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REEL 133
VANCOUVER, BC Dec. 31/Jan. 1, 1979, 1980, 1981
1. NEW YEAR'S EVE, VANCOUVER HARBOUR, 1979 [22:27]
2. NEW YEAR'S EVE, VANCOUVER HARBOUR, 1980 [13:50]
3. NEW YEAR'S EVE, VANCOUVER HARBOUR, 1981 [14:30]
REEL 133 COMMENTARY
1. Recordist is at the foot of
Granville Street. Overall a more muted event than the subsequent years,
and slower to reach a peak.
2. Recordist is at the foot of Granville Street, called Granville Square at that time, facing the harbour.
0:10 Recordist ID (Barry Truax)
describing the situation
1:48 One horn begins, some voices, then more distant horns join in
4:30 horns swell, including lower ones, footsteps (5:40), distant bell (6:00) marking midnight, train whistle (6:40), several CPR Ferry blasts (7:16), and nice mix of horns, siren (8:50), people passing, another siren (9:45), distant horns very rhythmic and persistent, more sirens (14:00), one persistent horn continues with interesting echo sounding at a slightly different pitch, a higher horn joins in (19:20), and eventually the horns stop (21:30)
1:48 One horn begins, some voices, then more distant horns join in
4:30 horns swell, including lower ones, footsteps (5:40), distant bell (6:00) marking midnight, train whistle (6:40), several CPR Ferry blasts (7:16), and nice mix of horns, siren (8:50), people passing, another siren (9:45), distant horns very rhythmic and persistent, more sirens (14:00), one persistent horn continues with interesting echo sounding at a slightly different pitch, a higher horn joins in (19:20), and eventually the horns stop (21:30)
2. Recordist is at the foot of Granville Street, called Granville Square at that time, facing the harbour.
0:09 Recordist ID (Barry Truax)
describing the situation
1:58 Low horns begin, also at 2:24
2:45 horns start to swell, distant fireworks and kids shout out "Happy New Year" (2:52); CPR Ferry docked close by produces one long loud blast (2:59); other horns follow, another shout by kids, nice blend of horns from many directions, more shouting, car starting, horns start to fall off (6:45), distant siren (8:39), then distant ambience, some wind noise.
3. Same location, one year later, low droning ambience, someone says
"Happy New Year" (0:32), horns start (1:44), blasts from CPR Ferry
(2:07, 2:25, 2:42), another loud horn and CPR Ferry (3:30), noisy
shouts from people nearby, more distant horns, another series of CPR
Ferry blasts (5:30, 6:45), with responses from people, then only more
distant horns and occasional voices, beginning of fade out (13:30)
then fades back in to catch some distant fireworks. Simultaneously,
Hildegard Westerkamp is recording the event from the
Stanley Park side, a recording that appears as track 9 on the Vancouver
Soundscape double CD.
1:58 Low horns begin, also at 2:24
2:45 horns start to swell, distant fireworks and kids shout out "Happy New Year" (2:52); CPR Ferry docked close by produces one long loud blast (2:59); other horns follow, another shout by kids, nice blend of horns from many directions, more shouting, car starting, horns start to fall off (6:45), distant siren (8:39), then distant ambience, some wind noise.
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