LpRecords - Main - The Caboteria

Back in high school and college I used to listen to music, go to shows, and buy a lot of albums.  I've got different priorities these days so I find it pretty inconvenient to queue up an LP and keep the kids from jostling it while I listen.  I had a thought the other day that I'd probably listen to my LP's more if it were more convenient so I've started the process of recording them digitally and converting them to MP3 format.

I use a tool called brec ( http://www.amberdata.demon.co.uk/bplay/ ) on my Linux box to do the basic recording and then convert to MP3 format using lame ( http://www.sulaco.org/mp3/ ).  The combination seems to work pretty well, and it's amazing how you remember certain clicks and pops even after 10 years...

Here are the albums that I've MP3'ed so far:

Earth Wind and Fire - Gratitude<br>
Lou Reed - Rock n Roll Animal<br>
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It<br>
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (the one with PG's melting face)<br>
The Cars - The Cars<br>
Fischer Z - Going Deaf For a Living<br>
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets<br>
Steely Dan - Katy Lied<br>
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys<br>
Roxy Music - The High Road<br>
Shadowfax - Shadowfax<br>
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet<br>
The Who - Tommy<br>
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon<br>
Gang of Four - Entertainment<br>
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (a CD, b-day present from Dad)<br>
U2 - The Joshua Tree<br>
Tom Lehrer - Songs and More Songs by Tom Lehrer (a CD)<br>
The Police - Outlandos d'Amour<br>
Madness - One Step Beyond...<br>
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food<br>
Jimmy Cliff - In Concert The Best Of<br>
The Specials - The Specials<br>
The J. Geils Band - Sanctuary<br>
Bryan Ferry - In Your Mind<br>
Lene Lovich - Stateless<br>
Phil Collins - Face Value<br>
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks<br>
The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot<br>

You've probably guessed by this list that most of my tastes in music were formed in the late '70's and early '80's.

-- Main.TobyCabot - 30 Dec 2000 <br>