The never re-released mono mix of A Saucerful Of Secrets.
This is the same recording that I shared on Demonoid last year, but with some further work done to the rip. I removed a few remaining clicks manually (in Remember A Day and Corporal Clegg). I've also further reduced surface noise on the fade-outs and quiet areas between tracks, as well as the "interval" within Jugband Blues. The rip is a little "quieter" on headphones now.
I won't make any claim that this is sonically better than Pbthal's excellent redbook version of this (still available here in Dabou's PBTHAL Vinyl Rip pack 01). However if you do want a decent hi-res version of the album this may be for you.
Ripped from a copy of the original 1968 EMI Columbia UK mono lp. Catalogue number: SX 6258.
Matrix numbers:
Side 1 - XAX 3633-1 O 1
Side 2 - XAX 3634-1 H 1 2
Tracklisting:
1. Let There Be More Light
2. Remember A day
3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
4. Corporal Clegg
5. A Saucerful Of Secrets
6. See-Saw
7. Jugband Blues
Technical details:
Okki Nokki vacuum record cleaning machine
Modified Dual CS 505-3 turntable
Ortofon Super OM cartridge with D 25 M mono sytlus @ 3g vtf
Marantz PM 66 KI Signature amp
M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 soundcard
Recorded, cleaned-up and edited in DCart 7 & 8.
The recording is mastered to a peak level of -0.1 db (the actual peak occurs during the loud middle section of the title track). The only fades I've made are at the beginning and end of the lp. No equalisation was applied.