The Clash - The Essential Clash -2003- -flac- 88 New! -

To the uninitiated, "FLAC" is just a file extension. To me, it was a religion. It stood for Free Lossless Audio Codec. It meant that this wasn't some low-quality, static-filled bootleg. It was a digital clone of the CD, a perfect, lossless mirror of the sound as it was mastered in the studio. It was the closest you could get to owning the physical plastic without paying the seventeen quid at HMV.

Listening experience: FLAC 88 perspective (2–3 short paragraphs) The Clash - The Essential Clash -2003- -FLAC- 88

If you want to understand the DNA of modern alternative rock, this is where you start. Turn it up, listen to the lyrics, and remember: the future is unwritten. To the uninitiated, "FLAC" is just a file extension