If you find this file as a 300–400 MB FLAC (10 songs total), here’s what you preserve:
| Format | Bitrate | Frequency response | Transients (cymbals, guitar harmonics) | |--------|---------|-------------------|------------------------------------------| | MP3 320kbps | Lossy | >16 kHz rolled off | Smeared | | FLAC | Lossless | Up to 22.05 kHz | Intact |
On White Lion’s “Wait,” Vito Bratta’s pinch harmonics and Greg D’Angelo’s cymbal crashes lose their bite in lossy formats. FLAC captures the original CD’s exact PCM stream. White Lion - 1987 - Pride.7 81768-2.flac
What about the “.7” in “Pride.7 81768-2.flac”? This is almost certainly not official. Likely explanations:
Rest assured, no official release of Pride includes “.7” in the title. It is safe to rename the file to White Lion - 1987 - Pride (81768-2).flac for proper library management. If you find this file as a 300–400
Among P2P networks (Soulseek, eDonkey, early torrents), this exact filename was a marker of quality circa 2005–2012:
If you see a .cue file alongside, even better – it rebuilds the exact CD layout with pre-gaps. Rest assured, no official release of Pride includes “
The segment “7 81768-2” or simply 81768-2 is a pressing identifier. Let’s break it down:
So 81768-2 is the Atlantic Records CD catalog number for the original 1987 Pride release. Collectors today search for that exact number to find the first pressing, which has unique mastering and often better dynamic range than later remasters.