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Подкаст The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

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Ep517: Preserving the Westbound Sound

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Ep517: Preserving the Westbound Sound

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Mastering Engineer Dave Gardner & Audio Archivist Catherine Vericolli discuss the preservation of the Westbound Records audio catalogue, including the masters of legendary recordings by Funkadelic, The Counts, Ohio Players & more.

Topics Include:

  • Dave Gardner (mastering engineer) and Catherine Vericoli (archivist) introduce their specialized roles
  • Mastering serves as link between creative process and manufacturing standards
  • Catherine transfers analog tapes to highest possible digital quality preservation
  • Physical restoration work includes extensive mold and splice remediation tasks
  • Much archival work involves "audio archaeology" detective work with clues
  • Working backwards from incomplete information when documentation is missing completely
  • Common assumption that old records were always done "the right way"
  • Reality reveals beloved records often werent made using proper methods
  • Got rare access to examine entire Westbound Records collection together
  • Westbound Records started late 1960s by distributor Armin Bolodian in Detroit
  • Detroit-based independent label achieved regional success with multiple hit records
  • Funkadelic, Ohio Players, Detroit Emeralds were among their major successful acts
  • Complete catalog reissue approach rather than cherry-picking just popular hits
  • Assets moved between multiple locations over decades, not everything returned
  • Found various generations and copies of tapes for each release
  • Maggot Brain original masters were believed to be permanently missing
  • Discovery of missing masters hidden in completely unmarked white archive boxes
  • Original tape playback speeds rarely match speeds of vinyl releases
  • Spent entire week meticulously fine-tuning correct playback speeds for accuracy
  • Academic ethnomusicologist confirmed musical key was wrong on commercial releases
  • Many recent European reissues contain fundamentally inaccurate speed and sound
  • Double 45 RPM format avoids sonic compromises required for long sides
  • 27-minute album sides on 33 RPM required major audio quality sacrifices
  • All-analog cutting process preserves original sound character without digital conversion
  • Unreleased material exists primarily in unprocessed multitrack tape format only
  • Dennis Coffey played guitar on many more Funkadelic recordings than known
  • Analog tape degradation accelerating rapidly, especially problematic for digital formats
  • Cultural preservation mission drives their passionate collaborative archival restoration work
  • Asset paranoia and trust issues affect access to important historical recordings
  • Primary motivation remains saving irreplaceable music for all future generations

High resolution version of this podcast is available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide