Lost and Found Sound (2 Cassettes), Vol. 1 SYNOPSIS
On January 1, 1999, All Things Considered aired the first in a series of richly layered stories that trace the soundtrack of the 20 century. Broadcast weekly through 1999, continuing monthly through 2000, Lost & Found Sound chronicles, reflects, and celebrates the human experience in rare recordings and "sonic snapshots " submitted by listeners.Blending the historic with the everyday, the monumental with the personal, this is evocative, haunting, eclectic listening—endangered sounds, shifting accents, vanishing voices, home recordings, and audio artifacts that reveal a sense of place and mark the passage of time.
FROM THE CRITICS
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As the last century came to a close, National Public Radio put out a call to listeners: Help us unearth some audio gems. All sorts of folks dug around in attics and drawers and what emerged from their collected recordings was series of episodes called "Lost and Found Sound," with topics ranging from an eyewitness talking about the Gettysburg Address to New Yorker Tony Schwartz's collection of 30,000 ambient sound and voice recordings. NPR broadcast dozens of episodes. Some of the best are collected here. The cream of the crop: "LBJ and the Helium-Filled Astronaut" and "Listening to the Northern Lights." One hopes many more volumes will follow. T.F. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
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