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Voices Gone But Not Forgotten

The audio from my copy of THE VOICES OF MARVEL flexi-disc is being featured on Boing Boing. Sadly, everyone who is heard on the record is now gone.

https://boingboing.net/2022/07/12/listen-to-a-rare-flexi-disc-record-of-stan-lee-jack-kirby-and-the-voices-of-marvel-from-1964.html

The scripted and rehearsed recording was made in 1965, during Wally Wood’s brief stint working for Stan. Steve Ditko was still at Marvel, but he isn’t heard. Jack Kirby later regretted participating, despite his apparent enthusiasm at the time. Joe Sinnott didn’t return to the Bullpen until a few months later.

I know that one of my audio transfers was used for the video shared on Boing Boing, because of the “thump” heard while artist Don Heck is talking. The audio was captured lovingly and with careful attention to detail, using high-quality audio equipment, as I explained here fifteen years ago.

The MMMS Records Remastered

The MMMS Records Remastered

Since it seems I’m the primary provider on the Net for the audio from the two flexi-discs that Marvel Comics produced in the 1960’s, I thought I’d offer them with superior sound compared to what I posted five years ago. Here they are, remastered for the best possible audio fidelity.

The Voices of Marvel

Scream Along With Marvel

Technical notes:

  • Technics turntable, Shure cartridge, AGI pre-amp, AKG headphones.
  • Captured using Audacity from pre-amp line level output.
  • 24-bit resolution, 48 kHz sample rate.
  • Click removal used sparingly. No other noise reduction or equalization.
  • A dimple in the flexi-disc causes a recurring thump between 3:15 and 3:35.
  • The left channel in each recording was deemed better, forced into 2-channel mono, then exported as lossless WAV files.
  • WAV files converted to MP3 at 256 Kbps CBR.