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Promised Land : The Companion Album Double 12" LP Vinyl Album


By Elvis Australia
Source: FTD
March 28, 2012

FTD vinyl will release Promised Land : The Companion Album a 2-disc 180-gram vinyl set at the end of April. 

Promised Land : The Companion Album Double 12" LP Vinyl Album

  • Disc 1 : alternative version of album featuring Stax outtakes
  • Disc 2 : STAX more outtakes!
  • Note Vinyl cutting by ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS
  • Note DMM Copper Mastering
  • Note 180 Grams heavyweight vinyl
  • Note Strictly limited pressing

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Side A

  1. Promised Land - takes 3, 4
  2. There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) - take 4 + takes composite or 5, 3, 8
  3. Help Me - take 1 (fs + remixed master)
  4. Mr. Songman - take 2
  5. Love Song Of The Year - take 1
  6. Promised Land

Side B

  1. 1. It's Midnight - take 7 (3:45)
  2. Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming - take 10 (3:54)
  3. If You Talk In Your Sleep - take 5 (2:28)
  4. Thinking About You - take 4 (4:03)
  5. You Asked Me To - take 3A (3:31)
  6. There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) - take 1

Disc 2

Side C

  1. Promised Land - take 5 (3:37)
  2. Love Song Of The Year - takes 3, 4, 6
  3. It's Midnight - take 11 (3:23)
  4. You Asked Me To - take 2B (3:54)
  5. Thinking About You - take 3 (4:06)

Side D

  1. If You Talk In Your Sleep - take 9 (undubbed master)
  2. You Asked Me To - takes 1, 2A
  3. There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) - takes 6, 7
  4. Mr. Songman - takes 3, 5
  5. Promised Land - take 6 (undubbed master)

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Promised Land : The Companion Album Double 12" LP Vinyl Album.

What is 'DMM Copper Mastering'?

In short, it means that the audio quality is far more superior then a regular vinyl release. Direct Metal Mastering (or DMM for short) is an analogue audio disc mastering technique jointly developed by two German companies, Telefunken-Decca (TelDec) and Georg Neumann GmbH, towards the end of the 20th century. Neumann was responsible for manufacturing the actual DMM cutting equipment as part of their VMS80 series lathes. Unlike conventional disc mastering, where the mechanical audio modulation is cut onto a lacquer-coated aluminum disc, DMM cuts straight into metal (copper), utilizing a high frequency carrier system and specialized styli.

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Promised Land : The Companion Album Double 12" LP Vinyl Album

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