rostasi Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 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. "Field" recordings are a right way of describing them. When you say "host": if you're simply wanting to place them online, you can just upload them to a blog that you've specially created or a personal website. If you're talking about connecting with like-minded persons, then the phonography site would be a place for that. They often have technical discussions mixed in with general idea sharing concerning sound hunting. That engine and it's sounds are fascinating. Have you isolated the location and/or reason for the regular clicks? The squeaks could be due to just regular wear and tear. Nice to see this, but even nicer to just hear it with eyes closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Addendum to this thread: How often do you listen to your most unusual recordings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Addendum to this thread: How often do you listen to your most unusual recordings? I generally dig mine out once or twice in the year. MG 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 thought those ESP Sampler LPs with one-minute excerpts were really odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 I got a 45 of wounded rabbit sounds, or something like that. Found it at a thrift shop. Looks like it was sold as part of a system for hunters. Some of my favorite "oddities" are various "motivational" 45s I've picked up over the years again at thrift shops. These are by people who are not exactly..."reknowned" in their fields, and the "messages" are, shall we say, "quaint" in thier awkward content and delivery. Then there's the records made by and for some sub-Avon-esque comapny & it's field reps from the early '60. These things tout the new product lines in a way that must be heard to be appreciated, especially the "Army" line of bath items for the boys...Again found at thrift shops. And last but not least, there's a few jingle records I've picked up. Most of these are generic things like "Your Wonderful Radio" and stuff like that on LP that seem to represent some really twisted entrepreneurial spirit ("Hey - why don't we make jingles about how great radio is and then sell it to radio stations. YEAH!"), but I did find one 78 that was straight from a pressing plant (or so it seems) with 2 jingles for GE light bulbs. Again from the thrift shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Here are 3 somewhat unusual discs that have been with me for a long time, but will never wear out my turntable. This one is a single-sided vinyl pressing of mysterious origin--the music is painfully bad: This one contains Army recruitment spots. I was told to call the interviewer "Hugh" and that these were interviews promoting achievements. Imagine my surprise when I heard Hugh Downs' voice substituted for the original interviewer, and my anger when I saw that these were U.S. Army recruitment spots--I was, after all, the General Manager of WBAI, a Pacifist station! And this one, well, it's Billy Dee Williams' stab at cabaret singing--a Don Schlitten production on the Prestige label: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Oh, Chris! I can't believe that you've got that Meredith Monk/Don Preston Candy Bullets single! - What a hoot! That track was re-released on an old Giorno Poetry Systems record called Better An Old Demon Than A New God. "The House" refers to Monk's self-publishing org. I'm gonna try to see if I can find that track around here... Yup, here it tis! - sounding very Amon Düül II! I've noticed too that the last time that you mentioned this LP, you had just switched to the Panther OS. Are you gearing up for Leopard on the 26th? Rod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Just remembered "Dear sir, is this a record". A 7" 33 1/3 rpm disc on VERY floppy plastic that was given away in 1962 by Private Eye magazine. Features Peter Cook, William Rushton and several other British comedians of the time. I've also found "Calling Prez collect"/"Cigarettes" by a black comedian called Jimmy Pelham, issued on his own label, Pel-nor. The A side is a phone call to Kennedy to protest about the number of "us" in jail down in Alabama. Very funny and very pointed. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 A buddy once sent me a cd he made of his own farts and shit noises. I think I still have it if anyone is interested in a trade. Depends on who your friend is. I only collect celebrity farts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Just remembered "Dear sir, is this a record". A 7" 33 1/3 rpm disc on VERY floppy plastic that was given away in 1962 by Private Eye magazine. Features Peter Cook, William Rushton and several other British comedians of the time. This reminds me of a truly "dirty" record that was included in a Hustler magazine. Your standard moans and groans, not at all unlike that Yoko Ono track on John Lennon's last album. Not that I was going to keep it, but Mom found that one anyway ... There was also an insert that was included in, I think, Omni magazine but it wasn't really a record. It was like a black and white circular maze and you put it on your turntable and if you stared at it for thirty seconds or so, you'd get a sort of "Altered States" effect when you turned away. Or this effect: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoGrubb Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 The Jimi Hendrix Experience BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME--Bob Dylan Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison and San Quentin Johnny Cash AMERICAN IV: The Man Comes Around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 This reminds me of a truly "dirty" record that was included in a Hustler magazine. Your standard moans and groans, not at all unlike that Yoko Ono track on John Lennon's last album. Not that I was going to keep it, but Mom found that one anyway ... Kinda like the Flexi-Sex discs Trunk have put out recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Kinda like the Flexi-Sex discs Trunk have put out recently. .. and 'Dirty Fan Mail' :rsmile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Barton Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 ...This reminds me of a truly "dirty" record that was included in a Hustler magazine. Your standard moans and groans, not at all unlike that Yoko Ono track on John Lennon's last album. Not that I was going to keep it, but Mom found that one anyway ... Or which I used to have years ago (does that count?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Bituminoise (2001) is for a single operating asphalt melting kettle, binaural microphone and digital recording medium. Because it's been reduced to an mp3, some of the deep, rich lower frequencies as well as the ghostly bell-like frequencies don't appear as strong as in the original excerpt. Headphones may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Just unearthed in a catch-all drawer this single-face, 4-inch 78rpm, made of cardboard (á la Hit Of The Week). Though it is probably hard to find on today's market, and it's message may not be so unusual, you gotta love the title: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 I think Durium posted this on his blog last year. Maybe he can comment more on it's history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 I think you'd have to PM him to get him over here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 I checked his site and could not find any mention of this release (much less an image). It is not listed in his Durium discography and a search for the catalog number yields nothing. Can you suggest a path to what you saw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 (edited) http://hitoftheweek.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html It's near the very bottom of the page. I PM'd him. Rod Edited October 29, 2007 by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 (edited) Thanks. The catalogue number is the same, 5014, but :backsides are different: Theirs: Mine: Edited October 29, 2007 by Christiern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durium Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 ....FROM UNCLE TOM Great to learn Rostasi, Clifford and Christien that you know how to find the correct info. I posted the record label and the spoken text at my Hit of the week blog There seem to be some confusion about the reverse. Well there are different reverses published. In my paper version of the Durium Advertisement and Custom Records Discography ( I don't have the time to publish all three discographies on the internet within a reasonable time scedule) I wrote about this record: A round 4" promo for the NURSERY RHYME BOOKS (E-5018 till E-5023). Mind that the name DURIUM JUNIOR is printed in capitals, but different then the American DURIUM JUNIOR // On the record nursery rhymes (according to the drawings on the reverse) Sing a Song Of Sixpence / Mary Had a Little Lamb followed by a sales talk for the DURIUM FOR THE YOUNG FOLK Nursery Rhymes Set. There are records with a blank reverse and records with some pictures as on the next series. Also the labels of the two versions seem slightly different. Mind that the name UNCLE TOM was used for Frank Luther on the DURIUM MOTHER GOOSE series and that the series this record refers to is sung by Harry Hemsley. The titles sung on the record are the same as the DURIUM MOTHER GOOSE Part 5 record (5076-B) sung by Uncle Tom. I printed the part about the different reverses in black , so your copy has one of the reverses from the series. Mind that the 5014 is a promo for the complete series. The series is: By HARRY HEMSLEY: Harry Hemsley vo - childlike vo with Novelty Accompany Recorded London, c 1932 E 5018 C Jack and Jill / Old King Cole / Girls and Boys come out to play - HH vo DURIUM FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS Part 1 5018 E-5019 A C Ride A Cock Horse / Little Bo-Peep / Hey Diddle Diddle - HH vo DURIUM FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS Part 4 5019 E-5020 B C Where are You Going To My Pretty Maid / Old Mother Hubbard / Pussy Cat - HH vo DURIUM FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS Part 5 5020 E-5021 A Little Miss Muffet / Ding Dong Bell / Tom, Tom the Piper's Son - HH vo DURIUM FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS Part II (sic) 5021 E-5022 B Sing a Song of Sixpence / Pat a Cake - HH vo DURIUM FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS Part 3 5022 E-5023 A Here We Go Gathering Nuts & May/ Dickory Dock / Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - HH vo DURIUM FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS Part 6 5023 These are round 4" records sold in two illustrated envelopes. Each set of three costing 6d. On the reverse of each record pictures to illustrate the songs. // Mind that there exist two records with the matrix E 5023. Keep swinging Durium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Thanks, Durium, for all that information. Christiern (Chris Albertson) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoGrubb Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 (edited) This is a 1980 Time-Life 33 1/3 RPM promo/sampler. Earl Hines hosts, explains each composition. It's pliable, like a floppy disc. West End Blues--Louis Armstrong I'm Comin'--Bix Beiderbecke Basin Street Blues--Benny Goodman What A Little Moonlight Can Do--Billie Holiday Someday Sweetheart--Coleman Hawkins West End Blues(another)--Louis Armstrong Edited October 30, 2007 by MoGrubb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 An album with 500 locked grooves by 500 different artists: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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