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I’m okay with doing that myself, should I ever need the silly songs… :-) Better to be able to do a good job of it rather than someone else overdoing it! I aplause the effort andpreservation, and the rigorous playback variations, but other than preserving a cultural heritage, not loving the tunes. Except for the comedic version of Twee Liddle Fishies, which I had only heard from Spike Jones before. Quite amusing! <L> Lou Judson Intuitive Audio 415-883-2689 On Jun 30, 2018, at 8:51 AM, 6295LARGE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Great collection and effort, but why no click and crackle removal? No sound > quality is lost, only noise. > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 1:37 AM, Brewster Kahle <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Paul-- thank you for posting the helpful article. >> >> Clark-- the condition of the 78's from the Boston Collection are quite >> good-- I am guessing they did not circulate, but they are not mint. >> >> We have a uncoming collection from a distributor, so they are mint. >> They are from the 40's and early 50's. So looking forward to those as >> well. >> >> >> We are looking for the best we can get. >> >> onward! >> >> -brewster >> >> >> >> On 6/26/18 4:25 PM, Paul T. Jackson wrote: >>> Here is a note about the Boston records as well as the 78s project >>> which include 20 other collections. >>> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/boston-public- >> library-will-digitize-200000-vintage-recordings-180966931/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On 6/26/2018 3:33 PM, Clark Johnsen wrote: >>>> Just askin': Has any attention been paid to getting unworn or un-noisy >>>> sides for this laudable preservation effort? When I read just now >>>> that your >>>> source was a public library where patrons would have been borrowing them >>>> and/or playing them on any sort of machine, it made me wonder. By the >>>> way, >>>> are you in Boston? >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 3:52 PM, Brewster Kahle <[log in to unmask]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> for the fanatics (well, like me), we have another 6,000 78rpm sides up >>>>> on archive.org as part of the Great 78 Project. (now 74k digitized >>>>> <https://archive.org/details/georgeblood> total) >>>>> >>>>> I was able to find dates for 91% of them, and volunteers have >>>>> started on >>>>> others. >>>>> >>>>> Lots of Victors and Deccas, almost all from the Boston Public Library >>>>> >>>>> link to the new ones: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://archive.org/details/georgeblood?and%5B%5D= >>>>> publicdate%3A%5B2018-06-10+TO+*%5D&sin=&sort=-publicdate >>>>> >>>>> onward! >>>>> >>>>> -brewster >>>>> >>> >> >