Listening right now.
What a gorgeous album.
And apart from the fantastic music, all those unmistakable signs of real quality are there: needle drop, crackles, the occasional pop. Not to forget the tacky cover. Spectrals are impeccable. It sounds exactly as if it were revolving on my own player. The only way to make this any better may be putting the record through an ultrasonic cleaner. But that's of little significance.
I would recommend any user of denoising and decrackling software to denoise and decrackle this rip and listen to the result. What makes this album particularly suitable for demonstrating the damage done by these horrific gadgets is the brass and battery. In reality it is impossible to reliably discriminate noise and crackles from music automatically. Instruments produce noise. It is an integral part of their sound. Thus the music is going to deteriorate, and markedly so if your stereo is capable. You will at least need a high-quality D/A converter to actually hear this. Standard computer sound cards and similar devices with their muddy reproduction might not let you notice it.
