3/4 Gone? (comp inside)

[Slosh]

A year-end comp with 3 months still to go? Well, I've bought so much stuff this year that I should easily be able to put together two discs' worth by late December so I may as well do disc 1 now. No time like the present, eh?

This year I decided to do these in Apple Lossless format (with embedded album art) since so many people use iTunes. If you're not one of them there are m4a plugins for most other media player and cd burning software. And of course Windows users can always convert the files with dBpowerAMP. Personally I prefer MediaMonkey3 because it plays/syncs/transcodes/burns Apple Lossless, WMA Lossless, FLAC, and APE natively. I also included some Exact Audio Copy tools that I'll get to in a bit.

If you're not so technically savvy I got some tips for you in an attempt to make this as painless as possible. I'll describe this in iTunes terms but the same steps will work for other media players or cd burning software as well, though some of the terminology may be slightly different.

1. Before you do anything go into "My Music" or "iTunes Music" and create a new folder called "Slosh 2007 Disc 1". Now when you click on the download links have your computer save files to disc and direct it to download to your newly created folder. Be sure to download the playlist file too.
2. Once everything is downloaded launch iTunes, click on the File tab at the top left of the page, browse to the "Slosh 2007 Disc 1" folder and import the "Slosh 2007 Disc 1 m3u playlist" file only. No need to add the entire folder and this will keep you from having to replicate the playlist yourself.
3. Before you burn this to CD-R make sure your burning preferences are set up properly. To do this click on edit and select preferences. Click on the advanced tab. Click on the burning tab. Make sure the disc format is checked for Audio CD. Set gap between songs as "none". Make sure "Use Sound Check" isn't checked.

Okay, now you're ready. To burn the CD simply right-click on the playlist and select Burn Playlist to Disc. Now you've made a bit-perfect copy exactly the same as my CD.

Easy, no?

01. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
02. Future Of The Left - Small Bones Small Bodies
03. Babyshambles - Delivery
04. Les Savy Fav - Brace Yourself
05. Super Furry Animals - Baby Ate My Eightball
06. Earlimart - Everybody Knows Everybody
07. Josh Ritter - Open Doors
08. The Shins - Turn On Me
09. Pinback - Good To Sea
10. Spoon - Finer Feelings
11. Rob Crow - Taste
12. Arcade Fire - (Antichrist Television Blues)
13. Ted Leo/Pharmacists - The Unwanted Things
14. Gruff Rhys - Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru
15. Modest Mouse - Missed The Boat
16. Okkervil River - Unless It Kicks
17. Blitzen Trapper - Wild Mountain Nation
18. Richmond Fountaine - Moving Back Home
19. Son Volt - Methamphetamine
20. Wilco - Hate It Here
21. The Good, The Bad, & The Queen - Behind The Sun
22. Andrew Bird - Sycthian Empires
Slosh 2007 Disc 1 Playlist


This next link is for Exact Audio Copy users only. Since you're probably a bit more advanced I'm just gonna say you have to convert the files to wav, put them in a new folder, then extract the EAC tools zip folder and move the cue file into your wav folder. Open EAC and drag the cue file in. This will give you the proper sequencing, correct gap timing, and place the CD-Text info in the correct fields. I guess you really don't need the m3u but EAC automatically makes one so here it is. The Log is just a text file proving this was an error-free rip.
EAC tools

Enjoy and keep an eye out for Disc 2 in December!