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At the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize #78 rpm records.
Our partner @georgeblood_lp has perfected this technique, digitizing with 4 different styli at once.
We put as much effort into capturing the #metadata as we do digitizing the music.
Our partner @georgeblood_lp has perfected this technique, digitizing with 4 different styli at once.
We put as much effort into capturing the #metadata as we do digitizing the music.
2/ There's a half-century of 78 rpm recordings (1898-1950s) at risk of being lost, never heard again in the digital era.
Our goal is to save them all. 🎶
You can listen to 255,000 of these 78 rpm recordings in the George Blood Collection: archive.org/details/george…
@great78project
Our goal is to save them all. 🎶
You can listen to 255,000 of these 78 rpm recordings in the George Blood Collection: archive.org/details/george…
@great78project
3/ Another benefit of digitization? Discovering little-known corners of #music history.
After scanning 250,000 sides, we've found 80% of these #78s were produced by the "Big Five" labels.
@great78project
great78.archive.org
After scanning 250,000 sides, we've found 80% of these #78s were produced by the "Big Five" labels.
@great78project
great78.archive.org
