Rush - Caress Of Steel (1975) [SHM-CD] {2009 Japan Mini LP Edition, WPCR-13474}
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© 2009 Atlantic / Anthem / Warner | WPCR-13474
Rock / Prog Rock / Hard Rock
When Rush finished their third album, Caress of Steel, the trio was assured that they had created their breakthrough masterpiece. But when the album dropped off the charts soon after its release, it proved otherwise. While it was Rush's first release that fully explored their prog rock side, it did not contain the catchy and more traditional elements of their future popular work – it's quite often too indulgent and pretentious for a mainstream rock audience to latch onto.Personnel: Geddy Lee (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Alex Lifeson (guitar); Erwig Chuapchuadua (steel guitar); Neil Peart (drums).
And while Rush would eventually excel in composing lengthy songs, the album's two extended tracks – the 12½-minute "The Necromancer" and the nearly 20-minute "The Fountain of Lamneth" – show that the band was still far from mastering the format. The first side contains two strong and more succinct tracks, the raging opener, "Bastille Day," and the more laid-back "Lakeside Park," both of which would become standards for their live show in the '70s. But the ill-advised "I Think I'm Going Bald" (which lyrically deals with growing old) borders on the ridiculous, which confirms that Caress of Steel is one of Rush's more unfocused albums.
tracklist:
01. Bastille Day
02. I Think I'm Going Bald
03. Lakeside Park
04. The Necromancer
05. The Fountain of Lamneth
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Rush / Caress of Steel
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 4:41.20 | 0 | 21094
2 | 4:41.20 | 3:41.40 | 21095 | 37709
3 | 8:22.60 | 4:10.60 | 37710 | 56519
4 | 12:33.45 | 12:33.72 | 56520 | 113066
5 | 25:07.42 | 20:01.33 | 113067 | 203174
Track 1
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Track 2
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Track 3
Filename C:\Rush - Caress Of Steel (1975) [SHM-CD] {2009 Japan Mini LP Edition, WPCR-13474}\03 - Lakeside Park.wav
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Track 4
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Track 5
Filename C:\Rush - Caress Of Steel (1975) [SHM-CD] {2009 Japan Mini LP Edition, WPCR-13474}\05 - The Fountain of Lamneth.wav
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EAC extraction logfile from 4. November 2010, 10:43
Rush / Caress of Steel
Used drive : TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H552L Adapter: 3 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=EAC FLAC -6" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 4:41.20 | 0 | 21094
2 | 4:41.20 | 3:41.40 | 21095 | 37709
3 | 8:22.60 | 4:10.60 | 37710 | 56519
4 | 12:33.45 | 12:33.72 | 56520 | 113066
5 | 25:07.42 | 20:01.33 | 113067 | 203174
Track 1
Filename C:\Rush - Caress Of Steel (1975) [SHM-CD] {2009 Japan Mini LP Edition, WPCR-13474}\01 - Bastille Day.wav
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Track 2
Filename C:\Rush - Caress Of Steel (1975) [SHM-CD] {2009 Japan Mini LP Edition, WPCR-13474}\02 - I Think I'm Going Bald.wav
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Track 3
Filename C:\Rush - Caress Of Steel (1975) [SHM-CD] {2009 Japan Mini LP Edition, WPCR-13474}\03 - Lakeside Park.wav
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Track 4
Filename C:\Rush - Caress Of Steel (1975) [SHM-CD] {2009 Japan Mini LP Edition, WPCR-13474}\04 - The Necromancer.wav
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Track 5
Filename C:\Rush - Caress Of Steel (1975) [SHM-CD] {2009 Japan Mini LP Edition, WPCR-13474}\05 - The Fountain of Lamneth.wav
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