A Walk down memory lane...

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.

As you can see, it's a very broad range of material we've worked on!

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!


 

George Harrison

George Harrison

Thirty-Three and A Third

George Harrison

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

Crystal Gayle

Don Burrows At The Sydney Opera House

Don Burrows

The Best Of Brook Benton

Brook Benton

Mistaken Identity

Kim Carnes

Cal Tjader

Cal Tjader

The Great Waldo Pepper

Henry Mancini

Sunset Lady

Lani Hall

Olympia

Mirelle Mathieu

Donovan's Greatest Hits

Donovan

Entr'Acte

Françoise Hardy

Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Ol Man River

Paul Robeson

The Mighty Voice of Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

All Together Now

Rolf Harris

Dedication

The Bay City Rollers

Bay City Rollers

The Bay City Rollers

Wouldn't You Like It

The Bay City Rollers

Unter Sternen Und Laternen

Will Glahé

Tijuana Style

Bill Shepherd

Unforgettable

Nat King Cole

White Rose of Athens

Nana Mouskouri

So Klingt es In Den Bergen

Various

Debut Album

Nicolas De Angelis

Quelques Notes pour Anna

Nicolas De Angelis

Show Some Emotion

Joan Armatrading

Silk Electric

Diana Ross

Planet Of The Apes

Original Soundtrack

Christmas In The Stars

MECO

Vader Abraham im Land der Schlümpfe

Vader Abraham

Motley Crue

The Chris Tetley Interview

Heaps Of Hits '85

Various Artists

Heaven & Hell

Bonnie Tyler & Meatloaf

All The Best

Smokie

W'sród Nocnej ciszy

Irena Santor

Riding With The King

Eric Clapton & BB King

Young Patapayan

Young Patapayan

Bombshell

Cheater Jones

Big Smash!

Wreckless Eric

You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene

Windmill In Old Amsterdam

Rumpelstiltskin

Señor Onyon

Noggin The Nog And The Birds

Fantastic Toyshop

Claire De Lune

Debussy

   

The Six Ages Of Cricket

Up There, Mike Brady

Mike Brady

Football's Greatest Sons

Mike Brady

Jackie Mason

Jackie Mason

Buckingham Nicks

Lindsey Buckingham & Stevi Nicks

Buckingham Nicks

Lindsey Buckingham & Stevi Nicks

Aretha's Greatest

Aretha Franklin

Sparkle

Aretha Franklin

Aretha

Aretha Franklin

I Never Loved A Man...

Aretha Franklin

Ralph, Albert & Sydney

Ralph McTell

Lindisfarne Live

Various Artists

Something Cool

June Christy

Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

The Supremes Plus

Diana Ross and the Supremes

Our New Nellie

Nellie Lutcher

Music from the Greek Islands

Tacticos

Jesus Christ, Superstar

Australian Cast Recording

No Night So Long

Dionne Warwick

Lou Reed Live

Lou Reed

Olympia

Mireille Mathieu

Arabian Nights

The Ritchie Family

Ladies and Gentlemen, Marcia Hines

Marcia Hines

Lili Marlene (Collector's Edition)

Marlene Dietrich

Ross

Diana Ross

Twice The Love

George Benson

The Toughest

Peter Tosh

Oxygene

Jean Michel Jarre

Trini Country

Trini Lopez

Step Off The Edge

The Venetians

Sweet & Sour

Various Artists

The Circle And The Square

Red Box

Russische Party

Iwan Rebroff

Flaming Star

Elvis Presley

   

Oceania

Goanna

801 Live

Phil Manzanera

801

Phil Manzanera

Renee Geyer

Renee Geyer

Loving Is Hard

Tully

The Road To Mandalay

Desmond Murphy

   

Selections, Airs, and Marches

The Melbourne Pipe Band

Acts II

Footnotes

A Larger Place

The Fisherfolk

Sweet Water Redeemer

The Fisherfolk

Celebrate The Whole Of It

The Fisherfolk

Joy In The Morning

The Fisherfolk

Sing Praise With The Fisherfolk

The Fisherfolk

Cry Hosannah

The Fisherfolk

Let Our Praise Be As Incense

The Fisherfolk

My Name Means Horse

Ross Ryan

After The Applause

Ross Ryan

I Can Drive

Dan Johnson

   

Spirit Of Place

Goanna

Mantovani and His Orchestra

Mantovani

Al Martino Gold

Al Martino

Un Successo di Altro

Nicola Di Bari

Steve Ross Live at the Algonquin

Steve Ross

The Scarecrow of Oz

Ray Bolger

The Glorious Years

Various Artists

Cabaret

Original Cast Recording

The Fiddler On The Roof

Original Cast Recording

Camelot

Original Cast Recording

Godspell

Original Cast Recording

West Side Story

Original Cast Recording

Walking Into Mirrors

Johnny Warman

Bird Noises EP

Midnight Oil

The Shape Of Things To Come

The Headboys

Gord's Gold

Gordon Lightfoot

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

Ransom Note

Dear Enemy

All The Folk That Fits

Various Artists

Twice Removed From Yesterday

Robin Trower

For Earth Below

Robin Trower

Encores

Budapest Quartet

You, Danger (Dance Mixes)

Housecream

Danger (Dance Mixes)

Debbie K

   

Classics for Children, Vol 1

Art Gilmore and Don Wilson

Classics for Children, Vol 2

Art Gilmore and Don Wilson

Peter and the Wolf

Prokofiev and Rimsky-Korsakov

Jump In The Fire

Metallica

Marty Robbins Gold

Marty Robbins

In Search Of The Lost Chord

The Moody Blues

Bombora

The Atlantics

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon and Garfunkel

Aqualung

Jethro Tull

Spellbound

Split Enz

Platinum Collection

Cliff Richard

The Best of U2, 1990-2000

U2

We Want Moore

Gary Moore

The Best of 10CC

10CC

This Is Ronnie Milsap

Ronnie Milsap

Player

Player

Whatever Happened To Benny Santini?

Chris Rea

The Best Of The Bee Gees

The Bee Gees

Short Cut Draw Blood

Jim Capaldi

Fierce Heart

Jim Capaldi

A Whiter Shade

World Album

The Best Of Linda Ronstadt

Linda Ronstadt

All Directions

The Temptations

Be Bop 'N' Holla

Andy Fairweather Low

The Romantic Magic of Eric Jupp And His Music

Eric Jupp

Personal

FX

Will It Always Be This Way (EP)

FX

Timer

Reverberi

The Black Stallion

Francis Ford Coppola Soundtrack

When The Christmas Bells Are Ringing

Heintje

   

Autobahn

Kraftwerk

Wet

Barbra Streisand

Any Way You Like It

Thelma Houston

Izitso

Cat Stevens

Terpopuler

Terpopuler

Totally Hot

Olivia Newton-John

Anytime Anywhere

Rita Coolidge

Pacific 3210

From Scratch

Lutnaia Muzika

Various Arrangements

Sinfonietta

Robert Hughes and Others

Sunday In New York

Peter Nero

Merrylands Album

St. Margaret Mary Children's Choir

With A Smile And A Song

St. Margaret Mary Children's Choir

Time (The Album)

Dave Clark

Song Of Joy

Manuel Rios

Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)

AC/DC

FivesLiveJive

Ol' 55

Swing Softly

Johnny Mathis

The Ruby Braff & George Barnes Quartet Plays Gershwin

The Ruby Braff & George Barnes Quartet

What's New

Linda Ronstadt

The Great Concerts

Dave Brubeck Quartet

Good Morning Vietnam!

Original Soundtrack

Die Winterreise (Opus 89)

Laurens Bogtmann

Jo Vincent

Jo Vincent & Felix de Nobel

Beat's So Lonely EP

Charlie Sexton

Dogs In Space

Various Artists

Atlantida

Vasilis Papakonstantinou

Sfentona

Vasilis Papakonstantinou

Wichita Lineman

Glen Campbell

Truck Driving Songs

Various Artists

Leon Berger

Leon Berger

Willow Weep

The Blues Sisters

G Wayne Thomas

G Wayne Thomas

On Behalf Of The Working Classes (Australian Release)

Billy Russel

   
   

To Love Again

Diana Ross

Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

Diana Ross

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

   
   
   
   

Alchemy

Dire Straits

The Incredible Journey

Walt Disney

   

Emerald Aisles

Gary Moore

Aus Meinem Herzen

André Rieu

Judas Priest Live

Judas Priest

The Storyteller

John Hurt

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Original Movie

The Princess Bride

Rob Reiner & William Goldman


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