I was able to secure a copy of the 1st UK pressing, which arrived in the mail yesterday. This is my own rip; I would not presume to try and go toe to toe with the great Euripides needle drop that is here, but I wanted to share the additional 24 bit format with the community.
In my opinion, the vinyl sounds better than the 4 Men with Beards reissue. Despite the vintage of the album, it was in really great condition. I've also ordered a copy of the 1st US pressing and plan to post when it arrives. The 24-192 .flac dynamic range is better than the 4 Men with Beards vinyl, and on par with the Japanese CD release (DR12).
Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5033 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Lineage:
Vinyl - NM
Cleaning: Spin Clean and DIY vacuum rig
TT: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon
Cart: Ortofon 2M Blue MM Cartridge
Phono Stage: Cambridge Audio Azure 651p
Line Level Preamp: Schiit Asgard 2
Interface: ESI Juli@ XTe
Recording: Audacity (Custom ASIO build) - 192 kHz/24 Bit
Sides A and B recorded and joined
Exported to 24 bit WAV file via Audacity
Manual Cleanup: iZotope RX2
Track Splitting and -1.0 db Amplification/Normalization: Audacity v2.0.0 (Custom ASIO build)
Resampling to 96kHz: iZotope RX2
Conversion to 24 Bit FLAC (Level 8): dBpoweramp
Additional Tag Edits: MP3 Tag
No silence has been removed. You may distribute these files freely, under the condition that they are credited to the original ripper (Soumac) and are distributed with the ripping log.
Enjoy!