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A long time ago, when recordings were still created using massive consoles and two-inch wide reels of magnetic tape, transient ensembles of talented Australian singers and musicians would sometimes gather together for the sole purpose of working on ‘studio projects’. No money changed hands. People got involved simply for the fun of it. The addictive auditory pleasures of multi-tracking, valve compression and plate reverb were their own reward. Fast forward to the twenty-first century. The names of many of the participating artists have been lost in the mists of time, their whereabouts today unknown. The original multi-track and master tapes have long since disappeared. But, by some miracle, a precious handful of stereo mix-downs have survived, recently re-discovered in a musty old cardboard box. They are in remarkably good condition, considering their age. After transfer to digital media, and some modern audio restoration (taking care not to compromise the original sound), some of