Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) {2018 Original recording remastered, UMC 5797693}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 407 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 134 Mb
Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 8 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1987, 2018 Capo / UMC / Univeral | 5797693
Rock / Blues Rock / Electric Blues
24 bit High Resolution re-mastering from the original 1/4 master tape by Andy Pearce & Matt Wortham at Wired Masters in 2017. All of the 2018 CD studio remasters released by UMC contain updated sleeve insert photos and track comments. There is no remix meddling this time; these are as the original releases. Excellent sound quality throughout and the content needs no further comment other than it is Rory Gallagher doing what only he and his co-musicians could; a unique sound and a massive influence on many players that have followed.
Rory was never a man to sit back and let the world slip by. The 70’s saw him release 10 albums in as many years, work with a great many of his heroes and tour the world. Although his recorded output in the 1980’s was more sporadic he still toured constantly, playing some of the first rock gigs behind the iron curtain as well as cementing his live reputation in Europe and the US.
‘Defender’ his third album of the 80’s, was the first release on his own label. Capo offered him the complete artistic freedom he needed, enabling him to produce the music as he wanted. He admitted “I’m not that organised, but I want anything that I’m doing to be under control, and I want the final say on things”.
At a time when much of the charts consisted of overproduced / synthesiser-heavy music, Rory continued to pursue his own sound, to the joy of his fans. ‘Defender’ released in ’87 went straight to the top of the independent charts, proving whichever way the musical ‘fashion’ shifted, an artist of the calibre of Rory will always shine through. -Donal Gallagher.
Track Listing
01 - Kickback City
02 - Loanshark Blues
03 - Continental Op
04 - I Ain't No Saint
05 - Failsafe Day
06 - Road To Hell
07 - Doing Time
08 - Smear Campaign
09 - Don't Start Me Talkin
10 - Seven Days
11 - Seems To Me
12 - No Peace For The Wicked
Exact Audio Copy V1.2 from 12. August 2016
EAC extraction logfile from 16. October 2018, 13:30
Rory Gallagher / Defender
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD+-RW GU90N Adapter: 1 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 : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
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1 | 0:00.00 | 4:48.37 | 0 | 21636
2 | 4:48.37 | 4:27.10 | 21637 | 41671
3 | 9:15.47 | 4:38.13 | 41672 | 62534
4 | 13:53.60 | 4:57.72 | 62535 | 84881
5 | 18:51.57 | 4:38.49 | 84882 | 105780
6 | 23:30.31 | 5:33.00 | 105781 | 130755
7 | 29:03.31 | 4:07.32 | 130756 | 149312
8 | 33:10.63 | 4:46.10 | 149313 | 170772
9 | 37:56.73 | 3:35.12 | 170773 | 186909
10 | 41:32.10 | 5:14.29 | 186910 | 210488
11 | 46:46.39 | 4:52.31 | 210489 | 232419
12 | 51:38.70 | 4:25.49 | 232420 | 252343
Track 1
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Track 2
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\02 - Loanshark Blues.wav
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Track 3
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\03 - Continental Op.wav
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Track 4
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\04 - I Ain't No Saint.wav
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Track 5
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\05 - Failsafe Day.wav
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Track 6
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\06 - Road To Hell.wav
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Track 7
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\07 - Doing Time.wav
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Track 8
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\08 - Smear Campaign.wav
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Track 9
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\09 - Don't Start Me Talkin.wav
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Track 10
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\10 - Seven Days.wav
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Track 11
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\11 - Seems To Me.wav
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Track 12
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\12 - No Peace For The Wicked.wav
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EAC extraction logfile from 16. October 2018, 13:30
Rory Gallagher / Defender
Used drive : HL-DT-STDVD+-RW GU90N Adapter: 1 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 : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 4:48.37 | 0 | 21636
2 | 4:48.37 | 4:27.10 | 21637 | 41671
3 | 9:15.47 | 4:38.13 | 41672 | 62534
4 | 13:53.60 | 4:57.72 | 62535 | 84881
5 | 18:51.57 | 4:38.49 | 84882 | 105780
6 | 23:30.31 | 5:33.00 | 105781 | 130755
7 | 29:03.31 | 4:07.32 | 130756 | 149312
8 | 33:10.63 | 4:46.10 | 149313 | 170772
9 | 37:56.73 | 3:35.12 | 170773 | 186909
10 | 41:32.10 | 5:14.29 | 186910 | 210488
11 | 46:46.39 | 4:52.31 | 210489 | 232419
12 | 51:38.70 | 4:25.49 | 232420 | 252343
Track 1
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\01 - Kickback City.wav
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Track quality 99.9 %
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Track 2
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\02 - Loanshark Blues.wav
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Track 3
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\03 - Continental Op.wav
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Track 4
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\04 - I Ain't No Saint.wav
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Track 5
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\05 - Failsafe Day.wav
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Track 6
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\06 - Road To Hell.wav
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Track 7
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\07 - Doing Time.wav
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Track 8
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\08 - Smear Campaign.wav
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Track 9
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\09 - Don't Start Me Talkin.wav
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Track 10
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\10 - Seven Days.wav
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Track 11
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\11 - Seems To Me.wav
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Track 12
Filename C:\Users\ian\Desktop\Rory Gallagher - Defender (1987) [FLAC] {2018 Original recording remastered}\12 - No Peace For The Wicked.wav
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