LAKES REGION IS HEARING HIS PARENTS' VOICES... AS OUR ROSS KETSCHKE SHOWS US... IT'S ALL THANKS TO A LOCAL STORE... < NAT FROM RECORD> THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE POWER OF SOUND. < NAT > THAT'S THE VOICE OF FREDRICK AND ELIZABETH CLAUSEN... THEIR SON - FRED - LISTENING TO THEM TALK ON A HOME RECORD MADE IN THE 1940'S. HE'S HADN'T HEARD HIS MOTHER'S VOICE SINCE SHE PASSED IN 1991... AND HIS FATHER - 1967. <003óACVILLATOR0602.MXF 14;43;34;07 FRED CLAUSEN "PLEASE GO GET THE NEWSPAPER, RONNY, AND CAN HE GO GET THIS."> <003óACVILLATOR0602.MXF 14;45;25;24 FRED CLAUSEN "SHE TALKS ABOUT PLAYS THAT MY FATHER IS IN, SHE READS A COUPLE OF PLAYS."> <IMGó4352.MOV ROSS ON CAM "THE FORMAT OF FRED'S RECORDING - A 78 - IS PRETTY DIFFERNET FROM YOUR HOME RECORD COLLECTION. IT TAKES A SPECIAL KINDOF PLAYER THAT HASN'T BEEN MADE IN DECADES. BUT LUCKILY, NH VINTAGE VINYL HAD NOT 1, BUT 2 IN STOCK.". > <003óACVILLATOR0604.MXF 15;20;35;15 ANGELA STEWART, NH VINTAGE VINYL "FOUND THE VICTROLA, PUT IT RIGHT ON, AND I WAS SO WORRIED IT WASN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING, CUZ PAPER THIN VS A 78, BUT THEN WE HAVE THE CONSOL BACK HERE THAT SOMEONE REFURBISHES.:"> <FACEBOOK VIDEO NAT> WORKERS AT THE LACONIA RECORD STORE - CATPURING THE MOMENT CLAUSEN FIRST RE- DISCOVERED HIS PARENT'S VOICE... MOVED TO TEARS AT MEMORIES OF HIS PARENTS AND CHILDHOOD. <003óACVILLATOR0602.MXF 14;43;38;14 FRED CLAUSEN "IT TOOK ME RIGHT BACK TO THE MOMENT EVEN THOUGHT I WASN'T THERE, I COULD PICUTRE THE AREA WHERE WE WERE."> <IMGó4318.MOV 00:00:24:39 FRED CLAUSEN "THIS IS MY FATHER WITH MY BROTHERS."> CLAUSEN SAYS HE IS THE FAMILY HISTORIAN... WITH PLENTY OF PICTURES TO LOOK THROUGH... AND WHILE THEY MAY BE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS... <NAT OF RECORD>
Man hears parents' voices for first time in decades at record store
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Updated: 6:34 AM CDT Oct 1, 2023
A New Hampshire man heard his parents' voices for the first time in decades thanks to a small local record store.Fredrick and Elizabeth Clausen died in 1967 and 1991, respectively. Their son, Fred Clausen, found records while digging through some family history, but did not have a way to play them. The recordings, done by his parents in the 1940s, were on 78s, a format long retired and less popular than 45s, which have seen a revival in popularity. He visited NH Vintage Vinyl, a record store in the town of Laconia, that had a working player he could use. "It took me right back to the moment, " Clausen said. "Even though I wasn't there, I could picture the area where we were." Staff at the store, which specializes in vintage recordings, record players and instruments, captured the moment Clausen first heard his parents' voices on video and shared it on social media. "I was so worried (the record player) wasn't going to do anything," said Angela Stewart, one of the staff members at Vintage Vinyl who helped Clausen. "Cool to see everything go full circle."Clausen calls himself the "family historian," and has pictures of his parents and siblings from his childhood. He said the special connection to hear"It goes back to the memories of growing up, high school, the whole things about family," Clausen said. "I have six grandchildren locally, so they've all listened to this too."
LACONIA, N.H. — A New Hampshire man heard his parents' voices for the first time in decades thanks to a small local record store.
Fredrick and Elizabeth Clausen died in 1967 and 1991, respectively. Their son, Fred Clausen, found records while digging through some family history, but did not have a way to play them. The recordings, done by his parents in the 1940s, were on 78s, a format long retired and less popular than 45s, which have seen a revival in popularity. He visited NH Vintage Vinyl, a record store in the town of Laconia, that had a working player he could use.
"It took me right back to the moment, " Clausen said. "Even though I wasn't there, I could picture the area where we were."
Staff at the store, which specializes in vintage recordings, record players and instruments, captured the moment Clausen first heard his parents' voices on video and shared it on social media.
"I was so worried (the record player) wasn't going to do anything," said Angela Stewart, one of the staff members at Vintage Vinyl who helped Clausen. "Cool to see everything go full circle."
Clausen calls himself the "family historian," and has pictures of his parents and siblings from his childhood. He said the special connection to hear
"It goes back to the memories of growing up, high school, the whole things about family," Clausen said. "I have six grandchildren locally, so they've all listened to this too."
