Where to buy older "classics"... electronically?

[RossH]

Hi All,

I'm looking for places online that sell electronic versions of older tunes/classics. I'm on about stuff from the 90's -

• Acid house / rave / Hacienda/Shelly's type stuff from early 90s
• Classic trance from 1996 - 2001 (Gatecrasher, Cream etc.)

I have a lot of the stuff on vinyl but the quality of ripping it is not great. Ideally, I'm looking for 320kbs +

Its possible to find some stuff on Beatport but thats the more commercial stuff, the rarer tunes are not there.

Anyone looked into this type of music before, any ideas on where to find it, if it actually exists?

[RossH]

To give you an idea of some of the music I am looking for, here's a list of 90's trance I'd like to complete....





Ame Rej 2005
Aphex Twin Didgeridoo 1992
Atlantic Ocean Waterfalls 1993
Balil Parasight 1993
Banco De Gaia Heliopolis 1993
Beanfield Tides (Carl Craig mix) 2004
Binary Finary 1998 1998
Chicane Offshore 1996
Choice Acid Eiffel
Commander Tom Are Am Eye? 1995
Cybernaut Hydroponix 1997
Cybordelics Adventures of Dama 1993
Dance 2 Trance We Came in Peace 1990
Datura Yerba Del Diablo 1992
DJ Tiesto Suburban Train 2001
Efdemin Lohn & Brot 2007
Etnica Moon Influence 1996
Gabriel Ananda Ihre Persönliche Glücksmelodie 2005
Hallucinogen LSD 1994
Hardfloor Acperience 1 1992
Humate & Rabbit In The Moon East (Opium Den Mix) 1995
Hybrid Symphony 1997
Infected Mushroom Mush Mushi
Jam and Spoon Stella 1992
Jam and Spoon Follow Me
Jam and Spoon Odyssey To Anyoona
James Holden Nothing (93 Returning mix) 2003
Leftfield Phat Planet 1999
LSG Netherworld 1997
LSG Hearts 1994
Metal Master Spectrum 1992
Orbital Halcyon On & On 1993
Orbital Belfast 1992
Paul Van Dyk For an Angel 1994
PHD Summer Storm (Leisure Lounge Edit) 1994
Phobia Phobia (DJ Hell mix) 1991
Push Strange World 2001
Rabbit In The Moon Out Of Body Experience (Phase One First Contact) 1994
Roland Appel Dark Soldier 2007
Salt Tank Eugina 1996
The MFA The Difference it Makes 2004
The PQM You Are Sleeping (Luke Chable Vocal mix) 2004
The Thrillseekers Synaesthesia 1999
Three Drives Greece 2000 1997
Underworld Dark Train 1994
Union Jack Red Herring 1995
Yahel Voyage 2000
030 Midnight in Europe
4 Strings Diving (Cosmic Gate mix)
4Voice Eternal Spirit 1992
808 State Colony 1992
Above and Beyond No One on Earth (Gabriel and Dresden mix) 2004
Accessive Rhythm Activate
AFX VBS.Redlof.B
Agnelli & Nelson El Nino 1998
Agnelli & Nelson Everyday
Airscape L'Esperanza
Airwave Alone in the Dark 2000
Airwave Escape From Nowhere
Airwave & Markus Schulz Angelica 2006
Albion Air
Alex Smoke Chica Wappa (Mejor edit) 2005
Alibi Eternity 2000
Alici Silver Clouds In A Yellow Sky
Allure When She Left 1998
Alphazone Rockin 2003
Ambush Ambush 2
Andain Summer Calling 2002
Andain Beautiful Things 2003
Andy Ling Fixation
Apoptygma Berserk Kathy's Song (Ferry Corsten mix)
Aril Brikha Winter 2007
Armin Van Buuren Blue Fear 1996
Armin Van Buuren Communicate
Arpeggiators Discover Your Innerself 1993
Arrakis The Spice
Art of Trance Madagascar (Cygnus X mix) 1998
Art of Trance Octopus 1994
Art of Trance The Colours (Indigo mix) 1993
Art of Trance Deeper Than Deep 1993
Art of Trance Easter Island (Cygnus X mix)
Ascension Someone (Slacker's Rolling mix) 1998
Astral Projection Aurora Borealis 2000
Astral Projection Mahadeva 1996
Astral Projection Dancing Galaxy 1997
Astral Projection Aqua Line Spirit
ATB 9 PM (Till I Come) 1998
ATB Don't Stop
Atlantis Fiji (Cequenza mix) 1998
Aura Energy Transpose
Ayla Ayla 1996
Aztec Mystic Night of the Jaguar 1999
Ballroom 4AM (Marc O'Tool Remix)
Banco De Gaia Last Train to Lhasa 1995
Baracoa Delirio (Venus Mix)
Barbarella My Name is Barbarella 1992
BBE Seven Days and One Week
Bedrock Heaven Scent 1999
Berlin Inc Berlin (Peace Mix)
Bille Ray Martin Honey (Chicane club mix) 1999
Blank and Jones Nightclubbing 2001
Blank and Jones Watching the Waves 2002
Blank and Jones Electric Circus 2001
Blank and Jones Cream
Blaze My Beat (Ambassador Remix) 2002
Blue Alphabet Cybertrance
Blue Minds Aquapunch (3 In One Mix)
Blue Planet Corporation Alidate 1999
Blue Planet Corporation Crystal 1999
Booka Shade Mandarine Girl 2005
Brainbug Rain
Breeder Tyrantanic (Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix)
BT Flaming June 1997
BT Godspeed
BT Dreaming (Lucid mix)
BT Mercury and Solace
Cabala Dark Blue 1999
Carlos The Silmarillia
Cascade Transcend
Cass & Slide Perception (Vocal Mix)
Catcher Destiny Sunrise 2003
Caucasuss Our Dream 1994
Caunos Herzsprung 1 1993
Cherry Bomb Eclipse 1994
Chicane Salt Water 1999
Chicane Lost You Somewhere 1998
Chicane Don't Give Up
Chicane Sunstroke
Chiller Twist Stringz Ultd (Shelley Mix)
Chimera Hypnotising 2002
Circuit Transport Of Love 1994
Clanger Seadog 1994
Claude Vonstroke Who's Afraid of Detroit? 2006
Claude Vonstroke Who's Afraid of Detroit? 2006
Cloud 69 Sixty Nine Ways
Coast 2 Coast ft Discovery Home
Coca + Villa La noche
Commander Tom Attention! 2004
Cortex Thrill Deep Infinity
Cosmic Baby Fantasia (Airplay) 1994
Cosmic Baby Space Track
Cosmic Gate Exploration of Space
Cydonia Haunted World 1999
Cydonia Cactus 1999
Cygnus X Superstring 1994
Cygnus X The Orange Theme 1994
Cygnus X Positron 1993
Da Hool Meet Her at the Love Parade
Dance 2 Trance Power of American Natives
Dance 2 Trance Take a Freefall
Darude Sandstorm 1999
Dawnseekers Gothic Dream (Jon Johnson Remix) 2001
De Niro Mind of Man
Deep Dish Say Hello 2005
Demonic Emotions Stuck on a Space Trip
Der Dritte Raum Hale Bopp
Digital Express The Club
Dirt Devils The Drill
Dirty Vegas Days Go By
DJ Misjah & DJ Tim Access 1995
DJ Taucher Atlantis (Phase 3) 1998
DJ Tiesto Dallas 4 PM 2001
DJ Tiesto Theme From Norejfell
DJ Yanny Initialize
DnTel (This is) The Dream of Evan and Chan (Superpitcher Kompakt remix) 2002
Dominic Plaza Sounds Rushing (David West mix) 2005
Dove Beat La Palorma 1998
Drax Limited 2 Amphetamine
Drum Club Sound System (Underworld Mix) 1995
Dynamic Maniax Calling Middle Earth
Efdemin Bergwein 2007
Effective Force Diamond Bullet 1992
Electrique Boutique Revelation
Emmanuel Top Acid Phase
Energy 52 Cafe Del Mar (Three N' One mix) 1998
Etnica Spheric Concept 1996
Evolution Phoenix
Evolution Phoenix
Extrawelt Soopertrack 2005
Faithless Insomnia 1996
Faithless God is a DJ
Fascinated Totally Fascinated 2004
Fathers of Sound Water
Ferry Corsten Punk 2002
Filterheadz Yimanya 2004
Fluke Zion
Flutlicht Icarus (The Flight)
Fragma Toca's Miracle 2000
Free Radical Surreal (En Motion Remix) 2001
Fridge Paradise
Future Sound of London Papua New Guinea 1991
Gabriel & Dresden Arcadia
Genlog Airwalk 1995
Goldenscan Sunrise (DJ Tiesto mix) 1999
Gouryella Gouryella 1998
Gouryella Walhalla
Gouryella Ligaya
Gouryella Tenshi
Groovezone I Love the Music 1998
Gus Gus Purple (Sasha vs The Light mix) 1998
Guy Gerber & Shlomi Aber Sea of Sand 2007
Gypsy I Trance You 1998
Hardfloor Lost in the Silver Box 1993
Heartthrob Baby Kate 2006
Hi Gate Pitchin'
Humate Love Simulation (Paul van Dyk's Love mix) 1993
Jam & Spoon Find Me (Odyssey to Anooya) 1993
James Holden Horizons 1999
James Holden A Break in the Clouds 2002
James Holden One For You (Avus One For Heads mix) 2001
James Holden I Have Put Out The Light 2002
James Holden vs Ben Pound Kaern Turned
Jan Johnson Flesh (Tiesto mix)
Jen Loops and Tings
Jericho Personal Reflexion
Johnny Shaker Pearl River 1997
Joker Jam Innocence 2001
Jon the Dentist Global Phases
Jonas Steur Castamara 2005
Jones & Stephenson Gummiringe 1998
Josh Wink Higher State of Consciousness

[RossH]

Continued....


Juno A Force Beyond 1995
Juno Reactor Samurai 1994
Juno Reactor Samurai 1994
Juno Reactor Feel the Universe (Kox Box mix) 1994
Juno Reactor Pistolero (Man With no Name mix)
Jurgen Paape Mit Dir 2002
Kaito Soul of Heart 2004
Kamaya Painters Wasteland (DJ Hitchhiker mix) 2000
Kamaya Painters Summerbreeze 2000
Kaycee Escape
Kernkraft 400 Zombie Nation
Kuffdam Summerdream
Kyau vs Albert Velvet Morning 2003
Lange I believe (DJ Tandu mix) 1999
Lazy Fat People Club Silencio 2007
Leama Requiem For a Dream 2003
Legend B Lost in Love 1993
Libra Presents Taylor Anomaly Calling Your Name 1995
Lightforce Take Your Time
Lightforce Join me
Lio Rapture
LN Movement Golden Desert 2000
Lord of Tranz Sanctificum
Lost Tribe Gamemaster 1997
Lost Tribe Angel 1997
LSG Train of Thought 1.2
LSG Into Deep
LSG I'm Not Existing
Lucid I Can't Help Myself
Lustral Everytime
M.I.K.E. Sunrise at Palamos 2000
Man With No Name Silicon Trip 1996
Man With No Name Teleport
Marc Vision Time Gate (Original Mix) 1999
Marco V Simulated
Marmion Schoneburg (Man with No Name mix) 1994
Mash Up Liberation (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Mauro Picotto Komodo
Mauro Picotto Proximus
Max Graham Airtight 2001
Max Graham Airtight 2001
Mekka Diamondback
Mesh Purple Haze
Micah Grammer Lesson
Mike Koglin The Silence
Minilogue Elephant's Parade 2007
Minimalistix Close Cover
Miro Paradise
Moby Go 1992
Moby Porcelain 1999
Mono Culture Free
Moogwai Viola (Armin Van Buuren mix) 2001
Moonbeam Sunshine 2007
Moonstruck Lunar Outbreak 1998
Morgan King I'm Free
Motorcycle As The Rush Comes 2003
Nalin & Kane Beachball 1996
Nalin & Kane Open Your Eyes 2000
Nathan Fake The Sky was Pink (James Holden mix) 2005
Nathan Fake Outhouse 2004
Neum Meet You At the Milk Bar
Nikola Gala Swing 2 Harmony
Oceanlab Clear Blue Water 2001
Odysee of Noises Circe 1991
Odyssee of Noises Troya 1993
Oliver Klein Rheinkraft (Ian Wilkie remix) 2001
Oliver Lieb Subraumstimulation
Pantha Du Prince Walden 2006
Paragliders Paraglide 1993
Paragliders Oasis 1995
Paragliders Bagdad (Humate mix)
Partial Arts Trauermusik 2007
Patrick Chardronnet Eve By Day (Ripperton mix) 2006
Paul Van Dyk Words 1997
Paul Van Dyk Columbia (PvD mix) 1999
Paul Van Dyk My World 1994
Paul van Dyk Reflections 2003
Paul Van Dyk Connected
Paul Van Dyk Nothing But You
Perpetuous Dreamer Future Funland
Petter These Days 2004
Petter All Together 2004
Plummet Damaged
Pob Boiler (Humate mix) 1998
Pole Folder Apollo Vibes 2001
PPK Resurrection 2001
Psychic TV Infinite Beat
Pulser Cloudwalking 1999
Push Universal Nation 1999
Push The Legacy
Push Till We Meet Again
Quench Dreams 1993
Quivver She Does
Quivver Space Manoevres part 3
Ramin Brainticket 1993
Rank 1 Beats at Rank 1 dot com
Rapid Eye Circa Forever 2002
Refekt ft Deline Bass Need to Feel loved (Thrillseekers mix) 2004
Resistance D Cosmic Love 1991
Ridgewalkers Find (Andy Moor mix)
Riva Stringer 2001
Robert Gitelman Things 2 Say (Push mix)
Robert Miles Children 1996
Ronald Klinkenberg Inner Laugh (James Holden mix) 2004
Rui Da Silva Touch Me 2001
Sander Kleinenberg Sacred (Sunrise Mix)
Sash! Encore Une Fois
Sasha Xpander 1999
Sasha Belfunk
Sasha Cloud Cuckoo (Luke Chable mix) 2004
Sasha Wavy Gravy
Schiller Das Glockenspiel (Humate mix) 1998
Sensient File Not Found 2003
Shakta Lepton Head III 1996
Shakta Silicon Trip 1997
Signum Solar Level 1999
Slacker Looky Thing (Daisy)
Society London Spqr
Solar Stone Seven Cities 1999
Solar Stone Solarcoaster
Solid Globe North Pole 2003
Solid Globe Sahara
Solid Sessions Janeiro
Space Manoeuvres Stage 1
Space Manoevres Quadrant 4
Spicelab Amorph 1992
Spoiled and Zigo More and More
Starecase Faith (Loafer mix) 2002
Stefan Goldmann Sleepy Hollow 2006
Steve Morley Reincarnations
Storm Storm
Sunflower Cold Turkey
Super8 Alba
Sven Vath Ritual of Life (The Spicelab mix)
Synergy Hello Strings
T Scanner Trip To Heaven
Tastexperience Tantrix
Tastexperience Summersault
Technique Sun is Shining (Mash Up Matt mix) 1999
Tekara Breathe in You 1997
Telepopmusik Breathe
The Age of Love Age of Love (Jam & Spoon's Watch out for Stella mix) 1992
The Ambush Sun
The Dream Traveller Time
The Field Over the Ice 2006
The Green Martian Industry 2001
The Light Expand The Room 1997
The Quest C Sharp 1999
The Roc Project Never (Tiësto vs Filterheadz Remix)
The Swimmer Purple Cloud
The Visions of Shiva How Much Can You Take? (Physical) 1993
The Visions of Shiva Perfect Day 1992
The Voyager Back on Earth
Three Drives Air Traffic 2003
Three Drives Sunset on Ibiza
Ticon We Are the Mammoth Hunters 2001
Tiesto Sparkles
Tiesto Flight 643
Tiesto & Junkie XL Obsession
Tilt The World Doesn't Know
Tilt Vs Paul Van Dyk Rendezvous 1997
Tim Deluxe Choose Something like a Star
Tin Tin Out Strings for Yasmin (Matt Darey mix)
Tomaz vs Filterheadz Sunshine 2002
Tranquility Base Surrender 2004
Transa Supernova
Transa Enervate
Ultraviolet Kites (Fantasy Flite Part 1) 1995
Underworld Born Slippy (NUXX) 1995
Underworld Two Months Off 2002
Underworld Dinosaur Adventure 3D
Underworld Cowgirl
Underworld Thing in a Book 1992
Union Jack Two Full Moons and a Trout (Caspar Pound mix) 1993
Union Jack Cactus
Utah Saints Lost Vagueness (Oliver Lieb mix)
VDM No Hesitation
Vector 7 Air of Love 2002
Veracocha Carte Blanche 1998
Vernon Wonderer 1993
Voodoo & Serano Blood is Pumping
Warrior (ft Imogen Bailey) If You Want Me
Way Out West Mindcircus (Gabriel and Dresden mix) 2001
Way Out West The Gift 1995
West & Storm Porpoise
White Room White Room
William Orbit Water from a Wine Leaf (Xylem Flow mix) 1992
William Orbit Barber's Adagio for Strings 1999
World Clique Don't Do It
X Cabs Neuro 1995
X Tracks Plan 94 (The Voyage) 1994
Y Traxx Mysteryland 1999
Yahel Going Up (trance mix) 1999
Yahel Waves of Sound
York The Reachers of Civilization 1999
Zyon No fate (No Fate edit) 1992


The Orb Little Fluffy Clouds 1991
808 State Pacific State 1989
Orbital Chime 1990
Layo & Bushwacka! Love Story 2002
Ulrich Schnauss Kneuddelmaus
Force Legato System 1989
DJ Hooligan Hear You Now Cass & Mangan) 2002
Felix da Housecat Watching Cars Go By 2005
Orbital One Perfect Sunrise
Ian Van Dahl Castles in the Sky
POS Remember 2003
Paul Van Dyk Forbidden Fruit
The Horrorist One Night in New York City
Sander Kleinenberg The Fruit 2004
Dark Suite Dark Sweet Piano 2002
Pulp Victim The World 1998
Rank 1 Airwave
Delerium ft Sarah Machlachlan Silence (Tiesto mix) 2000
Benny Benassi Satisfaction 2003
Alice Deejay Better Off Alone 1998
Planet Perfecto Bullet in the Gun
Ferry Corsten Rock Your Body Rock 2003
Delerium After All (Svenson & Gielson mix) 2004
Aquagen Summer is Calling
Oakenfold Southern Sun (Tiesto mix)
4 Strings Sunrise
Tenth Planet Ghosts
System F Out of the Blue
Kamaya Painters Endless Wave 2000
Oceanlab Satellite
White Room Someday
Adam White Ballerina
System F Indian Summer
Johan Kivi Clouds
Orson W Ilse
*Minimalistix Struggle for Pleasure

[MisterMoleyMole]

If you have them on vinyl the best bet is to rip them. Or maybe look for CDs that have the tracks on then you can rip a decent digital copy of the track from the cd?

What's the issues with ripping? What are your main issues there? Maybe getting help with that will be better for you?

MMM

[RossH]

The issue with ripping from vinyl are - time, quality, reliability.

It takes a great amount of effort to rip a vinyl track to a very high quality. Even then, i find that it is not always reliable (i'm talking Traktor beatgrids, loops etc.)

If I could find a good quality mp3 version of the full track (release, not a rip) then I am happy to spend money on it.

[spiz]

I'd check out compilations from Itunes... like http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sta...l./id473901023 has some of what you're looking for. When you buy the compilation the songs are much cheaper than 99c. I've heard the quality is equal to 320kbps so they should be fine for DJ'ing, though I don't know from experience.

[thisisian]

I've had fairly good results using the new iTunes Match feature in iTunes.

Pay £20 for a years subscription.
Upload all your vinyl rips & dodgy old low bit rate mp3s to the cloud.
See how many of them the iTunes store finds matches for.
Download 256 kbps AAC's of the ones it matches.

I've managed to match / upgrade enough tunes to make it worthwhile.

Also, if you've ever downloaded any tunes from Serato's whitelabel.net website. I've had quite good results matching the 32kbps audio files that play in iTunes. (High quality version's only play in Itch or SSL). So i've been able to replace these with good quality AAC's.

[synthet1c]

problem is most of the labels no longer release tracks so you can't ask them directly... But I have had some luck on djdownload with 2000ish nu school breaks and hard trance, I don't really like trance from that era so never looked, but the seem to have the the oldest catalogue with some gems, but most releases were vinyl only in those days and no one thought to rip them until they had noticably degraded.

[zestoi]

there's a decent matchup between that list of tunes and my old vinyl collection too i've just been buying tracks on mp3 that i have on vinyl when i see them. one i just can't find *anywhere* is "Odyssey To Anyoona" that i see u have too. may be worth buying some 2nd hand cd compilations on ebay or something if u can find unmixed ones?

the "iTunes Match" match feature sounds cheap... surely someone could just find illegal rips of tunes, upload those to itunes match and then download a legal copy?

[RossH]

there's a decent matchup between that list of tunes and my old vinyl collection too i've just been buying tracks on mp3 that i have on vinyl when i see them. one i just can't find *anywhere* is "Odyssey To Anyoona" that i see u have too. may be worth buying some 2nd hand cd compilations on ebay or something if u can find unmixed ones?

the "iTunes Match" match feature sounds cheap... surely someone could just find illegal rips of tunes, upload those to itunes match and then download a legal copy?

What an absolute tune! I noticed Nick Warren has been closing his sets with it again recently, 18 yrs after its release! I think that list also contains the cheesy vocal version, please ignore that.

Just noticed another on too...please forgive me for including Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone on a list of 'classics'!

The dance music from the 90's was unbelievably good. Its quite sad that it was around before the digital music explosion although the other side of that is it helps it keep that fresh, underground feel that i relate so much to the 90's.