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« on: February 08, 2007, 03:50:40 PM » |
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2007, 03:54:15 PM » |
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And "Gottle"'s got an extra track on it!
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2007, 01:47:39 PM » |
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The extra track is called Angles Brown apparently
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2007, 06:55:02 PM » |
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ive said it before and i'll say it again, damn poor show with these 3 if all they can come up with is just the one extra track
especially since bonny and tipplers were out on a mid price twofer previously
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« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2007, 11:09:09 AM » |
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I'll take them in any condition as my twofer has disintegrated, a victim of the PDO pressing farce of the 90s. Several of the Island albums by Fairport and RT are showing signs of going the same way and my treasured copy of Mother Nture's Kitchen by the Kevin McDermott Orchestra is now unplayable. I'm faced with buying them all a second time, except for the McDermott which is now very hard to find.  Sorry, I've wandered off message! |
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Andy
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« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2007, 11:20:15 AM » |
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Like any data, I'd advise backing up your CD's to disk. FLAC or Vogg Orbis are both lossless formats.
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GubGub (Al)
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« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2007, 11:30:01 AM » |
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Thanks. Fortunately I managed to do that with most of the PDO stuff when I first hears about the teabagging problem. I caught the McDermott too late though. Fortunately I have Mp3s of all of the Fairport & RT stuff on two different drives but I have thousands of CDs so backing everything up is a challenge!
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« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2007, 11:33:08 AM » |
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Yes, it took me about 2 years to back mine up, but it's well worth it.
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« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2007, 11:37:53 AM » |
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Don't quite understand this...a CD is surely AS stable, and arguably more so, a medium for storing data than a hard disk. I've known numerous people who have lost everything from a hard disk...the self-destructing CD is a fairly uncommon beast...(not unknown but uncommon). Personally the only back up of a CD I'd ever do is copying it to another CD. Which is what (to a DVD) I do with my mp3 and FLAC files....
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« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2007, 11:40:16 AM » |
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If you invest in Andy's case 2 years, and in mine 6 months in ripping your CD collection, t'would be tempting fate not to have mirrored drives.
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« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2007, 11:44:36 AM » |
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If you invest in Andy's case 2 years, and in mine 6 months in ripping your CD collection, t'would be tempting fate not to have mirrored drives.
I will follow this up in the Computer Hardware topic. |
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GubGub (Al)
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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2007, 12:01:50 PM » |
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My understanding is that CD or DVD is the most stable medium for back up. The problem is one of volume. Duplicate hard drives are more appealing when you have as much stuff as I do. The chances of them both failing simultaneously are minimal and as a victim of self destructing CDs, my confidence in them is perhaps not as great as some. Incidentally if you have any CDs released on Island or Polygram in the late 80s or early 90s that you have not played for a while, take a look at them. If they were pressed by PDO (you can check by looking at the playing side. PDO will be written just next to the hole), back them up asap. If they appear to be turning brown at the edges or even more substantially you may already have a problem. I have quite a number from this manufacturer that have suffered this way.
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« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2007, 07:14:51 PM » |
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Don't quite understand this...a CD is surely AS stable, and arguably more so, a medium for storing data than a hard disk.
Depends who it was made by... GubGub is referring to a problem with the manufacture of some CDs, where disks were not correctly sealed. The result was that ink from the sleaves would eat into the disk, turning it brown and ultimately corrupting its contents. http://members.cox.net/surround/uhjdisc/bronzing.htm gives an outline of the problem. There was a period where PDO would reissue a replacement for a bronzed CD free of charge, though that offer was set to finish in Nov 2006. Cheers Nick |
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« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2007, 10:26:37 PM » |
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Andy, I can't follow your link. I get a message saying the page is missing or off limits.
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« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2007, 07:09:10 PM » |
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ive said it before and i'll say it again, damn poor show with these 3 if all they can come up with is just the one extra track especially since bonny and tipplers were out on a mid price twofer previously
I suspect that Island had to lease the two Vertigo albums and didn't have access to the session tapes for any possible extra tracks. Jules |
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« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2007, 04:03:56 PM » |
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Just listening to these now. They sound very good indeed.
I skipped Gottle'O'Geer, but the other two are two of my favourite Fairport Albums.
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« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2007, 09:43:53 PM » |
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Hi,
I just ordered my copies from Amazon. Can someone who already have them tell me, if the actual tracklisting on tbbor is as mixed up as on the german Amazon-site ?
Alex
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« Reply #19 on: February 23, 2007, 09:36:56 AM » |
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im just listening to tipplers tales and comparing it to the old twofer, the new one is a bit louder but that apart i cant hear much difference
i dont suppose anyone has the sleeve notes in an emailable form?
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