular Disco Not Disco compilations released by Strut. Once you get past the garish artwork of this double-disc set, featuring an open-mouthed vixen bedecked in a silver body suit with space dust sprinkled around her, there's a fair amount of rare to not-so-rare disco to enjoy. The majority focuses on the tail end of the '70s and the early '80s, when disco's popularity was waning in the mainstream. However, this late period of the style was fertile, providing plenty of fodder for club DJs that has often translated to the present much better than their gold and platinum counterparts. What can be found here stylistically is what directly fed into early house, as late-period disco morphed into it. A light shines on Motown, thus proving that the label had something going for it after its exodus to the West Coast. Eddie Kendricks' sweet but sour "Goin' Up in Smoke," Mandre's cheesy but funny "Solar Flight," and Syreeta's effortlessly infectious "Can't Shake Your Love" are strung together. Other bright spots include Idris Muhammad's "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This," Blair's "Night Life," Denise LaSalle's "I'm So Hot," Dazzle's "Reaching," and the Universal Robot Band's "Let's Get This Thing Together." All in all, Disco Spectrum 3 has plenty to please obscurantists, but it's far from the best entry point.
by Andy Kellman (AMG)