Wolfgang's Vault

[JackSpratts]

have you tried other browsers and computers? i've found one will work when another won't.


i registered the second bugmenot balked. wouldn't miss it.

so far:

elton john - A. zero glitz. he still needs to entertain you, but his inner libarace hasn't surfaced.

america - C-. strictly from hunger. they pissed away the catalog.

allman bros (first of the three shows) - B. a working band very much at work.

asleep at the wheel - C. sloppy.

radio stream - eh...

dickey betts and friends now listening. jam band! wow, i'm creaming nitrous! poor treble unfortunately.

i've been streaming non stop. it's like i just discovred 300 bootlegs on a used hard drive i can't clone and i'm pretty sure the guy's coming to get it back. soon.

- js.

[Ramona_A_Stone]

Originally Posted by JackSpratts

i've been streaming non stop.

Me too.

[theknife]

ok, i figured out what happened - i installed Total Recorder and it changed my sound device properties. ok, changed it back and got the sound back

...now, back to figuring out how to rip it - Total Recorder does not play the stream, therefore it won't rip it...

Originally Posted by Ramona_A_Stone

Me too.

i don't have the hardware Jack has...how are you ripping it, Ramona?

[Ramona_A_Stone]

Well I'm not atm, (just listening to Atom Heart Mother & Embryo, Fillmore, 1970--brilliant performance, a tad phasey recording but very clear)--but I'll let you know tomorrow* if SoundForge won't work, which will really surprise me. *(will get online with my machine).

[JackSpratts]

well i did find this:

"The low bandwidth stream is 40k.

The broadband stream can vary, depending on the strength of your connection."

also, the files are mp3s.

they don't seem to want to give out the actual bit rate of the "big" stream,

so i'm still guessing 96-112kbs.

and that big pita gap between live tracks? it's not a bug. it's a "feature."

- js.

[theknife]

y'know, i heard about this site a while ago but it really didn't click at the time. how incredibly cool to sit down late at night with a beaker of hot buttered rum, put on the headphones and cue up the concert of choice

js, btw, that Elton concert is nice - the lively and intimate version of Burn Down The Mission is sweet

[JackSpratts]

Originally Posted by theknife

y'know, i heard about this site a while ago but it really didn't click at the time. how incredibly cool to sit down late at night with a beaker of hot buttered rum, put on the headphones and cue up the concert of choice

it sure is. have you read the forums? everyone posting is swooning.

it's a geezer rocker's wet dream.

i mean the good kind, not the icky kind.

it's not a creepy pbs reunion show with creepy clean lighting and creepy inter-segment call in drones.

these are the living artists at thier peak, with a bit of innocence left, and we can join them.

for years i wanted to produce fantasy park concerts with modern studio musicians "bringing back" defunct bands - but the costs were too high for radio. this service is as close to that idea as anything i've ever heard, except it's real. i want to blast it through my pa system for three days straight and jam in the yard (and sleep there too).

elton john's concert was voted into the top ten and given five stars. i loved it.

- js.