The Center for Popular Music’s Martin Fisher doing his 78 alchemy on my two broken Gennetts (one broke in the mail, the other when I was lifting it off the turntable). You can hear his restoration of Gennett 20007 by Professor Haines’ “Sunrise and You.” He recorded it on 6/21/1923 in Richmond, Indiana.
Center for Pop Music Restoration of my two broken Gennetts
From the CPM’s Facebook post:”If you’re like me, when you see a cracked 78 rpm record at a flea market, you figure it’s worthless. Well, the CPM’s audio expert Martin Fisher says that’s not necessarily so. He glues them back together and plays them. Here’s a photo of a cracked Gennett record, next to a similar Gennett record that Martin glued together. Elmer’s Glue-All works well because it’s elastic and can be undone if necessary. Martin points out there are tricks of the trade, though; you can’t just add glue and push the pieces together. If you’re going to try this, give Martin a call and he’ll help. Click on the link below to hear a selection from the below-pictured repaired “Sunrise and You” sung by Professor Haines. The first 22 seconds is a “straight” recording (without any sound editing) and the remaining 29 seconds is after Martin does some of his magic to take away most of the pops without compromising the music.”
Gennett Records Discography 