There are many web sites that will let you download music in mp3 format,
though not all show what bit rate the files are stored in.

Can anyone recommend any sites that have a large selection of music in a CD
quality format, such as WMA Lossless or FLAC 16/44.1


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Michael Chare

Michael Chare wrote:
There are many web sites that will let you download music in mp3 format,
though not all show what bit rate the files are stored in.

Can anyone recommend any sites that have a large selection of music in a
CD quality format, such as WMA Lossless or FLAC 16/44.1


http://www.linnrecords.com/

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Adrian C

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Michael Chare wrote:
There are many web sites that will let you download music in mp3 format,
though not all show what bit rate the files are stored in.

Can anyone recommend any sites that have a large selection of music in a
CD quality format, such as WMA Lossless or FLAC 16/44.1


http://www.linnrecords.com/


Thanks, there is also Naim. It was the 'large selection' (of back catalogue
items) that I was looking for.

There was a Louis Armstrong record 'Satchmo plays King Oliver' that I have
been looking for.
It was originally an LP and then re-issued on CD I think with a few more
tracks.

The CD version out of print but someone is selling them on Amazon for $35
plus shipping, which is a bit more that I want to spend!

I could also download various MP3 versions but I am not sure of the quality.

With some effort I may be able to find the same tracks on other CDs.


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Michael Chare

Michael Chare wrote:

The CD version out of print but someone is selling them on Amazon for
$35 plus shipping, which is a bit more that I want to spend!

I could also download various MP3 versions but I am not sure of the
quality.

Well it's not a download, but it's there on Spotify
http://open.spotify.com/album/6ctQBzTMSyhT2bRlIZRJrZ

Sounds OK compressed 320kbits OGG for me (Premium sub)

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Adrian C

"Adrian C" wrote in message
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Michael Chare wrote:

The CD version out of print but someone is selling them on Amazon for $35
plus shipping, which is a bit more that I want to spend!

I could also download various MP3 versions but I am not sure of the
quality.

Well it's not a download, but it's there on Spotify
http://open.spotify.com/album/6ctQBzTMSyhT2bRlIZRJrZ

Sounds OK compressed 320kbits OGG for me (Premium sub)

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Adrian C


Thanks I found the music that I was looking for on another web site.

I was in fact able to save a track about 700kb long. The file is .ra and I
can play it with Real Player and winamp (with an additional codec) but as
yet I have been unable to convert the file to a more useful format.

However unfortunately the music has clearly been taken from a some what
scratchy record.


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Michael Chare

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However unfortunately the music has clearly been taken from a some what
scratchy record.


No excuse for such a thing these days. Systems such as Cedar have been
around for a generation now. With care, superb clean transcriptions can
be made from very poor pressings indeed.

Hopefully you will bring this to the attention of the suppliers, or they
will never know that their work is sub-standard.


Iain.

In article , Adrian C
wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:
There are many web sites that will let you download music in mp3
format, though not all show what bit rate the files are stored in.

Can anyone recommend any sites that have a large selection of music in
a CD quality format, such as WMA Lossless or FLAC 16/44.1


http://www.linnrecords.com/

IIRC Chandos also do this. Although personally I prefer to just buy a CD.
:-)

Slainte,

Jim

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In article , Adrian C
wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:
There are many web sites that will let you download music in mp3
format, though not all show what bit rate the files are stored in.

Can anyone recommend any sites that have a large selection of music in
a CD quality format, such as WMA Lossless or FLAC 16/44.1


http://www.linnrecords.com/

IIRC Chandos also do this. Although personally I prefer to just buy a CD.
:-)



Thanks, the lossless downloads don't cost much less than the CDs so I take
your point.


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Michael Chare

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In article , Adrian C
wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:
There are many web sites that will let you download
music in mp3 format, though not all show what bit rate
the files are stored in. Can anyone recommend any sites that have a
large
selection of music in a CD quality format, such as WMA
Lossless or FLAC 16/44.1

http://www.linnrecords.com/

IIRC Chandos also do this. Although personally I prefer
to just buy a CD. :-)

Thanks, the lossless downloads don't cost much less than
the CDs so I take your point.

Immediate gratification has a lot to do with the popularity of downloads.

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In article , Adrian C
wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:
There are many web sites that will let you download
music in mp3 format, though not all show what bit rate
the files are stored in. Can anyone recommend any sites that have a
large
selection of music in a CD quality format, such as WMA
Lossless or FLAC 16/44.1

http://www.linnrecords.com/

IIRC Chandos also do this. Although personally I prefer
to just buy a CD. :-)

Thanks, the lossless downloads don't cost much less than
the CDs so I take your point.

Immediate gratification has a lot to do with the popularity of downloads.

Yes, I was looking at it a different way!

I can understand it if the record companies don't want to hold atocks of old
CDs in their back catalogues. Sales are no doubt falling.

The CD technolgy will go the way of 78s, Vinyl LPs and cassette tapes. You
can now store more than 1000 CDs on a single disc drive.

So I would like to see record companies making their complete catalogues
available online so that people can download what they want.


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Michael Chare