Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch (1974) [MFSL 2017]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 37:03 minutes | Scans included | 1,04 GB
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Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab # UDSACD 2159
Ry Cooder's exceptional Paradise and Lunch takes a popular precept - music as the common denominator across all languages and styles - to extremes few artists have envisioned let alone fulfilled. Considered by many diehards to be the California native's finest hour, the 1974 set unfurls with rarified levels of joyousness, ingenuity, and sophistication. A prime contender for any Desert Island list and an album that repeatedly restores your faith in the inimitable effects experienced upon listening to special performances, Paradise and Lunch is an eternal "musicians' musician" record – an adventurous, ambitious, soulful leap down roads well-traveled and paths less known.
Ry Cooder understands that a great song is a great song, whether it was written before the Depression or last week. Still, at the same time he isn't afraid to explore new avenues and possibilities for the material. Like his three previous records, Paradise and Lunch is filled with treasures which become part of a world where eras and styles converge without ever sounding forced or contrived. One may think that an album that contains a traditional railroad song, tunes by assorted blues greats, and a Negro spiritual alongside selections by the likes of Bobby Womack, Burt Bacharach, and Little Milton may lack cohesiveness or merely come across as a history lesson, but to Cooder this music is all part of the same fabric and is as relevant and accessible as anything else that may be happening at the time. No matter when it was written or how it may have been done in the past, the tracks, led by Cooder's brilliant guitar, are taken to new territory where they can coexist. It's as if Washington Phillips' "Tattler" could have shared a place on the charts with Womack's "It's All Over Now" or Little Milton's "If Walls Could Talk." That he's successful on these, as well as the Salvation Army march of "Jesus on the Mainline" or the funky, gospel feel of Blind Willie McTell's "Married Man's a Fool," is not only a credit to Cooder's talent and ingenuity as an arranger and bandleader, but also to the songs themselves. The album closes with its most stripped-down track, an acoustic guitar and piano duet with jazz legend Earl "Fatha" Hines on the Blind Blake classic "Ditty Wah Ditty." Here both musicians are given plenty of room to showcase their instrumental prowess, and the results are nothing short of stunning. Eclectic, intelligent, and thoroughly entertaining, Paradise and Lunch remains Ry Cooder's masterpiece.
Tracklist:
01. Tamp 'Em Up Solid
02. Tattler
03. Married Man's A Fool
04. Jesus On The Mainline
05. It's All Over Now
06. I'm A Fool For A Cigarette/Feelin' Good
07. If Walls Could Talk
08. Mexican Divorce
09. Ditty Wa Ditty
Mastered by Rob LoVerde at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sebastopol, CA.
foobar2000 2.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: RY COODER / Paradise And Lunch
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -6.70 dB -25.24 dB 3:21 01-Tamp 'Em Up Solid
DR12 -8.05 dB -21.98 dB 4:18 02-Tattler
DR12 -7.30 dB -21.90 dB 3:11 03-Married Man's A Fool
DR12 -5.72 dB -21.63 dB 4:09 04-Jesus On The Mainline
DR12 -7.16 dB -21.92 dB 4:51 05-It's All Over Now
DR13 -6.63 dB -22.11 dB 4:26 06-I'm A Fool For A Cigarette/Feelin' Good
DR12 -6.81 dB -20.89 dB 3:14 07-If Walls Could Talk
DR12 -8.10 dB -23.93 dB 3:54 08-Mexican Divorce
DR15 -9.30 dB -27.40 dB 5:41 09-Ditty Wa Ditty
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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Analyzed: RY COODER / Paradise And Lunch
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR15 -6.70 dB -25.24 dB 3:21 01-Tamp 'Em Up Solid
DR12 -8.05 dB -21.98 dB 4:18 02-Tattler
DR12 -7.30 dB -21.90 dB 3:11 03-Married Man's A Fool
DR12 -5.72 dB -21.63 dB 4:09 04-Jesus On The Mainline
DR12 -7.16 dB -21.92 dB 4:51 05-It's All Over Now
DR13 -6.63 dB -22.11 dB 4:26 06-I'm A Fool For A Cigarette/Feelin' Good
DR12 -6.81 dB -20.89 dB 3:14 07-If Walls Could Talk
DR12 -8.10 dB -23.93 dB 3:54 08-Mexican Divorce
DR15 -9.30 dB -27.40 dB 5:41 09-Ditty Wa Ditty
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DSD64
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