AFX - .000890569 (Original Vinyl Version)

From Analogue Bubblebath Vol. 3. Originally released on Rephlex in late 1992 as a 12” EP, the record was reissued on CD as a 13-track album in February of 1993. With this reissue came modifications to several songs as well as the addition of 5 previously unreleased tunes, three of which were put to vinyl on Analogue Bubblebath Vol. 3.1 in 1997. This track differs from the CD version in a few ways. The introduction in the original vinyl version is the sound of a microwave. On the CD this is replaced with the sound of a vacuum cleaner approaching the listener and powering off. The fade-out on the vinyl version is also slightly different from the CD reissue. I have restored this composition from my personal copy of the original Analogue Bubblebath Vol. 3 vinyl pressing, a note about which is below:

Upon receiving the record it became apparent that there was a fair amount of surface noise and clicking. I have done my best to remove these artifacts, but there are certain sounds Richard James employed that my de-clicking VST wanted to filter out. I set the sensitivity quite low to avoid removing things like the kick drum entirely, but it is not perfect. You may also notice that in the beginning there is a short burst of surface noise. I wasn’t able to remove this because doing so would have eliminated sounds that were part of the original recording. Until I find a cleaner copy of the EP, this is pretty much as good as it’s going to get. That said, I Hope you enjoy.

Credits:
Written & Produced by Richard D. James
Mastered by George Peckham
Digital Restoration by Eli Santin

Equipment:
Digitized using a Sony PS-LX310BT turntable running through a Pro-Ject Record Box E preamplifier. Recorded in stereo with Audacity at 48khz 32-bit WAV. Restoration and final rendering performed in Reaper. VST’s used for restoration were Izotope RX10 De-Click and Bertom Denoiser Classic. Final render normalized to TruePeak 0.00dB.