The Singing Humpbacks

Marine Mammal Fund - The Singing Humpbacks

released on cassette tape (yes, Oxford Dictionary, this is still a valid term)

This one is another thrift store discovery. It's been a while since beautiful humpback whale singing has been posted. The cover and the cassette itself says that this was part of the Voices of Nature Series. Due to lack of time, I could not attempt to find more info about this series as nothing was showing up in the first few pages of my favorite search engine.

The liner notes does provide a brief explanation of this series:

The VOICES OF NATURE SERIES is a production of the Marine Mammal Fund, a non-profit organization devoted to public education of ocean and marinelife issues. This series is designed to acquaint the listener with the diversity of life on our planet through the sounds that these life forms produce.
The meaning of animal sounds is little understood. No doubt some of the sounds they generate are used in communicating with others of their kind, while other sounds are used to warn of danger. Through all of the possible meanings, one thing is crystal clear: animal sounds as perceived by the human ear are fascinating and can be listened to for hours.



Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Hawaiian Singers {7:43}
recorded by Kenneth C. Balcomb and Lon Brockelhurst off Lahaina, Maui, in March of 1979

2. Mexican Singers {6:47}
recorded by Kenneth C. Balcomb and Jorge Urban off Gordo Bank, Baja Mexico in March of 1988

Side 2

1. Humpbacks of Glacier Bay {4:49}
recorded by Dr. Lee Tepley at Glacier Bay, Alaska, no date provided

2. Caribbean Singers {9:40}
recorded by Dr. Thomas Poulter sometime during the 1960s

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