Wings - London Town [FLAC+MP3](Big Papi) Paul McCartney 1978

Source: Capitol 48198 CD + Fresh Cover Art Scan

shstaples on October 28, 2005
For some reason, most of the 1970-1990 McCartney/Wings catalogue is now available in two versions: the Capitol CDs and the British remastered "McCartney Collection".

The British CD's offer, in many cases, more bonus tracks than the Capitol CD's, some of which are very welcome: London Town adds 'Mull of Kintyre' to its B-side 'Girls School'.

The remastering of the British series is, to my ears, NOT a bonus. The signal has been compressed in such a way, that the average level is louder than on the Capitol CD's, although the peaks are not. Especially the low frequencies have been boosted, resulting in a somewhat muddy sound and a less focused midrange. This has also affected the stereo image. To me, the Capitol CDs are sonically superior and closer to the original LPs.

This is very noticable on orchestral and acoustic songs in particular. The difference between 'Mull of Kintyre' on the London Town CD, and the track on 'All the best' is also striking!

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Wings - London Town (Capitol 48198)
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Artist...............: Wings
Album................: London Town (Capitol 48198)
Genre................: Pop
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1978 03 31
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 56 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit

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Tracklisting
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1. Wings - London Town [04:10]
2. Wings - Cafe on the Left Bank [03:26]
3. Wings - I'm Carrying [02:44]
4. Wings - Backwards Traveller [01:09]
5. Wings - Cuff Link [02:02]
6. Wings - Children Children [02:22]
7. Wings - Girlfriend [04:42]
8. Wings - I've Had Enough [03:04]
9. Wings - With a Little Luck [05:47]
10. Wings - Famous Groupies [03:36]
11. Wings - Deliver Your Children [04:18]
12. Wings - Name and Address [03:09]
13. Wings - Don't Let It Bring You Down [04:36]
14. Wings - Morse Moose and the Grey Goose [06:27]
15. Wings - Girls' School [04:34]

Playing Time.........: 56:12
Total Size...........: 320.51 MB