Thus, one gets a more vivid impression of the instruments. album and CD used a much cleaner, quieter master that had a more discreet stereo sound, with wide separation in the two channels and the bass not centered as it in the U.S. And the mixes used are different from the tracks that the two versions of the album do have in common - the U.K. Additionally, the song lineup is different, "Goin' Home" closing side one instead of side two.
and "What to Do," which didn't surface in America until the release of More Hot Rocks more than six years later. album for release as a single "Out of Time" in its full-length five-minute-36-second version, two minutes longer than the version of the song issued in America "Take It or Leave It," which eventually turned up on Flowers in the U.S. TheR0llingSt0nesAftermathUS19662011HDTracks24882.The British version of Aftermath was released earlier than its American counterpart and had several differences beyond its cover design: it runs more than ten minutes longer, despite not having "Paint It Black" on it (singles were usually kept separate from LPs in England in those days), and it has four additional songs - "Mother's Little Helper," which was left off the U.S. – Teri Landi, Archivist and Engineer, ABKCO Music & Records For this HD Tracks release, the Bob Ludwig mastered DSD files were converted to both 176.4kHz and 88.2kHz high resolution PCM with Weiss Saracon conversion software.” Gus also provided much guidance to Jody Klein, Steve Rosenthal and myself for our first time use of DSD technology. Cables used were the cryogenically frozen type supplied to us by Gus Skinas of Super Audio Center. A Sonoma DSD digital audio workstation was the chosen high resolution format and Meitner Design ADC8 and DAC8 MKlV converters were used for the conversion process. That research revealed a treasure trove of first generation tapes – true stereo masters from The Stones’ 1964 Chess Studios sessions including the unedited version of “2120 South Michigan Avenue,” Beggar’s Banquet at its correct speed and Let It Bleed with splicing that indicates that the original intention was to leave little spacing between each cut.įor the analog to digital transfers, vintage reel-to-reel tape machines were utilized – a modified Ampex 351 with original tube electronics (full track mono and two track stereo) and an Ampex ATR-102 modified with Aria Discrete Class-A Electronics (full track mono and two track stereo). “Many years of research went into locating the original mono and stereo analog tapes that would be used in ABKCO’s Rolling Stones Remastered Series. and HDTracks® are announcing the first-ever release of high definition digital downloads of The Rolling Stones ground-breaking catalog of studio, compilation and live albums in High-Fidelity FLAC formats offered in both 176.4kHz/24-bit and 88.2kHz/24-bit. This classic 1966 album-recorded entirely at Hollywood’s RCA Studios-includes the Stones’ classics “Paint It Black”, “Under My Thumb” and “Lady Jane”Īftermath was the band’s first true stereo album and also the first to feature all Jagger-Richards compositions.ĪBKCO Music and Records Inc.
Official Digital Download – Source: | Digital booklet | ABKCO Records
The Rolling Stones – Aftermath (1966) įLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 42:50 minutes | 886 MB | Genre: Rock