Man Digitizing Thousands of Old Records

As a decidedly non-mobile aside, Wired reports that thousands of recordings that had been “largely consigned to the realm of prehistory” in the digital age have gained a new life, thanks to the tireless efforts of one enthusiast.

Cliff Bolling
started collecting 78 RPM records about 10 years ago, and initially began by making cassettes of some of them in order to listen to them in the car, or sharing them with friends. Later, as the digital music revolution began, he started digitizing them and eventually published a first batch of 1,500 MP3 files online.