The 1923 acoustic Victor recording of Alfred Cortot performing Weber's "Invitation to the Waltz" seemed nearly incomprehensible at 78 rpm. Tried it at 65 rpm. I can hear the tune now! Oh how the engineers compressed material "back in the day." This was take #5, according to the matrix.
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