Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A track from the Reader's Digest 10-LP album, "Magical Melodies for Listening, Dancing, Relaxing, Dining" issued in 1969.
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The most famous song titled "Smile" (featuring the lyrics "Smile though your heart is aching") was composed by Charlie Chaplin in 1936 as an instrumental for his film Modern Times. Lyrics were added in 1954 by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons, when it was famously released by Nat King Cole.
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John Douglas Gamley (13 September 1924 – 5 February 1998) was an Australian composer, who worked on orchestral arrangements and on local, British and American films.
Robert Docker (5 June 1918 – 9 May 1992) was an English composer, arranger and pianist, especially noted for his orchestral arrangements and original light music compositions. He was particularly noted for his orchestral arrangements.
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The vinyl LP was played on a Pro-Ject turntable, recorded directly to computer using a NAD digital pre-amp and VinylStudio software then processed to CD-quality using Audacity software.
The video was created in Movie Maker, where the images and the music track were assembled into the final product.
Creating just one video such as this from a single track on a vinyl LP takes around fifteen minutes from start to finish.
One side of a six-track-per-side LP therefore takes around ninety minutes to create.
A track from the Reader's Digest 10-LP album, "Magical Melodies for Listening, Dancing, Relaxing, Dining" issued in 1969.
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The most famous song titled "Smile" (featuring the lyrics "Smile though your heart is aching") was composed by Charlie Chaplin in 1936 as an instrumental for his film Modern Times. Lyrics were added in 1954 by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons, when it was famously released by Nat King Cole.
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John Douglas Gamley (13 September 1924 – 5 February 1998) was an Australian composer, who worked on orchestral arrangements and on local, British and American films.
Robert Docker (5 June 1918 – 9 May 1992) was an English composer, arranger and pianist, especially noted for his orchestral arrangements and original light music compositions. He was particularly noted for his orchestral arrangements.
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The vinyl LP was played on a Pro-Ject turntable, recorded directly to computer using a NAD digital pre-amp and VinylStudio software then processed to CD-quality using Audacity software.
The video was created in Movie Maker, where the images and the music track were assembled into the final product.
Creating just one video such as this from a single track on a vinyl LP takes around fifteen minutes from start to finish.
One side of a six-track-per-side LP therefore takes around ninety minutes to create.
