A vinyl rip by Pbthal (posted Jan. 2012) The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion (1992) Original UK Pressing Label: Def American Recordings Catalog #: 512263-1 Released: May 12, 1992 Genre: Rock 1. Sting Me 2. Remedy 3. Thorn In My Pride 4. Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye 5. Sometimes Salvation 6. Hotel Illness 7. Black Moon Creeping 8. No Speak No Slave 9. My Morning Song 10. Time Will Tell Produced by The Black Crowes & George Drakoulias. - Chris Robinson: vocals - Rich Robinson: guitar - Marc Ford: guitar - Johnny Colt: bass guitar - Eddie Harsch: keyboards - Steve Gorman: drums -------------------------------------------- The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is the second album by the American blues-rock group The Black Crowes, released on May 12, 1992. In 2006, the album was ranked number 100 on Guitar World magazine's list of the greatest 100 guitar albums of all time. -------------------------------------------- Vinyl Ripping Process/Equipment Vinyl Cleaning Process - 3 Liter Ultrasonic Cleaner (Tap water with Sporicidin) on custom rotating assembly at 1 RPM for one hour - Vacuum off with Nitty Gritty - AIVS Premium Record Cleaner Formula No. 15 applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5 - McCulloch MC-1275 Heavy-Duty Steam Cleaner applied with Mofi Brush while rotating on VPI 16.5 - Vacuum off with VPI 16.5 - L'Art du Son Record Cleaning Fluid applied with VPI Bristle brush - Vacuum off with VPI 16.5 - Whole Foods Deionized Water applied with Mofi Brush (Separate from AIVS Mofi Brush) - Vacuum off with VPI 16.5 - Flip record and repeat - Place record on Plate Demgnetizer Turntable Equipment Profile - VPI Scoutmaster with inverted bearing and 300 RPM motor - VPI Center Record Weight - VPI Periphery Ring Clam - Gingko Cloud 11 Vibration Control Platform - VPI Synchronous Drive System turntable motor speed controller and line isolator - Trans-Fi Audio Terminator T3Pro tangential tracking air bearing tonearm - Zyx Airy 3X-SB cartridge Phono Stage Profile - Musical Surroundings Phonomena Phono Preamplifier - Musical Surroundings Battery Power Supply Analog/Digital Convertion - E-MU 1212M (the 1212M contains the same A/D converters used in Digidesign's ProTools HD 192 I/O interface) - Adobe Audition 3.01 running on Windows XP in a Shuttle PC form factor Post Processing Of Audio - Run thru ClickRepair(if necessary) at level 7 with - Pitch Protection | off - Reverse | on - Simple - Resample to 96khz in Izotope Rx2 using the default preset - Manually listen to album in Adobe Audition cleaning any clicks/anomalies - Flac with Xrecode II for hi-rez files - Flac with Trader's Little Helper for redbook files --------------------------------------------- Allmusic.com Review by Steve Huey The addition of the more technically gifted guitarist Marc Ford and a full-time organist gives the Black Crowes room to stretch out on The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, perhaps the band's finest moment. Using Rich Robinson's descending chord progressions as a base, the band grooves its way through a remarkably fresh-sounding collection of Faces-like rockers and ballads, tearing into the material with flair and confidence and really coming into its own as a top-notch rock & roll outfit. But while the focus is undeniably on the band's musical chemistry, Southern Harmony also boasts a strong collection of songs, striking a perfect balance between the concise Shake Your Money Maker and their later, more jam-oriented records. While there aren't as many obvious singles as on their debut album, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is the best expression of the Crowes' ability to take a classic, tried-and-true sound and make it their own.