Dream or nightmare?: "jbl sessions" tracks, can we use them?
Hi dudes!
Yesterday I was looking for an app install CD and found what may or may not be a treasure for Lansingians.
I have had this for about 5 years and had not given it much thought. But right now I am.
It is a two-cd set of "SESSIONS" given to me by the Late Great Drew Daniels. It must have been made off the LP, or knowing Drew's past work, who knows what his source materals were. In respect to him, I know it is best not to hang around, gabbing about technical this and that, a practice which he did not indulge in with his studio's clients. He just worked his magic and you got an excellent recording(s).
I would like to be able to upload the tracks to a good file server outfit such as speedy share.net and/or Lansing.org, so that we can all at least hear what the great production was all about, as well as the use of JBL monitors as essential tools in big-time pro recording.
The last time I recall reading a thread re "Sesssions", it was was a ghost and no one really knew who owned the "publishing". And, no one seemed to know exactly where the physical media resides. To have it searched for demanded a steep fee.
Anyone have some ideas on this?
Thanks, Richard
JUST OUT! ENIGMA CODE OF JBL SESSIONS CDs HAS BEEN CRACKED. FILM @ 11
Easily this time around, because there is/was no Enigma code
The difficulty in extracting and/or copying of files in the Drew Daniels mastered CD of SESSIONS was not caused by some secret encryption technique or copyright protection scheme. Rather, the problem was in the layout of the CD's directory structure, which apparently somehow confused all "comers" and their apps and hardware based attempts to reproduce (copy) the digital audio files contained in Drew's two-CD rendering of the original two vinyl disc LPs.
I had been enjoying the successful use of several small, open source CD file extraction (rip) and format conversion tools running in Linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS which made short shrift of a number of issues I was encountering in the course of archiving my CD music collection for posterity, safety, and convenience.
While cleaning out my ancient cache of PM's I re-read those related to the SESSIONS experiments as well as postings to this thread (started back in 2013) and figured "Hey, why not throw these apps at the SESSIONS CD's and have a go at understanding WTF was up with them. And Voila!
This is what I found out:The file directory structure appeared to contain multiple CD volumes, which it seems left most apps utilized dazed and confused. By looking inside with the ripper, "Sound Juicer", and the audio track format converter "Sound Converter" plus a little bit of manual intervention, the problem (or "Opportunity to Excel" as spoken in the jargon of rocket launching industry workers) was corrected. Or or least and at long last was understood.
CD file directory structure: Drive label in file manager: Audio CD
Remainder of data was shown as a file below the "Audio CD" disc title, in file manager. named "Sessions"
Which contains a folder, "CD PLUS" with the files "info.cdp" and "sub_info.us"
and a folder, "Pictures", with 12 jpg files of the album covers and scanned pages of the album booklet
Then two folders, Disc1 and disc2, having .cda (.wav) files of the audio tracks on the SESSIONS 'Disk 1 and disc 2 vinyl LP records.
In the CD's root dir, the files Sessions.doc and Sessions.pdf, both versions of the Album booklet.
I also located the name of record of the owner of the 1973 copyright, in this case "James B. Lansing Sound, Inc."
So anyone who has a copy on CD needs to just write with a sharpie on each disk, in 10 or larger typeface size: Copyright, (then the little letter c in a circle), 1973, James B. Lansing Sound, Inc.
Which is your one legal backup copy. No more than one!
To be continued...
Cross pollinating this in a new thread!
Drew Daniels copyrighted content
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Lee in Montreal
"I was told specifically not to reproduce it or share it. "
I guess that out of respect for a dead man's last wish, these files should indeed not be reproduced or shared.
Or his ghost might come back to haunt you... ;)
Whadayathink?
Of all the content on the CD's (2), I think the revised liner notes and perhaps two or so remastered tracks apply. I will recheck that later today.
BTW The original copyright for the LP's was filed by James B. Lansing Sound, Inc. This info had been somewhat of a mystery, BUT NOW THE TRUTH CAN BE TOLD!
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