The Nostalgia of Fairground Music

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1.	Fairground, Music & Steam 02:25	info	buy track
2.	The Magical Carl Frei Street Organ 1 02:02	info	buy track
3.	The Ferdinand Molzer Organ 00:49	info	buy track
4.	The Magical Carl Frei Organ 2 02:12	info	buy track
5.	1905 Regina Disc Music Box 01:06	info	buy track
6.	The Magical Carl Frei Street Organ 3 01:42	info	buy track
7.	Verbeek Belgian Street Organ 1 01:54	info	buy track
8.	The Magical Carl Frei Street Organ 4 01:27	info	buy track
9.	Hand-Turned Cabinetto Organ 03:41	info	buy track
10.	The Magical Carl Frei Street Organ 5 01:50	info	buy track
11.	1832 Voigt Street Organ 1 01:36	info	buy track
12.	A Crazy Pianola 01:00	info	buy track
13.	The Magical Carl Frei Street Organ 6 06:44	info	buy track
14.	Chiappa Old-Time Fair Organ 1 03:50	info	buy track
15.	The Magical Carl Frei Street Organ 7 03:24	info	buy track
16.	Verbeek Belgian Street Organ 2 03:19	info	buy track
17.	The Magical Carl Frei Street Organ 8 01:33	info	buy track
18.	Verbeek Belgian Street Organ 3 02:26	info	buy track
19.	Chiappa Old-Time Fair Organ 2 02:59	info	buy track
20.	The Keyless Pell's Showman Organ 01:46	info	buy track
21.	Gavioli Steam Driven Miniature Organ 01:08	info	buy track
22.	1832 Voigt Street Organ 2 01:07	info	buy track
23.	48-Key Richard Pawlyn Organ 01:22	info	buy track
24.	The William Bruder Organ 02:36	info	buy track
25.	1832 Voigt Street Organ 3 01:37	info	buy track

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'The Nostalgia of Fairground Music' makes use of original field recordings from the Mechanical Musical Instruments & Fair Organ Festival held at Cotton, Suffolk, England in 1981.

Do not be surprised by some unusual combinations of sound, resulting from a mixture of a variety of very old working organs, with passing traction engines, steam whistles, various clonks & clicks from mechanical musical instruments, low-passing jet-fighters, tannoy announcements, owner-operators of the instruments, and other people enjoying themselves...it's all the fun of the fair!

With no exception, even during those earlier years, Sonic Field's approach to field recording differs from many recordists by including all sound present at the location being recorded. This ensures the final sound file is a true representation of the ambience of that particular location at the time of recording and not some virtual location produced as a figment of the recordist’s imagination through the removal of unwanted sound such as road traffic, aircraft and other human activities.

When listening to these particular album tracks, please bear in mind the limited audio quality of the recording equipment used back then. There were no consumer grade portable field recorders capable of capturing audio of 144dB dynamic range and 48KHz bandwidth, or even the lower CD quality of 96dB at 22KHz, but was limited to a mere 55dB dynamic range and less than 10KHz bandwidth - that's if everything was perfect!

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released April 15, 2012

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