A recent request to ‘clean and transfer’ an acetate disc seemed like nothing unusual. Until, that is, the customer arrived at the studio clutching a very large package. When the disc was revealed, it turned out to be a full 16 inches across – a BBC transcription disc produced in 1945. The record was in […]

Most transfer projects arrive at the studio in the format they were designed for; cassette tapes enclosed in their shells, records in their sleeves, but a while ago I received an unusual request to transfer a short passage from 1/4 inch open reel tape, supplied wound round a cotton reel! The series of pictures below […]

Making a CD anthology of your band for commercial release – the nuts and bolts…from one who has been through the mill. Back in August 2010, I was contacted by Simon McKay, the lead singer of “Said Liquidator”, an indie pop band based in Newcastle upon Tyne, active between ’87 – ’91. Despite (or perhaps […]