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I have my Dad's record collection. A digital jukebox that has all the record covers - and plays the right version and track listing when you pick an album, wou

by jvm___ 4y ago

I have my Dad's record collection. A digital jukebox that has all the record covers - and plays the right version and track listing when you pick an album, would be just fantastic.

dotancohen 4y ago
> plays the right version and track listing Just try to get ahold of Rust in Peace today. The rerecorded album by Dave's Megadeth cover band sounds terrible, and the original is out of print and not available from any of the legal streaming platforms. I'm considering stocking up on original CDs and pressings, and storing them in different locations. I'm not even joking. If you really want the right version and track listing, you'll have to preserve it yourself.
- NetOpWibby 4y ago
  When I was in middle school, Tanqueray had a spokesman named “Tony Sinclair.” I loved every commercial he was in, they were so fun and the background music was amazing. Anyhoo, the official site had all the songs (5) for download so I forged my age to access the mp3s and I still listen to them, to this day. I just wish I knew more about music formats back then, I have no idea if there were FLAC versions available. My annual pleas to the Tanqueray and Music Beast Twitter accounts remain ignored. Alas.
- iggldiggl 4y ago
  Columbia Records managed to mess up a number of live albums while uploading them for digital distribution by leaving out the transitions between the individual tracks. In each instance I've come across this problem (mainly various Bob Dylan albums so far), it turned out that on the actual CDs, the affected portion had been mastered as part of the pre-gap (i.e. the bit where a hardware CD player will show a negative timecode counting back up to 00:00), so as silly as it sounds, it almost feels like they themselves simply ripped the CDs in order to upload them for digital downloads and streaming, and somehow managed to mess up the process and discard the pre-gap bits. Though unlike your example at least in that case the CDs are still in print, so for now you're not completely stuck there…
  - dylan604 4y ago
    >so as silly as it sounds, why do you feel that sounds silly, as it sounds exactly like what I would expect them to have done. it was probably some intern tasked with the job as well. it's not like they were going to go back to some mastering format to have the streaming files created for the entirety of the back catalog.
- jvm___ 4y ago
  https://www.discogs.com/release/17502538-James-Dukas-Narrator-Albert-West-2-Conducting-The-International-Childrens-Symphony-Orchestra-Peter-A https://www.discogs.com/release/17502538-James-Dukas-Narrato... I bought this album on Google Music, which got shut down and I didn't copy it off in time. Now I can't find it online.
criddell 4y ago
I vaguely remember a project somebody made where they made mini album covers on card stock and attached an NFC sticker. They would pick an album, set it on a reader, and it would start playing.
- criddell 4y ago
  After a bit of searching, I think it was this: https://www.hackster.io/mark-hank/sonos-spotify-vinyl-emulator-3be63d https://www.hackster.io/mark-hank/sonos-spotify-vinyl-emulat... and I think I found that via: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/who-needs-vinyl-records-when-youve-got-raspberry-pi-and-nfc/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/who-needs-vinyl-records-whe...
Forgeties79 4y ago
I’ve digitized every record I own and have “cut” like 2/3 into WAV, FLAC, and mp3 “sides” to listen to. A digital jukebox as you described sounds like a fun long term project…

by jvm___ 4y ago

I have my Dad's record collection. A digital jukebox that has all the record covers - and plays the right version and track listing when you pick an album, would be just fantastic.

dotancohen 4y ago

> plays the right version and track listing Just try to get ahold of Rust in Peace today. The rerecorded album by Dave's Megadeth cover band sounds terrible, and the original is out of print and not available from any of the legal streaming platforms. I'm considering stocking up on original CDs and pressings, and storing them in different locations. I'm not even joking. If you really want the right version and track listing, you'll have to preserve it yourself.

NetOpWibby 4y ago
When I was in middle school, Tanqueray had a spokesman named “Tony Sinclair.” I loved every commercial he was in, they were so fun and the background music was amazing. Anyhoo, the official site had all the songs (5) for download so I forged my age to access the mp3s and I still listen to them, to this day. I just wish I knew more about music formats back then, I have no idea if there were FLAC versions available. My annual pleas to the Tanqueray and Music Beast Twitter accounts remain ignored. Alas.
iggldiggl 4y ago
Columbia Records managed to mess up a number of live albums while uploading them for digital distribution by leaving out the transitions between the individual tracks. In each instance I've come across this problem (mainly various Bob Dylan albums so far), it turned out that on the actual CDs, the affected portion had been mastered as part of the pre-gap (i.e. the bit where a hardware CD player will show a negative timecode counting back up to 00:00), so as silly as it sounds, it almost feels like they themselves simply ripped the CDs in order to upload them for digital downloads and streaming, and somehow managed to mess up the process and discard the pre-gap bits. Though unlike your example at least in that case the CDs are still in print, so for now you're not completely stuck there…
- dylan604 4y ago
  >so as silly as it sounds, why do you feel that sounds silly, as it sounds exactly like what I would expect them to have done. it was probably some intern tasked with the job as well. it's not like they were going to go back to some mastering format to have the streaming files created for the entirety of the back catalog.
jvm___ 4y ago
https://www.discogs.com/release/17502538-James-Dukas-Narrator-Albert-West-2-Conducting-The-International-Childrens-Symphony-Orchestra-Peter-A https://www.discogs.com/release/17502538-James-Dukas-Narrato... I bought this album on Google Music, which got shut down and I didn't copy it off in time. Now I can't find it online.

criddell 4y ago

I vaguely remember a project somebody made where they made mini album covers on card stock and attached an NFC sticker. They would pick an album, set it on a reader, and it would start playing.

criddell 4y ago
After a bit of searching, I think it was this: https://www.hackster.io/mark-hank/sonos-spotify-vinyl-emulator-3be63d https://www.hackster.io/mark-hank/sonos-spotify-vinyl-emulat... and I think I found that via: https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/who-needs-vinyl-records-when-youve-got-raspberry-pi-and-nfc/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/who-needs-vinyl-records-whe...

Forgeties79 4y ago

I’ve digitized every record I own and have “cut” like 2/3 into WAV, FLAC, and mp3 “sides” to listen to. A digital jukebox as you described sounds like a fun long term project…