tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1423563 2009-11-09T19:31:22+00:00 Team blog discussing audio digitisation issues and supporting the British Library's JISC-funded Archival Sound Recordings project. TypePad http://www.bl.uk/images/entrypoint/logo100.gifSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesThis is a blog feed from the British Library Sound Archive. Subscribe to receive free updates about our Archival Sound Recordings project. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a6680603970b 2009-11-09T19:31:22+00:00 2009-11-09T19:31:22+00:00 Richard Ranft Experience a South African dawn chorus with this recording made at 4.40 am in the Eastern Cape Province in 1979. Various birds and insects add their voices to this early morning symphony and the...<br/> <br/> (From the Archival Sounds Blog: Peter Findlay explores our audio resources)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=RZhCqSaeG2M:aosFuwQPNGQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=RZhCqSaeG2M:aosFuwQPNGQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=RZhCqSaeG2M:aosFuwQPNGQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?i=RZhCqSaeG2M:aosFuwQPNGQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=RZhCqSaeG2M:aosFuwQPNGQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/archivalsounds/~4/RZhCqSaeG2M" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2009/11/recording-of-the-week-early-risers.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a64ad6eb970b 2009-11-02T16:11:27+00:00 2009-11-02T16:11:27+00:00 Richard Ranft Field recordist Jim Kippen announces the date, location, occasion and performer names at the front of this recording of women's wedding songs sung during a marriage celebration in Lucknow, Uttar...<br/> <br/> (From the Archival Sounds Blog: Peter Findlay explores our audio resources)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=P7Opv4f1vRA:u4S0erEdBKY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=P7Opv4f1vRA:u4S0erEdBKY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=P7Opv4f1vRA:u4S0erEdBKY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?i=P7Opv4f1vRA:u4S0erEdBKY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=P7Opv4f1vRA:u4S0erEdBKY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/archivalsounds/~4/P7Opv4f1vRA" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2009/11/recording-of-the-week-indian-wedding-songs.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a61fdab4970b 2009-10-26T12:31:08+00:00 2009-10-26T12:31:08+00:00 Richard Ranft To mark the publication of his book of memoirs Dancing Ledge, filmmaker Derek Jarman talks about his life and times to theatre legend Ken Campbell. Campbell is unable to discuss the structure of the...<br/> <br/> (From the Archival Sounds Blog: Peter Findlay explores our audio resources)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=TCxtZ_HeT60:ecHo9h911ic:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=TCxtZ_HeT60:ecHo9h911ic:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=TCxtZ_HeT60:ecHo9h911ic:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?i=TCxtZ_HeT60:ecHo9h911ic:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=TCxtZ_HeT60:ecHo9h911ic:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/archivalsounds/~4/TCxtZ_HeT60" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2009/10/recording-of-the-week-derek-jarman-with-ken-campbell-recorded-in-1984.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a5f54ac5970b 2009-10-19T15:30:57+01:00 2009-10-19T15:30:57+01:00 Richard Ranft Listen to the way this speaker pronounces an sound on this recording. The link below also connects to accompanying text with an analysis of the lexis, phonology and grammar heard in this recording....<br/> <br/> (From the Archival Sounds Blog: Peter Findlay explores our audio resources)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=vCCEZKFaenI:EkueLazkb-k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=vCCEZKFaenI:EkueLazkb-k:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=vCCEZKFaenI:EkueLazkb-k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?i=vCCEZKFaenI:EkueLazkb-k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=vCCEZKFaenI:EkueLazkb-k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/archivalsounds/~4/vCCEZKFaenI" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2009/10/recording-of-the-week-ever-heard-the-northumbrian-burr.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a632fb6f970c 2009-10-12T15:02:25+01:00 2009-10-12T15:02:25+01:00 Richard Ranft The British Library is pleased to announce four additional sound archiving internships for 2009-2010. The internships are aimed at those wanting to develop a comprehensive understanding of technical...<br/> <br/> (From the Archival Sounds Blog: Peter Findlay explores our audio resources)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=1Zigcb-8YCw:KiJBOjrDsR0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=1Zigcb-8YCw:KiJBOjrDsR0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=1Zigcb-8YCw:KiJBOjrDsR0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?i=1Zigcb-8YCw:KiJBOjrDsR0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=1Zigcb-8YCw:KiJBOjrDsR0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/archivalsounds/~4/1Zigcb-8YCw" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2009/10/sound-archiving-internships-20092010.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a632baf3970c 2009-10-12T13:43:05+01:00 2009-10-12T13:43:05+01:00 Richard Ranft Reading aloud a passage from her autobiography about her opposition to the first Gulf War, Vanessa Redgrave talks to Simon Callow about her dual career as an actor and political activist and the role...<br/> <br/> (From the Archival Sounds Blog: Peter Findlay explores our audio resources)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=I5gr_LXCa0Y:kambzUhA5l0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=I5gr_LXCa0Y:kambzUhA5l0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=I5gr_LXCa0Y:kambzUhA5l0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?i=I5gr_LXCa0Y:kambzUhA5l0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=I5gr_LXCa0Y:kambzUhA5l0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/archivalsounds/~4/I5gr_LXCa0Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2009/10/recording-of-the-week-vanessa-redgrave-at-the-ica-in-1991.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a5c15081970b 2009-10-06T00:18:19+01:00 2009-10-06T00:18:19+01:00 Richard Ranft “Browsing the Archival Sound Recordings interactive map of soundscapes, by zooming in on the London area, I saw a marker at Hayes in Middlesex, England", writes Nigel Bewley. "Clicking on that...<br/> <br/> (From the Archival Sounds Blog: Peter Findlay explores our audio resources)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=y2R0Z7YHNGI:YlDU6KSqf1E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=y2R0Z7YHNGI:YlDU6KSqf1E:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=y2R0Z7YHNGI:YlDU6KSqf1E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?i=y2R0Z7YHNGI:YlDU6KSqf1E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=y2R0Z7YHNGI:YlDU6KSqf1E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/archivalsounds/~4/y2R0Z7YHNGI" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2009/10/recording-of-the-week-the-famous-emi-record-factory.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a5fbb51b970c 2009-09-28T18:43:19+01:00 2009-09-28T18:43:19+01:00 Richard Ranft Composer Steve Reich talks to Michael Berkeley and Gavin Bryars about his life, work and musical influences - among them Bach, Stravinsky, Charlie Parker and - for his exceptional sense of time -...<br/> <br/> (From the Archival Sounds Blog: Peter Findlay explores our audio resources)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=7jNJcc1l5Sg:E1RwADIgQBM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=7jNJcc1l5Sg:E1RwADIgQBM:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=7jNJcc1l5Sg:E1RwADIgQBM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?i=7jNJcc1l5Sg:E1RwADIgQBM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=7jNJcc1l5Sg:E1RwADIgQBM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/archivalsounds/~4/7jNJcc1l5Sg" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2009/09/recording-of-the-week-steve-reich-at-the-ica-.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a58cc997970b 2009-09-22T13:41:51+01:00 2009-09-22T13:41:51+01:00 Richard Ranft Can't tell a Blackbird from a Song Thrush? Well, here's a top tip to help you distinguish between the two songbirds. The Song Thrush loves repetition and will repeat each song phrase two or three...<br/> <br/> (From the Archival Sounds Blog: Peter Findlay explores our audio resources)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=BLymkSYBzUs:T1p9nzDH1io:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=BLymkSYBzUs:T1p9nzDH1io:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=BLymkSYBzUs:T1p9nzDH1io:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?i=BLymkSYBzUs:T1p9nzDH1io:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=BLymkSYBzUs:T1p9nzDH1io:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/archivalsounds/~4/BLymkSYBzUs" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2009/09/recording-of-the-week-repetition-repetition-repetition.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a5713e07970b 2009-09-15T17:35:41+01:00 2009-09-15T17:35:41+01:00 Richard Ranft Great harmonies from the lead singer and several male backing singers accompanied on one guitar and one banjo: http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=025M-C0205X0001XX-0100V0.xml# 'Recording of the Week'...<br/> <br/> (From the Archival Sounds Blog: Peter Findlay explores our audio resources)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=RTKJAalgT9I:K7AExBXFrKk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=RTKJAalgT9I:K7AExBXFrKk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=RTKJAalgT9I:K7AExBXFrKk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?i=RTKJAalgT9I:K7AExBXFrKk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?a=RTKJAalgT9I:K7AExBXFrKk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/archivalsounds?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/archivalsounds/~4/RTKJAalgT9I" height="1" width="1"/> http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/archival_sounds/2009/09/recording-of-the-week-traditional-love-songs-from-kiribati.html