Article in The Guardian today by Xan Brooks about his father,Michael Brooks, who

"was an archivist, a music salvage expert. He worked deep into old age at Sony’s New York office: curating the company’s labyrinthine back catalogue; sourcing and restoring antique steel recordings. Possibly, we all circle back to the songs of our youth, but Dad went upriver and made the past his profession. On workdays he sat in a Manhattan studio and listened to the dead sing and play on a two-track Studer tape deck."

Every recording carries the air of a seance’

Here is The Guardian review of Xan Brooks' novel, The Catchers.

The Catchers by Xan Brooks review