{"id":10868,"date":"2026-02-15T21:15:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T05:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/?p=10868"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:54:35","slug":"really-really-old-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/really-really-old-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"Really, Really Old Recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am working on transferring my oldest recordings of JC  from microcassette recordings from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. J.H. is not just facilitating this but providing equipment and guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am working on transferring my oldest recordings of JC from microcassette recordings from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. J.H. is not just facilitating this but providing equipment and guidance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/really-really-old-recordings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Really, Really Old Recordings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-10868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9VlUH-2Pi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10674,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/my-audio-files-are-trapped-on-minidisc-and-microcassette\/","url_meta":{"origin":10868,"position":0},"title":"My Audio Files Are Trapped on Minidisc and Microcassette!","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"January 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I recorded [almost] every JC performance I attended, from 1987. 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