What I have been putting on CD

[discohunter]

Thought since several others here has listed what compilations they have been putting together, I thought I would. All are recorded from vinyl. Mostly 12" but some from LPs...

CD#1
Chic - Good Times
Ritchie Family - Best Disco In Town
Rick James - High On Your Love
Jimmy 'Bo' Horne - Is It In
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
Heatwave - The Groove Line
Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Pattie Brooks - After Dark
Gloria Gaynor - Reach Out, I'll Be There
Andrea True Connection - More More More
KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love

CD#2
Michael Zager Band - Let's All Chant
Carol Douglas - Night Fever
Andrea True Connection - NY< You Got Me Dancing
THP Orchestra - Two Hot For Love
Boystown Gang - You're The One
Donna Summer - With Your Love
Glass Family - Crazy
AKB - Stand Up, Sit Down
Sylvester - I (Who Have Nothing)

CD#3
Dan Hartman - Instant Replay
Voyage - Souvenirs
Vicki Sue Robinson - Everlasting Love
Boystown Gang - Disco Kicks (remix)
SOS Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)
Philly Cream - Join The Army
Paradise Express - Dance
Sheila B. Devotion - Singing' In The Rain
Penny McLean - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Barry White - Your Sweetness Is My Weakness
Miracles - Love Machine

CD#4
Trammps - Disco Inferno
Gary's Gang - Keep On Dancin'
Liquid Gold - My Baby's Baby
Musique - In The Bush
Macho - I'm A Man
Patrick Cowley - Menergy
Munich Machine - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive
Taste Of Hoeny - Boogie Oogie Oogie
Lipps Inc - Funkytown

CD#5
Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain
Carol Douglas - Midnight Love Affair
Celi Bee - Fly Me On The Wings Of Love
Boystown Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Dark Tan - Island In The Sun
Roberta Kelly - Troublemaker
Gonzalez - Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet
Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing
Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
The Tempress - I found Love On The Disco Floor


discohunter

[Bernie]

Some great tried-and-true Disco classics in your comps. Sounds perfect for long car journeys. I'd only get rid of the horrible Sheila B. Devotion - Singing' In The Rain track and perhaps replace it with "Spacer."

[jazz_pilgrim]

I have been looking into getting some sort of CD burner or whatever, for myself and for my son as well. Even though I am more than happy with my MD recorder, nobody else seems to have one, so I can't pass any music onto them....

So what sort of equipment do you have to record from vinyl onto CD?

BTW my picks from your lists?

I will go with Gonzales - I love the frenetic tempo on that record - especially the percussion break - and Sylvester's "I (Who Have Nothing)" - a lot of his music was seriously underrated over here in the UK, and that track shows that there was a lot more to him than just "Mighty Real"! :grin:

[discohunter]

I have a Pioneer PDR-609 CD recorder on my Hi-Fi. Of course, I have a CD burner on my computer, but am having trouble with the sound on my computer at the moment. (Will put up a post about that at a later time)

BTW, you might be interested to know that I have a MD player. It's a Sony brand.

discohunter

[totoman]

I was able to connect my computer up to my Hi-fi amplifier. I have played my mp3s via my amp speakers for some time but then connected back to the computer. I bought "Clean" by Steinberg from PC World and am able to reocrd directly into my computer creating a wav file. I then convert to mp3. I am having fun trying to get the levels right but the programme also cleans up crackles and other surface noise from the vinyl.

Try it if your equipment is close to each other. The leads from my amp to my computer only cost about £6 (and that was from Selfridges - I was passing at the time!)

toto

[discohunter]

Hi Toto,

I've been recording stuff directly from my HI-Fi to my computer for quite a while. All the CD's I mention at the top of this thread I did that way. I have Sound Forge on my computer, and can also clean recordings up, adjust the EQ, sound levels etc. Am having trouble with the sound part of the computer at the moment, so at present I can't use it.

discohunter

[BrunoRepublic]

As already discussed, there are two methods:

1: Get a stand-alone CD burner. Advantages: very easy to use, don't need to have stereo near computer, most models have decent D/A converters and will sound very good. These would still be a worthy investment if you've got a lo-fi soundcard on your computer -- record on the deck, and then rip the tracks to your hard drive for further editing.

Disadvantages: cost (although not unreasonable), cannot make additional copies.

2: Use your PC, a sound-editing program like Soundforge or Cool Edit (or Peak for the Mac), and a CD-burning application. Advantages: cheap (if you already have a PC with a CD burner), more flexible (depending on software), can burn additional copies of discs.
Disadvantages: most PCs have soundcards with less-than-ideal D/A converters -- those with "on-board" or integrated soundcards are truly horrible. Pro-quality soundcards start at about $150 US, but you won't find them at Best Buy or Circuit City. Entire process has a much higher learning curve; one needs to know about bit and sampling rates, dividing tracks between "frames" for CD, etc.

BTW, I clean up my LP transfers using Cool Edit 2000 with the Noise Reduction plug-in. I don't really use the automated feature as I find it either takes out too much or leaves too many clicks in. Instead, I have a rather tedious manual process that gives really good results -- as good as you'll get with vinyl. I tried Steinberg's Clean! when I first got into audio restoration about two years ago, but I found it to be almost useless. It either left too much crackle in, or turned the sound to mud, or both. Perhaps it has been improved since, but I don't know... I found it too basic for any serious work.

[SandraDee]

This all sounds so interesting. I wish I didnt have such techno-phobia!

[sfbeary]

hey discohunter,

i'm very familiar with every song on your fine compilations except for dark tan's "island in the sun." the only info i've been able to find on the web is that it was from 1978, included on an early issue of disconet, and clocks in around 128 bpms. since i like everything else on your cdrs, i imagine i'd like this one too! could you supply some label info and maybe a description of the track?

thanks!
barry

[discohunter]

Hi Barry,

Correct. The track is from 1978. Dark Tan were an Australian group and the track was recorded here in Australia at Trafalgar Studios (in Melbourne??). It states a runnning time of 8.30

In Australia it is on the "Laser" label, released by RCA (TDS-012). Hope this info helps. Not sure what label it may have been on overseas.

discohunter

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[sfbeary]

hey discohunter,

thanks for the dark tan info. i thought they might be australian when i saw the same cut on a homemade collection posted by someone else whom i think is also australian. don't know how i'm gonna find it here in san francisco.

i've been a fan of http://www.discomusic.com for years, but i've only started checking out the discussion forum. i think i'll post my own recent compilation track listings to see what people think. thanks for the inspiration!

take care,
barry

[totoman]

I tried Steinberg's Clean! when I first got into audio restoration about two years ago, but I found it to be almost useless. It either left too much crackle in, or turned the sound to mud, or both. Perhaps it has been improved since, but I don't know... I found it too basic for any serious work.

I have been trying to get familiar with clean and I am not too impressed either. The clicks I ended up deleting manually. I didn't know you could use soundforge for cleaning up. A friend has this and uses it for remixiing the songs he likes but his descriptions make it sound like Get It On that I have from Steinberg also.

toto