EUROPE COLLECTION

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REEL 47 [DAT 24]

Cembra / Ventimiglia April 2,3/75

A

Photo 215

[ID 1 0:14]

1.  MUSICIANS FROM TOWN BAND play a few numbers.

mark * Huse on tenor. [2:43]

B [ID 2 23:23]

2.  MORNING AMBIENCE in central square outside Albergo.

mark * loud tractor. [1:27]

C [ID 3 35:10]

3.  STORE-FRONT SHUTTERS opening on central square.

D [ID 4 36:34]

4.  STONE CUTTERS (on road to Trento) chipping stone in quarry.

E [ID 5 41:38]

5.  (Ventimiglia) ENTERING ITALIAN CUSTOMS at French border.

 

COMMENTARY

1. The practice had just broken up; a few more left at the end. Pretty funny, funky playing.

2. Good clear soundscape. Various footsteps, birds; ending with shutters opening at the Albergo. Note tractor entering into full foreground towards beginning.

3. Note the reverberation.

4. 3 men, 2 cutting stone and 1 pushing wheelbarrow.

5. Some stamping sounds and discussion by recordists over how much the officials were going to charge us for processing the carnet.

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