The Guardian has a special offer today that could be good news for those of us who still have LPs, 33s, 45s and cassette tapes, but would like to transfer them into digital format. I hasten to add that I haven't tried this at home, so this post does not constitute a recommendation, just an indication of interest in the concept.
Could this be a solution to my archive of interview tapes? There are hundreds of the ruddy things, dating back more than 15 years, and although it's probably been crazy to keep them all, among them a few gems that I'd be sad to see rendered unplayable, eg Shura Cherkassky ("I don't know why I'm telling you all this..."); Witold Lutoslawski ("We played it through on the table edge..."); and Rosalyn Tureck ("I play Bach HIS way"). With my usual techno-uselessness, I've had no idea how to transform their outdated format.
Has anybody tried this system? Or any others?
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Kyle Gann has been transferring his vast LP collection to digital, and blogging about the rediscovery of music he'd long forgotten.
http://artsjournal.com/postclassic
Wo. Dad has a huge, awesome collection of classical LPs, which he selected so of course they're classics.
I do know where they are stored, and although I'm sure many of them have been reissued, I feel certain that there are some which would be very valuable to transfer over in the way you describe.
Do you all mean to tell me this actually (a) works and is (b) aurally satisfying? If so, that would be really amazing!
It looks affordable, providing I ever get any work again. I'm game to give it a go. But beware, folks - don't fall into the minidisc trap - I transferred 700 LPs onto MD over a year before IPod came out. But in the absence of digital remasters of Cyril Scott's two piano concs with Ogdon, I'm all for transferring them, plus a shedload of other stuff, onto a preservable format.
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