Req: Help with Information Society CD

[Fred Taghon]

I sold my physical copy of the Information Society "What's On Your Mind" CDS (the 5trk 1993 USA reissue) a while back. Wondering if anyone out there who has it, might share the CUE file (with PREGAP data) for it? I don't even need a full FLAC rip or anything, just the Cue. I'm backing up my lossless CD rips (complete with Log and Cue files) and somehow deleted the Cue file for that disc. Not the end of the world by any means lol, but thought I'd toss it out there! Thanks!

https://www.discogs.com/Information-Soc ... ease/86478


Heck, as long as I'm putting this request out there, I've discovered a chunk of other CD's I ripped to my external HDs that I've somehow deleted (or, more likely, never saved?) Cue files for. Also looking for these Cues, if anyone is able to help (again I'm looking for Cues with PREGAP data):

ABC
"Abracadabra" 11trk 1991 USA CD
https://www.discogs.com/ABC-Abracadabra/release/73866

BANANARAMA
"Last Thing On My Mind" 5trk 1992 UK CDS1 -and- 4trk 1992 UK CDS2
https://www.discogs.com/Bananarama-Last ... se/1433841
https://www.discogs.com/Bananarama-Last ... ase/326644

BANANARAMA
"Ultra Violet" 12trk 1996 USA CD
https://www.discogs.com/Bananarama-Ultr ... se/1587526

THE CURE
"Close To Me" 3trk 1990 UK Limited Edition CDS
https://www.discogs.com/The-Cure-Close- ... ease/98814

DEAD OR ALIVE
"Nude Remade Remodeled" 7trk 1989 Japan CD
https://www.discogs.com/Dead-Or-Alive-N ... ase/572127

DEAD OR ALIVE
"You Spin Me Round 2003" 6trk 2003 Australia CDS
https://www.discogs.com/Dead-Or-Alive-Y ... ase/266335

DEVO
"Smooth Noodle Maps" 11trk 1990 USA CD (the original Enigma release)
https://www.discogs.com/Devo-Smooth-Noo ... ase/575601

EURYTHMICS
"Shame" 3trk 1987 UK/Europe CDS
https://www.discogs.com/Eurythmics-Shame/release/578425

GO-GO'S
"Cool Jerk" 6trk 1990 USA Promo CDS (the promo with 6 remixes)
https://www.discogs.com/Go-Gos-Cool-Jer ... se/2210007

THE HUMAN LEAGUE
"Soundtrack To A Generation" 4trk 1990 UK CDS1 -and- 4trk 1990 UK CDS2
https://www.discogs.com/The-Human-Leagu ... ase/509929
https://www.discogs.com/The-Human-Leagu ... ase/873873

THE HUMAN LEAGUE
"Love Me Madly?" 4trk 2003 Netherlands CDS
https://www.discogs.com/Human-League-Lo ... se/1883724

THE HUMAN LEAGUE
"Fascination" 3trk 1988 UK Mini CDS
https://www.discogs.com/Human-League-Fa ... se/1286703

THE HUMAN LEAGUE
"Heart Like A Wheel" 4trk 1990 UK CDS
https://www.discogs.com/The-Human-Leagu ... ase/496018

THE HUMAN LEAGUE
"All I Ever Wanted" 2trk 2001 UK CDS2
https://www.discogs.com/Human-League-Al ... ease/87036

INFORMATION SOCIETY
"What's On Your Mind" 5trk 2001 USA CDS - Not the same as the one above - this one has "new" 2001 remixes
https://www.discogs.com/Information-Soc ... ase/192816

JANE WIEDLIN
"Rush Hour" 3trk 1988 UK CDS
https://www.discogs.com/Jane-Wiedlin-Ru ... ase/670337

KARL BARTOS
"I'm The Message" 3trk 2003 Europe Promo CDS
https://www.discogs.com/Karl-Bartos-Im- ... ase/212930

MADONNA
"Bad Girl" 6trk 1993 USA CDS
https://www.discogs.com/Madonna-Bad-Girl/release/215228

MADONNA
"Rain" 2trk 1993 USA CDS
https://www.discogs.com/Madonna-Rain/release/683739

NEW ORDER
"60 Miles An Hour - Tour EP" 6trk 2002 Australia CDS
https://www.discogs.com/New-Order-60-Mi ... ase/662735

SHAKESPEARS SISTER
"Stay" 3trk 1992 USA CDS
https://www.discogs.com/Shakespears-Sis ... se/1876855

[PKPN]

INSOC:

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REM ACCURATERIPID 00062b42-001c1d12-3406b705
REM DISCID 3406B705
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb4"
PERFORMER "Information Society"
TITLE "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)"
CATALOG 016998091128
REM DATE 1988
REM DISCNUMBER 1
REM TOTALDISCS 1
FILE "Information Society - What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy).wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "Information Society"
    TITLE "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) (club mix)"
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:00:32
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "Information Society"
    TITLE "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) (The 54 mix)"
    INDEX 00 07:59:40
    INDEX 01 08:03:37
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "Information Society"
    TITLE "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Percapella)"
    INDEX 00 13:15:17
    INDEX 01 13:19:32
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "Information Society"
    TITLE "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Pure Energy mix)"
    INDEX 00 17:29:42
    INDEX 01 17:34:57
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    PERFORMER "Information Society"
    TITLE "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) (What's on Your Dub mix)"
    INDEX 00 22:09:40
    INDEX 01 22:13:22


Cure (not my rip):

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REM GENRE Alternative
REM DATE 1990
REM DISCID 1C039103
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb5"
PERFORMER "The Cure"
TITLE "Close To Me (Remix)"
FILE "Close.Remix.flac" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Close To Me (Closer Mix)"
    PERFORMER "The Cure"
    INDEX 00 00:00:00
    INDEX 01 00:00:33
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Just Like Heaven (Dizzy Mix)"
    PERFORMER "The Cure"
    INDEX 00 04:19:43
    INDEX 01 04:20:03
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Primary (Red Mix)"
    PERFORMER "The Cure"
    INDEX 00 08:01:65
    INDEX 01 08:02:58


Would you mind sharing the Eurythmics CD?

[Fred Taghon]

Would you mind sharing the Eurythmics CD?

Thank you for your efforts PKPN! The link is here:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=43463

I should have foreseen this, but the Cue you provided for the "What's On Your Mind" CDS appears to be for the 1998 repress. My copy was the 1993 original pressing. I verified this with a FLAC download I found of the 1998 CD.

I can distinguish the difference between the two discs because you can check the accuracy of a rip without a Cue (using Mac's XLD ripping software) as long as you can figure out what the first PREGAP value of that disc is. This is usually super easy as it's most often zero (00:00:00) which results in the default initial pregap of 2 seconds, but it can be any value up to 00:00:74. The 1993 disc has an initial pregap of 00:00:00 but the 1998 disc has a pregap of 00:00:32.

With XLD, I was able to check the AccurateRip database after opening the downloaded files with your Cue and it worked perfectly and came back as an accurate rip for the 1998 disc. So while that provides the pregap values to that repressing, unfortunately it doesn't help with the 1993 disc.

Probably more info than anyone cares to know lol but I wanted to explain how I knew that wasn't the Cue I need.

The Cure Cue that you provided is actually for one of the pressings with "Primary (Red Mix)", not the limited edition one with "Why Can't I Be You (Extended Version)" which is the one I'm looking for.

Thank you anyway for taking the time to try and help me out! I do appreciate it!!!

[PKPN]

Oof, sorry about my mistakes. My copy of What's On Your Mind is indeed the late '90s pressing. It has 1993 copyrights but has SID codes and a wea mfg. matrix instead of SRC. I forgot that's what I have.

I apologize for not noticing you had linked to a slightly different Cure CD, too. Dang!

It would be nice if there were a proper cue sheet archive, but people would just fill it up with fakes.