So true! That old music can be really wonderful!

Recently James D. Vaughn's grandson, James D. Walbert and his wife Eileen sent me a collection of songs including six from the Vaughn Radio Quartet (which included Walbert's father, W.B. Walbert) with Jim Walbert playing piano. The recording came from The James B. Vaughan (Gospel Music) Museum in Lawrenceburg, TN but may have been mastered by a DJ in Mississippi. I'm not sure. There was some digital distortion on the recording. True, not everyone notices it. That's something else that needs to be a concern as many people are trying to make copies of old recordings without understanding the modern problem of the very distracting digital distortion. If we can teach each other more about audio archiving techniques then more music will survive. We can't really expect large companies to be all that interested. It may be up to us.

There's alot a person can do with a good turntable and adequate knowledge of their computer sound card and sound recorder. I'm learning as I go and making lots of mistakes.

Order James D. Walbert's, The Piano, via James D. Vaughn Museum, 25 Public Square, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464

In 2003 it cost $12.00 for 27 selections.

Steve Sedberry
Radio Station WUWG
1601 Maple St.
Carrollton, GA 30118
USA