(Hard rock) [LP] [24/96] UFO - Phenomenon - 1974, FLAC (tracks) Original 1st Pressing

A1 Too Young To Know
A2 Crystal Light
A3 Doctor Doctor
A4 Space Child
A5 Rock Bottom
B1 Oh My
B2 Time On My Hands
B3 Built For Comfort
B4 Lipstick Traces
B5 Queen Of The Deep

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Phenomenon is the third studio album by the British rock band UFO, released in May 1974.

Recorded Morgan Studios, London

This was the third studio album and the debut on Chrysalis. UFO left their blues-based "space rock" sound behind, in part due to the presence of new guitarist Michael Schenker. The album was produced by Leo Lyons, bassist of British rock group Ten Years After. All tracks were recorded at Morgan Studios in London. The original cover design and photos were produced by Hipgnosis.

It was remastered at Sound Recording Technology, Cambridge, in 1994.

The British heavy metal band Iron Maiden performed a cover of "Doctor Doctor" when Blaze Bayley was with the band as their vocalist. Traditionally, Iron Maiden plays the original UFO version at live venues to notify fans that their show is about to begin. Their cover version is included in "Lord of the Flies" single and also in the Eddie's Archive boxed set on the "Best of the B-Sides" collection.

Credits
Engineer – Mick Bobak
Artwork By [Cover Design], Photography – Hipgnosis
Artwork By [Cover Tinting] – Maurice Tate
Artwork By [Graphics] – Richard Evans

Bass Guitar – Pete Way
Drums – Andy Parker
Guitar – Michael Schenker
Producer – Leo Lyons
Vocals – Phil Mogg

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Analyzed: UFO / Phenomenon (UK)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.70 dB -15.84 dB 2:26 01-Oh My
DR13 -0.70 dB -17.15 dB 3:46 02-Crystal Light
DR13 -1.99 dB -16.73 dB 4:13 03-Doctor Doctor
DR14 -0.70 dB -17.95 dB 3:59 04-Space Child
DR13 -0.70 dB -16.15 dB 6:30 05-Rock Bottom
DR13 -0.70 dB -15.56 dB 3:09 06-Too Young To Know
DR13 -1.44 dB -18.13 dB 4:11 07-Time Oh My Hands
DR14 -2.16 dB -19.11 dB 3:02 08-Built For Comfort
DR13 -4.64 dB -19.42 dB 2:20 09-Lipstick Traces
DR12 -1.41 dB -17.59 dB 5:46 10-Queen Of The Deep
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2677 kbps
Codec: FLAC

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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
Trans-Fi ResoMat
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 with Tomahawk Armwand
Soundsmith Sussorro Paua

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

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The Beginning of the Schenker era….