Uploaded on Dec 25, 2011 by Scot Hampton
A Christmas Card In Sound
From San Francisco With Herb Caen
"Bringing you best wishes for the holiday season"
"Merry Christmas from San Francisco....the magic city of soaring hills and bridges that leap across the Bay...A city of many voices you can hear nowhere else. So what better way to bring you season's greetings from Baghdad-by-the-Bay than to let the city speak for itself. Here then is a Christmas card in sound from San Francisco." -Herb Caen
Side 1: The chimes of Saints Peter & Paul Church in North Beach...Street-corner Santa Claus...Salvation Army band...Christmas shopping traffic on market Street...A ride on a Powell Street cable car up Nob Hill (with "Jingle Bells").
Side 2: Holiday celebration in Chinatown...Sounds of the Bay itself: boat whistles, Bay water lapping against a pier, the pounding surf...Wind singing through the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge...Seagulls and sea lions...And the many voices of the foghorns in their own Christmas carol.
Tape recorded on location in San Francisco, using a two-channel Berlant 93 recorder (with portable power supply). Microphones: Electro-Voice 666 and Telefunken U-47 on location; Bang & Olufsen 50 in studio. Acetate masters by Jack Hawkins. RIAA curve. Album design by Kiyo Tomo.
Produced & edited by R.W. Emerson
Audio Card 1451
Circa 1950
7" Vinyl. 33 RPM. Mono.
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