Country Joe & The Fish – Electric Music… (1967) [Orig. US Stereo LP]

Country Joe & The Fish – Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Original 1967 USA Stereo Pressing

Vanguard ‎VSD•79244 (discogs)

~ThePoodleBites rip in 96kHz/24bit + full scans~

**NOTE**: This is an older rip and some vinyl noise will be heard on the recording. I've decided to allow it here for the time being since it still has much better sound quality than the CD. However, I may redo this rip with superior sound in the future. 

Multiple versions of this album have been ripped a number of times: I've seen the mono version thrice, and a stereo repressing from the '80s once as well, but I still have not found a rip of this original stereo pressing, which I personally see as the (currently) definitive version of the original stereo mix. So it’s a good thing I found this nice copy in the dollar bin. The EQ (or lack thereof) here is perfect to me. The 2013 CD has this mix, but it is extremely noise-reduced, compressed, limited, poorly equalized, and all sorts of bad; so this rip is necessary.

Track Listing:

1. "Flying High" – 2:38
2. "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" – 4:21
3. "Death Sound Blues" – 4:23 - Labeled as "Death Sound" on the mono version of the album
4. "Happiness Is a Porpoise Mouth" – 2:48 - Labeled as "Porpoise Mouth" on the mono version of the album
5. "Section 43" – 7:23
6. "Superbird" – 2:04
7. "Sad and Lonely Times" – 2:23
8. "Love" (Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, David Cohen, Bruce Barthol, John Francis Gunning, Gary Hirsh) – 2:19
9. "Bass Strings" – 4:58
10. "The Masked Marauder" – 3:10
11. "Grace" – 7:03

Vinyl Condition: VG++ / NM-
Dynamic Range: DR12

Lineage:
– Audio-Technica AT150MLx Dual Moving-Magnet Cartridge
– Audio-Technica AT-LP1240-USB Direct Drive Professional Turntable (internal stock preamp/ADC removed)
– TCC TC-754 RIAA Phono Preamp (new regulated power supply, added LM7812 regulator)
– Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 MkII (96kHz / 24bit)
– Adobe Audition CC 2017.0.2 (recording)
– iZotope RX 6 Audio Editor (light declick, remove subsonic rumble)
– Audacity 2.1.2 (fades between tracks, split tracks)
– Foobar2000 v1.3.14 (tagging, dynamic range analysis)


MEGA: https://mega.nz/folder/bkgGyTaD#y1jnpjt5E3fnlcLL_pExmA
Enjoy, and as always, comments are appreciated & welcomed! 🙂