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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. ;