(Hard Rock) [LP][24/96] UFO - Lights Out - 1977, FLAC (tracks), Original 1st Pressing [UK]

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Lights Out is the sixth studio album by the British rock band UFO, released in May and also on October 11, 1977. All songs are band originals except for "Alone Again Or" which is a cover of a song by the band Love.

In 1994, a CD comprising this album and No Heavy Petting was released by BGO Records. 2008 EMI's remastered edition includes 4 bonus tracks, recorded live at The Roundhouse, London in 1976, and also some writing credits are corrected.

The title track and "Love to Love" were featured in the 1999 movie Detroit Rock City. "Love to Love" was also covered by Djali Zwan for the 2002 movie Spun.

Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 28 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".

Steve Harris - primary songwriter, founder, leader and bassist of British heavy metal band Iron Maiden calls Love To Love his favourite song.

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Personnel

Phil Mogg - vocals
Michael Schenker - lead guitar
Paul Raymond - rhythm guitar, keyboards
Pete Way - bass
Andy Parker - drums

Ron Nevison - producer
Alan McMillan - horn arrangements, string arrangements

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Lights Out is UFO's defining statement and one of the Top 10 Hard Rock/Heavy Metal albums of the 70s. Michael Schenker cemented his status as a Guitar God for all time with his searing aural firestorms on this disc and Phil Mogg has never sang better or with more emotion. Love To love to be one of the Top 10 most epic Metal ballads ever made. And their cover of Love's Alone Again Or is amazing. The rest of the album is populated with scorching rockers like Too Hot To Handle, Gettin Ready, and the incredible title track. Lights Out is definitely UFO's legacy album, and masterpiece.

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foobar2000 1.1.8 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-04-17 15:46:07

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Analyzed: UFO / Lights Out
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.15 dB -14.81 dB 3:38 01-Too Hot To Handle
DR12 -1.44 dB -14.85 dB 4:58 02-Just Another Suicide
DR12 -1.27 dB -18.14 dB 4:50 03-Try Me
DR11 -0.47 dB -14.02 dB 4:32 04-Lights Out
DR12 -0.46 dB -14.58 dB 3:45 05-Gettin' Ready
DR13 -0.92 dB -17.45 dB 3:01 06-Alone Again Or
DR11 -1.08 dB -14.09 dB 4:19 07-Electric Phase
DR11 -0.92 dB -14.86 dB 7:41 08-Love To Love
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2976 kbps
Codec: FLAC

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96kHz Final Master Vinyl Rip Feb 2012

Vinyl Ripping Process/Equipment:

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Vinyl Cleaning Process

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- 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

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Turntable Equipment Profile

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- 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

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Phono Stage Profile

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- Musical Surroundings Phonomena Phono Preamplifier
- Musical Surroundings Battery Power Supply

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Analog/Digital Convertion

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- 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

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Post Processing Of Audio

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- 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

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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