Eric Clapton - Journeyman
Reprise 2 LP-Set (2010) / Reprise 523108
Mastered by Bernie Grundman @ Grundman Mastering
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192Khz (converted to 24/96 & 16/44.1) | FLAC | m3u, cue & Tech Log
Artwork | 1.2 gb / 360 mb incl. recovery | Rapidshare & FileFactory | Blues; Rock | 1989
Allmusic.com rating 4.5 / 5
| “ | Like any of Clapton's best albums, there is no grandstanding to be found on Journeyman — it's simply a laid-back and thoroughly engaging display of Clapton's virtuosity. On the whole, it's the best studio album he's released since Slowhand.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine/AMG | ” |
Journeyman is an album by blues/rock musician
Eric Clapton, released in 1989.
The album has an electronic sound, mostly influenced by the 80's rock scene, but it also had blues songs like "Before You Accuse Me", "Running On Faith" and "Hard Times". The strongest single from this album was "Bad Love," which earned him the 1990 Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Grammy Awards, and reached the #1 position on the Album Rock Chart. "Pretending" also reached the #1 position on the Album Rock Chart the previous year, remaining at the top for 5 weeks ("Bad Love" had only stayed for 3 weeks).
The album was a moderate commercial success, reaching just the 16th position on the Billboard 200 chart, but becoming his first solo studio album to go double platinum. This is one of
Eric Clapton's favourite albums.
Track listing
"Pretending" (Jerry Lynn Williams) – 4:48
"Anything For Your Love" (Williams) – 4:16
"Bad Love" (Eric Clapton, Mick Jones) – 5:11
"Running On Faith" (Williams) – 5:27
"Hard Times" (Ray Charles) – 3:00
"Hound Dog" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:26
"No Alibis" (Williams) – 5:32
"Run So Far" (George Harrison) – 4:06
"Old Love" (Clapton, Robert Cray) – 6:25
"Breaking Point" (Marty Grebb, Williams) – 5:37
"Lead Me On" (Cecil Womack, Linda Womack) – 5:52
"Before You Accuse Me" (Ellas McDaniel) – 3:55
Personnel
Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals, Dobro, design
Phil Collins - drums, background & harmony vocals
David Sanborn - alto saxophone
Robert Cray - guitar
Phil Palmer - guitar
John Tropea - rhythm guitar
George Harrison - guitar & harmony vocals
Cecil Womack - acoustic guitar, vocals
Jerry Williams - guitar, background & harmony vocals
Nathan East - bass, background vocals
Pino Palladino - bass
Darryl Jones - bass
Gary Burton - vibraphone
Hank Crawford - alto saxophone
Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone
David "Fathead" Newman - tenor saxophone
Jon Faddis - trumpet & horn
Lew Soloff - trumpet
Steve Ferrone - drums & Hi Hat
Jim Keltner - percussion, drums, tambourine, drum programming
Jeff Bova - synthesizer, programming, drum programming, synthesizer horn
Jimmy Bralower - drum programming
Alan Clark - synthesizer, keyboards, Hammond organ, sequencing
Robbie Kondor - synthesizer, harmonica, keyboards, vocoder, drum programming
Rob Mounsey - synthesizer
Robby Kilgore - synthesizer
Greg Phillinganes - synthesizer, piano, keyboards, background vocals
Richard Tee - piano, Fender Rhodes
Carol Steele - percussion, conga, tambourine
Arif Mardin - arranger, string arrangements
Linda Womack - vocals
Daryl Hall - harmony vocals
Tawatha Agee - background vocals
Lani Groves - background vocals
Chaka Khan - background vocals
Tessa Niles - background vocals
Vaneese Thomas - background vocals
Allmusic 4.5/5
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Rolling Stone 4/5
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Dynamic Range analyzis
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Analyzed folder: D:\Recording\16-44 (redbook)\Eric Clapton - Journeyman (1989) [flac] {Reprise 2 LP-Set; BG; 16-44}\
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR15 -0.85 dB -17.66 dB A1 - Pretending.wav
DR13 -1.98 dB -17.17 dB A2 - Anything For Your Love.wav
DR14 -0.59 dB -16.99 dB A3 - Bad Love.wav
DR13 -0.16 dB -17.70 dB B1 - Running On Faith.wav
DR13 -4.18 dB -21.27 dB B2 - Hard Times.wav
DR14 -1.87 dB -18.08 dB B3 - Hound Dog.wav
DR13 -1.48 dB -17.46 dB C1 - No Alibis.wav
DR14 -2.38 dB -18.58 dB C2 - Run So Far.wav
DR15 -0.98 dB -20.14 dB C3 - Old Love.wav
DR15 -0.89 dB -18.02 dB D1 - Breaking Point.wav
DR15 -3.37 dB -21.28 dB D2 - Lead Me On.wav
DR14 -2.35 dB -18.99 dB D3 - Before You Accuse Me.wav
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Number of files: 12
Official DR value: DR14
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Technical Log
RCM Hannl 'limited' with "Rotating Brush"
Music Hall MMF 9.1 Turntable
Tonearm: Pro-Ject 9cc evo with Pure Silver Wires
Cartridge: Nagaoka MP-500
Brocksieper Phonomax (Tube Phono PreAmp)
E-MU 0404 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Interconnections : Silent Wire NF5
WaveLab 6 recording software
iZotope RX Advanced 1.21 for resampling and dithering
Vacuum cleaning > TT > Brocksieper Phonomax > E-MU 0404 > WaveLab 6 (24/192) > manual click removal >
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > converted to 24/96 (16/44.1) with iZotope RX Advanced 1.21
> split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)
No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout.
Personal Note
With my vinyl transfers, I try to catch the whole beauty of vinyl records; therefore I don't use any post-processing or any sound improvement. What you get is a clear and flat transfer. For getting a clear sound, I'll do an extended washing of each record with my RCM, which can take up to 30 minutes brushing on each side. Resistant ticks and clicks I try to remove as good as possible, but the priority is not to lose any musical information in the process. Surface noises, as long they are not too high, are left in place. Only on bad pressings or on records recorded at extremely low levels do I use a fade in-/-out. As John Peel said, "Life is full of surface noises." In some cases this means that I have to make a compromise.... The result has to pass my personal quality criteria, which is IMO quite high.
Links: (File Factory) Folder
Links: (RS.com) Folder
The files can be found in the folders.
High resolution files are marked as 2496, CD-compatible files 1644
The files are interchangeable!!!
Pass: pls use my nick
Hope you enjoy!!!
Strange, there is no glitch or any other prob on my files... However, I will reup track A3 seperate for you.
There is some problem with track A3 Bad love (16-44), error message: wrong password?, but it's recoverable with winrar's repair option (ctrl+r).
Thanks anyway aksman,
WinRAR repair tool
Thanks! Repair tool took care of it. Appreciate your help.
WinRar repair tool worked like a charm. Thanks for the tip.
@Aksman
No need to reup track A3 now. Thanks.
New links for 16/44.1 version added on RS and FileFactory. Now it should work without any trouble.
The sound of these 45rpm releases is amazing.
Great to be treated so nicely from you!
rg1960
These are not 45rpm's... they run @ 33 rpm. But you are right, the sound improvement is amazing.
Kind regards
Could you make a re-up? Please!
Only 2 days before it has gone... Reup is in progress, but it can take a few days.
I don't know if it would be noticeable except that I'm listening with Senn HD650s and headphone amp......it could very well be in the grooves ;(
99.99% exceptional sound.....might be getting spoiled with the recent digital downloads. I only mention this because most of your n-drops are as close to perfect as I've heard.
Can't wait to hear, as your equipment sounds very nice. It's a great album as well.
RS is dead!