Wednesday, July 15, 2026

(1986) John Larkin: 2026 Vinyl Restoration (Scatman John)


2026 vinyl restoration of John Larkin's self titled album, done by YellowMoon.

Equipment:
Techincs SL-5200 Turntable
Cambridge Audio 651p Preamp
AT-VM95SH Stylus
Schiit JIL Analog-->Digital Converter

Restoration:
Pen Tool (On a few loud clicks in Audacity, prior to exporting for iZotope)
iZotope RX 5
Each song was run through iZotope with the "clicks only" option. Afterwards, I compared the clicks only version of each song to the
unedited version, to see which were actual pops/clicks and which were part of the song. So each click has been removed by hand.
Decrackle was used on John Coltrane, and in the quiet parts and outros of the other songs.