Fleetwood Mac - I Believe My Time Ain't Long (1967) {Orig. UK Mono}
24bit/96kHz (Hi-Rez Audio for DVD Burning)
01. I believe My Time Ain't Long *
02. Rambling Pony
These mono mixes have never appeared officially on CD (or elsewhere).
Producer: Mike Vernon
Engineer: Mike Ross
Recorded at CBS Studio, New Bond Street, London. September 9, 1967
Line up:
Peter Green: Vocal, Guitar, Harmonica
Jeremy Spencer: Vocal *, Slide-Guitar
Mick Fleetwood: Drums
Bob Brunning: Bass
Hardware:
- Technics 1210mk2
- Jelco SA-750D Tonearm (w/ JAC 501 cable)
- Audio Technica AT33PTG MC
- Pro-Ject Tube Box SE-2
- Yamaha CA-1010
- RME ADI-2 A/D Interface
Software:
- Audition 3.0 used for adjusting DC bias, editing, (incl. manual removal of clicks
and pops), adding gain and making the cue points.
- Click Repair 3.4.1 used with setting Cl: 15, Cr: 0
- CueListTool v1.7 & Mediaval CueSplitter used for generating the .cue's & .m3u's.
Transfer & Restoration by Prof. Stoned
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Prof. sez:
Another one in the series "essential in mono but not available on cd".
This single was Fleetwood Mac's very first release ever. Much in the same vain as 'Wrapping paper'
by Cream, it was not exactly a spectacular musical starting point. It sold poorly and finding a
copy in good condition is pretty difficult. The original mono mixes heard here are not available
elsewhere. The two tracks were remixed in stereo in 1969 for the 'Pious Bird of Good Omen' album
and those are the versions that have appeared on LP & CD since.
This was transferred from an EX copy.
The records are breathtakingly quiet and after a light declick, folding the two mono channels
together and some manual restoration work, I think I've achieved an almost tape like quality.
There is absolutely no groove wear.
Enjoy!