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REEL 85
CAP'S MUSEUM March 28, 1973
1. PLAYING OLD BULB HORN 0'55"
2. TALKING ABOUT HUBCAPS 1'10"
3. TALKING ABOUT STEAM THRESHERS 0'35"
4. TALKING ABOUT SHIFT WHISTLES IN NEW WESTMINSTER AREA 0'30"
[false take, 1"]
5. SINGLE CYLINDER ENGINE, turned over by hand 0'55"
6. TICKING SOUND (?) 0'20"
SERIES OF ANTIQUE CAR HORNS:
7. 1928 ESSEX 0'47"
[false take, 8"]
8. 1934 DODGE 4-DOOR SEDAN 0'47"
9. 1931 VICTORIA MODEL "A", replacement horn 0'40"
[false take, 9"]
10. 1929 VICTORY 6 DODGE, announced, not recorded 0'04"
[false take, 15"]
*11. 1927 HUDSON SUPER SIX, motor-driven horn, sounds like a disease! 0'35"
12. 1928 FORD MODEL "A" SEDAN, motor-driven horn 0'32"
13. 1927 BUICK 4-DOOR SEDAN, hilarious 0'20"
14. 1926 MODEL "T" FORD COACH, 2-door 1'15"
15. 1929 MODEL "A" FORD 0'25"
16. 1926 ESSEX SEDAN 0'40"
17. 1939 (?) 0'25"
[3 false takes, 36"]
18. 1925 CHEV TOURING 0'30"
[false take, 27"]
19. 1926 MODEL "T" FORD TOURING 0'25"
20. 1921 MODEL "T" 0'44"
21. CASH REGISTER, "Custom Merc Co.", nice bells! 1'20"
[0-tone]
[false take, 15"]
22. MAGNETO TELEPHONE, with announcements 0'10"
23. " " " " 0'15"
24. " " " " 0'10"
[false take, 7"]
25. MAGNETO TELEPHONE, with announcements 0'20"
26. " " " " 0'15"
27. " " " " 0'17"
28. " " " " 0'25"
29. " " " " 2'23"
*30. MAGNETO TELEPHONE, with announcements, beautiful multitones 0'50"
31. MAGNETO TELEPHONE, with announcements 1'00"
32. " " " " 0'25"
33. VELVET PHOTO ALBUM, can't hear much 0'28"
34. "SILVER BELL" ALARM CLOCK, winding, alarm (distorted), ticking 0'50"
35. "BIG BEN" ALARM CLOCK, ticking only 0'30"
36. TWO MAGNETO TELEPHONES, crank operated 0'30"
37. OLD BOX CAMERAS 0'43"
38. EMPTY BUTTER CHURN 0'16"
39. " " " 0'35"
*40. PLAYER PIANO 1'30"
41. OLD BOX CAMERA 0'17"
42. " " " 0'22"
43. " " " 0'11"
44 . " " " 0'19"
45. " " " 0'16"
46. " " " 0'08"
47. " " " 0'12"
48. MEAT SLICER, without meat 0'15"
49. THREE DECANTERS, rattling in a wooden case 0'40"
50. LUNCH PAIL, leather and cardboard O'40"
REEL 85 COMMENTARY
During the recording of these sounds you hear a light patter of feet from the store above. At the time they were an intrusive sound to the recordists, however there are some interesting patterns here. They are at least alive compared to the countless dead sounds which are the subject of this session. Some of these "disappearing sounds" have some real and distinctive qualities. Others, because they are operated "empty" (such as butter churns) are just that. These are sounds which have been gathering dust for years. In the case of the old car horns, it is the sound of the man naming them which holds interest as much as the sounds themselves which appear in no real social context.
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