[Dixielandjazz] need advice--78s,LPs, tapes to CDs

[Charles Suhor]

Thanks to the many who gave advice on the 78s-to-CDs question.--Charlie

On Apr 19, 2005, at 10:05 AM, Stan Brager wrote:

> Charlie;
>
> Some of the Jump 78s have made it to LP and a few have also been put 
> on CD.
> However, what hasn't been converted to CD, can easily be burned onto 
> CD's.
> By easily, I mean that the techniques have been around for many years 
> and
> are simple tasks on personal computers. That said, there is still much 
> work
> which has to be done with the sound images of the 78's and LP's.
>
> If there are pops, clicks and other extraneous noises, they should be
> cleaned up before the music is burned on the CD. This process can be 
> quite
> time-consuming in the case of worn media. You want to remove or 
> diminish as
> much noise as possible without impairing the music. How much is a 
> matter of
> your personal taste and tolerance.
>
> The cost varies depending upon whether you farm the work out or do it
> yourself; whether you have good media (78's and lp's); whether you have
> friends who can accomplish or train you to convert the media into sound
> images and "clean-up" the media as required; and whether you have the
> hardware and software to perform all that must be done.
>
> I'm certain that some of us on the DJML would be happy to help you in 
> any
> way we can. Some of us already have some of the JUMP LP's and your 
> needs
> might give us the reason needed to do the conversion to CD.
>
> Feel free to contact me off-line if there is anyway I could help out.
>
> By the way, if you're looking for a 78 capable turntable, see the 
> Stanton
> line of turntables. I recently bought their STR8-80 turntable with a 78
> stylus for about $250 (tax and shipping included).
>
> Thanks;
>
> Stan
> Stan Brager
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Suhor" <csuhor at zebra.net>
> To: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
> Cc: "dixieland jazz mail list" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 9:19 AM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] need advice--78s,LPs, tapes to CDs
>
>
>> I can't play my 78 rpm Jump label sides and other 78 collector's items
>> because I don't have a 78 rpm  player--nor would I, because the
>> surfaces would be further eroded. Can anyone tell me if CDs can easily
>> be burned from 78s? from LPs? from tape casettes? (I have some rare 
>> LPs
>> and tapes I'd like on CD also.) If it's a high-skill operation I'd
>> probably have to go outside of Montgomery to Birmingham or New Orleans
>> or somewhere else, but it's worth doing, at least until the old stuff
>> is reissued.
>>
>> Charlie Suhor
>>
>> On Apr 17, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Charlie,
>>> Further to your Jump 78s and the Jump LPs:
>>> Your J 25 78 by Bob Anderson's Oshkosh Serenaders 
>>> ("Indiana/Sleepytime
>>> Down
>>> South" from 6 July 1946) is on my LP J 12-8 'Hollywood in the 40s'.
>>> [Joe] Yukl's Wabash Five recording of "Sugar" is also on my LP J 12-8
>>> 'Hollywood in the 40s', along with the other 3 titles from this 27 
>>> Oct
>>> 1945
>>> session.
>>> The two [Joe] Rushton's California Ramblers 78s  from 15 Dec 1945 and
>>> 7 Dec
>>> 1947 do not appear to have been reissued on LP, so are rare 
>>> collectors
>>> items.
>>> As, indeed, are all your Jump 78s.
>>> Floyd O'Brien's State Street Seven 24 Feb 1945 session is on the La
>>> Vere's
>>> Chicago Loopers Jump LPs I have.
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Bill.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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