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'''DD149''' is the catalogue number of one of Delia's tapes.
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[[DD149]] is the [[Initial Catalogue]] number of one of Delia's [[Attic Tapes]], the third master tape of ''[[Methusaleh]]''.
  
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=[[Initial Catalogue|Mark Ayres' notes]]=
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Type: 7" reel, 1/4" tape
 
Type: 7" reel, 1/4" tape
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Label: [[Methuselah]] 3
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Description: Copy master 7.5 ips
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Label: [[Methuselah]] 3
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=[[DD Audio Files Commentary|Louis Niebur's notes]]=
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DD149 – Methuseleh 3 copy 7.5
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Opens beautifully, with speech and sounds effects, whooshing. “Go HOME!” ends 1:14
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1:20 – vocoder rhythmic pattern. 3 or 4 tape loops simultaneously. End 2:02
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2:06 – Lilith monologue: “they have accepted the burden of eternal life” with slight echo. Ends 7:54
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7:57 – complex hum with overtones, gradually acquiring new pitches and beats. Channels drop out, and enter. Ends 15:15
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15:20 – atmosphere, repeated loop. (tomorrow people?)
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</PRE>
  
Description: Copy master 7.5 ips
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=[[Delia Derbyshire's Creative Process|James Percival's notes]]=
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CDD/1/4/3 Methuselah 3
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National Theatre production &ndash; third master reel
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FORMER REFERENCE: DD149 DATE: 1969 CONTAINS: Back to Methuselah
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MEDIUM: 7" reel, &frac14;" tape TAPE SPEED: 7.5ips DURATION: 00:22:47
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LABELS: [Reel label:] METHUSALEH 3 / COPY MASTER / 7&frac12; M+S
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NOTES: Third of three master reels for 1969 National Theatre production. Includes monologues treated with tape feedback, a rhythmic vocoder pattern, abstract spectral drones.
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[[Category:Tape]]
 
[[Category:Tape]]

Latest revision as of 14:30, 15 May 2020

DD149 is the Initial Catalogue number of one of Delia's Attic Tapes, the third master tape of Methusaleh.

Mark Ayres' notes

Type: 7" reel, 1/4" tape
Label: [[Methuselah]] 3
Description: Copy master 7.5 ips

Louis Niebur's notes

DD149 – Methuseleh 3 copy 7.5
Opens beautifully, with speech and sounds effects, whooshing. “Go HOME!” ends 1:14
1:20 – vocoder rhythmic pattern. 3 or 4 tape loops simultaneously. End 2:02
2:06 – Lilith monologue: “they have accepted the burden of eternal life” with slight echo. Ends 7:54
7:57 – complex hum with overtones, gradually acquiring new pitches and beats. Channels drop out, and enter. Ends 15:15
15:20 – atmosphere, repeated loop. (tomorrow people?)

James Percival's notes

CDD/1/4/3 Methuselah 3
National Theatre production – third master reel
FORMER REFERENCE: DD149 DATE: 1969 CONTAINS: Back to Methuselah
MEDIUM: 7" reel, ¼" tape TAPE SPEED: 7.5ips DURATION: 00:22:47
LABELS: [Reel label:] METHUSALEH 3 / COPY MASTER / 7½ M+S
NOTES: Third of three master reels for 1969 National Theatre production. Includes monologues treated with tape feedback, a rhythmic vocoder pattern, abstract spectral drones.