rockefeller center Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Richard Feynman, "Safecracker Suite" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Two recordings: The 1963 Winternationals. This is an LP of drag racing sounds, recorded live. Never seen another copy. Stack Music, Vol 2. on Folkways. Sounds of locomotives on LP. You talkin' 'bout these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fer Urbina Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Rather than unusual recording, an internationally recognised artist in an unusual job (this was before his big break). THE DI MARA SISTERS with ASTOR PIAZOLA [sic] & His Orchestra MEMORIE DI ROMA (ROULETTE R 25096), 1958, U.S.A. F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Davey Williams and John Corbett - Humdinger (14 Improvisations and a Monograph on Failed Wind Instruments) -UMS. Gave it shot since I found a used copy for only $1. Pretty strange stuff. For example, there's one track that features over seven minutes of (John Corbett?) just flipping through stations on a radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig'Em Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 I have several recordings of grown men grunting. (sorry, couldn't resist) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 I have several recordings of grown men grunting. (sorry, couldn't resist) Are you offering burns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 I've always wanted that 'Sounds of the Junkyard' LP on Folkways. Rod probably has it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 (edited) I've always wanted that 'Sounds of the Junkyard' LP on Folkways. Rod probably has it. Well, actually... Some of the tracks are kind of "diddling" around in the yards, but in college, I used to blast the acetylene torch tracks out of the dorm room. I have 100+ hours of recordings of asphalt roofing kettles that I've made over the past few decades (with an excerpt released on disc here.) I think that the "Junkyard" LP was probably an influence. Edited October 17, 2007 by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 A tape a (former) friend made to teach his parrot to talk. Forty-five minutes of an adult male saying things like "I'm a pretty bird" over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD45 Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Two recordings: The 1963 Winternationals. This is an LP of drag racing sounds, recorded live. Never seen another copy. Stack Music, Vol 2. on Folkways. Sounds of locomotives on LP. You talkin' 'bout these? Hot dog! Those are they! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wow....that's gonna take a few days of thought... plus, I'll have to figure out who's path. (BTW, I have all of the recordings mentioned so far. ) Honestly Rod, what DON'T you have??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Some of the tracks are kind of "diddling" around in the yards, but in college, I used to blast the acetylene torch tracks out of the dorm room. I have 100+ hours of recordings of asphalt roofing kettles that I've made over the past few decades (with an excerpt released on disc here.) I think that the "Junkyard" LP was probably an influence. It completely boggles my mind that any of this stuff can be of interest to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 occasionally i discretely whip out my set of awesome environments recordings for guests. they are really well made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 occasionally i discretely whip out my set of awesome environments recordings for guests. they are really well made.Do you have a turntable that will play at 16rpm in order to play Vol. 2's "Tintinnabulation"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Some of the tracks are kind of "diddling" around in the yards, but in college, I used to blast the acetylene torch tracks out of the dorm room. I have 100+ hours of recordings of asphalt roofing kettles that I've made over the past few decades (with an excerpt released on disc here.) I think that the "Junkyard" LP was probably an influence. It completely boggles my mind that any of this stuff can be of interest to anyone. Maybe, but this description made me stop and listen: 07. Richard Lerman - Auschwitz [MP3 - 5 MB] Auschwitz, November 18, 1999 was recorded while offering a performance at the 1999 Audio Art Festival in Krakow. The recording, made on a cold rainy day gathered audio mostly from the fences still standing at the site. I used a Walkman recorder and piezo disks. And it definitely had a "quality" to it that is hard to deny. It is music in its own way, as it evokes an atmosphere just as effective as a Bill Evans piano trio recording. Of course, what makes it that is what I bring as a listener, what my mind is telling about the history of Auschiwitz, the sadness, and maybe, just maybe, that life goes on as the rain falls. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 (edited) occasionally i discretely whip out my set of awesome environments recordings for guests. they are really well made.Do you have a turntable that will play at 16rpm in order to play Vol. 2's "Tintinnabulation"? one of my fav favs. that big bell sounds huge huge. yes to the 16er. the patterns of these recordings are so incredibly subtle that no boring patterns develop. hearing the aviary recording is like downing 10 cups of coffee in 15 minutes. Edited October 17, 2007 by alocispepraluger102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 I read that not only is Tintinnabulation available on CD, but they used the 16rpm version to lengthen it to 60 minutes. Check Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 I've always wanted that 'Sounds of the Junkyard' LP on Folkways. Rod probably has it. Well, actually... Some of the tracks are kind of "diddling" around in the yards, but in college, I used to blast the acetylene torch tracks out of the dorm room. I have 100+ hours of recordings of asphalt roofing kettles that I've made over the past few decades (with an excerpt released on disc here.) I think that the "Junkyard" LP was probably an influence. Whetting my appetite, indeed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 I couldn't get a sound clip of your roofing torch going. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wow....that's gonna take a few days of thought... plus, I'll have to figure out who's path. (BTW, I have all of the recordings mentioned so far. ) I realize that it's not a contest, but I can't see anyone topping you, Rod. well, if you take "unusual" as compared to what you listen to usually yourself, then Rod is relatively easy to top actually, all you need are sufficiently narrow tastes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 (edited) I couldn't get a sound clip of your roofing torch going. Am I missing something?No sound link, just a location for reading. Marcelo has since chosen to have links for just a couple from each comp. You can read what other's have done. Let's just say that I've had one person describe the roofing kettle piece as being what it must be like inside The Large Magellanic Cloud. Since it's recorded binaurally, it's meant to gently and very slowly give multiple spatial orientations on various central axes ("Axis of Weeble"?) through gentle rotations while emphasizing various sound spectra within the "cloud." It doesn't come off as being the kind of Merzbow-type roar that one might think it would sound like, but more like a gentle massaging of the brain. Like the review at the link states: "a wooshing noise that builds, slightly changes pitch and volume but reveals internal variation and layers, in an intense seven minutes before fading again." Edited October 17, 2007 by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Someone once gave me a CD of Jewish liturgical music from Ethiopia, assuming that I like all African music. It was the most awful music I've ever heard. I gave it to a colleague who said she could put up with anything. I don't think she knows Rod. She never spoke to me again. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD45 Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 I've always wanted that 'Sounds of the Junkyard' LP on Folkways. Rod probably has it. Well, actually... Some of the tracks are kind of "diddling" around in the yards, but in college, I used to blast the acetylene torch tracks out of the dorm room. I have 100+ hours of recordings of asphalt roofing kettles that I've made over the past few decades (with an excerpt released on disc here.) I think that the "Junkyard" LP was probably an influence. I have many field [no pun intended] recordings of antique tractors and steam engines. Some of them this summer benefited from my new dual condenser mic setup. I haven't found a place to host these sounds online for easy playback. Thoughts? Here is a lo-fi clip of one of the engines i recorded this summer: It is awesome, with that odd singing squeak and the never-ending clicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Someone once gave me a CD of Jewish liturgical music from Ethiopia, assuming that I like all African music. It was the most awful music I've ever heard. I gave it to a colleague who said she could put up with anything. I don't think she knows Rod. She never spoke to me again.Yup, it's an acquired taste fer sure! Very "raw" sound, but the melodic bits often tries to emulate the sound of a one-string lute with the "testifying" response of a gospel church congregation (albeit very low-key ). Fascinating, but not all that engaging (unless you're a follower, I suppose). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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