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Procol Harum - Something Magic (1977) [Reuploaded]
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Procol Harum - Something Magic (1977)
rock | 1cd | Eac Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | HQ covers
SalvoCD029 | rem: 2009 | 410Mb
rock | 1cd | Eac Rip | Flac + Cue + Log | HQ covers
SalvoCD029 | rem: 2009 | 410Mb
When Procol Harum's ninth studio album, Something Magic, was released in March 1977, it sold poorly and was largely dismissed, with the group breaking up at the end of the promotional tour for it. With this reissue more than 30 years later, annotator Roland Clare argues it is "in need of outright reappraisal." He doesn't actually make that case, but he does explain the circumstances that led to the debacle. After its previous album, Procol's Ninth, produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Procol Harum might have been expected to go back to a more conventional approach; instead, the group hired the hot studio of the day, Criteria in Miami, and its hot resident producers, Ron and Howie Albert. When the band arrived in Florida and played the songs intended for the album, the Albert brothers threw half of them out. That left half of an album to fill, which led singer/pianist/composer Gary Brooker to turn to a parable-like poem written years earlier by his lyric partner Keith Reid, "The Worm & the Tree," and – in a move anticipating This Is Spinal Tap – writing a musical suite around it to fill up side two. He then recited the poem rather than actually setting it to music, creating a pretentious work just at a time when critics and fans were tiring of peers like Jethro Tull and Yes doing much the same thing. It didn't help that the songs making up side one were relatively minor Procol Harum. None of this has changed in the ensuing decades, but Clare's explanation is interesting to read; the remastered sound is terrific; and the album boasts three bonus tracks including not only the instrumental B-side "Backgammon," which has appeared elsewhere, but also previously unreleased live versions of two of the songs the Alberts rejected, "You'd Better Wait" and "This Old Dog." They do not suggest that Something Magic could have been a great or even good Procol Harum album. But they do add to an understanding of one of the more confusing chapters in the band's history. ~allmusic
Track listing
1. Something magic (3:34)
2. Skating on thin ice (4:46)
3. Wizard man (2:30)
4. The mark of the claw (4:37)
5. Strangers in space (6:02)
6. The worm and the tree(18:35)
-Part one: Introduction / Menace / Occupation
-Part two: Enervation / Expectency / Battle
-Part three: Regeneration / Epilogue
Bonus tracks
-7 Backgammon (3:25)
-8 You'd Better Wait (4:46)
-9 This Old Dog (3:41)
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 17. October 2010, 19:28
Procol Harum / Something Magic (2009 Salvo)
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GSA-H54N Adapter: 0 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 102
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 : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
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8 | 33:30.72 | 5:28.13 | 150822 | 175434
9 | 38:59.10 | 3:25.18 | 175435 | 190827
10 | 42:24.28 | 4:46.62 | 190828 | 212339
11 | 47:11.15 | 3:41.64 | 212340 | 228978
Track 1
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [DA067054], AccurateRip returned [35664E5B]
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Track 2
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\02 Skating On Thin Ice.wav
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Test CRC 34834443
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [96A206D2], AccurateRip returned [70796FAF]
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Track 3
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\03 Wizard Man.wav
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Track quality 100.0 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [5537E57C], AccurateRip returned [76D2C62B]
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Track 4
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\04 The Mark Of The Claw.wav
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [2F8090A2], AccurateRip returned [E6B84373]
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Track 5
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [83DAD40B], AccurateRip returned [A57519BE]
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Track 6
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\06 The Worm & The Tree - Part 1.wav
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [C9D8E52D], AccurateRip returned [52CA39DE]
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Track 7
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\07 The Worm & The Tree - Part 2.wav
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [CD2C4CD7], AccurateRip returned [CE4AB55C]
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Track 8
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\08 The Worm & The Tree - Part 3.wav
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [F451CF78], AccurateRip returned [0841BBCC]
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Track 9
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\09 Backgammon (Bonus Track).wav
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Peak level 98.8 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [164B8F2C], AccurateRip returned [46D0E88A]
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Track 10
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\10 You'd Better Wait (Live) (Bonus Track).wav
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [AA0BDB9B], AccurateRip returned [282C2A1D]
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Track 11
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\11 This Old Dog (Live) (Bonus Track).wav
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No errors occurred
End of status report
EAC extraction logfile from 17. October 2010, 19:28
Procol Harum / Something Magic (2009 Salvo)
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GSA-H54N Adapter: 0 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 102
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 : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 320 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:37.11 | 0 | 16285
2 | 3:37.11 | 4:49.35 | 16286 | 37995
3 | 8:26.46 | 2:41.49 | 37996 | 50119
4 | 11:08.20 | 4:40.19 | 50120 | 71138
5 | 15:48.39 | 6:07.38 | 71139 | 98701
6 | 21:56.02 | 6:05.49 | 98702 | 126125
7 | 28:01.51 | 5:29.21 | 126126 | 150821
8 | 33:30.72 | 5:28.13 | 150822 | 175434
9 | 38:59.10 | 3:25.18 | 175435 | 190827
10 | 42:24.28 | 4:46.62 | 190828 | 212339
11 | 47:11.15 | 3:41.64 | 212340 | 228978
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [DA067054], AccurateRip returned [35664E5B]
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Track 2
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\02 Skating On Thin Ice.wav
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Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 34834443
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [96A206D2], AccurateRip returned [70796FAF]
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Track 3
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\03 Wizard Man.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.08
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 86E13251
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [5537E57C], AccurateRip returned [76D2C62B]
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Track 4
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\04 The Mark Of The Claw.wav
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Peak level 98.8 %
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Test CRC 3BA35B65
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [2F8090A2], AccurateRip returned [E6B84373]
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Track 5
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\05 Strangers In Space.wav
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Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 9EE73EAA
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [83DAD40B], AccurateRip returned [A57519BE]
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Track 6
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\06 The Worm & The Tree - Part 1.wav
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Peak level 98.8 %
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [C9D8E52D], AccurateRip returned [52CA39DE]
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Track 7
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Peak level 98.8 %
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Track 8
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Track 9
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Track 10
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\10 You'd Better Wait (Live) (Bonus Track).wav
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Track 11
Filename C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Procol Harum - Something Magic (2009 Salvo)\11 This Old Dog (Live) (Bonus Track).wav
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Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 2) [F0004461], AccurateRip returned [5842B190]
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End of status report
[CUETools log; Date: 2013.04.12. 12:30:32; Version: 2.1.4]
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Track | CTDB Status
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3 | (1/4) Accurately ripped
4 | (1/4) Accurately ripped
5 | (1/4) Accurately ripped
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7 | (1/4) Accurately ripped
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10 | (1/4) Accurately ripped
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Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
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04 98,8 [3BA35B65] [08B42BBD] CRC32
05 98,8 [9EE73EAA] [308CC283] CRC32
06 98,8 [F1185C18] [7614ABB7] CRC32
07 98,8 [B17759C0] [E4830DDE] CRC32
08 98,8 [F8A4F744] [17DF4311] CRC32
09 98,8 [91C8EDCE] [491BC957] CRC32
10 98,8 [BC8698F6] [BBE873D0] CRC32
11 98,8 [839C5C47] [7B44D1CC] CRC32
[CTDB TOCID: MjKl_SpPXHq0dnyBjpm8gxOY7To-] found.
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3 | (1/4) Accurately ripped
4 | (1/4) Accurately ripped
5 | (1/4) Accurately ripped
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7 | (1/4) Accurately ripped
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07 98,8 [B17759C0] [E4830DDE] CRC32
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09 98,8 [91C8EDCE] [491BC957] CRC32
10 98,8 [BC8698F6] [BBE873D0] CRC32
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Thx to the original uploader