(Blues rock/Hard rock) [LP] [24/96] ZZ Top - Degüello - 1979, FLAC (tracks) Original 1st Press

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A1 I Thank You 3:23
A2 She Loves My Automobile 2:22
A3 I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide 4:45
A4 A Fool for Your Stockings 4:15
A5 Manic Mechanic 2:36

B1 Dust My Broom 3:06
B2 Low Down in the Street 2:49
B3 Hi Fi Mama 2:22
B4 Cheap Sunglasses 4:46
B5 Esther Be the One 3:30

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Degüello is the sixth studio album by American blues rock band ZZ Top, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). "Degüello" means "beheading" or, idiomatically, "no quarter" (as in "no surrender to be given or accepted--a fight to the death") in Spanish and was the title of a Moorish-origin bugle call used by the Mexican Army forces at the Battle of the Alamo, Texas, in 1836.

Degüello was produced by Bill Ham, and engineered by Bob Ludwig and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. The production values of the album were exquisite and set a new benchmark for high fidelity recording quality in the contemporary blues music of the late 1970's.

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Personnel

Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals
Dusty Hill – bass, keyboards, vocals
Frank Beard – drums, percussion

Production

Producer – Bill Ham
Engineer – Terry Manning, Bob Ludwig

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deg%C3%BCello

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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

RME ADI-2 => ADAT => E-MU 1212M
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
Flac with Trader’s Little Helper for redbook 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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Mastered by Robert Ludwig, had to use 2 LP’s…have never see an LP with Masterdisk RL on both sides

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log date: 2012-05-08 02:00:09

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Analyzed: ZZ Top / Deguello
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -1.24 dB -16.96 dB 3:26 01-I Thank You
DR12 -2.20 dB -16.08 dB 2:23 02-She Loves My Automobile
DR13 -0.99 dB -16.34 dB 4:48 03-I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
DR15 -0.70 dB -18.43 dB 4:18 04-A Fool for Your Stockings
DR13 -1.56 dB -16.56 dB 2:37 05-Manic Mechanic
DR13 -1.57 dB -16.94 dB 3:09 06-Dust My Broom
DR14 -1.88 dB -17.00 dB 2:50 07-Lowdown in the Street
DR13 -0.70 dB -15.51 dB 2:24 08-Hi Fi Mama
DR14 -0.70 dB -16.94 dB 4:48 09-Cheap Sunglasses
DR13 -0.70 dB -15.42 dB 3:32 10-Esther Be the One
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 3160 kbps
Codec: FLAC