WORLD SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT TAPE LIBRARY

VANCOUVER/BC COLLECTION

REEL 18

CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTRE Feb. 4, 1973

A

[false take, 5"]

[0-tone]

1. CHINESE NEW YEAR'S FESTIVITIES 1'15"

2. " " " " 1'10"

3. " " " " 4'10"

B

4. CHINESE NEW YEAR'S FESTIVITIES 1'45"

5. " " " " 1'10"

6. " " " " 5'05"

7. " " " " 1'10"

 

REEL 18 COMMENTARY

Takes 1-3 are mostly milling crowd sounds, with nothing of specific interest other than the different spatial perspectives to the voices. Takes 4-7 contain more varied positions and places, with the added activity of the games at the start of the take.

1/2. Crowd ambience.

3. Walking through crowd.

0'10" momentary gap.

1'00" end microphone noise (right channel) from recordist's movement.

3'00" move outside to parking lot.

4. Walking through crowd, table games. Recordist moves among crowd in a room where there are several different games being played, such as checkers, "carom", etc.

6. This take recorded in the food line.

3'35" P.A. voice (female), crowd seems to quieten down in response.

4'30" baby screaming (and microphone noise).

7. Recorded in corridors.


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