[78-L] Mills Brothers song

[Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
>   
>> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>>     
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr." <citroenid19 at sbcglobal.net>
>>>       
>>>> Does someone have an MP3 of "The Jones Boy", by the Mills Brothers? I
>>>> hear it when I was a kid and haven't since.
>>>>         
>>> I have the 78...mainly because this was one of the "tunes of my 
>>> childhood"
>>> (my childhood happened to be the NADIR of North American "pop"
>>> music!!)...but so far no way to convert my half-vast shellac archive to
>>> digital phenomenae...?!
>>>       
>> Thanks to Bud Black for sending me a nice clean mp3.
>> Steve, get on Ebay and get yourself and CD recorder. The prices are
>> ramping up. I have  TEAC that works nice, though it was not the highest
>> rated. I think the Marantz and Sony versions were good too. I record
>> entire sides of 33's flat, then edit using Audacity on the computer.
>> I think the CD recorders are going to become scarce as time goes on.
>> They don't make em any more and the number of them on Ebay is beginning
>> to wane.
>> I have heard that the USB record players are of inferior quality. Anyone
>> want to comment?
>>
>>     
> Well, I recently discovered that I DO own a "record player" which uses the
> N8-3d needle...in fact, will take TWO of the dommed things should I so
> wish! Next step is to find the requisite needles. Then, I shall cut the
> cartridge output lead and redirect it to a "mini-phone-plug" which I can
> then plug into the "Line In" jack of my sound card...a ceramic cartridge
> puts out a nice 1 volt "line-level" signal, and I USED to record my 78's
> to cassette by taking the cartridge output and feeding it into the "Line
> In" jack of my old Sony r-2-r deck, which was also the centre of my
> "sound system!"
>
> The 3-mil needle seems to work fine on about 99.9% of vintage 78's...
> it CAN'T handle a very few Grey Gull discs, though (I would guess
> they have VERY oversize grooves...?!). I dubbed MANY a 78 to
> cassette for DL for reissue purposes using this same set-up...however,
> I lost the Sony machine (and my old record player to boot) back in
> 1997, when a few SO-CALLED(?!) "friends" decided to hold a
> "contents sale" while I was lying in hospital...if God is just, they
> will PAY for this...?!
>
> Now I have to recreate the setup...just need a reliable source for
> N8-3D needles...!!
>   
Just get a stereo female RCA plug (2 plugs on a "Y")-to-1/4" male 
headphone jack adapter from Radio shack.

I did this at first and got fair results until I tried doing high 
fidelity records. The results were dismal. Computer sound cards are of 
inferior quality, not capable of high performance recording. At least, 
my Sound Blaster wasn't up to it.. The CD recorder output is barely 
discernible from the original
I used a magnetic cartridge phono, ran it through a stereo amp and 
pulled the signal off auxiliary output. I tried using straight and 
attenuated lines. Results were dull and lifeless.

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