KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ World Ear Project: Shattuck Avenue, Seal Rocks, & Sausalito Houseboat Docks

Analog Audio

Event Type

Other Finds

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

WEP.1970.08.16.01

Program Series

World Ear Project

Program Length

41 mins

Dates

| broadcast
| 1970-08-16 | created

Description

Ambient field recordings from Berkeley and San Francisco, made on August 15th and 16th, 1970. First heard is a relatively brief recording of traffic on Shattuck Avenue, right outside the KPFA studios. This is followed by two recordings made at Seal Rocks in San Francisco, where the sounds of the wind and ocean are occasionally mixed with songs by Bob Dylan and The Band, as well as a woman talking. The tape conclude with the sounds of the houseboat docks in Sausalito.

Genres

Field recordings

Musical Selections

[traffic outside the KPFA studios at 2207 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley CA, 8/15/1970] (3:39) / Richard Friedman and/or Denny Smithson -- [Seal Rocks, site 1, San Francisco, 8/16/1970, mixed with some music and woman talking at end ] (16:06) / Richard Friedman and/or Denny Smithson -- [Seal Rocks, site 2, San Francisco, 8/16/1970] / Richard Friedman and/or Denny Smithson -- [Sausalito Houseboat Docks, 8/16/1970] / Richard Friedman and/or Denny Smithson

Subjects

Field recordings
Ambient sounds
Automobile sounds
Ocean sounds
Animal sounds

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Sausalito (Calif.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Friedman, Richard
Smithson, Denny