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Ronnie Milsap - It Was Almost Like A Song (1977)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 23 Jun 2021 22:10:45

One of the finest voices to emerge in country music during the mid-1970s belonged to a blind singer from North Carolina, a vocalist who would fuse several different musical threads, chalk up a succession of major chart hits, attract capacity concert crowds, collect a mass of awards, and earn himself the music’s highest honour in 2014 with induction into Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame. That person was Ronnie Milsap. “It Was Almost Like A Song” (1977), was Ronnie Milsap’s eighth album for RCA and produced two No. 1 singles, the title track and ‘What A Difference You Made In My Life’. It won the CMA “Album of the Year” award.

Country singer Ronnie Milsap's breakthrough pop album might not have been as earth shattering as Ray Charles Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music, but it did much to modernize mid-'70s C & W with its fusion of the adult contemporary style Barry Manilow introduced with "Mandy," and the formulas Kenny Rogers employed when "Lucille" brought his career back to life. The blind keyboard player/singer shifts from pure country to pure pop like a chameleon on this disc, and does it effortlessly. "Here In Love" plays like Jimmy Buffet's "Margaritaville," while "The Future Is Not What It Used To Be" pours Bergen White's strings, and The Lea Jane Singers offer a Southern twang – that fusion of styles executed to perfection. Having players like Hargus "Pig" Robbins, and fiddler Tommy Williams on this album, and co-produced by the singer and Tom Collins, only adds to its mystique. Milsap writes no tunes here, he's just a great interpreter, his voice ever so mournful inside "Crystal Fallin' Rain," and commanding on the title track. "It Was Almost Like A Song" was Number One on the country charts, and in the pop Top 20, a big ballad which Manilow could have easily added to his repertoire. "Selfish" works like a second cousin to the Brenda Lee/Juice Newton hit "Break It To Me Gently," while the repeating title "What A Difference You've Made In My Life" captured some additional adult contemporary airplay for the performer in the mid-'70s. Like that other blind pianist, female country singer Terri Gibbs and her hit from four years later, "Somebody's Knocking," the music here changed what radio programmers would accept. It's music that sparkled on the airwaves when artists had the chance to effectively crossover.

Review by Joe Viglione, Allmusic.com

Ronnie Milsap at Allmusic
Ronnie Milsap at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. What A Difference You Made In My Life (4:00)
02. It Was Almost Like A Song (3:38)
03. Selfish (3:21)
04. Long Distance Memory (3:02)
05. Here In Love (3:13)
06. The Future Is Not What It Used To Be (4:18)
07. It Don't Hurt To Deam (2:48)
08. Crystal Fallin' Rain (3:49)

EAC log

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 12. апреля 2018, 19:17

Ronnie Milsap / It Was Almost Like A Song

Дисковод: ASUS DRW-1814BLT Adapter: 5 ID: 0

Режим чтения : Достоверность
Использование точного потока : Да
Отключение кэша аудио : Да
Использование указателей C2 : Нет

Коррекция смещения при чтении : 6
Способность читать области Lead-in и Lead-out : Нет
Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Встроенный Win32-интерфейс для Win NT/2000
Обработка зазоров : Добавлено к предыдущему треку

Выходной формат : Пользовательский кодировщик
Выбранный битрейт : 128 kBit/s
Качество : Высокий
Добавление ID3-тега : Нет
Утилита сжатия : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Дополнительные параметры : -V -8 -T "Genre=%genre%" -T "Artist=%artist%" -T "Title=%title%" -T "Album=%albumtitle%" -T "Date=%year%" -T "Tracknumber=%tracknr%" -T "Comment=EAC1.0b2 FLAC -8" %source%

TOC извлечённого CD

Трек | Старт | Длительность | Начальный сектор | Конечный сектор
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1 | 0:01.00 | 3:59.55 | 75 | 18054
2 | 4:00.55 | 3:37.65 | 18055 | 34394
3 | 7:38.45 | 3:21.30 | 34395 | 49499
4 | 11:00.00 | 3:01.60 | 49500 | 63134
5 | 14:01.60 | 3:13.20 | 63135 | 77629
6 | 17:15.05 | 4:18.00 | 77630 | 96979
7 | 21:33.05 | 2:47.65 | 96980 | 109569
8 | 24:20.70 | 3:48.67 | 109570 | 126736

Трек 1

Имя файла R:\Раздача 77\Ronnie Milsap - (1977) 1988 - It Was Almost Like A Song\01 What A Difference You Made In My Life .wav

Длина предзазора 0:00:03.00

Пиковый уровень 92.1 %
Скорость извлечения 5.1 X
Качество трека 100.0 %
CRC теста 92849288
CRC копии 92849288
Трек не обнаружен в базе AccurateRip
Копирование… OK

Трек 2

Имя файла R:\Раздача 77\Ronnie Milsap - (1977) 1988 - It Was Almost Like A Song\02 It Was Almost Like A Song .wav

Длина предзазора 0:00:01.65

Пиковый уровень 68.4 %
Скорость извлечения 5.6 X
Качество трека 100.0 %
CRC теста 5A611C51
CRC копии 5A611C51
Трек не обнаружен в базе AccurateRip
Копирование… OK

Трек 3

Имя файла R:\Раздача 77\Ronnie Milsap - (1977) 1988 - It Was Almost Like A Song\03 Selfish .wav

Длина предзазора 0:00:01.35

Пиковый уровень 91.0 %
Скорость извлечения 5.9 X
Качество трека 100.0 %
CRC теста 92DCB008
CRC копии 92DCB008
Трек не обнаружен в базе AccurateRip
Копирование… OK

Трек 4

Имя файла R:\Раздача 77\Ronnie Milsap - (1977) 1988 - It Was Almost Like A Song\04 Long Distance Memory .wav

Длина предзазора 0:00:01.70

Пиковый уровень 72.4 %
Скорость извлечения 6.1 X
Качество трека 100.0 %
CRC теста 801F5339
CRC копии 801F5339
Трек не обнаружен в базе AccurateRip
Копирование… OK

Трек 5

Имя файла R:\Раздача 77\Ronnie Milsap - (1977) 1988 - It Was Almost Like A Song\05 Here In Love .wav

Длина предзазора 0:00:01.00

Пиковый уровень 93.2 %
Скорость извлечения 6.5 X
Качество трека 100.0 %
CRC теста 91F48CA1
CRC копии 91F48CA1
Трек не обнаружен в базе AccurateRip
Копирование… OK

Трек 6

Имя файла R:\Раздача 77\Ronnie Milsap - (1977) 1988 - It Was Almost Like A Song\06 The Future Is Not What It Used To Be .wav

Длина предзазора 0:00:01.55

Пиковый уровень 70.0 %
Скорость извлечения 7.1 X
Качество трека 100.0 %
CRC теста 89EC528D
CRC копии 89EC528D
Трек не обнаружен в базе AccurateRip
Копирование… OK

Трек 7

Имя файла R:\Раздача 77\Ronnie Milsap - (1977) 1988 - It Was Almost Like A Song\07 It Don't Hurt To Deam .wav

Длина предзазора 0:00:02.06

Пиковый уровень 61.5 %
Скорость извлечения 5.0 X
Качество трека 99.9 %
CRC теста BD19FFF5
CRC копии BD19FFF5
Трек не обнаружен в базе AccurateRip
Копирование… OK

Трек 8

Имя файла R:\Раздача 77\Ronnie Milsap - (1977) 1988 - It Was Almost Like A Song\08 Crystal Fallin' Rain .wav

Длина предзазора 0:00:01.68

Пиковый уровень 67.9 %
Скорость извлечения 7.7 X
Качество трека 100.0 %
CRC теста B56A30D4
CRC копии B56A30D4
Трек не обнаружен в базе AccurateRip
Копирование… OK

Ни одного трека нет в базе AccurateRip

Ошибок не произошло

Конец отчёта

==== Контрольная сумма отчёта DF6AFAB63FF5F331EB8FD025D5A2B232C56C163ED2C3B61B8C7B73773118BD87 ====

AR log

[CUETools log; Date: 20.04.2018 5:53:13; Version: 2.1.4]
Pregap length 00:01:00.
[CTDB TOCID: SE5rnN4hhiMqkBMk.FsDGdMp0Ig-] disk not present in database.
[AccurateRip ID: 0008ca4d-003a35de-5b069808] disk not present in database.

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 93,2 [2B002724] [4C46400E]
01 92,1 [92849288] [94F9A7B8] CRC32
02 68,4 [5A611C51] [E4D89AD0] CRC32
03 91,0 [92DCB008] [DE934ACB] CRC32
04 72,4 [801F5339] [AFBC7D6E] CRC32
05 93,2 [91F48CA1] [0501F006] CRC32
06 70,0 [89EC528D] [7D696F9E] CRC32
07 61,5 [BD19FFF5] [68B68D1F] CRC32
08 67,9 [B56A30D4] [FEC0B8B7] CRC32

DR log

foobar2000 1.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-05-24 22:43:37

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Ronnie Milsap / It Was Almost Like A Song
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR14 -0.71 dB -18.49 dB 4:00 01-What A Difference You Made In My Life
DR11 -3.29 dB -19.72 dB 3:38 02-It Was Almost Like A Song
DR14 -0.82 dB -19.36 dB 3:21 03-Selfish
DR13 -2.80 dB -20.13 dB 3:02 04-Long Distance Memory
DR13 -0.61 dB -17.46 dB 3:13 05-Here In Love
DR12 -3.10 dB -19.20 dB 4:18 06-The Future Is Not What It Used To Be
DR13 -4.21 dB -19.58 dB 2:48 07-It Don't Hurt To Deam
DR14 -3.36 dB -19.67 dB 3:49 08-Crystal Fallin' Rain
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 728 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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