Dave Depper - The RAM Project (2011)

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Dave Depper - The RAM Project (2011)
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Jackpot Rec./City Slang, SLANG50000 | ~ 285 or 286 or 115 Mb | Scans Included
Classic Rock / Alternative / Soft Rock

Re-recording classic rock albums has been an indie staple stretching back to the ‘80s, when Pussy Galore did their own cassette-only spin on Exile on Main St. and Sonic Youth were long rumored to cover the White Album in its entirety, but Portland indie musician Dave Depper’s 2011 The Ram Project has more in common with Karl Wallinger’s alleged practice of re-recording the Beatles catalog: it’s a re-creation, not an interpretation. To jolt himself out of a creative malaise, he set out to replicate Paul McCartney’s legendary shaggy homemade record Ram on his own, enlisting Joan Hiller for Linda McCartney harmonies. McCartney may have done Ram largely on his own in 1971 and Depper certainly has access to more at-home studio trickery in 2011 but what’s remarkable is that The Ram Project often feels as warm and ramshackle itself, Depper showing considerable skill at aural painting, using precisely the right amount of reverb, adeptly overdubbing to provide space and color. As a sheer sonic achievement, it’s quite impressive and even if it doesn’t replace Ram – something it was never intended to do – it does function as a fascinating footnote to the proper album, illustrating the invention that lies behind its recording, while also operating as an impressive document of what Depper can do in the studio. Plus, it’s just a hell of a lot of fun.

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG
Dave Depper - The RAM Project (2011):


Tracklist:

01. Too Many People (4:16)
02. 3 Legs (2:49)
03. Ram On (2:25)
04. Dear Boy (2:12)
05. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (4:57)
06. Smile Away (3:53)
07. Heart Of The Country (2:28)
08. Monkberry Moon Delight (5:28)
09. Eat At Home (3:25)
10. Long Haired Lady (6:06)
11. Ram On (Reprise) (0:55)
12. The Back Seat Of My Car (4:33)

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 10. February 2013, 14:17

Dave Pepper / The RAM Project

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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
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Range status and errors

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Filename G:\The RAM Project-Dave Pepper(2011)\Dave Pepper - The RAM Project.wav

Peak level 99.9 %
Extraction speed 8.1 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 607199F2
Copy CRC 607199F2
Copy OK

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AccurateRip summary

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No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database

End of status report

foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2013-11-13 20:13:42

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Analyzed: Dave Pepper / The RAM Project
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.10 dB -11.12 dB 4:16 01-01 TOO MANY PEOPLE
DR8 -0.60 dB -10.17 dB 2:49 02-02 THREE LEGS
DR12 0.00 dB -14.58 dB 2:25 03-03 RAM ON
DR8 -0.10 dB -10.50 dB 2:12 04-04 DEAR BOY
DR9 -0.10 dB -10.00 dB 4:57 05-05 UNCLE ALBERT-ADMIRAL HALSEY
DR7 -0.10 dB -7.83 dB 3:53 06-06 SMILE AWAY
DR10 -0.10 dB -11.42 dB 2:27 07-07 HEART OF THE COUNTRY
DR8 -0.10 dB -9.31 dB 5:27 08-08 MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT
DR8 -0.10 dB -9.15 dB 3:25 09-09 EAT AT HOME
DR9 0.00 dB -9.96 dB 6:06 10-10 LONG HAIRED LADY
DR13 0.00 dB -14.88 dB 0:55 11-11 RAM ON REPRISE
DR8 -0.10 dB -9.24 dB 4:32 12-12 THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR9

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 850 kbps
Codec: FLAC


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