Vic/Show Downloads

ChadsStillAlive

1) I have the Vic and Lollapalooza, but I downloaded them a week after the shows and the sound was weak on both accounts. I was wondering if better recordings ever came out that I never heard about. Anyone?

2) What is the best way for me to download shows without having to go through RAR files and Mega Upload? Is there anywhere I can just go and download shows in mp3 format right off the site?

Thanks in advance.

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ChadsStillAlive wrote:

1) I have the Vic and Lollapalooza, but I downloaded them a week after the shows and the sound was weak on both accounts. I was wondering if better recordings ever came out that I never heard about. Anyone?

2) What is the best way for me to download shows without having to go through RAR files and Mega Upload? Is there anywhere I can just go and download shows in mp3 format right off the site?

Thanks in advance.

mp3 = worst thing you can do to music. its fool's gold for your ears! go with FLAC buddy.

LukinFan

you can BUY lolla on itunes, but the vic is only audience recorded

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ChadsStillAlive wrote:

1) I have the Vic and Lollapalooza, but I downloaded them a week after the shows and the sound was weak on both accounts. I was wondering if better recordings ever came out that I never heard about. Anyone?

2) What is the best way for me to download shows without having to go through RAR files and Mega Upload? Is there anywhere I can just go and download shows in mp3 format right off the site?

Thanks in advance.

there are a ton of sites out there. get the FLAC shows. they're often posted in both formats.

ChadsStillAlive

FLAC has been just as frustrating for me as RAR...I've downloaded all the necessary programs to translate them and such, but something always ends up hurting my computer, the file, etc.

ChadsStillAlive

Also, the Lolla on iTunes isn't the full show, is it? Didn't they leave out a few tracks?

red mos

there used to be a share and trade thread but it has seemed to have disappeared. :(

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ChadsStillAlive wrote:

Also, the Lolla on iTunes isn't the full show, is it? Didn't they leave out a few tracks?

no, its the whole show. go get it. its worth the $10 on iTunes.

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red mos wrote:

there used to be a share and trade thread but it has seemed to have disappeared. :(

awww man! that sucks! i have it bookmarked on my home computer, but hadn't tried it for awhile.

LukinFan

2-feign-reluctance wrote:

no, its the whole show. go get it. its worth the $10 on iTunes.

ditto

Pearl Jam_ie

I got Lolla off of ITunes and No More w/ Ben Harper is missing, otherwise everything else is there.

Ledbetterman10

2-feign-reluctance wrote:

mp3 = worst thing you can do to music. its fool's gold for your ears! go with FLAC buddy.

fuck flac

Jason P

Pearl Jam_ie wrote:

I got Lolla off of ITunes and No More w/ Ben Harper is missing, otherwise everything else is there.

If only iTunes was in charge of the last round of boots . . .

freealcibiades

you could go here and download complete shows in zip format.

http://www.gremmie.net/bsides/

click on the "complete shows" button.

enjoy.

Bangers_n_mash

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

fuck flac

Why do you say that?

Ledbetterman10

Bangers'n'mash wrote:

Why do you say that?

The files are way too big for my patience. They do sound better than mp3s.....but not better to the extent that I would take the time to download them.

I hate when I scour the internet for a bootleg or album, find it, only to see that it's in flac format and that I'd have to download like 8 rapidshare files to hear it.

Bangers_n_mash

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

The files are way too big for my patience. They do sound better than mp3s.....but not better to the extent that I would take the time to download them.

I hate when I scour the internet for a bootleg or album, find it, only to see that it's in flac format and that I'd have to download like 8 rapidshare files to hear it.

Fair enough, I just wouldn't expect someone who actually appreciates the quality of flac (but maybe not the size) to curse it. Funnily, in my experience the worst thing is to scour the web for a boot and to only find it in mp3...

I should say to the OP, only two Vic bootlegs ever turned up and both are equally fantastic quality. If you didn't like what you heard that's bad luck.

And there are loads of Lolla boots. itunes, the official lolla site, plus the manuy audience recordings. You'll only get the full show on an audience recording cos the other two were cut, as has been mentioned. And I'd recommend getting the full show.

LeatherMosquitoMan

I use the second Vic recording, and i have a link up for it in the 'Epic shows' thread.

Also, rapidshare sucks. Not FLAC. I use megaupload, and can generally fit all my FLAC shows in 4 .rar files.

Ledbetterman10

Bangers'n'mash wrote:

And there are loads of Lolla boots. itunes, the official lolla site, plus the manuy audience recordings. You'll only get the full show on an audience recording cos the other two were cut, as has been mentioned. And I'd recommend getting the full show.

the iTunes album is the only way to go for Lolla. I don't know if you were there, but it was easily the worst sounding PJ concert I was ever at; lots of sound problems...especially for Mike. they cleaned it up pretty nice on the iTunes boot though.

Bangers_n_mash

LeatherMosquitoMan wrote:

I use the second Vic recording, and i have a link up for it in the 'Epic shows' thread.

Also, rapidshare sucks. Not FLAC. I use megaupload, and can generally fit all my FLAC shows in 4 .rar files.

Personally I prefer the first source that came out. Mostly because of the volume fluctuations at the beginning of Education on the second source. But I have both burned to disc and I listen to both now and then.

Good point about megaupload, it's the best filehosting site out there. Not only can you get a show in 3 or 4 parts but the links have no limits.

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

the iTunes album is the only way to go for Lolla. I don't know if you were there, but it was easily the worst sounding PJ concert I was ever at; lots of sound problems...especially for Mike. they cleaned it up pretty nice on the iTunes boot though.

Thanks but I have the audience boot from inthepresenttense, I'd avoid an incomplete sbd for a complete audience any day.