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Link to the audio on Archive.org's Great 78 Project?   


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  4th Jul 2017, 7:52 PM#1  REPORT  
brewster

Member since Jul 2017
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45worlds has lots of dates for records that we have been using to help out the Great 78 Project, run by the Internet Archive. Lets get all 78's online with great metadata! What about linking from the 45worlds pages to the audio, or embedding the audio player, when it exists on archive.org?

Background:
* 56,000 user uploads of 78's: http://archive.org/details/78rpm : Please upload more!
* we are digitizing 400,000 sides, and currently have 18k done: https://archive.org/details/georgeblood
* we have a twitter feed of newly digitized 78's that has a post every 10 minutes: . @great78project
* we hope people will flesh out the metadata on these 78's to help others find these treasures. Please help by posting information in the reviews https://archive.org/details/georgeblood
* overall Great 78 Project website: http://great78.archive.org

How about putting links on the 78's on this site to the audio? and it can even be embedded on these pages.

-brewster
brewster@archive.org
Founder, Digital Librarian
Internet Archive




  4th Jul 2017, 10:44 PM#2  REPORT  
Juke Jules SUBS

Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow
Member since Jan 2011
4138 Points
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Brewster - Welcome to 78 RPM World. Your projects will be taking most of your time and effort, but I hope you will also be able to make the occasional contribution to 78 RPM World. You mention that track rips are available to hear, so you might like to add suitable links to a few of our 78 pages. For example I chose one track from your 'Great78 Project' and added a link to the same record on 78cat, PC-7187 but I don't know if that is how you want to see it done. Nor do I understand why you offer 9 transcriptions of this one record. I for one would welcome further advice on how best to use the Project.

If you keep an eye on this forum you will occasionally see offers of 78s, even of complete collections, eg box of 78s or Disposal of large load of 78rpms beneficially without destroying them, though sadly the protagonists often do not stick around long enough to conclude any arrangements

Please let us know a specific channel through which we can offer unwanted 78s, likewise where we can send our own digitised sound files. I'm sure many of our contributors would be very interested to help

At present the only way that sound files can be embedded here is as YouTube links. Our Admin rely on the protection from copyright infringement that this ensures. If we come to recognise that archive.org can make a major contribution to 78cat it may become possible to reach some agreement with the site owners re your transcriptions.

btw, I have really only been aware of archive.org through the Wayback Machine, so it would be interesting to learn how this young offshoot came about

Regards - Jules


  5th Jul 2017, 12:23 AM#3  REPORT  
scrough🍰

No picture 'cos I'm not into 45rpm :(
Member since Jan 2013
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brewster wrote:
45worlds has lots of dates for records that we have been using to help out the Great 78 Project, run by the Internet Archive.
Please be aware that this site uses 'release date' as opposed to 'recording date'. The dates given in many cases are not accurate, and submissions may have dates based on surrounding catalogue numbers which may themselves be inaccurate. So these dates should only be used as a guide, although the mods do try hard to get reasonable accuracy :smile:
Juke Jules wrote:
Nor do I understand why you offer 9 transcriptions of this one record
The project recognises that "During the 78rpm era there are no standards for speed, stylus size, or record/playback equalization". Hence the transcription variations offer different stylus sizes and equalisation, which are indicated by the last parts of each file name. Replay speed is left to the user, and all transcriptions are made at USA standard 78rpm.


  5th Jul 2017, 12:07 PM#4  REPORT  
zabadak

Caddacack oh da ca-caddacack, shy shy skagellack
Member since Jun 2010
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http://archive.org/details/78rpm

There goes the weekend! :headphones:


  9th Jul 2017, 1:02 PM#5  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
1118 Points
Are there many lossless rips?


  9th Jul 2017, 4:35 PM#6  REPORT  
Juke Jules SUBS

Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow
Member since Jan 2011
4138 Points
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Look for yourself and tell us. There are FLACs and OGGs as well as MP3s


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