Sound Souvenirs
What is Sound Souvenirs ?
We asked 10 influential music ambassadors to each pick the 10 seminal tracks they feel deserve to be preserved forever more. These tracks form a Sound Souvenirs 100 chart and we're asking digital music lovers to show their support for the tracks they love - by tweeting and liking. At the end of the campaign the chart will reflect the most popular tracks as selected by you.
Discover the top 10 playlist voted on by the public !
Each one of these tracks features important musical nuances that add to the overall enjoyment, be that in the musical composition, the production, the original sound recording, the mastering of the recording, or the sheer energy of the performance.
Such music quality needs to be preserved and enjoyed forever - which is where the lossless mp3HD file format comes in.
Each audio track encoded with mp3HD is digitally perfect - a true sound souvenir - and with its embedded mp3 feature - one that will also play everywhere you play your mp3s today.
If you'd like to know more about the technology behind the mp3HD format, see what the experts at the Fraunhofer Institute have to say.
The Champion Ambassador
We'd like to thank all of our musical ambassadors for their selections and support. We hope you've all enjoyed learning about their favourite music and why they feel each track should be preserved forever more.
Congratulations to Pola, on being crowned our Sound Souvenirs Champion.
However with such an excellent selection we felt it only fair to award several more accolades. Therefore Andy Wilson wins the top 10 award with 3 of entries chosen by you. Ian Munco wins the Number 1 award for his selection Maggie May receiving the most number of votes, Virgine Berger wins the Tweet award for the most tweeted selection and Jim Gellatly receives the most interesting selection for his Scottish inspired top 10 (his Franz Ferdinand track narrowly missing out on a place in the top 10).
| Sound Souvenir Champion | Top 10 Award | Number 1 Award | Tweets Award | Selection Award |
| Pola | Andy Wilson | Ian Munro | Virginie Berger | Jim Gellatly |
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The Sound Souvenirs Top 10
After weeks of looking, listening, promoting and supporting, we can now reveal our top 10 tracks as voted by you. With a wide selection of musical styles, our top 10 is a great reflection of the audio capabilities of the mp3HD format and its ability to create a true sound souvenir of each track.
It would seem we prefer a romantic rock ballad above all else, followed by a modern piece of indie pop and a rock classic from the 70s picked for its romantic and uplifting overtones. Clearly we prefer music that touches the heart.
Congratulations to Andy Wilson, Doctor Popular, Ian Munro, Pola and Jack Pop for getting their selections into the chart and a thank you for their promotion of their musical choices.
We're doing a count-back to work out which is the highest scoring ambassador across the whole 100, but with 3 in our top 10, Andy Wilson is looking good.