The Internet Archive has over 200,000 recordings of 78rpm records, digitized using a custom 4-head turntable and in stereo to get the maximum data off them. Audio restorer @jathompso has been using this abundance of data to improve the sound greatly:
archive.org/details/george…
archive.org/details/george…
Naturally, we keep all the original recordings, nothing is being overwritten; the 4 different styli used to record the 78rpm records is a custom turntable so they can be done at once. Interview with George Blood about all this is here: theaudiophileman.com/george-blood-a…
And learn more about Jessica Thompson, who is doing these speculative restoring of sound here: jessicathompsonaudio.com jessicathompsonaudio.com/whoiam
Listen to the difference! Here's Toy Town Parade recorded as best as could off original vinyl: archive.org/details/78_toy…
And here's the same track, absorbing four styli recordings and stereo detection (and other tricks) to make it sound wonderful: archive.org/details/78_toy…
And here's the same track, absorbing four styli recordings and stereo detection (and other tricks) to make it sound wonderful: archive.org/details/78_toy…
