America - Hearts
Warner Bros Records B2 2852
Very Early US Pressing
24-bit / 96kHz Vinyl Rip by Dr. Robert
July 2011
Vinyl condition: Still Sealed after 35+ years
Deadwax info
Side 1: T-S-41028-1-3
Side 2: T-S-41029-1-3
Nitty Gritty RCM 1.5
Technics SL-1210 MK2 DD Turntable
Origin Live OL1 fully modified tone arm (Rega RB250)
Audio-Technica AT33EV MC Cartridge
Pro-ject Tube Box SE II Preamp
Tascam US-144 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
AudioQuest G-Snake LGC interconnects
Mac Pro Dual Zeon 2.66 GHz
Bias Peak Pro 6.2 recording software
iZotope RX Advanced 2.0 for de-click
iZotope RX Advanced 2.0 for Redbook conversion
xACT Version 2.13 (4791) for Redbook SBE correction, MD5 checksum and Redbook FLAC
XLD Version 20110703 (135.1) for 24/96 FLAC conversion
RCM > TT > AT33EV > TubeBox preamp > ADC > Mac Pro > Peak Pro @ 24/96 >
analyze (no clipping, DC Bias offset correction, each side gain adjusted to -0.3 dB) >
split into individual tracks > iZotope RX Advanced 2.0 Declick level 1.5 >
FLAC encoded Level 8 with XLD
No DeNoise was used on this rip, except on first 21 seconds of Daisy Jane.
No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original track layout.
You are free to share this along with credit "Rip by Dr. Robert"
Macintosh users can convert FLAC to Apple Lossless using XLD
and can verify MD5 checksums with xAct.