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Slosh
04-17-2008, 01:53 PM
I wasn't around for the original Sounds Good group compilations but I'm here now so hows about another installment? Criteria is simple:

> First and foremost it has to be a song you really dig. Well-recorded audiophilia pap is still pap.
> It has to be one of those recordings that makes all the money you spent on your audio gear seem justified.

Just upload a song to www.mediafire.com in a lossless or uncompressed format and post the link in this thread. If we get enough participation I'll sequence and edit (if necessary) it into a downloadable FLAC-8 comp.

To start things off my pick is Calexico's awesome instrumental track, "El Picador". All of Calexico's LPs and CDs I own have great sonics but this isn't the version from Hot Rail, but rather it's from the infamous China Theater, Stockholm show recorded in April, 2003. This is an amateur (supposedly) soundboard recording that sounds better than most official live albums. There's a real sense of space. There's real dynamic range. The horns have bite without sounding harsh. The drums sound like real drums. Etc., etc. Best of all the band has never sounded better.

Linky:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?asccms0ipg9

3-LockBox
04-17-2008, 03:40 PM
OK, I get dibbs on Wolves (Song of The Shepard's Dog) by Iron&Wine - it sounds soooo cool on all of my rigs -

and here it is:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mnerhy9nmgd

Slosh
04-17-2008, 03:54 PM
OK, I get dibbs on The Shepard's Dog by I&W - it sounds soooo cool on all of my rigs.
Which song? "Wolves (Song Of The Shepherd's Dog)"? Don't bother upping it 'cause I have it. Wish it had more dynamic range but otherwise I agree it sounds pretty decent.

3-LockBox
04-17-2008, 04:26 PM
Which song? "Wolves (Song Of The Shepherd's Dog)"? Don't bother upping it 'cause I have it. Wish it had more dynamic range but otherwise I agree it sounds pretty decent.


Too late. uploaded and posted.

Dynamics? That's ship sailed a long time ago. You're not going to find it on a modern recording.

Whaddiya want? Something you ain't got? You have Candylion by Gruff Ryhs?

If it has to be something you ain't got, it'll prolly fall under the prog heading. I'll think about this some more.

hhhmmm....maybe Once by Blackfield.

I'll wrack my brain for a while.

jrhymeammo
04-17-2008, 04:30 PM
Hey Slosh, which one of Calixco do you recommend the least?

One of my favorite album right now is In the Reins by Calixco and Iron & Wine. 3LB, check it out if you havent already.

Peace

Slosh
04-17-2008, 05:47 PM
Too late. uploaded and posted.That's cool. Other people can grab it now.

Dynamics? That's ship sailed a long time ago. You're not going to find it on a modern recording.Not true. Latest Wilco and Shellac, for example.


Whaddiya want? Something you ain't got? You have Candylion by Gruff Ryhs?You probably heard that for the first time through me via an uploaded comp. :p Naw, the point is for you to pick something. This comp ain't meant for me; it's for all of us.

Slosh
04-17-2008, 05:54 PM
Hey Slosh, which one of Calexico do you recommend the least?
What do I recommend least?? :confused: Hmmm . . . . well, my preference goes like this:
Feast Of Wire
The Black Light
Garden Ruin
Spoke
Hot Rail

So I guess I like Hot Rail least but that's kinda like saying which Ferrari would you want to own least :)

3-LockBox
04-17-2008, 11:13 PM
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Ex Lion Tamer
04-18-2008, 05:31 AM
How does one upload one of these Flac lossless thingamajigs?

Or.....if you have Dinosaur Act by Low, and can upload it for me, it has some supoib sound - especially on vinyl.

I should do some research anyway as I do want to get a squeezebox at some point down the road.

Slosh
04-18-2008, 05:52 AM
How does one upload one of these Flac lossless thingamajigs?

Or.....if you have Dinosaur Act by Low, and can upload it for me, it has some supoib sound - especially on vinyl.
I don't have that one. You can just upload a WAV file if that's easier for you (or AIFF or Apple Lossless or WMA Lossless . . . doesn't matter to me).

Also I should point out that this isn't necessarily intended to be new music only. You got something that's 60 years old and sounds great that'll work too.

Jim Clark
04-18-2008, 12:26 PM
I like the idea a lot. A whole lot actually.

I have the first two volumes and you make a good point. There are some incredible good sounding stuff on there but I don't really think that it's stuff that people really liked listening to. I think the focus was only well recorded stuff for a lot of people. At least that's what it seemed like to me. What I did was pull the really great stuff off the two and condensed it to one disc. To this day, it's my demo disc.

I've got a baseball tournament this weekend but I'll try to find some time. A lot of what I think is good is actually quite compressed when looking at it through a spectragraph. Davey pointed that out to me on something that I thought was well recorded and it turned out not to be so great. Been a bit gun shy about making pronouncements since then.

jc

jrhymeammo
04-19-2008, 03:51 PM
Feast Of Wire
:)

thanks for a good recommendation.

I almost lifted my needle up after 2 songs, but forced myself to sit thru it. But after I got used his singing style, it started to grow on me.

I love how they can throw in a groovy instrumental like "Crumble", and make you wanna hit a Greyhound station with "Güero Canelo".
The album is worth a 2nd spin.

JRA

3-LockBox
04-21-2008, 01:47 PM
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Lindsay Buckingham http://www.mediafire.com/?n2gee541fhl

Porcupine Tree http://www.mediafire.com/?ytadbdy1hht

Alan Morse http://www.mediafire.com/?p1i0vybhzz9

And for those of you that like jazz:

Nu Sungo-Spyro Gyra http://www.mediafire.com/?0dwycxdafmm

Kalimba - Bob Berg http://www.mediafire.com/?cmbzmg3fsmc

Storm Warnig - Bob James http://www.mediafire.com/?ymumigvovxl




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3-LockBox
04-21-2008, 01:59 PM
Oh well, looks like another decent idea bites the dust.

Slosh
04-21-2008, 04:23 PM
Oh well, looks like another decent idea bites the dust.Thanks for playing. Remember when we used to wonder why people declined free music just for the asking? Hell, now it's just a few mouse clicks away and still very few takers.

I think I've wasted enough of my time with this place.

I'll still have plenty of new and interesting music to explore. Too bad others won't get a chance to experience it for themselves. Their loss.

bobsticks
04-21-2008, 05:32 PM
Dammit Slsohy, don't leave yet.

Just got done with a several day interview process for a new position which became much more involved than I'd anticipated. I should have the majority of Wednesday to mess around and upload some goodies (as well as get the "Mystery Discs" in order).

Rawk on, bruh, rawk on...

3-LockBox
04-21-2008, 10:24 PM
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I need to be checking out some Calexico in my future.

I don't know how I arrived at Gruff Ryhs-Candylion, but between you, Swish, and Davey, I get most of my indy recs from this place, so your presence will be missed. Sorry I'm not able to reciprocate the recs myself (knowing you're not much for prog).

This might be a stressful, busy time of year for some; maybe this place will pick up in the future.
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nobody
04-22-2008, 04:39 AM
Here's small selection of some good sounding things...

Two tracks off the first David Johansen & The Harry Smiths release, excellent natural sound on both and the music is excellent as well, old style acoustic blues:

<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?gmlbgefxhxc">Darling Do You Remember Me</a> & <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?t1bm3y2w0aa">Somebody Buy Me A Drink</a>

If you like those, the whole CD is similar as is their follow-up, both with excellent sound throughout.

Now, in case you want a little bass, here's a little something off Massive Attack's 100th Window:

<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?szjmmmnbdm1">Future Proof</a>

And, something nice and lush with a little reggae/dubby vibe from Thievery Corporation:

<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?tzfqwk9kyya">The Richest Man In Babylon</a>

That's all I had time to upload for now. Fun thread.

noddin0ff
04-22-2008, 06:34 AM
I’ll play, after all there’s no accounting for taste right? Can't say these were carefully selected. They're just things I always thought sounded good. (Flac)


You Can Never Go Home – House of Freaks (1988)
I always liked this one. Nice spare sound.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3bmixdt9tym

No Big Deal – Love & Rockets (1989)
Crisp.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ev9jbgmm2ix

Cumbia & Jazz Fusion – Mingus Big Band (1997)
A long one. Someday I’d like to hear it on a big system. I think it makes a good demo track. Everything from Conch shell to tuba. I had to zip it in two parts. Open part one with a zip extractor and it should ask for part two. Total size 104Mb.
http://www.mediafire.com/?nyunjeyxiby
http://www.mediafire.com/?9i428ziiifa

Jim Clark
04-22-2008, 10:44 AM
I've been meaning to play too, just can't get work to get out of the way.

Been contemplating and came up with a couple of tracks that I think sound good but I haven't looked at the wav form yet to see if it stands up to scrutiny.

FYI, IF anyone is interested, I looked around on the internet and came up with a good place to look for some ideas to get me going. I found a great site to start with and was pleasantly surprised to see Toy Matinee was regarded as a 5 star reference CD. Never really my thing, but Troy digs it!

Here's the site if anyone is interested: http://johnvestman.com/commercial_cds.htm

jc

Now, I've to to prepare for a group of international investors who are looking to purchase this property! Like I don't have enough to do as it is : (

Davey
04-22-2008, 11:06 AM
Not that I'm sure this is anywhere close to ethical, but here's a few well recorded and mastered recent ones with good dynamics and sound (imo) ...

Sun Kil Moon - Tonight In Bilbao.flac
http://www.mediafire.com/?vvjhdsi4lon

Nina Nastasia - One Old Woman.flac
http://www.mediafire.com/?bvzidn1himg

Magnolia Electric Co. - Talk To Me Devil, Again.flac
http://www.mediafire.com/?wdbp9x31dvo

Life Without Buildings - New Town.flac
http://www.mediafire.com/?mxwugyx1lvk

Electrelane - Bells.flac
http://www.mediafire.com/?0bb1uzf1czd

And a couple moldy oldies from the 90s that still regularly keep me smiling ...

Morphine - Thursday.flac
http://www.mediafire.com/?txdcj9mvjtt

Richard Davies - Chips Rafferty.flac
http://www.mediafire.com/?m4nunl2njjj

Davey
04-22-2008, 11:22 AM
Davey pointed that out to me on something that I thought was well recorded and it turned out not to be so great. Been a bit gun shy about making pronouncements since then.

Don't you hate self-important bores like that? Geez, next time just tell him to go dance about architecture somewhere else!

:)

Hehehe, wonder what record it was? The National? Hopefully not that awful sounding Interpol CD!

Jim Clark
04-22-2008, 11:41 AM
Don't you hate self-important bores like that? Geez, next time just tell him to go dance about architecture somewhere else!

:)

Hehehe, wonder what record it was? The National? Hopefully not that awful sounding Interpol CD!

Not really sure it which one it was, but it was something that I thought sounded pretty dang good and then you posted a screen shot of the wav form. Far from being bored, it was a real eye opener. First of all it made me realize that I am way more interested in the music then the production values. I am reminded of J saying something like he'd rather listen to the Ramones on a boombox then most of the other crap on a high dollar system. I got more than a touch of that in me since I've not heard any CD I can't listen to based only on the recording quality.

More than that though, it made me realize perhaps my head isn't entirely on straight and my "golden ears" are perhaps more lead then gold.

Think we've made enough posts on his thread to calm Slosh down?

jc

still waiting on the international consortium to come through...

Troy
04-22-2008, 12:57 PM
I'd puke a couple of lumps of coal/diamonds for you guys, but they are 192k mp3s. Are you golden-eared snobs ok with that?

Troy
04-22-2008, 01:07 PM
So, why won't this .flac file play in iTunes? I double click it from the desktop and nothing happens.

Slosh
04-22-2008, 01:39 PM
So, why won't this .flac file play in iTunes? I double click it from the desktop and nothing happens.Because iTunes sucks! Okay, it's actually pretty good software but the only lossless format it supports is (surprise!) Apple Lossless. I don't speak Mac but I believe there is free conversion software that will turn FLAC into Apple Lossless called Max and/or MacFLAC.

Jeez, the tactics I have to use to get people to respond :rolleyes:

Slosh
04-22-2008, 01:48 PM
You people aren't seriously gonna let me pick out which tracks to use, are ya?

Pick a preference or two and I'll work with it.

My plan is to only offer a downloadable version but if anyone wants to do the ol' CDR-in-the-mail routine have at it. I'll make a separate post when it's done (assuming we get enough participation).

NP:

Slosh
04-22-2008, 01:50 PM
I'd puke a couple of lumps of coal/diamonds for you guys, but they are 192k mp3s. Are you golden-eared snobs ok with that?No. Kinda defeats the point, don't 'cha think?

Jim Clark
04-22-2008, 02:05 PM
No. Kinda defeats the point, don't 'cha think?

Troy's just being his usual antidisestablishmentarian self.

jc

3-LockBox
04-22-2008, 09:27 PM
I believe there is free conversion software that will turn FLAC into Apple Lossless called Max and/or MacFLAC.


The latest version of Goldwave converts in all kinds of formats; some of which I've never heard of before. It'll play them back as well. I can even do wave file manipulation and save in any format.

3-LockBox
04-22-2008, 09:33 PM
Not that I'm sure this is anywhere close to ethical


No more ethical/unethical than a CD-R in the mail.

Troy
04-23-2008, 06:32 AM
No. Kinda defeats the point, don't 'cha think?

Not really. I bet if we did a blind A/B test with the original CD and a 192k mp3 of 10 random songs from your collection you wouldn't be able to tell the difference on most of them.

"Sounds Good" is more about production values than actual sound. At least it is for me.

3-LockBox
04-23-2008, 06:50 AM
Not really. I bet if we did a blind A/B test with the original CD and a 192k mp3 of 10 random songs from your collection you wouldn't be able to tell the difference on most of them.Depends where you listen. On most ear buds or some computer speakers and car speakers, prolly not. But I've ripped songs to MP3 for playback on my main rig w/ DVD player and wound up not doing that twice cuz where bass was plentiful on the CD, the MP3 disc sounded anemic.

I went to some people's house and recognized a song and how differently 'not good' it sounded from memory and when I checked, it was an 128kbps track. My strep-son played some rap stuff on my basement setup and it was so obvious that it was bass shy; one of his buddies had the actual CD and the difference was glaring.

I will say for a lot of pop/rock music, you'll have to go as low as 128kbps or lower to hear a difference, because I believe as you do, its about production value. An overly compressed wave file isn't going to sound any better than a 128kbps file. Some of the music that I was able to download at 320kbps sounds close enough to its CD counterpart as to cause difficulty telling them apart.

Davey
04-23-2008, 07:33 AM
You people aren't seriously gonna let me pick out which tracks to use, are ya?

Pick a preference or two and I'll work with it.

Back already? I thought you packed up your Barbie dolls and left for good a couple days ago? Heehee, I was just listening to that Morphine song in the car on the way home from work late last night, really really loud, twice in a row, man they make a lot of good sounding racket on that one! So that's my pick. Although they were pretty popular back in the day so most people might've already heard it a bunch.

If so, maybe the Electrelane song. That is from one of the best recorded and best sounding CDs of the last few years imo, Axes. Not my favorite from Electrelane cause they seem to lose focus a few times throughout the record, meandering down some paths that don't do much for me, but they still often bring it all together in metronomic bliss. And it is live in the studio, with Steve Albini in charge. Sounds very natural, as in "a rock band in the studio" kind of way.

But yea, I know, not that many people actually like Electrelane, no matter how well it's recorded, so maybe the best bet is the Magnolia Electric Co song which opens the "Sun Sessions" EP which was recorded down in Memphis at the legendary Sun Studios one day in 2006. Really nice and warm sound on that one.

Troy
04-23-2008, 09:22 AM
Depends where you listen. On most ear buds or some computer speakers and car speakers, prolly not. But I've ripped songs to MP3 for playback on my main rig w/ DVD player and wound up not doing that twice cuz where bass was plentiful on the CD, the MP3 disc sounded anemic.

I went to some people's house and recognized a song and how differently 'not good' it sounded from memory and when I checked, it was an 128kbps track. My strep-son played some rap stuff on my basement setup and it was so obvious that it was bass shy; one of his buddies had the actual CD and the difference was glaring.

I will say for a lot of pop/rock music, you'll have to go as low as 128kbps or lower to hear a difference, because I believe as you do, its about production value. An overly compressed wave file isn't going to sound any better than a 128kbps file. Some of the music that I was able to download at 320kbps sounds close enough to its CD counterpart as to cause difficulty telling them apart.

Yes, you absolutely would NOT be able to tell the difference with earbud, computer or 99% or car systems. I think in most situations, on most people's main systems with a 192k mp3 (NOT 128, which do sound tinny and usually experience sibilant clipping) you wouldn't notice a difference. I really do.

Does your strep-son have a sore throat?

Davey
04-23-2008, 09:34 AM
My strep-son played some rap stuff on my basement setup and it was so obvious that it was bass shy; one of his buddies had the actual CD and the difference was glaring.
Does your strep-son have a sore throat?

The family that plays together, stays together. Eww, sorry, did I say that out loud? Hey Todd, as Jimbo C says, I'm just busying your balls :)

Slosh
04-23-2008, 12:56 PM
Not really. I bet if we did a blind A/B test with the original CD and a 192k mp3 of 10 random songs from your collection you wouldn't be able to tell the difference on most of them.
I have 1,180GB of hard drive space so I don't bother with mp3 other than for my mp3 player which is only 30GB. You're right that on my portable I can't often enough tell the difference (but I use Lame V0, not 192CBR) to justify using lossless, especially when I can fit 5,000 V0 mp3s vs. 1,200 lossless songs. On my home stereo systems I absolutely can, however. Yeah, maybe not always and maybe even only rarely, but these days with 500GB HDDs going for less than $100 and 160GB iPods why f<a>uck with mp3 at all?

Slosh
04-23-2008, 04:42 PM
Okay, so we know have over 95 minutes worth of stuff, and that's not even including that long a<a>ss Mingus Big Band track. I'll wait about another week for others to contribute. We have good variety already but only five contributers. Maybe that's about as good as I can expect from this board nowadays but it seems to me that a group comp should be pooled from a larger group. This isn't basketball :)

3-LockBox
04-24-2008, 04:24 PM
Does your strep-son have a sore throat?

not a typo

When he's near to mid-20s, won't keep a job, wants to live in your basement, and has teenage friends...he's viral.

3-LockBox
04-24-2008, 04:27 PM
Okay, so we know have over 95 minutes worth of stuff,

Where's the links? I only count about 60 minutes.

Slosh
04-25-2008, 12:55 PM
You Can Never Go Home – House of Freaks (1988)
I always liked this one. Nice spare sound.
http://www.mediafire.com/?3bmixdt9tym
Now this is what I'm talking about. Kind of a so-so song but made much better due to the outstanding production values. Davey's Nina Nastasia pick also fits this description.

Well, I've got some more listening to do.

Slosh
04-25-2008, 01:19 PM
I love how they can throw in a groovy instrumental like "Crumble", and make you wanna hit a Greyhound station with "Güero Canelo".
If ya like that check out the live version of Guero Canelo. Even better than the studio version IMO.


http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1b11z2bl0oz

bobsticks
04-26-2008, 10:00 AM
Hey, that was kinda painless once I figgered out all the security/cookie stuff...certainly much less painful than a bunch o damn discs lying around all over tha place.


The Wailin' Jennys
http://www.mediafire.com/?zy2tmzyogja

Justin Townes Earle ( a newalbum you country cats need to buy)
http://www.mediafire.com/?9iyerd1zmez



BTW, how does this work? You gonna turn this into a single file/compy Slosh?

Slosh
04-26-2008, 11:12 AM
BTW, how does this work? You gonna turn this into a single file/compy Slosh?I'm not sure yet. I'm definitely gonna have to edit my selection (fade up/out crowd noise) and will probably hack off some end of track silence to tighten up the flow on some of the other tracks. I found a service that'll let me upload it as a single zip file but the problem with that is if your connection times out you have to start all over again. I'm guessing the whole thing will end up at least 500MB so it'll probably better to do individual songs + a playlist file. I'm definitely gonna rename the file names to reflect the sequencing, and the album names to Sounds Good! 2008 or something along those lines. I'll include the contributers' names in the comments section of the metadata and each song will have the album art from the original CD embedded so people will know what album to buy if they stumble into something they really like. Beyond that I haven't given it much thought other than it's gonna be FLAC so the Mac guys can grab it too (although personally I prefer WMA Lossless for my own use since it works with all of my software).

I've got a lot of stuff here to digest before I even start thinking about sequencing. When it's done I'll start a new thread.

Thanks for playing!

NP: (one track, anyway :) )

Davey
04-26-2008, 11:54 AM
Kind of a so-so song but made much better due to the outstanding production values. Davey's Nina Nastasia pick also fits this description.

Nothing so-so about any of my picks, mariachi boy. Quit lying.

Slosh
04-26-2008, 01:53 PM
Nothing so-so about any of my picks, mariachi boy. Quit lying.Actually, after about three or four spins I've really come to like "One Old Woman". So how is the rest of On Leaving?

NP:

Davey
04-28-2008, 10:36 AM
Actually, after about three or four spins I've really come to like "One Old Woman". So how is the rest of On Leaving?

Beautiful record, maybe even a minor masterpiece in another time. Albini is so in touch with her. That song has some of the amazing epic drum sound he captures so well, like you are there, so that's one of the main reasons I picked it. Only a couple other songs with the drums that prominent, "Dumb I Am" being another with a bit of Celtic flavor. I probably play her first record "Dogs" the most, but really like this one. A couple years down the road, and I have the feel that it's still growing on me. "One Old Woman" kind of stands out though, encapsulating many of the qualities that make her recordings special to me, but it's also one of the only songs where she really lets go on this one. They keep the instrumentation kind of quiet most of the time, so overall it's not very dramatic sounding. It's a very lyrical album, so take that as a warning ... if need be :)

Slosh
04-28-2008, 01:32 PM
Beautiful record, maybe even a minor masterpiece in another time. Albini is so in touch with her. That song has some of the amazing epic drum sound he captures so well, like you are there, so that's one of the main reasons I picked it.Yeah, it was most definitely the drums that got my attention but the rest of the song kinda sucked me in as well after a few more spins. Just picked up (finally) Roomsound the other day for $8.00. This one would easily qualify for this comp too.

NP: (duh!)

Davey
04-28-2008, 02:24 PM
Just picked up (finally) Roomsound the other day for $8.00. This one would easily qualify for this comp too.

Yea, Roomsound is a great sounding CD. Brian Deck did a fine job recording that one. Not sure if he mastered it too or not. Shame some of his later work doesn't sound near as good due to the loud mastering, like Josh Ritter's Animal Years which coulda been so much nicer. But in those earlier times, back at the change of the millenium, Califone and Ugly Casanova and Modest Mouse and Holopaw and Fruitbats all sound very nice. Roots and Crowns still sounds very good too, just a bit louder, and I'm sure done to digital instead of 2" tape like I'm pretty sure they used for Roomsound.

Davey
04-29-2008, 10:31 AM
Here's a nice one, since we're just kind of playing around and having fun now. Its from 1998, and the loudness war was heating up but not yet completely in control of the industry, so sadly not quite as nice as the ones that came before, so much music ruined over the last few years, but not bad and I've already said enough about this guy and those first two records, but still, this is a great song from a fine album ...

http://www.mediafire.com/?9xmbygx3zjs

Slosh
04-29-2008, 02:14 PM
Here's a nice one, since we're just kind of playing around and having fun now. Its from 1998, and the loudness war was heating up but not yet completely in control of the industry, so sadly not quite as nice as the ones that came before, so much music ruined over the last few years, but not bad and I've already said enough about this guy and those first two records, but still, this is a great song from a fine album ...

http://www.mediafire.com/?9xmbygx3zjsSince the participation has only been from a handful of people I may just say the hell with it and make this with mostly my own stuff, plus the songs in this thread that I actually like.

NP:

3-LockBox
04-29-2008, 04:32 PM
<TABLE id=HB_Mail_Container height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 UNSELECTABLE="on"><TBODY><TR height="100%" UNSELECTABLE="on" width="100%"><TD id=HB_Focus_Element vAlign=top width="100%" background="" height=250 UNSELECTABLE="off">This a song from 2006's All The Road Running album by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris. It has decent sonics, and may be more in line with some of you guys' tastes, considering what's been posted thus far.

http://www.mediafire.com/?z03qqjzhn55
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3-LockBox
04-29-2008, 05:24 PM
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http://www.mediafire.com/?dbyrtbhyx1t


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3-LockBox
04-29-2008, 09:48 PM
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http://www.mediafire.com/?dkbirmjjmt2

C'mon from Guster's Ganging Up On The Sun album.




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Slosh
04-30-2008, 12:02 AM
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http://www.mediafire.com/?bbxzmxzznzx
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Is this ripped from the DVD? My computer is telling me it's 44.1kHz/24bit. I can convert it to 16bit pretty easily if so.

Ex Lion Tamer
04-30-2008, 05:39 AM
Since the participation has only been from a handful of people I may just say the hell with it and make this with mostly my own stuff, plus the songs in this thread that I actually like.

NP:

I really wish I could have participated, but my computer crapped out on me. I should get it back today - so I'll tr to upload the selection I mentioned tonight, (though it lookks like you've got plenty to work with at this point).

3-LockBox
04-30-2008, 06:40 AM
Is this ripped from the DVD?

no, its a CD...I better go check my settings

(edit)

I had my settings wrong, but just on the last two postings

I went back and fixed them, and re-uploaded and re-posted

Slosh
04-30-2008, 02:08 PM
I really wish I could have participated, but my computer crapped out on me. I should get it back today - so I'll try to upload the selection I mentioned tonight, (though it looks like you've got plenty to work with at this point).I'm gonna wait to see if more people participate before I move on this. While there already is more than 2 hours worth of tunes in this thread, there are only six contributers (including myself) thus far. I'm probably gonna omit any jazz just 'cause the vast majority of stuff so far is rock or country.

I may still make one of my own wholly unrelated to this thread, just to suit my own taste.

NP:

Slosh
04-30-2008, 02:11 PM
I had my settings wrong, but just on the last two postings

I went back and fixed them, and re-uploaded and re-posted
Got 'em. Thanks.

bobsticks
04-30-2008, 04:57 PM
How's about some jangley power-pop?

http://www.mediafire.com/?anzhyy2gjty


Slosh, let me know if you likey...

noddin0ff
04-30-2008, 05:45 PM
I'm gonna wait to see if more people participate before I move on this. While there already is more than 2 hours worth of tunes in this thread, there are only six contributers (including myself) thus far. I'm probably gonna omit any jazz just 'cause the vast majority of stuff so far is rock or country.

I may still make one of my own wholly unrelated to this thread, just to suit my own taste.

NP:

oh, sure. dis the 17min of Mingus why don't you. ;-)

3-LockBox
04-30-2008, 08:10 PM
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3-LockBox
04-30-2008, 08:15 PM
How's about some jangley power-pop?
http://www.mediafire.com/?anzhyy2gjty (http://www.mediafire.com/?anzhyy2gjty)
I tried to download but all it does is try to bring up my Windows Media Player, then it errors out. What kinda file is this?

3-LockBox
04-30-2008, 10:42 PM
<TABLE id=HB_Mail_Container height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 UNSELECTABLE="on"><TBODY><TR height="100%" UNSELECTABLE="on" width="100%"><TD id=HB_Focus_Element vAlign=top width="100%" background="" height=250 UNSELECTABLE="off">OK, so I lied. Here's one for ya...a country tune from way back. No, not even an alt. country act, but a corporate one: Diamond Rio, from the Love A Little Stronger album (name of band and title of album is a dead give-away that its a country band).

The track is Night Is Fallin' In My Heart...now don't click away yet...this is one of the better sounding discs I own, not to mention one of the few country albums I haven't parted company with when I dabbled in country a few years back. It has a bluegrass feel to it, though it isn't bluegrass.

http://www.mediafire.com/?fnmbh2xwgcy

Slosh, you ain't gotta consider all the tracks I'm submitting, I'm just doing it for fun. But you'd be surprised how good this song sounds on a good system.


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Slosh
04-30-2008, 11:42 PM
I tried to download but all it does is try to bring up my Windows Media Player, then it errors out. What kinda file is this?Worked fine here. Must have been a problem with MediaFire, which can get kinda buggy sometimes when server traffic is high. It's a WMA Lossless track by Big Star.

bobsticks
05-01-2008, 02:01 AM
What he said.

noddin0ff
05-01-2008, 12:48 PM
Thought I’d add a couple more I thought had very good sound. (flac)


One Thing Leads to Another – The Fixx
http://www.mediafire.com/?3jhege0aniu

I’ve Got A Feelin’ – Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
http://www.mediafire.com/?5w1tyut3xjg

Slosh
05-01-2008, 02:11 PM
Thought I’d add a couple more I thought had very good sound. (flac)


One Thing Leads to Another – The Fixx
http://www.mediafire.com/?3jhege0aniuThat's the only song of theirs I have (taken off 3LB's 1983 comp IIRC)


I’ve Got A Feelin’ – Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
http://www.mediafire.com/?5w1tyut3xjg
Skillet Lickers :confused:

Swish
05-01-2008, 03:58 PM
...except you 3-Lock :p

I have a few of these, but a lot of them are new to me, so I'll be composing my own cdr from the lot of it. I don't use Media Monkey very much, but it should be fairly straight forward, even for a geezer.

Swishgrandaddy

noddin0ff
05-01-2008, 05:38 PM
That's the only song of theirs I have (taken off 3LB's 1983 comp IIRC)


Skillet Lickers :confused:

We'll if you want a larger Fixx sampler let me know. I got Reach the Beach and Phantoms. Most the rest is not as kickin. They're a few steps above one hit wonders but not many.

3-LockBox
05-01-2008, 09:17 PM
What he said.I figured it out...it was a roundabout way, but I got it. Sounds good.

Slosh
05-02-2008, 06:06 AM
Justin Townes Earle ( a new album you country cats need to buy)
http://www.mediafire.com/?9iyerd1zmez
Sounds like it could have come off Josh Ritter's Hello Starling album. I'm slowly starting to absorb these new-to-me tracks. I'm not a big electronica or trip-hop guy, but nobody's Massive Attack and Thievery Corp. selections are kinda worming their way into my (<s>thick</s> numb) skull too.

NP:

noddin0ff
05-06-2008, 07:49 AM
Oh, I can’t help myself. A couple more. (flac)

Dem Bones (Carla Cook) is REALLY well done. Spare funky bass, crystal clear female vocal, a little bit of keyboard, and 3 trombones. Yup, 3. Trombones just sound so cool. If I had any talent and wanted to be cool (in that way that’s really only cool in one's own head) I’d be a trombone player.
http://www.mediafire.com/?tmwdrx2xjyf

Violence of Truth (The The) just sounds good. It’s got a kind of distant quality to it that adds to the sense of futile anger, I suppose. There’s some racial slurs in there I would normally not tolerate. I truly don’t believe are meant to be hateful, but they certainly could be objectionable. Barring physics, I don’t think you can play it too loud. The doom guitar riff sells it for me.
http://www.mediafire.com/?12mjn0tywnn

Swish
05-09-2008, 01:58 PM
Because iTunes sucks! Okay, it's actually pretty good software but the only lossless format it supports is (surprise!) Apple Lossless. I don't speak Mac but I believe there is free conversion software that will turn FLAC into Apple Lossless called Max and/or MacFLAC.

Jeez, the tactics I have to use to get people to respond :rolleyes:

Swish

Slosh
05-09-2008, 02:42 PM
SwishYou spelled your own moniker wrong? :confused:

NP:

Swish
05-09-2008, 02:46 PM
You spelled your own moniker wrong? :confused:

NP:

Inquiring minds want to know!

Swish - spelled it right the last time too

Slosh
05-09-2008, 03:48 PM
Swish
Last edited by Swish : Today at 5:59PM. Reason: Typo

NP:

Swish
05-09-2008, 06:27 PM
Last edited by Swish : Today at 5:59PM. Reason: Typo

NP:

The typo I corrected was MaFlac instead of MacFlac.

How could I ever misspell Siwhs.

Siwhs

Slosh
05-23-2008, 05:56 AM
I haven't forgotten about this but life has kinda gotten in the way, as it tends to do. Still got it on the back-burner. I scanned through it a bit this morning and it definitely needs some more rawking songs to prevent it from becoming a snoozefest. To that end check out this John Vanderslice song:

http://www.mediafire.com/?in8d9d4d2gn

Although there already is enough music linked to this thread to create two CD-Rs I would like to have more people participate. I guess six contributers actually is representative of this board nowadays. Never hurts to ask though.

noddin0ff
05-27-2008, 06:30 AM
Here you go. 5 more minutes of actual work successfully avoided.
One strong contender and then four maybes to fill my time.

A little angry rock (contender)
Joy: Lucinda Williams
http://www.mediafire.com/?tkk4gojz1un

Goofy, but I like it.
You Got Me Floatin’: P.M. Dawn (Hendrix)
http://www.mediafire.com/?gwhyqjuzgdm

Seems appropriate.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle: Cake
http://www.mediafire.com/?rdzewtmmzhj

A little alt-candy-pop
Bedspring Kiss: Jellyfish
http://www.mediafire.com/?xbxgcu0bn4w

And sounds good (atmospheric blues groove?).
Paint: Galactic
http://www.mediafire.com/?gndxy9g5y3o

I like.
Mexican God: Robyn Hitchcock
http://www.mediafire.com/?dmx0mjsme2k

Slosh
05-27-2008, 01:00 PM
Here you go. 5 more minutes of actual work successfully avoided.
One strong contender and then four maybes to fill my time.

A little angry rock (contender)
Joy: Lucinda Williams
http://www.mediafire.com/?tkk4gojz1un

Goofy, but I like it.
You Got Me Floatin’: P.M. Dawn (Hendrix)
http://www.mediafire.com/?gwhyqjuzgdm

Seems appropriate.
Rock ‘n’ Roll Lifestyle: Cake
http://www.mediafire.com/?rdzewtmmzhj

A little alt-candy-pop
Bedspring Kiss: Jellyfish
http://www.mediafire.com/?xbxgcu0bn4w

And sounds good (atmospheric blues groove?).
Paint: Galactic
http://www.mediafire.com/?gndxy9g5y3o

I like.
Mexican God: Robyn Hitchcock
http://www.mediafire.com/?dmx0mjsme2kGot the first two CDs already, but hey, not everyone does.

NP: Sun Kil Moon - April

Finch Platte
05-27-2008, 03:08 PM
New John Hiatt. (http://rapidshare.com/files/116895518/John_Hiatt___Same_Old_Man__2008_.zip)

fp

Slosh
06-18-2008, 03:39 PM
Or.....if you have Dinosaur Act by Low, and can upload it for me, it has some supoib sound - especially on vinyl.
Got it now, just FYI. I'll try to make time and wrap this thing up this weekend. Was hoping for more participants but I'm not gonna wait indefinitely . . . .

NP:

bobsticks
06-18-2008, 03:58 PM
Two months and still checking the box daily...you're worse than I am...but not by much.

jrhymeammo
07-15-2008, 05:04 PM
Feast Of Wire
The Black Light


on Calexico. I think it's about time I finally start paying attention to your RR posts.

Thanks for your recommendation.:thumbsup:

JRA