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Old Farm Hour

Item

Source

S000038

Streaming Audio

Note: This audio has been edited to be more listenable. To hear the unedited preservation transfer you can email researchrequest@dollarcountry.org

Brand

Recordio Disc

Size

8"

Speed

78 rpm

Acetate Specific Information

Disc was transferred with extra weight on the head shell and with this archivists finger used to help it from jumping.

Date

1949-05-07

Tracks

Unknown Bluegrass Instrumental
That Wonderful Mother Of Mine
The Blues Come Around
Unknown Pop Song

Physical Description

Double sided disc. Labels on both sides. Disc is heavily worn and uneven. There is a 3/8" circle of missing substrate on the B side where the music is etched into the aluminum core. Labels are in decent shape.

Text On Label

A:
Old Farm Hour
May 7-1949 
WCHS + WTIP

Audio Description

Audio recorded from the radio. A side starts with a fast bluegrass instrumental and ends with Mother Of Mine. B side are two commercially released songs from the radio with some skipping and general poor audio quality.

Transfer Information

Rek-O-Kut TT > Waxwing ESP > Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 > Reaper v6.75 > Izotope RX

Stylus Used

2.0mil

Tracking Force

2.0g + 4g on headshell

Additional Notes

Digitized with funding from the Ohio Arts Council

Tags

Citation

Old Farm Hour, accessed May 23, 2026, https://dollarcountry.org/items/show/33714