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A blast from the past

Postby Peter » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:25 pm

I was digging around in the loft the other day and, as you do, came across some boxes that had come from FW's grandmother's house. Imagine my amazement when I found this old 78 in it. I've transcribed it as best I can, but it still sounds a bit rough. There's no proper label on it, just the word "bubbles" written in wax crayon.

Nobody seems to know if it's really FW's grandmother singing and, if so, where or when it was recorded. Some radio shops used to keep a little recording studio in the back room. The Beatles - or was it the Quarrymen? - made some of their earliest recordings in just such a back room.

Anyway, here it is: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
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Re: A blast from the past

Postby Yrael » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:47 pm

Anyway, here it is: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Great singing, and not a bad sound quality either.
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Re: A blast from the past

Postby AncientOfDays » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:39 pm

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Re: A blast from the past

Postby Somewhat » Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:14 pm

I didn't know you could make records in a home studio, I thought it needed quite sophisticated equipment. But this is amazing, it sounds so very olden-day and beautiful. Who was Frau Wunderkind's grandmother?
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Re: A blast from the past

Postby Peter » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:50 pm

I didn't know you could make records in a home studio, I thought it needed quite sophisticated equipment. But this is amazing, it sounds so very olden-day and beautiful. Who was Frau Wunderkind's grandmother?
Don't forget that in the olden days records were cut direct-to-disc with no tape or hard disk intervening. Cutting lathes would have been more common back then.

However, in the last few days I've gone over the track and achieved what I modestly believe to be a remarkable feat of remastering. You really can perform miracles with CEDAR!

Restored version of IFBB

FW had two grandmothers, of course. I understand the one who may have performed on the original disc was her maternal grandmother, Daisy Ashford.
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Re: A blast from the past

Postby Nora » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:23 pm

Wow, fantastic restoration. Was that from the first version you posted? If so, I've got to get my hands on that software.

Truly beautiful find, also. She sounds remarkably like FW (at least in the last tune you posted) that I wouldn't doubt it was her grandmother for a minute.
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Re: A blast from the past

Postby Viorphon » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:34 pm

Incredible restoration quality. Where did you get the program?
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Re: A blast from the past

Postby Peter » Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:28 pm

Would you really like to know what software I used?
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Re: A blast from the past

Postby Nora » Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:35 pm

I would indeed. Seems a most remarkable restoration. I can't tell you how many times I've thrown out a recording because it was too noisy and I couldn't manage to clean it up.
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Re: A blast from the past

Postby Peter » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:14 am

I used Izotope Vinyl - a VST plugin - hosted on Adobe Audition 2.0. It's a wonderful piece of software, and absolutely free :)
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Re: A blast from the past

Postby Yrael » Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:30 am

Wow, i looked it up, cool website, some great things.
absolutely free
Really quite amazing
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Re: A blast from the past

Postby Peter » Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:24 pm

As before, but with overdubs and a higher bit rate for greater fidelity: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
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