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Note 1: "Brunhilda and Quasi Moto in and out window. Some of best. 2nd side has cat with somewhat dim accompaniment by tape records of Jelly Roll, Bechet, etc"; Note 2: CDI 1. creaky floor (loft) and cat meowing with Smith. Street ambient 3. Smith to cats and Buddy Bolden's Blues on radio? 4. new song and same record 5. cont'd "Alabama Bound" putter and ambient 6. cont'd, Bass solo with Cat Meow!!!*** then new tune 7. con'td with Smith and cats 8. cont'd music, cats, (Nat King Cole?) 9. new song and Smith with good cat Meow 10. Billie Holiday "Body and Soul" with singing cat!!!*** (screeching) 11. new tune, no cat 13. cat rejoins music CDII 1. cat, Smith, ambient, putter, and jazz recording 2. cont'd new song 3. "Jellyroll Morton" 4. cats and meowing with "Teddy Bunn song , new song 5. cont'd meowing to "Balling the Jack" CDIII 1. cats putter and some Smith muttering 4. new cat 5. Smith meows 7. piano plinking, cats meow 9. rare airplane sound 11. some talk (male vox 2) 12. Smith and other talk off mic 15. ends without further event. CDIV 1. con'td putter and talk off mic, nock and Smith tells person to come in 2. meowing 3. Smith talk and cat 4. cont'd blackmail joke by Smith (off mic) 5. cont'd weird sounds (distortion?) ;

Note 1: "Both sides. Hall way-stereo with some almost cat. not very good."; Note 2: CDI 1. Loft, stairwell mic, Smith cats and others in loft: several male/female vox in loft. Piano audible, loud stairsteps near mic. 2. cont'd 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5. someone leaves and talks with Smith 6. putter and music 7. cont'd, voice audible 8. door opens 9. cat mewo and phone rings, 12. siren 13. ends without further event CDII 1. cont'd loft with phone ring 3. knocking sound 4. banging on stiars 5. raised volume, door open and stairsteps 6. radio dj and music 7. more hammering/knocking sound in loft with ambient CDIII 1. cont'd with putter 2. piano sounds, dropout, restart 5. piano chords, more active person on stairs, weird cat sounds 6. knock, door open, cat meows 9. piano and cat sounds 14. ends. CDIV 1. cont'd, phone rings and answered in distance 3. new louder piano and phone rings, men talk on stairwell 6. ends without further event. CD V 1. vox off mic, Jumps to cont'd loft with TV/radio 2. cat meows 3. "lullaby of broadway" with cat meow 5. Smith talk with Woody off mic. 9. more activity off mic 12. hammering off mic 13. ends. CDVI 1. cont'd with static and putter, brief droput 2. piano notes 3. cont'd 5. thumping and door and stair sounds 7. ends without further event CDVII 1. cont'd music in lot and stairwell mic (WCBS?) pohone rings and announcment of September 13/14 event in 1962. 5. stair sounds 6. more music and putter CDVII 1. con'td hallway mic, Al Most the cat, radio, piano off mic, and loft putter. -15. CDVIII 1. cont'd, -5. ends with loud stairsteps up. ;

Note 1: "1963. Some more of tabun and almost. Some close up. Best of together. Not best reel (at least in early yers. 2nd side- more. some hissing some close groucay and disurbed. perhaps I don't know some close human disturbance. some deep thoat feeling. I think duet."; Note 2: CDI 1. static and talk off mic, new cat mewo and 2. crazy growling. 3. cont'd S,mith and talk off mic 4. cont'd 5. Smith and Carole off mic, 6. putter , cat, Smith talks to cat 7. hammering off mic. CDII 1. loft ambient, putter, Smith Caole cat and "Come in, she's playing in her sand box." 2. Carole's voice 3. activity 4. cont'd putter and talk off mic 5. clatter and mic putter 8. restarts with Smith walking around and Carole working in room 9. hammering and talk offmic 10. ends. ;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI 1. Carole, Smith, and loft ambient. Radio in loft, Tabune, Psycho the cats. Smith talks to Tabune. 2. cont'd, WSPA radio news and music 3. loud clatter with Smith on stairs. Dodge dedpendables car ad, newsof gas explosion (April, 19, 1965 or 11-22-62??) 5. new radio 6. cont'd 7. door and stirsteps 8. door again 9. footstpes and radio ad, putter and typewriter with piano music (source?) 11. talk way off mic 13. talking to Psycho the cat and stairsteps, talking to Sandy Stevenson? 14. Smith and Carole talking, CDII 1. putter newar mic, UN news on radio 2. 3. Smith talking in left channel 6. downstairs and talk with Smith on stairs talking to Carole about mustard 7. cat meows and talk off mic. CDIII 1. L'Arlesienne by Alphonse Dandets, on TVradio with some static. 10. channel changes 11. NYC reverence (1963-64) speech 12. cont'd speech on issues 13. cont'd public hearing. CDIV 1. cont'd meeting, 1963, pre fiscal year NYC Finance Committee public hearing on education at City Hall. Bernard E. Donavan, Max Ruben. 8. ends of speech GG Rosenberg, Board of Higher Education. to more questions and answers (panel) -14. end. ;

Note 1: "April 17, 1964. (Tandberg Stereo) Tabun's Birthing night. Purr's and Squeaks. Dialogue. Cutting Umbilical cord on one long Dangling between legs."; Note 2: CDI backwards voices and Smith and Carole in real time "put the mic down" with cats in room and Tabune giving birth 2. more talk with cat birth and "placenta" 3. more talk, Brunehilda referenc 4. "film" talk 5. cont'd water sounds in loft 6. narration of cat birthd, Alley cat Tiger reference, and purring, 8. more talk 10. talk and reference to brunehilda's birthding process 12. drops out, putter and talk off mic at end. CDII 1. cont'd purring cats, CT cat birthd (April 17, 1964 confirmed on CD) 2. cat talk and water sounds 3. Smith mentions photo solution.4. water purring and putter 6. Smith and Carole food talk 7. Tv or radio drama from April 17, 1964. Ad for Raleigh Cigarettes 7. Bel Air menthol cigarettes ad, NY World's Fair ad. 10. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color on NBC TV. with ads WNCT, New Show with ads. ;

Note 1: "Stereo. Tabun's Kittens. one and two weeks old. April - Purring and beginning licking, eating, meowing. May 1946. Some Nishiyama conversation but cat purr's and squeaks in stereo. Duet are the important things."; Note 2: CDI 1. cats ambient street, footsteps, Smiths voice, Carole, Nishiyama, KKK photos and idea for fabric instead of paper 2. cont'd footsteps and putter 3. cats, 4. phone call and conversation in Japanese 5. "692" quiet talk from Smith and Carole 6. cont'd 7. door and putter near mic 8. cont'd cats purring 9. cont'd -12. CDII 1. cont'd putter and radio pickup 2. cont'd radio or TV and other sounds cont'd Randi show? or Randy on TV/radio. 3. cat meow 6. new cats, -8. CDIII. 1. Smith phonecall, brief 2. cont'd with cats near mic 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5. sparse 6. weird cata sounds, mewing 7. footsteps talk 5th and Madison, Park and Lexington. "thank you Nishiyama,...Masato." 8-10. putter, ambient 11. Smith "Tabun" (cat) talk off mic and cat talk 12. cont'd taking photos of Tabun. CDIV 1. Smith, Carole and cats, flashbulb and talk 2. cont'd 3. cats and Smith, Carole intervenes 4. playing with Tabun 5. Tabun with her baby? 6. Smith 7. cont'd 8. ends. ;

Note 1: "Jan 22 - 23 - 27, 1964. Tandberg. Some hallway noises, perhaps Smith moving large set of shelves up. Then some of Tabun being put out and walls of sorrow. Then beginning of a [jam] session. Jimmy and I don't know who. Continued over side. Mics - studio 200 in Channel one. High AKG D19c in Channel two."; Note 2: CDI 1. ambient loft, piano and street sounds off mic, down steps 2. talk off mic, Smith talks to ? 3. truck sounds, louder piano in left channel (jazz) 3. cont'd 5. "My Favorite Things" on loft piano? And new tune 6. door Jimmy Stevenson, new tune 7. piano is in loft stop/start with piano, clatter and putter until Smith is breathing heavily near mic on 12, 13. CDII 1. piano in loeft channel cont'd, putter in right channel 4. Smith and Carole talk about burgers and small talk. 5. cont'd with jazz in loft off mic 7. voices and Long John Nebel talk show on WOR with loft ambient -12. CDIII 1. cont'd LJN show with Smith, talking with Jimmy Stevenosn and Carole and working in loft, psarse 2. cont'd with piano, bass, and Warren Bernhardt's voice to music "softly as in a morning sunrise: jazz in loft Stevenson, Bernhardt, drummer. Ends midtune **** CDIV 1. tune cont'd, Stevenson, Bernhardt, drummer (?Joe Morello?) with lots of talk and Peyote evidently. mention of Gene Krupa and other jazz small talk 2. riffs and bass 3. good tune with solos by all, Flintstones, Bugs Bunny, Buster Brown and other TV talk and tune talk, iriffs and minor blues suggested 4. more riffs and talk, tune, ends midsong. ;

Note 1: "Eugene it's a boy and its all black. Tabun Holing as it try it help. Slightly past section. Tabun Purr in cleaning and baby hollering. Almost like a bird at times. Fairly clean sound (Mostly Mono.) Probably first reel."; Note 2: CDI 1. mic, static, cat, Carole Thomas and Smith (Tabun giving birth in loft) Smith and Carole talking 2. cont'd without talk 5. commentary on kittens 9. Pageboy and more talk, Loud screech 10. mic sounds and small talk, 12. small talk, ends with cat purr CDII 1. cont'd cat purr, Smith Carole talk, 2. cont'd Smith near mic, putter 3. footsteps, drops out 4. restarts, ntatic and new cat sounds 5. cont'd, 6. purring 7. kitten commentary with Smith and Carole 8. reference to Brunhilda 9. kitten commentary by Carole T. CDIII 1. con'td cat birth with mic sounds and talk with Carole and Gene Smith, Tabune loud meows and kittens being born 2. cont'd 3. new maneuver, vague clues 5. buzz, and new water sounds 6. cont'd 7. more talk, 8. cont'd 10. ends. ;

Note 1: "Jan 2, 1962. Tokyo TV. 3 3/8. Tabun. 1st side continuation and conclusion of "Gilbert and Sullivan" Movie (English ). Then some Japanese and ends with some tangibly tangled tangos. 2nd side. 1. He walked with me. 2. West Beverly Hillbilly. 3. Gonna leave you girl. 4. Fools rush in - Ladies of Calcutta with Mitch Miller and Songs of Glory. Am 1 way Uher. Mono Stereo. Tabun window. Among best."; Note 2: CDI 1. midsong, January 2, 1962 Tokyo TV and Tabun. Music from radio and DJ -16. Apartment cats, ambient putter, bell 17. 2 cats 18. cont'd -23. CDII 1. choir, organ, church hymn from Gilbert and Sullivan 1953 film 11. japanese pop and Japanese hosts Jump s to other show Kabuki music 12. channel changes 13. cont'd 14. mic noise and cats. Fades. ;

Note 1: "March 25, 1962. 1. Mary Linciln "Dark Band" and Comedy from Radio. 3. A friendly Sob about Joyce Kilmer. 4. A hacked hunk of Sophie Tucker. 2nd. 5. Suspense. 6. Point of Law. 7. Obsession - A play of Warly Cowards and Endly Odds. Cat duet. March 1963. One of best cat tapes."; Note 2: CDI 1. March 25, 1962. The Dark Heart drama on TV/Radio starring Jane Wyman and the Cavalcade Players 5. Art Baker op-ed piece. Armed Forces radio and TV network. Los Angeles. 6. con'td, Joyce Kilmer Poets soldier drama (real story-11. credits "The Soldier Poet" 12. Jumps to new drama with music clips on Sophie Tucker 12. "somoe of these days" and "After You've Gone" ends mid narration on 14. ends CDII 1. news first lady of Karucki and Auguste Piccard died (March 24, 1962) 2. jumps to intro of Mr. Martin interviewed: Robert Martin about Japan. Betty Willoughby "You can die laughtin" 6. ad for US army story "We are Americans" 7. cont'd final acet of "Suspense" 8. cont'd and jump to News and PSa for safe driving 9. PInt of law and wire tapping commentary? Jumps to narrative on WWII Obsession 14. expose show ending. USAF radio. "Last Man Out" CDIII 1. loft ambient and door downstairs, 2. cont'd 3. cont'd 4. door and cat meow with mic tamper 5. jumps to USAF radio "Point of Law" show, Ad then jumps to Hal Preston and then to amient loft 7. typing begins 8. cont'd, 10. Smith Carole talk and vibrphone audible (record?) 12. about "Norm" or someone else CDIV 1. cat meow and putter in loft 3. more putter 5. different work sound 7. putter and growling cats 9. music and other 10. voice audicble (female) 11. door and female voice on stairwell talking to ?. Typing sound in other room. 12. typing cont'd 13. cat meows, renewed, typing and ends without further talk. ;