45 Record of band
Mar 4, 2014 at 03:27PM This 45 record was produced in the late 60's early 70's and the "A Side" looked fine, apart from scratches that have occurred over time, but the "B Side" was horrific - This record had been stuck in to a frame with double sided sticky tape to present to someone when the band stopped playing and had hung on a wall for the last 35 years or so. I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time!
First the easy process was to copy the A side, but we knew that the client would really appreciate being able to hear the B side music for the first time in a long time.
The major issue was going to be how to clean the sticky residue off the B side without damaging the surface and then trying to play the record so that we could then process the audio to reduce the noise.
Two hours later with very careful manual cleaning the B side was clean enough to play.
Alternate player: Here's the original unprocessed audio
Apart from a few seconds at the end of the track all of the song was retrieved, As can be heard near the beginning the record skipped from time to time and there is rhytmic noise caused by the residue of glue in the grooves. Pops and clicks caused by scratches are really evident
Although there were some issues with the final end result the client and the other members of the band were really happy to hear the material that they had recorded all those years ago,
Alternate player: Click to hear part of the restored track
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