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Quadrophenia is the whos landmark rock opera originally released in 1973. The opera revolves around the happenings, socially and. Quadrophenia on shmsacd page 3 steve hoffman music forums. The queen, rainbow, and cream discs are especially good, but again the 192 khz disraeli gears download is better, and the it is a toss. Cardboard sleeve reissue from queen features platinum shm cd format.
Uses 24bit96khz master in 2011 based on uk original analog tape. The story follows a young mod named jimmy and his search for selfworth and importance, set in london and brighton in 1965. Someone tried to vandalise the database by deleting about 76k entries. For sure in 2020, tommy is of its 1969 time and truth be told, i probably return more to their 1973 double quadrophenia because the music in my mind is. I compared the platinum shm of the whos quadrophenia to the 9624 pure audio blu ray rip, and the blu ray rip was to my ears far more transparent and a better product, soymmv.
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