[78-L] Thanks for recent help, and still more thirst for knowledge

[Don Chichester]

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Don Chichester
 

> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:41:01 -0700
> From: raudiobrown at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: [78-L] Thanks for recent help, and still more thirst for knowledge
> 
> Hello 78ers,
> 
> Benno's advice of earlier this month has been very helpful. I'm surprised I
> didn't already know about popsike.com, but I do now. Thanks Benno!
> 
> This evening, I started to explore the 78-L archives to see what other basic
> lessons, what fundamentals of 78 rpm record collecting, I might be able to
> learn there. I've been collecting for about five years now, so it's past
> time I hunted up a few clues on how to collect--reasonably intelligently,
> maybe even sanely. A good impulse, but I found the archives were not
> equipped with a search function. Not surprising. After all, the listserv is
> a free service.
> 
> So I'm inviting members to steer me toward those past discussions you found
> most helpful. If you know the correct year and approximate month, that may
> well be close enough. From there, I'll hunt through the threads and subject
> lines until I spot the key discussion, whether on recommended styli, or etc.
> 
> For example, I'm curious about how people choose to organize their
> collections. If for no other reason than to make it easier for me to decide
> what records to cull, I need to get my hoard in better order. Maybe with
> nice, legible tabs on the edges of the sleeves.
> 
> I would eagerly read about the basics of running an auction on 78-C, even
> though I may be sticking with eb_y for a while yet. (Any particular reason
> we don't correctly spell out the name of the main on-line auction service?
> Is it a Voldemort kinda thing?)
> 
> I'd also pore over discussions about what restoration software is currently
> favored (myself, I conservatively apply the tools available in Sound Forge
> and Adobe Audition).
> 
> Also, please feel free to suggest topics I _should_ be clamoring to learn
> about!
> 
> I'd be grateful to have such discussions pointed out from amongst the acres
> of archives. Or if anyone would like to send me advice directly, I will
> definitely and appreciatively read your messages.
> 
> A quick, belated intro:
> 
> I'm yet another male collector, 58 years old, housed in Oakland, CA. I
> started working in the education software industry in 1996, as an assistant
> sound designer. I remember our first CD burner measured about 18" by 20" and
> burned at either 1x or 2x speed. Amazing how fast I can get nostalgic about
> bygone technologies...
> 
> In 2002, I spent the month of August as a volunteer at the
> Smithsonian/Folkways "Save Our Sounds" project. I digitized a lot of
> field-recorded tapes made by Frederic Ramsey Jr. back in the 1950s. For an
> old folkie like me, it was a real peak experience. It was a let-down,
> however, to get back to the Bay Area and find that virtually all the
> interesting audio archives are in the eastern and southern states.
> 
> I think that, as much as anything, propelled me into collecting old records.
> It's silly of me, but I seem to believe I am, in my own small way, saving
> some more sounds. I try to keep my collection leaning in favor of folk and
> ethnic music from most anywhere, but there is plenty of jazz, blues, and R&B
> in there too. Probably there is only a very small percentage that is
> particularly scarce or otherwise important, but then, I honestly wouldn't
> know, lacking adequate background by which to evaluate such things. I do
> know I've enjoyed a lot of what I've heard!
> 
> I use a Denon DP-DJ151 turntable fitted with a Stanton D6827 stylus for most
> plays. There are a few older turntables I sometimes use, when I want to hear
> whether another stylus might give me a better playback. Over the past
> several years, I've gotten good at salvaging the audio for broken or
> otherwise abused records. A fun and rewarding challenge.
> 
> That's enough from me. Thanks for reading, and for any hints, clues, etc,
> you might wish to share.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Rod
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