This is pretty heavy on the FANBOYism, but if you're interested, here:

I absolutely adore the music by Alvin and The Chipmunks. As a cartoon, they're great, but to me: it's the music that's what they're all about. That makes sense, I guess. I mean, they started off just as a band, anyway. Iin my childhood, I loved hearing their musical numbers during the tv show. A lot of the time, it would be a cover of a famous rock/pop song, and if I recognized it, I'd practically giggle.

Without their 'band' element, I don't think I'd have been nearly as interested in AATC. For some reason, it really got me hooked. There was just something about how they're treated like an actual band, with albums and singles and record labels. That blurring of the line between fiction and reality really got to me, I suppose.

Even so, as a kid I never really had the chance to go out and grab all the albums they were releasing. So lately, I decided to poke around and see what I could find.

In the 80's and 90's they released quite a few albums, but my favorite were the handful that consisted of covers of famous songs. I love that stuff. A lot of them are extremely rare, with CDs selling on amazon for 200 dollars apiece. You can't even find half of them on eBay.

This saddened me, because I'd like very much to get a hold of a lot of these CDs. I imagine I'll have to start slowly collecting them where I can find them.

ANYWAY. There's one album in particular that seems to be the rarest of all. distributed in 1982, Chipmunk Rock was never re-released to CD. As an LP-only (well, and cassette and 8-track!), there's obviously no delicious CD quality. And of course, it's not being sold new anymore. When I saw the track-list, however, I knew I had to find it.

There's only one halfway decent rip of it floating around that I've been able to dig up. It was in poor shape. The whole bottom end is dropped out; leaving the recording a tinny, hissing mess.

But the songs! They're so good!

So I took it upon myself to do a hefty amount of equalization and a little bit of noise cleanup. I tried to do the best I could do with the source I have. I'm going to have to pick up the LP and rip it myself to get a higher bitrate, though.

I think it's a lot better, now. Properly listenable, anyway

I know it may not be everyone's cup-o-tea, but 80's rock is right up my alley. I love these songs. I love The Chipmunks. I'd hate to see a great album like this vanish into history.

So, here: have a listen, and enjoy!

Chipmunk Rock - Equalized

Not sure why I bothered to type all this out. NOBODY CARES ABOUT THIS STUFF LANDO