Peter Hammill - A Black Box (1980)
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Wv + Cue + Log | covers
EMI | 2006 remaster | 340Mb
Rock | 1cd | EAC Rip | Wv + Cue + Log | covers
EMI | 2006 remaster | 340Mb
Another emphatic, powerful and technically excellent production from Peter Hammill. More rocky than PH7 or Silent Corner and the Empty Stage, less techno than Sittings Targets, this recording smooths a path between the '70s and the '80s. The lyrics are searching, poetic, psychological. It is difficult to choose a highlight: the hypnotic "Fogwalking" makes an instant impression, while the multipart "Flight" spans all aspects and facets of Hammill's talents: from gentle through loud and brash and back to gentle again, studded with the inimicable sax of David Jackson. The multipart piece is one of Hammill's trademarks: he takes a lyrical theme and expands it, story-like, through several short, connected pieces. Another good example of this type is "Headlong Stretch" on Roaring Forties. (Allmusic)
Track listing
All songs written by Peter Hammill, except where indicated.
1 "Golden Promises"
2 "Losing Faith in Words"
3 "The Jargon King"
4 "Fogwalking"
5 "The Spirit"
6 "In Slow Time" (Hammill, David Ferguson)
7 "The Wipe"
8 "Flight"
-Flying Blind
-The White Cane Fandango
-Control
-Cockpit
-Silk-Worm Wings
-A Black Box
Personnel
Peter Hammill – vocals, guitar, keyboards
David Jackson – saxophone, flute on 4 and 8
David Ferguson – synthesiser and tambourine on 4, 6 and 7
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
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EAC extraction logfile from 29. August 2008, 10:02
Peter Hammill / A Black Box
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Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 2:55.15 | 0 | 13139
2 | 2:55.15 | 3:38.13 | 13140 | 29502
3 | 6:33.28 | 2:43.15 | 29503 | 41742
4 | 9:16.43 | 4:05.72 | 41743 | 60189
5 | 13:22.40 | 2:37.34 | 60190 | 71998
6 | 15:59.74 | 3:25.54 | 71999 | 87427
7 | 19:25.53 | 1:51.01 | 87428 | 95753
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