Kathleen's Machine: Home Audio Recording in the Days Before Tape
From: Susan Barrett Price
Length: 06:00
Kathleen Barrett Price tells her story of recording voices during the 1940s. In figuring out how to use a Wilcox-Gay Recordio home disk recorder, Kathleen not only managed to preserve her youthful memories, but also captured the vibe of a special time and place.
World War II was raging; her brother had been killed. But, doing what the Irish do best, the family found solace in song and laughter. In the basement space beneath the family's grocery store and tavern in north St Louis, they hosted parties. Over the course of three years, Kathleen and her sister Mary Hohmann set up the machine to capture the warmth and hilarity of these gatherings. The results form the crowded "memoryscape" that accompanies her reflections here.
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Kathleen Barrett Price tells her story of recording voices during the 1940s. In figuring out how to use a Wilcox-Gay Recordio home disk recorder, Kathleen not only managed to preserve her youthful memories, but also captured the vibe of a special time and place.
World War II was raging; her brother had been killed. But, doing what the Irish do best, the family found solace in song and laughter. In the basement space beneath the family's grocery store and tavern in north St Louis, they hosted parties. Over the course of three years, Kathleen and her sister Mary Hohmann set up the machine to capture the warmth and hilarity of these gatherings. The results form the crowded "memoryscape" that accompanies her reflections here.
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