(NWOBHM)[LP][24/96] Tygers Of Pan Tang - Spellbound - 1981, FLAC (tracks), Original 1st Press [UK]

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Tygers of Pan Tang are a heavy metal band, formed in 1978 and originating from Whitley Bay, England. They are a notable band of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. The band is named after the pets of the Wizards of Pan Tang - an elite group of chaos-worshipping warriors from Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné stories.

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Spellbound is the second album by British heavy metal band Tygers of Pan Tang, produced in 1981 on MCA. Spellbound is the first of two full length Tygers of Pan Tang albums to feature John Sykes, who later joined Thin Lizzy. The album was re-issued in 1989 in a double-LP package with Wild Cat and on CD in 1997 with bonus tracks.

"Gangland" was covered by German thrash metal band Kreator in 1987 on their "Behind the Mirror" single and on 1988 EP Out of the Dark ... Into the Light.
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Band members

Jon Deverill - lead and backing vocals
Robb Weir - lead guitar, backing vocals
John Sykes - lead guitar, backing vocals
Richard "Rocky" Laws - bass, backing vocals
Brian Dick - drums

Production

Chris Tsangarides - producer, engineer
Andrew Warwick - assistant engineer

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The Tygers of Pan Tang followed-up their stellar debut disc, with Spellbound, in 1981. With Jon Deverill stepping in to take over the vocals, following the departure of front man Jess Cox, the prowlin' group shifted gears on this effort, delivering a more or less clean sounding metal-by-the-numbers recording. The Tygers striped away their gritty, chaotic, street tough sound that was prevalent throughout Wild Cat, for a more restrained effort. In the end, there are a four quality cuts from Spellbound - "Take It", "Hellbound", "Blackjack", and "Tyger Bay" - but overall, the ten song sophomore release from the Pan Tang gang fails to pack on the killer riffs, and sheer energy that punctuated the previous release from the NWoBHM rockers.

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foobar2000 1.1.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-04-23 01:22:18

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Analyzed: Tygers Of Pan Tang / Spellbound
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -1.07 dB -13.97 dB 3:44 01-Gangland
DR12 -2.04 dB -15.42 dB 4:29 02-Take It
DR9 -14.53 dB -25.82 dB 0:23 03-Minotaur
DR12 -1.05 dB -14.94 dB 3:30 04-Hellbound
DR12 -0.70 dB -17.18 dB 4:36 05-Mirror
DR12 -1.51 dB -15.43 dB 3:35 06-Silver And Gold
DR12 -1.47 dB -15.36 dB 3:27 07-Tyger Bay
DR12 -0.70 dB -14.67 dB 3:30 08-The Story So Far
DR12 -3.45 dB -16.95 dB 3:14 09-Blackjack
DR12 -3.87 dB -18.66 dB 4:05 10-Don't Stop By
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 3007 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