Talent Album Number One (Talent Auditions) - FLAC 48kHz/16bit (Vinyl LP)

Talent Album Number One (Talent Auditions) - Various Artists

(Rare private-press LP from Detroit, Michigan.)
Produced by SPECIAL RECORDINGS, INC.
VC 879-A / VC 879-B (Matrix: VC-879-A-RE / VC-879-B)
Executive Producer: Ernie Winstanley
Date/Year: Unknown (Very likely late-60s or very early 70s)
Genre: Talk/Ads/Vocal

Vinyl Condition: (Visually) NM (Yet sound is a bit imperfect)
Dynamic Range: DR13 (Dynamic Range analysis text included)
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
Sample Depth: 16 bit

AT-LP120-USB Direct Drive Professional Turntable (Quartz lock engaged) / AT120E/t Dual Moving Magnet Cartridge (Technics-aligned) / Adobe Audition CC v6.0 (light pop reduction, slight manual pop repair, NEVER ANY NOISE REDUCTION OR EQ!)


Tracks:

A1) Whit Vernon
A2) Paul Caplan
A3) Leon McNew
A4) Jay Michael - "Do Not Play"
A5) Rolly Parker
A6) Jim Wood
A7) Bud Haggart
A8) Rube Weiss
A9) J. P. McCarthy
A10) Sonny Eliot
A11) Joe Penberthy
A12) Bob Murphy
B1) Ernie Winstanley
B2) George Hunter
B3) Wally Keip
B4) Mary Lou Zieve
B5) Pam Guest
B6) Eileen Conway
B7) Gloria Beemer
B8) Lee Murray
B9) Marilyn Barnett
B10) Liz Weiss
B11) Moya Taormina
B12) Paula McKinney


Review:
An interesting piece from what some might consider the end of the radio era. This record has a lot of fascinating recordings, as it appears to have been used to advertise individuals for radio broadcast, television commercials, or other commercial venues. Noteworthy are people like J. P. McCarthy, who would become the morning man/interviewer for Detroit's own 760 AM (WJR). I would classify this record as more of a historical fascination than quintessential collection of songs; nonetheless, the difficulty in finding a copy worthy of a pursuing collector is extremely real. Here's a rip from a very clean copy, although there appears to be quite a bit of noise inherent in the record itself.

What about that track A4? If you look at the cover and record, it's titled "DO NOT PLAY" - incredibly strange. On the vinyl itself, it's very evident that the pressing plate was actually scratched with "X"s all through this track, so that people would understand this message. Obviously, it was important not to have this individual promoted, or something. I risked it. So it's also included here, but at the necessary noise level introduced by the original pressing. There is also a small blip in B6 that is not on the original vinyl, but I had already sold the record by the time I noticed this, so we will have to live with it for now.

Enjoy! It's unlikely you'll ever see a CD of this one ...


For updated information on this release, see the Discogs page at http://www.discogs.com/Various-Talent-Album-Number-One-Talent-Auditions/release/5874380