Author Topic: AMPHONIC SOUND STAGE  (Read 2017 times)

Psyclon

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AMPHONIC SOUND STAGE
« on: March 22, 2023, 04:31:11 PM »
Just as Greta kindly offered in the other thread (which I don't want to recycle as it's about a specific album), here is a list of albums I'd be interested in. And, apparently others too judging from the feedback in the ACTION PACK thread.

As usual: If not avialable it's not a biggy. But if asking yields results, why not? :D

* AVF 21
Super Funky stuff. The disk can be found at Youtube and it sounds rad.

* AVF26
The demo of Desert Shore is great! Synthesized New Age music (?)

* AVF38
No idea what that is. But it sounds intriguing.

* AVF42
Electronic stuff and circuit boards on the cover? Might be neat.

* AVF55
I have one track as MP3 from it. Would be great to update.

hilbert

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Re: AMPHONIC SOUND STAGE
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2023, 07:50:41 PM »
AVF 021 in FLAC: https://pixeldrain.com/u/WYH4pm4C

AVF 026 in mp3 (320): https://pixeldrain.com/u/YhJJi73u

AVF 038 in mp3 (320): https://pixeldrain.com/u/3AAjWUrh

AVF 055 in mp3 (320): https://pixeldrain.com/u/sLvh5SdC

Unfortunately I couldn't find AVF 042.



Psyclon

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Re: AMPHONIC SOUND STAGE
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2023, 08:49:28 PM »
I am very fine with MP3 too (I should have mentioned that)!  ;D

EDIT: I restricted myself to the LP SoundStage albums (or those that are released on both CD and LP).
But I wonder if you - or anyone - can help me upgrade my demo songs for my other SoundStage albums?

* Global Warning (1990)
* Focus on Design (1989)
* Europe 1992 (1990) [sic]

Some of the files are clearly LP recordings but have a suspicious 16 kHz cut-off that is not a thing with "real" 320 kBit/s MP3s. I am torn here because the NICHION demos are cleaner but I also think the NICHION demos are still a tad more compressed.  :-\  Anyways, I will let my ears decide.

But of course I'd also take FLACs to put them through my own LAME converter :D
« Last Edit: March 22, 2023, 09:07:14 PM by Psyclon »

Greta

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Re: AMPHONIC SOUND STAGE
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2023, 09:10:53 PM »
I can only upgrade with a flac version the AVF 26 Monica Beale - The Living Planet.

ASAP
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Psyclon

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Re: AMPHONIC SOUND STAGE
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2023, 09:30:11 PM »
That is all right! I also check all these files individually even when they seem to be transcoded 192 kBit/s or something. In the end, those technical shenanigans like "16 kHz cut-off" et cetera is mostly a brain thing. "We listen with our ears, not our eyes".
If you hand me a cassette with these tracks on I'd not go and spectral analyze it. I'd just listen to the music. :D

And man, AVF021 is funky as hell!

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Re: AMPHONIC SOUND STAGE
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2023, 09:31:48 PM »
Thank you hilbert for some AVF!

If anyone has AVF 48 - Romantic Rendezvous (1986) in mp3 or any quality,it would be greatly appreciated if they could upload. I've been after a rip of this title for years.
« Last Edit: March 22, 2023, 10:03:13 PM by joelfan71 »

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Re: AMPHONIC SOUND STAGE
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2023, 09:41:14 AM »
Here the flac of n.26:

mega.nz/file/CF5nVDCT#GzaxLDoHqj4dR2yJ-AxMHwqKwcJrBUIR48mON6sMpTw
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Psyclon

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Re: AMPHONIC SOUND STAGE
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2023, 11:49:56 AM »
Super!

An overall really interesting album that gets you pondering about life (and the decisions made).
My "bait" track, Desert Shore, turned out to be even more awesome. What a mix of emotions this particular track evokes inside me. . . . .