Its value is only as an early example of something new and important, like scratchy recordings of old radio news broadcasts.

We even hear her voice at the start, in a scratchy recording that makes her sound a bit like Glinda the Good Witch.

Authentic, yes, but in terms of fidelity, about as true to the original as a scratchy recording of Caruso.

But she had trouble understanding the scratchy recording, and repeatedly asked that it be played again.

As I passed a closed door I heard a scratchy recording of saxophones honking.

Outside, the grating, scratchy recordings of what Emily called "happymusic" had begun booming from the compound's loudspeakers.

And with it, the scratchy recordings of old holiday tunes.

But they knew her face from old photgraphs on faded album jackets and her voice, of course, from worn, scratchy recordings.

The Philharmonic has engineers who can scrub some of the static out of scratchy recordings.

The scratchy recording of "La Traviata" throwing sound, like shards of light, throughout the apartment.