Capercaillie - Crosswinds (1987)
Capercaillie - Crosswinds (1987) (Lossless)
Catalog GLCD 1077 | EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | 44:45 | 240 Mb | No Art
Celtic Fusion, Worldbeat, Adult Alternative, Folk
Catalog GLCD 1077 | EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | 44:45 | 240 Mb | No Art
Celtic Fusion, Worldbeat, Adult Alternative, Folk
Tracklist:
01 Puirt A Beul / Snug In A Blanket
02 Soraidh Bhuam Gu Barraidh
03 Glen Orchy / Rory MacLeod
04 Am Buachaille Ban
05 The Haggis
06 Brenda Stubbert's Set
07 Ma Theid Mise Tuilleagh
08 David Glen's
09 Urnaigh A 'Bhan-Thigreach
10 My Laggan Love / Fox On The Town
11 An Ribhinn Donn
The instrumental part of Capercaillie album "Crosswinds" is the kind of old-fashioned records that are typical of the beginnings of many celtic bands - Clannad is a good example. But "Crosswinds" is also a not-to-miss album for the vocal part - because it is blessed by five of the most outstanding solo performances in Gaelic language from the lead vocal of the Capercaillie band, Scottish singer Karen Matheson. You will fall in love with the soprano-like "Soraidh Bhuam Gu Barraidh", the airy "Am Buachaille Ban", the soulful and sweet "Ma Theid Mise Tuilleagh", the solemn "Urnaigh A 'bhan Thigreach" and the celestial "An Ribhinn Donn". If you like soulful voices with a lyric and limpid richness of tone and a strong ability to illuminate the accents and sonorities of their native language - like Portuguese performer Cristina Branco - the superior voice of Karen Matheson will be with you forever.
Review, amazon.co.uk
On the band's debut album, you can hear Capercaillie mapping out what would become its signature sound – a musical style built on a deep foundation of Celtic tradition but incorporating modern technology and dance-oriented rhythms. It's a fusion that makes purist folkies cringe, but Capercaillie has achieved significant success with it. Crosswinds is more traditional than the band's later efforts; although synthesized keyboards and distinctly non-Celtic percussion are used throughout, the album is dominated by sets of traditional dance tunes and songs like "My Lagan Love." If there's a complaint to be made at all, it's that the lustrous voice of Karen Matheson is too rarely placed front and center. She opens the album with a lovely piece of puirt a beul (a rhythmic singing style used in Scotland to accompany dancing), and practically steals the show with her rendition of the gorgeous "Soraidh Bhuam Gu Barraidh." The instrumentals are also excellent, but not quite as distinctive as her singing – strangely, the funk basslines that play such an important part in Capercaillie's musical strategy are kept far back in the mix.
Review, allmusic.com
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 9. February 2008, 11:38
Capercaillie / Crosswinds
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8161B Adapter: 1 ID: 0
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 : No
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : Yes
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=%e" %s -o %d
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 6:12.02 | 0 | 27901
2 | 6:12.02 | 3:28.33 | 27902 | 43534
3 | 9:40.35 | 3:40.20 | 43535 | 60054
4 | 13:20.55 | 3:36.05 | 60055 | 76259
5 | 16:56.60 | 6:01.50 | 76260 | 103384
6 | 22:58.35 | 3:35.10 | 103385 | 119519
7 | 26:33.45 | 3:02.70 | 119520 | 133239
8 | 29:36.40 | 4:33.45 | 133240 | 153759
9 | 34:10.10 | 3:08.40 | 153760 | 167899
10 | 37:18.50 | 4:26.50 | 167900 | 187899
11 | 41:45.25 | 2:59.50 | 187900 | 201374
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename D:\Capercaillie - Crosswinds.wav
Peak level 99.4 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC 46A57B9D
Copy OK
No errors occurred
AccurateRip summary
Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [04568A43]
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [87B0B50A]
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [D473179B]
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [5FF43CCD]
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [110BD52B]
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [F1C8E67B]
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [95A49E70]
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [CFFBE74B]
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [4DEB3832]
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [6C1BA625]
Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [E5DE8930]
All tracks accurately ripped
End of status report
Useful Tools
Audio format conversion (flac, wv, ape etc.)
and verification using the AccurateRip database
CUETools (Freeware)
CUE Splitter (Freeware)