This is an odd request but it beats re-buying these rare CD's all over again if I can avoid it
When I was first able to rip CD's back in the late '90s (pre-iTunes and pre-Exact Audio Copy or XLD etc), I copied a bunch of my rarest treasures so that I could sell the originals on eBay and pay down some credit card debt. Unfortunately, I didn't have the foresight to make rips that were accurate and I often edited the "silence gaps" at the end of tracks and would then burn the copies with a standard 2-second gap between tracks. At least I did have the sense to save the edited audio files to external drives so I never lost anything due to faulty CDR's that go bad over time!
Now here I am 20yrs later, backing up my entire collection and trying to correct my bad judgement from those novice years lol. For the bulk of the rips that I altered (which were, thankfully, only about 45 or so), I have been able to locate verifiable FLAC rips with legitimate Log & Cue files which enabled me to restore my backed-up copies to their "original" lengths.
However, I'm still struggling to find RELIABLE sources for the following CD's:
When In Rome - "The Promise" - UK 3trk 3" CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/When-In-Rome-Th ... ase/761508
Erasure - "A Little Respect" - USA 4trk Promo CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Erasure-A-Littl ... se/1131411
Erasure - "Chorus (Fishes In The Sea)" - USA 3trk Promo CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Erasure-Chorus- ... ase/894884
Erasure - "Chains Of Love" - USA 4trk Promo CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Erasure-Chains- ... ase/942325
Book Of Love - "Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls" - USA 4trk Promo CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Book-Of-Love-Pr ... ase/642355
Book Of Love - "Alice Everyday" - USA 4trk Promo CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Book-Of-Love-Al ... se/1177330
Book Of Love - "Lullaby" - USA 4trk Promo CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Book-Of-Love-Lu ... ase/941376
Stacey Q - "Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself" - USA 3trk Promo CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Stacey-Q-Dont-M ... ase/611420
Stacey Q - "Give You All My Love" - USA 3trk Promo CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Stacey-Q-Give-Y ... ase/611426
Thompson Twins - "Get That Love" - UK 4trk CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Thompson-Twins- ... ase/478317
Thompson Twins - "Long Goodbye" - UK 3trk CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Thompson-Twins- ... ase/478325
Eurythmics "(My My) Baby's Gonna Cry" USA 3trk Promo CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Eurythmics-My-M ... ase/901056
The Human League "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" UK 3trk 3" CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Human-League-Fa ... se/1286703
The Human League "Love Action/Hard Times" UK 4trk 3" CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/The-Human-Leagu ... se/1214617
Obviously tracks 1&2 and 3&4 segue into each other but I need to verify the gap between tracks 2&3
The Human League "Love Is All That Matters" UK 3trk CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Human-League-Lo ... ase/509414
Men Without Hats "Moonbeam" Germany 4trk CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Men-Without-Hat ... se/1217114
Men Without Hats "Pop Goes The World" Germany 3trk CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Men-Without-Hat ... se/2700084
Tommy Page "A Zillion Kisses" USA 4trk Promo CD-Single
https://www.discogs.com/Tommy-Page-A-Zi ... se/1307658
So I'm hoping that some of you out there may have some of these CD's and/or have FLAC rips with Log files. And if so, perhaps someone may be willing to at least share the Log files with me. Using a Log file, I can verify what the total length of a track should be (including the appended silence-gap at the end of each track) and I can determine, fairly accurately, how much of the silence-gap I need to restore. I've done enough of these "restorations" now that I have it down to a near science lol.
Obviously, the BEST way to ensure accuracy is to have the actual audio file to use as a visual/audio template, but I realize that may be asking too much. I certainly won't complain if anyone is willing to supply an audio copy, but I am not expecting this at all.
ANY help I can get with this is EXTREMELY appreciated!!!
Thanks