Archive for December, 2008

Beethoven 78s

I found this set of 78 RPM records in my Grandparent’s old house about 10 years ago.. Beethoven’s 5th in a large spined sleeve on Parlophone.. E10000 series catalogue numbers (with purple labels). So far I’ve managed to date them to 1930s, but no more specific than that. Any help appreciated! Sadly the box is in quite [ READ MORE ]

How loud is a piece of string?

I’ve been charged with the job of mastering audio recently, which is a job that I’m completely unqualified for but am finding really interesting. Mastering is the process that recordings go through after leaving the mixing engineer and before arriving at the replication plant. A record might contain a whole bunch of mixes from different sources, at different [ READ MORE ]

Favourite Albums of the Year

It’s timely (me starting this blog again), so I suppose I have to do it. These lists are interesting though, if a little repetitive once you browse around what other people are saying. Perhaps that’s a sign that only a handful of truly great albums are released each year? Or perhaps it’s a sign that we’re [ READ MORE ]

Back on the blogging bandwagon

I never really meant to leave, you understand. It was all a mistake. But I’m back now. Maintain low content quality expectations and all will be well. [ READ MORE ]