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Recorded on Saturday April 13th 1968, The recording is of most likely from the perspective a father, recording a voicemail to his son (Albert), stationed overseas in the Navy during the Vietnam war. Apparently Albert was due to return home come August, and the father was eager to pick him up, so they could take a trip to Vegas. The father talks about various things, including how he had to send his Rolex in for servicing, fixed the garden and picked some dandelion that was growing, giving advice about buying a car when Albert returns, and talking about maybe seeing a drive-in movie called 'The heat of the night' later that evening. At the very end, Albert's mother comes home, managing just to say a few words before the tape runs out.
Also at the very beginning you can hear what I assume to be Albert saying 'Hey' from an earlier message which was recorded over.
Sending voicemail was a common practice back then, and when I say voicemail, I'm not thinking about voicemail on phone, but to record a small audio tape, and physically mail it, as it was often cheaper than placing a long distance phonecall, and more personal than to write a traditional paper letter. After listening to the recording, the receiver would usually record a reply on the other side of the tape, and send it back again.
Original by Parabolix, who kindly gave it to the public domain. I too dedicate this version to the public domain, as I see it as an important historical artifact, painting a clearer picture of the individual lives behind the soldiers, and their families during the Vietnam war.
Enhanced with some EQ-ing, a little bit of Noise reduction and just a touch of Faux stereo, which helps making it a little more clearer. I re-pitched the recording, assuming it was originally a 16 minute tape, which was the most common tape length for voice mailing back then.
This is not an audio restoration, only an enhancement to make it easier to listen to, and to further persevere its contents for historical documentation.
Since this is a very long and therefore big file, I decided to try out the FLAC file format for the first time. It promises to be lossless audio compression, but have never used it before, as I usually just use uncompressed Wav. This could lead to some compatibility issues with certain programs that don't accept FLAC files, I can upload a Wav version upon request, but it is twice as large. (263Mb)
Let's all dearly hope that Albert made it home safely.
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Type
Flac (.flac)
Duration
16:00.000
File size
128.9 MB
Sample rate
48000.0 Hz
Bit depth
24 bit
Channels
Stereo