Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July - 1980, Vinyl Rip

Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July (1980) - 2011

MFSL Silver Label LP / Cat.#: Mofi 1-018, USA

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

Rip by aksman

Side A

01 - "Did I Hear You Say You Love Me" ΓÇô 4:07
02 - "All I Do" (music: Wonder; lyrics: Wonder, Clarence Paul, Morris Broadnax) ΓÇô 5:06
03 - "Rocket Love" ΓÇô 4:39
04 - "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" ΓÇô 4:39
05 - "As If You Read My Mind" ΓÇô 3:37

Side B

06 - "Master Blaster (Jammin')" ΓÇô 5:07
07 - "Do Like You" ΓÇô 4:25
08 - "Cash in Your Face" ΓÇô 3:59
09 - "Lately" ΓÇô 4:05
10 - "Happy Birthday" ΓÇô 5:57

All songs written, produced and arranged by Stevie Wonder except where noted.

Musicians

Stevie Wonder - Vocals, Synthesizer, Drums, Fender Rhodes, Bass Synthesizer, Clavinet, Background Vocals, Arp, Vocoder, Piano, Harpsichord, Celeste, Keyboards, Bass Melodeon, Harmonica, Cabasa, Percussion, Bells, Handclaps, Flute Synthesizer
Nathan Watts - Bass, Background Vocals
Benjamin Bridges - Guitar, Background Vocals
Dennis Davis - Drums
Earl DeRouen - Percussion, Background Vocals
Isaiah Sanders - Fender Rhodes, Background Vocals, Pianet
Hank Redd - Saxophone, Handclaps
Robert Malach - Saxophone
Larry Gittens - Trumpet
Nolan A. Smith Jr. - Trumpet
Paul Riser - String Arrangement
Hank Devito - Steel Guitar
Rick Zunigar - Guitar
Background Vocals - Angela Winbush, Mary Lee Whitney Evans, Susaye Greene Brown, Alexandra Brown Evans, Shirley Brewer, Ed Brown, Charlie Collins, Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, Michael Jackson, Jamil Raheem, Betty Wright, Ronnie J. Wilson, Charles K. Wilson, Syreeta Wright, Marva Holcolm, Melody McCulley, Delores Barnes
Handclaps - Stephanie Andrews, Bill Wolfer, Trevor Lawrence, Dennis Morrison, Kimberly Jackson

Technical Log

Hannl "limited" Record Cleaning Machine with Rotating Brush
TT: Bergmann Audio "Magne" (with air-bearing platter)
Tonearm: Bergmann Magne (tangential/linear air-bearing tonearm)
Cartridge: Ortofon MC A 90
Phono Amp: Nagra BPS (battery driven pre amp; 100 Ohm load)
Interconnects by Silent Wire (NF-7)
Benchmark ADC 1 USB
Interconnects by ViaBlue
Wavelab 6.1 recording software (recording & manual click removal)

Vacuum Cleaning > Bergmann Magne > Nagra BPS > Laptop > Wavelab 6.1 (24/192) > manual click removal
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > resample to 24/96 > split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

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

Ripping Note

One of the most dynamic records I know.... The record itself gives no rreason for complain. Quiet, centered & clean pressing.