EUROPE COLLECTION

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REEL 49 [DAT 25]

Paris, France April 8/75

A [ID 1 0:31]

1.  RUE DU BAC, METRO (train arrival and departure).

[ID 2 3:34]

2.  2 trains arriving simultaneously.

[ID 3 5:35]

3.  RIDING IN METRO, 2 stops (stopping at Chambre des Députés).

3b.  (false take, some alarm bell ringing)

[ID 4 9:41]

4.  RIDE TO CONCORDE, doors closing from inside.

[ID 5 10:45]

5.  DOORS CLOSING AT CONCORDE, from platform.

[ID 6 11:19]

6.  NEW TRAIN ARRIVING AT CONCORDE

6b.  (false take)

[ID 7 11:51]

7.  mark * SIREN from above, followed by chordal horn from somewhere. [0:00]

[ID 8 13:20]

8.  NEW TRAIN ARRIVING AND DEPARTING

[ID 9 14:21]

9.  " " " " "

[ID 10 15:36]

10.  mark * RIDE ON NEW TRAIN

[ID 11 17:28]

11.  DOORS CLOSING ON NEW TRAIN AND BUZZ Signal before departure.

12. (2 false takes trying to get siren)

[ID 12 18:58]

13.  GARE LYON, arrival/departure

mark * arpeggio chord before P.A. announcement. [0:56]

B [ID 13 23:14]

14.  GARE LYON, walking through revolving doors into restaurant accompanied by jackhammer ambience.

[ID 14 25:54]

15.  GARE LYON, jackhammer

[ID 15 27:50]

16.  " " people entering through new turnstiles.

[ID 16 29:57]

17.  CONCORDE STATION, blind man singing a capella in Concorde Station.

[ID 17 32:19]

18.  CONCORDE STATION, old turnstiles, singer in background.

18a.  (false take, more Metro)

C [ID 18 35:15]

19.  STREET MARKET AND CALLERS at Rue de Buci and Rue de Seine.

mark * callers, good section, counterpoint between two guys. [9:13]

 

COMMENTARY

1. Note the relatively quiet ambience in station. Good sequence: Train arrives, steam valves, door slams, steam valves again, train exits.

2. Better levels in this sequence; small bell rings as train departs, afterwards reverberant footsteps; some hammering.

3. Good sequence with metro disappearing into tunnel as cadence.

7. Nice siren and horn.

8., 9. Buzz signal (fairly pure tone) before departure.

10. Same buzz signal before departure. Quieter ride on new train. It's like a whoosh.

13. Construction ambience, very loud. Note rumble is not train leaving, but baggage wagons.

16. Disturbance in right channel at beginning of take. New turnstiles, nice rhythm; in background, signal for departure of metro (see takes 8-10).

17. "Michael Row the Boat" in French.

19. Busy ambience; people talking, callers, footsteps, cars passing etc..

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