New 80s MP3 Only Compilation on Amazon

Just noticed that there is a new compilation being released only as an MP3 called "Lost Hits of the 80s Vol. 2". Some interesting stuff on here including the really hard to find "If I Had My Wish Tonight" by David Lasley. Here is the track listing:

1. Let's Go All The Way Sly Fox      3:59    ;           ;
2. Don't Tell Me The Time      Martha Davis   3:32     &nb sp; 
3. Girls      Dwight Twilley      3:31  & nbsp;   
4. Turning Japanese      The Vapors      3:45  &n bsp;   
5. Who Found Who (Feat. Elisa Fiorillo) Jellybean 4:49      
6. Mary's Prayer      Danny Wilson      3:51  &n bsp;         &n bsp;
7. The Way To Your Heart      Soulsister &nb sp;    3:46      ; 
8. Crazy (Keep On Falling)      John Hall 4:32
9. Don't Let Him Know      Prism  &nb sp;   3:08       ;
10. Forever Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul 3:56
11. If I Had My Wish Tonight      David Lasley 3:33     
12. Sounds Of Your Voice      Jon Butcher Axis 3:38      
13. Don't Tell Me Lies      Breathe  & nbsp;  3:38      &nb sp;      
14. State Of The Nation      Industry &nbs p;    4:34        
15. Don't Give It Up      Robbie Patton      3:49  &n bsp;   
16. Body Rock      Maria Vidal      3:42  &nb sp;         
17. Satisfy Me      Billy Satellite      3:41   ;    
18. He Can't Love You Michael Stanley Band    3:32    &nbs p; 
19. Let Me Be      Korona  &nbs p;   3:33        
20. Make It Mean Something      Rob Jungklas      3:55

Edited by Fetta

Interesting selection, and certainly some rarer tracks.
Unfortunately, from listening to the sample, it sounds like
"Don't Tell Me Lies" is the commonly available LP mix
instead of the 45 mix which has yet to surface on CD.

I can't tell from the low-res sample if "Don't Give It Up"
sounds any better than its one CD appearance on an import
of Distant Shores...the song sounded absolutely atrocious
on that CD. I'm not a fan of lossy files, but I might make
an exception in this case if "Don't Give It Up" was from a
quality tape source.

256 kbps mp3

Also, there's the lost R&B Hits of the 80s:
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Hits-Original-Artists-
Versions/dp/B004XUDAG4/ref=pd_sim_sbs_dmusic_a_5


If you just want to browse songs:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-
alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=Lost+Hits+
   

Edited by The Hits Man

I, too, would be very curious to know about what's from vinyl. "Don't Give It Up" would be interesting. That aforementioned Robbie Patton CD is atrocious sounding. I had it at one point until I sold it on ebay. I believe they just used a vinyl source and set the cleaning parameters so extreme that there was barely any music left (but no vinyl sounds either.)

This album is listed as being 320kb on 7Digital, the British download site that now has a US store:

http://us.7digital.com/artist/various-artists/release/lost-r andb-hits-of-the-80s-all-original-artists-and-versions

Should be 320kb on Zune as well. Damn shame MusicGiants went out of business, because this surely would have been available in WMA lossless there.

I will caution, however, that I HAVE purchased MP3s that claimed to be 320kb, even said they were in the metadata, but after doing spectral analysis I determined they were actually 256kb MP3s up-rezzed to 320kb. (I'm quite sure the download sites don't compress the files themselves -- I'm pretty sure the record companies send it to them in the format they request.)

Edited by Brian W.