| Part of Series | Lost and Found Sound |
| Length | 59:03 |
| Licensor | The Kitchen Sisters |
| Producer(s) | The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson) with Jay Allison |
| Formats | Archival, Documentary, Special |
| Topics | Historical |
| Produced | 1999 |
| Added to PRX | September 27, 2004 |
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Lost & Found Sound is an eclectic gathering of stories both historical and entertaining, woven together with lyrical sonic transitions, surprising audio artifacts and musings by the likes of Sun Records producer Sam Phillips.
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The stories in this compilation come from the following collaborators: The Kitchen Sisters, Jay Allison, Larry Massett, Barrett Golding, Art Silverman, Noah Adams with Debra Schifrin, Marika Partridge and Rev. Dwight Frizell.
Emotional, Engaging, Sound Rich
English
Some of the stories in this collection include: "Carnival Talkers" - a tale of the vanishing voices and fading art of the sideshow pitchman. "Cigar Stories: El Lector, He who reads" - a lost tradition of story and smoke. In "Quest for Sound: Gettysburg Eyewitness" listen as a man recalls watching Lincoln give his historic address at Gettysburg. Follow New York recording legend Tony Schwartz through the neighborhood he has relentlessly recorded for some 50 years in "Tony Schwartz - 30,000 Recordings Later." Eavesdrop on Tennessee Williams and his friends recording on cardboard discs in a New Orleans penny arcade in "Tennessee Williams and The Pennyland Recordings" and listen to the strangest presidential telephone calls ever recorded in "LBJ and the Helium Filled Astronaut."
The Lost & Found Sound radio series explores how recorded sound has captured American history. The series chronicles, reflects and celebrates the human experience through rare home recordings, sonic snapshots, and remarkable stories about people possessed by sound.
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