DD270

DD270 is the Initial Catalogue number of one of Delia's Attic Tapes containing source material for Pompeii.

Mark Ayres' notes

Type: 10.5" reel, 1/4" tape
Label: Pomp Basic 1
Description: Various to be identified

Louis Niebur's notes

DD270 – Pomp Basic 1
Starts with crowd noises, then banging on things, and scraping.
13:30 – speed changes to 7 ½, scrapings continue. Squeaks at very end.

James Percival's notes

CDD/1/1/2 Pompeii basic
Source recordings for Chronicle: Pompeii
FORMER REFERENCE: DD270
DATE: [1973]
CONTAINS: Chronicle: Pompeii
MEDIUM: 10.5" reel, ¼" tape
TAPE SPEED: 15ips/7.5ips DURATION: 00:35:20
LABELS: [Reel label, Delia's hand:] POMP BASIC 7½ ditto 15ips
        [Reel label, Brian Hodgson's hand:] PRECEDED BY/ 2 TRADES MEN FIGHT / CROWD
        [Illegible label in Delia's hand.]
NOTES: Source materials for Chronicle: Pompeii Radiophonic sequence: crowd sounds from library record; a session recording of metallic clanging and other percussive explorations with strong resonances; further industrial material recordings, some with an audibly poor microphone connection.