[Spoken]

Before we go any further, I'd like to show you all a game I made up. This game is called "Sounds of the Studio", and it can be played with any record, including this one

You can play it, uh, with... you can even play it with your favorite record - you may be surprised. Now if you have a pair of headphones, you better get 'em out and get 'em cranked up, 'cause they're really gonna help you on this one

[hissing noise] Now, I'm sure you all recognize this. This is called hiss. It comes on records that were mastered lousy, or mono reprocessed for stereo, or any number of things

[humming noise] This, of course, is hum...

[distorted audio on "P"s] P's popping

[jumpy speech] This is the sound of bad editi-

[dropouts, some noises] And here's what happens when the machine gains control and mangles your tape

[repeated machine noises] Punch...

[more machine noises] Outs

Now all you have to do is find these sounds on the record, and whoever finds the most wins, of course. But don't- [record scratch]