(Hard rock) [LP][24/96] Trapeze - Medusa - 1970 1st UK Pressing, FLAC (tracks)

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96kHz Final Master Vinyl Rip

Vinyl Ripping Process/Equipment

Vinyl Cleaning Process
- 3 Liter Ultrasonic Cleaner (Tap water with Sporicidin) on custom rotating assembly at 1 RPM for one hour
- Vacuum off with Nitty Gritty
- AIVS Premium Record Cleaner Formula No. 15 applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
- McCulloch MC-1275 Heavy-Duty Steam Cleaner applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- L'Art du Son Record Cleaning Fluid applied with VPI Bristle brush
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- Whole Foods Deionized Water applied with Mofi Brush (Separate from AIVS Mofi Brush)
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- Flip record and repeat
- Place record on Plate Demgnetizer
Turntable Equipment Profile
- VPI Scoutmaster with inverted bearing and 300 RPM motor
- VPI Center Record Weight
- VPI Periphery Ring Clam
- Gingko Cloud 11 Vibration Control Platform
- VPI Synchronous Drive System turntable motor speed controller and line isolator
- Trans-Fi Audio Terminator T3Pro tangential tracking air bearing tonearm
- Zyx Airy 3X-SB cartridge
Phono Stage Profile
- Musical Surroundings Phonomena Phono Preamplifier
- Musical Surroundings Battery Power Supply
Analog/Digital Convertion
- E-MU 1212M (the 1212M contains the same A/D converters used in Digidesign's ProTools HD 192 I/O interface)
- Adobe Audition 3.01 running on Windows XP in a Shuttle PC form factor
Post Processing Of Audio
- Run thru ClickRepair(if necessary) at level 7 with
- Pitch Protection | off
- Reverse | on
- Simple
- Resample to 96khz in Izotope Rx2 using the default preset
- Manually listen to album in Adobe Audition cleaning any clicks/anomalies
- Flac with Xrecode II for hi-rez files

What is this Final Master stuff

After years of trying to improve both my ripping/cleaning process and upgrading my equipment to a level I feel comfortable sticking with I am proud to present these final versions of the best sources I can find.So I am happy to say that more than likely this is the last mother fucking copy you are ever going to need...or your money back

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foobar2000 1.1.8 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-04-14 12:55:54

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Analyzed: Trapeze / Medusa (UK)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -2.58 dB -19.98 dB 6:11 01-Black Cloud
DR13 -1.76 dB -19.35 dB 8:11 02-Jury
DR13 -1.29 dB -17.13 dB 4:54 03-Your Love Is Alright
DR13 -3.64 dB -19.63 dB 4:08 04-Touch My Life
DR13 -0.82 dB -18.24 dB 6:34 05-Seafull
DR14 -1.88 dB -18.31 dB 4:45 06-Makes You Wanna Cry
DR14 -0.70 dB -18.04 dB 5:44 07-Medusa
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2812 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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The apex of Glenn Hughes (vocals/bass, later of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath), Mel Galley's (guitar, later Whitesnake) and Dave Holland (drums, later Judas Priest) - Trapeze, Medusa is an excellent album of thudding, complex, and funky (A trait Hughes would keep throughout his long career) hard rock stompers and beautifully pensive ballads. Medusa is a absolute touchstone of Proto-Metal, 70's Hard Rock, and Funk Rock. As well as a true must have for any self respecting Deep Purple and Black Sabbath fan as the band is such a huge part of their family tree.

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This is probably the best album most of you have never heard of from the best band that most of you have never heard of. A bona fide five star classic that really should be a part of every rock music lovers collection.

Martin Leedham

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Personnel

Dave Holland – Drums
Glenn Hughes – Bass guitar, Piano, Vocals
Mel Galley – Guitar, Vocals

Production

Bill Leslie – Liner Notes
Roger Quested – Engineer, Producer
Simon Robinson – Liner Notes
John Tracy – Liner Notes
Nick Watson – Mastering
Adam Yeldham – Artwork, Design
John Lodge – Producer