Music and Bird Songs

James Fassett - Music and Bird Songs

Sorry, it's been awhile since any nature sounds have been posted. Hopefully, I can get back to posting these every Sunday.

From the liner notes:

On May 25, 1952, as an intermission feature of the regular Sunday afternoon broadcast of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, this recording was presented by James H. Fassett. It proved to be so popular with radio listeners that portions of it were again presented as an intermission program on November 30, 1952. Because of public response to this unusual presentation, it was decided to make this record from the original tape, as it had been prepared by Mr. Fassett and Peter Paul Kellogg.

The voices of ten birds and six frogs are heard on this record at their natural speed; then some are slowed down, as much as eight times. Some of the melodies that result have an unearthly beauty; others are weird and strange. But their fascination is unique; everyone agrees that here are the sounds of nature as they have never been heard before.

This, by the way, is a 10" record.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Music and Bird Songs side 1 {10:43}

Mockingbird; Winter Wren; Common Loon; Pied-billed Grebe; Eastern Meadowlark; Red-winged blackbird; Western Meadowlark

Side 2

1. Music and Bird Songs side 2 {10:44}

Song Sparrow; Swamp Cricket Frog or Southern Chorus Frog; Spring Peeper; Cricket Frog or Southern Cricket Frog; Bullfrog; Southern Toad; Barking Frog or Barking Treefrog; Wood Thrush; Hermit Thrush

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