Mastering Engineer <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/davey_g_yo/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Dave Gardner</a> & Audio Archivist <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/obsolete_formats/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Catherine Vericolli</a> discuss the preservation of the <a href="https://orgmusic.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Westbound Records audio catalogue</a>, including the masters of legendary recordings by <a href= "https://orgmusic.com/collections/vinyl-lp/products/funkadelic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Funkadelic</a>, <a href= "https://orgmusic.com/products/whats-up-front-that-counts" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">The Counts,</a> <a href= "https://orgmusic.com/collections/ohio-players/products/pleasure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio Players</a> & more. Topics Include: <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"> Dave Gardner (mastering engineer) and Catherine Vericoli (archivist) introduce their specialized roles</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Mastering serves as link between creative process and manufacturing standards</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Catherine transfers analog tapes to highest possible digital quality preservation</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Physical restoration work includes extensive mold and splice remediation tasks</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Much archival work involves "audio archaeology" detective work with clues</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Working backwards from incomplete information when documentation is missing completely</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Common assumption that old records were always done "the right way"</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Reality reveals beloved records often weren't made using proper methods</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Got rare access to examine entire Westbound Records collection together</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Westbound Records started late 1960s by distributor Armin Bolodian in Detroit</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Detroit-based independent label achieved regional success with multiple hit records</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Funkadelic, Ohio Players, Detroit Emeralds were among their major successful acts</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Complete catalog reissue approach rather than cherry-picking just popular hits</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Assets moved between multiple locations over decades, not everything returned</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Found various generations and copies of tapes for each release</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Maggot Brain original masters were believed to be permanently missing</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Discovery of missing masters hidden in completely unmarked white archive boxes</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Original tape playback speeds rarely match speeds of vinyl releases</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Spent entire week meticulously fine-tuning correct playback speeds for accuracy</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Academic ethnomusicologist confirmed musical key was wrong on commercial releases</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Many recent European reissues contain fundamentally inaccurate speed and sound</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Double 45 RPM format avoids sonic compromises required for long sides</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> 27-minute album sides on 33 RPM required major audio quality sacrifices</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> All-analog cutting process preserves original sound character without digital conversion</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Unreleased material exists primarily in unprocessed multitrack tape format only</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Dennis Coffey played guitar on many more Funkadelic recordings than known</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Analog tape degradation accelerating rapidly, especially problematic for digital formats</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Cultural preservation mission drives their passionate collaborative archival restoration work</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Asset paranoia and trust issues affect access to important historical recordings</li> <li class="MsoNormal"> Primary motivation remains saving irreplaceable music for all future generations</li> </ul> High resolution version of this podcast is available at: <a href= "http://www.patreon.com/VinylGuide">www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide</a> <ul> <li>Apple: <a href= "https://tinyurl.com/tvg-ios">https://tinyurl.com/tvg-ios</a></li> <li>Spotify: <a href= "https://tinyurl.com/tvg-spot">https://tinyurl.com/tvg-spot</a></li> <li>Amazon Music: <a href= "https://tinyurl.com/tvg-amazon">https://tinyurl.com/tvg-amazon</a></li> <li>Support the show at <a href= "https://patreon.com/vinylguide">Patreon.com/VinylGuide</a></li> </ul>

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