[Vintage-Audio] TJB Whipped Cream Surprise

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi All,

My special thanks to the sneak out there who sent me an excellent original 
copy of Herb Alpert's "Whipped Cream And Other Delights". What a surprise 
when that arrived unannounced at my door!

I played it through today and listened for any imperfections or damage from 
having been enoyed over the past forty-four years since its release. I found 
one little "pop" in song two of side number two. But I think I know an audio 
trick that might allow me to eliminate that little annoyance. I will tell 
you want I did later, if it works!

I am off to attempt to remaster the album now. If all goes well, the DAT 
Master will be done in several hours - I hand cue and fade in and out of 
every track - so it takes longer. But in my ear's opinion, is worth it. Then 
another forty-five minutes of real time from the DAT to the CDRW deck to 
burn the Master CD.

Oh yes, a sighted friend who took a hard squint at the cover told me that he 
could see clothing underneath that whipped cream bra! Did any of you notice 
that?

Question: Now granted my sighted readers are getting older and most have 
great difficulty in being able to read fine or fancy print. Try as we did, I 
failed to find any production date on all of the A&M Record jackets. Is my 
reader missing them or?

For reasons unknown, some albums seem to have a release or production date 
and others do not. Is there some reason for this?

Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
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