(Hard rock) [LP] [24/96] Def Leppard - Pyromania - 1983, FLAC (tracks) Original UK Press

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Pyromania is the third studio album by British rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983. It featured new guitarist Phil Collen and was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The album charted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and #18 on the UK Albums Chart

Recorded January–November 1982 at Park Gates Studios, Battle, East Sussex, England, and Battery Studios, London

Personnel

Joe Elliott – lead vocals
Steve Clark – guitars
Phil Collen – guitars
Rick Savage – bass
Rick Allen – drums
Pete Willis – rhythm guitars

Additional musicians

The Leppardettes – backing vocals
John Kongos – Fairlight CMI programming
Booker T. Boffin – keyboards (a.k.a. Thomas Dolby)

Production

Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer
Mike Shipley – engineer
Brian "Chuck" New – assistant engineer (Battery Studios)
Craig "Too Loud for Boys" Thomson – assistant engineer (Park Gate Studios)

Additional personnel

Bernard Gudynas – front cover illustration
David Landslide – back cover photograph
Andie Airfix – album sleeve concept and desig

Professional ratings:
Allmusic 5/5 stars
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
Sputnik Music 4.5/5 stars
Thrash Hits 5.5/6 stars
RYM Rating 3.71/5 stars

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foobar2000 1.1.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-04-24 15:14:34

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Analyzed: Def Leppard / Pyromania (UK)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -0.75 dB -14.49 dB 3:56 01-Rock Rock ('Til You Drop)
DR12 -0.70 dB -14.93 dB 4:09 02-Photograph
DR12 -0.70 dB -15.23 dB 3:46 03-Stagefright
DR13 -0.70 dB -16.50 dB 4:27 04-Too Late For Love
DR13 -0.70 dB -15.64 dB 6:18 05-Die Hard The Hunter
DR13 -0.70 dB -15.23 dB 4:34 06-Foolin'
DR13 -0.70 dB -15.46 dB 4:08 07-Rock Of Ages
DR12 -0.92 dB -14.58 dB 4:15 08-Comin' Under Fire
DR13 -1.35 dB -15.48 dB 3:49 09-Action! Not Words
DR13 -0.70 dB -15.97 dB 5:57 10-Billy's Got A Gun
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 3121 kbps
Codec: FLAC

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Rip Info:

96kHz Final Master Vinyl Rip Feb 2012

Vinyl Ripping Process/Equipment:

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Vinyl Cleaning Process

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- 3 Liter Ultrasonic Cleaner (Tap water with Sporicidin) on custom rotating assembly at 1 RPM for one hour
- Vacuum off with Nitty Gritty
- AIVS Premium Record Cleaner Formula No. 15 applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
- McCulloch MC-1275 Heavy-Duty Steam Cleaner applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- L'Art du Son Record Cleaning Fluid applied with VPI Bristle brush
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- Whole Foods Deionized Water applied with Mofi Brush (Separate from AIVS Mofi Brush)
- Vacuum off with VPI 16.5
- Flip record and repeat
- Place record on Plate Demgnetizer

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Turntable Equipment Profile

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- VPI Scoutmaster with inverted bearing and 300 RPM motor
- VPI Center Record Weight
- VPI Periphery Ring Clam
- Gingko Cloud 11 Vibration Control Platform
- VPI Synchronous Drive System turntable motor speed controller and line isolator
- Trans-Fi Audio Terminator T3Pro tangential tracking air bearing tonearm
- Zyx Airy 3X-SB cartridge

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Phono Stage Profile

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- Musical Surroundings Phonomena Phono Preamplifier
- Musical Surroundings Battery Power Supply

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Analog/Digital Convertion

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- E-MU 1212M (the 1212M contains the same A/D converters used in Digidesign's ProTools HD 192 I/O interface)
- Adobe Audition 3.01 running on Windows XP in a Shuttle PC form factor

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Post Processing Of Audio

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- Run thru ClickRepair(if necessary) at level 7 with
- Pitch Protection | off
- Reverse | on
- Simple
- Resample to 96khz in Izotope Rx2 using the default preset
- Manually listen to album in Adobe Audition cleaning any clicks/anomalies
- Flac with Xrecode II for hi-rez files

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What is this Final Master stuff:

After years of trying to improve both my ripping/cleaning process and upgrading my equipment to a level I feel comfortable sticking with I am proud to present these final versions of the best sources I can find.So I am happy to say that more than likely this is the last mother fucking copy you are ever going to need...or your money back