Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rarest records

2014-08-05 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 4 August 2014 19:24, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:

 I've wanted one of these for years: http://www.elpj.com/

How much? Maybe we should put in a grant application.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rarest records

2014-08-05 Thread David Gerard
On 5 August 2014 10:55, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
 On 4 August 2014 19:24, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:

 I've wanted one of these for years: http://www.elpj.com/

 How much? Maybe we should put in a grant application.


Tens of thousands of dollars and a waiting list ... and I don't know
anyone who actually has one and uses it for preservation. Though
apparently they are *damn fine*.


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[Wikimedia-l] Rarest records

2014-08-04 Thread Andy Mabbett
This is a good read in its own right:

   
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/07/amanda_petrusich_s_do_not_sell_at_any_price_reviewed_by_sarah_o_holla.html

but the thesis that some 78rpm records constitute the only surviving
example of a particular recording, with no master in an archive
somewhere, sent chills up my spine.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rarest records

2014-08-04 Thread Magnus Manske
You're familiar with this, I take it:

http://radio.publicdomainproject.org/


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk
wrote:

 This is a good read in its own right:


 http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/07/amanda_petrusich_s_do_not_sell_at_any_price_reviewed_by_sarah_o_holla.html

 but the thesis that some 78rpm records constitute the only surviving
 example of a particular recording, with no master in an archive
 somewhere, sent chills up my spine.

 --
 Andy Mabbett
 @pigsonthewing
 http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rarest records

2014-08-04 Thread Jesse de Vos
Thanks, great article. At Sound and Vision in the Netherlands we recently
digitized nearly 10.000 (mainly Dutch) 78 rpm records. Unfortunately
researching whether this material is PD or not is an enormous effort. By
the looks of it only a very small part of it will be PD in the US. Once the
research is finished we will upload these to commons.



2014-08-04 16:18 GMT+02:00 Magnus Manske magnusman...@googlemail.com:

 You're familiar with this, I take it:

 http://radio.publicdomainproject.org/


 On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk
 wrote:

  This is a good read in its own right:
 
 
 
 http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/07/amanda_petrusich_s_do_not_sell_at_any_price_reviewed_by_sarah_o_holla.html
 
  but the thesis that some 78rpm records constitute the only surviving
  example of a particular recording, with no master in an archive
  somewhere, sent chills up my spine.
 
  --
  Andy Mabbett
  @pigsonthewing
  http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rarest records

2014-08-04 Thread David Gerard
On 4 August 2014 15:11, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:

 but the thesis that some 78rpm records constitute the only surviving
 example of a particular recording, with no master in an archive
 somewhere, sent chills up my spine.


This is surprisingly common with indie records. Frequently, a few
hundred pieces of vinyl are the *only* copies of the music in
question.


- d.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rarest records

2014-08-04 Thread Emilio J . Rodríguez-Posada
Related:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXayHbUQ2o
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record-Rama


2014-08-04 16:11 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk:

 This is a good read in its own right:


 http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/07/amanda_petrusich_s_do_not_sell_at_any_price_reviewed_by_sarah_o_holla.html

 but the thesis that some 78rpm records constitute the only surviving
 example of a particular recording, with no master in an archive
 somewhere, sent chills up my spine.

 --
 Andy Mabbett
 @pigsonthewing
 http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rarest records

2014-08-04 Thread geni
On 4 August 2014 15:53, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 4 August 2014 15:11, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:

  but the thesis that some 78rpm records constitute the only surviving
  example of a particular recording, with no master in an archive
  somewhere, sent chills up my spine.


 This is surprisingly common with indie records. Frequently, a few
 hundred pieces of vinyl are the *only* copies of the music in
 question.



Eh there used to be fairground/seaside booths where you could cut your own
record. One the plus side this stuff should last longer than say floppy
discs.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rarest records

2014-08-04 Thread David Gerard
On 4 August 2014 19:07, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:

 Eh there used to be fairground/seaside booths where you could cut your own
 record. One the plus side this stuff should last longer than say floppy
 discs.



I've wanted one of these for years: http://www.elpj.com/ OTOH, even
the Internet Archive doesn't bother with those, they just use ordinary
Technics turntables.


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