Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973) - 2007

Universal, UIJY-9021, Japan 200g LP

LP, Vinyl Rip, 24/96, FLAC (tracks+.cue)

Rip by aksman

Side One

01 - "Too High" ΓÇô 4:37
Stevie Wonder ΓÇô lead vocal, Fender Rhodes, harmonica, drums, Moog bass
Lani Groves ΓÇô background vocal
Tasha Thomas ΓÇô background vocal
Jim Gilstrap ΓÇô background vocal

02 - "Visions" ΓÇô 5:17
Stevie Wonder ΓÇô lead vocal, Fender Rhodes
Malcolm Cecil ΓÇô upright bass
Dean Parks ΓÇô acoustic guitar
David "T" Walker ΓÇô electric guitar

03 - "Living for the City" ΓÇô 7:26
Stevie Wonder ΓÇô lead vocal, background vocals, Fender Rhodes, drums, Moog bass, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, handclaps

04 - "Golden Lady" ΓÇô 5:00
Stevie Wonder ΓÇô lead vocal, piano, drums, Moog bass, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer
Clarence Bell ΓÇô Hammond organ
Ralph Hammer ΓÇô acoustic guitar
Larry "Nastyee" Latimer ΓÇô congas

Side Two

05 - "Higher Ground" ΓÇô 3:54
Stevie Wonder ΓÇô lead vocal, Hohner clavinet, drums, Moog bass

06 - "Jesus Children of America" ΓÇô 4:04
Stevie Wonder ΓÇô lead vocal, background vocal, Fender rhodes, Hohner clavinet, handclaps, drums, Moog bass

07 - "All in Love Is Fair" ΓÇô 3:45
Stevie Wonder ΓÇô lead vocal, piano, Fender Rhodes, drums
Scott Edwards ΓÇô electric bass

08 - "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" ΓÇô 4:55
Stevie Wonder ΓÇô lead vocal, background vocal, piano, drums, Moog bass
Yusuf Roahman ΓÇô shaker
Sheila Wilkerson ΓÇô bongos, Latin gourd

09 - "He's Misstra Know-It-All" ΓÇô 6:06
Stevie Wonder ΓÇô lead vocal, background vocal, piano, drums, handclaps, T.O.N.T.O. synthesizer, congas
Willie Weeks ΓÇô electric bass

Personnel
Recordist - Dan Barbiero, Austin Godsey
Tape Operator - Gary Olazabal
Mastering - George Marino
Recording Coordinators - John Harris, Ira Tucker Jr.
Synthesizer Programming - Robert Margouleff, Malcolm Cecil
Album Art - Efram Wolff

Mastered by Kazumi Tezuka

Technical Log

RCM Hannl 'limited' with "Rotating Brush"
Music Hall MMF 9.1 Turntable
Tonearm: Pro-Ject 9cc evo with Pure Silver Wires
Cartridge: Nagaoka MP-500
Brocksieper Phonomax (Tube Phono PreAmp)
E-MU 0404 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Interconnections : Silent Wire NF5
WaveLab 6 recording software
iZotope RX Advanced 2.00 for resampling and dithering

Vacuum cleaning > TT > Brocksieper Phonomax > E-MU 0404 > WaveLab 6 (24/192) > manual click removal >
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > resampling and dithering with iZotope RX Advanced 2.00
> split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout.

Personal Note (from aksman)

With my vinyl transfers, I try to catch the whole beauty of vinyl records; therefore I don't use any post-processing or any sound improvement. What you get is a clear and flat transfer. For getting a clear sound, I'll do an extended washing of each record with my RCM, which can take up to 30 minutes brushing on each side. Resistant ticks and clicks I try to remove as good as possible, but the priority is not to lose any musical information in the process. Surface noises, as long they are not too high, are left in place. Only on bad pressings or on records recorded at extremely low levels do I use a fade in-/-out. As John Peel said, "Life is full of surface noises." In some cases this means that I have to make a compromise.... The result has to pass my personal quality criteria, which is IMO quite high.