Gene! I grew up with a lot of these! I shudder to think about how my father adored Ballad of the Green Berets -- not for its kitsch value but its earnest message. -- Pam Pf.
Great old albums (including two I used to own). The big question is: what kind of scanner did you use with a bed large enough to accommodate the album covers?
Yes, I actually noticed the Kate Smith double-identity! And for these scans I use a copy scan and a digital camera. Large-format flatbeds (with the exception of the new Brother 11 x 17 all-in-one) are prohibitively expensive. Mictotek once made a good one, but they have since stopped selling scanners in the United States except through OEM relationships, so I'd avoid them. If anyone at Epson is reading this, I'd sure love one of those 12 x 18 $2,000 beauties you guys make!!!!
Submitted by GeneGable on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 09:41.
Wow! My folks had the popular "When You're In Love, The Whole World is Jewish" with Valerie Harper (Rhoda) and several of the Bill Cosby albums which me and my brothers and sisters loved. I remember laying on the floor listening to them on the Hi-Fi...
Submitted by Kirsten O on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 06:47.
I should do this with mine before they get the old heave-ho. Yours are good bit older than most of mine though. Thanks for sharing this, big fan of your column.
Oh my word
Gene! I grew up with a lot of these! I shudder to think about how my father adored Ballad of the Green Berets -- not for its kitsch value but its earnest message. -- Pam Pf.
I hope it is cathartic for
I hope it is cathartic for you to let go of some of this stuff! Better to do it now than when you are 90. Fun to look back so thanks for sharing.
Scanner
Great old albums (including two I used to own). The big question is: what kind of scanner did you use with a bed large enough to accommodate the album covers?
Mrs and Mrs Smith
You think anyone noticed that the same photo of Kate Smith was used on both album covers?
Scanning a LArge Kate SMith!
Yes, I actually noticed the Kate Smith double-identity! And for these scans I use a copy scan and a digital camera. Large-format flatbeds (with the exception of the new Brother 11 x 17 all-in-one) are prohibitively expensive. Mictotek once made a good one, but they have since stopped selling scanners in the United States except through OEM relationships, so I'd avoid them. If anyone at Epson is reading this, I'd sure love one of those 12 x 18 $2,000 beauties you guys make!!!!
60s Comedy Albums
Wow! My folks had the popular "When You're In Love, The Whole World is Jewish" with Valerie Harper (Rhoda) and several of the Bill Cosby albums which me and my brothers and sisters loved. I remember laying on the floor listening to them on the Hi-Fi...
Great old colllection
I should do this with mine before they get the old heave-ho. Yours are good bit older than most of mine though. Thanks for sharing this, big fan of your column.
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