MP3s crush the reverb on Justin Hayward’s Nights in White Satin guitar intro. Standard streaming compression flattens the thunderous tympani in Question . FLAC preserves the 24-bit depth, allowing the listener to hear the original analog tape hiss, the decay of Ray Thomas’s flute, and the precise stereo panning of Mike Pinder’s Mellotron. For the —characterized by late-night listening sessions, single-malt Scotch, and high-end headphones or Klipsch speakers—FLAC is the only acceptable vessel.
With Hayward, Lodge, original flautist/vocalist Ray Thomas, drummer Graeme Edge, and keyboardist Mike Pinder (the Mellotron master), they invented “symphonic rock.”
(Polydor) “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere” (sequel to “Your Wildest Dreams”). More drum machines and polished layers. Ray Thomas’s last major album with the band.
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