The MP3.com Rescue Barge Barge

Re:The MP3.com Rescue Barge Barge by 4cidBurn on Monday November 03, 2025 @05:32PM (#45805251)

I haven’t had a chance to download The Barge yet; it’s still on my to-do list. A few months ago, back in July, I went through the PureVolume archives and built a handy searchable database and app. It ended up being about 181GB, so I didn’t want to host it myself, but I did make a torrent.

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Re:The MP3.com Rescue Barge Barge by peterburkimsher on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @01:02AM (#45807817)

Was that the Archive.org HTML files, or did you find a source of PureVolume MP3 files?

Either way I'm interested; I did some independent research into the MySpace Dragon Hoard for non-English music, and discovered bands through there that I've since supported on Bandcamp and iTunes.

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Re:The MP3.com Rescue Barge Barge by 4cidBurn on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @11:02AM (#45812482)

I went through a bunch of HTML pages, but most didn’t have much worth keeping. The main .warc I pulled had a ton of profiles and other data, though it looks like most of the site didn’t get scraped in time. I managed to extract 63,993 songs from the various .warc files. If you’ve got a way to reach you (Twitter or email works), I can share the torrent and instructions on how to rebuild and sift through everything.

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Re:The MP3.com Rescue Barge Barge by peterburkimsher on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @03:28PM (#45815541)

Sure, just click my profile name and you'll have my personal website with email address.

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