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The six stereostereo groups, 1I decided that each recordingrecording tapes, which are available individually, sounded like allall the others, andand no oneone mark the company'scompany's entranceentrance into the had realisedrealised the fullfull potential ofof thethe pre-recordedprepre--recorded recorded field. beautiful, traditionaltraditional carols. ' Royal Music of Europe' contains " Our goal was not a jazzed-upjazzed -up ver- I * important but infrequentlyinfrequently played works sion the she "nor ofof European composers during the per- sion of the music," she continued, "nor did we want to alter thethe inherentinherent beautybeauty Natetie Core, roving correspondent for iod from PurcellPurcell toto Beethoven, includ-includ- of thethe songs. We achievedachieved the effect we Natelie correspondent for ing music by Mozart, Haydn, Bach, were looking for through modernising the National Broadcasting Corporation Handel, Vivaldi, and Telemann among the harmony of the music without alter- of America, and aa BBC contributor, re- many other lessless familiar composers. cords a farewell conversation with Ralph ing the actual melody. We feel thethe resultresult Gough, Fi-Cord'sFi- General Manager, Most of the compositions were not is unusual, yet appealingappealing toto even thethe Cord's General Manager, previously available on tape. All music yet prior toto returning to America. Miss staunchest traditionalists."traditionalists." 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Flistorically the initial six tapestapes issued by Ferro-Ferro - 13 weeks. look out for recorder. Historically dynamics. TheThe new Christmas release Listeners will be invited to submit speaking, it should be operating at 3030 i.p.s. Is it ?? includes 12 of thethe world's most familiar tape recordingsrecordings of their act toto the pro- carols sung aa cappellacappella inin arrangements gramme toto compete forfor thethe main prize PatPal Saward, Aston Villa captaincaptain is employing modemmodern harmonics by the of an audition with a top record com- the latest convert toto tapetape recording.recording. His main uses for his tapetape recorder toto datedate 7? Anne Phillips Singers. pany, plus aa combinedcombined stereo radiogram Taping music and reciting Irish mono- Anne Phillips has been aa featured and TV set or voucher equivalent.equivalent. 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A transistorised tunertuner with aa are readily available and to work from the simple power sensitivity equal toto thethe simple valve tuner describeddescribed in this supply described inin the May issueissue of 'ATR',`ATR', or fromfrom an HT article would be comparatively expensiveexpensive sincesince at least two, and LT socket if this is already fittedfitted to the recorder. (The possibly three transistors wouldwould be required.required. Before proceed-proceed- tunertuner could, if necessary be operated from dry batteries, ing with a description of thethe simple valve tuner,tuner, a few words six volts for the heaters and about 120 volts minimum HT.) on recording from thethe radio may not come amiss.amiss. The HT supplysupply should otherwiseotherwise be between 200 and 300 volts and thethe valve heater supply 6.3 volts. The tuner requires RECORDING FROM THE RADIO an aerial and in most cases a few yards ofof wire around a Many tape recording enthusiasts do not realise that the picture railrail will suffice. In areas fairly remoteremote fromfrom a BBC Many tape recording enthusiasts do not realise that the transmitter a short outside aerial may be necessary for inter- quality of reproductionreproduction achieved by recording from the radio ference freefree results. via the radio-setradio -set loudspeakerloudspeaker and thethe tapetape recorder microphone The prototype was constructed in a '` toffee-tintoffee -tin';-tin '; any clean is very inferior, however good the radio reproduction, the tin box of suitable dimensions will do. The original box was microphone andand thethe recorder.recorder. The next best method is toto feedfeed approximately 6in.bin. x 4iin.4f4fin. in. x 44iin.,4fin., 1in., being justjust largeIarge enough to the recorder direct from an extension loudspeakerloudspeaker socket, but accommodate a simplesimple flatfiat chassis and the components.components. Don't again reproduction will be comparatively poorpoor sincesince all the attempt toto crowd everything intointo a smaller tin;tin; inin anyany casecase hum and noise present atat the output stage ofof thethe radioradio setset the chassischassis layoutlayout should be exactly likelike that shownshown in thethe will be amplified along with thethe programme material.material. diagrams. The tuning coils must be placed onon either side of The mostmost successfulsuccessful method isis toto recordrecord directdirect fromfrom aa radio the valve.valve. There isis a reasonreason for this. TheThe arrangement isis simplysimply tunertuner or fromfrom the '' detector'detector' circuit oror anan intermediateintermediate lowlow to introduceintroduce coupling between the two coils and therefore frequency amplifier inin thethe radioradio receiver.receiver. This latterlatter method,method, some positive feedback in the amplifier.amplifier. This positive feed-feed- however,however, entailsentails having a connectionconnection made toto thethe appropriateappropriate back increases the gain of thethe amplifier and will do soso up toto a point in the radioradio receiverreceiver andand a socketsocket fittedfitted from whichwhich toto point where the valve oscillates. TheThe feedback is however take a lead toto thethe recorder. ThisThis isis something whichwhich only a controlled by Ihethe variable capacitorcapacitor across the cathode bias competent engineer or someone with aa good knowledge of competent engineer or someone of resistor and is inin effect aa '' reaction control'. Having now satis- radio receiverreceiver circuitrycircuitry cancan do. fiedfied thethe technicaltechnical enthusiasts asas to why thethe layoutlayout is important,important, The idealideal tunertuner isis ofof course,course, one which willwill receivereceive thethe highhigh we continue with somesome notes onon construction.construction. quality FMFM (frequency(frequency modulation)modulation) transmissiontransmission on VHP.VHF. TheThe tin box and is secured in an very The chassischassis can be cut from another tin box and is secured output from the discriminatordiscriminator in an FM tunertuner isis very nearly to thethe front panel (the lidlid of thethe toffee box) by bending one equal toto aa direct connectionconnection withwith thethe lineline from aa broadcast end atat right angles.angles. ItIt can be solderedsoldered oror bolted to the panel. studio. These tunerstuners areare howeverhowever fairlyfairly expensive.expensive. AnAn AM ganged is (amplitude modulation) tuner, which is roughly equivalent to The physicalphysical size of the twin-gangedtwin- ganged tuning capacitor is not (amplitude modulation) tuner, which is roughly equivalent to important soso longlong as therethere isis roomroom forfor it,it, andand almost anyany 300+300300 +300 pfd. capacitor will do. You may even use a VI.VI, EF5I,EF91 , 6AM6 (SM(See UXOtext) LI OcncoGene*Denco RangeRange 22 (BLUE)(BLUE) Maxi-QMaxi -0 111F 500 one happens to be handy, or can bebe bought SeeSae TextTent 500500+500 +500 pfd. ifif one happens to be handy, or can be bought CICl t,L6 C4 300+300+ 300pF300pF gaojxdganged L2 OcocoDenteGene* RangeRange 22 (GREEN)(GREEN) Maxi-QjMax,-2.1Maxi -Q " cheaply. Apart from placing the coils one eacheach side of thethe XIXI Crystal diode OA790A79 valve, the layout is not critical. TheThe smallersmaller components can HT+ be accommodated on a six -way tagboard underunder the chassis. 200-300V200-30OV be accommodated on a six-way tagboard under the chassis. \1/ R4 The '' reaction '' capacitor may be an air spaced typetype or mica J- 2-72aKn2.7 KnK.11 The capacitor 47Kn C5cs spaced type;type; itit does not matter which, so long as the '`moving' moving ' AE Rl VI XI:i T-OSyFSrF f vanes are earthed. RSR5 For thosethose who are too remotelyremotely situatedsituated to receive the BBC sóKn56Kn56KCI medium wave stations,stations, particularly thethe Light Programme, the Audio toto two coils LI and L2, which plug into the standard octal valve - L-o —O - - recordrrrecorder or two coils LI and L2, which plug into the standard octal valve- ->3 - ` r* amplifieromplifieramplifier holders may be replacedreplaced by two ' longwave'longwave ' coilscoils of similarsimilar C4 type (Denco(Denco range I-BlueI1 -Blue and range 1-Green).1- Green). The tuner will S 100lOO ScroffncdScreenedSScreened ■ r ■ .-Of KnKO then tunetune to the BBC Longwave station onon 1,500 metres r 06 r R3 (Light programme), although aa good aerialaerial may be neededneeded R2 iooon10000 to keep interferenceinterference toto a minimum.minimum. fV. HT-HT The valvevalve (VI) may be an EF91 or 6AM6 (Mullard).(Mullard). A SOOpF satisfactorily. The ; 6-3V6.3V Mazda 6F12 oror 6F33 will alsoalso operateoperate satisfactorily. The J crystal diodediode maymay be a Mullard 0A79 oror OsramOsram GEX34GEX34 or

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socket isis required and thethe leadlead must be screened all the way C6 R3 R4 Rl 6WAY6 MAY TAG BOARD to the recorder. 2000200pf 10050KI00K 2-7X2/.7x 47K4,4 / TO FIXEDFIXED The circuitcircuit of the tunertuner is shownshown inin Fig. III. andand thethe general VANES C5CS layout inin Figs. 2, 3 and 4.4. No specific dimensionsdimensions have been CHASSIS given for thethe box;box; itit should simply be large enough to house TO for box; it should simply be large enough to house MOVING VANES C5C3CS the components comfortably. TheThe placementplacement of thethe coils, tun-tun- XI ing capacitorcapacitor andand valve should follow as closely as possible OAT)V4'V capacitor and should follow as closely as possiblepossible ioooa TO AERIAL RE 56 K TO AERIAL the layoutlayout of Figs. 2, 3 andand 4, which asas you will see, includeinclude SOCKET TO FIXED , CHASSISSI point toto pointpoint wiring details.details. The wiring shouldshould be carriedcarried out VANESANÉSVANES C4-»rC4-MC -er TO FIXEDFIXED i VANES ClCI asas neatly asas possible, making the leads no longer thanthan required toto reach from one point to another. Check allall your connections before connecting up thethe HT and LT. You should receivereceive locallocal BBC medium wave stationsstations without usingusing thethe ''reaction`reaction reaction control' which at first shouldshould be with OCTAL S■■T. OLDLD jDEREO RED OCTAL turned fullyfully anti-clockwiseanti -clockwise (vanes open).open). Start off with the L712 'OO CHASSISCHASSIS LILI tuning slugsslugs all in;in; the brass screws thatthat protrudeprotrude fromfrom the L tops of the coils move thethe slugsslugs up or down.down. The screws SCREENEDSCREENED UNDER CHASSISCHASSIS LEADLEAD should now be turned anti-clockwiseantianti -clockwise until about tin.fin.iin. isis E WIRING FIG.3FIG.3 projecting fromfrom thethe topslopstops of thethe coils).coils). Now tunetune inin thethe locallocal AUDIO MT+HT+ 6.3V6.3V HT- station by means ofof thethe capacitor. Adjust thethe tuningtuning slugslug screwscrew on the Blue coil only until thethe signal is strongest. Volume r may now be increasedincreased with the reactionreaction controlcontrol but ifif you LID OF turn thisthis too far a strongstrong whistlewhistle will be produced. The tunertuner BOX will of course have beenbeen plugged intointo thethe tapetape recorderrecorder oror an amplifier for these tests. If however, thethe recorder has no through monitor system a pair of highhigh resistanceresistance headphonesheadphones could be connected across the output of the tuner for the initial testing. The tuningtuning slugslug screws should be secured by I fitting 6BA lock nuts by melting a beeswax or sealing fitting 6BA lock nuts or by melting a little beeswax or sealing REACTION wax overover them. 1111 There shouldshould be enough output from the tunertuner toto fullyfully loadload VIVI SCREENING I CAN the radio or pick-uppick -up socket ofof the average domestic recorder.recorder. If thethe signal is,is, however, not sufficient to loadload thesethese higher y """""" level sockets,sockets, the microphone socketsocket may be used. Take care not to introduce hum byby having excessively longlong leadsleads between min1111111 tuner andand recorder and/orand /or power sockets. ItIt isis far better to ® increase signal levellevel by using aa largerlarger aerial rather than byby 111111111111 111111 feedingfeeding thethe output intointo the microphone socket.socket. If nono radio 1 socket isis fitted toto the recorderrecorder you can of course, onlyonly use Ilfllllllill3 n TUNINGTUNING AUOiOAUDIO AND 2 1 CONTROL the microphone socket. CONTROL POWE/RPowellPOME/R SUPPLYSUPPLY L VIERINEEN The next constructional articlearticle will be one for thethe more SOCKETS c\,f experienced home constructor. It will be a four channel MOUNTED AT ^'".; .1 t9 BACK OF BOX i"n .1=1. microphone and signal mixer using special low voltake valves, TAG BOARD AND SMALL COMPONENTSCOMPONENTS that can be operated entirely fromfrom batteries, thus making the LLL mixer quite portable and completely independent of mains of mains GENERAL ASSEMBLY & LAYOUT power supplies. GENERAL ASSEMBLY LAYOUT FIG.4

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Richi HowellHowell inin action with his Stuzzi MagnettcMagnette interviewinginterviewing I1 have been here at the London Palladium many limestimes inin the Russ Conway inin thethe Star's London Palladium dressing room.room. past but ilit has alwaysalways been to photograph the artist sittingsitting beside me whom /I am about to interview. He isis aa veryvery shy The only thingthing now isis findingfinding timetime andand thethe right songs. II hope young man.man, alwaysalways has been, soso let'slet's start by asking Russ Con- to do it before the end of this year. way about this. Russ, you have always been shy, right from I/ am sure your many fansfans will be lookinglooking forwardforward toto it,it, Russ. thethe limetime II firstfirst knewknew you, which goes backback quirequite a way now.now. Now I hearhear thatthat you will no longer bebe makingmaking the honky-tonkhonky -tonk Are you still thatthat way off-stageofo$ -stage ? piano stylestyle ofof recording. Is there any truth inin thisthis? ? II am with peoplepeople II don't know. It has takentaken you a long timetime No truth atat all.all. Although wewe have mademade twotwo orchestral LPs to get toto know me. and a couplecouple of orchestralorchestral singles, there isis nono truth at all in Well, that's quite true. the fact that we are not going to do any more honky-tonk.honky -tonk. I am still reservedreserved with everybody.everybody. A sort of inborninborn wariness We certainlycertainly will. As a matter of fact thethe recording studios of life inin general, but with peoplepeople I know I thinkthink thethe shyness have justjust purchased a newnew honky-tonkhonky -tonk piano because thethe old gets pushed inin the background. one was getting nearlynearly womworn out. It was probablyprobably duedue to my Now here isis a slockstock question : hashas therethere been anything of an playing —- it was getting too honky-tonk!honky -tonk ! Anyway, we are embarrassing oror an amusing incidentincident particularly during your going to go on making honky-tonkhonky -tonk records. I wouldn't give itit naval careercareer that you can tell us about ? up for thethe world. That's more a shock question, but I can remember something Now when thethe Palladium Show finishes, which I1/ believebelieve is the very embarrassing thatthat happened to me when I firstfirst came intointo 2nd week of December, you areare goinggoing toto Australia onon a holi- show business. ItIt was the timetime I was flown to Malta toto play day. Is itit strictly a holiday or are you goinggoing toto whip inin a littlelittle forfor Gracie Fields, whom II had not previously met. She started concert or twotwo herehere and therethere ?? singing one of herher old favourites,favourites, '' Christopher Robin is Say- IIIt is strictlystrictly a holiday, andand II am not going to whip inin a little ing His Prayers'. Well, asas I was latelate arriving II had been given concert, cantata, or anythinganything atat all when II am in Australia. some sandwichessandwiches and aa very quick glass ofof ice coldcold beer justjust Have you gotgot anything planned ? before going on-stageon -stage and thisthis must have been to blame No, there areare four main reasonsreasons why I have chosenchosen Australia. becausebecause just as she sang '' hush, hush,hush, whisper who dares ?? '' II Mainly because it is theirtheir summersummer and I do not expect to get a went "' Yup I'!'! and disappeareddisappeared in confusion. But Gracie was summer holiday inin England forfor some years toto come.come. Secondly, amused, and so it allall passed off very well. I can't remember there are no currencycurrency problems, nono language problem and anything else, at leastleast nothing that II can saysay inin public. I got although I am known by name out there,there, 1I am not known by into a lot of fightsfights and lost a couple of teeth in the Navy, sight so I can stroll around the shops and beaches. When I but II don't reallyreally think I remember anything about those days. get there I intend to hire a car andand to drive allall around thethe Well, perhaps it's a good thing. NowNow you are, at the moment, coast of Australia, and gogo swinuningswimming inin the mornings,mornings, swim- very busy writing a musical. Can youyou telltell us howhow you are ming in thethe afternoons,afternoons, swimming at nights. going about it ? So you justjust ain't goinggoing toto do notnothin'? bin'? YouYoii mean ''The The Christmas Carol'?Carol'Carol ' ? I ain't going to do nothin'. That's right. My particular LP favourite at thethe momentmontent is ' My Concerto Well, the ideaidea was givengiven toto meme actually byby a fan. I readread the For You'.You '. Have you gotgot anything similarsimilar toto thisthis inin mind book, likedliked the ideaidea and tooktook it toto a London impresarioimpresario who which you are going to do eithereither before you leave for Aus- suggested thatthat Sir Alan Herbert wrote the lyrics.lyrics. I asked forfor tralia or when you come hackback ? Russell Braddon.Braddon, the Australian author who wrote '' The Naked Yes. Here we certainly come back to thethe honky-tonkhonky -tonk piano Island',Island ',', to adapt thethe book and it has beenbeen going along fine. It question, which asas II say we areare not going toto forsake at all.all. was almost completedcompleted and thenthen I am afraid we had a great But I have alreadyalready made, for releaserelease II understand, inin February, disappointment, and itit cannotcannot be put onon this year.year. 1961,1961, an orchestral LP with Tony OsborneOsbome and his Orchestra, That is aa pity because I personally waswas looking forward toto itit of showshow musicmusic-' —-' 'Some Some Enchanted Evening',Evening', 'Hello' Hello Young very much. Now I know thatthat during your Palladium actact you Lovers',Lovers ', a lotlot of Rogers and Hammerstein music,music, some of actually sing—(Russsing-(Russ-{Russ laughedlaughed and said "actually"?)"actually " ?) Noel Coward'sCoward's-Coward's-all — all music from thethe stage shows.shows. Well, yes. But I1 also know thatthat you wouldwould likelike toto sing onon That lookslooks anotheranother 'must'' mustmust' ' forfor my collection.collection. records. How does your A. & R. manager feel about thisthis? ? Well, we have tried to varyvary the stylestyle ofof playing asas much as I1 am happy toto say,say, Norman Newall, my A. & R. Manager, has possiblepossible and thethe type ofof orchestration,orchestration, so as not to become too toldtold me thatthat I can now go ahead, choose my own songssongs and much of aa sameness all thethe time.time. And there'sthere's anotheranother LP to make my first vocal record whenever I would like toto dodo it. come, featuring cinemacinema music.music.

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www.americanradiohistory.com What thethe oldold greatgreat musicmusic ofof thethe cinemacinema musicalsmusicals? ? Yes. That shouldshould bebe reallyreally something asas well. GREAT NEWS One otherother thing,thing, I1 know thatthat youyou use aa tapetape recorderrecorder quitequite aa lot,lot, particularlyparticularly whenwhen you areare composing and playingplaying overover portionsportions of what youyou havehave alreadyalready gotgot onon music. Do youyou feelfeel thatthat tapetape recorders todaytoday givegive youyou thethe quality andand reproduc-reproduc- tiontion thatthat youyou expectexpect ?? II shouldshould imagineimagine aa lotlot of itit depends on the priceprice youyou are preparedprepared toto paypay forfor aa tapetape recorder andand thethe equipmentequipment youyou can set up yourself if youyou like,like, but oneone mainmain thing I,I, asas a

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L pianist, findfind lackinglacking with tapetape recorders basically isis thethe m microphone, becausebecause you have either got toto have someonesomeone i hold thethe microphone, or stand itit on the pianopiano andand getget thethe vibration ofof thethe pianopiano goinggoing throughthrough the set.set. Could aa standstand be manufactured which could be raised or lowered and with an armarm which would hold thethe microphonemicrophone ?? I gelget into a terri- ble state atat home fixingfixing up broomsticks andand bits ofof siringstring to try and holdhold the mikemike inin position.position. But wouldn't youyou havehave thoughtthought thatthat it's more the quality ofof thethe microphone thanthan thethe position of it,it, Russ,Russ, withwith regardregard toto vibrationvibration ?? No, I wouldn't. You knowknow II am not technicallytechnically minded aboutabout No, I 0 ar this sort ofof thing,thing, but II amam convinced that any microphone P P^ Nlji/I which is in contact with something which isis vibrating, isis going J y f j ) to pick it up whetherwhether it is a good qualityquality oror aa bad quality microphone. Do youyou use a portable tapetape recorder ? I have got a portableportable andand a large one which I keepkeep at home and there againagain I am lacking considerably inin music technicali-technicali- ties andand rudimentsrudiments andand 1I findfind itit difficultdifficult to write down things,things, so I play what II compose,compose, put itit onon tapetape and then give it toto a qualified musician toto write itit out forfor me.me. That is my main use for thethe large recorder. The portable II sometimessometimes carry around thethe dressingdressing room.room. So you really findfind thethe tapetaretape recorderrecorder ofni greatprom useliceuce to you ?

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Narr.: Howdy folks. Well,Well, Ah guess you all know what R.H.: No matter of that now. I hear thethe Burton Boys areare season thisthis is.is. And we hadhad 'n'n ideaidea you might like us toto dodo rustling your cattlecattle through Two Track Gulch. one of themthem epics fur yer entertainment. In thethe Old Days yer D.B.: We know. Papa's ridden to fetchfetch the Sheriff fromfrom Maws and Paws use ter ride down Main Street toto the Theatre Base Boost. decked out all sassy butbut you justjust stay right where y'are and R.H.: Sorry to disappoint you ma'm. He won't be in time. thisthis 'ere'ere new fangled ribbon machine'll bring it all to you. Comm.: For thethe timetime being,being, choose a Neelyrite watch. lt'sIt's And if you close your eyeseyes you can imagineimagine it's oneone ofof them the nearest thingthing to Greenwich Mean Time and I do mean kinescope boxes folks isis now lookinglooking at inin their parlours. rime.time. And thethe exclusive Neelyrite feature:feature : no needneed O'course, itit dodo mean you gotta put upup with thisthis sorta thing.thing. ever to adjust aa Neelyrite, because it'sit's never more thanthan Comm.: This programme comescomes to you by thethe courtesy of Neelyrite. Hay —- the space-agespace -age breakfast food.food. It looks like,like, it tastes like,like. D.B.: How d'ya mean Rase ?? He won't be in time.time. itit isis- — Hay. Eat Hay with strawberries and creamcream- — you'll R.H.: Sheriff Watts won'twon't bebe there,there, Dessie Bell. He's gone lovelove it. away for Christmas. (Jingle) Remember what thethe horses say, nothing tastestastes as D.B.: How thoughtlessthoughtless ofof him. good as Hay. R.H.: When d'you reckon Paw Spool'USpool'llSpoo1'11 bebe back, Dess ?? Narr.: Well, that's progress. You gotta havehave the commercials D.B.: Any limetime now,now, Rase. You'd betterbetter bebe hittin'hittin' the trail.trail. folks. Goshdurn it, you would 'n,'n, if I'dI'd my six-shootersix-six -shooter shooter handy.handy. I1 guess. If I'dI'd knowed youyou was comin' I'd ...... Well, ourour big drammer opens. TheThe scene isis near TwoTwo Track R.H.: You'd what, Dess ? Gulch. Upper Track is the boundary of the Magic-IMagic -I Ranch Comm.: May andand Baker Cake Mix mixes cakes betterbetter thanthan where old Tacup Spool andand his daughter Dessie Bell hang out. any baker. M.M. & B. MixMix isis ahead of allall others. It'slt's nine o'clock LowerL.ower TrackTrack is the favouritefavourite haunthaunt of those thieving rustlers tested every afternoon by a panel whosewhose names are withheld the Burton Gang. When our drammer opensopens Dessie Bell isis to protect the guilty.guilty. Prepared exclusively inin a well-knownwell -known reading by the fire on Christmas Day. Her Paw isis out inin public laboratory.laboratory, May and Baker Cake Mix takes the cake. response toto another call from the range.range. These have been D.B.: You must go.go, Rase. Please. happenin' with increasingincreasing frequency. Dessie Bell '11'll'il telltell you R.H.: You want me toto ?? why when sheshe puts her book down. It's likely to be somesome limetime D.B.: No. II mean, yes. Your lovelove mean's nothin"nothin' to Papa. though. It'sIt's ''Lady`Lady Lady Loverley's Chattels'.Chattels '. R.H.: Course not. ItIt isn'tisn't him I love, Dess. But he's agoin'agoin' Dessie Bell :: (reading) AtAt lastlast theythey were alone. ThisThis was thethe to need me and I'seI'se agoin' toto be here when he comes so's we moment they had dreameddreamed about. Now they could play on thethe can get agoin'agoin' after themthem critterscritters rustlin' your cattle. The swine. seesec-saw -saw without thethe other kids of thethe neighbourhood screamingscreaming D.B.: Don't you callcall our cowscows names, Rase Head. all over the place. R.H.: No, it'sit's thethe Burton Gang I'mI'm acallin'. (Knock at thethe door) Comm.: Drinka Pinta Gina Day. The Gin Marketing D.B.: Who couldcould that be soso latelate ?? I hopehope nothing has Board recommends GinGin with Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner. Try happened toto Papa.Papa. II told him to staystay away from Two Track the tongue test for yourself.yourself. Drink a bottle of GinGin and a bottle Gulch. Ree Cord Burton andand his Gang will kill him forfor sure.sure. of Brand X, one after the other.other. BrandBrand X isis the one thatthat (More(More insistentinsistent knock) tastes like detergent. Which is not surprisingsurprising —-so so don't forget D.B.: Come in.in. folks, Drinka Pinta Gina Day. (Door opens and closes)closes) D.B.: Rase. What are we goinggoing to do ? Rase Head :: Hi, Dessie Bell. I toldtold you I'd be round again.again. R.H.: Do asas thethe man says.says. Get thethe Gin bottle, Dess. D.B.: Why, Rase Head ? You mustn't come here. Papa will D.B.: Hark. II hear daddy. kill you. You know he doesn't approveapprove of our carrying on. (Horses hooves)hooves)

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R.H.:K.H.: Gosh, II thoughtthought he waswas gettinggetting tootoo oldold to gallop atat D.B.:D.H.: Don't grab atat me likelike that,that. Ree. ThisThis isis a clean blouse thatthat speed.speed. II gotgot on. D.B.: He's on his horse, silly.silly. Narr.;Narr.: Sorry, folks. There's no commercialcommercial at thisthis point. (Door opens andand closes)closes) R.C.B.: Yeah, those dumed coyotes gotgot me :: your father Tacup SpoolSpool :: II thoughtthought 1I toldtold youyou not toto bebe seenseen inin thesethese and Rase.Rase. He's quickquick onon thethe trigger, thatthat boy Rase. parts.parts. D.B.: I'mI'm going toto marry him, Ree. D.B.: Papa. RaseRase has comecome to help youyou chasechase thethe Burton R.C.B.: What with aa pretty faceface like yoursyours ?? Gang outa Two Track Gulch. Comm.: AA pretty girl is likelike a melody.melody. You can buy yourself R.H.: Yep.Yep. IfIf there'sthere's gonna be anyany gungun play,play, II guess I'll a pretty face for a song.song. Any song will do. Try this newnew all-all- stretch thosethose critters toto theirtheir limits.limits. singingsinging face powder Murk. Men will starestare at you ifif you have T.S.: Ah. extended play, eh ?? All right,right, son. Let's go eraseerase that Murky look.look. Murk costs only fivefive guineas anan ounce 'em."em.'em. bottle. Or, inin the economyeconomy size,size, two-and-nine.two-two -andand -nine. D.B.: Rase, bebe careful. D.B.: LetLet me dress that wound, Ree. R.H.: I will, honey. R.C.B.: No use dressing me up wherewhere I'mI'm goin' Dess. I'm T.S.: O.K. Rase. IfIf we cleanclean these rustlers up youyou cancan staystay done for. to Christmas Dinner. (Thud ofof falling body) R.H.: Dess. Get that Christmas Pudding steaming.steaming. Or we'll D.B.: Ree. Don't go. Evrthin's gonna be awlright. be backback 'fore'fore it'sit's ready. S'long.Song. (Door opens and closes)closes) (Opening(Opening ofof door and fadingfading of horseshorses hooves) T.S.:TS.: SureSure is,is, Dess. Rase, eraseerase thisthis hunk o' varmin. D.B.: Good luck. Come back soon.soon. R.H.: 'Fraid he's past needin' help from me, Mr. Spool. (Fade upup horses hooves) T.S.: You mean ... . . R.H.: Why ?? R.H.: Yeah. 'Fraid he's passed. D.B.: Well,Well, the commercials don'tdon't lastlast that long.long. D.B.: Pity. There'sThere's enough Christmas dinner for four.four. R.H.:R.H.; Tell 'em'em not toto put thatthat one II likelike onon until I'm back. Comm.: The new Burns Cooker caterscaters for the whole family. (Fade out hooves again)again) And thethe eye-leveleye -level grill means thatthat without your having toto bend Narr.: End of Part One. down the fat cancan spit all over your face.face. Remember; ifif it's Comm.: Are you fedfed upup with your clothes being whiter than cooking,cooking, it's Burns forfor all your food. white ? Do youyou feelfeel like one of a million umpiresumpires? ? why notnot R.H.:RH.: Well, Paw, do I get the girl ? be different ?? Do your monthlymonthly wash with Drizz, thethe new T.S.:TS.: IfIf you stop callin' me Paw you get the ChristmasChristmas. deterrent with thethe exclusive degradient. Drizz is different. Drizz dinner. washes black, thethe deepdeep down funeralfuneral black. Drizz never shows D.B.: And the girl, Papa ? the dirt becausebecause Drizz is blackerblacker thanthan black.black. Buy Drizz andand get T.S.:TS.: I suppose so.so. You'll comecome inin handy if we get any more as filthy as you like. rustlers around these parts. Narr.: End of Part Two. R.H.: Right. Rustle upup the food Dess andand let's get with Comm.: Do you feel tiredtired in thethe morningsmornings? ? Do you wake Christmas. up listless,listless, irritable, up-in-lhe-airup-in- -in- the -air and down-in-lhe-moulhdown-in-the-mouth? ? Ifif Narr.: And as the food starts slowly sinking down their you do —-can can youyou wonder nobody loves youyou? ? Take one tea- vests, we say farewellfarewell toto the MagicMagic-I -I Ranch, Two Track spoonful ofof Slosh,Slosh, the miracle pick-u-uppick -u -up and wake up —-yes, yes. Gulch.Gulch, Rase Head, the latelate Ree Cord Burton, old Tacup Spool sloshed. and beeyutiful Dessie Bell. Oh yes,yes, and to thosethose dreadful Narr.: Several hours havehave passedpassed andand Dessie Bell anxiously commercials. awaits the return of her father and her ...... and Rase Head. All.:AIL: Merry Christmas everyone. D.B.: I do hope nothing has happened toto them. If Ree Cord Burton andand his Gang havehave hurt themthem I'll —- (Door(Door isis kickedkicked open) R.C.B.: Well, what will you do ? D.B.: (terrified)(terrified) Gee,Gee, Ree. I was justjust gettin' something toto eat for you. Just inin case you passed by. R.C.B.: II ain't passin'. I'm comin'comin' in.in. (slam(slam of door) D.B.: Sure, Ree.Ree, R.C.B.: You betcha, Dessie. And you know what I'm here tC for. 0<' Comm.: It's delightful, it's delicious, and it's all dressed up to intrigueintrigue you. It's the Choc-ChocChoc -Choc Bar. The Choc-ChocChoc -Choc Bar has all the chocolatechocolate outside and the colourful wrappingwrapping inside. So youyou eat the chocolate firstfirst and throw thethe wrapper away last. R.C.B.: Come on, Dessie. Come over here.here. D.B.: ItIt isn'tisn't quitequite cooked yet, Mr. Burton. II mean Ree. R.C.B.: I said come here.here. Some thingsthings isis more important than food.food. D.B.: Oh, if you want a drink thethe gin is in the bottle th-th— \.r R.C.B.: I haven't much time Dessie. I've always wanted yer. Yer know that. *— D.B.: And I've always said ''No No '. Nearly always. R.C.B.: Guess then this'll be the last time. .~>V" D.B.: (with a gasp) Ree !! That's blood on your shirt !! R.C.B.: Yeah. Guess this it is.

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allALL thingsTHINGS considered,considered, it'sit's aa pretty remarkable feat toto and a dejected-lookingdejected- looking bespectacled woman of somesome 40 reach thethe age of 90.90. Personally, II don't expectexpect to. II reckon summers and a fewfew more winters, to whom the fond parents that even ifif TheThe Bomb doesn't get meme I've stillstill gotgot to run thethe euphemistically referred as '' OOr WeeWee Lassie'. The CairoCairn gauntlet of Air Pollution, RecklessReckless Driving, FoodFood Preserva- terrier celebrated his entry by disgracing himself against thethe tives, The Elements, Banana SkinsSkins and Taxation. leg of thethe table, and Oor Wee Lassie, cluck-clucking,cluck -clucking, dropped to all foursfours and dabbled with paper serviettes, so thatthat the restrest Nevertheless, Granny MacMac survived threethree wars, twotwo hus-hus- of thethe guests, who were now pouring into thethe hall like a burn bands, eight sonssons and daughters and 2323 grandchildren,grandchildren, with in spate, were presented with the startling vistavista of her narrow several '' greatsgreats' ' and one newly-hatchednewly -hatched '' great-great'great-great' thrownthrown brown rear and upturned brogue-solesbrogue -soles creeping about in the in for good measure.measure. ButBut when GrannyGranny was born inin 1870 theythey middle of thethe room. ThisThis so upsetupset a young great-grandchildgreat -grandchild were turningturning out good stuff,stuff, and sheshe was nono flibberty-gibbetflibberty-flibberty -gibbet gibbet that he burst into a wail of alarmalarm and providedprovided me with aa jerry-built edifice designeddesigned toto poppop off somewheresomewhere aroundaround 70.70. variation on the tapetape theme of clattering feet, herd cries of Granny was builtbuilt asas sturdilysturdily asas thethe AberdeenAberdeen granitegranite of her recognition and ripples of meaningless laughter.laughter. There seemed birthplace, andand her eyeeye was asas bright, herher facultiesfaculties as unim- paired, her tongue as barbed as it had ever been.been. HerHer only deterioration was an enfeeblement of the legslegs which forcedforced her toto spend most of her timetime in a chair and toto useuse a thick o- blackthorn stick when she walked.walked. o- Unfortunately, Granny wasn't mine.mine. She belonged to Jill, a Scots girl of my acquaintance,acquaintance, who was the fifteenthfifteenth grand- / ■ > child, and as usual itit was the tapetape recorderrecorder which brought me 1) into thethe orbitorbit ofof thethe old lady'slady's matriarchal splendour, for K0 Granny was having a birthday party which was to be a tremendous andand vital event worthy of recording forfor any further posterity which might joinjoin the Mac tribe.tribe. It was her own idea,idea, too, although of course the familyfamily had itit inin their minds any- way. Jill toldtold me she'd saidsaid ;: "Ah'm 90 come Hogmanay, and Ah'm no optimistic enough no end to the Macs, as if every boat and plane from Glasgow laetae thinkthink Ah'llAh'llAh'!! reach ma 100, so yell make thisthis year aa wee bit had plied to Belfast for the family's especial benefit.benefit. special, won't ye ? An' Ah don't want somesome miserablemiserable bitty bun-feedbun -feed like ye'd hold for thethe bairns. Ah'll hae a PROPER With aa shrewd sense of drama.drama, Granny Mac reservedreserved herher party, d'yed'ye hear,hear, an' no nonsense abootaboot it"it." SoSo a proper party entrance until all thethe tribetribe were assembled. She camecame stump- she was toto have. They hired a hall and a four-piecefour-piece orchestra ing through thethe door between a stalwartstalwart grandson on one side and a piper from a local amateuramateur pipe band to greetgreet thethe and the taxi-drivertaxi -driver on the other, glaring around her asas if to haggis. The piperpiper turned up vaguely inebriated,inebriated, but as itit was dare anybody to notice how heavily she leanedleaned on the armsanus Hogmanay and freezing cold outside and his naked knees of thethe twotwo young men, but she couldn't hide her look of were blue everybody forgaveforgave him. relief when she reached her chair and Jill put a steaming cup of tea into her hand. I made sure toto fashion myself a barricadebarricade in the comercorner where the plug pointpoint was toto protectprotect thethe GmndigGrundig fromfrom damage. " Thank you, dear," sheshe panted. " That's guid."quid." I'd seen too many tape recorder ownersowners mourning shattered When she had drunk itit she was revived as a plant that has equipment after a party,party, and now if When she had drunk it as a plant that has equipment after a party, and now if anybody came within been watered, and all eager for the party to begin. So the knockingknocking-over -over distance they'dthey'd _ fallfall first.first. II had two five-inchfive -inch party began. spools and a special three-inchthree -inch correspondence tape for Granny's exclusive use. Everybody had to get into the act, and the Grundig rocked toto the strains of the retired Black Watch Sergeant bellowing Granny's eldest son was first to arrive. He was an uprightupright out Scottish folk songs, sopranos twittering, tenorstenors soaring, big man of 70 who'd beenbeen aa sergeantsergeant in thethe Black Watch and baritones rollicking,rollicking, a wouldwould-be -be comedian and the inevitable bore himselfhimself accordingly. He also bore two bottles of whiskey. childishchildish party-piecesparty -pieces from the_the younger fry.fry. When the wells His tubbytubby grey wife was with him, followed by a CairoCairn terrierterrier of talent ran dry and the dancing began, Granny sat swaying

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Ruffled and fuming, Granny liftedlifted up her voice and delivered Bums'Burns' oration toto the haggis with impassioned wrath, casting baleful glances towardstowards the door in casecase the disturbers should return. It was a wonderful performance, and the applause was wholehearted. Granny stayed bravely on her feet until it died down, thenthen she loweredlowered herself back intointo her chair with a grunt of relief. \N "Weel" Weel now,now, when can Ah hear me ? "" she demanded, still thunderous. Now was thethe climax of thethe evening.evening. Granny's finest hour. " Right away," I told her. With concerted heaving fromfrom those onon each flank, she was propelled toto her feel.feet. ThisThis was thethe signalsignal forfor me toto arrangearrange " Guid. Get on with it, then, and ifif Ah hear one sound the mikemike to her best advantage, which II did with earnest from any of you bairns ..."... " moticulousness.meticulousness. The old lady fixedfixed me with her bright button eye. ItIt wasn't only thethe bairnsbaims who shuddered. Deathly hush fell on the room as II fastfast-wound -wound to the beginning of the tape, "Ah presume Ah'mAh'm on the air 7? " sheshe said grandly. To her all electrical appliances which gave forth sound were wire- and every eye turned toto thethe Grundig. I went cold to think all electrical appliances which gave forth sound were wire- what would happen ifif it hadn't recorded. lesses, andand sheshe could never grasp the theory of tape,tape, so I had to assureassure her thatthat she was indeedindeed on thethe air and all clearclear me, the tape was perfect, and the matriarch to go. Fortunately forfor me, the tape was perfect, and the matriarch listened with anan expression which gradually lightened as her At thatthat poignantpoignant momentmoment Oor Wee Lassie was strickenstricken with strong old voice soared fromfrom thethe amplifier.amplifier. When it was done aa coughing fit. She coughed andand she chokedchoked tilltill her eyes she beamed all round, drawing thethe whole companycompany intointo thethe rolledrolled andand her sallowsallow faceface was suffusedsuffused andand her glassesglasses fellfell rays of her restoredrestored benevolence.benevolence. offoff intointo thethe sugar bowl. The CairnCairn terrierterrier beganbegan toto bark and yelp, andand inin hishis agitation sulliedsullied another table legleg and the " Ye'll hae tae admit yon's no bad forfor 90," she said proudly. adjacent ankleankle of a dignified stockbrokerstockbroker Mac.Mac. ""No" No bad at all.all. Ah'mAh'm nono done yet."yet." She put herher head on one side, and her smile turned toto a gringrin of pure mischief. Granny waswas outraged. " Maybe Ah'llAh'II be lookin' for anither beau thisthis year," sheshe "Drat" Drat that creaturecreature I! " sheshe stormed.stormed. " Be quiet, girrl. " announced. "Ah justjust feelfeel like sellin'settin' ma capcap again. Maybe Ah Wheesht,Wheeeht, wheesht,wheesht, will yeye !! "" will, now, maybe Ah justjust will." But Oor WeeWee Lassie waswas beyond wheeshting,wheeshting, and in thethe end she,•he, thethe CairnCairn and thethe stockbrokerstockbroker Mac hadhad toto be bundledbundled And knowing Granny Mac, II wouldn't be a bit surprisedsurprised out forfor air.air. if she did, at that.that.

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11960 9 6 0 wasWAS theTHE year inin which local tapetape clubsclubs doubled inin number, and itit was also the year inin which they began to tfty make aa notable contributioncontribution to the community. Now we are in 1961 -the—- the year whichwhich promises toto be '' Humanitarian YearYear' ' for thethe clubs : a year inin which a new three-waythree-way relationship will be established between themselves,themselves, thethe humanitarian organisations, andand thethe public. Already the imageimage ofof the ''` tape / club '' isis beginningbeginning toto be established inin the mindmind as something beyond a mere gatheringgathering of enthusiasts for participation in a 1 hobby. Through thethe locallocal press,press, inin particular, the public isis JEW learninglearning thatthat inin thethe ranks of thethe tapetape clubs are unselfish v devotees bent on helping the community in which theythey live. V For instance,instance, when II heard on BBC's '' Radio NewsreelNewsreel', recently thatthat out of 100,000 blind people in the UK,UK, only V 20,000 can read Braille, I immediately thoughtthought ofof the work tape clubs areare doingdoing to overcome this seemingly insuperableinsuperable barrier, by theirtheir efforts in establishing talking newspapers t>< and entertainment servicesservices for the blind thatthat are infinitely kor superior to the slowlyslowly assimilated Braille script with which blind people have had toto struggle inin the past. Let us hope that,that, A recordrecord requestrequest programmeprogramme called thethe in the near future,future, when the general public hearhear such coldcold PPP Show (Pick(Pick of the Patients' Pops), facts, theythey lootoo willwill think of thethe warm desiredesire of tape clubsclubs toto given by the Harrogate Tape Recording help their lessless fortunatefortunate fellows ...... ifif theythey do. I shallshall be Club toto patientspatients of Scotton Banks Hospital, very satisfied. Knaresborough, has proved so popular thatthat Now let's see what thethe clubs have been doing in this it has beenbeen arranged toto give a regularregular fort- direction thisthis month ...... nightly programme. Well, members ofof Swansea Tape Recording Club are still A tapetape recordingrecording made byby a member of very keen toto start a hospital service,service, despite theirtheir offer of Reading Cine & Tape Recording Society assistance being turned down lastlast yearyear by thethe local hospital's of a United Nations Day Service inin a management committee. A new approachapproach isis now toto be made, local church, was recently played backback to patients at the Royal in thethe hope of better success.success. The club want toto visit relativesrelatives Berkshire Hospital. The club hopes to undertake moremore of thisthis of patients inin hospitals and get themthem toto request a recordrecord to be kind of activity in the future.future. played. Later the spoken requests, plus the records chosen,chosen, An offer byby StcvcnageStevenage TapeTape & Audio Club toto help the old would be givengiven over thethe hospital's internal radio-diffusionradio- diffusion folk keep in touch with their relatives inin other parts ofof the service. No mattermatter what thethe outcome of this,this, the club isis still world, was recentlyrecently publishedpublished inin a locallocal newspaper. The Secre- determined to do itsits share of goodwill work; theythey will be tary received a letter fromfrom a recordist in Australia who wanted starting aa service for local blind institutionsinstitutions andand forfor old age to hearhear his mother living in Stevenage.Stevenage. Two members were pensioners' '`huts' huts' (community(community centres)centres) shortly.shortly. One of the delighted toto assist, andand thethe message was winged on its way to club's members —-a a writer whose plays have been broadcast the Antipodes within a few days. by thethe BBC —has- has agreed to script some stories forfor thethe clubclub Members of WestWest Wales Tape Recording Club have been to record for thethe service.service. busy recordingrecording importantimportant locallocal functions,functions, andand moremore thanthan one In September last,last, Eric Clegg ofof YMCA & Barnsley District member has had his programmeprogramme broadcast by the BBC. Tape Recording Club approached the GPO over the allocation With the co-operationco- operation of thethe County's Blind Service, thethe of landlineslandlines to all hospitals in and around Barnsley. Results club has enteredentered into a newnew scheme ofof news reading for thethe were favourable,favourable, andand the club isis now ready to undertake thethe blind. This scheme, initiallyinitially coveringcovering Avondale Home, Abery- broadcasts when the lines areare connected. At the time of writ- stwyth.stwyth, only, will, ifif successful, be extendedextended toto covercover a widerwider ing, the club is awaitingawaiting reportsreports from the technicians under- area. Members responsibleresponsible forfor the venture areare Editor-NewsEditor -News taking thethe project. SocialsSocials forfor thethe blindblind are held on thethe second Readers TomTom Evans and Lynn Owen-Rees,Owen -Rees, andand Technicians week of each month, and programmes includeinclude musical items,items, E. C. Roberts, J. O. Jones,Jones, and M. J.J. Jones. '` Lucky Dip ',', '' What do you Know ?? ', The clubclub are also enteringentering anotheranother season of hospital '' Heard this Before ?',? ', question time, broadcasts at thethe Aberystwyth General Hospital.Hospital. ThisThis schemescheme andand aa quiz—allquiz-quiz - all of which keep the 25 & allows patientspatients toto choose recordsrecords they would likelike toto hear over members busy gathering material. the hospital's radio system. Requests for patients are alsoalso In addition, socials for thethe Darby and accepted from relatives and friends.friends. The systemsystem isis organised Joan Club, and requestrequest programmes for by Percy Moore andand Roy James, who mademade a greatgreat success the '' NetherfieldsNetherfields' ' WardWard of Stanley Road of thethe schemescheme lastlast year. Hospital, Wakefield, are held monthly. West Middlesex Tape RecordingRecording Club's hospital service has Bridgwater Tape Recording Club has been well andand truly inaugurated by thethe visit of members made a decisiondecision toto helphelp with thethe BRC Dennis Marks and Sandy Saunders to Mount Pleasant Hos- Hospital and Blind services, and hashas pital, Southall, where messages were recordedrecorded by twotwo dear asked forfor information ...... Clacton Tape Recording Society, old ladiesladies of 89 andand 90,90, for onward transmission to relatives too,too, hashas requested furtherfurther informationinformation on the Hospital Service. in Ickenham,Ickenham, Doncaster, and Belfast; later, replies will be

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www.americanradiohistory.com played backback to them. The hospitalhospital staffstaff were very helpful,helpful, several enquiries after news of their activities was published and it isis hoped and believedbelieved by the WestWest Middlesex Club that inin 'ATR''ATR'`ATR' lastlast May. One was from a journalistjournalist on aa London of thisthis service will grow.grow. Secretary Saunders isis echoing the feel-feel- Daily,1 who later tooktook over editorshipeditorship of ings ofof many clubs when liehe writes this month in the club the '` SouthSouth Wales VoiceAVoice'. A keenkeen tape bulletin :: " ItIt givesgives a wonderful sense of accomplishment to enthusiast, and nownow a member himself,himself, know that we are helping somebody elseelse with our tape Mr. OrtonOrton has givengiven the club a goodly recorders.recorders. It makes the hobby so much more useful and less cwn amount of publicity inin thethe newspaper andand selfish ". gained them several new members. The Ipswich Tape Recording Club takes pleasure inin / % \ The last meeting of BourneinoulhBournemouth & announcing the introductionintroduction of a hospital service, which takestakes Poole Tape Recording ClubClub was attended the form of a weekly musical programme given over thethe by thethe Secretary of thethe newly-formednewly-formed internalinternal radioradio system of thethe Ipswich andand East Suffolk Hospital. Southampton Tape Club,Club, who showed a The broadcast takes place on Tuesday eveningsevenings and runs forfor keen interest in the way thethe meeting was conducted. A tape 45 minutes. In order for thethe relay toto be made, thethe channel exchange between thesethese twotwo clubs will now ensue, and will carrying the Light Programme isis cancelledcancelled for the duration enable thethe olderolder club toto pass onon some tipstips and ideas.ideas. of the programme. Urmston Tape Recording Club were guests of ABC Televi- Music and songs from shows are very'very popularpopular items,items, and sion at theirtheir Manchester studios recently. Their next visit will assistance with these isis given by the Coltishall Forces Network, be toto the North Western ElectricityElectricity Board's Power Station at thethe radio station of the RAF Norwich, who forward,forward, by Barton. post, complete programmes withwith thethe appropriate continuity Three of the tapes whichwhich won prizes in thethe 1960 National ready for broadcasting. Recently the hospital presented a Tape Recording Contest were played at West Middlesex ClubClub :: threethree-act -act play toto the general public, and the ITRCITRC made a Ban thethe Phon, Beai'nBeat'n Heart, and The Rest isis SilenceSilence-the — the last recording of the performance for future broadcasts. a truly superb tapetape : imaginative in concept, beautifully acted, A tapetape serviceservice forfor thethe blindblind is also operated by thisthis club : first-ratefirst -rate in production. British Recording Club member Nor- short stories areare recorded,recorded, andand the material is thenthen passed toto man Paul fully deserved to win thethe national and international thethe local Blind Society for presentation to their members.members. tape recordingrecording contests with it.it. (Mr. Paul's tapesponding entry John Grainger, of West HertsHens Tape Recording Society, has appearedappeared in the November Directory.) been veryvery active lately recording events for inclusioninclusion in thethe Ilford & District Tape Recording Society welcomed four club's `Newsletter' Newsletter to the Blind '.'. Unable to get permission toto new members last month, one of whom,whom, Philip Posting, has go inside the GaumontGaumont Theatre, Watford, where a midnight built his own equipment, incorporatingincorporating the CollaroCollaro Studio charity performance was in progress, he stayed outside to give Deck and Mullard pre-amp.pre -amp. a description of the scene and interviewinterview visitors, with thethe You might not aid ofof aa Fi-Cord.Fi -Cord. At 4 a.m. (!),(!), however, when thethe perform-perform- believe this,this, but ance was over, hehohe contacted and spokespoke toto several of the stars,stars, the other week including Peter Haigh, CleoCleo Lane, and Jill Adams. a tapetape recorderrecorder On another visit, Mr. Grainger and Jean Stem went toto was takentaken into Langleybury Church and spoke toto thethe Rev. R. Martin from Langleybury Church and spoke Martin fromfrom I a dealer's shop whom they discovered thatthat thethe church bell was of Russian 7 for a check-upcheck -up origin. -the—the dealer be- Another member, VeraVera Jackson, visited the disabled Scouts ing a member at Watford and talked to themthem about tape recording in general, of the Bridg- and aboutabout thethe activitiesactivities of tape clubs throughout thethe country. water Club. On Now that thethe tapestapes are beginning to mount up, Jack Hill has inspecting tthet h e been appointed librarian ofof a two-two-section section library of record- / tapetaapptape e the dealer ingsings ;: the first section for recordings of visitingvisiting speakers, con- found itit hadh a d testtest tapes, etc.; andand thethe second section for sound effects,effects, and been spliced by actuality sounds —- itemsitems which may be needed again forfor the simple ex- inclusion in new productions. pedient of tying Hull & District Tape Recording Club'sClub's hospital tape mes- . m\ aa knot inin itit (it sage service,service, offered to all three locallocal hospital management Jy /T) L X. vT- V i AaaaX was a granny committees, looks like gettinggetting into itsits stride soon. The service ' /' > * yXafA, t knot tootoo !). The has alreadyalready been accepted at oneone hospital, and Secretary Ken knot was awe- Fulstow will shortly be attending a meeting of another HMCKMC iS'wjT,, somely cut out, to discuss thethe takingtaking up of thethe serviceservice in hospitals under " It's all right.right, Dear ! I've splicedspliced itit myself." and thethet h e club their control. " It's all right, Dear it myself."myself," now has it The HuddersficldHuddersfield Tape Recording Society was recently amongst theirtheir treasuredtreasured souvenirs;souvenirs; itit had obviously been run given the opportunity to produce a seriesseries ofof 12,12, one hour, through the machine many times,times, and was quite flat!! weekly programmes for broadcast over the local hospital net- quite flat weekly for broadcast over local hospital net- Coventry Tape Recording Club's Chairman, Roy Penfold, .. work serving 14 hospitals and homes. AA considerable amountamount gave is, venture gave the organisationorganisation thethe run down on his four-trackfour -track machinemachine of planning is, of course, needed for a venture of such size, a and thethe project isis still in thethe ' drawingdrawing office'office' stage. Before at a recentrecent meeting. After explaining the machine's workings, and the project still stage. Before he proceeded toto play his time-honouredtime -honoured tape Strange to Your the actual broadcasts are commenced, itit hashas been decided to Ears which demonstrates effectively how sounds can be made build up a good stockstock of tapestapes — after all filling an hour a Ears which demonstrates effectively how sounds can be made build up of - an hour unrecognisable by altering their pitch. Probably the most week presents quite a challenge !! Harrow Tape Recording Club (another new BRC affiliate), startling example is right at the endend of the tape, when the have received a letter from the Ware Society thankingthanking them sound of a pin droppingdropping is made toto sound likelike a clap of forfor their assistanceassistance in pullingputting a patient in StanmoreStanmore Ortho- thunder!thunder 1! paedic Hospital in touch with his familyfamily in Golders Green. Following thisthis item, Carl Briggs threadedthreaded a tapetape which Evidently thethe patient, aa minister, had been flown home from turned out to be a riotous skit on the tape received a littlelittle Rhodesia for an operation, and his family are not ableable to while back from thethe San Francisco Tape Recording Club.Club. see him as oftenoften as theythey would wish. But, throughthrough co-operationco- operation Members were informed that a specialspecial super-fidelitysupersuper--fidelity fidelity micro- between the twotwo clubs, he was able to contact them by tape.tape. phone was being used, produced in the Wyken Studios, and Dover & District Tape Recording Club, at the suggestion of made from a cocoa tintin ! its member Mr. Gilbert,Gilbert, decided toto '' do somethingsomething forfor the StevenageStevcnageStevenage TapeTape--& -&& Audio Club, formed inin February 1960, old folkfolk and the hospitalshospitals for Christmas', and itit was agreed now has an active membership of nearlynearly 30. Among the toto record aa local church choir for them ...... a nice note onon activitiesactivities that have been undertakenundertaken recentlyrecently was a successful which to end the humanitarianhumanitarian section this month ! session recording the organorgan in St. Mary's Parish Church,Church, Norman Whitlock, Secretary ofof thethe Swansea Club, received Hitchin. It is hoped toto return soonsoon to recordrecord the choir.choir.

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www.americanradiohistory.com An amateur talenttalent recording contest was to have been heldheld As a result of a talktalk given by Charles Hooker on producing byby the club,club, butbut asas no members of the public inin fact arrived, a play on tape, FriernFricrn Barnet & District Tape Recording Club thethe members,members,, undaunted, persuaded fivefive teenagers who were setsot out to put theory into practice, and, having selected a suit- outside the clubroom to stepstep forward and sing. Afterwards, a able play, cast the actors, and appointed the technicians, pre- new member tried his hand at interviewing, and discovered pared for the first '' take'.take '. Eight takes later, little had been that two of the teenagersteenagers were Canadian emigrants, and a third achieved, but if nothingnothing else, it taught members thatthat in a an Australian ... yet theythey saysay Stevenage New Town is all project of thisthis type, equipment must be in first class working Londoners !! ? condition, and everyone familiar with his tasks and the equip- The value of portable recording equipment was shown at ment he is using. The club has since simplified its '' recordingrecording Leicester Tape Recording & HiHi-Fi -Fi Club when David Derby- procedureprocedure' ' and feels prepared now toto have another go at it. shire, the Assistant Secretary, played a recording made on his There's one good thingthing about it —--the the actors must know page Clarion toto illustrate his talk onon newspaper production. The one of the script off by heart byby now !! clatter fromfrom thethe general offices andand humming of thethe presses Following itsits recent co-co-organisation organisation of the Crawley Talent added much to the talk, especially since the Clarion Twinset Contest, Crawley & Sussex Tape Recording Club announces a amplifier was used for the playback. competition for members only. They want 'commercial jingles'jingles' To datedate some 4343 enthusiastsenthusiasts have contactedcontacted the Hull Club; not exceeding ten seconds 'selling''selling'' selling ' a recorder or a brand of average attendance being around 25. The clubroom is at tape.tape. Only condition :: copyright tunestunes are outout! ! A prize awaits present being re-fumishedre- furnished and, with the erectionerection of some old the winner, and the tapes will be played backback in February. cinema seats, what might be termed '' a long standing problemproblem' ' The complete performance of the '`Saint Saint Nicholas Cantata ', and has at lastlast been solved 1! performedperfonned by Thomas Bennett School Orchestra and PTA The Technical SectionSection is at present busy making a three-three - Choir, was recordedrecorded byby members recently. If any other local channel mixer/fader,mixer /fader, and pre-amplifierpre-amplifier (both from back-issuesback -issues choral groups would like to hear it, they should contact the of 'ATR');'ATR'); whilst the Field Section has embarked upon thethe Secretary, 32 Southgate Drive, Crawley. Also, several members long-termlong-term project of compiling a 'sound' sound picture' of Hull. One are now busilybusily engaged on making a tape entitled 'Anatomy of feature alreadyalready captured on tapetape is about the Mine Watching Sound', and they would welcome dubbings fromfrom any historical Service; and, in addition,addition, the club has interviewsinterviews with Anna tapes,tapes, or literatureliterature on earlyearly soundsound transmission and recording. Neagle, Bill Owen, Emile Ford, and Mr. Acker Bilk, all of South Manchester Tape Recording Club recently recorded whom recently played the local theatres.theatres. thethe organ at the local Town Hall. They found this nono easy The Production Section have not yet got intointo their stride, task,task, however, as thethe hallhall was very resonant and very longlong :: but, having now obtained the scriptscript of '' Dial 3|,31, 3i,31, 333}',31 ',', they thethe bass notes ' came in' about two seconds after the toptop hope toto have aa '' trial run'run '' at thethe next clubclub meeting. notes !!! Eventually, it was found that thethe best position was as Tapes in a contest entitled ' Your Prison close toto thethe pipes as possible, but this,this, of course, presented its Cell',Cell ', organisedorganised forfor members of West Hertshlerts ..v — — own problem of keeping the gain control in check ...... still Society, were heardheard andand judged at a recentrecent you can't have it both ways, cancan you ? meeting. EachEach entry gave a different inter- At the second meeting of Croydon Cine Club's Tape Group, r ) members took along a large selectionselection of recordersrecorders — mono and pretation of the term : '' Prison Cell(heyCell '; theythey V / took - ranged from thethe girl addicted toto drink,drink, whowho stereo —- a telephone attachment, andand a threethree-channel -channel mixer. finally mastered the craving by being (iU ❖ The group welcomes suggestions about synchronising sound to imprisonedimpnsoned in a hospitalhospital wardward wherewhere she film. Please contact Secretary L. D. Ford, 33 Whitehorse Road, was denied thethe liquor—vialiquor --via via the prisonprison cell West Croydon, if you can help. of a spaceship —-to to the luxurious cellcell of a 'somebody'somebody' held At a recent meeting of Ware & District Tape Recording in America,America, who was finallyfinally allowed toto go back toto Russia. ItIt Club, an experimental tape,tape, made byby Mr. Campkin of the was (hethe lastlast entry,entry, produced by Pete Holloway,Holloway, which waswas Hertfordshire Mercury, was heard.heard. EntitledEntitled ' Mercury News- judgedjudged thethe best.best. reelreel ', itit includedincluded ''` fakedfaked '' interviews and piano music recorded This month (January)(January) Plymouth Tape Recording Club will at 3331 i-P-s.i.p.s. andand played backback atat 7371 i.p.s.i.p.s. The club hopes to hold hold a specialspecial openopen meeting forfor the public's benefit, at which a jumble salesale shortlyshortly toto raise funds towards the purchase of a a programme specially recorded by members, and entitled battery recorder.recorder. Top Track, willwill bebe given.given. Scripted by SecretarySecretary JohnJohn Baker, WakeficldWakefield & District Tape Recording Club isis pleased to who will also introduceintroduce the programme, thethe tapetape isis toto bebe mademade to report that its recentlyrecently held exhibition provedproved a complete on a Ferrograph andand a four-trackfour -track Cossor. ArrangementsArrangements have success. The main hall was devoted to aa wide range of manu- also been made forfor thethe club toto runrun aa tape recordingrecording contestcontest in facturers and retailers exhibits.exhibits. On the stand was the BritishBritish conjunction with thethe locallocal cinemascinemas ...... Recording Club and Wakefield Club itself.itself. In the demonstra- For somesome timetime nownow the club has been runningrunning aa ' Meet tion roomroom two films,films, a stereo recordingrecording of members of Wake-Wake- Yourselves' road-show,road -show, invitinginviting the public toto record theirtheir ownown field Little Theatre, and aa sound-slidesound -slide show on Scotland, were voices and havehave themthem played back. The lastlast suchsuch show, which presented. It was estimated thatthat a thousand people visited the was also thethe 12th12th in thethe series,series, was givengiven atat an old folk'sfolk's exhibition, including members of Hull, Leeds, Barnsley, home. Rotherham, Huddersfield, andand KeighleyKeighley tapetape clubs.clubs.

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www.americanradiohistory.com At the lastlast meeting of WcymoulhWeymouth Hi-FiHi -Fi Tape Recording LOCAL TAPE CLUBS Club, Mr. Neve, Director of C.Q. Audio Ltd., gave a demon- Additions toto thethe Directory of Local TapeTape Clubs publishedpublished inin stration of the '` Sceptre'Sceptre ' recorder andand aa talk on hi-fihi -fi speakers.speakers. the NovemberNovember andand December 'ATR's`ATR's At thethe previous meeting a crossword puzzle with clues BollonBolton & District Tape Recording Club : Dave Wolstenholme, recorded on tapetape by Gordon Butler, waswas presented; unfortu- 73 Darley Street,Street, Bolton. nately no-oneno -one completed it,it, but severalseveral contestants were only Cambridge Amateur Tape Recording Society (known for short one word out. as 'The' The Cats'):Cats ') : Mike Renshaw, 6 St. Vincent's Close, At a recentrecent demonstration given by HarrogaleHarrogate Club to the Girton, Cambridge. Harrogate Young Conservatives, thethe audience were delighted Ellesmere Port TapeTape Recording ClubClub :: S. J. Powell, 11il Cress-Cress - when, at thethe end of each example, ChairmanChairman Bill Emmett ingham Gardens, EllesmereEllesmere Port, Cheshire. appeared toto stopstop thethe Grundig TK 60 by pointing aa finger at it.it. Magno Recording Club :: A Lillie, 4343 The Westlands, Sunder- This '' magic'magic ' was achievedachieved by splicing land. short strips of metal foil into thethe tape : Q.Q Newcastle && District Tape Recording Club :: M. J. Bonner, 28 at intervals. The demonstration was Rushie Avenue,Avenue, Benwell, NewcastleNewcaslle-upon-Tyne -upon -Tyne 4.4. (They saysay brought toto an undignified end whenwhen the responseresponse to theirtheir listing inin our October editionedition has been the Secretary accidentally fell over thethe '' marvellous '.)'.) mains lead andand pulled out the plug !! North Herts Tape Recording Club ;: Mrs. JoanJoan Milow, 49 ',v\' v\l Allegro Sound Equipment Ltd., 7 Chilvers Bank, Baldock, Herts. Avery Row, Mayfair,Mayfair, London, W.IW.lW.1 PenrithPenrilh Tape Recording ClubClub : Malcolm Leggett, 3838 Milner (Tel. MAYfair 9910), bringbring to the Mount, Scaws Estate, Penrith, Cumberland. noticenotice of club secretaries that, follow- Walsall & District TapeTape Recording Club :: Mrs. J. Walford, ing the success of two clubclub demonstra- 41 Mill Road, Pelsall, Walsall. tions,tions, they will only be tootoo pleased toto extend these toto any Deletion from thethe Directory interested clubs in the London and Home CountiesCounties area. Thanet RecordingRecording Club, Cliftonville, Kent. Contact Mr. A. R. Terry,Terry, the Sales Manager. Cotswold Tape Recording Society —- nownow 22 members strong FORMING CLUBS -— recently had a talk by Mr. T. Carveyett on microphones ofof all types, using an oscilloscope toto show thethe sound wavewave form. LIVERPOOL Three pre-recordedpre -recorded tapes —-a a guardsguards bandband onon parade,parade, anan A. C. Evans, 2020 Woodland Road, Seaforlh,Seaforth, Liverpool 21. orchestral recording,recording, and a talk on speakers —--were were used toto A. Burnett, Jnr., 61 Breckfield RoadRoad South, Everton,Everton, demonstrate a Ferrograph and an EMI TR 52. Liverpool 6. Interesting tapes heard by Dover Club during thethe demonstra- K. A. Wilson, 2121 ElmElm Road, Seaforth, LiverpoolLiverpool 21. tiontion of Philips, Grundig and Vortexion machines, have includedincluded somesome fromfrom America, one of thethe band at'at ' Dreamland ', OXFORD Margate, and another of a member's budgerigar. Cliff Freeman, 2121 Princes Street,Street, CowleyCowley Road, Oxford.Oxford. At Harrow Club the voice of aa man in RHYL Washington waswas heard, giving reasonsreasons for G. D. Freeman, The Holborn Restaurant, 17 Wellington his wife's dislike of birds; apparentlyapparently she .(/ . —^rp9 Road, Rhyl. had been frightenedfrightened once byby a chickenchicken ! (Mit4(7-.11 J The club hashas takentaken toto exchanging quiz tapes SVi SECRETARIAL CHANGES, ETC. with other groups; with Rotherham and Cvii J'1 groups; Rotherham and rs Terry Devereux, 26 NevernNevern Place,Place, Earls Court. London, Doncaster as their firstfirst contacts. The tapes ^" \ Terry Court, London, includeinclude gamesgames using famous voices and S.W.5, isis now Secretary of London Club. famous and Mr. F.F. Firth, 29 Kirkstall Road, Urmston, is now Secretary queer sounds, for identification. Any club / i of Urmston Club. interested in such an exchange should of Urmston Club. should L. C. Riley c/o Kay's Business Services, Tipping Street, contact KenKen Fulstow, 1717 Lowfield Road, Stafford, isis now Secretary of Staffordshire Club. (As Mrs. Anlaby,Anlaby. Hull, E. Yorks. Stafford, is now Secretary of Staffordshire Club. (As Mrs. A further tape fromfrom Bristol Tape Recording Club has been Tasker isis moving toto Leeds, it is importantimportant thatthat correspondence should not be sentsent to the addressaddress given inin thethe '' Club Directory ' received by Ipswich Tape Recording Club, who will be pleased last month.) to hearhear from other societiessocieties interested in tapespondencetapespondence lastlast month.) interested John Miles, '' Trcetops,' Parton Drive, Churchdown, Glos., (Malcolm 31 John Treetops,' Parton Churchdown, Glos., (Malcolm Wilding, 31 Darwin Road, Ipswich). is FrieniFriern BarnelBarnet Club were gladglad to be ableable to assist Leeds & is now Secretary of Cotswolds Society. District Tape Recording Club in theirtheir quest forfor anan interviewinterview Barnsley & District Tape Recording Club andand thethe YMCA with Russ Conway. Tape exchanges withwith thethe NorlhallcrtonNorthallerton Tape Recording Club have amalgamated to formform '`YMCA' YMCA & Barnsley District TapeTape Recording ClubClub'. '.'. Tape Recording Club and Eastbourne Tape Recording ClubClub Freddie Wescott, Chairman of West Middlesex Club, and of continue, and a tape toto Clacton TapeTape Recording Society isis Freddie Wescott, Chairman of West Middlesex Club, and of being compiled. the FederationFederation of Tape Recording Clubs has givengiven up activeactive South Devon Amateur Tape Recording Club seemsseems now toto participation inin tape recordingrecording forfor personal reasonsreasons —-a a sad be fully established and has had a great deal of co-operationco- operation blow to both organisations. from thethe local press andand dealers. Donald W.W. Aldous, a member The BlackpoolBlackpool & Fylde Tape Recording Club announce a of thethe '' Gramophone Record Review' staff, and broadcaster, change of address toto GadsbyGadsby Street, Off Nelson Street, Off has agreed to be President of the club andand toto place thethe benefit Lytham Road, Blackpool. of his wide knowledge and experience at theirtheir disposal.disposal. At a FORTHCOMING EVENTS recent meeting a demonstration ofof how reverberation andand FORTHCOMING EVENTS acoustics affect recordings was given. RUGBY Members of Glasgow Tape Recording ClubClub are at work on January 12th—Lecture12th- Lecture by Grundig.Grundig. JanuaryJanuary 26th—Demon-26th-1Jemon-L)emon- the compilation of a comprehensivecomprehensive library of soundssounds toto be stration by G. Dawson. heard inin the city. The club has been divided intointo groups of READING three or four members toto enable thethe projectproject to be tackledtackled more efficiently-—eachefficiently eacheach group being assigned to a particular January 9th9th—Review -Review of Microphones and their uses; more - group being assigned to a particular Sound Effects. JanuaryJanuary 23rd—Grosvenor23rd -Grosvenor Cup for the Tape recording project. One tapetape has already been produced : the arrival ofof a subwaysubway traintrain at a station near thethe clubroom.clubroom. This of thethe Year. recording was used most effectively during aa sequence in the WARE '' BB Fan Fare of 19601960' ' show atat thethe Kings Theatre, Glasgow. January 17th—Representative17th -Representative from Acos Microphones. At aa recentrecent meeting members were asked toto record answers HUDDERSFIELD toto thethe questions:questions : '` How would you spend £75,000 ? '' and '`' Should aa man have twotwo wives or one ? ',', and to explain '' how January 12th (Thursday)—Interviewing.(Thursday)- Interviewing. JanuaryJanuary 27th (Fri- to lose thethe club's recorderrecorder !'! ' day)-day)—Amateur Amateur Radio Evening. 24 Amateur Tape Recording

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RON BARRINGTON, Technical MICHAEL ALLEN, ageage 23, Sales-Sales- Clerk, 9 Pickford Hill, Harpenden,Harpenden. man, 119 Hampton Crescent, Gravesend, Herts. Motoring (West(West Country), family Kent. Films, travel, motor cycling. Rock tapes, discs,discs, films, thisthis and that,that, hi-fi,hi -fi, 'n' roll, any music. ST 450, 3 in.in. toto 7 in. music. Latin American, lightlight orch., jazz,jazz, 31,3j, 95,95, 19.19. UK,UK, USA, Germany, HollandHolland good pops, inslrumentals,instrumentals, the unusual. (in factfact anywhere). Collaro Studio Deck with CustomCustom built THOMAS E. EYLES, age 34, Vehicle hihi-fi -fi amplifiers. Spectone 161. Can add Mechanic, 7 RaymondRaymond Road, Northen- For ease of reading, particulars of echo toto existing recordingsrecordings when trans-trans- den,den, Manchester, 23. Travel,Travel. ModemModern TapespondenlsTapespondents areare printedpnnted inin thethe cribing, upup to 7 in.in. H,11, 3},31, 7i,7}, 15.15. Any- music. Brenell,Brenell, MK V,V, 7 in.in. IJ,11, 31, 7f.71. following orderorder —- name, occupation, where EnglishEnglish speaking, no need to Any EnglishEnglish speaking,speaking. address, interests,interests, taste in music, typetype write, allall tapes answered. P. TOYER, Engineering Designer, 1I of machine andand area ofof Tapesponding. ALFRED JOHN PINCHING, Porter.Porter, Landseer Walk, SheffieldSheffield 14.14. Geography, 35 St. Peter's Street, Islington, London, chess, photography. Guitar, beat music, N.1.N.I. Stereo, printing, general. From elec. organ. Grundig TK 20, 51 in. 31.31. shows, somesome pops. Simon SP 4, 7 in. 3},33,31, Anywhere English speaking.speaking. WATSON GREEN, a very keen tape-tapetape - 771.7}. }f. Germany, anywhere only English Miss A. VERONICA GREENWOOD,GREENWOOD. recordist, 2 Douglas Street,Street, Middles- spoken. age 19,19, Library Assistant, 5 Bentfield brough,brough. Yorks-Yorks. Four tape recorders.recorders. PATRICK L,L. LYDON, Prof.Prof. Soldier, Cottages, Clayton, Bradford, Yorkshire. Spectone 3 speeds 3J—7i31-7131-7} and 15. RA 42 108 213, HQ.CO., US ASA TR, Ballet books, amateur dramatics, stamp Amplion 11 speed 3J31 Walter I1 speedspeed 3J.31. Pershing Hall, Fort Devens, Mass., USA. collecting.collecting. Light classical, musicals, some A Grundig CubCub battery model mean speed Wide interests.interests. Military,Military, folk,folk, semi-semi- pops.pops, Telefunken, 3 in.in. IJ,1},13, 3J.31. USA, of 3i.31. Can taketake spools from 3 in. toto 7 in.in. classical. Grundig, 77 in.in. 11,ij,11, 31,3i,31, 7}.7i.7}. Any. Canada. Radiogram and 850 records both oldold and LAURENCE ROBINSON.ROBINSON, Electronic NORMAN HARPER-SCOTT,HARPER -SCOTT, Civil new. Have many unusual sounds. Many Engineer,Engineer. ' Hemming,' Fairway Road,Road. Service Draughtsman.Draughtsman, 201 GilbertGilbert Road, interesting tapestapes fromfrom abroad. Hobbies, Hythe, Hampshire. Photography, acting, Cambridge. Gardening (in particular any kind of music (not(not classical). Live cinema. Light classics and pops. cacti and other succulents;succulents; Pelargoniums events, family tete-a-tete,tetetete -a -tete, disc record FiFi-Cord, -Cord, Clarion, 3 in.in. 11,IJ,11, 3},31, 7i.71.7#. and Fuschia), sport (table(table tennis,tennis, foot- collecting, youth clubs, Boy Scouts, Britain. II wish toto contact otherother Fi-Cord,Fi -Cord, ball, squashsquash andand bowls), colourcolour photo- associations member. Either sex.sex. NoNo Clarion or portable tape recorderrecorder ownersowners graphy (35(35 mm.), anaand other general needneed to writewrite first just sendsend tapes. All anywhere. MyMy wife also would like to topics of interest.interest. Classical, light and tapestapes answered Air Mail oror Surface join inin '' family toto familyfamily' ' tapesponding.tapesponding. brass bands. Philips 8108, up to 77 in. Servant, 20 Mail. AnyAny town, countrycountry or continent. FRANK C. BOX.BOX, Civil Servant, 20 IJ.II,1 }, 31,31, 71.7f. Would especially likelike to hear ''Have Have timetime —will- will tapespondtapespond '. Courtlands, Maidenhead, Berks. Photo- from people with samesame interests in Aus- S.S. H. ANDREWS, ageage Mj,1414f, }, School- graphy,graphy. sailing. LightLight and classical. tralia, New Zealand, Canada, USA or boy,boy, 214214 BlossomfleldBlossomfield Road, Solihull, Loewe, 5}51 in.in. 31.31. Anywhere. Holland andand Sweden. English only Warwicks. Sailing, recording plays, D. SHEPPARD.SHEPPARD, ProcessProcess Supervisor, spoken. mainly comic.comic. Popular (no jazz). Fidelity 33 Carey Road, Newport, Mon. Music, Mr. aC. J. McSWEENEY, ageage 29, Argyll, 3i31 in.in. 3i.31. Canada.Canada. cars, girls.girls. AnythingAnything exceptexcept heavyheavy clas- Manager, 201 Cathedral Road, Cork.Cork, KENNETH DUNN, Driver,Driver, 8 Roch- sics and jazz.jazz. Brenell. IJ,11,I1, 3},31, 7}.71. Any Ireland.Ireland. Motoring, cinema, radio. Popu- dale Road, Scunthorpe,Scunthorpe, Lines.Lincs. Motoring, English speaking. lar, opera, ballet,ballet, no jazz. Philips, up toto motorsect. Light classicalclassical popular. JERRYJERRY GORDON, Sales manager, 7 in.in. IJ,1$,11, 31, 71.7f. Anywhere. Sound 444, up to 7 in.in. 7i,71,7}, 3}3131 AnywhereAnywhere 4814 N.N. 17ih17th Street,Street, Arlington, Virginia, SoundSound 444, up to in. H. S. COWIN, Tobacconist, '' Eden-Eden - English isis spoken. USA. Fishing.Fishing, little theatre.theatre. Popular, sor,"sor,' Quarterbridge Road, Douglas,Douglas, IsleIsle light concert. Tandberg 5, 3 in..in., 55 in.,in., 7 ADRIEN C. O'BRIEN, ageage 23, Male light concert. Tandberg of Man,Man. Ornithology, 35 mm. colour in.in. 7i,71,71, 3J,31, 1|.11.1$. Jf or i1} track.track. Anywhere Nurse, 3535 MountMount Ephraim Lane,Lane, photography, rifle shooting, archery, sea-sea - Streatham, London, S.W.I6.S.W.16. General. except USA. fishing. HopingHoping toto recordrecord bird songs. Pops to Brahms (not jazz).jazz). GrundigGrundig TK GEORGE PATERSON, Hotel Man- Classical (piano).(piano). Philips 4 tracktrack EL ager.ager, Dunlop Hotel,Hotel, Dunlop,Dunlop, Ayrshire. Classical (piano). 4 5. 5J,51, 3).3f.31. Anywhere, especiallyespecially Holland 3542, 3 in. toto 77 in. IJ,11,13, 31, 71.7f. Anywhere,Anywhere, and Australia. Home, traveltravel andand recording.recording. Not rock all tapestapes answered. ALFRED ROYROY REED, ageage 40,40, Pet-Pet- 'n''n' roll. Brenell MK 5, up to 88 in.in. IJIf11 ALFRED KEITH R. A. WARD, age 15, rol Tanker Driver, 112112 QueenQueen Elizabeth to 15.15. Anywhere.Anywhere. KEITH R. A. WARD, age 15. ARTHUR BASIL MARTIN.MARTIN, Asst.Asst. Student, 66 Cambridge Green, NewNew EI-El- Way, Colchester,Colchester, Essex.Essex. ItalianItalian language.language. S.E.9. up to 77 in. Commodity Supervisor, Aluminium tham,tham, London, S.E.9. Photography, tape Popular andand opera. Korting, up to 7 in. recording, pop music and cycling. AllAll 3L31. English speakingspeaking ItaliansItalians inin UK andand Company, 32!321321 ChurchChurch Street,Street. Pietermar- recording, music cycling. All Naples. itzburg, Natal, SouthSouth Africa. People, pop music, most jazz, some classical. Philips, 7 in. 31. N. America, Australia, R. H. YOUNG, age I2i,12},12#, Schoolboy,Schoolboy, sport, crafts,crafts, world affairs. Light classi-classi- Philips, 7 in. 31. N. America, Australia,Australia, Elton Villa,Villa, EltonElton Vale Road, Bury.Bury, cal.cal, folk andand traditional, comedy music. New Zealand.Zealand. Lanes.Lancs. TapeTape recording,recording, radio.radio. Classical, Siera,Siera, dual-track.dual -track,-track, 3-speed,3-3- speed, up toto 7 in.in. ALEX D. MILLEST,MILLEST. Shop Manager.Manager, 112a not jazzjazz or pop.pop. Gramdeck,Gramdeck, 55 in.in. 7i.7f.7f. 11,U, 3},31, 7J.71.7f. UK, Ireland,Ireland, Northern The Flat, 112a112a Station Road, Chingford,Chingford, Anywhere inin British Isles.Isles. Europe. E.4. Travel, informalinformal chats on most sub- Mr. E.E. KEMBLE, Slereotyper,Stereotyper, 36 KEVIN P.P. HAND.HAND, Architect,Architect, St.St. jects. Opera, Ballet, classical music. Byne Road, Sydenham, London.London, S.E.26. Philips.Philips, 3535 StilesStiles Road, Clontarf.Clontarf, Dub- Grundig TKTK 820 3 D.D, fromfrom 3 inin to 77 in. Cine and tape.tape. All music.music. Studio,Studio, 7 in.in. lin.lin. Photography.Photography. General. Philips EL 31, 71.7f. All over.over. BachelorBachelor males,males, 25/45, 11,1},11, 3i,31,31, 7i.7f.7}. ItalyItaly and anywhereanywhere else. 3542, 7 in.,in., 33 in,in. 3J.31.31. Anywhere.Anywhere. with sensesense of humour.humour.

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www.americanradiohistory.com PETER STEVENS, ageage 18, Solicitors PETER WILSON, age 15},15f,151, Warehouse TOP TOWNS ON TAPE Clerk, 167167 Rutland Avenue, High Worker, 42 Marsh Lane, Gaywood, Wycombe, Bucks.Bucks. Athletics andand motor King's Lynn, Norfolk. Photography, by David LazeilLazell scootering. Anything except jazz.jazz. Regcn-Regen- radio,radio, diving. Rock 'n''n' roll, lightlight music. aboutABOUT oneONE thousandTHOUSAND individual tone,tone, 7 in. li,15,1 {, 3J,31,33, 7^.7f.71. Anywhere. 8108, 3 in. to 7 Philips AG 8108, twintwin track, 3 in. to 7 listings appeared in 'ATR'ATR' ' during 1960, PETER L. BASTIN,BASTIN, Architect, 28 in.in. 1},15,1 {, 33,31,3}, 7}.7f.73. Philips EL 35363536 4 track offering countlesscountless opportunities forfor suc- Whitcroft Road, Pershore, Worcs,Worcs. Re- or stereo, 3 in.in. toto 77 in.in. 15,11}, k, 3},31, 7}.7f.73. Any- cessful tape exchanges.exchanges. There have been where where English isis spoken. Girls cording, other people's way of life,life, listings from '' farawayfaraway places with architecture, languages. Interested in welcome. strange soundingsounding names'names' like Wagga.Wagga, establishingestablishing a '' world chain' by adding COLIN SELWOOD, Restaurant Pro- Moose Jaw,Jaw, Middle Wallop, Mousehole - to existing correspondence chain be- prietor, Bath House, Esplanade, Sid-Sid many more !) motor- and ItchcnItchen Abbas (and(and many more 1) tween thethe USA, England and Belgium. mouth, Devon. Hi-fiHi -fi and stereo,stereo, motor- The county most represented inin thethe list-list - Mainly interested inin correspondents with inging and motor sport, tapetape recording,recording, 35 ings is that ofof Lancashire, withwith York- professional or semi-professionalsemi -professional equip- mm. photography.photography. AHAll exceptexcept opera and shire just behind (there'll be celebrationscelebrations ment. Jazz —- big band and small groups,groups, modern jazz.jazz. Up toto 8}8581 in. 1},15,11, 3},31,35, 7},7f,71, 15.15. in Corporation Street,Street, Manchester, when Ray Martin style asas contrast.contrast. Simon Any English speakingspeaking country. this newsnews getsgets around!)around !) ThereThere were SP/4,SP /4, Philips 3538,3538, Fi-Cord.Fi -Cord. Italy, Spain,Spain, JEFF KAVELAARS, Laboratory As- 80 listingslistings fromfrom Lancashire, Yorkshire's Scandinavia, India,India, Russia, Australia. sistant, 25 Burton Street,Street, Concord, New total being only one or two fewer.fewer. It will DAVID J.J. BURKE, Sales Representa- Australia. Photography (cine),(cine), hi-fi,hi -fi, not be tootoo surprisingsurprising if aa recountrecount isis de-de- tive, 99 Dinas Road, Hatherley, Chelten- travel. Light classical. Philips 4 track,track, 33 manded byby the proud men ofof Bradford. ham, Glos.Glos. Catholic church work and speed, up toto 7 in.in. 1},11,1 {, 3},35,31, 7}.7f.73. Anywhere, Yorkshire had more listingslistings thanthan thethe colour photographs. Organ, lightlight and speak EnglishEnglish and Dutch. whole of Scotland and WalesWales together,together, serious classics. Stella 4 track, 3 in., 77 Mr. D. G. FEATON, Licencee, Bull's by the way. The Top Tape Town for in. li,15,1 }, 3},33,31, 7i.7f.73. USA, Canada, Australia. Head, Arthingworth,Arthingworth, Mkt.,Mkt., Harborough, 1960I960 was Manchester with aboutabout 2222 DENNIS JAFFE, age IS.15, Schoolboy, Leics.Lcics. Motoring,Motoring. childchild care, fiction,fiction, con-con- listings, but there'sthere's some chance thatthat 2156 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh, New versation. Catholic but prefer jazzjazz (trad.,(trad., Lossiemouth inin Morayshire will taketake thethe York, USA. Science fiction, television,television, swing andand mod.). Philips 7 in.in. I|,11,14, 3},3f,34, 7}.7f.73. metaphorical cup next year,year, ifif theythey put Anywhere English speaking. comedy, drama, science,science, mathematics, their mind toto it,it, thatthat is!is ! ItIt must be girls. Jazz,Jazz, popular, show music. Wollen- remembered that the climate inin Man- sak, 7 in. 3J,31,33, 7i.7}.73. Anywhere. Any teen- r..- chester probably keeps the good folksfolks agers male or female and adults with at home with theirtheir tapetape machines. The similar interests.interests. sparseness of listingslistings from sunny Devon M. J.J. GOODWIN, ageage 18, Draughts- r and Cornwall probablyprobably reflectsreflects thatthat the in man, 33 Hatley Avenue,Avenue, Barkingsidc,Barkingside, sun appears moremore regularly thanthan inin the Ilford, Essex. Chess, bridge, TA. Trad,Trad. rest of thesethese isles. Birmingham was a it jazz, pop.pop. RepsReps R30, 77 in. 3J.35,31, li,7f,73, 15. close secondsecond toto Manchester, althoughalthough it British Isles.Isles. has a much larger circulation. Sheffield was 18 Other 19},191, Carpet was represented by 18 listings.listings. Other ALWYN OWEN, age 19}, Carpet cities and towns well up in thethe listings Weaver, 12 Sycamore Avenue, Peacock Estate, Wakefield, Yorks. RadioRadio con- included Newcastle.Newcastle, Liverpool, Leeds,Leeds, etc. Light andand classical music. Coventry, Oxford, Reading, Leamington struction, etc. Light and classical music. Spa, Edinburgh and Norwich. The greatgreat Celsonic with continental spools, 5 in.in. to VOTE Celsonic with continental metropolis — that vast traffictraffic jamjam called 10 in.in. 7}7f71 only. Any English speaking metropolis-that country. FOR London —- has beenbeen excluded from the country. survey, -since one would expect results GEORGE B. WHITFIELD, Shop from the millions living inin the London Manager, 8282 Grange Crescent, RiddlesRiddles- - area. In fact,fact, therethere were about 140 den, Keighley, Yorkshire. Hi-fi,Hi -fi, 8 mm,,mm., »\u/ listings fromfrom the London area during the cinema, reading,reading, birds, HF or CHA, year —-- about one in everyevery eight listingslistings general interests.interests. G & S, pops, light,light, A was of someonesomeone living inin London most types.types. Cossor CR 1602, 3 in., 55 in., (according toto figuresfigures obtained by burn-burn- 7 in.in. 7}.7f.73. Holland, Far East, Canada, ""Shorter Shorter hourshours-more — more paypay-lower —- lower ing thethe midnight oil). Australasia, nearly anywhereanywhere (and(and anyany Taxation and a Tape Recorder inin every There are parts of thethe country inin interested ex-membersex- members of 198 Field home!"home ! " which tapetape pioneers appearappear toto be Ambulance). struggling to spread the goodgood word. TOM ROBINSON, age 35, Book- Mr. C. S. REES, Mech. Design Eng..Eng., There haven't beenbeen many listingslistings fromfrom maker, ''Crepello,'` Crepello,' 17a St.St. Annes Road, 51 Sish Lane, Stevenage, Herts.Herts. 8 mm. places likelike Scunthorpe,Scunlhorpe, Blyth, Dundee, Whitstable, Kent. Golf, horse racing,racing, cine, tennis,tennis, badminton. All types.types. Dagenham, Dunstable, Exeter,Exeter, Harrow, stereo discs, colour photography, goons, Philips, 5 in. 3},31.33. Anywhere in GB or King's Lynn and Stoke-on-Trent,Stoke -on-Trent, whilst British dialects.dialects. Especially fond of Ger- Holland, Australia, Switzerland,Switzerland, Ger- Mr. Lazell, chief thinker-upthinker-up of '' TeteTete-a- -a- man operetta, Tchaikovsky,Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, many.many, some German spoken. Tape', has looked in vain for another Strauss (anything(anything exceptexcept rockrock 'n''n' rollroll and DAVID GREENWOOD, age 16, listing fromfrom Loughborough. In other associated rubbish). Chitnis KM 22, 5}5351 Student, 11Il Sydenham VillasVillas Road, Chel- words, folksfolks selling tapetape recordersrecorders are in. I},1ä, 3}.33.31. Anywhere. AA littlelittle French tenham, Glos. II play guitar, violin and advised toto taketake theirtheir wheel-barrowswheel-wheel -barrows barrows spoken (lentement, s'il vousvous plait). harmonica. Dancing, hi-fi,hi -fi, photography,photography, westward toto Somerset, another lethargiclethargic ANTHONY J.J. GLOVER.GLOVER, Addresso- goons, girls and guitar. Classical county (tape-wise,(tape -wise, I hastenhasten toto add). By graph-Multigraphgraph -Multigraph Service Rep., 68 (Mozart.(Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi), but not heavy thethe way, plenty of seasideseaside resorts were Havencrest Drive, Humberstone, Leices- classical. SomeSome pops and especially elec-elec- in the listings,listings, so, if you are thinkingthinking ofof ter. Gliding, motor racing. Trad,Trad. jazz, trictric guitar. Philips EL 3542,3542, 4 track,track, up a holiday by the briny thisthis year, you unusual andand humorous. Grundig, 77 in. to 77 in.in. 1}.13,14, 3},33,31, 7}.7f.73. Preferably Germany, could looklook up listings fromfrom Bourne- •1$,1 I.f, 3},33,31, 7}.71. Germany.Germany. Austria or America. England considered.considered. mouth, Brighton.Brighton, Eastbourne, Felixstowe,Felixstowe, G. A. L. HUTTON, ageage 50,50, Director, II speak German andand French. Hove, Llandudno,Llandudno, Portsmouth.Portsmouth, Pwllheli, Hollytree House.House, South Common Road, BERNARD SPARKES,SPARKES, S. Officer.Officer, 5 SouthendSouthcnd andand Margate. And, if you areare Uxbridge, Middlesex. All photography, Herbert Street, Newport, Mon., S.S. thinking of making thethe army your sailing, caravanning,caravanning, motoring. Light, Wales. Photography. Organ, accordion.accordion. career, therethere areare a couplecouple of listings ballet, pop.pop. CossorCossor 4T,4T, 77 in. I},11, 3},35,31, 7}.73.7 #. WalterWaller 101,101, 5 in. 33.31.3J. Anywhere. from the Aldershot areaarea (which(which bringbring World wide. (Continued onon pagepate 27) back memories of NAAFINAAFI tea).tea).

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www.americanradiohistory.com And,And, ififif youyou wantwant toto getget awayaway fromfrom itit all,all, youyou cancan findfind listingslistings ofof bonnicbonniebonnie ScotsScots folk inin AberdeenAberdeen andand CaithnessCaithness (and(and youyou cancan naenae gogo fartherfarther north,north, man,man, with-with- CLUBMAN PROFILE outout leavingleaving civilisation).civilisation). We haven'thaven't seenseen anyany listingslistingslistings fromfrom thethethe Outer HebridesHebrides yetyet —- maybemaybe someonesomeone onon RumRum oror EiggEigg ERIC H. TRONOWSKYTRONOWSKY hashas purchasedpurchased aa portable machinemachine recently.recently. Either way, 'ATR''ATR' hashas beenbeen giving members a betterbetter knowledge of geog-geog- raphyraphy sincesince allall thesethese listingslistings havehave beenbeen published.published. MaybeMaybe you will collectcollect allall lastlast year's numbers andand findfind outout forfor yourself !! I . /Tl

DAVID J. DODWELL, 30, Hotelier,Hotelier, Ainsdale Hotel, RougeRouge Bouillon,Bouillon, St. Helier,Helier. Jersey. JazzJazz records,records, hi-fi,hi -fi, ama-ama- teur theatricals,theatricals, productions.productions. Show music andand jazz.jazz. Philips EL 3542 44 track,track, upup toto 7 in.in.in. IJ,1$,11, 3i,31,31, 7J.71. Anywhere. TED SHARGELSHARGEL (Shargel(Shargel Advertising &6 Art), P.O. BoxBox 12021202 Perry Annex,Annex, CL Whittier, California,California. USA. Advertising cartoon artart —- studiostudio ofof advertising.advertising. Music and stamp collecting. ProgressiveProgressive jazz, Ted Heath styles. Webcor,Webcor, 7 in. 7),74, 3J.31, 1}.14.1 }. Everywhere.Everywhere. PETER CROSBY, age 16,16, JuniorJunior Clerk, 633633 Ashton Road, Oldham, Lanes. Radio, X films, pops. Popular and somesome classical.classical. SoundSound Belle 333,333, 4i41 in., employs differential tapetape speed.speed. Anywhere in England. T. O. (JIM)(JIM) FULTON, ToyToy Shop Proprietor, 4444 Bosworth Road, New Barnet, Herts. Tape,Tape, club work,work, fishing,fishing, help for beginnersbeginners inin taping.taping. Humour, piano (classical and popular).popular). Abbey, 3 in., 5 in.,in., 77 in.in. 3i,31, 7i,71,74, 15. All tapestapes myMYMN' interestINTEREST inin tapespondingtapesponding began sent to the handicapped of Great Britain answered. when II readread anan article in an American helped to give them added faith and RONALD DAVID LEDGERWOOD, Electronic MagazineMagazine pertaining toto the courage for the future. age 26.26.26, Micro-waveMicro -wave wiring and Mech. British Recording Club and thethe enthu- His philosophy, inin thethe faceface of ad- Inspector, 53 TimbercroftTimbercroft Lane, Plum-Plum - siasm of members wishing toto tapespond versity,versity. makes me realise how wonderful stead,stead. London,London, S.E.IS.E.18. 8. Any subject, with peoplespeoples throughout the world. are thethe ways of God's work. swimming, weightweight lifting andand training.training. Becoming a member of thethe clubclub has Tapesponding has enabledenabled me toto enter Modern,Modem, pops,pops, rockrock 'n''n' roll, jazz,jazz, comedy opened newnew horizons,horizons.horizons. of International homes andand acquire newnew friends six records, StanStan Freberg,Freberg, etc.etc. RegentoneRegentone friendship andand increasedincreased my interest inin thousand miles across the Ocean. ItIt has working with groups,groups, such as the Boy RJ 50,50, anyany size up toto 77 in.in. IJ,11,1 {, 3J.31, 74.71. given me great pleasure to have friendly Any English speakingspeaking country, USA, Scouts of America andand our handicapped discussions about our hobbies, mainly New Zealand, Germany, Australia, citizens. photography, art and music and to dis- Canada, Great Britain. A fewfew years past II was filmingfilming thethe cuss thethe customs, laws,laws, topography,topography, etc., MARVIN HERCHKOWITZ, US.P.O. activities of thethe Boy Scouts with a of our respective countries. The ex- (Post(Post OfficeOffice Employee).Employee), 275275 Cypress motion picturepicture camera.camera. Today, with my changechange of ideas has given me a broader tape recorder.recorder, II am able to bring thethe Avenue, Bronx 54, New York, USA. able toto bring the knowledge of learninglearning from my tape-tape- Boy Scouts of learning from my tape Chess, tape,tape, recording,recording, reading,reading. Various, Boy ScoutsScouts ofof Glendale,Glendale, California intointo spondingsponding friends.friends. This was made pos-pos- everythingeverything fromfrom grand operaopera (The Bar-Bar- a more personal contactcontact and aa betterbetter siblesible through thethe medium of recordedrecorded berber ofof Seville) toto pops.pops. Webcor, 5 in or understanding with thethe Boy ScoutsScouts of tapetape and II am indebtedindebted toto the British 77 in.in. 3i,34,31, 7f.74. England only. Preferably Great Britain. I9601960 marked thethe 50th year RecordingRecording Club for giving me thethe oppor- girlsgirls ages 1818 to 22. ofof Scouting in America and it was aa tunitytunity to extend the hand ofof friendshipfriendship B.B. G. COHEN, Journalist,Journalist, 56 Peny- pleasure to tapetape somesome ofof the meetings across the seas. wemwern Road,Road, Earls Court, London, S.W.5.S,W.5.S.W.5. ofof thethe Boy ScoutsScouts and their familiesfamilies dur- Writing, photography, reading, foreign ing this greatgreat event. II sentsent the tapetape toto I am aa photographer forfor the County Writing, photography, reading, foreignforeign of Los Angeles,Angeles, at Los Angeles, Cali- languageslanguages (studying(studying Russian), world thethe Boy Scouts inin England and ifif theythey fornia, and in addition to my work I affairs (especially Africa), aviation. enjoyedenjoyed hearinghearing it oneone half as much as fornia, and inin addition to my work II affairs (especially(especially Africa), aviation.aviation. pursue the field of photography by sub- Classical, pops, folk. Walter, 5J51 in.in. 3J.34. I enjoyed tapingtaping it,it, thenthen I feel a sensesense USA (female) ofof accomplishment. mitting picturespictures toto various photographicphotographic USA (female)(female) —-a a heaven sentsent oppor- salons and exhibitions. As a relaxing tunitytunity for someonesomeone whowho wants toto learnlearn In my contactcontact with the handicapped,handicapped, exhibitions. As a relaxing II waswas fortunate to record aa speechspeech by hobby I alsoalso enjoy oil paintingpainting and about Africa fromfrom one who has lived charcoalcharcoal drawing. there almostalmost all his life. Holland —-I I the Reverend EugeneEugene Robinson of the can speak Dutch,Dutch. 'butbut slowly please.please. Los Angeles Baptist Church, who has II hope toto bebe able toto bring in somesome LESLIE J.J. McEWAN, Clerk,Clerk, 7676 been blind forfor ten years.years. His topic 'As'As small way toto my friendsfriends abroad,abroad, my GourlayGourley Street,Street, Glasgow,Glasgow, N.l.N.1. Colour I See ItIt',It ', bringsbrings aa message of hope andand enthusiasm andand interestinterest inin my variousvarious photography, recordsrecords (pop).(pop). Pop, musical understanding toto people in everyevery walk hobbies.hobbies. comedy. Philips 55 in.in. oror 33 in.in. 3}.31.34. USA. of life andand especiallyespecially to thosethose living in Tapesponding isis trulytruly 'A'A New Age ofof Canada. a worldworld of darkness. II hope thisthis tapetape Communication '.'.

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E. GOODLAD of Deepcar, Nr. Sheffield, has two points he While transferring recordings fromfrom oneone tape recorderrecorder would like clarified ::: (Viscount) toto another (Philips), 1I havehave found that a great 1.1.—In -In a recentrecent advertisementadvertisement of the Collaro 'Studio'' Studio' deckdeck deal of hum occurs when feeding the signal from thethe output there appears thethe feature ' with spacespace for additionaladditional record socket direct to thethe input socketsocket of thethe other via aa screened headhead'. '. Does this implyimply that with the additionaddition of thethe extra cable. Is this due toto the difference between circuits of thethe twotwo head stereostereo isis obtainable (two separate channels) 7? If thisthis isis soso recorders,recorders, or what 7? can you telltell me what other equipment would alsoalso be One last question.question. IsIs therethere any easyeasy method of playing aa necessary ?? recordingrecording backwards onon either of the two machines mentioned 2.—What2. -What use,use, if any, is the output socketsocket ? If this drives above 7? an extension then it would be ideal.ideal. ANSWER.—UnlessANSWER. -Unless the recorderrecorder is filledfitted with a superimpos-superimpos- ANSWER.ANSWER.—The -The space provided for an additional head is ing button there is no method of carryingcarrying outout superimpos- a feature of a numbernumber of tape decks. ItIt allows thethe fittingfitting of ing without extensive modification to thethe erase and record a standard replay head nextnext toto the record/record /replay replay head. The bias circuits. extra head can be directly coupled toto an external amplifier,amplifier, If you use thethe speaker output socket of one recorder suitably corrected forfor tape replay.replay. This allowsallows direct moni- and re-recordre- record byby connecting this to the microphone or toring of a recording being made. The extra head can be radioradio inputinput of a second recorder, youyou will not only run thethe used for certain effects such as thatthat of artificialartificial reverbera-reverbera- riskrisk of gellinggetting hum on the copy recording, but also a con-con- tion (echo). siderable lossloss of quality. YouYou need a high impedance output For Stereo reproduction a stackedstacked in-linein -line record/playbackrecord /playback/ playback socket,socket, before thethe output stagestage of thethe recorder,recorder, inin order head isis required, plus of course, thethe necessary recording to laketake off signalssignals suitablesuitable forfor feedingfeeding into the second and playback amplifier. recorder. An output socket may be forfor connection to an externalexternal You could play youryour tapes 'backwards'' backwards' by reversing thethe speaker or anan external amplifier.amplifier. tape, i.e.i.e. shinyshiny side of the tape towardstowards thethe recording head. An output socket for an extension speaker has thethe neces- The volumevolume levellevel will bebe very much lowerlower however, andand sary low impedanceimpedance and delivers the same powerpower toto thethe loss of quality will resultresult also. ItIt isis possible on some extension speaker asas toto thethe internalinternal speaker.speaker. recorders to laketake thethe tapetape round outside thethe head cover, An output socket for an externalexternal amplifieramplifier isis aa high im-im- through the capstan, back across thethe head and round thethe pedance source providing sufficient voltage (possibly(possibly 0.5 toto back ofof the head covercover to the laketake up spool.spool. The tape will 1 volt,volt, but sometimes lessless thanthan 0.5 volts) toto drive anan externalexternal thenthen be thethe correct way round to the head.head. power amplifier.amplifier.

H. T. KENDALL of Plymouth, says :: BE WARNEDWARNED Could you please givegive me some advice regardingregarding my Gram-Gram - E. V. informs us : L. E. V. JACKSON informs us : deck tapetape recorder. I havehave the same troubletrouble asas Mr. L. J. I have justjust purchased a Decca TV model DM4/C.DM4 /C. Kite (August(August 'ATR')`ATR') —- lack of gain when usingusing thethe mike I wiredwired aa plug toto thethe speaker terminalsterminals on the trans- through thethe control box. II see thatthat you recommend Mr.Mr. Kite former toto record direct toto my tapetape recorder. On to use the transistortransistor preamp. I would like to know if thethe mainsmains switching thethe recorderrecorder on, the mains fusefuse blew. I preamppreamp inin the lulyJuly number would suitsuit 7? I understand that thethe checked the wiring over and tried againagain with thethe input impedance for thethe Gramdeck control box isis 500 ohms. same results.results. I am using the Acos mic 4040 with a 100k resistorresistor inin the coax On my previous TV set.set, a KB, this wiring proved plug as recommended by the makers of the Gramdeck. 1I have most successfulsuccessful so I amam writingwriting toto see if youyou can made and tried a mains one valve preamp using aa 6J76J7 valve, offer any informationinformation onon this.this. but any sounds from the mike are blotted out with a loud hum. but any sounds from the are blotted out loud hum. ANSWER.-ItANSWER.ANSWER.—It -It isis a highly dangerous practice toto The reason I am interestedinterested inin the extra gain is forfor the record- ccnnectconnect a modern AC/DCAC /DC televisiontelevision receiver toto aa ing of children's voices, which unlessunless they speak fairly loudly to ing of children's they tape recorder.recorder. AllAll modern TVs have 'live' live'live '' chassis. cannot be heard, and also the fact that I have fittedfitted twotwo extra cannot be heard, and the fact that have extra That is,is, they are directly connected to oneone side motors, one forfor fast rewind andand one for separateseparate drive for thethe of the mains power supply. InIn attempting to make taketake-up -up reel.reel. connections of thisthis sort you may easilyeasily do serious ANSWER.ANSWER.—There There-There isis no reasonreason why the pre-amplifierpre -amplifier you damage toto your recorderrecorder and you runrun the riskrisk of have constructedconstructed should not work with thethe Gramdeck. The bad or even fatalfatal electric shock toto yourself oror any-any- reason forfor thethe hum is probably due tow poor or inadequate one using thethe equipment, when connectedconnected as you earthing, use of a nonnon-screenednon -screened leadlead between pre-amplifierpre -amplifier have done. and Gramdeck or becausebecause of hum loops set up by earthing If youyou must recordrecord from thethe speaker outlet of the equipmentequipment at different points. The transistor pre- the TV set, have a really competent engineerengineer fitfit a amplifier described in 'ATR''ATR' was for lowlow impedance micro- suitable isolatingisolating transformer whichwhich must inciden-inciden- phones onlyonly and would be unsuitable forfor your purpose. tally be capable of withstanding thethe peakpeak mains voltage. R. YOUNG of Dunstable, writes :: I havehave been experimenting on a Wyndsor Viscount toto trytry to findfind a method of superimposing oneone recordingrecording on another, and II shouldshould likelike toto know ifif therethere is anyany simplesimple methodmethod thatthat WHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASEPLEASE I couldcould employ onon thisthis make of recorderrecorder for this purpose, without any appreciable alterationsalterations to thethe circuits, etc.etc. MENTION AMATEUR TAPE RECORDING MAGAZINE

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2. a back-back- Part 111II I I shown inin the diagram in Part 2. For a deep soundingsounding back- Part ground the sounds should of course have a deep pitch.pitch. They SIMPLEsimple exercisesEXERCISES in composition have already been can be arranged with suitable intervalsintervals so as to provide a described in part 2, which also outlined the process ofof deletingdeleting definite rhythm and a little experiment will show the effect thethe '' attack ' and '` decay' of aa sound already recorded on tape. to be both enlightening and amusing. Arrange your treated For the benefit of readers who feelfee! they would like toto go ahead sounds in a loop likelike that shown in Fig.Fig. I.1. When thethe loop is with processes thatthat are a little more complex, thethe following finished it can be run through the recorder asas shown inin Fig. 2. table shows the principal soundsound sources thatthat are used for Apart from low pitched sounds you can include some sharp Electronic Music and Musique Concrete and the variousvarious sounds such as a hand clap or hard metallic sounds. Low treatments thatthat can be applied. pitched piano notes are suitable for deep sounding rhythmic ELECTRONIC SOUND SOURCES AND TREATMENT patterns. Strike several together and remove the attackattack and ELECTRONIC SOUND SOURCES AND TREATMENT decay from the tape. A dinner going lends itself for thisthis pur- I.—Sincwave1.- Sinewave Generator or sinewave frequency testtest record decay (tape or disc). 2.—Multi-vibrator (special electronic device that pose also, and a deep sounding voice could also be used. The (tape or disc). 2.- Multi-vibrator vibrator (special electronic device that sounds can be mixed and modified as required by tape cutting. generates square-waves).square-waves). 3.—White3. -White noise (filtered(filtered into narrow Tape loops built up fromfrom various sounds and speech are frequency bands). thethe major foundation of Musique Concrete but are frequently TREATMENT used forfor electronic music composition as well. A loop can be Tone shaping with electrical filters. Ring modulation. Elec- re-re-recordedrecorded recorded on continuous tape at different speedsspeeds and the tronic vibrato. Treatment by tapetape manipulation. loop itself may be re-re-playedre- played at other speedsspeeds too; for example, rere-play -play the loop at say, 1\7# i.p.s. and re-recordre- record at the same CONCRETE SOUND SOURCES AND TREATMENT speed. Now play back the continuous tape at half speed 1.—Any1.-Any sound picked up byby a microphone. (Electronically (3i i.p.s.).i.p.s.). Alternatively try re-playingre- playing the looploop at ljl}11 i.p.s., produced sounds are sometimes used.) (31(3} produced sounds are sometimes used.)used.) re-re-record record at H111 i-P-s.i.p.s. and play back the continuous tape at 71 i.p.s. Now go one stage further — replay and re-re-record the TREATMENT 7}7# i.p.s. Now go one stage further - replay and re- record the continuous tape at different speeds ! This is where you will Removal of ''` attack '' or '` decay'decay ' by specialspecial electronic '`` gat-gat - ing'ing ' device oror by tape cutting.cutting. Recording processes (see(see need to be careful aboutabout gatheringgathering noise on the tape. A below). Shaping with electronic filters. recording played back at lowerlower speed will tend to be more noisy than one played back at thethe original or a higher speed. MAGNETIC TAPETAPE MANIPULATION (applicable(applicable toto bothboth elec- Work as much as possible with increasing speed,speed. IfIif you want tronic andand concrete sounds) aa deepdeep sound,sound, aa slower replayreplay speedspeed will provide it, but keep 1.-I.—Normal Normal recordingrecording process.process. 2—Monaural2- Monaural (single chan- the recording levellevel as low as possible; inin fact it isis aa good plan, nel). 3.—Stereo3.-Stereo3. -Stereo (two(two or more channels toto create movement ofof for thethe purpose of avoidingavoiding noise, toto record the originaloriginal sounds). 4.—Tape4. -Tape retarded (slower(slower speeds). 5.—Tape5. -Tape acceler- sounds at slightly higher than normal level and replayreplay and ated (faster speeds). 6.—Tape6. -Tape speed increasedincreased or decreased re-recordre- record atat somewhatsomewhat lowerlower level. Noise gathered up during gradually. 7.—Recording7.- Recording inin reversereverse (replay(replay in reverse and recording and re-recordingre- recording processes can of course,course, be filtered re-recorded).re- recorded). 8.—Feedback8.- Feedback and reverberation (echoes):(echoes) : off,off, butbut thisthis requires special equipment, which for the benefit diminishing echo,echo, echoecho building upup to crescendo, pre-echo.pre -echo. of the technicallytechnically minded readers, I will discuss in laterlater 9.—Multiple9.- Multiple recording andand mixing of soundssounds fromfrom severalseveral articles. tapes or fromfrom tapetape loops.loops. Before I go on toto describe methods of tapetape cutting which (Many(Many of these effects areare demonstrated inin '`Experiment` Experiment inin will produce different degrees of attack, may II suggest the SoundSound' ' thethe specialspecial BRC recordingrecording availableavailable fromfrom Bi-TapesBi -Tapes production of a simple composition of Musique Concrete as Ltd.). aa form of exercise. If you havehave a copy of '` Experiment in It will be seenseen fromfrom the above thatthat many differentdifferent combina-combina- Sound'Sound '' you will findfind that(hatthat II have produced a simple Musique tions of sound sources,sources, treatmenttreatment andand tape manipulation are Concrete composition from thethe soundssounds of aa traintrain and the possible but here we mustmust return toto thethe simple exercises which engine whistles, road drills and somesome footsteps. IfIf you listenlisten continue with '` tape loops'.loops '. Using a tape looploop does of coursecourse carefully you willwill bebe able toto identifyidentify some of thesethese sounds.sounds. require a secondsecond recorder, forfor the sounds on thethe looploop are Did you hearhear thethe single footstep ? re-re-recorded recorded on to a continuous tape, possibly with added For our finalfinal exercise, recordrecord some similar sounds,sounds, trains material from either a thirdthird recorderrecorder or another sound source. if you wish (these could bebe copied from '` Experiment inin This is where Club Members can combinecombine resources,resources, or ifif you are not aa club member a friendfriend with a tapetape \1\\\\\\ VAT/ recorder might co-operate.co- operate. \v4%/ \\\01:1 A tapetape loop isis aa convenientconvenient means of providing aa rhythmicrhythmic background WHITE LEADERLEA DE to aa concrete or electronic composi- tion. The procedure forfor making one in / is similarsimilar toto thethe exercisesexercises givengiven inin \'s Part 2. TheThe soundssounds are firstfirst selectedselected A.` Part IO STASTART RT \\\\I %/í} and shapedshaped by tapetape cutting, e.g.,e.g., ii \\\\\\"'"\ \\ removalremoval ofof '`attack'` attackattack '' oror '` decaydecay' '' ifif soso DIRECTION OF TAPE desired. TheThe following exampleexample maymay serveserve toto illustrateillustrate moremore clearlyclearly :: make |[THE THE ASSEMBLYASSEMBLY OFOF A TAPETAPE L00P__FIGT1|LOOP FIG.1 11 up aboutabout 1212 inchesinches ofof treatedtreated - sounds,sounds, allall splicedspliced togethertogether asas

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theTHE objectOBJECT ofOF the Educational Division of The British " This tape II have triedtried out on fourfour classes and theirtheir res- Recording Club is toto bring practical assistanceassistance and added ponse proved encouraging as to thethe use of thisthis method of interest toto the work of school clubs.clubs. This feature must there- teaching while at the samesame time indicating certain failings in fore consist primarily ofof reports of theirtheir activities, so that this tape. The girls certainlycertainly enjoyed listening toto thethe tape.tape. Ir shared experience maymay widen theirtheir scope and improveimprove their timed its appearance in the classclass soso that theythey already knew efficiency. So will readers —- especiallyespecially teachersteachers and school some of thethe answers. Hence they were able to feelfeel thatthat in the club secretaries -— please note that the regularityregularity of thisthis shoes ofof the office juniorjunior they could dodo much better than sheshe feature's appearance depends on them. Provided with sufficient had;had: they could also seesee the point in continuing thethe lessonslessons informationinformation from correspondents, our Division will reportreport so thatthat theythey would know all the answers.answers. The mixture of monthly. sympathy for thethe ignorantignorant junior (only(only a month earlier they knew as littlelittle asas sheshe did and in her job would have appeared REGISTERED SCHOOLS as foolish) andand superioritysuperiority becausebecause they, thoughthough still at school,school, The number of school clubs alfilialedaffiliated to BRC increases knew more thanthan thethe girl at work, was a good atmosphere in slowly but steadily.steadily. May we bring toto thethe notice of schoolsschools notnot which toto continuecontinue our lessons.lessons. yet affiliated thethe formform of application on page 4. "As toto the failings ;: I tried toto put too much into this, my first tape,tape, so that there were tootoo many points raised to be VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL discussed in the short lessonlesson timetime remaining after we had Victoria, thethe firstfirst schoolschool toto report itsits tapetape activities to us, heard thethe tape. The parts of the office juniorjunior and her friend continues to be active andand (equally(equally important forfor 'ATR')'ATR') to were played by twotwo girls fromfrom the school and, although the voices were right,right, itit was obvious thatthat they were reading their reportreport toto us.US. that boys embarkedembarked on a programme equipment parts. Finally, we had not sufficient background noise. The VictoriaVictoria boys embarked on a programme of equipment "Once the school Christmas activities are over I shall be construction—activitiesconstruction - activities forfor which a technicaltechnical school isis par-par- "Once the school Christmas activities over I shall ticularly suited.suited. They have already made a transistortransistor radio able to scrapscrap this tape and use the material toto make twotwo tapestapes which enables BBC programmesprogrammes to be recorded inin any class- --this— thisthis will meet our first problem. A friend who is the room. They have also made (from(from a circuit given in March possessor of a portable tapetape recorder has now offeredoffered assistance 'ATR')'ATR')`ATR') a microphone prepre-amplifier -amplifier to cope with thethe longer in thethe matter of background noises, and we hope thatthat thethe two mike lead neededneeded for recordingrecording Christmas playsplays and carols. youngsters' lunch-timelunch -time discussion of theirtheir problem will be accompanied by the background noise of aa coffee bar.bar. "This accomplished, we hope toto proceed toto a tape with our NEW TEACHING TAPE `dumb''dumb' office juniorjunior trying toto post an unsealed registered letterletter Our principal report this month came from Miss M.M. and an over-sizeover-size parcel. Sharman, B.Sc., who teaches Commerce inin a London Secon- "I should be interested to know itif other teachersteachers are also dary School.School. Finding a dearth of audio-visualaudioaudio- -visualvisual aids in this producing theirtheir own audio-aids,audio -aids, perhapsperhaps we could exchange subject, she has turnedturned to tape recordingrecording to meet thethe needs of ideas-ideas — or even tapes I! " her own classes.classes. - "Although," she writes, "the subjects studiedstudied under thethe heading of Commerce have a direct bearing on the occupations OTHER ACTIVITIES which thethe majority of my pupils wish to take up onon leaving Mr. Amrit Devesar a member of thethe IndianIndian Foreign Service school, the girls findfind itit difficultdifficult to envisage thethe ways inin whichwhich has offered toto help thethe Club with its Indian Section of the theythey will use their knowledge. Films explainingexplaining thethe functioning proposed Commonwealth tape. School Clubs Secretaries wish- of banks,banks, etc.,etc., excellentexcellent though theythey may be, stillstill do not relate ing to contact Mr. Devesar should do so throughthrough Dr.Dr. Smith. thisthis information to thethe work of aa shorthandshorthand-typist. -typist. Last year, The Victoria Club is maintaining itsits tapespondence,tapespondence, has therefore,therefore, II decided toto startstart making my own tapes. The ulti-ulti- contacts inin USAUSA and has been promised a tapetape fromfrom aa mate object isis a series all featuring an office junior called Canadian schoolboy. ItIt isis remarkable what 20 to 30 boys upon byby her employeremployer to perform certain duties.duties. Scared toto formingforming thethe club of an ordinary LCC Technical School can admitadmit to him herher ignorance of business routine she hastens toto do throughthrough 'ATR';`ATR'; Victoria's contacts already extendextend fromfrom her friends and begs theirtheir assistance.assistance. Canada and USAUSA toto India. " InIn thethe first tapetape we made, thethe office junior,junior, Mary, is The club's ordinary activitiesactivities were curtailed throughout requested toto taketake thethe bank statement and check it against December by calls forfor assistance toto other school societiessocieties in the paying-inpaying -in book andand thethe cheque book. The ' emnloyer'employer' connection with Christmas plays,plays, carols, etc. repeats his request slowlyslowly so thatthat his junior (and(and my classes I)!) can take notes of thethe thingsthings toto be done. ENGLISH, DRAMA, ELOCUTION, ETC. " The scene then moves to a cafecafé where, over lunch, Mary is heard pouring out her troubles toto a friend fromfrom anotheranother Teachers with classes reading Shakespeare and other plays department. SheShe plaintively asks the meaning of certain terms often sigh for good recordings of these.these. Most classes cannot used in her employer'semployer's instructionsinstructions which havehave completelycompletely record plays satisfactorily throughthrough lack of suitable (including baffled her. Joan is able to explain some of them because her adult) voices. One method of meeting this needneed -— without father has a bank account,account, but others are quite beyond her. purchasing expensive recordsrecords and inin a manner speciallyspecially They beg thethe assistance of a senior colleague passing theirtheir adaptedadapted toto the needs of secondary schools —- would bebe foefor aa table but she is inin lootoo great a hurryhurry to do more than deliverdeliver group of teachers toto meet centrally and themselvesthemselves record a small lecturelecture on the stupidity of takingtaking on tasks beyond selected poems, prose passages or plays. Any willing to one's power and onon the advisabilityadvisability of some studystudy and reading. participate in such a groupgroup project please write toto me. At the end thethe juniorjunior isis left on her way back to the office resolved toto tackle those of her taskstasks which she now under- NOTE.NOTE.—Letters - Letters relating toto thisthis page should bebe addressedaddressed toto :: stands and then toto '`confess' confess' to her employer her inability toto Dr. C. A. Smith.Smith, M.A., Education Division, 'ATR','ATR', 145 Fleet complete them. Street, London,London. E.C.4

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`Latin' Latin Modeme'Moderne' able forfor both. II prefer toto listenlisten myself because any recordrecord Bi-Tapes.Bi- Tapes. LJAI09.LJAl09.LJA109. 333;3.1 i.p.s.i.p.s. monaural.monaural. featuring thethe Kid DryOry band has plenty ofof good jazzjazz listening.listening. This disc is no exceptionexception andand featuresfeatures plenty of finefine jazzjazz Side 1.—'DeedL1. -' Deed II Do';Do '; ' S'Wonderful'ElS'Wonderful '; 'El Cumbanchero '; no plenty ''September`September September SongSong'; '; ''Cuba';`Cuba Cuba '; 'Night' Night and DayDay'; '; ''Nearness' Nearness OfOf playing in the NewNew Orleans or traditional jazz field.field. All of You '; '' Too Marvellous For Words '; '' BlueBlue MoonMoon '; ''Latin Latin the players areare good soloists, and are heard to advantage. Mr.Mr. LeisureLeisure'. '. Ory leadsleads the field withwith his biting trombone,trombone, andand retaining thethe characteristic soundsound which hehe has builtbuilt up over thethe years, Side 2.—'2. -' Follow OnOn'; ''The' The BreezeBreeze andand I'I'; 'I've' I've GotGot You sound very well ' Under My Skin '; '' Tico, Tico ';'; ''Tenderly';' Tenderly'Tenderly ; 'Time Time On MyMy leads the band through six very well knownknown tunes.tunes. ' Ja-Da'Ja -Da' findsfinds OryOry and Marsala doing thethe vocal honours, whilst dear Hands '; 'As'As`As Time Goes By '; ''Latin' Latin Stroll'Stroll '; 'Laura Laura '; '` Dave'sDave's Montuno '. old ''Dinah' Dinah '' isis handled vocallyvocally by Marsala withwith suitablesuitable vocal This tapetape has a marked improvementimprovement inin the reproduction backing by otherother members of thethe band. quality over previous Bi-TapesBi -Tapes releasesreleases coveredcovered inin thisthis column.column. The music isis realreal down to earth jazz,jazz, itit hashas toto be withwith The group playing these Latin numbersnumbers is an All-StarAll -Star line-upline -up thethe Ory band, but thethe tempo isis suitable for dancing —--even even inin with Kenny Powell (piano); Dave GoldbergGoldberg (guitar);(guitar); Roy thethe ballroom style.style. The numbers,numbers, only threethree to eacheach side, areare Willox (flute);(flute); Lennie BushBush (bass);(bass); Barry Morgan,Morgan, PatPat Ryan very long, and give thethe bandhand ampleample opportunityopportunity toto work-outwork -out and Ian Daniel (percussionists); Dennis Edwards (trumpet).(trumpet). their feelingsfeelings on each. II likelike Haggerty's guitar work, andand find The musicmusic isis comprised of well knownknown numbers given worth- Marty Marsala (trumpet)(trumpet) andand Darnell HowardHoward (clarinet)(clarinet) inin while arrangementsarrangements in thethe featuredfeatured idiom.idiom. The music, needless great shape. This is aa veryvery worthwhile record toto have around, to say, is suitablesuitable for dancing oror listening,listening, and readersreaders with a and shouldshould havehave wide appeal. ItIt was throughthrough listeninglistening toto bandsbands likingliking forfor musicmusic inin thethe Latin mannermanner can buy thisthis tapetape with likelike thisthis oneone ledled by KidKid Ory, thatthat people like ChrisChris Barber confidence, for thethe standard of playing is very high. learned what jazzjazz was allall about.about. (No(No disrespectdisrespect for Mr. Barber, The notes on thethe tapetape boxbox are worthwhile from thethe point of who waswas aa good scholar.) view of introducingintroducing thethe musicians, although severalseveral should T -• need littlelittle introduction toto Ted Heath, SidneySidney Lipton followers. The front cover ofof thethe box featuresfeatures a design by Sydney Dolcini-CheatleDolcini -Cheatle ...... but it'sit's the music thatthat matters.

''Party` Party Dance Time' v... HMV CSD1328.CSD1328. 12in.12ín.12in. stereostereo LP. Joe LossLoss andand his Orchestra playplay 36 All Time Hits onon this very enjoyableenjoyable record. The first sideside isis given over toto aa medley of quicksteps rangingranging fromfrom 'Anything'Anything Goes'Goes ' and ''Change Change PartnersPartners' ' to '' I'veI've Got MyMy LoveLove To KeepKeep Me WarmWarm'. '. Side 2 kicks offolfoff withwith aa ' waltz'waltz' medley, featuring such suresure favouritesfavourites asas '' I WonderWonder Who's Kissing HerHer Now' andand ' The ., » Song IsIs Ended', followedfollowed by a '' quickstep' medley which N4 includes thethe famous IrvingIrving BerlinBerlin number ''Cheek`Cheek Cheek toto Cheek '.'. The finalfinal selectionselection is anotheranother '' waltz' medley, withwith such well known songssongs as '' YouYou Forgot to Remember' andand 'I'll' I'll Be With You InIn AppleApple Blossom Time'.Time'.Time '. The Joe Loss Orchestra isis superb, and it isis easyeasy toto under- stand why hehe has remained at thethe toptop forfor soso long.long. The stereostereo sound isis warm and inviting, andand whilstwhilst thethe recordrecord isis ideallyideally suited forfor dancing, it will bebe equallyequally welcomed for happy LOUIS ARMSTRONG (Courtesy of Philips Records Ltd.)Ltd.) listening.listening. You cannotcannot help butbut feel happyhappy with thisthis typetype of music on the turntable.turntable. '` Dardanella';DardanellaDardanclla '; ''Muskrat`Muskrat Muskrat Ramble'Ramble ' The covercover of the recordrecord is very attractive,attractive, showingshowing a colour- 4545-MGM-l -MGM-MG M -1107.-I 107.107. fulful dancing scene. 'Well'Well' Well done, Joe Loss andand your boys'. Bing and Satchmo with Billy May and his Orchestra.Orchestra. I justjust hadhad to mention thisthis great ''single', single', forfor thethe benefit of ''Dance`Dance Dance With Kid DryOry Or Just ListenListen' ' those who have so farfar missed buying it.it. ThisThis isis thethe old HMV (Verve(Verve Series) CSDI32S.CSD1325.CSD1325 I2in.12in. stereostereo LP. '' Gone Fishin''Fishin ' ' team togethertogether again,again, andand what aa finefine jobjob Side 1.—'Am1. -'Am II Blue';Blue'; '' Ja-Da';Ja -Da';-Da '; 'Fidgety' Fidgety Feet*.Feet'. they make ofof these twotwo oldies. TheThe accent isis onon '' fun'fun ' rather Side 2.—'Hindustan';2. -' Hindustan '; ' I2lh12th Street Rag';Rag';Rag '; 'Dinah'.' Dinah'.Dinah '. than any serious attempt at putting this material over.over. Bing Personnel.Personnel.—Marty -Marty Marsala (trumpet):(trumpet); Kid DryOry (trombone):(trombone); Crosby and Louis ArmstrongArmstrong at theirtheir funfun lovingloving best. Inci-Inci- DamellDarnell Howard (clarinet);(clarinet); Cedric Hayward (piano);(piano); Frank dentally.dentally, an LP featuring BingBing andand Satchmo shouldshould soonsoon be Haggerty (guitar);(guitar); Charles Oden (bass); Earl WatkinsWatkins (drums).(drums). available, if ititit isis notnot alreadyalready around by thethe timetime thesethese reviewsreviews The choicechoice is yours,yours, dance or listen, thethe musicmusic isis mostmost suit- appear.

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www.americanradiohistory.com CLUBMAN REQUESTSREQUESTS LECTURE AND DEMONSTRATION Harold Moylan,Moylan, SirSir Daniel Wilson Residence, 73 St. George Street, Toronto 5, Ontario, Canada, regrets thatthat he isis not ableable "EXPERIMENT ININ SOUND" toto continuecontinue lapespondingtapesponding activitiesactivities at thethe present time,time, having become a student at thethe University ofof Toronto. by F. C. Judd, A.Inst.E. WO IIH R. J.J. Abbott, The Regimental Depot RAOC.,RAOC, (Technical Editor of Hilsea Barracks,Barracks. Portsmouth, offers recordingsrecordings of military (Technical Editor of parades forfor exchange. 'Amateur Tape Recording' and '' Popular Hi-FiHi -Fi ' magazines) Ralph J. ParkinsonParkinson tellstells usus thatthat his address, fromfrom the 13th December will be c/oc/o Mr. J.J. Parkinson, 15 Hala Grove, Scolforth,Scotforth, Lancaster, Lanes.Lancs. AT THETHE GRAFTON RADIO SOCIETY D. LarkinLarkin of 4242 MountMount Ash Road, Sydenham.Sydenham, London, S-E.26,S.E.26, regrets thatthat he cannot engage on anyany new tapespond-tapespond- MonfcmMontem School.School, HomseyHorneyHornsey Road, Holloway, London, N.7 ence,ence, being fully taped up already. We regretregret toto announceannounce thatthat Mr. C. R. Packham, whose On FEBRUARY 3rd,3rd, 1961 name appeared inin the OctoberOctober Directory, has since died.died. Directory, AT 8.308.30 p.m. A. A.A. Hannah, 17 Blundell Street, Blackpool, isis chasingchasing a deleteddeleted disc recording of ' Scalterbrain'Scatterbrain ' played on thethe electronic organ by Ken Griffins (Philips PB803). Has any Nearest Tube Stations : Holloway Road and Finsbury Park reader a second-handsecond -hand copy toto lendlend or sell (will(will pay double Buses : 7373 and 29, alsoalso Trolley Buses from Tottenham Court Rd. original price)price) ? The School isis almost at thethe corner ofof HomseyHornsey Road which isis Sean C. Hickey's address hashas recentlyrecently changedchanged from Leap Honey Road which House toto TheThe Cock Inn, North Street, NorthNorth Walsham, about 100 yards along Seven SistersSisters Road from thethe 'Nags Head',Head", Norfolk. Holloway.

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TAPE RECORD CATALOGUE Teletape have produced an attractive catalogue, which listslists r thethe surprising total of 800 tapestapes issuedissued under more thanthan aa dozen differentdifferent labels.labels. m They cover the complete field of music -— the classics, opera, pop, dance and brass bandband —- also tuition.tuition. . r: The catalogue isis priced at 2/6d.2/6d. (refundable on purchase of tape record(s) ).).

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NEW EMITAPE ACCESSORYACCESSORY KIT The newnew EnutapcEmitape AccessoryAccessory KitKit provides inin compact andand immediately accessibleaccessible formforni thethelhe facilities for editing magnetic & recording tapetape thatthat are normally found in broadcasting andand recording studios. Mounted on a specially moulded plastic tray with aa rack forfor seven reels,reels, the kitkit comprises anan Ldi-lallLdi -tall detachable metal p. ■ joining block slottedslotted forfor 90-degree90- degree and 45-degrce45- degreedegree cuts, twotwo i K- razorrazor-sharp -sharp cutlers,cutters, threethree reelsreels of leaderleader tape,tape, a reelreel of metallic stop foil, and aa reel of jointingjointing tape. EachEach reelreel of tape or foilfoil is bothboth protectedprotected and heldheld vertically ready forfor pulling inin a neat (Photograph by Aeorfilms and Aero Pictorial Ltd.)Ltd.) and practical Emicase dispenserdispenser of red polystyrene.polystyrene. The tray isis drilleddrilled forfor easyeasy fixingfixing toto a workbench oror table,table, NEW GRUNDIG FACTORY dual purpose woodfmetalwood'wood! metal screwsscrews being provided with thethe kit.kit. NEW GRUNDIG FACTORY The priceprice of thethe complete AccessoryAccessory Kit,Kit. with instructioninstruction An aerial view of the factory recently completedcompleted forfor Grundig booklet, isis 3737/6d. /6d. Works Ltd. on the Dunmurry Estate near Belfast where Grundig tapetape recordersrecorders will be manufactured mainly for distri- bution by Grundig {Great(Great Britain) Ltd. With 72,000 sq.sq. ft. ofof floor space, thethe factoryfactory is one ofof the most modern and weltwell ■ - '-A I equipped inin the world and will provideprovide employment forfor nearly 1,000.

*`CALL CALL BOY' This Tape Position Indicator by Colton & Co. {Lapidaries)(Lapidaries) Ltd., isis designed to givegive accurate cueing on the many tapetape recorders having no counter built in. It consists of aa three figure counter withwith reset wheel having a rubberrubber sucker enabling it toto be fittedfitted instantlyinstantly toto any smooth surface. The drivedrive is taken from the tapetape spool through a flexibleflexible i **. I drive shaftshaft which is attached to thethe spool by means of a rubberrubber clip. This can be connected or disconnected inin aa matter of seconds. c,-. -- The cueing isis by counting revolutionsrevolutions thereforetherefore as opposed «* ^ toto lineallineal measurement. - Simple and accurate in operation this accessory is available at 42/6,/.42/6d.

STUZZI INTRODUCES A 26gn. 4-TRACK4 -TRACK RECORDER The new SluzziStuzzi Junior AM4M isis thethe lowestlowest priced four-trackjourfour -track recorder soso far.far. Designed and made inin this country byby Sluzzi'sStuzziStuzzi'ss British concessionaires.concessionaires, Recording Devices Ltd., itit embodies many of thethe features of the company'scompany's Mannequin recorder, including superimposition,superimposition, and straight throughthrough facilities.facilities. A BSRBSR deckdeck with aa four-trackfour -track head using 5Jm.5fin.51in. tapetape spoolsspools gives six hours playing limetimetime per reel ofof tape at 3331 i.p.s.i.p.s. Frequency responseresponse isis 80-9,00080 -9,000 cycles. Changing from oneorte tracktrack to anotheranother isis simple;simple;situple; all thatthat isis requiredrequired isis thethe turnturn of a switch. Other featuresfeatures of thisthis newnew machine include:include : magic eye,eye, input and output sockets,sockets, volume and lonetone controls, and a high quality Sin.8in. xx 3m.Sin. speaker. The SluzziStuzzi Junior AM4M isis housed inin an elegantly designeddesigned cabinet, smartly finishedfinished inin two-tonetwo -tone plasticplastic cloth. Price 26gns..26gn., includingincluding microphone endcnd reelreel ofof tape.tape.

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/2 m / A ft A m I.i. V STUZZI TRICORDER 578 W.

Ii believeBELIEVE the StuzziStuzzi Tricorder was the firstfirst recorderrecorder some other desirable level.level. This facility alone addsadds much to employing a tapetape speedspeed ofof 15/16ths15 /l6ths/16ths i.p.s.i.p.s. This means 12 hourshours the value of the Tricorder. continuous recordingrecording which isis veryvery nearly equalequal toto fourfour tracktrack economy. I reviewed thisthis recorder when it was firstfirst introducedintroduced DESIGN FEATURES into thisthis countrycountry and II thenthen doubteddoubted whetherwhether aa recording The valves inin thethe firstfirst amplifier stages are DC healedheated which speed of I5/16ths1515/16ths /l6ths i.p.s.i.p.s. would bebe successful.successful. ItIt waswas and slillstill is,is, undoubtedly accounts for thethe lowlow hum level.level. Space isis provided and notnot only isis the mechanical performance excellent but the forfor mounting aa thirdthird playback head which can be used for electrical performance tootoo isis quite as good atat thisthis speedspeed as direct monitoring of recording or thethe productionproduction of artificialartificial many other recordersrecorders operating atat 333f31 i.p.s. echo with the aid of an external amplifier.amplifier. A socket is provided Only by very carefulcareful listeninglistening cancan thethe slightest wow be forfor a telephonetelephone adaptor and by means of special contact strips detected at 15/I6ths15 /I6ths/16ths i.p.s.i.p.s. TheThe finefine slowslow speedspeed performanceperformance of attached toto thethe tape, slideslide projectors with automatic slide thisthis recorderrecorder is undoubtedly duedue to thethe exceptionallyexceptionally well change mechanisms can be operated. The machine may alsoalso designed tape drive mechanism. It does of course have threethree be used asas anan amplifieramplifier for a pickuppickup or radio tuner.tuner. speedsspeeds :: 3i,31,3 1, IJl} andand 15/16ths15 /l6ths i.p.s.i.p.s. fromfrom whichwhich thethe name '`Tri- Tri- corder'cordercorder' ' isis derived.derived. ConsideringConsidering thethe facilitiesfacilities it offers, itit is an MAKERS' SPECIFICATIONSPECIFICATION & PERFORMANCE TESTS extremelyextremely compact recorder for itit has incorporated mixing, a superimposing control, recording levellevel indicator,indicator, an interlock-interlock- Frequency response Test resultsresults at 31 i.p.s. 40- 16,000 c.p.s. ing pushpush button control system,system, as wellwell as output socketssockets for lWithin1 Within ±2dB over frequency anan externalexternal amplifier andand anan extension speaker.speaker. at 111 i.p.s. 40 -8,000 c.p.s. quoted It isis attractively finishedfinished inin twotwo tones otofof beigebeige coloured at 1515/l(jths15 /l6ths/16ths i.p.s.i.p.s. 4040-4,000 -4,000 c.p.s. /franges : Complied with leatheretteleatherette andand both thethe lid andand plasticplastic handle are detachable. Erasure : better thanthan 65dB65dB Complied with specification : 2.5 do. The recorderrecorder isis suppliedsupplied withwith aa reelreel of tapetape and tapetape spool,spool, Output power:power 2.5 watts do. specialspecial extension leadsleads and a reallyreally excellent ribbonribbon micro- Signal to noise:noise :: better than phone with aa twotwo way polar response.response. AA ringring typetype control onon 45dB do. thethe stem permits directional oror non-directionalnon -directional pickup.pickup. Wow and Rutterflutter:flutter : better than 0.3% do. MIXING FACILITIES MIXING FACILITIES OTHER SPECIFICATION DETAILS The TricorderTricorder isis one ofof thethe fewfew domesticdomestic recordersrecorders thatthat have provision forfor mixing microphone, pickup and/orand /or radioradio Mains supply :: 110,110, 130,130, 150, 220 or 240v at 50 c.p.s.c.p.s. signalssignals withwith aa separateseparate control forfor eacheach channel.channel. AA variable Inputs :: microphone 2mV,2mV, radioradio or P.U.P.U. 60mV60mV at0.5M.ohms.at 0.5M.ohms. superimpositionsuperimposition controlcontrol isis alsoalso aa novelnovel featurefeature forfor this allowsallows Output :: extraextra speakerspeaker socketsocket 22 to 66 ohms. ExternalExternal ampli- the additionaddition of another recordingrecording toto oneone alreadyalready on thethe tapetape fier feedfeed approximatelyapproximately 1.5v1.5v atat 20K.ohms. but withwith aa varying degree of erasureerasure to thethe original recording.recording. Valves :: EF86, ECC83, ECL82,ECL82, HT rectifierrectifier-rectifier-metal. — metal. With this controlcontrol itit isis thereforetherefore possible toto addadd speechspeech andand Spool sizessizes :: SJin.51in.5 }in. diameter or smaller.smaller. fade thethe existing backgroundbackground completely outout or leaveleave itit atat Drive :: specialspecial purpose external rotor typetype motor.

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www.americanradiohistory.com No tapetape recordingrecording enthusiastenthusiast shouldshould bebe withoutwithout aa mixer THETHE GRUNDIGGRUNDIG GMUGMU 33 unit.unit. ItsIts valuevalue isis notnot realisedrealised untiluntil oneone hashas beenbeen used,used, forfor a mixermixer providesprovides thethe onlyonly flexibleflexible methodmethod ofof controllingcontrolling threethree MICROPHONE MIXERMIXER or fourfour inputinput signalssignals simultaneouslysimultaneously andand independently.independently. TheThe GrundigGrundig GMU3 cancan be used with anyany tapetape recorder;recorder; it isis fittedfitted withwith a magic eyeeye levellevel indicatorindicator soso thatthat signal levellevellevel by F.F. C.C. JuddJudd A.lnst.EA.Inst.E can bebe checked beforebefore beingbeing fedfed intointo thethe recorder.recorder. The makers technicaltechnical specificationspecification isis asas followsfollows :: Mains voltage;voltage : AC onlyonly 200-250200200 -250 volts 40-60 cyclescycles per sec.sec. 2. Power consumption ::: 15 watts. Valves :: ECC83, PCF80 andand EM840 indicator.indicator. InputInput sensitivity ::: Mic. 11 channel 1.2mv1.2mv at lOOK.ohms.100K.ohms. Mic. 22 channel 4mv atat 100K.ohms.lOOK.ohms.100K.ohms. Mic. 3 channel 4mv atat lOOK.ohms.100K.ohms.100K.ohms. Mic. 44 channelchannel 300mv300mv atat SOOK.ohms.500K.ohms. Output impedance:impedance : 1,0001,000 ohmsohms approximately.approximately. Output level :: 65mv65mv full gain.gain. NOTE.—ANOTE. -A polarisingpolarising voltage (lOOv)(100v)(100v) isis availableavailable at thethe three m continental socketssockets forfor Grundig condensercondenser microphones.microphones. The mixer isis stronglystrongly made andand housedhoused inin aa green stovestove enamelled case. Each channel isis clearlyclearly marked and eacheach con-con- troltrol has a calibratedcalibrated scale;scale; thethe controlscontrols can thereforetherefore bebe Jam accurately re-setre -set toto a pre-delerminedpre-pre -determined determined level.

PERFORMANCE I have usedused the mixer quite frequently overover a period of about threethree months and it has givengiven aa very satisfactorysatisfactory performance. It hashas been used for mixing signalssignals fromfrom microphones, radio, Aa mixerMIXER unitUNITU N I T providesprovides you with additionaladditional microphonemicrophone pickpick-uppick -up and the output from another tape recorder. On any and signal channelschannels and cancan add much to the production of and the output from another tape recorder. On anyany can add much to the production of channel thethe hum level isis reasonably low but thermal noise interestinginteresting recordings.recordings. For exampleexample twotwo or more microphones reasonably low but thermal noise For or more microphones from thethe first channel is present withwith the gain controlcontrol set at can be used togethertogether with independentindependent controlcontrol over each.each. AtAt maximum The remainder of the channels have negligible the same time signalssignals from a music source can be brought in maximum. The remainder of the channels havehave negligible time from a music source cancan be brought in noisenoise and I couldcould tracetrace no crosstalk whatsoever between at will. This isis farfar superior toto superimposing,superimposing, forfor one hashas crosstalk whatsoever between channels. The gain onon channel 1I1 isis adequate forfor quite low complete controlcontrol over timing, etc.etc. sensitivity microphones,microphones, whilst channels 2 and 3 will cater The Grundig GMU3 microphone mixer caterscaters forfor four channels 2 andand 3 will cater caters for four adequately forfor most crystal microphones and of course thethe inputs, each one controlled. It will accommodateaccommodate threethree micro- Grundig instruments. phones ofof the highhigh impedance type (crystal)(crystal) forfor which standard for which standard The fourthfourth channel is intendedintended forfor radio or pick-uppick -up inputinput jack socketssockets areare fitted,fitted, oror thethe GrundigGrundig microphonesmicrophones forfor whichwhich and has sufficient gain for this purpose. Since the output the specialspecial three pin continental sockets are fitted. The fourth and has sufficient gain for this purpose. Since the output special continental sockets are fitted. The fourth impedance is low.low, a fairly longlong cable can be used between channel isis aa high levellevel one suitable for a radio or pick-up channel high level one suitable for a radio or pick -up mixer andand recorder without loss of the highhigh frequencies or input, pre-amplifiedpre-pre -amplified amplified microphone, or outputoutput fromfrom another tapetape the risk of picking up hum. recorder. The frequency response fromfrom channel I1 isis substantiallysubstantially level between 200200 and 20,000 c.p.s. being —5dB-5dB atat 100 c.p.s.c.p.s. andand -5dB—5dB-5dB at 25,000 c.p.s.c.p.s. Push button controls:controls :: fast forward, fast re-wind,re -wind, replay, re -wind, replay, The remaining channels are reasonably level between 100 record and pause. and 8,000 c.p.s. Dimensions : 13in. x Dimensions : 13in. xx lOin.loin. xx 5in.6in.bin. I feel thatthat thethe makers could improve onon the frequency Remote control:control : for handhand or foot switch.switch. Remote hand or foot switch. response of thethe GMU3 mixer,mixer, otherwise itit is ideally suitablesuitable Projection control;control : connection for direct control of aa slideslide for all domestic recordersrecorders and has many really useful applica- projector. and has many really useful applica- projector. tions. It isis well worth its price ofof 16 gns. and will more than pay forfor itself inin infinitely better recordings. PERFORMANCE TESTS It is manufactured and distributed by Grundig (Great The machinemachine submittedsubmitted forfor reviewreview was subjected toto mostmost of Britain) Ltd., 39-4139 -41 New Oxford Street, London.London, W.l,W.I.W.1. the teststests thatthat oneone can applyapply to a tape recorder. The qualityquality ofof reproductionreproduction over thethe built in twintwin loudspeaker systemsystem isis excellentexcellent although II suggest thatthat for moremore seriousserious listeninglistening thisthis recorder isis used withwith eithereither a hi-fihihi -fi externalexternal speaker,speaker, or anan externalexternal amplifier andand speaker, from which the full frequencyfrequency range and qualityquality of reproduction of thethe Stuzzi would bebe obtained.obtained. Mechanically the performance ofof thisthis recorder is excellent. The tape position indicator isis quite accurate andand will locate a required section of tapetape to within a fewfew inches.inches. The brake systemsystem isis instantaneousinstantaneous in operationoperation and tape trans-trans- portation generallygenerally warrants no adverse comments.comments. Fast wind and re-windre -wind takes aboutabout 2J2f minutes forfor aa Sin.5in. spool ofof LP tape and tape spooling isis even onon normalnormal record or playback. The Stuzzi TricordcrTricorder is a finefine example ofof aa domesticdomestic classclass recorder and cancan bebe recommendedrecommended forfor those lookinglooking forfor a highhigh quality three speedspeed machine which, becausebecause ofof the ultra slowslow lS/16ths1515(16ths /16ths i.p.s.i.p.s. is almostalmost as economical tapetape-wise,tape -wise, asas somesome ofof the four track recorders nownow available.available. This recorderrecorder isis distributeddistributed byby Recording Devices Ltd., 4444 Southern Row, Kensington, London, W.10 andand is pricedpriced atat 6363 gns. completecomplete with accessoriesaccessories andand comprehensivecomprehensive instructioninstruction book.

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)) ■ "if/f*l 11.0710-----.)D)f#'i"P TON On Location in Darkest London Recently, II had to make a tape recordingrecording of a discussion N. group in progress,progress, and my rendezvous was inin St. Pancras (not thethe railway station.station, II hasten to add. I shuddershudder to think GET-ABOUTGET -ABOUT of thethe difficulties involved in making a tapetape recordingrecording on Platform 6 in thethe rushrush hourhour !). Anyway, thethe four participants and I met in a well-furnishedwell- furnished board room,room, suitably untidy for a gathering of intellectuals. After some planningplanning of ourour dis- cussion, we decided toto switch on thethe tape recorder, and thusthus enthusiast... started our session.session. II was ratherrather worried by the tickingticking of the clock at the other end of the room; a wall clock, it tickedticked Gets-GetsGets-about? -about? about? Sure does.does. Wherever therethere isis something worth-worth- slowly and majestically. So we stopped recording, and played back our tape. I said that I couldcould hear the tick.tick. My colleagues while recordingrecording you'll find him.him. ArmedArmed with Stuzzi Magnette of course. A Magnette.Magnette, becausebecause itsits truly portableportable —- nono batteriesbatteries to charge. Up toto 100100 hourshours on each setset of torch batteries.batteries. Because itit has all thethe facilitiesfacilities includingincludingincluding twotwo speeds.speeds. Because a if it's worth recordingrecording it'sit's worth recording well andand thethe record-record- ing qualityquality of thethe Stuzzi Magnette leavesleaves nothing toto bebe desired. If you'reyou're anan enthusiast whowho isis sick of being tiedtied toto a plugplug lead andand want realreal qualityquality you shouldshould investigate thethe StuzziStuzzi Magnette. Nothing simpler, just drop usus a post card. Details byby return.return. NOW A 7+ I.P.S MODEL,MODEL, TOO. For the professional there is now a 7i7I7} i.p.s.i.p.s. StuzziStuzzi Magnette with even betterbetter recordingrecording qualities to CCIR n standards. Price 7575 gns.gns. saidsaid that theythey could not. Since I often have strange sounds inin thethe head, I tooktook their word forfor it,it, butbut regarded thethe clock with considerableconsiderable suspicion. There were somesome other interestinginteresting HE NEEDS sounds onon thethe tape,tape, forfor thatthat matter. InIn the road outside,outside, aa horse and cart ambled by, followed a fewfew minutes later by HIS thethe noisiest motor bike inin London. But we finishedfinished our HIS recorded discussion, and agreed to hear it over. II could still B hear thethe solemnsolemn andand incessantincessant tick. Then the horse and cart, followedfollowed by thethe roarroar of thethe motormotor bike. BetweenBetween these strangestrange sounds,sounds, the discussion continued.continued. But thethe other speakers were unperturbed.unperturbed. " How do you put up with all this traffictraffic noise ? " II asked. 11 " What traffic noise 7? " theythey said.said. "All these cars and motor bikes ...". " II explained. "You" You get used toto it,"it," theythey said. "We" We never notice the traffic."traffic." MAGNETTEMAG N ETTE 59 GNS. I have decided, inin future,future, toto make twotwo versions ofof all recordedrecorded discussions. One will have lotslots of background noise, RECORDING DEVICES LTD., 44 SoutharnSouthern Row,Row, Kensington, London, W.IO.W.O. LadbroKeLadbroke 4775-64775 -6 Amateur Tape Recording

www.americanradiohistory.com including Big Ben, motor horns, mopeds, busesbuses and streetstreet cries —- this will be for the benefit of city dwellers. The other version willwill be soft and peaceful, forfor thosethose whowho livelive inin thethe wilds of Sussex and Argyll.Argyll. Which means thatthat I willwill have toto buy a bicycle. InIn thethe meantime, I had best warn listenerslisteners of my recorded tick —- in case theythey think thethe death watch (tape)(tape) beetle has ventured into their valuable tape recorders.recorders. Who knows —- my ticktick may become thethe successorsuccessor to ' the hum'hum ' (which itself may be caused byby the simultaneous use of the million or so tape recordersrecorders now owned in Britain). I once heard of aa Londoner who moved to the country, and was unhappy until he had made a specialspecial recordingrecording of rush hour traffic inin Piccadilly. Whenever he felt melancholy, he played thethe tapetape overover to himself. The neighbours allall rushed to their windows, in wonder at allall thethe invisible traffic rushing down thethe lane.lane. There's aa moral here somewhere —- nevernever gogo to London without a soundproof tent, ifif you wantwant to make a nice, quiet recording. And itit seems inevitableinevitable that tapetape enthu- siasts develop a super sense ofof hearing. Especially ifif you pretend that you areare a tapetape recorder onceonce inin aa while (i.e. to trace all suspectsuspect sourcessources of sound).sound). As for me, II still hear ticking ...... maybe I'll put somesome insecticide inin thethe innardsinnards of my tapetape machine, yet. Tell Me The Way To Go Home A friend ofof mine hashas just told me that aa local pub has installed a tape recorderrecorder for thethe benefit of the patrons. Exactly what thatthat benefit is, he couldn't say. However, manymany publicpublic the NEW houses have tapetape recordersrecorders in the bar thesethese days, and it might H EAR be useful toto list the possibilities of these wonderful machines.machines.

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The most obvious use isis thatthat of enabling patrons to rehearserehearse TRACK the story thatthat theythey are going to telltell the wife when theythey arrive 4 home late. With a mild-and-bittermild- and -bitter grasped inin the rightright hand, the mike leaningleaning against a packet of crisps, thethe wayward hus- band cancan try out his story,story, e.g.e.g. " II was kept latelate atat the office,office, tape recorder dear; suddensudden contract job ..."... "" Then the storystory cancan bebe playedplayed back forfor thethe benefit of othersothers with wives of a suspicioussuspicious costs only nature!nature 1! At the same time,time, the magic eye may even measuremeasure the heaviness of breath, i.e. if it goesgoes a bleary red,red, you've had aa mite too much for one night. Another good use for thethe pub's recorder isis that of testingtesting the ability of its customers. Some recorders are so complicated that itit might be aa good ideaidea to make aa fellowfellow switch fromfrom tracktrack one playback,playback, to tracktrack threethree record, just toto findfind out whether he's fitfit toto gogo 26 gns. home. As long as he doesn't get pinched forfor being drunkdrunk in 26 charge of aa tape recorder,recorder, of course.course. Then therethere are those suitably sentimentalsentimental choruses,choruses, which are sung to untuned piano accompaniment. Songs torfor tapetape BUT THAT'S ITS PRICE!PR /CE! recording might includeinclude 'Tell' Tell me the way toto go home', ''There's There's aa long,long, longlong tapetape a-winding',a- winding', 'Little' Little SirSir Echo',Echo ','. etc.etc. JUST LOOK AT THE VALUE And, if the Landlord isis hoarse, he cancin always getget the machinemachine 6 hours, playing-playing time per Si"5r reel.reel. Volume and tone con- to boom 'Time' Time Gentlemen, Please!'Please ! ' (50—15,000(50- 15,000 c.p.s.). One trols and supersuper imposition.imposition. Magic eye. 3i3t31 i.p.s. Frequency day, they might even combine a tape recorder with an elec- tronictronic brain combined with slot machine, andand havehave robots response of 80-9,00080-9,000 cycles. Weighs only 1818 lb.lb. UndoubtedlyUndoubtedly instead of thosethose fair barmaids. Then we'll all stay at home the best value on the market. Ask your dealer forfor a with the telly. Still, if more pubs buy tapetape recorders, we demonstration, meanwhile drop us your name and address might find locallocal hostelries with names like '' The Wow and and address FlutterFlutter', ', '' The Seven-inchSeven -inch Spool',Spool ', '' The ATR Arms '' andand '' The for full details. Stereo and St. George'. In which event, you may findfind me inin the garden ordering anan orange juice andand freefree go at thethe RECORDING DEVICES LTD., 4-4.44 Southern Row, Kensington, London,London, W.IO. Ladbroke 4775-6 January, 19611961 W.O. LadbrokeLad broke 4775 -6

www.americanradiohistory.com A MUST FOR EVERYEVERY transistorised model tape machine. I mean to say, we'd have to stick to orangeorange juicejuice if they had one of these new multi- TAPE RECORDING purpose, four track, supersuper-super-imposition, -imposition, imposition, stereostereo plus mono efforts ENTHUSIASTENTH USIAST in the SaloonSaloon Bar ... . . Chain Taping II don't think that it is ever a good ideaidea to write and telltell someone thatthat he is now a member ofof a round robin, if he TapecvaiV has not been asked ifif he would like toto join.join. This is an aural version of thethe old chainchain letterletter technique, e.g.e.g. '' Please send a Sin.5in. tape toto each of the 36 people listed on the attached list. 438H In lime,time, you will receive (if you're lucky) your 36 tapestapes back plus any othersothers which are sent to you by mistake. If you do not abide by this letter,letter, you will have bad luck,luck, and your Ki!' machine will blow up at midnight!midnight ! Your friend,friend, Augustus Nitwit." Dictation Difficulties \n An energetic, keen office manager (there are suchsuch officeoffice managers, II assure you) of my acquaintanceacquaintance recently dis- covered a large,large, heavy but serviceableserviceable tapetape recorder inin the organisation for which he worked. This machine was rarely used, one reason being that a course of vitamin tablets was advisable forfor anyone wishing toto carry the recorder any dis- tance.tance. Henry, the keen office manager, decided thatthat itit was just the thingthing for dictation, and stayed inin his officeoffice after everybody else had gone home (real keen, man). Then he fittedfitted up the tape machine, and proceeded toto speak withwith great efficiency into the microphone. TroubleTrouble was that he fell asleep shortly afterwards. II thinkthink that thethe typists had greatgreat difficulty inin putting a snore down on paper.paper. AsAs Henry said,said, " II started yawning, and thethe next thingthing I knew, I was asleep . . . must A PRACTICALPRACTICAL I knew, I was asleep ...... must AUDIO DEMONSTRATION /■V TTHISHIS uniqueunique recordingrecording gives spoken explanations and actual audioaudio examples ofof earlyearly tapetape recording.recording. It CC. discusses the principlesprinciples ofof tapetape recording; r acoustics; cycles per second; decibels;decibels ; frequencyfrequency response; equalization; balance and distortion.distortion. ItIt demonstrates rightright and wrong microphonemicrophone position- ing, mixers, feed back, gagging,gagging. hiss, hum, overload, signal-to-noisesignal -to -noise ratio,ratio, print through, wow and flutter. ItsIts final sectionsection providesprovides twotwo specialspecial signals for use whenwhen adjusting thethe azimuthazimuth alignment of tapetape heads, invaluableinvaluable to those who have no suitable signalsignal generator. have been all thatthat strugglingstruggling with thethe tape recorder."recorder." Anyway, keen type that hehe is, hehe gets someonesomeone else to move the TAPECRAPTTAPECRAFT plays one hour atat 313.1 ipsips and isis corrected toto the C.C.I.RC. C.1.RC.I.R recorder thesethese days. curve. It has a frequencyfrequency rangerange fromfrom 40 toto 10,000 cps reproducablereproduciblereproducoble inIn Ideas forfor Designers Department suitable Hi-FiHi -Fi equipment with correctly loadedloaded loudspeakersloudspeakers inin aa separate equipment with correctly There have beenbeen many ideas thrust into this columncolumn —- need- cabinet. It isis availableavailable on Standard doubledouble tracktrack tape, 5'5" reels.reels. less toto say,say, designers haven't been too interested. Since soso Direct from your usual Tape suppliersupplier oror direct fromfrom us. Special termsterms many people claim that theythey areare appalled by thethe soundsound ofof to tape clubs, write forfor particulars. their own voice when recorded, couldn't some brightbright manu- Other SPEECHMASTERSSPEECHMASTERSSPEECH MASTERS Productions include:-Include: - facturer bring out a special recorder with built-inbuilt -in upper classclass The Modern Usage ofof English, TheThe Psychology accent 7? The real '' UU', ',', what 7? of Expression, The Art ofof Public Speaking, Relax andand Live,Live,Live. Selling forfor allall its worth.worth, Speak up andand Sell, Selling fromfrom A to Z, etc.etc. 45/- Send for complete list.list. POST FREE Jfettctitapherro rap (Appointed Dealer) ORDER FORM Tape Recorder && Hi-FiHi -Fi Specialists Showrooms;Showrooms: First FloorFloor London Showroom To SpeechmastersSpeechmasters Limited,Limited, 22,22. CoastalCoastal Chambers,Chambers, BuckinghamBuckingham Palace 3 -8 35 Road, London.London, S.W.I.S.W.I. 3-8 BRIGSTOCK PARADE,PARADE, 35 CRAVENCRAVEN STREET,

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New name ... . . New (lower) prices Elizabethan (Tape(Tape Recorders) Ltd. have produced aa newnew To Chitnis Recorders usingusing Bogen headsheads goesgoes thethe creditcredit ofof proving thatthat high a quality recordingsrecordings can bebe mademade at 3|33 Ids.ips. using quarter-track heads and that machine toto sell at thethe amazingly low price of 19igns. — the at using quarter -track heads and that price of 19 #gns. - the a stereo recorder can be contained within anan unusually compactcompact case without lowest-pricedlowest-lowest -priced priced tapetape recorderrecorder ever towto comecome fromfrom a major manu- saivificingsacrificing efficiency inin any way. The mechanical andand electronicelectronic standardsstandards of facturer. the Chitnis rangerange are things that usersusers quicklyquickly learnlearn toto relvrely on and recordingsrecordings taken with thesethese machines areare outstandingly goodgood from whatwhateveratever source theythey Known as thethe '' PopularthePopular', the new Elizabethan has a clean are made. and attractiveattractive design. TheThe cabinet, whichwhich includesincludes storage space toIn future,future, Chitnis Recorders will be known as Chitnis AUDIOGRAPH for sparespare spools,spools, being finished inin red lealherclothleathercloth and grey Recorders, andand with thisthis changechange ofof name we announceannounce attractive price and blue vynair. A carrying handlehandle isis filled.fitted. reductions. Quality, workmanship and materialsmaterials remainremain thethe same. The Popular isis suppliedsupplied complete with Elizabethan crystal K .22Two-TwoTwo -track, track,a k two !pccdspeed (o3f(3of i} & 1{I iips)ps) mono with reel AO tape, LL microphone, tape, spare spool and radiogram connectingconnecting lead. MM.22MMEKM.22 " ol^ Tape.'Tape.T&p el . Now48gns.Now 4048 gns. Fitted withwith SJin.51in. spools, the Popular operates at a tape speedspeed Tw0Two speed,1 four -track mono with reel of Tape. of 3J31 i.p.s. with a claimed frequency response of 60-8,00060 -8,000 KM.33KM.33 'P'* - four-track mono with red of Tape. Now 54 gns.gHS. cycles. ItIt is a twin-tracktwin -track machine and incorporates a magic eye Q ICAli 4-TRACK4 TRACK STEREO (illustrated above) with paired in- #yij*tl\ /S4K4putt -TRACK (micro/radio/PU) and outputs (5 & IS ohm and load indicator,indicator, I'm.Tin. x 4in. elliptical speaker andand volume and 9 /54K puts (micro /radio /PU) and outputs (5S & 1515 ohm and lowlow level) throughout. Pause, ss/impose /impose etc.etc. With C/L rrnc lonetone controls.controls. Output isis 21 watts.walls. reel of Tape. WAS dl62 gns., now ■56gns.56'Wg"'. gns. ChitnisClsitnis omnidirectionalomni- directional and cardioidcardloid dynamic microphones (mono andand stereo) available for above.

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