Featured Shellac Swing: Music at 78rpm

Discussion in 'Ephemera and Photographs' started by Requiem, May 16, 2021.

  1. Requiem

    Requiem Well-Known Member

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to make this topic.

    I got R2R, cassette, LP and wire recorder audio recorders, so I can digitize those mediums. But only recently did I acquire the gear to digitize shellac 78rpm discs.

    This consists of an Audio Technica AT-LP120XUSB, an Ortofon M2 Mono cartridge and M2 784pm stylus. The DAC is an USB Soundblaster Xi-Fi 24-bit.

    Two sets of discs are coming my way, one with generic music from the 1920s to 1930s and one with a "First Aid French For American Soldier" Kit, consisting of 3 double-sided 78rpm disks. Dated 1917.

    Just so I could make a proof of concept I got some records at a second hand market. Enjoy.

     
  2. Roaring20s

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  3. Branka

    Branka Well-Known Member

    Thanks very much. I love 1920s music, found some on YouTube, but yours is much better with the cracking sound in the back. Such a treasure. Thanks
     
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  4. Requiem

    Requiem Well-Known Member

    HMV B.9901 is actually from the late 40s to early 50s. I got that record including 3 others first so I could work on a workflow and get an idea of the end result.

    Trying to find neat angles with my macro lens is great fun. I noticed that on YT the music videos always either a static photo of the record label or an acoustic record player playing the record with a static angle. I wanted to have a slightly higher production value, even if it takes a little bit more time.

    I love tight macro shots of the stylus in the grove especially. In photos I can even see the wiggles in the groves and the stylus moving around. (When I use a macro spacer to get super close. I need extra light for that or the depth of field is the width of a razor blade.)
     
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  6. Requiem

    Requiem Well-Known Member



    His Masters Voice B.9901: Busy Line, sung by Rose Murphy.

    Rose Murphy was an American jazz and blues singer and pianist, born 28 April 1913 in Xenia, Ohio, USA, died 16 November 1989 in New York City, USA.
     
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    Sorry, i meant to post to music Faves thread! :happy:
     
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