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Note 1: "Is not right tape of Pat. Begins with a record of prisan singing. Then Pat frees charming voice as a phone call from Harold from Philadelphia about hitch hiring. Then Pat talking and talking and blues and opera records in background. Some of miami in background."; Note 2: CD 1: Prison record--muffled sound. Smith on the phone, teasing someone. Smith talking to a child (or a woman with a baby voice??), prison record continues. Old jazz record. CD 2: Opera w/ baby voice and Smith in bkgrnd. CD 3: Opera cont'd (on record, not IDed. "He's so virile compared to most tenors," says Smith.) Jazz record--Duke Ellington. Smith and another man talking--mention of John Morris, man asks Smith what they pay. Loud TV drowns out Smith's conv. CD 4: recording of Smith on a discussion panel (see reel 856, Smith, Feinstein, Martinez) playing over Smith and another man talking. Recording is turned off, then movement, walking on stairs, faint conv, etc. CD 5: In the loft. Movement, no talking. CD 6: In the loft. Conv. btw. Smith and another man about photo layout. Man talks about seeing a kid who looks like "a miniature Harold Feinstein." Smith singing- tr. 3. **Good sampling of ambient noise, clear recording. CD 7: cont'd--movemnt in the loft, faint conv, whistling. Tr. 8:more talking. "Hey Gene? Can I borrow George's blender?" Tr. 9: some piano--Smith? CD 8: Conv. btw. Smith and another man about photos. Ambient noise. **Tr. 7: Conv. about Smith's microphones in the loft. Banging on piano. CD 9: Smith singing, playing piano. Yelled conv. btw Smith, Carole, another man. Smith keeps singing. Man: "Why are you so happy?" Smith in background reading aloud--faint. CD 10: Smith on piano and singing. Distant conversation--Smith, Carole, another man. Buzzing, static. More singing. CD 11: Movement, traffic noise, stairs, opening doors. End: Smith and another man talking about layouts. Smith talking to Pending the cat. ;