Friday, June 18, 2010
78rpm Restoration - Duke Ellington - Stormy Weather COLUMBIA BI33339
Im uploading Some videos that Ive been posting on YouTube.
Looking out for more discs!
Looking out for more discs!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Wilbur Kentwell - You Cant Be True Dear
Another Wilbur Kentwell Waxing for your enjoyment.
It would be nice to restore more of this great Aussies recordings but alas, where are they?
Is there a CD company interested in my idea, sadly... no
Backed by Jerry Wayne, His son Jeff Wayne had a hit with the 1978 Musical Lp "War Of The Worlds" ah and dad Jerry helpd too!
Wilbur Kentwell - You Can't Be True Dear Good
Wilbur Kentwell - You Can't Be True Dear TMNR
Wilbur Kentwell - You Can't Be True Dear Fake Stereo
No label sorry, must have been a Aussie Parlophone!
Do you have any 78's that I could restore (and send back of course) and put on the blog?
This was restored a while back and "left of the blog" for no reason!
Again these discs are restored with NO MONEY and very primitave equiptment. the whole rig cost me unter $10, Image what wonders i could do with the right gar and some backing!!
These are only demos, not the Real thing
Still Sick!
Yep still sick, over the last month and a bit ive spent well over $2000 on various doctors and speclists regarding my left ear, got a recurring infection and its so bad I cant work (no jobs anyway so that dosent matter, not even temp ones) I keep really wierd hours due to the pain so if it aint fixed, i cant work. So after seeing 2 specialists (I like a 2nd opinion) and haviong a very comprehensive hearing test, I have exectional hearing btw! No one could find anything wrong. I knew it was a off and on again inner ear infection as i used to have em as a kid, no one would belive me so ive just spent 60 miserable, unpaid, no dole, days waiting.. just waiting for it to clear.
Well out of pure desperation to get back to any work (more crappy call center stuff no dought) so i could try and find more 78's and transcription discs to restore I went to one of those "medical Centre" doctors which cost nothing, which is why I went!
After a 2 min consult and a quick peek into my ear the doc had it sorted and now im on the mend at last. Its been pure hell let me tell you.
One of the bad things was I had to finish a contract at a call centure due to my illness (did 3 months and they wanted to extend me but i had to decline) and now no one wants to hire me (it seems, or there is just no work)
The next thing I want to do is Upgrade this site somehow, if anyone has any ideas please let me know.
More Aussie Radio in ultra high quality?
More Big Band?
More "Public Domain-ish" Lp's?
Well out of pure desperation to get back to any work (more crappy call center stuff no dought) so i could try and find more 78's and transcription discs to restore I went to one of those "medical Centre" doctors which cost nothing, which is why I went!
After a 2 min consult and a quick peek into my ear the doc had it sorted and now im on the mend at last. Its been pure hell let me tell you.
One of the bad things was I had to finish a contract at a call centure due to my illness (did 3 months and they wanted to extend me but i had to decline) and now no one wants to hire me (it seems, or there is just no work)
The next thing I want to do is Upgrade this site somehow, if anyone has any ideas please let me know.
More Aussie Radio in ultra high quality?
More Big Band?
More "Public Domain-ish" Lp's?
Monday, April 26, 2010
The Army Show Episode 4
Gday again,
Ok im a bit late for Anzac Day bit here in part is my tribute and personal thanks to all the Anzacs from every conflict.
Here's a picture of my grandfather Ernest Gregg when he was in the 2/2 Inf, He was later in Z Special Unit. (which for the most part is still secret) A future post will be a special Disc he recorded in 1940 in the UK while he was stationed there, he lost his life in Timor while on a secret mission for Z Special. Partly the reason I developed this Transfering Skill, to hear is disc properly.
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The Army Show Episode 04
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Cab Calloway - Hep Cats Love Call
A solid swinger from Mr Calloway early 40's style.
No label shots for this one. From memory it was on the Decca label. Anyone have any info?
Again from a 100 gigabyte Cache I have of 78 Transfers which for the most part i have no label scans, Again I'm no collector (can't afford to be unfortunately) and transfer other peoples discs. Or discs I find at the Dump and junk shops (a rarity these days)
Nice pressing overall some slight distortion here and there other than that hear it without all the soul destroying noise reduction that "modern" CD reslease3s present!
So what Happened to the blog over the last few months?
Well ive been quite busy with some employment in the sound industry! well ok a call centure!
Was only a Temp position for 3 months and now its over and Im back sort of, Due to the fact that when like myself you are a temp and you get sick you go to work, no matter how ill you are. because if you dont go to work you dont get paid. No sick days for temps Im afraid. So in i trudges each day untill the enviable happened and I got the flu. Ok you say so what!!
Well I get the full blown flu once every 3-5 years and was not expecting it. Not in the least, and it started effecting my ears and I couldn't hear properly for a couple of months, used to have a lot of problems with "glue ear" as a child but not in the last 20 odd years!. so now im getting much better Ill start eking out some more sounds! Good news is I had specialist look over my ears and apparently I have exceptional hearing!
As the Jobs in Brisbane are non existant at the Mo ill work on some more Tracks for here! Oh and sign up for the Dole.
Rapidshare Links (remember Rapidshare is free, click on the free bit!) And im no fan of rapidshare myself if I had other ways of online storage the gear would be there.
Cab Calloway - Hep Cats Love Song GOOD
Cab Calloway - Hep Cats Love Song TMNR
Cab Calloway - Hep Cats Love Song Fake Stereo
Saturday, January 2, 2010
LP - Steve Race - Dance To The TV Themes WRC
LP - Steve Race - Dance To The TV Themes WRC
One of the many albums ive recently aquired after downloading the album from other Blogs. (more of which later)
Wow a fantastic album with a host of British "jazz" alumni Including Johnny Scott, Tubby Haynes, Terry Walsh, Frank Clarke and more! Ive included a photo of the back cover so you can read the notes. Nice!
01 - Maigeret
02 - Corronatrion Street
03 - Naked City
04 - Startime (sunday night at the London Paladium)
05 - Z Cars
06 - Man Of The World
07 - Perry Mason
08 - Here And Now
09 Willow Waltz (world of Tim Frazer)
10 - Route 66
11 - Stranger on the Shore
12 - Dr Kildare
an FCM production
Produced By Cyril Ornadel - he composed the TV theme "Sapphire and Steel" amongst many many others
and wrote Portrait of My Love for Mat Munro (who incidentally was billed as "Ray Cathode" on Peter sellers first proper 'LP "Songs For Swinging Sellers") and he wrote Mr Secombe's perennial "If I Ruled The World" Hmmm I'll shut up now..
Anyway its a really stellar album as far as TV Theme albums go,
Now this might sound strange but im a terrible "Writer" and reviewer. So if anyone has any thoughts about this album and indeed any of the posts sofar please let me know! Ill add em here with full credits, Ta
I originally Downloaded this album as a mp3 from a mono pressing. (of course this aint mono folks!)
Like a lot of the other blogs out there hosting a myriad of forgotten albums, the quality of the rip and restoration left a lot to be desired, poor transfer (ceramic cart with plastic tonearm by the sounds of most of em) poor restoration, you know when the piano takes on a "honky-tonk" sound that means a over the top use of Noise Reduction. Great "holes" due to overuse of automatic de-clickers. And worse of all crappy Pre-Amps!
"jumps" and after extensive "restoration" lots of noise left!
Now after hearing a few thousand (while out walking to keep fit last year) of these Blog type LP to mp3's the thought struck me to do the same. but try to preserve as much "musical" content of the disc, if not,
Don't rip and present it.
If the album is a bit "worn" or badly scratched, get another. not many people "get" that simple premise and the internet is filled with poor transfers masquerading as the "real thing". When it only costs a few $ to buy another copy on Ebay and you like it, Buy it!
And don't get me started on Plastic "turntables" which rip to mp3! Indeed...
As for 78's Thats another story, I rip what I get (not many) and haven't bought any from ebay due to the high cost of older discs. But would love to rip some more, Any Offers?
Some of my albums (LP's) Ive presented here cost me pennies, I mean the Bond album cost all of 25 cents.
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LP - Steve Race - Dance To The TV Themes WRC
Oh after a couple of years stuffing around with many forms of ilumination so i could get nice clean cover and label shots ( I tried in vain with flatbed scanners) Ive finaly found the "perfect" set up.
It may sound Primitive (remember this is a brownpaper and string operation!) but two "work lights" the kind painters use when painting houses, they are 500 watt jobs and after a couple of mins "placing them" create results like the shots in this post and the last one!
Geoff Love - Big Bond Move Themes MFP 1975
Geoff Love - Big Bond Move Themes
Stock Standard Bond tunes LP from Geoff Love, who at the time was releasing a slew of "themed" discs over at MFP (Music For Pleasure) Some of them not bad (and may get a airings here!)
Its very well recorded with a fresh bright sound which shows our yonger readers that cheap records didn't mean poor sound (a misconception ive heard a lot recently) Not bad arrangements apart from the titletrack.
A couple of "mis blown" trumpets now and again dampen the otherwise sterling performance.
The disc itself had the usual crackle for a "played a bit" disc. The restoration cleaned up all (bar one or two) minor clicks and sounds very very good. A little too good!!.. Could be my new LP Cart as well.
The best Shure cart M97xE is now used for LP's and its a world of difference. The cart is not to overly bright, has no discernible peaks and is very "listenable", compared to previous cart which became "grating" to my ears after an hour or so.
Zip File with Album and all Artwork ....MP3
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Geoff Love - Big Bond Move Themes MFP 1975
My Fav Bond Cover Album is one of the first blog posts I made.
Eric Winstone Plays Bond 1972 Avenue Ill repost it. with the "missing tracks" I found on a later cassette release.
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