Head East – Flat As A Pancake (1975, original Pyramid pressing)

Head East – Flat As A Pancake (1975)
32/96kHz rip presented in 24/96 + 16/44.1 FLAC
968 MB / 312 MB | FLAC | FF / Mega / Torrent | Rock
Pyramid Original self-released pressing

Flat as a Pancake was the first studio release from the band Head East.


Head East released their first album “Flat As A Pancake” on their own Pryamid Records label (common today, fairly unheard of in the 70s!).

It was recorded in 1974 at Golden Voice Recording Studios in South Pekin, Illinois and was released in early 1975. The band sold all 5,000 LPs and 500 8-tracks made on the Pyramid Records label and no further copies were issued on their label after signing with A&M Records later that year.
A&M re-issued the album with new front and back cover art and reversed the sides of the album (songs from side 1 of the Pryamid version are on side 2 of the A&M version and songs from side 2 of the Pyramid version are on side 1 on the A&M version).

Matrix / Runout (Etched Side A): PANCAKE AMatrix / Runout (Etched Side B): PANCAKE BMatrix / Runout (Stamped both sides): KENDUN A

Vinyl Ripping Notes:

transfer: June 2016
Cleaning and Preparation
Record Doctor RCM w/ Bazookatron #12 + #6 cleaning solutions
Audioquest Carbon Fiber Brush
Zerostat Anti-Static Gun
Hardware
Pro-Ject RPM 1.3 [hall sensor tachometer speed verified]
AudioTechnica AT33PTG/II phono cartridge
PS Audio NuWave Phono Converter [60 ohm, 78dB, .2mV]
Macbook Pro [late 2010, capture with Adobe Audition @ 24-bit/96kHZ from NuWave digital USB outputs]
Izotope RX4 [manual de-click, split tracks, create flacs]
Kid3 [tagging]

Vinyl condition: VG+ (so close to NM!)