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The music, which is transferred from old 78s on to mini-disk with no loss of
sound distortion, is interspersed with phone-ins and occasional health
advice.
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By copying the old 78s to MiniDisc, they are able to have the irreplaceable
recordings on a format that doesn't deteriorate with repeated play. A lot of
these 78s were acoustically recorded direct to disc and often, to get
marketable quantities out of these recordings, they had artists performing
repeated sessions before arrays of horns. Due to this factor, there are
smaller quantities of these recordings in existence.
Therefore it is imperative for any radio station who is broadcasting
irreplaceable material to archive the irreplaceable material onto a durable
medium. Some digital formats such as MiniDisc still retain the "comfort
factor" noise floor during copying of the old analogue discs (the 78rpm
shellac records made before the 50s and the 33.33rpm and 45rpm vinyl records
made since the 50s).
With regards,
Simon Mackay
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