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Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy [Classic Records 180g LP] Definitive Master vinyl rip in 24-bit/96kHz & CD-format

Posted By : aksman | Date : 09 Dec 2011 20:44:15 | Comments : 18 |
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Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Definitive Master vinyl rip (presented in 24/96 & 16/44.1) | FLAC | m3u, cue & Tech Log
Artwork | DR Analysis | 891 / 261 mb incl. recovery | FSonic, FF & FP | Rock | 1973
Mastered by Bernie Grundman @ Grundman Mastering, Hollywood
Classic Records 180g LP (Quiex SV-P) / Cat.#: SD 7255

Throughout the record, the band's playing is excellent, making the eclecticism of Page and Robert Plant's songwriting sound coherent and natural.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine/AMG (5/5 Stars)


Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on 28 March 1973. The album title is a dedication by the band to their fans who appeared at venues they dubbed "Houses of the Holy". It was the second Led Zeppelin album to not officially be titled after the band. It was also the first of the band's albums to be composed of completely original material. It represents a musical turning point for Led Zeppelin, as they began to use more layering and production techniques in recording their songs.

The album provided notable additions to the band's catalogue of songs, and it has certified for shipping 11 million copies in the United States. In 2003, Houses of the Holy was ranked number 149 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

More infos can be found on Wikipedia.



Track listing
    Side one

    1. "The Song Remains the Same" Page, Plant 5:32
    2. "The Rain Song" Page, Plant 7:39
    3. "Over the Hills and Far Away" Page, Plant 4:50
    4. "The Crunge" Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant 3:17

    Side two

    1. "Dancing Days" Page, Plant 3:43
    2. "D'yer Mak'er" Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant 4:23
    3. "No Quarter" Jones, Page, Plant 7:00
    4. "The Ocean" Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant 4:31

Personnel
    Led Zeppelin

    John Bonham – drums
    John Paul Jones – bass guitar, keyboards
    Jimmy Page – acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitar, theremin on "No Quarter,"
    Robert Plant – lead vocals

    Production

    Keith Harwood – mixing
    Hipgnosis – sleeve art direction
    Andy Johns – engineering, mixing (on "No Quarter")
    Eddie Kramer – engineering, mixing
    Bob Ludwig – mastering engineering
    Aubrey Powell – cover photography


Dynamic Range Analysis

foobar2000 1.1.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2011-12-08 22:06:58

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Analyzed: Led Zeppelin / Houses of the Holy [Classic Records 180g LP; DMR]
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -1.00 dB -15.44 dB 5:29 01-The Song Remains The Same
DR13 -1.29 dB -19.40 dB 7:40 02-The Rain Song
DR13 -1.54 dB -18.00 dB 4:52 03-Over The Hills And Far Away
DR12 -1.69 dB -15.85 dB 3:19 04-The Crunge
DR12 -2.11 dB -15.79 dB 3:47 05-Dancing Days
DR14 -0.93 dB -17.10 dB 4:26 06-D'yer Mak'er
DR13 -1.96 dB -19.44 dB 7:07 07-No Quarter
DR13 -1.56 dB -16.95 dB 4:38 08-The Ocean
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 849 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Technical Log

Hannl "limited" Record Cleaning Machine with Rotating Brush
TT: Bergmann Audio "Magne" (with air-bearing platter)
Tonearm: Bergmann Magne (tangential/linear air-bearing tonearm)
Cartridge: Ortofon MC A 90
Phono Amp: Nagra BPS (battery driven pre amp; 100 Ohm load)
E-MU 0404 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Interconnects by Silent Wire (NF-7)
Wavelab 6.1 recording software (recording & manual click removal)
iZotope RX Advanced 2.0 (resampling & audio restoration)
Traders Little Helper (SBE fix on 16/44.1)


Vacuum Cleaning > Bergmann Magne > Nagra BPS > Laptop > Wavelab 6.1 (24/192) > manual click removal
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > resample to 24/96 (16/44.1) > split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout.


Ripping Note

This LP been on my wishlist for a long, long time... Finally I been able to get for reasonable price.
The condition of record & cover was mint-.




All files are inside the folders.
High resoulution files are marked as "hr", CD-compatible files as "rb".


The files are interchangeable!!!

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Posted By: tubert Date: 09 Dec 2011 21:01:22
Hey aksman, I know you have a new rig but, is this a new pressing? Your last rip sounded really "thin". I'll grab it anyway because it's my fave Zep album. I'm just curious. Thanks!

Oops! Just read your notes, looks like you got a new pressing. Woohoo!
Posted By: aksman Date: 09 Dec 2011 21:32:33
@ tubert
My previous rip of "Houses of the Holy" was from a japanese pressing...
Posted By: twofourbit Date: 09 Dec 2011 21:54:06
40 kb/s from filepost.. oh well..lol stop..other 2 used..
looking forward to the 24 bit
thank you kind one
Posted By: gorolez Date: 09 Dec 2011 22:53:26
Many, many Thanks!!!Great Post!
Posted By: mudkipNDS Date: 10 Dec 2011 01:10:10
Hmm... this record is an oddity, in the sense that it was mastered by not one, or two, but now THREE excellent engineers.

You have the fabulous Robert Ludwig doing the US pressing, and the wonderful George "Porky" Peckham doing the UK platter... and now the excellent Bernie Grundman doing this fantastic reissue. Talk about Battle of the Legendary Record Cutting Engineers!

Really, if there was ever a fairer battleground to test which man is the strongest, we have it here, in the form of Houses of the Holy. Thanks for adding to the faceoff, aksman :P

P.S. I'm not in it for the competition. I love all three men dearly...
Posted By: whitetrash Date: 10 Dec 2011 01:22:53
Porky wins :)
Posted By: Lizard_King Date: 10 Dec 2011 04:40:46
THANK YOU!!!!
Posted By: VAUVAU Date: 10 Dec 2011 08:14:32
Thank you very much! Classical album, 5/5 really.
Posted By: boticario Date: 10 Dec 2011 11:59:39
...and Classic Records (SD 7255):

http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3377670

the best soundcard: RME Fireface 400
the best cartridge: ORTOFON 212S-Ortofon SPU Sinergy
the best ripper: Incognito


Posted By: Narayan23 Date: 10 Dec 2011 14:10:27
Thanks a lot!
Posted By: G3N35I5 Date: 11 Dec 2011 11:23:43
WHOLE LOTTA THANX
for Bernie' CR in HiRez !
Posted By: MilMascaras Date: 14 Dec 2011 20:48:39
WOW, outstanding ! Thank you so much !
ByTheWay, who did the "Mastering" of the Japanese Vinyl that was available recently?
RL or GP??
Posted By: BigBangPeng Date: 15 Dec 2011 19:44:26
Dear aksman,
your work speaks for itself,
since it needs no words...
Except:

T H A N K Y O U V E R Y M U C H !


Cheers from Berlin:-)
Posted By: humyaimakmak Date: 22 Dec 2011 13:21:01
Awesome rip! Many thanks, aksman.
Posted By: nedjo Date: 27 Dec 2011 21:23:39
Thanks Aksman,
Posted By: thequick1 Date: 31 Dec 2011 02:57:19
Fantastic share, thanks yet again aksman, it's still christmas!
Posted By: obukhov.gena Date: 11 Jan 2012 08:38:53
Thank you very much! Super sound.
Posted By: Iced Date: 18 Jan 2012 20:40:56
Thanks Aksman...listening now and it's really great~

Cheers

Iced 8]
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