Paul McCartney - Kisses On The Bottom (Deluxe Edition) 24 bit / 96 kHz (Download)

[The Computer Audiophile]

Kisses On The Bottom (24 bit - 96 kHz)

Release Date: February 7, 2012

Label: Hear Music

Paul McCartney Store (No affiliation, scroll to bottom right for high resolution) [Link]

 

Produced by Tommy LiPuma?Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York and Capitol Studios, Los Angeles?Additional recording performed at Abbey Road Studios, London; Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex; Westlake Studios, Hollywood

Recorded and mixed by Al Schmitt Additional engineering by Elliot Scheiner, Brian Montgomery and Steve Genewick

Pro Tools engineering and editing by Brian Montgomery and Steve Genewick

Assistant Engineers: Fernando Lodeiro at Avatar Studios, New York; Marcus Johnson at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles; Sam Okell, Kris Burton, Gordon Davidson, Paul Pritchard at Abbey Road, London; Eddie Klein, Keith Smith, Jamie Kirkham at Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex

Mastered by Doug Sax and Sangwook ‘Sunny’ Nam at The Mastering Lab, Ojai, California

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Analyzed folder: Kisses On The Bottom Hi Res Deluxe Digital Album

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DR Peak RMS Filename

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DR13 -3.77 dB -19.65 dB (null)

DR12 -5.45 dB -20.12 dB 02 Home (When Shadows Fall).wav

DR12 -3.72 dB -18.05 dB (null)

DR11 -7.12 dB -21.51 dB 04 More I Cannot Wish You.wav

DR14 -4.58 dB -20.46 dB 05 The Glory Of Love.wav

DR12 -5.13 dB -19.12 dB 06 We Three (My Echo_ My Shadow And Me).wav

DR14 -0.60 dB -17.33 dB 07 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive.wav

DR12 -3.42 dB -17.61 dB 08 My Valentine.wav

DR12 -6.61 dB -21.26 dB 09 Always.wav

DR13 -4.59 dB -20.09 dB 10 My Very Good Friend The Milkman.wav

DR13 -4.42 dB -20.61 dB 11 Bye Bye Blackbird.wav

DR14 -3.72 dB -19.68 dB 12 Get Yourself Another Fool.wav

DR12 -5.49 dB -20.56 dB 13 The Inch Worm.wav

DR12 -3.69 dB -18.10 dB 14 Only Our Hearts.wav

DR13 -3.81 dB -20.30 dB (null)

DR11 -8.00 dB -21.79 dB 16 My One And Only Love.wav

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Number of files: 16

Official DR value: DR13

 

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1. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter

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2. Home [When Shadows Fall]

 

 

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3. It's Only A Paper Moon

 

 

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4. More I Cannot Wish You

 

 

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5. The Glory Of Love

 

 

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6. We Three [My Echo, My Shadow And Me]

 

 

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7. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive

 

 

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8. My Valentine

 

 

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9. Always

 

 

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10. My Very Good Friend The Milkman

 

 

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11. Bye Bye Blackbird

 

 

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12. Get Yourself Another Fool

 

 

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13. The Inch Worm

 

 

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14. Only Our Hearts

 

 

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15. Baby's Request

 

 

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16. My One And Only Love

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Julf]

All the tracks do seem to have the notch and subsequent bump in the high frequencies that could possibly indicate a resampling from DSD/SACD material.

 

[jhwalker]

I'm assuming you're looking at the tracks from HD Tracks? The 24/96 WAV files I downloaded from McCartney's website are clean as a whistle, with a gradual rolloff to around 25-30k - no anomalous hi-frequency content whatsoever.

 

[jhwalker]

I'm assuming you're looking at the tracks from HD Tracks? The 24/96 WAV files I downloaded from McCartney's website are clean as a whistle, with a gradual rolloff to around 25-30k - no anomalous hi-frequency content whatsoever.

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Duplicate post removed.

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi jhwalker - These tracks are directly from Paul McCartney's site / Topspin. If you look in the upper right of the screen shots you can see what Julf is talking about.

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Julf - I was just able to confirm this album was never in DSD format at any time.

 

 

 

[jhwalker]

Interesting.

 

Yes, I saw exactly what Julf was talking about, which was what prompted me to run the analysis on my tracks. I saw *only* a smooth sweep, rolling off gently between 25-30k and *no* additional hi-frequency "bump"

 

Perhaps I'm doing something wrong - I'll recheck my methods

 

 

[goldsdad]

If you're using Audacity, change the preference as in image below.

 

 

 

[jhwalker]

Thank you so much, goldsdad! I had already set the range at 144db in the Spectrograms preferences, so thought I was covered

 

[wgscott]

The spectra look good to me.

 

The choice of album title seems a bit creepy.

 

[Julf]

"I was just able to confirm this album was never in DSD format at any time."

 

Thanks! Did your source tell what format it actually was recorded in, and did he/she have any explanation for the notch/bump in the HF?

 

I wonder if it would be possible to increase the sensitivity of your spectrum analysis window? In your pictures, the whole notch/bump is in the "black", so it is not possible to see if the notch/bump is constant over time, or volume-dependent. I would use Audacity to check, but I don't have that record myself.

 

[Audio_ELF]

As an aside: Paul McCartny was interviewed by Jamie Cullum as part of his jazz show on BBC Radio 2 last night.

 

Should be on BBC iPlayer (http://bbc.co.uk/iPlayer) until 14th Feb.

 

Eloise

 

[firedog]

Was quite enjoyable.

 

[Paul R]

I admit, I bought the HDTracks version, it sounds great. But McCartney did not sound well. In fact, If I had not known it was him singing, I would not have recognized him. A bit of a dissapointment. Makes me feel old in fact...

 

 

 

[jhwalker]

He'll be 70 in June . . .

 

It's sad with opera singers - just as they are reaching the height of their interpretive powers, the voice begins to succumb to age - mid- to late-40s is about as far as the voice retains its youthful bloom. Some singers manage to hang on into their 60s by careful repertoire choices, etc., but it is very rare to hear a professional singer in public past their 70th birthday. Pop singers have the same physical limitations, of course.

 

Classical dancers, of course, have it even worse - few make it past their 30th birthday without significant damage

 

[firedog]

Paul has lost some of the high end of his voice, but still sounds good and very recognizable to me. Age certainly has something to do with it, but the fact that he smoked for years certainly hasn't helped.

 

Liked the album. I look at it as a good "pop" interpretation of jazz standards, as Paul does not sing them as most jazz singers would.

 

I especially liked the original "My Valentine"; very good song, and so well done that if I didn't know, I'd think it was some forgotten song from the old American songbook. Says a lot for McCartney's skills as a songwriter.

 

[firedog]

Topspin just sent me a link to hi-res bonus tracks - 4 tracks from the album McCartney performed live this week at Capitol. Sounds very good.

 

BTW, the original link they sent me was for mp3's. I wrote their support mentioning that I understood I was supposed to receive hi-res bonus tracks, and within an hour they sent me a link to the actual hi-res versions of the same live performances.

 

Final tally: 20 good sounding hi-res tracks (including bonus tracks) for $17. Not bad compared to $18 for 14 tracks at HDT.

 

[beetlemania]

I downloaded the wav files from McCartney's website and am having trouble with the metadata. I had to type in the track titles and such (which was a small chore). Is there some easier way I might have accomplished that?

 

Also, I cannot figure out how to embed the album art. How is album art associated with a wav file?

 

I am using foobar2000.

 

[Garf]

There is limited support for tags in wave files. You also cannot embed album art in wave files. Convert to FLAC or another lossless format.