I've had several requests to post more of the "slide show narration" tapes that I've come across. I will have to do more searching to find the remaining ones that I own, as I don't always remember to label things well, but just by chance I came across this extensively researched, fairly professional sounding narration of a slide show, one which is largely focused on historic locations found in New Jersey.
I am dating this to some time in the 1950's or very early 1960's, as the remainder of the tape has poorly recorded segments of someone called Long John on WOR in New York, a position that host (who sounds very interesting) left in 1962. I can share those recordings, too, if anyone is interested.
I hope you can picture the images in your head while the narrator takes you on tour!
Download: Unknown - A New Jersey Travelogue
Play:
Turn on the reel to reel tape recorder. Take the tape out of the box. Put the empty reel on the right spindle, and the full reel on the left spindle. Wind the tape through the mechanisms - including the pinch rollers, the capstan and the rest. The tape is pressed against the heads and moves at a certain number of inches per second. Start the machine. And sometimes... if you're lucky... magic comes spilling out of the speakers. That magic is what I hope to share here.
Monday, August 28, 2017
A Travelogue Through Historic New Jersey
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Oh, BOB! Please do share any & all radio related tapes.......... MY FAVOURITE!!!
ReplyDeleteIt says "FILE NOT AVAILABLE" When I attempt to download......
ReplyDeleteOh, wait, now it's w0rking...........
ReplyDeleteI love this! Thanks for posting it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bob. I love background history, and I even found a much larger version of the map you included.
ReplyDeleteWebsite dedicated to Revolutionary War battles fought in NJ:
http://www.hiddennj.com/2014/10/hallowed-ground-new-jerseys.html
Gigantic map linky:
http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HISTORICALMAPS/REVOLUTIONARYWAR/RevolutionaryBattles.gif
Bob, is it too late to ask for more history recordings, or even Long John's radio shows?
Long John Nebel; a New York radio legend.
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