Festive 50 1978

[billfromnorthwales]

This may be a "holy grail", at least until the ebay tapes are sorted.

It is part 1 of the FF 1978.

This is the full 2 hour show broadcast 26 December 1978

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5AATNNJT

I have all the other parts, and they will follow when I have finished 
mastering them.

Do we have access to a server where I can upload the Flac files? (and 
maybe download some!)

I don't really like these file store sites as I think it encourages 
low bit rate mp3's . (e.g This one is 192kbs)

I remember recording this and alo the 76 FF(now sadly gone)and I am 
absolutely certain there was no 77 show, of any kind, so I don't know 
how that FF list for 77 was put together.

Anyway, back to the 78 show: Most of part 1 is a recap of the 76 
chart, and at almost every link there is a reference to the musical 
revolution that had just taken place with punk, contrasting the 
charts of 76 with 78.

Captured on a Nakamichi (speed and azimuth corrected) to 24bit/96khz.

The work then involves patching the joins (after 45 and 90 mins, as 
you might expect on a C90, and making each section sound OK.

No mean feat on Cheapo cassettes (could not afford TDK back then) 
shedding oxide and having been unplayed for at least 25 years, often 
requiring much care to digitise well.

I suppose you could just take the voiceovers and replace the music 
with clean new versions, but for me it is about capturing a moment in 
time, exactly as broadcast, and often scratches warps and needle 
jumps happened, and are referred to, and your ears can get used to 
the lower fi recording, which then jumps out at you when a sparkly 
newer version is introduced (I had to do it for a patch - I tried to 
match the sound to match - see what you think)

Anyway I have several high end cassettes(5 Naks!) to play back 
material, and much professional audio capture gear, plus some skill 
at mastering, and a purist agenda to maintain total authenticity, so 
please let me digitise some of the ebay shows now they have been won.

If I am not invited, then please have some strict quality control on 
who does it, and how.

I suggest the missionof this group should be to find, preserve, and 
distribute in the highest possible quality, recordings featuring JP"

Mp3's have their uses (iPods etc), but not to preserve recordings, 
which should be 24/96khz masters, saved to 16/44.1khz flac for 
lossless distribution, downgraded to mp3 for users personal devices, 
if they want it.

Cheers

Bill from North Wales