Tape ripping progress
(This'll probably be the last post on the subject, though it may be updated over time.)
This is a list of all the tapes I'm working on, and their status. Currently, I'm still fighting with Audacity to get it to export something that iTunes will accept with useful metadata. (At the minimum, I want names and track numbers. Is that too much to ask?) (Edit: Apparently. Have given up.)
This is mostly of interest if you're curious about what my musical tastes looked like from 1983 (when I first really encountered pop music) and 1992 (when I moved to CDs). At the time, my source of exposure to music was mostly MTV.
Nowadays, it seems to be Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
I started out fairly random, and moved into hard rock/heavy metal pretty much exclusively. (My tastes have broadened again since.)
Once I'm done with my tapes, I intend to rip my father's.
This is a list of all the tapes I'm working on, and their status. Currently, I'm still fighting with Audacity to get it to export something that iTunes will accept with useful metadata. (At the minimum, I want names and track numbers. Is that too much to ask?) (Edit: Apparently. Have given up.)
This is mostly of interest if you're curious about what my musical tastes looked like from 1983 (when I first really encountered pop music) and 1992 (when I moved to CDs). At the time, my source of exposure to music was mostly MTV.
Nowadays, it seems to be Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
I started out fairly random, and moved into hard rock/heavy metal pretty much exclusively. (My tastes have broadened again since.)
- Led Zeppelin - IV - ripped, exported (This was my test-run)
- AC/DC - The Razor's Edge - ripped, exported
- AC/DC - Back in Black - ripped, exported
- AC/DC - Who Made Who - ripped, exported
- Bryan Adams - Reckless - ripped, exported
- Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation - ripped, exported
- Aerosmith - Pump - ripped, exported (Breaks between songs. I don't ask for much, just this.)
- Anthrax - Among the Living - ripped, exported
- Anthrax - I'm the Man - ripped, exported
- Anthrax - Attack of the Killer B's - ripped, exported
- The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker - ripped, exported
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - ripped, exported
- Black Sabbath - Headless Cross - ripped, exported
- Black Sabbath - We Sold Out Souls For Rock And Roll - not ripped (Missing. I know I had it, I don't remember losing it (Unlike Warrior Soul's Last Decade Dead Century and Drugs, God, and the New Republic), and it has a couple of tracks not on the CD version.)
- Body Count - Body Count - ripped, exported
- The Cars - The Cars Greatest Hits - ripped, exported (I have no memory of acquiring this)
- Alice Cooper - Trash - ripped, exported
- Alice Cooper - School's Out - ripped, exported
- Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits - ripped, exported (Why this doesn't have Welcome To My Nightmare is beyond me. It makes me sad.)
- Craaft - Craaft - ripped, exported ("Who?", you may ask. So do I. I haven't a clue.)
- Death Angel - Act III - ripped, exported
- Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire - ripped, exported
- D.R.I. - Thrash Zone - ripped, exported
- Europe - The Final Countdown - ripped, exported
- Extreme - Extreme - ripped, exported
- Extreme - Extreme II Pornograffitti - ripped, exported
- Exodus - Impact is Imminent - ripped, exported
- The Fixx - Phantoms - ripped, exported (I vaguely remember the band. No song title rings a bell. This is still mostly true after listening.)
- Flotsam and Jetsam - When the Storm Comes Down - ripped, exported
- Genesis - Genesis - ripped, exported
- Ghostbusters - Original Soundtrack - ripped, exported
- Infectious Grooves - The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move... It's the Infectious Grooves - ripped, exported
- Jacksons - Victory - ripped, exported (I have a bad feeling about this one.)
- Michael Jackson - Thriller - ripped, exported
- Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance - ripped, exported
- Judas Priest - Turbo - ripped, exported
- Judas Priest - Painkiller - ripped, exported
- Killer Dwarves - Dirty Weapons - ripped, exported
- Led Zeppelin - Boxed Set Part 3 - ripped, exported
- Led Zeppelin - Boxed Set Part 4 - ripped, exported (I found the first two parts used on CD.)
- Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy - ripped, exported
- Liaison - Can You See Me Now...- ripped, exported (Nobody else reading this has heard of them -- they were a local band. Two of the members were friends in high school.)
- Living Colour - Time's Up - ripped, exported
- Loverboy - Lovin' Every Minute of It - ripped, exported (Another one I'm not expecting to get much I want to listen to from.)
- Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? - ripped, exported
- Megadeth - so far, so good... so what! - ripped, exported
- Megadeth - Rust in Peace - ripped, exported
- Metal Church - The Dark - ripped, exported
- Metal Church - The Human Factor - ripped, exported
- Mötley Crüe - Shout At the Devil - ripped, exported
- Motörhead - Rock 'N' Roll - ripped, exported
- Motörhead - Orgasmatron - ripped, exported (Umlauts, umlauts, evërywhere...)
- Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care - ripped, exported
- Overkill - Under the Influence - ripped, exported
- Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked - partially ripped (tape snarled badly)
- Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads - Tribute - ripped, exported
- Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin - ripped, exported
- Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears - ripped, exported
- Pantera - Cowboys From Hell - ripped, exported
- Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power - ripped, exported
- Prong - Beg to Differ - ripped, exported
- Queensrÿche - The Warning - ripped, exported
- Queensrÿche - Empire - ripped, exported
- Quiet Riot - Metal Health - ripped, exported
- Quiet Riot - Condition Critical - ripped, exported
- REO Speedwagon - Wheels Are Turnin' - ripped, exported
- Sepultura - Arise - ripped, exported (Hm. I wonder if the cover art is by Giger, or just wants to be? Probably the latter.)
- Shy England - Misspent Youth - ripped, exported (A band I recall liking a lot, and I expect I won't be so thrilled with any more.)
- Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. - ripped, exported
- Billy Squier - Signs of Life - ripped, exported
- Testament - Souls of Black - ripped, exported
- Trouble - Trouble - ripped, exported
- Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare - ripped, exported
- W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. - ripped, exported
- W.A.S.P. - The Headless Children - ripped, exported
- Yes - 90125 - ripped, exported
- Three Personics tapes - ripped, exported (Anybody else remember Personics? It was a thing they had set up at some record stores where you could pick songs from a catalog and they'd put them on a custom tape for you. Pretty cool.)
- Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz - not ripped (I got a digital version off iTunes, but might as well rip the tape.)
- Metallica - Kill 'em All - not ripped (The CD version doesn't have Blitzkreig or Am I Evil?. Garage, Inc. does, but I don't know if they're the same versions.)
- Skid Row - Slave to the Grind - not ripped (I have the Parental Advisory version on tape, and the clean version on CD. The difference is that they replaced "Get the Fuck Out" with "Beggar's Day". The latter is a better song by far, but I might as well grab the other song.)
- Iron Maiden - Live After Death - not ripped (Why does the two-CD release of this not have "Flight of Icarus"? Probably to fit all the special bonus digital content that I've never looked at and don't care about.)
Once I'm done with my tapes, I intend to rip my father's.