On 3/20/19 4:19 PM, Wender, Jessie wrote:
> I am a photo editor working on an archival photography project at The New York Times. I haven't worked with archival sound, but wanted to inquire about field recording archives. I am particularly interested in rain recordings in Time Square or NYC from the 1950s-1970s. I would appreciate any leads about where I could locate this type of recording.
Capitol Records first stereo demonstration disc, issued I think in 1956,
contains a cut "Traffic on a Rainy Day", recorded somewhere in
Manhattan. Here's a scan of the front cover. Unfortunately I don't see
a Capitol number.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m7ekj6m5y5uq7tw/Capitol_stereo-disk_front-cover.pdf?dl=0
The location recordings were made using an Ampex studio recorder loaded
into a VW van which also contained lots of batteries and a primitive
inverter to make 120 volts AC power. Somewhere I have a complete
digital transfer of this disc, but I haven't found it yet.
-- John Chester
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