Elvis Costello - Spike [US Vinyl] 24bit 96kHz

It should be against the law to place 30 minutes of music on one side of wax. This is one of the most difficult albums I've ever ripped. I bought and returned 3 used copies of this from 1/2 price books. Each of them looked "mint" but had so much surface noise even click repair couldn't help. Fortunately GARYBX lent me a copy which turned out very nice.

Thank you gbx!

Before I uploaded this I listened to the CD and was very surprised to find out it had little or no more bass than the vinyl. The only way to squeeze 30 minutes of music on one side of wax is to lower the level and reduce the bass. The CD should have had a much more powerful low end so I'm guessing they used the same master tape for both issues. Unfortunately they still had to lower the level for the vinyl.

You're going to hear more "wax" in the quieter moments (of which there are many) than usual but after listening to both the CD and vinyl, I think you'll find my rip a more pleasant listening experience. The CD was released before the "loudness wars" but the vinyl, ripped in native 24/96, still has a bit more "warmth" and ambiance.

About Megaupload: MU recently changed thier website. All of the Multiupload/MU redirects will bounce back at you. For this reason I split this album into four parts so you can down it as a free user from Filesonic/Fileserve/Hotfile etc.


Side One:
01 - This Town
02 - Let Him Dangle
03 - Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
04 - Veronica
05 - God's Comic
06 - Chewing Gum
07 - Tramp the Dirt Down


Side Two:
08 - Stalin Malone
09 - Satellite
10 - Pads, Paws and Claws
11 - Baby Plays Around
12 - Miss MacBeth
13 - Any King's Shilling
14 - Last Boat Leaving



Who wants to get "Spiked" with your vinyl playmate? -tubert

Part One:
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4243628205/EC_S_1a.rar
or
http://www.multiupload.com/H7GRXLN1N0

Part Two:
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4243614275/EC_S_1b.rar
or
http://www.multiupload.com/HMHBYE7JNZ

Part Three:
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4244499005/EC_S_2a.rar
or
http://www.multiupload.com/HLSP9W2TH8

Part Four:
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4256067975/EC_S_2b.rar
or
http://www.multiupload.com/EMSFU9UFUD

pass = tubed