Kate Bush 50 Words For Snow 96KHz/24bit

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Not a record label plug but I thought this was worth sharing as it's not every day you get a Hi Res release from KB

https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=HD045778718603
 

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I was impatient and pre-ordered the CD, listening to it right now, but may stray vinyl-wards too.

It arrived two days ago, but I've been too ill to listen up until now. It's mesmerising and beautiful. A balm for my almost recovered from flu state of health.
 

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Clare Newsome said:
Indeed. I'm torn between the high-res download or the double-album vinyl.....

A well trodden debate but vinyl: cleaning; turning; storing, not for me.

Anyway I haven't got a deck and I sold all my records, so that's an end to that!!!!
 

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Allegedly, the album was recorded using analogue. Techy-types report decent dynamic range (see below; can anyone 'translate'?). Perhaps the uncompressed 24/96 offers the best of both worlds?

"DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -3.56 dB -20.42 dB 9:47 01-Snowflake
DR13 -0.13 dB -18.55 dB 11:08 02-Lake Tahoe
DR11 -1.70 dB -18.16 dB 13:32 03-Misty
DR15 0.00 dB -17.85 dB 7:17 04-Wild Man
DR13 0.00 dB -17.92 dB 8:05 05-Snowed In At Wheeler Street
DR13 -2.10 dB -18.35 dB 8:31 06-50 Words for Snow
DR12 -4.00 dB -20.73 dB 6:54 07-Among Angels
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2271 kbps
Codec: FLAC"
 
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You don't need to download it from HD Tracks, it's available with a long description of exactly how KB produces her tracks from the Fish People website (her own label).

http://www.katebush.com/shop/downloads/50-words-snow-high-resolution-24-bit-download
 

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Haggy792 said:
Clare Newsome said:
Indeed. I'm torn between the high-res download or the double-album vinyl.....

A well trodden debate but vinyl: cleaning; turning; storing, not for me.

Anyway I haven't got a deck and I sold all my records, so that's an end to that!!!!

Luckily I don't think Clare was suggesting it for you.
 

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It must be the kind of mood I've been in recently but listening to 50 Words For Snow, kind of cheers me up.

It's all relative, I suppose.

The only song I can't really warm to(!) is the Elton John duet. Listened to the whole album three times all the way through now, and it's all rather brilliant. Love the piano. And the sound of it in particular. A Coral Room was easily my favourite, most played from Aerial, and the new album seems to take it's musical, textural lead from there.

Notwithstanding my previously aired reservations about my current set up, this album sounds fantastic in "HiFi terms" (whatever they are), but you get my (snow) drift. Steve Gadd's drums, sonic lustre, Kate's singular articulation of the English condition as seen through her/our snow obsession. It's a perfect, er, storm.
 

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