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Power failure
- Title
- Power failure / recorded by Ken Dewey.
- Author
- Dewey, Ken
- Publication
- 1965.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LDC 51863 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Found In
- Ken Dewey collection, 1943-1987
- Description
- 1 audio disc (49:14) : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Sounds, radio announcements and on-the-street interviews during the first hour of the Northeast blackout of 1965, affecting populations in the Northeastern United States and Ontario, Canada. The sounds and street interviews (radio) were taped live in New York City; the news bulletin announcements were broadcasted from hub radio stations in New Jersey.
- Uniform Title
- WBNJ (Radio station : New Jersey)
- Alternative Title
- Ken Dewey collection of sound recordings.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Radio news bulletins.
- Note
- Tracks placed at five minute intervals.
- "Power failure [sound collage]"--CD container spine.
- "263"; "(big Eastern one)"--Original 5 in. tape reel box.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of: Ken Dewey collection, 1943-1987.
- Contents
- [No audio] (Track 1: 0:06) -- [Inside and outside sounds] (Track 1: 0:07-Track 2: 3:53) -- Radio announcements part 1 (WBNJ) (Track 2: 3:54-Track 3: 2:44) -- [Unidentified pop sound excerpt] (Track 3: 2:51-3:05) -- Radio announcements part 2 (WBNJ) (Track 3: 3:06-Track 4: 0:44) -- Out of my dreams (10 second instrumental excerpt) / R. Rodgers (Track 4: 0:45-0:55) -- Radio report in street (NYC) (Track 4: 0:56-3:08) -- Cry me a river (24 second excerpt; Ella Fitzgerald, vocals) / Arthur Hamilton (Track 4: 3:09-3:33) -- Hang on Sloopy (24 second excerpt; The McCoys, vocals) / Wes Farrell-Bert Russell (Track 4: 3:38-4:02) -- Radio announcements part 3 (WBNJ and WABC) (Track 4: 4:04-Track 6: 1:16) -- WJRZ newsroom broadcast (Bob Brown and Erwin Frankel, radio reporters) (Track 6: 1:17-Track 7: 0:29) -- [Unidentified radio station announcement 1] (Track 7: 0:30-0:45) -- On-the-street interviews at Grand Central (NYC) (Track 7: 0:46-1:47) -- [Unidentified radio station announcement 2] (Track 7: 1:51-2:18) [ends abruptly].
- Call Number
- *LDC 51863
- OCLC
- 868708087
- Author
- Dewey, Ken.
- Title
- Power failure / recorded by Ken Dewey.
- Production
- 1965.
- Playing Time
- 004914
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audio disc
- Performer
- Bob Brown and Erwin Frankel, radio reporters (WJRZ) (Track 6) ; with unidentified WBNJ and WABC radio announcers (Tracks 2-5) ; individuals interviewed on the street (Track 7) ; some music excerpts (Tracks 3-4): Ella Fitzgerald, vocals (Track 4 only) ; The McCoys, vocals (Track 4 only) ; with unidentified orchestra.
- Event
- Recorded live New York, N. Y. 1965 November 9, 5:30-6:30 P. M.
- Original Version
- Archival original: (1 audio tape reel : analog, mono, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 3827; originally rewound from 5 in. tape reel.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of: Ken Dewey collection, 1943-1987.
- Local Note
- Preservation file: (1 audio file : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lt7a3827_f01_em.WAV].
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Farrell, Wes, composer.Fitzgerald, Ella, performer.Container of (work): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Oklahoma! Out of my dreams. Selections.Container of (work): Hamilton, Arthur. Cry me a river. Selections.Container of (work): Berns, Bert. Hang on Sloopy. Selections.WJRZ (Radio station : Newark, N.J.)WABC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)McCoys (Musical group), performers.
- Added Title
- WBNJ (Radio station : New Jersey)Ken Dewey collection of sound recordings.
- Found In:
- Ken Dewey collection, 1943-1987
- Research Call Number
- *LDC 51863*LT-7-A 3827