The original recording
Wheels Down
- Record
- Wings & Prayers
- Released
- 11 August 2026
- Length
- 2:34
Wings & PrayersThe albumTrack 07 of 12
Wheels Down
By The Little Blue Pilot. Recorded twice: on Wings & Prayers in August 2026, and again as the Second Flight version a month later. Both are here — 2:34 and 2:19.
Two recordings
The same song on two records. Each link opens the recording on that service.
The Second Flight version
Wheels Down (Second Flight Version)
- Record
- Wings & Prayers: Second Flight
- Released
- 11 September 2026
- Length
- 2:19
The words, as sung, are on the artist's own site: Wheels Down on littlebluepilot.com ↗.
What mastering measured
Both recordings were mastered by WPAudio Engine, each to a different brief. Before and after, per recording — integrated loudness, true peak, loudness range.
| Recording | Integrated | Δ | True peak | LRA | Δ LRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wings & Prayers · original → reference master | -16.1 → -11.0 | +5.1 LU | -3.7 → -1.2 | 6.1 → 6.0 | −0.1 LU |
| Wings & Prayers: Second Flight · mix → released master | -13.4 → -14.0 | −0.6 LU | 0.0 → -1.1 | 4.9 → 4.9 | 0.0 LU |
LUFS, dBTP and LU respectively. The first record's true peak moved +2.5 dB; the Second Flight version was true-peak limited and arrived with 0 samples at full scale. The reasoning behind each brief is in the case studies: mastering Wings & Prayers and mastering Second Flight.