rs500-flac

[b]Note:[/b] MP3 version is available at The first torrent I ever downloaded was the original compilation of Rolling Stone Magazine\'s 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. I was disappointed by the poor quality of both the original sources and the MP3 encoding. So I set about collecting the 500 songs in FLAC (lossless) format. I searched for the best quality source that I could find for each song, focusing on remastered releases. Well, I never did get all of the sources I wanted, but I came pretty close (77.4% remastered), and now I\'m releasing it into the wild. This will take a [i]long[/i] time to get seeded; at 11 GB, probably a week, thanks to my crappy cable modem connection. But please be patient! Discuss at Enjoy! 001 - Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone (1965) 002 - The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction (1965) 003 - John Lennon - Imagine (1971) 004 - Marvin Gaye - What\'s Going On (1971) 005 - Aretha Franklin - Respect (1967) 006 - The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (1966) 007 - Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958) 008 - The Beatles - Hey Jude (1968) 009 - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991) 010 - Ray Charles - What\'d I Say (1959) 011 - The Who - My Generation (1965) 012 - Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (1964) 013 - The Beatles - Yesterday (1965) 014 - Bob Dylan - Blowin\' In The Wind (1963) 015 - The Clash - London Calling (1980) 016 - The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (1963) 017 - Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (1967) 018 - Chuck Berry - Maybellene (1955) 019 - Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956) 020 - The Beatles - Let It Be (1970) 021 - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975) 022 - The Ronettes - Be My Baby (1963) 023 - The Beatles - In My Life (1965) 024 - The Impressions - People Get Ready (1965) 025 - The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (1966) 026 - The Beatles - A Day In The Life (1967) 027 - Derek & The Dominos - Layla (1970) 028 - Otis Redding - (Sittin\' On) The Dock Of The Bay (1968) 029 - The Beatles - Help! (1965) 030 - Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line (1956) 031 - Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (1971) 032 - The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (1968) 033 - Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High (1966) 034 - The Righteous Brothers - You\'ve Lost That Lovin\' Feeling (1964) 035 - The Doors - Light My Fire (1967) 036 - U2 - One (1991) 037 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry (1975) 038 - The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (1969) 039 - Buddy Holly & The Crickets - That\'ll Be The Day (1957) 040 - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street (1964) 041 - The Band - The Weight (1968) 042 - The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (1968) 043 - Little Richard - Tutti Frutti (1955) 044 - Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind (1960) 045 - Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel (1956) 046 - David Bowie - Heroes (1977) 047 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) 048 - Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (1968) 049 - The Eagles - Hotel California (1976) 050 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears (1965) 051 - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message (1982) 052 - Prince & The Revolution - When Doves Cry (1984) 053 - The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. (1977) 054 - Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman (1966) 055 - The Kingsmen - Louie Louie (1963) 056 - Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (1956) 057 - Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale (1967) 058 - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (1983) 059 - Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin\' (1964) 060 - Al Green - Let\'s Stay Together (1971) 061 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin\' Goin\' On (1957) 062 - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (1955) 063 - Buffalo Springfield - For What It\'s Worth (1967) 064 - The Beatles - She Loves You (1963) 065 - Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love (1968) 066 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Redemption Song (1980) 067 - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (1957) 068 - Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue (1975) 069 - Roy Orbison - Crying (1961) 070 - Dionne Warwick - Walk On By (1964) 071 - The Beach Boys - California Girls (1965) 072 - James Brown - Papa\'s Got A Brand New Bag (1966) 073 - Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues (1958) 074 - Stevie Wonder - Superstition (1972) 075 - Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (1969) 076 - The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (1967) 077 - Elvis Presley - Mystery Train (1955) 078 - James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good) (1965) 079 - The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) 080 - Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1968) 081 - Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill (1956) 082 - The Kinks - You Really Got Me (1964) 083 - The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (1965) 084 - The Police - Every Breath You Take (1983) 085 - Patsy Cline - Crazy (1961) 086 - Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (1975) 087 - Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire (1963) 088 - The Temptations - My Girl (1965) 089 - The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin\' (1965) 090 - The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night (1956) 091 - Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (1969) 092 - The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (1976) 093 - U2 - I Still Haven\'t Found What I\'m Looking For (1987) 094 - Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (1958) 095 - Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes (1956) 096 - Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire (1957) 097 - Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven (1956) 098 - Al Green - Love And Happiness (1972) 099 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969) 100 - The Rolling Stones - You Can\'t Always Get What You Want (1969) 101 - Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (1968) 102 - Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula (1956) 103 - Donna Summer - Hot Stuff (1979) 104 - Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (1973) 105 - Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (1969) 106 - Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) 107 - Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away (1957) 108 - Prince - Little Red Corvette (1983) 109 - Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (1967) 110 - Otis Redding - I\'ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (1965) 111 - Hank Williams - I\'m So Lonesome I Could Cry (1949) 112 - Elvis Presley - That\'s All Right (1954) 113 - The Drifters - Up On the Roof (1962) 114 - The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) (1963) 115 - Sam Cooke - You Send Me (1957) 116 - The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (1969) 117 - Al Green - Take Me to the River (1974) 118 - The Isley Brothers - Shout (Parts 1 And 2) (1959) 119 - Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (1977) 120 - The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (1969) 121 - Ben E. King - Stand By Me (1961) 122 - The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun (1964) 123 - James Brown - It\'s A Man\'s Man\'s Man\'s World (1966) 124 - The Rolling Stones - Jumpin\' Jack Flash (1968) 125 - The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (1960) 126 - Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle And Roll (1954) 127 - David Bowie - Changes (1971) 128 - Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music (1957) 129 - Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (1968) 130 - Rod Stewart - Maggie May (1971) 131 - U2 - With Or Without You (1987) 132 - Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love (1957) 133 - The Who - Won\'t Get Fooled Again (1971) 134 - Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour (1965) 135 - The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968) 136 - Elton John - Your Song (1970) 137 - The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966) 138 - Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair (1971) 139 - The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There (1964) 140 - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (1975) 141 - The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream (1958) 142 - James Brown - Please Please Please (1956) 143 - Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984) 144 - The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated (1978) 145 - Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People (1968) 146 - The B-52\'s - Rock Lobster (1979) 147 - Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (1977) 148 - Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee (1971) 149 - The Everly Brothers - Cathy\'s Clown (1960) 150 - The Byrds - Eight Miles High (1966) 151 - The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) (1954) 152 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey Lady (1965) 153 - The Beatles - A Hard Day\'s Night (1964) 154 - Buddy Holly & The Crickets - Rave On (1958) 155 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary (1969) 156 - Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds Of Silence (1965) 157 - The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (1959) 158 - Bill Haley & His Comets - (We\'re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock (1954) 159 - The Velvet Underground - I\'m Waiting For The Man (1967) 160 - Public Enemy - Bring The Noise (1988) 161 - Ray Charles - I Can\'t Stop Loving You (1962) 162 - Sinead O\'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (1990) 163 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) 164 - Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (1956) 165 - Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (1988) 166 - Eminem - Lose Yourself (2002) 167 - Marvin Gaye - Let\'s Get It On (1973) 168 - The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (1972) 169 - REM - Losing My Religion (1991) 170 - Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now (1969) 171 - ABBA - Dancing Queen (1976) 172 - Aerosmith - Dream On (1973) 173 - The Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen (1977) 174 - The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black (1966) 175 - The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law (1966) 176 - The Beach Boys - Don\'t Worry Baby (1964) 177 - Tom Petty - Free Fallin\' (1989) 178 - Big Star - September Gurls (1974) 179 - Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980) 180 - Outkast - Hey Ya! (2003) 181 - Booker T. & The MGs - Green Onions (1962) 182 - The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me (1960) 183 - B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (1969) 184 - The Beatles - Please Please Me (1964) 185 - Bob Dylan - Desolation Row (1963) 186 - Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) (1967) 187 - AC/DC - Back In Black (1980) 188 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who\'ll Stop The Rain? (1970) 189 - The Bee Gees - Stayin\' Alive (1977) 190 - Bob Dylan - Knockin\' On Heaven\'s Door (1973) 191 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (1973) 192 - Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman (1968) 193 - The Drifters - There Goes My Baby (1959) 194 - Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue (1957) 195 - The Chantels - Maybe (1957) 196 - Guns N\' Roses - Sweet Child O\' Mine (1987) 197 - Elvis Presley - Don\'t Be Cruel (1956) 198 - Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe (1966) 199 - Parliament - Flash Light (1977) 200 - Beck - Loser (1993) 201 - New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (1986) 202 - The Beatles - Come Together (1969) 203 - Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street (1965) 204 - Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness (1966) 205 - Bill Withers - Lean On Me (1972) 206 - The Four Tops - Reach Out, I\'ll Be There (1966) 207 - The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love (1957) 208 - Them - Gloria (1965) 209 - The Beach Boys - In My Room (1963) 210 - ? & The Mysterians - 96 Tears (1966) 211 - The Beach Boys - Caroline No (1966) 212 - Prince - 1999 (1982) 213 - Hank Williams - Your Cheatin\' Heart (1953) 214 - Neil Young - Rockin\' In The Free World (1989) 215 - The Chords - Sh-Boom (1954) 216 - The Lovin\' Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic? (1965) 217 - Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974) 218 - John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (1962) 219 - Howlin\' Wolf - Spoonful (1960) 220 - The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee (1966) 221 - Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (1972) 222 - Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (1964) 223 - Sly & The Family Stone - Dance To The Music (1968) 224 - Chic - Good Times (1979) 225 - Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man (1954) 226 - Van Morrison - Moondance (1970) 227 - James Taylor - Fire And Rain (1970) 228 - The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go (1982) 229 - Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy (1955) 230 - Bob Dylan - Just Like A Woman (1980) 231 - Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (1982) 232 - Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (1960) 233 - The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (1965) 234 - The Byrds - I\'ll Feel A Whole Lot Better (1965) 235 - Ray Charles - I Got A Woman (1954) 236 - Buddy Holly - Everyday (1957) 237 - Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock (1982) 238 - Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces (1961) 239 - Dion - The Wanderer (1961) 240 - Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (1968) 241 - Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! (1969) 242 - Elton John - Rocket Man (1972) 243 - The B-52\'s - Love Shack (1989) 244 - The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin\' (1966) 245 - The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (1969) 246 - Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher (1967) 247 - Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime (1969) 248 - The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper\'s Delight (1979) 249 - Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools (1967) 250 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970) 251 - Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife (1959) 252 - The Drifters - Money Honey (1953) 253 - Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes (1972) 254 - AC/DC - Highway To Hell (1979) 255 - Blondie - Heart Of Glass (1978) 256 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android (1997) 257 - The Troggs - Wild Thing (1966) 258 - The Who - I Can See For Miles (1967) 259 - Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (1994) 260 - The Dells - Oh, What A Night (1969) 261 - Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (1973) 262 - Smokey Robinson - Ooo, Baby Baby (1965) 263 - The Crystals - He\'s A Rebel (1962) 264 - Randy Newman - Sail Away (1972) 265 - Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (1968) 266 - The Ronettes - Walking In the Rain (1964) 267 - The New York Dolls - Personality Crisis (1973) 268 - U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983) 269 - The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (1976) 270 - George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today (1980) 271 - The Beach Boys - Sloop John B (1966) 272 - Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen (1958) 273 - The Beatles - Something (1969) 274 - Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love (1967) 275 - Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. (1984) 276 - The Staple Singers - I\'ll Take You There (1972) 277 - David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (1972) 278 - The Cure - Pictures Of You (1989) 279 - The Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love (1964) 280 - Bill Withers - Ain\'t No Sunshine (1971) 281 - Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (1972) 282 - Joni Mitchell - Help Me (1974) 283 - Blondie - Call Me (1980) 284 - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What\'s So Funny \'Bout) Peace, Love, And Understanding (1979) 285 - Howlin\' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning (1956) 286 - Pavement - Summer Babe (1992) 287 - Run-DMC - Walk This Way (1986) 288 - Barrett Strong - Money (That\'s What I Want) (1960) 289 - The Beatles - Can\'t Buy Me Love (1964) 290 - Eminem - Stan (2000) 291 - The Zombies - She\'s Not There (1964) 292 - The Clash - Train In Vain (1979) 293 - Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone (1971) 294 - Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (1971) 295 - The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man (1968) 296 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up (1975) 297 - Neil Young - Heart Of Gold (1972) 298 - Blondie - One Way Or Another (1978) 299 - Prince - Sign \'O\' The Times (1987) 300 - Madonna - Like A Prayer (1989) 301 - Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I\'m Sexy? (1978) 302 - Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (1975) 303 - The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday (1967) 304 - The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends (1967) 305 - James Brown - Say It Loud -- I\'m Black And Proud (1968) 306 - The Jam - That\'s Entertainment (1980) 307 - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love? (1956) 308 - Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops (1958) 309 - Tina Turner - What\'s Love Got To Do With It (1984) 310 - Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1971) 311 - The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie (1957) 312 - Roy Orbison - In Dreams (1963) 313 - Screamin\' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You (1956) 314 - Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (1979) 315 - The Animals - Don\'t Let Me Be Misunderstood (1965) 316 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975) 317 - Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross (1969) 318 - Elvis Costello - Alison (1977) 319 - Alice Cooper - School\'s Out (1972) 320 - Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker (1969) 321 - Neil Young - Cortez The Killer (1975) 322 - Public Enemy - Fight The Power (1989) 323 - The Patti Smith Group - Dancing Barefoot (1979) 324 - The Supremes - Baby Love (1964) 325 - The Young Rascals - Good Lovin\' (1966) 326 - James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (1970) 327 - Jerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious Love (1958) 328 - The Doors - The End (1967) 329 - Earth, Wind, & Fire - That\'s The Way Of The World (1975) 330 - Queen - We Will Rock You (1977) 331 - Bonnie Raitt - I Can\'t Make You Love Me (1991) 332 - Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965) 333 - Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (1970) 334 - The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (1971) 335 - The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (1970) 336 - Aerosmith - Walk This Way (1976) 337 - Michael Jackson - Beat It (1982) 338 - Paul McCartney - Maybe I\'m Amazed (1970) 339 - The Supremes - You Keep Me Hanging On (1966) 340 - The Who - Baba O\'Riley (1971) 341 - Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (1975) 342 - Dion - Runaround Sue (1961) 343 - LaVern Baker - Jim Dandy (1956) 344 - Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart (1968) 345 - Ritchie Valens - La Bamba (1958) 346 - Dr. Dre & 2Pac - California Love (1996) 347 - Elton John - Candle In The Wind (1973) 348 - The Isley Brothers - That Lady (Parts 1 And 2) (1969) 349 - Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem (1960) 350 - Little Eva - The Loco-Motion (1962) 351 - The Platters - The Great Pretender (1955) 352 - Elvis Presley - All Shook Up (1957) 353 - Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven (1992) 354 - Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives (1977) 355 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (1969) 356 - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (1983) 357 - Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing (1968) 358 - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run (1965) 359 - Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working (1957) 360 - Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (1973) 361 - The Clash - Complete Control (1979) 362 - The Beatles - All You Need Is Love (1967) 363 - The Box Tops - The Letter (1967) 364 - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965) 365 - The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (1965) 366 - The Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love? (1977) 367 - Cream - White Room (1968) 368 - Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (1989) 369 - Bo Diddley - I\'m A Man (1955) 370 - Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary (1967) 371 - The Who - I Can\'t Explain (1965) 372 - Television - Marquee Moon (1977) 373 - Sam Cooke - Wonderful World (1960) 374 - Chuck Berry - Brown Eyed Handsome Man (1956) 375 - Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 (1979) 376 - Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees (1995) 377 - Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack (1961) 378 - U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) (1984) 379 - REM - Radio Free Europe (1983) 380 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) 381 - Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (1966) 382 - The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony (1997) 383 - The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post (1969) 384 - The Beatles - Ticket To Ride (1965) 385 - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Ohio (1970) 386 - Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (1987) 387 - Elton John - Tiny Dancer (1971) 388 - The Police - Roxanne (1979) 389 - The Temptations - Just My Imagination (1971) 390 - The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving (1964) 391 - Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (1970) 392 - The Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child (1970) 393 - The Lovin\' Spoonful - Summer In The City (1966) 394 - Elvis Presley - Can\'t Help Falling In Love (1961) 395 - The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Sand) (1964) 396 - Big Star - Thirteen (1972) 397 - Blue Oyster Cult - (Don\'t Fear) The Reaper (1976) 398 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (1974) 399 - Metallica - Enter Sandman (1991) 400 - Paul Revere & The Raiders - Kicks (1966) 401 - The Shirelles - Tonight\'s The Night (1960) 402 - Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) (1970) 403 - Eddie Cochran - C\'mon Everybody (1958) 404 - Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (1966) 405 - The Carpenters - We\'ve Only Just Begun (1970) 406 - R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (1996) 407 - Nirvana - In Bloom (1991) 408 - Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion (1975) 409 - Cream - Crossroads (1968) 410 - The Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven (1989) 411 - Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977) 412 - Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe (1967) 413 - Little Richard - The Girl Can\'t Help It (1957) 414 - The Coasters - Young Blood (1957) 415 - The Four Tops - I Can\'t Help Myself (1965) 416 - Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer (1984) 417 - NWA - Fuck Tha Police (1989) 418 - Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (1969) 419 - Dr. Dre - Nuthin\' But A \'G\' Thang (1993) 420 - The Isley Brothers - It\'s Your Thing (1969) 421 - Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973) 422 - The Kinks - Lola (1970) 423 - Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes (1956) 424 - The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice (1972) 425 - The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing (1984) 426 - Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (1973) 427 - U2 - New Year\'s Day (1983) 428 - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly (1966) 429 - Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (1964) 430 - The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais (1979) 431 - Fats Domino - Ain\'t That A Shame (1955) 432 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (1973) 433 - Led Zeppelin - Ramble On (1969) 434 - Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally (1966) 435 - The Rolling Stones - Beast Of Burden (1978) 436 - Love - Alone Again Or (1968) 437 - Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (1956) 438 - The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog (1969) 439 - John Cougar Mellencamp - Pink Houses (1983) 440 - Salt-N-Pepa - Push It (1987) 441 - The Del-Vikings - Come Go With Me (1957) 442 - Little Richard - Keep A Knockin\' (1957) 443 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff (1973) 444 - Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe (1965) 445 - Nirvana - Come As You Are (1991) 446 - Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop (1973) 447 - The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack (1964) 448 - The Velvet Underground - Heroin (1967) 449 - The Beatles - Penny Lane (1967) 450 - Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix (1967) 451 - Chubby Checker - The Twist (1960) 452 - Sam Cooke - Cupid (1961) 453 - Guns N\' Roses - Paradise City (1987) 454 - George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (1970) 455 - Nirvana - All Apologies (1993) 456 - Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee (1958) 457 - The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (1977) 458 - Sam & Dave - Soul Man (1967) 459 - Muddy Waters - Rollin\' Stone (1948) 460 - The Chiffons - One Fine Day (1963) 461 - Prince & The Revolution - Kiss (1986) 462 - The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself (1971) 463 - The Beatles - Rain (1966) 464 - The Four Tops - Standing In The Shadows Of Love (1966) 465 - Cheap Trick - Surrender (1978) 466 - Del Shannon - Runaway (1961) 467 - Guns N\' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle (1987) 468 - The Stooges - Search And Destroy (1973) 469 - Carole King - It\'s Too Late (1970) 470 - Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris (1974) 471 - Willie Nelson - On The Road Again (1980) 472 - The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go? (1964) 473 - Aretha Franklin - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (1967) 474 - Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove (1978) 475 - Beastie Boys - Sabotage (1994) 476 - Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (1984) 477 - Rick James - Super Freak (1981) 478 - Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (1967) 479 - LaBelle - Lady Marmalade (1975) 480 - Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (1970) 481 - David Bowie - Young Americans (1975) 482 - Alice Cooper - I\'m Eighteen (1971) 483 - The Cure - Just Like Heaven (1987) 484 - Joan Jett - I Love Rock \'N Roll (1982) 485 - Paul Simon - Graceland (1986) 486 - The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (1985) 487 - The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk (1964) 488 - Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) (1975) 489 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (1978) 490 - The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (1971) 491 - Dusty Springfield - You Don\'t Have To Say You Love Me (1966) 492 - Jackson Browne - Running On Empty (1977) 493 - The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me (1963) 494 - The Eagles - Desperado (1973) 495 - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Shop Around (1960) 496 - The Rolling Stones - Miss You (1978) 497 - Weezer - Buddy Holly (1994) 498 - Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia (1970) 499 - Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town (1976) 500 - Boston - More Than A Feeling (1976)

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kgashi (2007-05-26)

Is it just one seeding here? just one that has 100% ?

500Songs (2007-05-27)

I am the uploader, and currently the only seeder. I have a crappy cable modem connection, and it is going to take about a week to get it out there.
But once it gets out, then it will spready pretty quickly, as there are currently 232 leachers, 31 on The Pirate Bay.
Be patient!

500Songs (2007-05-30)

It's 87.5% out there. Should be one in two days or less...

djdomain (2007-05-31)

i am at 95%. if someone else can seed this for a while so i can finish it (i DESPERATELY need it done), i will seed indefinitely.
Thank yoU!

500Songs (2007-05-31)

It finally got 100% uploaded last night; uTorrent tells me 5 seeders total.

zankfrappa (2007-06-02)

Thx! Great work, you've really done this with love. I really appreciate it.

niltor (2007-06-15)

Awsome torrent. Thanks.

Icelociss (2007-08-17)

Hi 500songs,I have heard most of these songs and have a lot of them too.What I wanna say is I think its people like you who love what they do in life and in doing so make a difference in the lives of other people.You epitomise the spirit of TPB and for all the meticulous effort that you have taken for this one UL ,I enshrine you in TPB hall of Fame.

waccu (2007-08-19)

As "Icelociss" has written. the maker of this torrent should be put up on a pedistal.
If you love VERY HIGH QAULITY in you musik, then dont hesitate downloading this torrent, even though its very big.
"500Songs" you ROCK.
thx m8

roguecong (2007-08-19)

dude, although i have most of these compiled already and am not downloading, you are AWESOME for doing this.

waccu (2007-08-21)

The Qaulity of ALL songs in this torrent is the best quality that I have ever heard.
I usually search for highest bit-rate, NOW I will look for FLAC.
Thx again m8

waccu (2007-08-28)

This is REALLY GREAT WORK :-)
Everyone that downloads this torrent will be very satisfied.
The users of TPB that dont upload this torrent should be kicked in the face. It's not fair agains such a great work as this.

alexander15 (2007-08-31)

wtf 16 seeders and 6339 downloads man the ones who r not uploading you suck ill bitch slap your faces off!!!! lol oh well ill download it anyway thx 500Songs.

waccu (2007-08-31)

azureus 2.3.0.6 say 27 seeder's and 109 leechere's. On piratebay, at this moment it sais 10 seeder's and 26 leechere's :-)
I will seed this one for a very long time.(Think its one of the best torrent's on TPB):-) :-)
THX again "500Songs"

waccu (2007-09-05)

I only reached a sharing of approx 1.8, before azureus decided that it would begin from the start once again.
Hope that I have done enough.:-)
thx alot 500songs.

divadinlok (2007-09-08)

you should of winrar it

waccu (2007-09-09)

Hey "divadinlok"
maybe you are right, but in this way everyone that wants this torrent have to download all and not just a piece, and thats much better for the survival of the torrent :-)
I can asure everyone that this is very very very HIGH QUALITY music
We should all clap in our hands.
YOU FREAKING RULE "500Songs" THX M8

wyatt22 (2007-09-22)

Thanks! This is incredible. Cover art, great quality, etc.!! I'll definitely keep seeding.

anastacia68 (2007-11-01)

Hi. With what program can I listen to all theese songs? Media Player doesn't work =(

msorge (2007-11-10)

WOW!!!... Amazing torrent, 500Songs!!! :-D
You should be given a torrent uploader's medal or something for this one, LOL! :-)
I just hope I can get the whole thing downloaded, LOL!
Mike Sorge

eckhart (2007-11-13)

You are the greatest torrent uploader of all time. Thanks, eckhart

boonzer (2007-11-17)

This was awesome!!!
Hats off to you!

Kapox (2007-11-19)

Just google "Flac plugin" and you'll find what u need to play it..
Great collection!

0xG (2007-12-14)

DEAD :-(

pollenised (2007-12-22)

many thanks for this great up!
@0xG: not dead yet - I can see 180+peers

0xG (2007-12-27)

Really? From this tracker?

0xG (2007-12-27)

looks like these comments prohibit URL's

0xG (2007-12-27)

All I can say it my torrent info says the "announce URL" is at ....

0xG (2007-12-27)

demonoid
Which we all miss dearly :-( but no longer functions

0xG (2007-12-27)

So what have I missed?

MrPellie (2008-01-01)

you did a hell of a good job Thanks
:)

Rocket0808 (2008-01-05)

Hey 500songs I just want to add my thanks for what is probably the most righteous upload in P2P history. To take the time to find all of these songs in a LOSSLESS format is absolutely incredible. I agree with some of the other that if there's a medal or an award for "Best Upload" you should get it. A simple thank you doesn't seem like enough but it's the best I can do, I'll seed this as along as there are downloaders.
Thanks again.

the_photosamurai (2008-01-08)

I have to agree with Rocket0808, this is seriously an amazing torrent and you really should get some kind of reward. I've just started listening to the list in reverse order counting up to #1, so i'm quite excited.
Thank you!

odobo1 (2008-01-09)

Great torrent friend, thanks.

odobo1 (2008-01-15)

Maybelline no. 18 has a corrupted section at 1:28- 1:37. It sounds scratchy.

500Songs (2008-01-18)

I just checked back on this; I haven't even thought about it for a few months.
odobo1, I listened to Maybelline, and I hear what you are describing, but I'm not sure it's "corrupted". It sounds like this on the three different versions I have, from three different sources. Perhaps that's how the "master tapes" sound now.
smithyj, "Hot Stuff" cuts off very short, and "Living for the City" cuts off about a second too soon. I'm truly sorry that I didn't catch these before I uploaded the torrent. In retrospect, I should have listened to the end of all 500 songs to check for such problems. However, I can't imaging re-uploading this torrent; it was SO much work, and to have two different versions out there seems confusing.
To everybody else, thanks for your kind words.

500Songs (2008-01-18)

Here's the problem for "Living in the City". I got that track from the remastered version of Innervisions. Track 3 is "Living For The City", and it bleeds over into Track 4, "Golden Lady". Whoever mastered the CD picked a somewhat arbitrary point to cut off Track 3.
There is no such problem on another version, from Original Musiquarium Volume I. But that version had inferior sound quality (in my opinion), so I didn't pick it.

Flashbob (2008-01-22)

Thank you 500Songs, this is beyond great! It tpb would let me rate uploaders I`d give you a 20 out of 10...awesome !

Kev4000 (2008-02-18)

Awesome! Works like a charm, no longer dead

JagoJerry (2008-02-21)

so i've waited, i've seeded...but can i read the files....nope whats going on here then ?!? "FLAC" i tryed downloading a flac reader thing but it would not fully dowload. what am i doing wrong ?

iarlaithe (2008-02-22)

please seed!!! a mate of mine told me about one of the other shit versions of this torrent in mp3 format... fair play to 500Songs for all the hard work... i'm up to 70% extra seeders would be much appreciated

zhogun (2008-02-27)

thx, greatest upload ever!

lizzy1216 (2008-03-04)

just happened to see this fine effort and am downloading it if for no other reason than to show my appreciation for your generosity.

echn111 (2008-03-07)

Excellent job getting this into FLAC. Thanks.

mr-opel (2008-03-18)

why dos nobady seeding dis torent ?

maskrosen (2008-03-29)

WOW!!! Thanks a million!

Dagor_88 (2008-03-29)

Thank you so much!!!
We all greatly appreciate your hard work. :)

Dagor_88 (2008-03-29)

OMG...I was so excited about this torrent and it's tracker is Demonoid which is down. That is the most depressing thing that has ever happened to me. :( WHY!?!?!?!
Someone needs to upload this on a public tracker or something...

sunshinestate (2008-04-04)

not only are these all great quality flac rips mostly remastered for cd, but the files have embedded album art as well! i'm probably going to end up backing this up on a few dvds and envoding them to V0, but whoever compiled these originally is a saint.

casillero (2008-04-10)

Thanks, Great Collection

karunaguzman (2008-05-12)

This is absolutely amazing! From one Audiophile to the other, thanks so much for your hard work with this :)
More power to ya!

clarke303 (2008-05-18)

Yeah great friggin share this. Much props!

slehcim (2008-06-02)

very nice
thanks :)

svc3166 (2008-06-18)

You are my mentor!! I will seed for a long time & i HOPE others do the same, this is the BIBLE of music!!

vorhees43 (2008-06-24)

Excellent. I actually found this collection in MP3 format @192k. I have been looking for a quality set. Thanks dude!

zomg623 (2008-08-02)

Could you please explain this part for aren't that much into the technical aspects of digital audio:
"So I set about collecting the 500 songs in FLAC (lossless) format. I searched for the best quality source that I could find for each song, focusing on remastered releases.
Well, I never did get all of the sources I wanted, but I came pretty close (77.4% remastered), and now I\'m releasing it into the wild."
Does this mean that not all of the song in the torrent are FLAC, or..?

zomg623 (2008-08-02)

darn, that should've read:
"Could you please explain this part for people like me who aren't that much into"

salalah (2008-08-29)

If I'm logged into PirateBay, why is it telling I should be logged in to download it, and the page was denied? I was logged in.

bobgroovy (2008-09-14)

Please seed! Thanks!!

500Songs (2008-09-18)

They are all FLAC, so they are all losslessly encoded from CDs.
I was just saying that some of the CD recordings were sketchy at best, and I had hoped to get better ones.
That's all.

bojano54z (2008-09-21)

Hi from France! Very good job. I downloaded this torrent last year. During encoding aiff in Mac OS X, I get error for file 358 (Martha Reeves). Back to Windows I get message 'MD5 signature mismatch' for the same file with FLAC Tester. All other files are OK. I downloaded only this file 3 times again but always the same pb! All the very best!

500Songs (2008-10-05)

I can verify that that Song 358 (Nowhere to Run) does have an error at the source:
358 - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run (1965).flac: WARNING, MD5 signature mismatch
Since my source has that error, every copy around has that error. I can't tell you how hard I worked to make sure that this didn't happen, and it did. I'm sorry for that.
Maybe when I get some time, I'll do version 2.1 of this; I have a lot of better-quality rips for the Motown songs. And the Beatles songs...

JKJK (2008-11-12)

To the releaser: HOLY Føck you are stupid!!!
Yo want to have the best sound quality on this release. THAT was exactly what I was looking for.
BUT YOU FOCUSED ON REMASTERED MATERIAL YOU "#¤"#% EMBASIL! Remastered material does NOT have the best sound. It has the LOUDEST sound! Have you never heard about the loudness war?! GOD DAMN!
The old original masters are superior in dynamics! Make a new selection in flac, FOCUSING ON OLD MASTERS. Then i will praise you like a god! ;)
contact me @ blog.johnkristian.com

Manga69 (2008-12-12)

great stuff man. thanks!

eGorian (2009-01-17)

i've been searching for it allmost a year
10x!

B4r4b4s (2009-01-21)

Thanks a lot!

probate (2009-04-14)

This is my favourite torrent ever. Excellent work

Bootyhunter (2009-05-02)

ABSOLUTE must download. Perfection!
All I have to say is WOW!

Bootyhunter (2009-05-02)

JKJK = Idiot

fleurtje123 (2009-05-09)

@ JKJK: How about you release something worth listening? So far, your torrent list is empty.

kimberd (2009-05-24)

Brilliant torrent - thanks for taking the time to do this.

superfastkyle (2009-06-04)

although JKJK could have been a little nicer, he is right. Remasters are usually just louder, or they have added "noise reduction" which just gets rid of music along with it. Not only that but some remasters are even worse for example One ozzy cd remaster doesn't even have the original bassist in it
PS You can use Replay Gain to make all your songs a constant volume.

superfastkyle (2009-06-04)

but thanks still for the time and effort

Kansas68 (2009-06-27)

I thank you a lot, man, for your effort and beacause you were really applied in making this awesome compilation!
R.I.P. Michael Jackson

minimind (2009-06-30)

I feel the worth of users pursuing such compilations. However, uTube video "3Gmex_4hreQ" warns against remastered versions, which sometimes seem to have to be approached with a dose of caution.

Jagr90 (2009-10-05)

Thanks from Russia!

Klapg (2009-12-30)

thank you very much great job

Krullish (2010-03-19)

This is the Best Torrent Ever! Many Thanks :)

aj_hix36 (2011-06-11)

You seriously are the best person on the internets. I can only imagine the amount of time and effort it took to assemble this. You are amazing! Thank you!

bucky28 (2012-03-28)

Great work, thanks! Perfect filenames/tags.

geenotreally (2012-04-04)

meticulous is the right word for you mate, cheers and thank you

emi2601 (2013-05-08)

This is great, thanks a lot from Mexico

pfloyd51 (2013-08-24)

Aging rocker from Bulgaria here. Priceless effort dude! Can't thank you enough.

Vuilnisman (2014-04-05)

"500Songs", I hope that you still read these comments, although the torrent is now almost 7 years old...
First of all, massive thanks for this legendary torrent. Simply fantastic.
Have you ever considered releasing an updated version of this torrent? As discussed in the comments there are (only) a few files with some quality issues. Furthermore, you mentioned in the comments (some years ago...) that you have a lot better-quality rips for the Motown songs.
Is it an idea to release a "add-on" torrent, containing only the updated songs? That would limit the required upload.

worldreformer (2014-10-21)

I second that, Vuilnisman. Let's have just the improved files, 500songs--you're the man!