database//music//DIGITAL//rips

I started ripping CDs again in October 2024. I am sourcing these second-hand, mostly from charity shops1, as well as plundering the collections of family members when the opportunity arises. I rip in .FLAC format to save to my Archive (external drive), then convert a copy to .ALAC for my iPod. It might sound like a lot of work but it honestly doesn't take very long, and backups are always worth having.

ALBUMS

Artist Title Released Date Acquired
Counting Crows Somewhere Under Wonderland 2014 Oct 2024
Dido Life For Rent 2003 Oct 2024
Dido No Angel 2001 Oct 2024
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms 1985 Oct 2024
Esbjorn Svensson Trio Dodge the Dodo 2001 Oct 2024
Esbjorn Svensson Trio E.S.T. Live 1995 Oct 2024
The Fratellis Costello Music 2006 Oct 2024
Garbage Version 2.0 1998 Oct 2024
Katie Melua Piece By Piece 2005 Oct 2024
KT Tunstall Eye to the Telescope 2004 Oct 2024
Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell 1993 Oct 2024
P!nk I'm Not Dead 2006 Oct 2024
Polar Bear Held on the Tips of Fingers 2005 Oct 2024
Polar Bear Polar Bear 2008 Oct 2024
The Streets A Grand Don't Come For Free 2004 Oct 2024
Westlife World Of Our Own2 2001 Oct 2024


COMPILATIONS

Artist Title Released Date Acquired
The Cure Acoustic Hits 2001 Oct 2024
The Cure Greatest Hits 2001 Oct 2024
Kate Bush The Whole Story 1986 Oct 2024
Nina Simone The Very Best Of Nina Simone 2006 Oct 2024
Ray Charles 60 Essential Recordings 2016 Oct 2024

Notes

1. Lots of these are wildcards. I probably haven't listened to all of them yet.
2. Before I'd given up on Rockbox, I did listen to this as .FLAC on an iPod. No one can convince me there's a god.