Pre-emphasis (release list)
Legend
- TOC -- PRE flag appears in the disc Table of Contents. Most software only checks the TOC.
- Sub -- Pressing has the PRE flag in the track subcodes. This is what CD players use to detect pre-emphasis, but it generally requires special software to detect on a computer.
- Suspected Missing PE Flag -- Indicates that some people believe the audio on the pressing to be emphasized even though (presumably due to a mastering error) there are no PRE flags in the TOC or audio subcodes. This would result in an unusually "brittle" sounding high-end on all rips and CD players.
Release List
| Artist |
Title |
Label |
Cat.# |
Ctry |
Rel |
Matrix Code(s) |
TOC |
Sub |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia | Asia | 35DP 25 | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||||
| Barclay James Harvest | Turn of the Tide | Polydor | 800 013-2 | DE | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| The Beatles | Abbey Road | EMI | CP35-3016 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | black triangle label | |
| Jeff Beck | There and Back | 35·8P-5 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Leonard Bernstein | West Side Story (Original Sound Track Recording) | CBS/Sony | 35DP 59 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Big Audio Dynamite | This Is Big Audio Dynamite | Columbia | CK 40220 | E1 1A CK40220 04 | ? | ? | |||
| Black Sabbath | various | CLACD-... | (not reported) | ? | ? | All with "CLACD" cat. #s | |||
| Black Sabbath | various | NELCD-... | (not reported) | ? | ? | All with "NELCD" cat. #s | |||
| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | Creative Sounds | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||||
| The Blue Nile | Hats | Linn/A&M | CD 5284 | US | 1989 | CD 5284 12/89 1DA1 | N | Y | |
| The Blue Nile | Hats | Linn/Virgin | LXHCD2 | UK | 1989 | (not reported) | ? | ? | |
| Boston | Don't Look Back | 35·8P-7 | JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | not confirmed | ||
| Anthony Braxton | Six Compositions (Quartet) | Black Saint | 1984 | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Anthony Braxton | Quartet (London) | Leo | CD LR 200/201 | 1985 | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| T Bone Burnett | T Bone Burnett | Dot/MCA | MCAD-5809 | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Miles Davis | Agharta | 50DP 237~8 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Miles Davis | Pangaea | 50DP 239~40 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Miles Davis | (50DP 7xx releases) | 50DP 7xx | JP for JP | (not reported) | - | - | No PE | ||
| Miles Davis | The Man With The Horn | 35DP 16 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Miles Davis | Star People | 35DP 55 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Miles Davis | Porgy and Bess | CBS/Sony | 35DP 61 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Miles Davis | Kind of Blue | Columbia | CK 08163 / 35DP 62 | JP for JP/?? | (not reported) | - | - | No PE | |
| Miles Davis | Sketches of Spain | Columbia | CK 08271 / 35DP 63 | JP for JP/?? | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Miles Davis | Someday My Prince Will Come | 35DP 64 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Miles Davis | My Funny Valentine | CBS/Sony | 35DP 65 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Miles Davis | Four and More | 35DP 66 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Miles Davis | Miles in Tokyo | CBS/Sony | 35DP 67 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Miles Davis | Miles in Berlin | CBS/Sony | 35DP 68 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Miles Davis | E.S.P. | CBS/Sony | 35DP 69 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Miles Davis | In a Silent Way | CBS/Sony | 35DP 70 | JP for JP | (not reported) | - | - | No PE | |
| Miles Davis | Decoy | 35DP 170 | JP for JP | (not reported) | - | - | No PE | ||
| Deep Purple | Machine Head | EMI | CDP 7 46242 2 | ?? for UK | CDP 7-46242-2. @ 1:3:3.R | ? | ? | ||
| Al DiMeola | Electric Rendezvous | 35DP 30 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Dire Straits | Brothers In Arms | Warner Bros. | 9 25264-2 | DE for US | 1985 | 824 499-2 07 # | N | N | Suspected missing PE flag |
| Electric Light Orchestra | Discovery | 35DP 24 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Electric Light Orchestra | Discovery | Epic | 450083 2 | Austria | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Electric Light Orchestra | Discovery | Jet | 500 11 | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Electric Light Orchestra | Secret Messages | 35DP 72 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Virgil Fox | ...Plays the John Wanamaker Organ--Philadelphia | Bainbridge | BCD2501 | US for US | W.O. 9420-4M BCD2501 DISC MFG, INC. (H) |
Y | Y | May be 1989/1990? | |
| Generation Band | Soft Shoulder | Nautilus | NR62 DIDZ 10013 | JP for US | 1983 | DIDZ-10013 31 | N | Y | "CSR COMPACT DISC" hub |
| Genesis | Genesis | DE for ?? | (not reported) | ? | ? | Target label | |||
| Genesis | Genesis | Vertigo | 800 series? | DE for DE | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| The Go-Go's | Talk Show | 35DP 146 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Michael Jackson | Off The Wall | Epic/Sony | ESCA 5407 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Michael Jackson | Thriller | 35·8P-11 | JP for JP | 1982 | (not reported) | N | Y | ||
| Michael Jackson | Thriller | Epic/CBS | CDEPC 85930 (DI8P-11) | JP for ?? | 1982 | 35 8P-11 111A2 +++++ | ? | ? | |
| Jethro Tull | Minstrel in the Gallery | CDP 32 1082-2 | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||||
| Jethro Tull | The Broadsword and the Beast | CCD 1380 | UK | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Jethro Tull | Under Wraps | Chrysalis | 610 203 | DE for DE | 1984 | (not reported) | ? | ? | |
| Billy Joel | 52nd St. | 35DP 1 | JP for JP/US | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Billy Joel | The Stranger | 35DP 2 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Billy Joel | Glass Houses | 35DP 18 | JP for JP/US | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Billy Joel | Songs in the Attic | 35DP 19 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Billy Joel | The Nylon Curtain | 35DP 34 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Billy Joel | Piano Man | CDCBS 80719 | JP for EU | 35DP 109 (+??) | ? | ? | |||
| Billy Joel | Piano Man | Columbia | CK 32544 | US for US | 1A CK32544 08 A | ? | ? | Hub: CMU P 94 | |
| Journey | Escape | 35DP 6 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Mark Knopfler | Cal | Vertigo | 822 769-2 | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Loverboy | Keep It Up | 35·8P-27 | JP for ?? | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Nick Lowe | Pinker And Prouder Than Previous | Demon Records | FIEND CD 99 | UK | 1988 | (not reported) | ? | ? | |
| Mannheim Steamroller | Fresh Aire | American Gramaphone | AGCD-355 | JP for US | AGCD 355 M7G11 | N | Y | ||
| Mannheim Steamroller | Fresh Aire III | American Gramaphone | AGCD-365 | JP for US | 1985 | (not reported) | Y | ? | CTA CO. LTD JAPAN |
| Mannheim Steamroller | Fresh Aire V | American Gramaphone | AGCD-385 | JP for US | 1985 | AGCD 385 X-386 1D2 | Y | Y | CTA CO LTD,JAPAN |
| Wynton Marsalis | Wynton Marsalis | CBS/Sony | 35DP 33 | JP for JP | 1983 | 35DP-33 11C4 | N | Y | |
| Paul McCartney | Pipes of Peace | CDP 7 46018 2 (??) | JP for ?? | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Paul McCartney | Give my Regards to Broad Street | CDP 7 46018 2 (??) | JP for ?? | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Paul McCartney | Give my Regards to Broad Street | Columbia | CK 39613 | JP for US | DIDP-20144 11A1 +++++ | Y | Y | ||
| Paul McCartney | Tug of War | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | black triangle | |||
| Paul McCartney | Tug of War | CDP 4 46057 2 | JP for ?? | (not reported) | ? | ? | blackface | ||
| Paul McCartney | Tug of War | Columbia | CK 37462 | JP for US | DIDP-20024 31A2 | - | - | No PE | |
| Men at Work | Business As Usual | 35·8P-15 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Men at Work | Cargo | 35·8P-16 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Men at Work | Cargo | Columbia | CK 38660 | US | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Nena | 99 Luftballons | Epic | EK 39294 | US? | DI8P 50042 21A1 | ? | ? | DADC pressing? | |
| New Order | Low-life | Factory | Facd 100 | UK for UK | FACD 100 : MASTERED BY NIMBUS |
Y | Y | ||
| Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells | VJD-23001 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells | Virgin | CDV 2001 | DE | CDV 2001 2891087 01 | N | Y | other early pressings too? | |
| Orchestral Manœuvres In The Dark | Architecture & Morality | Virgin | CDID 12 | UK | 1983 | CDID12 100311 01% | Y | Y | |
| John Oswald | Plunderphonic | Mystery Laboratory | (none) | Canada | 1989 | 42P/ADAAD | Y | Y | |
| Tom Petty/Heartbreakers | Southern Accents | MCA | MCAD-5486 | JP for US | (not reported) | ? | ? | JVC pressing | |
| Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | CP35-3017 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | Harvest | CDP 7 46001 2 | JP for UK | CP35-3017 31B2 CDP 7 46001 2 |
N | Y | ||
| Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | 35DP 4 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Pink Floyd | The Wall | 50DP 361~2 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | + other masterings? | ||
| Pink Floyd | The Final Cut | 35DP 53 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Pink Floyd | The Final Cut | CBS | CK 38243 | US for US | DIDP 50053 11A4 | - | - | No PE | |
| The Police | Synchronicity | 38XB-2 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | 10 track version | ||
| The Police | Synchronicity | 38XB-2 | JP for JP | (not reported) | - | - | 11 track version; no PE | ||
| Procter/LSO/Horenstein | Mahler: Symphony 3 | Unicorn-Kanchana | UKCD 2006/7 | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Quarterflash | Quarterflash | JP for ?? | (not reported) | ? | ? | target label | |||
| REO Speedwagon | Hi Infidelity | 35·8P-4 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Lionel Richie | Can't Slow Down | Motown | US | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Lionel Richie | Can't Slow Down | Motown | MCD 06059MD | JP for US | (not reported) | Y | Y | ||
| Steve Roach | Dreamtime Return | Fortuna | 18055-2 | DE for All | 1988 | SONOPRESS C-2443/18005-2 SONOPRESS C-2444/18005-2 A |
Y | Y | "fat boy" case |
| Santana | Shango | 35DP 23 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Santana | Abraxas | 35DP 58 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Boz Scaggs | Middle Man | 35DP 3 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Boz Scaggs | Hits! | 35DP 11 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Boz Scaggs | Silk Degrees | 35DP 20 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Klaus Schulze | Irrlicht | AVI | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||||
| Simon and Garfunkel | The Simon and Garfunkel Collection | 35DP 13 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Simon and Garfunkel | The Simon and Garfunkel Collection | CDCBS 24005 | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||||
| Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run | Columbia | 35DP 21 / CK 33795 | JP for JP/?? | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run | CBS | CDCBS 80959 (DIDP 21) | JP for EU | 35DP-21-1 1A2 | N | Y | ||
| Bruce Springsteen | Darkness on the Edge of Town | CBS/Sony | 32DP 351 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Bruce Springsteen | Darkness on the Edge of Town | CBS | JP for EU | DIDP-?? | ? | ? | |||
| Barbra Streisand | Guilty | 35DP 7 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Barbra Streisand | Greatest Hits Volume 2 | 35DP 161 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Barbra Streisand | The Way We Were | CK 32801 / DIDP-20056 | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||||
| Survivor | Eye of the Tiger | ZK 38062 | JP for US | DIDP 20239 11A3 | ? | ? | |||
| Tangerine Dream | Exit | Virgin | CDV 2212 | UK | (not reported) | ? | ? | MASTERED BY NIMBUS | |
| Michael Lee Thomas | Voyager: Grand Tour Suite | Bainbridge | BCD2503 | US for US | 1990 | [] BCD 2503 02@ [] | Y | Y | MADE IN USA BY PDO |
| Toto | Turn Back | 35DP 5 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Toto | IV | 35DP 12 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Toto | IV | Columbia | 450088 2 | France | 199? | CDCBS-85529 41 MASTERED BY DADC AUSTRIA |
Y | Y | w/IFPI SID code (1995+) |
| Toto | Hydra | 35DP 42 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Ultravox | Vienna | Chrysalis | CCD 1296 | UK | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Vangelis | Opera Sauvage | Polydor | 829 663-2 Y-1 | DE | 1986 | [] 829 663-2 01 * [] | Y | Y | |
| Vangelis | L'Apocalypse des Animaux | Polydor | 831 503-2 | DE | [] 831 503-2 01 # [] | Y | Y | ||
| Various | The Digital Domain: A Demonstration | Elektra | 9 60303-2 | US | 1983 | (not reported) | Y | Y | Several tracks intentionally omit PRE flag |
| Various | She's Having a Baby - OMPST | (not reported) | ? | ? | selected pressings? | ||||
| Various | She's Having a Baby - OMPST | Hughes/I.R.S. | IRSD-6211 | US for US | 1988 | DIDX-003505 1 +++ +++++ | - | - | No PE |
| The Velvet Underground | VU | (not reported) | ? | ? | unknown pressings | ||||
| Bruno Walter/Columbia S.O. | Bruckner: Symphony No.4 | CBS/Sony | 35DC 117 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Bruno Walter/Columbia S.O. | Bruckner: Symphony No.9 | CBS/Sony | 35DC 114 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Bruno Walter/Columbia S.O. | Brahms: Symphony No.2 | Columbia | 35DC 86 / MK 40201 | JP for JP/US | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Bruno Walter/Columbia S.O. | Brahms: Symphony No.3 | Columbia | 35DC 87 / MK 42022 | JP for JP/US | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Bruno Walter/NY Phil. | Mahler: Symphony No.2 | CBS/Sony | 56DC 131~132 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Roger Waters | The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking | 35DP 149 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Roger Waters | The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking | Harvest | CDP 7 46029 2 | JP for UK | 1984 | CDP 7 46029 2 1A4 TO (CDP 7 46029 2 1A4 TO) |
N | Y | |
| Roger Waters | The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking | Columbia | CK 39290 | US | (not reported) | ? | ? | ||
| Weather Report | 8:30 | 50DP 133~4 | JP for JP | (not reported) | ? | ? | |||
| Wings | Wild Life | Fame/EMI | CD-FA 3101 | DE for ?? | SONOPRESS B-9590 CDM 7520172 A |
? | ? | Unconfirmed but sounds like it | |
| Wings | Wild Life | Fame/EMI | CD-FA 3101 / CDM 7 52017 2 | UK for ?? | CDM 7 52017 2 AR 3:1:3 EMI Swindon |
N | N | Suspected missing PE flag | |
| XTC | Oranges and Lemons | Virgin | CDV 2581 | DE for UK? | SONOPRESS C-5845/CDV2561 B | ? | ? |
See Also
- "Pre emphasis list?" (Steve Hoffman Forums thread)