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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Weld (1991) [German original 2xLP-Set] 24-bit/96kHz & CD-format

Posted By : aksman | Date : 07 Oct 2011 04:21:29 | Comments : 14 |
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Weld
Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192kHz (presented in 24/96 & 16/44.1) | FLAC | m3u, cue & Tech Log
Artwork | DR Analysis | 2.44 gb/740 mb incl. recovery | FSonic, FF & WU | Rock | 1991
German original 2xLP-Set / Cat.#: Reprise 7599-26671-1
Half-speed mastered by Stan Ricker

In retrospect, Weld seems like an excellent expression of one part of Young's musical persona, putting some of his best hard rock material onto one album.
- William Ruhlmann/AMG (4.5/5 Stars)


Weld is a live album and concert video by Neil Young & Crazy Horse released in 1991, comprising performances recorded on the tour to promote the Ragged Glory album. Initially released as a limited edition three-disc set entitled Arc-Weld, with the Arc portion being a single disc consisting in its entirety of a sound collage of guitar noise and feedback, with equally discordant backing by the Horse, undoubtedly[opinion] influenced by Young's choice of Sonic Youth as his opening act. Arc has since been released as a separate title.

Weld consists of rock and roll songs by Young and Crazy Horse, duplicating seven that had appeared on either Rust Never Sleeps or Live Rust from twelve years earlier. It also echoes those albums as Young, in both cases having spent most of a previous decade pursuing different musical avenues, returned to straightforward rock and roll via the acclaimed Ragged Glory album with Crazy Horse, then celebrating that return with an accompanying multi-disc live document and concert film. An interesting cut on this album is Young's "Gulf War" version of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind", which had air raid sound effects.

Neil Young claims that, while mixing this album, he permanently damaged his hearing.




Tracklist
    A1 Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) 5:21
    A2 Crime In The City 6:26
    A3 Blowin' In The Wind 6:36
      Written-By – Bob Dylan

    A4 Love To Burn 9:37

    B1 Welfare Mothers 6:51
    B2 Cinnamon Girl 4:33
    B3 Mansion On The Hill 6:04
    B4 F*!#in' Up 6:53
    B5 Farmer John 4:13
      Written-By – Dewey Terry, Don Harris*

    C1 Cortez The Killer 9:26
    C2 Powderfinger 5:36
    C3 Love And Only Love 9:17
    C4 Roll Another Number 4:58

    D1 Rockin' In The Free World 8:33
    D2 Like A Hurricane 13:56
    D3 Tonight's The Night 8:12

Personnel
    Neil Young – guitar, vocals
    Ralph Molina – drums, vocals
    Frank "Poncho" Sampedro – guitar, Univox Stringman synthesizer, vocals
    Billy Talbot – bass, vocals

Notes
    A live album of Neil & Crazy Horse's 1991 Ragged Glory tour.

    Comes in a gatefold sleeve.

Barcode
    Barcode: 0 7599-26671-1 1
    Other (Label Code): LC 0322
    Other (Rights Societies): GEMA/BIEM

Dynamic Range

foobar2000 1.1.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.0 beta 6
log date: 2011-10-05 23:48:13

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Analyzed: Neil Young & Crazy Horse / Weld [German original LP]
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -2.07 dB -17.79 dB 5:35 01-Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
DR14 -1.75 dB -17.60 dB 6:32 02-Crime In The City
DR11 -2.03 dB -16.08 dB 6:32 03-Blowin' In The Wind
DR14 -0.72 dB -17.09 dB 9:48 04-Love To Burn
DR13 -1.50 dB -16.68 dB 7:00 05-Welfare Mothers
DR13 -1.67 dB -17.68 dB 4:43 06-Cinnamon Girl
DR13 -2.41 dB -18.73 dB 6:12 07-Mansion On The Hill
DR13 -2.01 dB -17.34 dB 7:00 08-!#in' Up
DR13 -1.90 dB -18.41 dB 4:32 09-Farmer John
DR14 -1.88 dB -18.84 dB 9:44 10-Cortez The Killer
DR13 -2.04 dB -16.92 dB 5:42 11-Powderfinger
DR13 -1.06 dB -16.33 dB 9:37 12-Love And Only Love
DR12 -2.32 dB -16.80 dB 5:23 13-Roll Another Number
DR14 -0.78 dB -16.35 dB 8:35 14-Rockin' In The Free World
DR12 -2.03 dB -16.78 dB 13:27 15-Like A Hurricane
DR13 -3.02 dB -19.25 dB 8:00 16-Tonight's The Night
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Number of tracks: 16
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 696 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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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 2.00 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 2.00
> split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

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


Ripping Note

This used and hard to find record looks and played like it was unplayed. However, i would grade the cover vg+... I washed the record on my RCM and had to rmove just a few minor clicks. That's it!!!




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Posted By: Laserman59 Date: 07 Oct 2011 04:42:18
Something is wrong with your filesonic url.
I have never heard this one.
Thank you Aksman for your always fantastic quality work. :-)
Posted By: znkp Date: 07 Oct 2011 05:06:27
@Laserman59: Remove the last letter (that is "i") from the Filesonic URL and it will work.
Posted By: aksman Date: 07 Oct 2011 06:01:58
Filesonic link -> fixed!
Posted By: Toxxy Date: 07 Oct 2011 06:07:24
Amazing post aksman! Really lookin' forward to hear your rips of this d*mn GREAT live album! Tons of thanks!
Posted By: yerbas07 Date: 07 Oct 2011 08:56:27
Muchas gracias.
Posted By: audiophilehi Date: 07 Oct 2011 15:52:34
Thanks for the share!!!!
Posted By: amlabella23 Date: 07 Oct 2011 22:09:45
Great album, thanks very much for ripping this one. :)
Posted By: Deelaudid Date: 08 Oct 2011 06:53:53
YAA!!!!!! I Just mentioned Weld the other day and here it is!!! Thanks Aksman. I'm really looking forward to hearing this on vinyl.....and a half speed mastered German pressing too.
Aksman, I don't doubt for a second that Young damaged his hearing on this tour. The show I saw during the Weld tour, Neil's guitar was pretty loud. Though I have a feeling it's the feedback that probably did the damage. I remember at the show I saw, almost every song had a 2 minute outro of howling feedback, totally CRUNCHED chords, screaming single notes and smashed cymbals. I still remember just being astounded at the sound of his guitar, and especially during Blowing In The Wind. He was a like a man possessed the way he stormed all over the stage during lead breaks, hammering on the whammy bar of his gibson. Quite different from his "Old Ways" tour I saw a few years previous that backed his most country & western album ever. (That tours recently been released on vinyl, blu-ray and cd NY & The International Harvesters)
I'd also agree that Sonic Youth had an influence on him during this tour, as did the Seattle grunge scene that was just beginning to really roll at the time. Young has never been afraid to let new music influence him. He says punk influenced the louder songs on Rust Never Sleeps (contrary to many of his peers he says he liked punk rock)and the influence grunge had on him was evident in the 90's especially in his live work.
The people that were there to hear Heart Of Gold were sorely disappointed, to say the least!!heh heh Many people walked out during Sonic Youth' set and I was (sort of) surprised that some people walked out during Neils show too. Didn't have to hear them bitch then, which a lot of people did. Didn't they know that Neil rocks out too? Although, I believe this was his first shows that rocked out to this degree, and with no acoustic songs at all. It was almost like when Dylan went electric in the mid 60's people weren't ready to hear a grunge influenced Neil Young
Posted By: Kiteboarder Date: 09 Oct 2011 05:08:05
Blessings ~*~
Posted By: lunaire Date: 09 Oct 2011 15:56:07
Thanks a lot Sir;the more I crank up the knob, the better this rip sound!if I continue I"l have somme "hearing problems" too!!!
Posted By: bassoutta Date: 09 Oct 2011 18:32:03
bugs please fixed thank's

Posted By: appreciative Date: 12 Oct 2011 23:48:28
Weird. I've owned the Ragged Glory CD (and now have the LP rip from here, thanks!) since it was released and for whatever reason passed on Weld even though I think Ragged Glory is incredible.

In both recordings, the guitar tone and harmonies are, I think pretty uniquely rich. And rips like these give them enough room to freely flow without being scrunched in.

Yeah, I know, it's been said that the original Young masters from this period are only 16/44 but I don't care. That doesn't mean an early '90s CD wouldn't have still been a limitation compared to real HD delivery, LPs.
Posted By: loomer Date: 12 Nov 2011 08:00:24
AXMAN ! EXCELLENT WORK ! Thank you very much !
Posted By: 3lv1scat Date: 17 Dec 2011 14:32:30
Thanks again.
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