Vinyl/ Monthly MP3

Tribute To Vinyl
Julius Thijssen - Hens Zimmerman

Each last week of the month
JT or HZ will put his teeth in some dusty 12", 7" or LP
and create 1 new MP3 out of it !

title(s) this month: interpreter(s):

SOME PEOPLE
(extended version) 7'36'' BELOUIS SOME

(Belouis Some) Produced by Steve Thompson
Michael Barbiero and Pete Schwier

12" B-side - 45 rpm Parlophone/EMI (P) 1986

DOWNLOAD (L.A.M.E. VBR) MP3-file packed to 10.4 (!) Mb using RAR
BACKGROUND INFO:
Belouis Some People mixed by the great Thompson and Barbiero (producers of - among many others - Open Your Heart by Madonna!). A track that just loves your equipment and makes it impossible to forget those amazing sounds and themes from the eightees. Some people make some very cool videos going with some of their records ;) We couldn't decide what version to encode, so we picked the one on the B-side, which we figure will be most appreciated. If you want the other version, try the server archives. You can still buy other 12 inch vinyl editions of this track at CD Europe by the way. Top-voted track on this page off and on througout the last year..

UPROCK
(EXTENDED VERSION) 6'10'' ROCKSTEADY CREW

( B.Soldier / R.Blue / S.Hague ) Produced by Hague & Soldier

12" A - 45 giri Charisma Records (P) 1984
DOWNLOAD (L.A.M.E. VBR) MP3-file packed to 7.3 Mb using RAR
BACKGROUND INFO: 115+BPM
The improved but somehow almost forgotten followup of Hey You, Rocksteady Crew. Again, the sound of the early eightees captured in one track. A production very well done, not a note is off-key, which surprised us all back then since everybody thought RSC were just a bunch of backspin breakdancers, not singers. This piece of vinyl has been played a lot, there is some distortion in the louder peaks, but other than that quality of this Charisma maxi-single is extremely high-profile. Warm vinyl harmonics radiating from the sizzling high frequencies, which in fact reached beyond the 44.1 kHz sampling rate!
Check out their bio at their cool website: www.rocksteadycrew.com
Top-voted track on this page at the end of october 2000

A REQUEST FOR
THE NEXT TRIBUTE TO VINYL?

WE ONLY DO TRACKS/VERSIONS NOT CLEARLY AVAILABLE ON CD
AND PREFER OLD DISCO/DANCE RELATED

Your entry suddenly disappeared from the list? This means:

The track/version you added has been encoded by us before! If you're lucky it's still available from h e r e or h e r e (slow servers, up 6 days a week)
The track/version you added is WIDELY AVAILABLE ON CD.
You can check this at cd-Europe, amazon or cd-links
We simply don't like or don't have the track you entered! Sometimes we search in local record stores and look for the requested vinyl. If we find it you're lucky ;-)
Somewhere during the last week of each month we pick the top voted track to encode, this entry logically disappears from the list. Previous votes on other entries are added (we never reset the vote-count).

This is how we party :
For this purpose we have a special bypass-connection in our studio, using a dedicated luxman RIAA amp ( MM SN-ratio 92dB, 10Hz~23kHz within +/-0.6 dB, THD 0.01 % ) to achieve the highest possible quality without any loss or additional noise or hum. A fresh Nagaoka needle is used on our best record-player, with 2grams needlepressure on cleaned vinyl (although most vinyl-damage can't be undone...) Pure vinyl audio then goes to the analog inputs on a Gina24, and after checking and normalizing the WAV, it's being encoded using L.A.M.E. to a High Quality VBR MPEG Layer 3 audiofile. In case ticks from the vinyl are really too heavy we might repair the wav-file a little first, but we like to keep it as original a copy as possible, including drop-outs and other sounds that weren't supposed to be there.

Enjoy !
(and definitely try them on headphones! ;-)

JTHZ
a.k.a. Masters In Analog :)
a.k.a. Men Without Plan Enterprises

Alia
THE MIXFREAKS LINKS
Needledoctor | OffTheRecord
The Chosen Few - Headphones Air-Play Top 9
JT favorites | JTHZ music | HZ favorites

LEGAL STUFF: According to international law MP3's are perfectly legal to download, provided you own a legal CD with the given music on it. However, the copyrighted music on this site is not being printed anymore or not on CD (yet). Maybe this page helps getting it released! No CD? You may STILL download the MP3 file, but legally keep it in your possession for only 24 hours. The MP3 on this page is for promotional and preview purposes only. We are not responsible for any problems that may arise from the possession of the file; We make no money with this page here, it is simply a means of sharing our large and special vinyl record collection with DeeJays and friends. Please help support the artists, purchase the music you like!

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Each last week of the month JT or HZ will put his teeth in some dusty 12", 7" or LP and create 1 new MP3 out of it !
title(s) this month:		interpreter(s):
SOME PEOPLE (extended version)	7'36''	BELOUIS SOME
(Belouis Some)		Produced by Steve Thompson Michael Barbiero and Pete Schwier
12" B-side - 45 rpm	Parlophone/EMI	(P) 1986
DOWNLOAD (L.A.M.E. VBR) MP3-file packed to 10.4 (!) Mb using RAR
BACKGROUND INFO: Belouis Some People mixed by the great Thompson and Barbiero (producers of - among many others - Open Your Heart by Madonna!). A track that just loves your equipment and makes it impossible to forget those amazing sounds and themes from the eightees. Some people make some very cool videos going with some of their records ;) We couldn't decide what version to encode, so we picked the one on the B-side, which we figure will be most appreciated. If you want the other version, try the server archives. You can still buy other 12 inch vinyl editions of this track at CD Europe by the way. Top-voted track on this page off and on througout the last year..

UPROCK (EXTENDED VERSION)	6'10''	ROCKSTEADY CREW
( B.Soldier / R.Blue / S.Hague )		Produced by Hague & Soldier
12" A - 45 giri	Charisma Records	(P) 1984
DOWNLOAD (L.A.M.E. VBR) MP3-file packed to 7.3 Mb using RAR
BACKGROUND INFO: 115+BPM The improved but somehow almost forgotten followup of Hey You, Rocksteady Crew. Again, the sound of the early eightees captured in one track. A production very well done, not a note is off-key, which surprised us all back then since everybody thought RSC were just a bunch of backspin breakdancers, not singers. This piece of vinyl has been played a lot, there is some distortion in the louder peaks, but other than that quality of this Charisma maxi-single is extremely high-profile. Warm vinyl harmonics radiating from the sizzling high frequencies, which in fact reached beyond the 44.1 kHz sampling rate! Check out their bio at their cool website: www.rocksteadycrew.com Top-voted track on this page at the end of october 2000

A REQUEST FOR THE NEXT TRIBUTE TO VINYL? WE ONLY DO TRACKS/VERSIONS NOT CLEARLY AVAILABLE ON CD AND PREFER OLD DISCO/DANCE RELATED Your entry suddenly disappeared from the list? This means: The track/version you added has been encoded by us before! If you're lucky it's still available from h e r e or h e r e (slow servers, up 6 days a week) The track/version you added is WIDELY AVAILABLE ON CD. You can check this at cd-Europe, amazon or cd-links We simply don't like or don't have the track you entered! Sometimes we search in local record stores and look for the requested vinyl. If we find it you're lucky ;-) Somewhere during the last week of each month we pick the top voted track to encode, this entry logically disappears from the list. Previous votes on other entries are added (we never reset the vote-count). This is how we party : For this purpose we have a special bypass-connection in our studio, using a dedicated luxman RIAA amp ( MM SN-ratio 92dB, 10Hz~23kHz within +/-0.6 dB, THD 0.01 % ) to achieve the highest possible quality without any loss or additional noise or hum. A fresh Nagaoka needle is used on our best record-player, with 2grams needlepressure on cleaned vinyl (although most vinyl-damage can't be undone...) Pure vinyl audio then goes to the analog inputs on a Gina24, and after checking and normalizing the WAV, it's being encoded using L.A.M.E. to a High Quality VBR MPEG Layer 3 audiofile. In case ticks from the vinyl are really too heavy we might repair the wav-file a little first, but we like to keep it as original a copy as possible, including drop-outs and other sounds that weren't supposed to be there. Enjoy ! (and definitely try them on headphones! ;-) JTHZ a.k.a. Masters In Analog :) a.k.a. Men Without Plan Enterprises Alia THE MIXFREAKS LINKS Needledoctor \| OffTheRecord The Chosen Few - Headphones Air-Play Top 9 JT favorites \| JTHZ music \| HZ favorites LEGAL STUFF: According to international law MP3's are perfectly legal to download, provided you own a legal CD with the given music on it. However, the copyrighted music on this site is not being printed anymore or not on CD (yet). Maybe this page helps getting it released! No CD? You may STILL download the MP3 file, but legally keep it in your possession for only 24 hours. The MP3 on this page is for promotional and preview purposes only. We are not responsible for any problems that may arise from the possession of the file; We make no money with this page here, it is simply a means of sharing our large and special vinyl record collection with DeeJays and friends. Please help support the artists, purchase the music you like!