The tags can be stored in SQLite database or written as external files to the same directory as the target audio files.įor the component to work properly in foobar2000 v1.4 the "External Tags (reader)" decoder must have higher priority than the format to be tagged. Version:Īdds tagging support for non-taggable file formats. There is too much great unheard music out there to let it suffer at the hand of careless individuals with only a dollar in mind.Foobar2000 v1.4 version available here. ![]() Alternatively, see the "FAQ" post here for my want list for albums I am willing to purchase and rip to share here for all. Please contact me I will happily and freely transfer any rare recordings for you. If you have a piece of vintage audio that you would like digitized, don't trust a company that could care less about their end product than they could about the recording itself. ![]() I have submitted masters to record labels and released digitizations that reveal the limitations of other labels' (and engineers') products. I have done it for the love of music, not for the love of money. I have been working in vinyl restoration for many years. To pay an audio engineer for that amount of time would truly be an incredible price! So instead, to remain competitive, companies use "quick" (read: lossy, harmful, destructive, despicable) heuristic processes to remain competitive on the market. The reason for this is that the time required to properly restore original discs to proper digital fidelity is quite enormous, on the order of 1-2 hours per minute of audio. As many record collectors know, the rare original pressings of hard-to-find albums often sound far superior to any reissues due to the poor equipment and restoration techniques used in the digitization process. The sad fact is that today there does not appear to exist *any* commercial company which is capable of proper audiophile transfers of original discs. Not to mention that you want to hear that recording in as best of form as possible! Improper playing of certain formats (especially acetates and demos) can cause unrecoverable damage and permanent loss of fidelity. Original promo photo for Vanguard Recordsĭon't pay an apathetic studio company to transfer that rare/expensive/irreplaceable disc for you! Most modern companies use dated equipment and destructive noise reduction to give you an MP3 or CD that sounds "clean" but in fact is missing most of the audio information present on your precious disc. The song builds to a startling crescendo, echoing "life before death" and "stay as you are," and just when you think it's time to get up and flip the album, the band surprises you - there's more! An extremely and purposefully contemplative guitar trio again builds with the band to a crescendo which suddenly ends not in the darkness of before but on a somewhat more mysterious note. The following "Magoo" which ends side 1 is a perfect track in every way - the band incorporates the sound of thunderstorms which emphasize the dramatic cymbal rolls and melodic guitars, then suddenly Joe's voice explodes and echoes across the sky - a most incredible, ripping, deeply spiritual song, matching again the level of "Who Am I" but this time Joe talks in a second-person perspective to his audience, undeniably rare in rock music. If nothing else, "Rock Coast Blues" extends the vivid color of the San Francisco coast while exemplifying the band's ability for extremely tight performances. Finding this was not easy, and I still feel bad for opening it, but this rip was certainly worth it. For this rip, I opened a vintage copy that had remained sealed for over 50 years before reaching my hands. Since the incredible dynamics of this LP are certainly unparalleled by any rock album of its time, the numerous quiet sections throughout are notorious for noise even on the cleanest copies. The early CD version is really bad, way too loud (and some claim the wrong mix), and while the 2013 is a bit quieter, it's still very compressed / limited and the tape has numerous dropouts / problems that are apparent throughout the album. I've been wanting to do this LP for years (looking at my HDD now, it's been over 5 years since I did my first raw transfer of this album), but I wanted to ensure that my mastering would beat all digital versions of this album currently available, including all other rips and the CD remasters. The fact that the band was able to release this masterpiece within the same year as Electric Music is quite astounding and speaks to the band's mastery of their craft. Here is a primo mastering of Country Joe & The Fish's best album.
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