For some reason, the second Elf record, 1974's Carolina County Ball, was released under the title L.A./59 in the United States and Japan, while the more widely accepted title was used in the U.K. and Europe. The Ronnie James Dio-led outfit was becoming increasingly entwined with Deep Purple – Roger Glover was producing the band, they appeared on the Deep Purple-owned Purple record label in the U.K., and the group was working frequently with Ritchie Blackmore – and their music began taking on a more powerful, more complex, more Deep Purple-like sound because of it. The more or less straight-up boogie rock of the Elf debut was not entirely abandoned for this follow-up, but tracks like "Annie New Orleans" and "Carolina County Ball" have a depth that goes beyond the accomplishments of the group's previous, self-titled offering. Difficult to obtain, this long out-of-print release is a true find for fans of Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Ronnie James Dio's best solo efforts of the '80s.
~ Jason Anderson, All Music
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Track List:
01. Carolina County Ball [0:04:47.49]
02. L.A. 59 [0:04:22.73]
03. Ain't It All Amusing [0:05:01.17]
04. Happy [0:05:29.19]
05. Annie New Orleans [0:03:00.69]
06. Rocking Chair Rock 'N' Roll Blues [0:05:37.60]
07. Rainbow [0:04:00.32]
08. Do The Same Thing [0:03:12.55]
09. Blanche [0:02:31.68]
Personnel:
Bass - Craig Gruber
Clarinet - Ray Swinfield
Composed By, Keyboards, Vocals - Micky Lee Soule
Composed By, Vocals - Ronnie Dio
Drums, Percussion - Gary Driscoll
Guitar - Steve Edwards
Strings - Mountain Fjord
Trombone - Chris Pyne
Trumpet - Henry Lowther
Vocals [Singer] - Barry St. John, Helen Chappell, Liza Strike
Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016
EAC extraction logfile from 21. May 2019, 14:46
Elf / L.A. 59 [WSBAC-109]
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Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 667
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Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
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Selected bitrate : 128 kBit/s
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 4:47.49 | 0 | 21573
2 | 4:47.49 | 4:22.73 | 21574 | 41296
3 | 9:10.47 | 5:01.17 | 41297 | 63888
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6 | 22:42.02 | 5:37.60 | 102152 | 127486
7 | 28:19.62 | 4:00.32 | 127487 | 145518
8 | 32:20.19 | 3:12.55 | 145519 | 159973
9 | 35:32.74 | 2:31.68 | 159974 | 171366
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Filename D:\Rips by Alder\Elf - L.A. 59 [WSBAC-109].wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 7.3 X
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 495703CB
Copy CRC 495703CB
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No errors occurred
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DR8 -0.07 dB -10.26 dB 4:23 02-L.A. 59
DR9 -0.14 dB -10.39 dB 5:01 03-Ain't It All Amusing
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DR8 -0.08 dB -9.72 dB 3:13 08-Do The Same Thing
DR11 -0.17 dB -13.14 dB 2:32 09-Blanche
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