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March 30, 2005
Portable Recorders
Portable Recorders Leap Forward in Convenience and Sound
WHEN Alan Lomax and his father, John, began making their famous field
recordings of Southern folk singers in the 1930's, they had to build
their 350-pound recording machine into the back of their Ford. It
etched the songs of cowboys and former slaves onto aluminum disks, and
used two 75-pound batteries for power.
Posted by roymond at March 30, 2005 11:58 AM