Three Man Army - Mahesha (1974) (Progressive Line PL593 rel 2003)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 200 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 84 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 33 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1974, 2003 Polydor / Progressive Line | PL 593 | 24 Bit Digitally Remastered
Rock / Classic Rock / Hard Rock
For Three Man Army's second album, their power trio lineup stabilized with the recruitment of Tony Newman for the drummer's chair (the first album, A Third of a Lifetime, had featured several drummers). A Third of a Lifetime had been journeyman early British hard rock with a few glimpses of more satisfyingly gentle and melodic moods. Unfortunately, Mahesha put even greater emphasis on their pedestrian hard rock chops and even more pedestrian material, which at its best could only approximate a sub-Led Zeppelin (as the chorus of "Come Down to Earth" certainly does).
Sure, you could hear differing inflections from time to time, like the funky rhythm of "Can't Leave the Summer," the tender pop melodics in sections of "Take a Look at the Light," and – weirdest of all – the pompous instrumental arrangement of "My Yiddish Mama," which segues into the far more conventional strutting hard rock of "Hold On." Ultimately, however, it's bottom-bill fare that brings to mind images of restless audiences starting to catcall for the headliners.
Personnel
Adrian Gurvitz - guitar, vocals, keyboards
Paul Gurvitz - bass, vocals
Tony Newman - drums
Tracks
01 - My Yiddishe Mamma
02 - Hold On
03 - Come Down To Earth
04 - Take Me Down From The Mountain
05 - Woman
06 - Mahesha
07 - Take A Look At The Light
08 - Can I Leave The Summer
09 - The Trip
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15. November 2010
EAC extraction logfile from 8. August 2011, 12:33
Three Man Army / Mahesha
Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203A Adapter: 1 ID: 0
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
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : Пользовательский кодировщик
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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" %j–picture="%i"%j %s -o %d
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 2:06.70 | 0 | 9519
2 | 2:06.70 | 3:38.59 | 9520 | 25928
3 | 5:45.54 | 3:57.08 | 25929 | 43711
4 | 9:42.62 | 3:05.71 | 43712 | 57657
5 | 12:48.58 | 2:53.14 | 57658 | 70646
6 | 15:41.72 | 5:14.41 | 70647 | 94237
7 | 20:56.38 | 3:57.61 | 94238 | 112073
8 | 24:54.24 | 4:04.26 | 112074 | 130399
9 | 28:58.50 | 6:05.09 | 130400 | 157783
Track 1
Filename C:\EAC\01. - My Yiddishe Mamma.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 33.7 %
Extraction speed 1.9 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 24616CD0
Copy CRC 24616CD0
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename C:\EAC\02. - Hold On.wav
Peak level 91.9 %
Extraction speed 2.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 224DAF8E
Copy CRC 224DAF8E
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 3
Filename C:\EAC\03. - Come Down To Earth.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.14
Peak level 90.7 %
Extraction speed 2.3 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 13BC9ECC
Copy CRC 13BC9ECC
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename C:\EAC\04. - Take Me Down From The Mountain.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:04.12
Peak level 99.9 %
Extraction speed 2.3 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 125A33A1
Copy CRC 125A33A1
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename C:\EAC\05. - Woman.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.22
Peak level 81.2 %
Extraction speed 2.8 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 48B4C059
Copy CRC 48B4C059
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename C:\EAC\06. - Mahesha.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.18
Peak level 95.8 %
Extraction speed 3.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC CD11B732
Copy CRC CD11B732
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename C:\EAC\07. - Take A Look At The Light.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.45
Peak level 73.3 %
Extraction speed 3.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC AAB8657D
Copy CRC AAB8657D
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 8
Filename C:\EAC\08. - Can I Leave The Summer.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.12
Peak level 78.1 %
Extraction speed 3.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC B368393E
Copy CRC B368393E
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 9
Filename C:\EAC\09. - The Trip.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.94
Peak level 78.1 %
Extraction speed 4.0 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 41D7B685
Copy CRC 41D7B685
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
No errors occurred
End of status report
==== Log checksum 84B3EF0D0B8BE7C18D5E30CEB37CB2BA3A45679D52184286C830BA111569299D ====
EAC extraction logfile from 8. August 2011, 12:33
Three Man Army / Mahesha
Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7203A Adapter: 1 ID: 0
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
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : Пользовательский кодировщик
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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" %j–picture="%i"%j %s -o %d
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 2:06.70 | 0 | 9519
2 | 2:06.70 | 3:38.59 | 9520 | 25928
3 | 5:45.54 | 3:57.08 | 25929 | 43711
4 | 9:42.62 | 3:05.71 | 43712 | 57657
5 | 12:48.58 | 2:53.14 | 57658 | 70646
6 | 15:41.72 | 5:14.41 | 70647 | 94237
7 | 20:56.38 | 3:57.61 | 94238 | 112073
8 | 24:54.24 | 4:04.26 | 112074 | 130399
9 | 28:58.50 | 6:05.09 | 130400 | 157783
Track 1
Filename C:\EAC\01. - My Yiddishe Mamma.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 33.7 %
Extraction speed 1.9 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 24616CD0
Copy CRC 24616CD0
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename C:\EAC\02. - Hold On.wav
Peak level 91.9 %
Extraction speed 2.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 224DAF8E
Copy CRC 224DAF8E
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 3
Filename C:\EAC\03. - Come Down To Earth.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.14
Peak level 90.7 %
Extraction speed 2.3 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 13BC9ECC
Copy CRC 13BC9ECC
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename C:\EAC\04. - Take Me Down From The Mountain.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:04.12
Peak level 99.9 %
Extraction speed 2.3 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 125A33A1
Copy CRC 125A33A1
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename C:\EAC\05. - Woman.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.22
Peak level 81.2 %
Extraction speed 2.8 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 48B4C059
Copy CRC 48B4C059
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename C:\EAC\06. - Mahesha.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.18
Peak level 95.8 %
Extraction speed 3.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC CD11B732
Copy CRC CD11B732
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename C:\EAC\07. - Take A Look At The Light.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.45
Peak level 73.3 %
Extraction speed 3.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC AAB8657D
Copy CRC AAB8657D
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 8
Filename C:\EAC\08. - Can I Leave The Summer.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.12
Peak level 78.1 %
Extraction speed 3.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC B368393E
Copy CRC B368393E
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 9
Filename C:\EAC\09. - The Trip.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:03.94
Peak level 78.1 %
Extraction speed 4.0 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 41D7B685
Copy CRC 41D7B685
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
No errors occurred
End of status report
==== Log checksum 84B3EF0D0B8BE7C18D5E30CEB37CB2BA3A45679D52184286C830BA111569299D ====
NEXT -> more Three Man Army on the way…
===