Foreigner - Head Games (Ultra Analog, Half-speed Mastering)
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Lou Gramm – lead vocals
Mick Jones – lead guitar, piano, backing vocals, lead vocals (on "The Modern Day")
Ian McDonald – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals; producer
Rick Wills – bass guitar, backing vocals
Al Greenwood – keyboards
Dennis Elliott – drums
1 LP, gatefold jacket
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Half-speed Mastering
Gain 2™ Ultra Analog
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : RTI
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Atlantic
Recorded at Atlantic Studios
Engineered by Geoff Workman
Produced by Ian McDonald, Mick Jones, Roy Thomas Baker
Remastered by Krieg Wunderlich
Originally released in 1979
Reissued in 2013
Tracks:
Side A :
- Dirty White Boy
- Love On The Telephone
- Women
- I'll Get Even With You
- Seventeen
Side B :
- Head Games
- The Modern Day
- Blinded By Science
- Do What You Like
- Rev On The Red Line
Reviews :
"Foreigner continued its platinum winning streak on Head Games, the band's third album. By the time Head Games was released, FM radio had fully embraced bands like Foreigner, Journey, and Boston, whose slick hard rock was tough enough to appeal to suburban teens, but smooth enough to be non-threatening to their parents. Tailor-made for the airwaves, "Dirty White Boy" and "Head Games" kept Foreigner at the top of the arena rock heap as the decade came to a close; and the supergroup's successes would continue well into the '80s." AllMusic Review by Andy Hinds
Ultra Analog™ : The GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ Series stems from the use of the Gain 2 system, mastered at half speed from the original master tapes where possible, capturing and uncovering as before undiscovered sonic information.
Half-speed mastering. In half-speed mastering, the whole process is slowed down to half of the original speed. A typical 33 1/3 rpm record is cut at 16 2/3 rpm. The source material is also slowed down (reducing the pitch in the process) meaning the final record will still sound normal when played back. Slowing the whole process down allows more time, which means the end result sounds better and is more efficient — allowing engineering to minimize the effects of inherent limitations within the vinyl format. The result is a more accurate and more open high-frequency response in the half speed vinyl when compared with a normal speed recording.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3 / 5 , Discogs : 3,9 / 5