I called to see my Dad yesterday, and he told me he has resurrected his old Pioneer record player. I have many memories of this device sitting in the corner of the “good room” at home, and after the needle and the rubber band that drives the player were replaced it works really well.
Seán Maquire (McQuire) recorded an album of songs in 1959, which my dad still has in his collection. Here’s twenty seconds of music from that album.
I have to confess I’m not familiar with Seán’s music at all, but an online search found a Wikipedia page about Seán McQuire which shows his birth surname as Maquire. He passed away in 2005 at the age of 77.
I’ll have to figure out how to properly record those vinyl records to digital format. Suggestions? It used to be simple to record things with an AUX or 3.5mm cable to a tape recorder, but Mac laptops and Android phones are more problematic. Maybe I’ll have to dig out my old desktop PC with its numerous audio sockets…
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There are devices for digitizing vinyl records. I can’t say anything about them, I never tried one. But maybe it’s worth a shot: https://www.medion.com/de/shop/p/plattenspieler-medion-life-e69143-schallplatten-und-kassettendigitalisierer-direkte-mp3-umwandlung-kein-pc-erforderlich–aux-in-manuelle-und-automatische-titeltrennung-50065974A1
I trust that a similar thing should be available in Irish online shops.