Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman {Orig. UK Mono 45}
24bit/96kHz (Hi-Rez Audio for DVD Burning)
01. Black Magic Woman
02. The Sun Is Shining
Both tracks Mono and officially unavailable on CD or anywere else.
Producer: Mike Vernon
Engineer: Mike Ross
Recorded at CBS Studio, New Bond Street, London. February 22, 1968
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 3.7 used with setting Cl: 5, 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 Stones in mono but not available on cd".
Although this a pretty small upload, I'm rather proud of this one. Thanks to my good friend Aaron,
who supplied me this beautiful NM copy with unworn grooves, I'm able to present you
the rare original mix in sublime quality.
BMW is a pretty well-known track, but the version we all know is of course the stereo mix that was
prepared in 1969, more than a year after the initial recording.
So, for historical reasons alone, the mono mix is a must-hear (if you like this track, anyway).
But other than that, it is a much fatter sounding mix and it lasts 6 seconds longer than the stereo.
We also get to hear a different take of TSIS compared to the better known stereo version (which was
also prepared for the 1969 compilation album "The Pious bird of good omen").
This track may well be one of Jeremy Spencer's finest moments; loud abrasive vocals,
a great lyric and a mean slide-guitar, all in the best Elmore tradition, of course.
This was the band's 2nd single, released in May 1968, shortly after their debut album had come out.
Despite the fact that the album was a surprise hit, not all that many copies of the 7" were sold,
which makes it quite difficult to find a clean copy these days. I have been actively looking for
three years. Only the first 45 is probably even harder to find but I already did that one
(check my mono-rip of the first album).
The record was professionally and carefully cleaned in three steps using Audio Intelligent’s
Enzymantic formula, Super Cleaner Formula, and Ultra pure water on a VPI 16.5
(using VPI brushes) and Nitty Gritty mini-pro 2.
I manually declicked the wave file (after Click Repair had already been applied with a light setting)
to make sure the cleanest and most natural sounding result possible was achieved.
Enjoy!