WORLD SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT TAPE LIBRARY
CANADA COLLECTION

REEL 32 [DAT C14]

ROSS FARM, NOVA SCOTIA Oct. 13, 1973

A

[0-tone]

[ID 1 0:44]

1. CASH REGISTER 0'23"

Photo 808

[ID 2 1:24]

2. WOOD STOVE 0'20"

[ID 3 2:06]

3. " " 0'25"

B

Photo 1001

[ID 4 2:38]

4. BARREL MAKING 0'40"

[ID 5 3:18]

5. " " 7'50"

C

Photo 1002

[ID 6 11:24]
6. SHARPENING SCYTHE 0'50"

[ID 7 12:16]

7. TALK ABOUT RECORDING BEES 0'28"

[ID 8 12:42]

8. SHARPENING AND SCYTHING 0'31"

[ID 9 13:16]

9. " " " 0'45"

[ID 10 14:02]

10. SCYTHING 0'40"

[ID 11 14:48]

11. " 0'38"

[ID 12 15:28]

12. " 0'50"

[ID 13 16:27]

13. " 0'43"

D [ID 14 17:23]

14. CALLING SHEEP TO FEED 1'00"

[false take 5"]

[ID 15 18:35]

15. SHEEP EATING 1'19"

[false take 11"]

[ID 16 20:16]

16. MOTHER PIG AND PIGLETS 2'10"

E

[false take 20"]

Photo 801

[ID 17 22:55]

17. GROOMING OXEN 3'25"

[ID 18 26:27]

18. YOKING OXEN 5'55"

Photo 802, Photo 803

[ID 19 32:00]

19. WALKING OXEN OUTSIDE, COWBELL 0'45"

[ID 20 32:50]

20. PUTTING ON CHAIN, OXEN WALKING, BELL RINGING 1'50"

[ID 21 34:47]

21. HARNESSING OXEN TO PLOW 2'55"

Photo 804, Photo 805, Photo 806

[ID 22 37:47]

22. PLOWING 1'34"

[ID 23 39:24]

23. " 1'44"

[ID 24 41:13]

24. " 0'18"

[ID 25 41:38]

25. " 3'19"

 

REEL 32 COMMENTARY

3. Closer take of wood stove. Crackling of fire audible, but most distinctive sound is a relaxing continuous hum, like wind in stove pipe.

4. Hammering in very quiet, muted ambience. One almost smells the wood.

5. Both hammering and "forging" (shaving top of barrel). No talking. Rolling barrel (4'45"). Some talk about tools (5'00"). Geese in background, then microphone is turned toward geese (5'15-5'40").

6. Recordists walking from barrel making toward the man with the scythe. He sharpens scythe, in background sheep, bells ringing and some traffic on street.

7. Funny little interlude.

8. Traffic and wind on microphone, no good.

9. Wind throughout, no traffic.

10. " " " "

11. Less wind and sheep bells in background.

12. " " " rooster crowing (25",30", 40").

13. Car passing.

14. Interesting call, but heavy wind on microphone, sheep eating (30").

15. Lots of wind, no good.

16. Grunts and squeals and sucks. Recorded inside barn. Occasionally a fly flies by microphones. Close up grunt (1'40"). Very sensuous and funny take.

17. Grooming motion and cowbell create nice counterpoint during first minute. Traffic from outside quite audible and occasionally, what sounds like a distant chainsaw. Kid talking (1'50"), told to shut up.

18. Man commanding and shouting at oxen. Bell ringing continuously throughout process. Man huffing and puffing in his efforts to get it done. Walking outside at end.

21. Lots of wind on microphone. Two men are harnessing oxen (1'20"). Bell clanking throughout.

22. Plowing starts close to microphone, then disappears in distance. Bell ringing all the time. Plow is rather squeaky.

23. Plow approaching, disappearing, approaching, disappearing (heavy wind).

24. No good.

25. Plow approaching, stopping, starting, disappearing, etc. Lots of wind again.


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