(Hard rock) [LP][24/96] AC/DC - Back In Black - 1980 1st US pressing, FLAC (tracks)

| 96kHz Final Master Vinyl Rip | 2012

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 Clamp
- 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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Released on 25 July 1980, Back in Black was the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon Scott, who died on 19 February 1980 at the age of 33, and was dedicated to him. The band considered disbanding following Scott's death, but they ultimately decided to continue and shortly thereafter hired Brian Johnson as their new lead singer and lyricist. Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who had previously worked with AC/DC on Highway to Hell, was again brought in to produce. The album was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and Electric Lady Studios in New York, where the album was also mixed.

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AC/DC's Back in Black (Atlantic Records/1980) is nothing short of a true hard rock classic. The album's multi-platinum status confirms it's legacy in the hard rock ranks. Honoring the memory of fallen band mate, vocalist Bon Scott, the boys from AC/DC kicked our collective asses with an unrelenting assault of three chord metallic power throughout the ten song tour de force.

Clad in honorary black with an embossed cover sleeve, and backed with menacing blues-based hard rockin' riffs, plus scalding vocals from new front man Brian Johnson, Back in Black delivers the goods from the opening spine chilling, resonating bell ringin' tribute to Bon, to the final C-chord crash of "Rock 'N' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution". Back in Black is red-lined with ten ball bustin', no holds barred, lean 'n' mean, rock 'n' roll tracks, which includes the riveting "Shoot to Thrill", "You Shook Me All Night Long", and the tenacious title track. The music world was instantly made a better place the day the intense Back in Black was released for mass consumption.

Workin' E minor, A and D over 'n' over, the raging Back in Black rates as one of the all-time greatest hard rock releases. What more can be stated about this landmark effort from the boyz?

For whom the bells toll... it tolls for Bon.

Hell's Bells!

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Brian Johnson – lead vocals
Angus Young – lead guitar
Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Cliff Williams – bass guitar, backing vocals
Phil Rudd – drums, percussion

Production

Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer
Tony Platt – assistant engineer
Benji Armbrister – assistant engineer
Jack Newber – assistant engineer
Brad Samuelsohn – mixing
Bob Ludwig – mastering (original LP)
Barry Diament – mastering (original CD releases)
Ted Jensen – remastering (EMI/Atco reissue)
George Marino – remastering (Epic reissue)
Bob Defrin – art direction
Robert Ellis – photography