I have been making some changes to the site to provide faster and more reliable links.
All Mega links will eventually have an alt link posted. I have found Mega very slow and they have an annoying habit of deleting things.
Terabox offers loads of storage and an app but requires users to sign up to download. All Terabox links have been replaced.
All Degoo links will be replaced. They seemed really good at first as they provided lots of storage and a nice Windows app. However, you now have to upgrade to premium to use the app or their website and users can only download one file at a time.
I have a Dropbox account which I deleted the email address for. Therefore, I cannot get past their two-factor authentication. These links still work but I will put alts up just in case.
Google Drive seems the best all round. You get 15GB of storage and can have multiple accounts. I don't think that there is an expiry either.
If anyone notices any dead/slow links on the site then please can you report them to me on this thread and I will get them sorted.
-- Edited by Ian on Tuesday 1st of August 2023 06:30:32 PM
Ian, is this costing you much? I only dip in and out of the archive but it's such a fantastic resource. If you're incurring regular monthly costs let us know.
Thank you for all the positive feedback. It is great to hear that you are enjoying the site
Eamonn wrote:
Ian, is this costing you much? I only dip in and out of the archive but it's such a fantastic resource. If you're incurring regular monthly costs let us know.
It doesn't cost too much. The web hosting is £35.50 for 3 years and they have guaranteed that as a renewal price (in just under 2 years). The domain name is £8.50 per year. So just over £20 per year in total. I can use the existing storage space to host more websites if I ever want/need to in future. I can also install apps on the existing site but not sure there's any requirement for that at the moment. All the storage is free.
If anyone's interested, here's the number of unique visitors that the site has received this year: Jan-23 276 Feb-23 243 Mar-23 358 Apr-23 858 May-23 930 Jun-23 1,328 Jul-23 1,588
I'm currently working through the site to see what is missing. This will take a few weeks but there's a few promo edits that jump out at me, I have most of them on CD but no easy access to a CD drive.
Do You Remember the First Time? (Radio edit)
Common People (Motiv 8 Radio Edit)
Disco 2000 (Alan Tarney Remix)
This is Hardcore (Radio edit aka French edit)
The Fear (Radio edit and Research Hook)
The Trees (Radio edit)
Sunrise (Radio edit)
Bad Cover Version (Radio edit - this is different to the slightly faster version from the single, it cuts a few seconds from the intro and outro)
Running the World (clean version (the mind boggles))
After You (Radio edit)
All I can say is that Ive got a CD drive but none of those promos. Is there a website anywhere that has promos uploaded to it anywhere? seems like a long shot but you never know. Once again, thank you so much Ian for running FEELINGCALLEDLIVE as its a site i very rarely not visit at least once a month.
I can provide all those - except for Running the World - so will upload them for you.
Incidentally, I think the Alan Tarney version is confusingly labelled on the Disco 2000 promos, I reckon the unique promo mix from the US CD and Canadian 12" is called the Chris Thomas Version. Alan Tarney was responsible for the 7" Mix, as explained on the recent Digital EP release... my conclusion is that Chris Thomas did the halfway mix before Alan Tarney was brought in to create the ultimate radio-friendly version. So I think the US promo CD has its credits mixed up, and I'm going with the naming on the 12".
I'm currently working through the site to see what is missing. This will take a few weeks but there's a few promo edits that jump out at me, I have most of them on CD but no easy access to a CD drive.
Do You Remember the First Time? (Radio edit) Common People (Motiv 8 Radio Edit) Disco 2000 (Alan Tarney Remix) This is Hardcore (Radio edit aka French edit) The Fear (Radio edit and Research Hook) The Trees (Radio edit) Sunrise (Radio edit) Bad Cover Version (Radio edit - this is different to the slightly faster version from the single, it cuts a few seconds from the intro and outro) Running the World (clean version (the mind boggles)) After You (Radio edit)
Can anyone help?
My old computer still has a CD drive. It just about still works(the computer). I could see if I could do something with your disc if you tell me what to do.
Ian, your site is fantastic. Thank you so much. I only clicked on it last night. I'm happily basking in nostalgia listening to Pulp at the Point in 1996, the first concert I ever went to and 3 songs in and they sound so full of energy. Loving it. Someone build a time machine, please -- I want to go home to the '90s! Your site is the closest thing for now. Thank you :)
Thanks for the great feedback. I'm glad that you are enjoying the site.
The remixes listed above (apart from "Running the World") are on their way up. Thanks to Kev who sent me these. Thanks to Scott and Sarah for the offers. I might contact the Acrylic Afternoons guy on Twitter to see if he will send me the clean version of "Running the World", it is listed on the site.
This is the first time that I have actually listened to the French Edit of "This is Hardcore". I have had the promo CD for years but have never listened before because I assumed that it would be the same as the Radio Edit. Instead, quite a lot of the song is removed, clocking in at just under 4 minutes. It sounds really odd. Think of the cut-up version of "Tunnel" if you will...
This has sparked from a recent Facebook post ive seen, but does anyone have a FLAC recording of the 2019 Remaster of His N Hers that was only released on the double LP. The mixes are notable different and seem to have been remixed and remastered rather than just the latter.
Im planning on recording my LP of it and doing it if not when i get back home but before i do, i was just wondering if its already been done?
Sunrise (Remake)
Do You Remember the First Time? and From Disco to Hardcore - radio documentaries that aired prior to "This is Hardcore" being released
People have asked for these but I can't seem to find them on my hard drive
Ian, are you able to extract the 1990 December Leadmill show from YouTube (audio only) onto your site (just in case it ever gets removed from Youtube)?
Notable for the apparent debut of Countdown and Pulp's first show after almost two years.