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[Jimmy_mac]

Ok guys this is well off topics and probably a long shot.

I am trying to get hold of an album called `Fill your head with rock'

Its an album from the seventies with artist like Chicago and Santana on it.

Now I have googled this one like crazy and ccome up with stuff all, yes it is available on LP but I don't have the means to convert it to CD.

Its a present for me dad and any help that anyone can give me would be much appreciated.


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[dilos]

Hi mate a've you tried a peer 2 peer site i.e shareaza you might a've some luck.

[Jimmy_mac]

have had a try on a few but with no results, if anybody has any other P2P sites on their system, would they be kind enough to have a search for it and see if it comes up.


If it does let me know which one

Cheers

Jimmy

[dtrmad2004]

tried looking on isohunt for ya but nothing. can you get hold of the track list then maybe you could download all of the tracks seperatly from kazaa or whatever and burn them onto cd
andy

[yorkie07808]

nope just tried it on my eMule and unless its a song by Kim Mitchel then nope sorry. but i did look on ebay and theres a copy there its a double album though not quite cd lol but i did get the track listings though.

Side 1
Chicago: Listen
Santana: Savour
Spirit: Give A Life, Take A Life
Steamhammer: Passing Through
Blood, Sweat and Tears: Smiling Phases

Side 2
Flock: Tired of Waiting
Black Widow: Come to The Sabbat
Argent: Dance in The Smoke
Byrds: Gunga Din
Skin Alley: Living in Sin

Side 3
Laura Nyro: Gibsom Street
Leonard Cohen: You Know Who I Am
Moondog: Stomping Ground
Amory Kane: The Inbetween Man
Trees: The Garden of Jane Delawney
Al Stewart: A Small Fruit Song
Tom Rush: Driving Wheel

Side 4
Janis Joplin: Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)
Al Kooper: One Room Country Shack
Taj Mahal: Six Days On The Road
Mike Bloomfield: Don't Think About It Baby
Pacific Gas & Electric: Bluesbuster
Johnny Winter: I Love Everybody


maybe you can get those on a peer 2 peer site and make your own cd up just an idea

[Jimmy_mac]

cheers for that yorkie,

was considering downloading and making my own as you said but as i understand it all the tracks were live tracks (i think). so I think it would be difficult to get the right ones


Wheres Ady when you need him, sure he's old enough to remember it (gonna get some shit for saying that!)

[WARNEZ]

I have searched all my reparable internet sources but to no avail i am afraid.

I think the only option is to download the tracks individually and make your own CD, they may not be exactly as the LP (live) but better than nothing.




Warnez

[decaff]

It seems that trying to find the CD outright isn't bearing much fruit!

You say that the LP IS available but that you don't have the means to convert it to CD.....

If you have a PC, the freeware is out there. This is a well-respected one just for starters:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

All you need beyond the freeware program is either:

1) a record deck as part of your hi-fi system fed via line-out to line-in of your computer

OR

2) a stand-alone record deck fed via a pre-amp to the line-in of your computer

then you can tweak, clean up/restore etc. the audio signal on your PC before burning to CD.

This way you get the original tracks from the original recording instead of farting around trying to search out the individual tracks from different occasions/sources. I bet your Dad will thank you the more for the original.

There is so much good freeware out there both for initial recording and CD burning that it is a shame not to use it. If you don't have the hi-fi, mixer or pre-amp, I bet you that you've got a friend who does!

Any further help on recording can also be found on the net via any search engine; hope this has been of some use!

[Bencrest]

I agree totally, when it comes to A/V software, the freeware is top notch, I have Nero that came with my drive but all other stuff, DVD Ripping, Decryption, and video Re-encoding is all done using freeware apps

[Jimmy_mac]

Thank you so much for your help guys,

am just downloading that bit of software now so here comes my next question.

Probably need a step by step guide of how to take tracks from an lp on a record deck to my computer. I have a soundblaster live 5.1 in my system so should have the appropriate line jacks to do the job.

So do i need anything else other than the bit of software, my sound card and the record deck? If not how do i go about sorting it all out.

Apologies if the answer has been mentioned in a previous reply but i am well into my eigth can of lager and am quite impressed with myself for being able to see

[kensplace2]

Drink more lager, then sort it out when your hangover has gone tommorow

[decaff]

Yes you do need a few other items!

1) A couple of hours of reasonable sobriety; sorry to piss on your bonfire!

2) The signal can't jump from your turntable to your computer through fresh air so you'll definitely need the requisite audio cables to do that job for you.

3) The output signal from the average turntable is too weak to be used by the computer without previous amplification; hence my mention of a hi-fi system line out or the use of a pre-amp. Basically the signal strength needs to be brought up to what is known as "Line level". (You may just be lucky as I believe that some modern turntables have built-in pre-amps)

After pre-amplification you will obviously need a cable entering your computer's line-in via a stereo mini-jack. From there on in it's down to the software that you've just downloaded (and read its Help Manual!).

The cables you need are as cheap as shit although you're welcome to pay more for better cable quality and gold-plated edge connectors if you wish.

If I haven't explained this well enough take a look at:

http://www.polderbit...owToConnect.htm

This link uses a different program but 2/3rds of the way down the page it describes how to get connected well enough! Else do a google search yourself.

Try typing this in: turntable signal level output

Best wishes