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I sold off a big chunk of my CD collection about 16yrs ago. I kept lossless (AIFF) rips of most of them, ripped through iTunes at the time (this was before XLD (for Mac) or Exact Audio Copy etc.), so I never had CUE files (aka CUE sheets) for them.

In the years since, I've been able to confirm that my rips are 100% accurate, but if I want to burn exact copies of the original CD's on CD-R for further back-up, I need the CUE files for pre-gap information, etc. I've been able to retrieve the correct corresponding CUE files for most of them via P2P, but there are still some I have not been able to get.

Hoping some members here may have some of the following EXACT CD's (I'll include discogs links for the EXACT CD I need) and be willing/able to create and share the CUE files for them (XLD or Exact Audio Copy generated CUEs are both fine). An actual rip of the CD does NOT have to be done to create a CUE file, but if you want to share a complete rip with the Log and CUE files, that's entirely up to you - it's just not necessary for my personal purposes, since I already have the audio.

Thanks in advance for any help with any of these!

Bananarama - "Last Thing On My Mind" 1992 5trk UK London CDS1
https://www.discogs.com/release/1433841 ... On-My-Mind

Bananarama - "Last Thing On My Mind" 1992 4trk UK London CDS2
https://www.discogs.com/release/326644- ... On-My-Mind

Bananarama - "Ultraviolet" 1996 12trk USA Curb CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/1587526 ... tra-Violet

Belinda Carlisle - "Summer Rain" 1988 3trk USA MCA Promo CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/1788364 ... ummer-Rain

Boxcar - "Algorhythm" 1995 12trk UK Pulse-8 CD (the UK digipak release)
https://www.discogs.com/release/1892863 ... Algorhythm

Chicane - "Autumn Tactics" 2000 3trk Australia Xtravaganza CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/2038869 ... mn-Tactics

Culture Club - "Collect - The 12" Mixes" 1991 14trk Canada Virgin Music Canada CD (Must be the Canadian release)
https://www.discogs.com/release/4567652 ... Mixes-Plus

Cyndi Lauper - "36 All-Time Favorites" 2002 36trk USA GSC/Sony 3CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/3339697 ... -Favorites

Dead Or Alive - "Nude Remade Remodelled" 1989 7trk Japan Epic CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/572127- ... emodelled-

Dead Or Alive - "You Spin Me Round 2003" 2003 6trk Australia Epic CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/266335- ... Round-2003

Devo - "Smooth Noodle Maps" 1990 11trk USA Enigma CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/575601- ... oodle-Maps

Devo - "Total Devo" 1994 16trk USA Restless CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/2291772-Devo-Total-Devo

Exposé - "Greatest Dance Mixes" 2002 10trk USA Thump CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/668982- ... ance-Mixes

The Flirts - "10¢ A Dance" 1992 12trk Canada Unidisc CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/136757- ... 10-A-Dance

The Flirts - "Greatest Hits" 1993 15trk Canada Unidisc/"O" CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/2238346 ... atest-Hits

The Flirts - "Questions Of The Heart" 1994 10trk USA Hot Productions/"O" CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/1312330 ... -The-Heart

Go West - "The Best Of Go West" (Ten Best Series) 1998 10trk USA EMI CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/2822846 ... Of-Go-West

Howard Jones - "The Peaceful Tour" 2002 13trk USA Cleopatra CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/2176040 ... ceful-Tour

The Human League - "All I Ever Wanted" 2001 2trk (+1 video) UK Papillon CDS Part 2
https://www.discogs.com/release/87036-H ... ver-Wanted

The Human League - "Heart Like A Wheel" 1990 4trk UK/Europe Virgin CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/496018- ... ke-A-Wheel

Janet Jackson - "Alright (The Remixes)" 1990 8trk Japan A&M CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/954647- ... he-Remixes

Karl Bartos - "I'm The Message" 2003 3trk Europe Home/Sony Music Promo CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/212930- ... he-Message

Kim Wilde - "Loved" 2001 3trk Europe EMI Catalogue CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/361954-Kim-Wilde-Loved

Kim Wilde - "Loved (Pulsedriver vs. Beam Remix) 2001 3trk Europe EMI Catalogue CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/1422253 ... Beam-Remix

Madonna - "Material Girl (Club Mix EP)" 1992 3trk Japan Sire CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/1597269 ... lub-Mix-EP

Marsheaux - "Breakthrough" 2009 9trk Greece Undo CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/2113916 ... eakthrough

Mankind Liberation Front - "Dopedreams" 1999 5trk USA City Of Angels CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/675155- ... alm-Joshua

Pet Shop Boys - "Paninaro" 1995 3trk USA CDS2 (Must be USA not UK, even though they have the same tracks)
https://www.discogs.com/release/506051- ... aninaro-95

Pete Byrne - "The World In Which We Love" 2000 4trk USA A Different Drum CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/349737- ... ch-We-Love

Peter Rauhofer + Pet Shop Boys = The Collaboration - "Break 4 Love" 2001 6trk USA Star 69 CDS2
https://www.discogs.com/release/246422- ... eak-4-Love

Prince - "Batdance" 1989 2trk USA Warner Bros. Promo CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/1236374-Prince-Batdance

The Shamen - "Axis Mutatis" 1995 13trk USA Epic CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/73013-T ... is-Mutatis

Sparks - "Interior Design" 1988 15trk USA Fine Art/Rhino CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/1133554 ... ior-Design

Sparks - "The No. 1 Song In Heaven" 1999 4trk (+1 video) USA Oglio CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/1769111 ... -In-Heaven

Think Tank - "Mandroid" 1996 6trk USA Hakatak/TRG CD
https://www.discogs.com/release/89986-T ... k-Mandroid

Way Out West - "The Gift" 1996 3trk USA RCA CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/4831995 ... t-The-Gift

Will To Power - "Fading Away" 1989 2trk Europe Epic CDS
https://www.discogs.com/release/1380880 ... ading-Away

You mean those little annoying files actually have a use...

Not trying to be a troll here, I honestly didn't know what they were for before now.

Mark this as another unhelpful post by your local old fart 80s fan... I guess I should start leaving them in my rips from now on.

Good luck !

I got a laugh out of your post, because that was literally my reaction when I learned what they were for! For many years of trading rips and downloading from P2P groups, I'd toss those extra files in the trash! Most people just into casually ripping CD's probably could care less, and I don't blame em. For those that are, or have become - like me, a little more anal about ripping and back-ups, they most definitely serve a purpose!

You don't need a cue file to burn an audio CD from FLAC files. With Nero or another free program,
you can make copies of FLAC to audio CDs. You just choose the songs you want and you can
make a compilation disc or burn a full album.

I appreciate the spirit of your comment, I know you're just trying to helpful, thanks! You are absolutely correct - a cue is not necessary to rip or burn 100% accurate audio, but it is if you want a CD-R copy that is an exact duplicate of the data on the original CD. So, no, I don't NEED them, but I'd prefer to have them if possible.

Cues do become less necessary when it comes to "newer" CD's. It's rare with current new releases for a CD to be mastered with pregaps or offsets anymore, so they literally are just audio data these days.

Thanks to the kindness of strangers, I've been able to take 2 titles off my list so far!

this?


Anything Box – Future Past EP

https://easyupload.io/573nm9

Yep! Excellent, thank you!