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Collaborate With a 1940's Wire Recorder

by Various Artists

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1.
The Microphones - I Lost My Wind 02:49
2.
Golden Boots - Marie 02:39
3.
Bishop Allen - Ghost 02:27
4.
Paleo - Jessica's Wedding 03:13

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These songs were recorded live to a 1940’s Webster Wire Recorder. Wire recorders were originally invented in the late 1800’s and recorded sound to a hair-thin strand of stainless steel wire. This was the predecessor to magnetic tape as a recording medium. The wire is extremely fragile and fickle, and the machine itself adds certain audio elements to the recording; pitch shifts, bleed over from previous recordings on the reused wire, a clanking sound from the cylinders turning, tonal colorings and distortions, etc. These elements very much color and contribute to the recordings. Therefore, this record is considered a "collaboration" between the artists and this antiquated machine.

This record was released as a collaboration between three record labels: Lost Sound Tapes, People In A Position To Know (piaptk.com), and alt.vinyl (altvinyl.com). Each label designed and printed their own covers. There were only 600 copies made and only 200 of each cover.

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released March 5, 2011

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Lost Sound Tapes Vancouver, British Columbia

Tapes, records, and candles with a handmade feel.

Established 2005 in Seattle, now based in Vancouver, BC.

Orders ship from My Vinyl Underground / Jigsaw Records in Portland, OR. ❤️

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