Best of NPR's Lost and Found Sound Vol. 1

Adams, Noah

ISBN 10: 1565114019 ISBN 13: 9781565114012

Publisher: Highbridge Audio, 2000

Synopsis

On January 1, 1999, All Things Considered aired the first in a series of richly layered stories that trace the soundtrack of the 20th century. Broadcast weekly through 1999, continuing monthly through 2000, Lost & Found Sound chronicles, reflects, and celebrates the human experience in rare recordings and "sonic snapshots" submitted by listeners. Blending the historic with the everyday, the monumental with the personal, this is evocative, haunting, eclectic listening—endangered sounds, shifting accents, vanishing voices, home recordings, and audio artifacts that reveal a sense of place and mark the passage of time.

Contents:
· Tony Schwartz: 30,000 Recordings Later
· Quest for Sound: Gettysburg Eyewitness
· Fishman, Fishman Cigar Stories, narrated by Andy Garcia
· Carnival Talkers
· LBJ and the Helium-Filled Astronauts
· Listening to the Northern Lights
· West Virginia Steam Trains
· Tennessee Williams: The Pennyland Recordings
· Sound Restoration
· The Partridge Family Grand Tour

About this title

About the Author

JAY ALLISON is a Peabody and Edward R. Murrow award winning broadcast journalist. His work airs on NPR, PRI and ABC News' Nightline.

The Kitchen Sisters (DAVIA NELSON and NIKKI SILVA), heard on NPR, have received Peabody awards for Lost and Found Sound and for The Sonic Memorial, a chronicling of the life and history of the World Trade Center and surrounding neighborhood.

NOAH ADAMS is an American broadcast journalist and author, known primarily for his more than thirty years of experience on National Public Radio. A former co-host of the daily All Things Considered program, he has also served as senior correspondent at the network's National Desk.

From AudioFile

As the last century came to a close, National Public Radio put out a call to listeners: Help us unearth some audio gems. All sorts of folks dug around in attics and drawers and what emerged from their collected recordings was series of episodes called "Lost and Found Sound," with topics ranging from an eyewitness talking about the Gettysburg Address to New Yorker Tony Schwartz's collection of 30,000 ambient sound and voice recordings. NPR broadcast dozens of episodes. Some of the best are collected here. The cream of the crop: "LBJ and the Helium-Filled Astronaut" and "Listening to the Northern Lights." One hopes many more volumes will follow. T.F. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Highbridge Audio
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1565114019
• ISBN 13: 9781565114012
• Binding: Audio Cassette