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Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - RCA LP, German Pressing - 24/96 rip to redbook

Posted By: LPMarauder
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - RCA LP, German Pressing - 24/96 rip to redbook

Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - RCA LP, German Pressing
RCA Victor German pressing PL 25447 (mint original vinyl import, 1983 release)
Vinyl remaster in 24-bit/96kHz dithered and downsampled to redbook | FLAC | HQ LP Scans (labels & inserts) | 306MB

Beyond the videos, the music on this album is what's really important. With "Sweet Dreams" and "Love Is A Stranger," Annie's bitterness about love is surrounded by Dave's pulsating synthetic beats and soft, dissonant laser chimes. By just listening to these two songs, one would think that the Eurythmics had become a full-fledged New Wave synth band; and there are certainly other songs on here to appease that taste ("I've Got an Angel," "I Could Give You A Mirror"). But, the band refuses to be categorized. Several songs are textured by Dave's sleek guitar licks, adding some blues ("Wrap It Up") and even a tinge of latin ("This Is the House").

From beginning to end, "Sweet Dreams" flexes its muscles and relaxes, then flexes again and finally sighs with the brilliant "This City Never Sleeps." In fact, there is not a dull moment on this recording. While most of the albums from the eighties New Wave craze have dated and fallen into novelty, "Sweet Dreams" will remain one of the definitive albums of the genre and decade. Truly a one-of-a-kind Masterpiece!
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - RCA LP, German Pressing - 24/96 rip to redbook

Side A:
01. Love Is A Stranger
02. I’ve Got An Angel
03. Wrap It Up
04. I Could Give You (A Mirror)
05. The Walk

Side B:
06. Sweet Dreams [Are Made Of This]
07. Jennifer
08. This Is The House
09. Somebody Told Me
10. This City Never Sleeps

Essential Equipment used:
Clearaudio Champion 2 turntable & Unify tonearm
Benz Micro L2 cartridge
Extremephono tonearm cable
Aqvox USB-2 MKII D/A
(light manual declicking)
PLEASE NOTE: Burn gapless (no track gaps) to match original track layout and continuous sound.

I had a pretty good copy of the original US RCA release which, despite a few more pops and
ticks than I'd like, sounded just fine. Until I stumbled across this pristine German pressing
issued around the same time. Wonderfully clean vinyl with even better sound. I don't know if it's
a first or later generation master was used nor do I care because the proof is in the pudding.


rar pw: jennifer