Hi Steve -Well, I just thought I'd pass on that experience with Itunes, after all, when buyhing from the hi street, there are lots of CDs out there from the 60s and 70s that carry the right artist but wrong version/recording of the hits! So, I guess it's possible for such tracks to be found online, I just hadn't experienced this when browsing and listening to samples on 7Digital -
Andy----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:15 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: MP3'S FROM PLAY.COM
Hi Andy, That's my point. The Drifters Collection has weird versions of Drifters tracks anyway. So if you were looking for a Drifters album with originals on it, The Collection would not be it in this case. I did a search onNapster for the same album and they are not the original release either. Soyou need to find a hits album or something. All the best Steve -----Original Message-----From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf OfANDY COLLINS Sent: Sunday 25 January 2009 10:39 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: MP3'S FROM PLAY.COM Hi Steve - I'm not sure what you mean when you say: "I would only imagine this happening if you didn't click the sample on the correct album."I can't recall the name of the album I was listening to samples from, but itwas some sort of Drifters collection, a sort of best of, and all the tracks,be it *under the boardwalk* or *up on the roof*, were the wrong versions, I'm not saying it wasn't the drifters, cos it was, but not the correct release of the song. I'm not actually looking for any drifters music, I have what I want of theirs, and all the correct recordings <smile> I just picked on them as an artrist to search for, but it equally could have been anybody, I was justfamiliarising mhyself with Itunes, and trying to get JFW to see the screen.I was a DJ for many years, and had an ear for the correct recordings of songs, many labels, when releasing back catalogues, especially to smaller labels to market, would often release the wrong version of a song, evenradio 2 at times has played old hits, that didn't actually match the versionthat made the charts! Just something I feel strongly about, or did, I know a lot of people can't actually remember the original version accurately, so some demo or earlier take by an artist will suffice, but not for me! - Andy----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:56 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: MP3'S FROM PLAY.COMHi Andy, I would only imagine this happening if you didn't click the sample on the correct album. I am a subscriber to Napster, I also use 7Digital and iTunes, and I have found that iTunes has the biggest collection of them all. Out of interest, which original Drifters track were you looking for? All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ANDY COLLINS Sent: Saturday 24 January 2009 22:21 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: MP3'S FROM PLAY.COM Carol - for what it's worth, try: www.7digital.com I've used them for years, and their site is pretty easy to navigate in my experience, and they have loads of stuff available in 320 kbps MP3. I was looking at Itunes with a sited friend today, and out of interest, dida search for *the Drifters*, and when I clicked to listen to the sample ofthe tracks, found them not to be the correct final release recordings; they were earlier takes or outtakes that preceeded the final released recording; I felt this was very poor in deed, I'm not saying other sites, including 7Digital are not offering what I call the wrong release of certain old tracks, but that I haven't found that to be the case, so please be careful, and always listen to the sample before purchasing! - Andy----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 10:05 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: MP3'S FROM PLAY.COMThanks, Steve. A bit of a mine field and will have to work out which wayto jump! -- Carol carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:15 PM (UK time), Steve Nutt at steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:Hi Carol, If you buy from Play, you can't download again if you lose them, so back them up. If you buy from iTunes, then you can always re-download, but they are not MP3 files, but higher quality. They use Flac files which are M4A. These can be played with Winamp or Windows Media Player, if you download the right plugin for Windows Media Player. There are other companies like 7DigitalMedia http://www.7digitalmedia.com that sell them in MP3 format, and you can re-download from them too. Most stores sell in MP3 or protected WMA formats. Apple sell in M4A and M4V for video. These can be converted to MP3 if they are not DRM-protected. Apple is removing DRM from their stuff, so I am beginning to like iTunes. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson Sent: Saturday 24 January 2009 18:11 To: Access UK Mailing List Subject: [access-uk] MP3'S FROM PLAY.COM I'm thinking of switching to purchasing MP3's instead of CD's and so here are some questions ... As always, I apologise that I didn't follow the thread when it was last discussed. Anyway, here are my questions: Are MP3's available in various sampling rates etc., and can you buy individual tracks from CD's, or do you have to buy the whole CD where a CD is listed rather than a single track? 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