At home, he didn’t rip it into any digital file. He resisted the FLAC temptation of perfect preservation. Some things deserved the soft risk of analog — the small pops, the human breath trapped between lines, the way a trumpet’s tip sometimes scraped the seam of the groove like a remembered apology. He liked the knowledge that over time, his copy would deepen with use, grow mellow in ways new formats could never fully emulate.
Quincy Jones Album: Smackwater Jack Year: 1971 Genre: Jazz, Funk, Soul Format: FLAC Quality: Lossless (Stereo Vinyl Rip) Quincy Jones - Smackwater Jack 1971 TQMP -FLAC-
FLAC (16-bit / 44.1kHz) Source: TQMP (The Quincy Jones Music Project / Original pressing master) Quality: Lossless At home, he didn’t rip it into any digital file
A lush, jazz-harmonics reimagining of Vince Guaraldi’s hit. The iconic theme from the NBC television series Ironside . What’s Going On He liked the knowledge that over time, his
is not a standard industry acronym (like SACD, HDCD, or DSD). In the context of digital music sharing (Usenet, private trackers, or P2P archives), TQMP almost certainly stands for "The Quality Music Project" or a similar private ripping/encoding group. Groups like TQMP are known for: