Luk Thung was released today on Parlortone/Dust-to-Digital. Luk Thung is the down home, funky "Country Music" of Thailand that blossomed as rural Thais migrated to Bangkok for work in the 1950s and 60s. Luk Thung evolved out of a complex stew of traditional folk styles and international influences. Wild accordions and Latin horn sections mingle with Thai hand drums and finger cymbals, while exquisite vocalists swagger and sing stories about life's struggles. Audio restoration and mastering by Michael Graves, Osiris Studio.
Martin Luther King, Sr. Recordings Completed
Osiris Studio has completed the digitization and preservation of three rare open reel tapes for the Ebenezer Baptist Church Archives in Atlanta, GA. The recordings feature sermons given by Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. and Rev. A. D. King at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The tapes were made about a month following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Michael Graves Elected to Recording Academy Board of Governors
Osiris Studio is proud to announce that Michael Graves has been elected to the Board of Governors for the Atlanta chapter of The Recording Academy. Graves is looking forward to serving the Atlanta music community.
Piano Red - The Lost Atlanta Tapes Released
Piano Red, The Lost Atlanta Tapes has been released on Landslide Records. This is blues and R&B legend William “Piano Red” Perryman’s final recording. Originally recorded in 1984 in Atlanta, GA, the master tapes were stored in good conditions over the years, however as is common with tape stock from that period the tapes were showing serious signs of sticky-shed and needed to be baked before transfer. After careful baking, digitization, a little remixing and some serious remastering, The Lost Atlanta Tapes sounded like they could have been recorded yesterday. Audio restoration and mastering by Michael Graves, Osiris Studio.
Afro-Beat Airways - West African Shock Waves Released
Afro-Beat Airways - West African Shock Waves released on Analog Africa. Osiris Studio restored just one of the songs in this collection, but it’s a great one, “Live in Other World” by Itadi. Audio restoration by Michael Graves, Osiris Studio.
Excavated Shellac: Strings Released on LP
Excavated Shellac: Strings was released today on Parlortone/Dust-to-Digital. It contains an amazing collection of rare 78 sides compiled by Jonathan Ward of the Excavated Shellac blog. Fourteen outstanding performances from the four corners of the world played on stringed instruments and recorded and released on 78 rpm records circa 1920-1950. Featuring fiddles, shamisen, charango, Paraguyan harp, Indian vina, Lebanese oud, Persian violin, Vietnamese moon guitar, and more.
This release is high resolution audio at its best. All the 78s were carefully transferred to 88.2 kHz / 24 bit digital files by Jonathan Ward in California. Then the resulting files were sent to Michael Graves for audio restoration and mastering. At no point during the process here at Osiris Studio was the audio down sampled. The vinyl master was cut directly from the high-res digital masters created here. This is an LP only release. Audio restoration and mastering by Michael Graves, Osiris Studio.
Sitka National Historical Park Preservation Project Completed
Osiris Studio has completed a large digitization project for the National Park Service’s Sitka National Historical Park. Over 200 hours of recordings have been preserved.
Osiris Studio Completes Project for The US Centers For Disease Control
Osiris Studio has completed the digitization and restoration of several venereal disease recordings for the David J. Sencer CDC Museum. The project consisted of 8 rare 16-inch transcription discs. Each record featured 1 15 minute public service announcement radio show per side with such artists as Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, and Phil Silvers all warning of the dangers of venereal disease.
Rev. Johnny L. "Hurricane" Jones - Jesus Christ from A to Z Released on LP
Rev. Johnny L. "Hurricane" Jones - Jesus Christ from A to Z released on Parlortone/Dust-to-Digital. The album is a great collection of recordings from Rev. Jones’ personal recordings of his services over the years. Rev. Johnny L. Jones stood out for his unique delivery that combined solid theological grounding and moody, explosive flights into a high-turbulence zone between song and speech, earning him a reputation as the Fireball Preacher and more famously, The Hurricane. The project consisted of digitizing hundreds of reel-to-reel and cassette tapes. Audio restoration and mastering by Michael Graves, Osiris Studio.
Osiris Studio Preserving Episcopal Church Archives
Osiris Studio has been selected by The Archives of the Episcopal Church to help preserve recordings in their collection. Approximately 200 hours of oral histories and interviews from 2 separate collections originally recorded to cassette tape will be digitized for preservation.