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Requests / Re: Parry Music - PML CD 1177 - Orchestral Contrasts 2
« Last post by vilniy on May 01, 2024, 11:05:46 AM »Please, re-up!
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Vintage Library Vinyl and CD rips / Re: AMPS 119 - Mellow Moods (1977) Flac
« Last post by zoomo on May 01, 2024, 10:37:50 AM »Thanks Greta for the legit lossless file.
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Requests / Re: DWLP 2922 Power Project
« Last post by nidostar on May 01, 2024, 10:24:57 AM »Thanks for the share Retro. However, I notice it suffers from much the same overmodulation/clipping as my lossy version which it replaces. I presume it's a feature of the vinyl original? It certainly woke me up when I played it!! 
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Vintage Library Vinyl and CD rips / Re: Intersound ISST 187 - Geoff Bastow - Talk To Me
« Last post by Greta on May 01, 2024, 10:24:31 AM »[Intersound] - ISST 187 - Geoff Bastow - Talk To Me (1988)
swisstransfer.com/d/7971b10b-4292-4d73-a131-425c20957115
swisstransfer.com/d/7971b10b-4292-4d73-a131-425c20957115
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Vintage Library Vinyl and CD rips / Re: AMPS 119 - Mellow Moods (1977) Flac
« Last post by Greta on May 01, 2024, 10:11:19 AM »So in addition I use a Windows only app on an aging laptop called Lossless Audio Checker.
Actually, there's also a Mac (and Linux) version of this software but it's command line only and I'm far to be a "Power User", lol.
I would like to have a tool like that to help me with the ambiguous situations, although in reality I would like to be able to distinguish every single case on my own without doubts.
Btw, is that software trustworthy?
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Requests / Re: DWS/LP 3335 - Byways (1976) Reg Tilsey
« Last post by nidostar on May 01, 2024, 10:10:39 AM »Thank you Retro. A nice upgrade to my 12 year old lossy version!!
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Labels / Re: Boosey and Hawkes Ltd (78s)
« Last post by Moon Monkey on May 01, 2024, 10:04:47 AM »I posted the Numerical Index from a 1961 Boosey catalogue in this thread (or it's ancestor) about 5 years ago, completing the listings (more or less) from 2000 up to 2406. From a 1969 catalogue, here's the remainder of the 78s:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/s7z9kzwuwi0k2k6/Boosey+-+Numerical+List+2404+-+2611.zip/file
Right, time to finish the job!
- Mr's 1952 Catalogue covers things up to 2214.
- I've posted a page from the 1957 Catalogue in the Library Catalogue Thread, covering 2215 to 2290 (thanks to Caliban for the image).
- Here are 2262 to 2390 from the 1961 Catalogue: LINK
- 2391 to 2405 are in the 1961 Supplement, originally posted by me, reposted by Mr, now reposted by me in the Catalogues Thread.
- 2405 onwards are in the previous post.
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Vintage Library Vinyl and CD rips / Re: AMPS 119 - Mellow Moods (1977) Flac
« Last post by kpmhill on May 01, 2024, 10:02:33 AM »joelfan's file, for everyone to see.
This is the spectrum analyzer's verdict, not mine.
No further comment on your post, you won't drag me into your sterile controversies.
You posted your response here less than 10 minutes after I posted mine, and your response wasn't on the page when I viewed the browser tab containing it. zoomo's post was the last one visible- that's why I quoted zoomo's post- and not yours. There was zero information anywhere — about anyone having checked frequencies. As I said afterward, I didn't question a verdict based on an actual frequency examination.
You won't drag me into your "sterile controversies" either.
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Requests / Re: Wishlist of Edizioni Musicali Firmamento
« Last post by Greta on May 01, 2024, 09:58:17 AM »Here a few more flac for danthemusiclover and inmargarper.
[Edizioni Musicali Firmamento] - FM 4 - Franco Tamponi - Firmamento Di Musiche (1970)
[Edizioni Musicali Firmamento] - FM 8 - Alessandro Derevitzky E La Sua Orchestra - Firmamento Di Musiche (1970)
[Record TV Discografica] - RT 109 - Franco Goldani - Armature Tonali (1971)
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[Edizioni Musicali Firmamento] - FM 4 - Franco Tamponi - Firmamento Di Musiche (1970)
[Edizioni Musicali Firmamento] - FM 8 - Alessandro Derevitzky E La Sua Orchestra - Firmamento Di Musiche (1970)
[Record TV Discografica] - RT 109 - Franco Goldani - Armature Tonali (1971)
swisstransfer.com/d/4924e588-a113-40ee-ab5d-68d928e35ab4
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Vintage Library Vinyl and CD rips / Re: AMPS 119 - Mellow Moods (1977) Flac
« Last post by nidostar on May 01, 2024, 09:46:48 AM »Thanks Greta I was trying to work out how to include a graphic file in a post to illustrate the problem but you pre-empted me!
As Greta says Apple use the M4A suffix for both ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding ie lossy) files. Fortunately, on the Mac at least, iTunes/Apple Music can tell the difference between the two types of file in the "Kind" field. But the bottom line is you can't tell a file just by its suffix whether it be M4A, FLAC or WAV.
As an example take an MP3 file and load it into Audacity or any other audio editor. Without making any change to the file immediately save it as a WAV or FLAC. Because you haven't made any changes to the content of the file it still contains lossless data but is now masquerading as a FLAC or WAV file. So it is a fake. This process is called "upsampling". It doesn't improve the quality of the music data and just ends up with a much larger file.
The best way to check whether a file is a fake FLAC/WAV is to use an app like Spek, a screen grab from which Greta has posted above. If the frequencies suddenly cut off such as this one at 16kHz then the file is a lossy one. Sadly there's no way to come back from this because if you were now to convert the file to lossy format the additional compression will further degrade the quality of the sound. Spek is available for both Mac (which I use) and Windows. Though sometimes it is not always visually clear if a file has been upsampled. So in addition I use a Windows only app on an aging laptop called Lossless Audio Checker. It analyses music files and reports whether they have been upsampled or not. It was this app I used to check the share here: https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=8362.msg57359#msg57359.
You can find further info on this subject here https://erikstechcorner.com/2020/09/how-to-check-if-your-flac-files-are-really-lossless/
As Greta says Apple use the M4A suffix for both ALAC (Apple Lossless Audio Codec) and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding ie lossy) files. Fortunately, on the Mac at least, iTunes/Apple Music can tell the difference between the two types of file in the "Kind" field. But the bottom line is you can't tell a file just by its suffix whether it be M4A, FLAC or WAV.
As an example take an MP3 file and load it into Audacity or any other audio editor. Without making any change to the file immediately save it as a WAV or FLAC. Because you haven't made any changes to the content of the file it still contains lossless data but is now masquerading as a FLAC or WAV file. So it is a fake. This process is called "upsampling". It doesn't improve the quality of the music data and just ends up with a much larger file.
The best way to check whether a file is a fake FLAC/WAV is to use an app like Spek, a screen grab from which Greta has posted above. If the frequencies suddenly cut off such as this one at 16kHz then the file is a lossy one. Sadly there's no way to come back from this because if you were now to convert the file to lossy format the additional compression will further degrade the quality of the sound. Spek is available for both Mac (which I use) and Windows. Though sometimes it is not always visually clear if a file has been upsampled. So in addition I use a Windows only app on an aging laptop called Lossless Audio Checker. It analyses music files and reports whether they have been upsampled or not. It was this app I used to check the share here: https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=8362.msg57359#msg57359.
You can find further info on this subject here https://erikstechcorner.com/2020/09/how-to-check-if-your-flac-files-are-really-lossless/