Upgrades

An interesting process that I have recently discovered about the MVSEP programme, which is what I use to extract horns from Chicago songs among other things, is that it has a function to split out speech, music and effects from a track, and if you run a scratchy 7" single through it, then it thinks that all the clicks, pops and surface noise are special effects, and it removes them. I have therefore been able to clean up a lot of old 7" vinyl that I've either bought for these posts, or found on youtube in less than pristine condition, and so I'm posting all of the ones that I can remember, which I've cleaned up and put in one 'Upgrades' folder. You can download from Soulseek, searching upgrades aiwe, or Mega, and then just take the tracks that you need and slot them into your folders. I've also replaced the old tracks in the original Soulseek and Mega files for anyone who hasn't tried these artists yet. 

Upgrades so far are:

Albert Lee - ...and on guitar
B. J. Arnau - Make It With You

Truly Smith - Yours Truly
I Love Him

GUNK - Bloomdido - applause during the tracks removed 

Speak No Evil

Bloomdido

Litha

Bill Oddie - Oddieties

Because She Is My Love

TV Heroes

Cockney Rebel

Face To Face - new rip and cleaned up

The Bevis Frond

Sexorcist - new rip and cleaned up

Design

Won't You Say You Love Me

Never Been In Love Like This Before

If you find any others while playing the albums then let me know and I'll see if I can improve their quality. 

Cockney Rebel - Another Journey (1983)

If you mention Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel to most people they'll probably quote 'Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)' as their favourite song, but it's never really been one of mine, as I'd loved the band from the time that I bought their 'The Psychomodo' album in 1975, and I rate singles such as 'Mr. Soft', 'Judy Teen' and 'Sebastian' much higher. I always felt that they'd taken the commercial dollar with 'Make Me Smile', and was worried that this was the start of a decline of a favourite band, but luckily with 'Timeless Flight' they turned it around and came back with their best album yet, including superb songs such as 'White, White Dove', 'Red Is A Mean, Mean Colour' and 'Black Or White'. Early singles often included exclusive b-sides, and their last couple were more or less stand-alone Harley releases, as the band had quietly broken up around 1977. This collection includes songs that deserve to be heard, as they are often as good as the a-sides, and even Harley's take on Mike Batt's 'Ballerina' is worth hearing, as is it's b-side 'Face To Face', which is so hard to find online that I had to rip my own vinyl copy for this post.

Track listing

01 Rock And Roll Parade (b-side of 'Sebastian' 1973)

02 Such A Dream (b-side of 'Psychomodo' 1974)

03 Judy Teen (single 1974) 

04 Spaced Out (b-side of 'Judy Teen')

05 Another Journey (b-side of 'Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)' 1975)

06 Throw Your Soul Down Here (b-side of 'White, White Dove' 1976)

07 Sidetrack I (b-side of 'Love Is A Prima Donna' 1976)

08 Lay Me Down (b-side of 'Here Comes The Sun' 1976)

09 I Can't Even Touch You (single 1982)

10 I Can Be Anyone (b-side of 'I Can't Even Touch You')

11 Ballerina (Prima Donna) (single 1983)

12 Face To Face (b-side of 'Ballerina')