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An Actual Story in Sound of a Dog's Life
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produced by Tony Schwartz (Folkways Records, 1958), 24 mins
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Cable Car Soundscapes
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produced by Peter McCandless, fl. 1982 (Folkways Records, 1982), 49 mins

What could be the sound of heavy industrial machinery is in fact the noise produced by the famed San Francisco cable cars, a “living sound relic” as Shoshana Wechsler says in the detailed liner notes. This compilation presents the sounds produced by and related to the cable cars, capturing their hums and clatt...

produced by Peter McCandless, fl. 1982 (Folkways Records, 1982), 49 mins
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Here at the Waters' Edge 1: A Voyage in Sound
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(Folkways Records, 1962), 34 mins

Recorded by Leo Hurwitz and Charles Pratt in and around the Port of New York, this album is separated into three categories: “Ocean into Inland Waters”, “City Edge: The Coves of Manhattan Island”, and “The Surrounding Shores; Rideout to Sea”. While the three categories represent a separation and a boun...

(Folkways Records, 1962), 34 mins
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The International Morse Code: A Teaching Record Using the Audio-Vis-Tac Method
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(Folkways Records, 1962), 24 mins

Philip S. Gross narrates this 1962 album which details a particular method developed by Gross to learn Morse code called the “Gross Method”. He states that his method reduces the learning time from 50-60 hours to “acquire a skill of 4 — 7 words a minute” down to 3 to 4 hours. Through a combination of €..

(Folkways Records, 1962), 24 mins
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Music of the Carousel
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(Folkways Records, 1961), 30 mins

Longing for another go on the carousel? Relive the sound experience with tunes played on the calliope. The light-hearted music for organ has entered popular memory, with thanks due to our childhood experiences on merry-go-round ponies and lions.

(Folkways Records, 1961), 30 mins
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Playing Music with Animals: Interspecies Communication of Jim Nollman with 300 Turkeys, 12 Wolves and 20 Orcas
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(Folkways Records, 1982), 39 mins
Unusual forays into the realm of avant-garde music, or studies in animal communication? You decide!
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Science Series: Sounds of Frequency
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(Folkways Records, 1954), 21 mins

While some of the sounds on this album could be the noise produced by various electric equipment (fax machine buzz, phone busy tones etc.) this album is actually to provide “a standard by which record playing equipment can be checked for frequency response, and distortion, without equipment other than an oscillo...

(Folkways Records, 1954), 21 mins
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Sound Effects, Vol. 1: City Sounds
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(Folkways Records, 1958), 50 mins

This compilation of sounds from the city is divided into two categories: outdoor and indoor sound. Recorded in 1958 by Tony Schwartz for the purpose of using the noises for radio, TV, theatre and film, the sounds include such things as traffic noise (honking taxis, bus’s squeaking breaks etc.) and chattering in...

(Folkways Records, 1958), 50 mins
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Sound Patterns
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(Folkways Records, 1953), 36 mins

As part of a Folkways Record science series, this compilation is divided into four sections: Natural, Musical, Location and Manmade Sounds. Recorded in 1953, the collection was considered a departure from other similar material: “Like photography and art “annuals,” each issue will include the most unusual —...

(Folkways Records, 1953), 36 mins
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