Cleaning Up Files Ripped from Vinyl

[rcarlberg]

According to AllMusicGuide there was a second one in the '90s called Subterranea.

Okay, "Subterranea" arrived today, and although AllMusicGuide claims it's the same Steven Miller as "Singing Whale Songs in a Low Voice," this album sounds NOTHING like that one. This is heavy electronic music, using a lot of tape manipulations and some Javanese sound sources.

It's a pretty nice album on its own merits, but I'll be REALLY SURPRISED if this is the same guy.

[PeterG]

For those us who are "collectors" of rarities there are some well justified reasons:

1. First, there are thousands of interesting to great records not yet on CD.
2. Second, digital files of these recordings (mostly available as "illegal" downloads due to their rarity) are mostly lower encodings than 320 CBR mp3s and do not exist as Flac files.
3. Third, there are also many landmark recordings of the DIY cassette tape culture of the 80s, that are into the picture of being converted to CDRs.

Thanks for that detailed answer. I'm just not at all familiar with all the ins and outs of digital music, its possibilities and limitations.