[78-L] Fred Waring Christmas Album

[Sammy Jones]

> The best sounding issue of this set might be the early 45 version,
> if it was carefully dubbed from good 78 parts. The dubs will also have to
be 
> played at around 80RPM..don't know why Decca never seemed to notice this
problem.
>
> dl

Our favorite auction site shows at least two different versions on 45.  One
mirrors the 78 set: same cover and four sides.  One is an EP set with I
presume only two discs, but it appears to be all seven (or eight!) tunes.
Any idea which might be better?  I might just get both sets!

The 78 transfer went well.  I used the 300 Hz turnover and took care of the
hiss with the parametric EQ in my DAW.  I didn't see your message about
speed until I'd already done the transfers...took care of that in the DAW,
too!

I'm pleased with the join I made between the two sides of "'Twas the
night...", though I had a tough time deciding if I should leave the original
fade-in and -out intact.  I opted not to and tried for a seamless join.  To
satisfy the purist in me I saved unedited versions of those two sides.

Sammy