Here's a "what's what" of some of the albums we've been privileged to have
helped recover and repair. The listed albums are in no particular order, they're
mostly listed as we've received them. We can't display most 78s we've recovered
or repaired, as they rarely had any picture information included - that had to
wait for high-speed colour printing technology to come to fruition.
It's actually one of the more difficult aspects of the repair
and recovery process : ensuring that the material we've been able to recover is
true to the original recording production standards.
This is especially difficult with 78s - there were so many
different methods of recording (from horn microphones to metal diaphragm
pickups) and equalisation (FFRR, EMI, Columbia, NARTB for tapes, and so much
more), and with a very few exceptions, the 78s we see are in terribly poor
condition, so that makes recovering and repairing these recordings really
challenging.
Unfortunately, most of the albums below have never been released
in digital format, or if they have, the subsequent re-release was poorly
produced or didn't include some material from the original recording. So the
owners of these works really do have rare or even unique material. We've been
really pleased to have been able to help recover and preserve these examples.
We should also note here that each of the original recordings referred to on
this page are still owned by the people we recovered the albums for. Sadly,
we've already had feedback on this page from "concerned parties" who believe
that showing these thumbnail images breaches some copyright law or other,
somewhere in the world. It's such a pity those folks don't spend a bit more time
asking why some of the recording companies involved didn't re-release many such
astonishingly good albums, or why some of them released such poorly-reproduced
(if not downright imcompetently re-recorded in some cases) recordings. And none
of the complainers see the point of a sentimental album recovery. Which just
goes to show, doesn't it?
We hope you enjoy the flashback, and maybe you'll recognise some of these great albums
from your own past!
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George Harrison |
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George Harrison |
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Thirty-Three and A Third |
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George Harrison |
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Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue |
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Crystal Gayle |
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Don Burrows At The Sydney Opera House |
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Don Burrows |
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The Best Of Brook Benton |
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Brook Benton |
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Mistaken Identity |
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Kim Carnes |
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The Great Waldo Pepper |
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Henry Mancini |
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Donovan's Greatest Hits |
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Donovan |
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Entr'Acte |
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Françoise Hardy |
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Ol Man River |
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Paul Robeson |
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The Mighty Voice of Paul Robeson |
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Paul Robeson |
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All Together Now |
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Rolf Harris |
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Dedication |
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The Bay City Rollers |
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Bay City Rollers |
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The Bay City Rollers |
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Wouldn't You Like It |
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The Bay City Rollers |
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Unter Sternen Und Laternen |
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Will Glahé |
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Tijuana Style |
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Bill Shepherd |
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Unforgettable |
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Nat King Cole |
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White Rose of Athens |
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Nana Mouskouri |
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So Klingt es In Den Bergen |
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Various |
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Debut Album |
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Nicolas De Angelis |
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Quelques Notes pour Anna |
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Nicolas De Angelis |
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Show Some Emotion |
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Joan Armatrading |
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Planet Of The Apes |
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Original Soundtrack |
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Christmas In The Stars |
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MECO |
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Vader Abraham im Land der Schlümpfe |
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Vader Abraham |
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Motley Crue |
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The Chris Tetley Interview |
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Heaps Of Hits '85 |
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Various Artists |
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Heaven & Hell |
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Bonnie Tyler & Meatloaf |
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W'sród Nocnej ciszy |
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Irena Santor |
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Riding With The King |
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Eric Clapton & BB King |
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Young Patapayan |
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Young Patapayan |
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Big Smash! |
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Wreckless Eric |
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You Forgot It In People |
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Broken Social Scene |
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Windmill In Old Amsterdam |
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Noggin The Nog And The Birds |
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Up There, Mike Brady |
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Mike Brady |
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Football's Greatest Sons |
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Mike Brady |
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Jackie Mason |
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Jackie Mason |
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Buckingham Nicks |
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Lindsey Buckingham & Stevi Nicks |
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Buckingham Nicks |
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Lindsey Buckingham & Stevi Nicks |
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Aretha's Greatest |
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Aretha Franklin |
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I Never Loved A Man... |
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Aretha Franklin |
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Ralph, Albert & Sydney |
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Ralph McTell |
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Lindisfarne Live |
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Various Artists |
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Something Cool |
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June Christy |
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Dinah Washington & Brook Benton |
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Dinah Washington & Brook Benton |
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The Supremes Plus |
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Diana Ross and the Supremes |
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Our New Nellie |
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Nellie Lutcher |
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Music from the Greek Islands |
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Tacticos |
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Jesus Christ, Superstar |
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Australian Cast Recording |
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No Night So Long |
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Dionne Warwick |
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Arabian Nights |
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The Ritchie Family |
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Marcia Hines |
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Marcia Hines |
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Lili Marlene (Collector's Edition) |
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Marlene Dietrich |
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Twice The Love |
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George Benson |
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Oxygene |
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Jean Michel Jarre |
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Trini Country |
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Trini Lopez |
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Step Off The Edge |
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The Venetians |
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Sweet & Sour |
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Various Artists |
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The Circle And The Square |
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Red Box |
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Russische Party |
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Iwan Rebroff |
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Flaming Star |
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Elvis Presley |
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The Road To Mandalay |
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Desmond Murphy |
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Selections, Airs, and Marches |
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The Melbourne Pipe Band |
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A Larger Place |
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The Fisherfolk |
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Sweet Water Redeemer |
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The Fisherfolk |
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Celebrate The Whole Of It |
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The Fisherfolk |
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Joy In The Morning |
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The Fisherfolk |
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Sing Praise With The Fisherfolk |
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The Fisherfolk |
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Cry Hosannah |
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The Fisherfolk |
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Let Our Praise Be As Incense |
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The Fisherfolk |
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My Name Means Horse |
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Ross Ryan |
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After The Applause |
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Ross Ryan |
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Mantovani and His Orchestra |
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Mantovani |
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Al Martino Gold |
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Al Martino |
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Un Successo di Altro |
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Nicola Di Bari |
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Steve Ross Live at the Algonquin |
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Steve Ross |
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The Scarecrow of Oz |
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Ray Bolger |
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The Glorious Years |
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Various Artists |
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Cabaret |
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Original Cast Recording |
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The Fiddler On The Roof |
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Original Cast Recording |
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Camelot |
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Original Cast Recording |
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Godspell |
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Original Cast Recording |
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