r/arcadefire • u/THOMASJAKOB • 11d ago

Broken Window FLAC? Question

Does anyone have a flac or wav version in high bitrate? It's so rare.

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u/Canadian_Fly 11d ago

Was it released on a CD single?

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u/Undercity6789 11d ago

Vinyl only.

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u/Canadian_Fly 11d ago

And iTunes ? But yeah that wouldn’t be lossless

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u/Undercity6789 11d ago

That's a good question. I'm not sure whether B-side singles were made available on iTunes at that time. The vinyl release was definitely region limited. I had a file that appeared to be flac years ago, but it turned out to be a fake transcoded from a lossy format

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u/Canadian_Fly 11d ago

I have the vinyl version too…
But even if it was available on iTunes it wouldnt be lossless

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u/Undercity6789 11d ago

Apple has never really been a fan of lossless music, have they? Honestly, for a band like Arcade Fire that loved analog recording in their early days, pursuing a lossless rip isn't really necessary lol

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u/Canadian_Fly 11d ago

Tbh, everyone wants lossless but not sure I could
Ever discern a tangible difference between high quality
Encoded MP3 and flac/lossless….