(Free Jazz, Big Band, British Jazz) (George Haslam) Meltdown - Meltdown - 2001, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 21. December 2012, 21:21
Meltdown / Meltdown
Used drive  : PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-115D   Adapter: 0  ID: 0
Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction                      : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks   : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations       : Yes
Used interface                              : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling                                : Appended to previous track
Used output format              : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate                : 896 kBit/s
Quality                         : High
Add ID3 tag                     : No
Command line compressor         : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\FLAC\FLAC.EXE
Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" -T "BAND=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%--tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" %hascover%--picture="%coverfile%"%hascover% %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
     Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector
    ---------------------------------------------------------
        1  |  0:00.00 | 16:41.58 |         0    |    75132
        2  | 16:41.58 | 13:21.15 |     75133    |   135222
        3  | 30:02.73 | 19:57.66 |    135223    |   225063
        4  | 50:00.64 | 13:10.50 |    225064    |   284363
        5  | 63:11.39 |  4:13.71 |    284364    |   303409
Track  1
     Filename D:\zzz\01 - Variations - From Bop To Blues.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.00
     Peak level 98.8 %
     Extraction speed 5.9 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 28225427
     Copy CRC 28225427
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  2
     Filename D:\zzz\02 - Our Days Were A Joy And Our Paths Through Flowers.wav
     Peak level 98.8 %
     Extraction speed 7.2 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC EE29F2E4
     Copy CRC EE29F2E4
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  3
     Filename D:\zzz\03 - Concerto For Congas.wav
     Peak level 98.9 %
     Extraction speed 8.4 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC EEA23C8B
     Copy CRC EEA23C8B
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  4
     Filename D:\zzz\04 - Eggshell Summer.wav
     Peak level 98.8 %
     Extraction speed 9.3 X
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC F4F84439
     Copy CRC F4F84439
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
Track  5
     Filename D:\zzz\05 - Automateric.wav
     Peak level 98.8 %
     Extraction speed 8.0 X
     Track quality 99.9 %
     Test CRC 748CBB4D
     Copy CRC 748CBB4D
     Track not present in AccurateRip database
     Copy OK
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
No errors occurred
End of status report
==== Log checksum 978569C1F33A83B94C080434F97D7093B34E688A531873B64FE182617CB19339 ====

REM GENRE "Big Band"
REM DATE 2001
REM DISCID 2E0FCD05
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b3"
PERFORMER "Meltdown"
TITLE "Meltdown"
FILE "01 - Variations - From Bop To Blues.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Variations - From Bop To Blues"
    PERFORMER "Meltdown"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "02 - Our Days Were A Joy And Our Paths Through Flowers.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Our Days Were A Joy And Our Paths Through Flowers"
    PERFORMER "Meltdown"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "03 - Concerto For Congas.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Concerto For Congas"
    PERFORMER "Meltdown"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "04 - Eggshell Summer.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Eggshell Summer"
    PERFORMER "Meltdown"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "05 - Automateric.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Automateric"
    PERFORMER "Meltdown"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00

d:\>d:\aucdtect -d/-m0 d:\zzz\*.wav
auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2
Copyright (c) 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.
------------------------------------------------------------
Processing file: [01. Variations - From Bop To Blues.wav]
------------------------------------------------------------
This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
------------------------------------------------------------
Processing file: [02. Our Days Were A Joy And Our Paths Through Flowers.wav]
------------------------------------------------------------
This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
------------------------------------------------------------
Processing file: [03. Concerto For Congas.wav]
------------------------------------------------------------
This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
------------------------------------------------------------
Processing file: [04. Eggshell Summer.wav]
------------------------------------------------------------
This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
------------------------------------------------------------
Processing file: [05. Automateric.wav]
------------------------------------------------------------
This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
------------------------------------------------------------
Final Conclusion:
------------------------------------------------------------
These tracks looks like CDDA with probability 100%

This eponymous album, George Haslam's progressive big band Meltdown's first release, comprises five pieces recorded at separate sessions in 2000-2001. Four originate from group members, the fifth being Graham Collier's "Eggshell Summer," the second movement of his suite "Winter Oranges." The lineup varies slightly from one track to the next, but the instrumentation remains the same: trumpet, tuba, three to five saxophones, voice, piano, guitar, electric bass, drums, and percussion. The leader's vision derives from Duke Ellington's band. It swings before it explores, but it does stretch limits. Haslam contributes two compositions, opening and closing the CD. In "Variations: From Bop to Blues" he lifts themes from Dizzy Gillespie's "Things to Come" and Richard Carpenter's "Walkin'" and cleverly plays in and out of them. The piece will sound reassuringly orthodox to purists until the saxophone section (Julia Middleton, Pablo Ledesma, Ewen Baird, Geoff Hawkins, and Matthew F. Morris) breaks free and engage in a hearty free-form blow-out. Trumpeter Steve Waterman's "Concerto for Congas" was written for congero Robin Jones. The Latin themes used alongside European structures recall Kip Hanrahan's works. But the highlight is Collier's piece. Moodier, wider in terms of dynamics and textures, it forces the players into darker corners. As a bonus, it features talented vocalist Alison Bentley more extensively -- she even gets to improvise a solo. From swing to Latin to avant-garde, Meltdown covers a lot of ground and the resulting image does feel a bit blurry. But it is well-written, well-performed light avant-garde jazz.

Alto Saxophone – Julia Middleton (tracks: 5), Pablo Ledesma (tracks: 1), Tim Hill (tracks: 2)
Baritone Saxophone – George Haslam (tracks: 2 to 4), Matthew F. Morris (tracks: 1, 4, 5)
Bass – Jerry Soffe (tracks: 1, 3, 5), Steve Kershaw (tracks: 2, 4)
Congas – Robin Jones (tracks: 3)
Drums – Robin Jones (tracks: 4), Steve Harris (9) (tracks: 1, 5)
Drums, Timbales – Adam Riley (tracks: 3)
Flute – Geoff Hawkins (tracks: 5)
Guitar – Jez Cooke
Percussion – Tim Turan (tracks: 2)
Piano – Richard Leigh Harris (tracks: 3, 4)
Soprano Saxophone – Julia Middleton (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
Tenor Saxophone – Ewen Baird (tracks: 1, 3 to 5), Geoff Hawkins
Trumpet – Lloyd Payne (tracks: 3), Steve Waterman
Tuba – Andrew Claxton
Voice – Alison Bentley