User:Mjb/Speiser family recordings

I am slowly curating and digitizing as much as I can from the Ted & Pat Speiser family's audio & video library. The resulting archive is getting large and difficult to keep track of, so for now, I am collecting as much info as I can here on my wiki.

Audio

Collection info on Discogs

The Speiser collection of commercial and promotional releases is tracked on Discogs:

• https://www.discogs.com/user/speiser/collection

There are about 325 items.

The most valuable records in the collection, based on average price in previous sales on Discogs:

• Various - The Playboy Jazz All-Stars, Volume 3 $42.49
• Ray Charles - The Great Ray Charles $30.00
• Various - Jazziz On Disc Two $29.99
• Various - Noël Ensemble $21.25
• Jackson 5 - Jackson 5 $20.00
• Hot Antic Jazz Band - We Love You, Jabbo $19.70
• Andrés Segovia - The Art Of Andres Segovia $14.49
• Various - The Music Of Greece $14.14
• Eartha Kitt With Henri René And His Orchestra - That Bad Eartha $12.97
• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall - L’Orchestre Du Roi Soleil (Symphonies, Ouvertures & Airs À Jouer) $12.93
• R. Carlos Nakai - Emergence: Songs Of The Rainbow World - Native American Flute Music $11.43

There may be some records which are worth more, but they are not listed here because they have not been sold through Discogs yet.

I used to work in a record shop and can say most of the records are not worth very much because they are not in good enough condition to sell, are just not very sought after.

Shellac 78s

These have all been digitized to FLAC with basic tags. Ones in bold still need artwork added.

• [1923] Memphis Five - Walk, Jenny, Walk!; Last Night on the Back Porch [Columbia 7 D]
• [1923] The Troubadours - Roses of Picardy; Green-Arden Orchestra - Marchéta [Victor 19117]
• [1924] Carl Fenton's Orchestra - All Alone; At the End of a Winding Lane [Brunswick 2739]
• [1925] Jack Smith - I Care for Her and She Cares for Me; Feelin' Kind o' Blue [Victor 19800]
• [1925] John McCormack - Moonlight and Roses; The Sweetest Call [Victrola 1092; Oakland]
• [1925] Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders - Pretty Cinderella; Gone Again Gal [Victor 20241]
• [1925] Lewis James - I'll See You in My Dreams; Franklyn Baur - Because They All Love You [Victor 19598]
• [1925] Waring's Pennsylvanians - Freshie; Mighty Blue [Victor 19784]
• [1927] Aileen Stanley & Johnny Marvin - Under the Moon (Yoo-oo-oo-oo); Vaughn De Leath - Sing Me a Baby Song [Victor 20787]
• [1928] Gene Austin - Thinking of You (I've Grown So Lonesome); Sunday [Victor 20411]
• [1938] Tchaikovsky, Antal Dorati, LPO - The Swan Lake Excerpts [Columbia Masterworks MM-349]
• [1949] Frankie Laine - Mule Train; Carry Me Back to Old Virginney [Mercury 5345]
• [c. 1952] Bud Roman & The Toppers with the Hal Lomen Orchestra - My Truly Truly Fair; Rose, Rose I Love You [Tops 293]

Those are just the ones I am pretty much done with. I've got all the other 78s transferred, but each one requires research and further processing, so they are a work in progress.

Each 78 often takes longer to digitize (to my satisfaction) than an entire vinyl LP. There are two reasons:

1. Frequency response was haphazard on the earliest recordings due to technological limitations, and it was not standardized across the industry until the late 1950s. To some extent, the oldest records were made to sound best on the record company's own brand of phonograph, and you were also expected to adjust the sound to your taste using the "bass turnover" and treble "cutoff" knobs on some units, as well as by having a variety of needles or styli on hand, each with a different tip radius so it can ride higher or lower in the groove. Some collectors have published guides to reproduce the correct EQ for 78s on different labels and eras, but quite a lot of it is folklore and not very scientific, so I use my own method of analysis and correction.
2. There is variation in speed. Most 78s are cut at 78.26 RPM, but some are slightly faster or slower, so I have to research and correct those accordingly.

Vinyl LPs

All of these LPs have been digitized to FLAC and have basic tags. Items in bold do not have cover art yet. Items in italics were ripped from a substitute CD or LP of better quality.

Classical

• [1973] Stravinsky - Petrouchka (1911) [LSO/Mackerras]

Funk, Soul, R&B

• [1962-1971] Stevie Wonder - Looking Back
• [1971] Ike & Tina Turner - Something's Got a Hold on Me
• [1974] Ray Charles - Come Live with Me

Jazz

• [1950] Benny Goodman - The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
• [1954] Eartha Kitt with Henri René and His Orchestra - That Bad Eartha
• [1956] Shelly Manne & His Friends - Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from My Fair Lady [mono version]
• [1958] Louis Armstrong - Louis Under the Stars
• [1959] Lena Horne & Harry Belafonte - Porgy and Bess
• [1960] Spike Jones and His City Slickers - Thank You, Music Lovers!
• [1974] George Benson - Bad Benson aka Take Five
• [1978] Al Jarreau - All Fly Home
• [1986] Bobby McFerrin - Spontaneous Inventions

Pop

• [1952] Danny Kaye - Hans Christian Andersen
• [1965] Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights [mono version]
• [1966] Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
• [1968] Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Look Around
• [1968,1970] Neil Diamond - Velvet Gloves and Spit
• [1968-1975] Ray Stevens - The Very Best of Ray Stevens
• [1976] Wings - Wings at the Speed of Sound

Psychedelic rock=

• [1970] Bo Hansson - Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings

Regional

• [1953] Larry Adler - A Recital of Spanish and Slavonic Music
• [c. 1960] various - Musical Memories from Munich to Heidelberg [mono version]
• [1964] Gregory A. Bueche & Maude Barker Neff - Heritage
• [1980] various - Jury's Irish Cabaret

Soundtrack

• [1959] Miklos Rozsa - Ben-Hur [mono version]

Spoken word

• [1963] John Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Memorial Album

Audio CDs

All have been ripped to FLAC (tracks + log + cue) and tagged with basic info. Items in bold do not have cover art yet.

• [1935-1939] Benny Goodman feat. Great Vocalists of Our Times [2004 CD]
• [1953-1962] Frank Sinatra - The Capitol Years [CDP 7 94317 2; 1990 CD]
• [1953] William Kapell - Frick Collection Recital [09026-68997-2; 1998 CD]
• [1955] Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours [72434 94755 2 6; 1998 CD]
• [1957] Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis Again [440 065 390-2; 2003 CD]
• [1959] Members of the Woody Herman Orchestra - A Tribute to Woody Herman [GHD5053; 1997 CD]
• [1960s-1980s] various - Noëls du Monde [12.20.04; 1991 CD]
• [1960s-1990s] various - Yesterday - A Tribute to the Great Songs of the Beatles [RS7-060-1, JCD1-5971; 2001 CD]
• [1967] Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - [eponymous] [9 46948-2; 1998 CD]
• [1968-1971] Janis Joplin - Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits [CK 32168; 1980s CD]
• [1977-1991] various - Smooth Grooves - Smooth Jazz vol. 1 [R2 79826; 2000 CD]
• [1979-1994] Sesame Street - Hot! Hot! Hot! Dance Songs [1997 CD]
• [c. 1980] Bernard Romanens - L'abbe Bovet [65050; c. 1987 CD]
• [1983] Strauss, Alt-Wiener Strauss-Ensemble, Kulling - Dorfschwalben aus Österreich [INT 830.844; 1987 CD]
• [1984-1999] various - Candlelight Moods and Memories [RS7-052-1, HCD1-5971; 2001 CD]
• [1987] Linda Ronstadt - Canciones de mi padre [9 60765-2]
• [1987] Victor Borge - The Two Sides of Victor Borge [c. 1998 CD]
• [1989] Bolcom & Morris - Let's Do It - Bolcom & Morris at Aspen [OCD 3004]
• [1989] Gipsy Kings - Mosaïque [9 60892-2]
• [1989] various - Jazziz Two
• [1990] Inkuyo - Land of the Incas [17064-2]
• [1990] Maggie Sansone - Mist & Stone [MMCD 106]
• [1990] Native Flute Ensemble - Gathering of Shamen [TT119D]
• [1990] Yve Evans & Company - 4 Jaz C Me [NWCD30274]
• [1992] Branford Marsalis - I Heard You Twice the First Time [CK 46083]
• [1992] R. Carlos Nakai - Emergence [CR-609]
• [1992] Strunz & Farah - Américas [R2 79041]
• [1992] various - Talking Spirits [CTD-126]
• [1993] Jbbar Karyagdy Trio - Uzundärä - Ancient wedding dance music of Azerbaijan [PAN 2034; 1997 CD]
• [1993] La Vienta - Jazzmenco [CD-83353]
• [1993] Pete Wernick - On a Roll [SH-CD-3815]
• [1993] Peter Kater w. R. Carlos Nakai - How the West was Lost [SD 801]
• [1994] Mesa Music Consort - Spirit Feathers [TTCD 124]
• [1994] Robbie Robertson & The Red Road Ensemble - Music for The Native Americans [CDP 7243 8 28295 2 2]
• [1995] Armik - Gypsy Flame [BCD526]
• [1995] Kavkasia - Songs of the Caucasus [WTP 5178]
• [1995] Shahin & Sepehr - e [HOMCD 7076]
• [1995] various - Putumayo presents Women of the World - Celtic
• [1996] Hot Rize - So Long of a Journey [SUG-CD-3943; 2002 CD]
• [1996] various - Lovin' the Blues [ATP027]
• [1996] Willie & Lobo - The Music of Puerto Vallarta Squeeze [2-92678]
• [1997] various - Hearts, Hands & Hides [TTCD132A]
• [1998] Eddie Palmieri - El rumbero del piano [RMD 82197]
• [1998] Sylvia Zurko - Celtic at Heart [101956]
• [1999] Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias [462 600-2]
• [1999] Armik - Isla del Sol [BCD534]
• [1999] Lully, Les Concert des Nations - L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil [AV 9807]
• [2000] Ronnie McCoury - Heartbreak Town [11661-0453-2]
• [2000] various - Noël ensemble [548 332-2]
• [2002] Pete Wernick's Live Five - Up All Night [NR 2002]
• [2003] Carl Sonny Leyland Trio - Broadway Boogie
• [2003] Carl Sonny Leyland Trio - Studio Session
• [2004] various - A Touch of Vintage [Verve sampler]
• [2004] various - Presenting the Bose Wave Music System [CCM-001269]
• [2006] Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela [ATO0030]
• [2009] Time for Three - 3 Fervent Travelers [KIC-CD-2035]
• [2012] Mumford & Sons - Babel [GLS-0131-02]
• [2012] The Lumineers - The Lumineers [3712589]

Video

DVDs

Television

• Secrets of UFO's / Roswell UFO Crash / What Really Happened at Roswell?
  • This 2005 documentary DVD is actually the episode "UFO Crash at Roswell", which aired in 2000 as season 1 episode 3 of the TV series Encounters with the Unexplained. It runs about 50 minutes. I converted it to H.264/AAC/MP4 video (746 MB).
• The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson volume 1–3
  • This 2006 3-DVD set comprises highlights from The Tonight Show. I've extracted the DVD to disk but have not decided whether to split it into individual clips or what.