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Unearthing Audio

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A while ago, Dave's Dad asked me to take a look at a record for him. The record was actually a recording his mother had made at Coney Island in the summer of 1942.
I was intruiged at the idea of being able to digitize the audio on the record. I took it home, put it in my record player, and started listening.
Here's where I hit my first problem.
The recording was at a much slower speed then my player was ready to play. However this was a minor problem once I had digitized the audio. As soon as I had the song in my computer, I used the free-ware program
Audacity to change the speed of the recording.
But there was still a problem
The record in question's size and layout presented a challenge. The grooves on this record extended past the normal grooves on a standard 78. Where a 78 would have a label, this record had more recording. The meant that any automatic turntable would stop playing the record before it hit the end!
I found out that nearly everyone I knew also had an automatic turntable, and I couldn't find a manual one. I went to libraries, friends, and antique shops looking for a player.
Last weekend I spent some time fixing a friend-of-a friend's sound system. I was delighted to find out that they had a manual turntable! I was able to record all of the record (though I found the song still got cut-off)
Unfortunately the audio quality is still poor, but I'm hoping to take it to a professional recording studio to up the quality a little.

And now, what you've all been waiting for: the song!
'Full' song {audio}/audio/davegmstraighrecord.mp3{/audio}
Better Quality, audio cut-off {audio}/audio/davegm.mp3{/audio}