Black Crowes - Before the Frost...Until the Freeze (2009) (24-bit 96kHZvinyl rip)

Black Crowes - Before The Frost... Until The Freeze [v3]
Vinyl rip in 24-bit / 96kHZ [and redbook] FLAC + full artwork
2.3 GB / 927 MB | magnet + mega | Rock, Folk-Rock
Silver Arrow Records - Black Vinyl pressing, 2LP 180 gram

Before the Frost...Until the Freeze is a 2009 album by folk/70s/blues-rock band The Black Crowes. It was recorded before a live audience at Levon Helm's Woodstock, NY studio, The Barn in late February and early March, 2009. The album was produced by long time band collaborator, Paul Stacey, and released on Silver Arrow Records.



This was the second LP I ever ripped and shared, suffice to say it is pretty embarrassing to listen to now, and not that I have any intention of re-ripping very much if anything else, this was one that I felt inclined to revisit, so this is a new 2013 rip! This is the 2nd attempt, the first had some major issues with the final files, if you grabbed them, delete them, these are tested, should be fine now.

Revitalized by their 2008 reunion, the Black Crowes decided to take a genuine risk, recording a double-album's worth of new material in front of a live audience at Levon Helm's barn in upstate New York...and then release the second half, Until the Freeze, as a free download-only. To a certain extent, such formal experiments are where the Crowes can really stretch, as they're so devoted to rock & roll roots from Southern England to South Georgia, they can't add new wrinkles to old traditions. But that's not exactly right: they're willing to stretch until at least the late '70s, offering their spin on a Rolling Stones' disco on the album's first single, "I Ain't Hiding." As true as that may be, it's too snide and easy, and does a disservice to what the Crowes pull off with aplomb on this rather remarkable record, a record that has all the easy interplay of a road-tested band but none of the weariness. The Crowes play with muscle and grace, easing into the rustic ramble of "Appaloosa" or getting dirt underneath their fingernails on the stupendous opener "Good Morning Captain," a song that sets the keynote for the rest of the record both in its sturdy construction and enthusiastically ragged performance. More than anything, it's the kineticism that captivates, how the band deepens their already-strong songs with muscle and blood, sounding alive in a way that they never quite have in the studio. No longer young upstarts, they wear their years proudly on this terrific album, sounding like the veteran roadhounds they've always aspired to be.. - allmusic

One of the best 70s rock albums in the last 20 years...  ;)

tracks:
A1 Aimless Peacock
A2 Good Morning Captain
A3 Been A Long Time (Waiting On Love)
A4 Greenhorn
B1 Appaloosa
B2 The Shady Grove
B3 The Garden Gate
B4 Shine Along
B5 Roll Old Jeremiah
B6 Houston Don't Dream About Me
C1 I Aint Hiding
C2 Kept My Soul
C3 Lady Of Ave A
C4 Make Glad
C5 And The Band Played On
D1 What Is Home?
D2 So Many Times
D3 A Train Still Makes A Lonely Sound
D4 Fork In The River
D5 The Last Place That Loves Lives

credits:
Larry Campbell Banjo, Fiddle, Pedal Steel
Luther Dickinson Guitar, Mando
Steve Gorman Percussion, Drums
Adam MacDougall Keyboards, Vocals
Joe Magistro Percussion
Sven Pipien Bass, Vocals
Christopher Robinson Guitar, Harp, Vocals
Rich Robinson Lyricist



transfer: March 27, 2013
Record Doctor RCM
Audio-Technica AT33EV
Sota Sapphire w/ Eminent Technology Tonearm 2 (ET-2)
Tube Box SE II w/NOS Telefunken ECC83
TC Electronic Impact Twin Audio Interface
Sound Studio [capture 24-bit/96kHZ]
Amadeus Pro [Analyze, split tracks, verify waveform, no clipping]
Izotope RX2 [manual de-clicking, resample, dither]
xAct [SBE correction]
XLD [flac conversion]
TAG [tagging]