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Re: [ARSCLIST] Mystery singer -- who is this lady?



or one of these? Sorry, I love a mystery...

http://www.geocities.com/porterguide/cancanrec.html

Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689

On Mar 7, 2006, at 5:30 AM, Tom Fine wrote:

http://www.richardhess.net/ampex/mystery_singer/

I put an MP3 at the above link from a tape I got in, mystery female singer. Yes, this music is not exactly my taste either but here are some relevant facts:

1. tape is early 60's type, Scotch 202 or something similar. It's not in great shape, not in terrible shape. 15IPS NAB.

2. Not tones or splices, so I think it's a safety. The audio quality is excellent, and it was obviously done in a good studio with good players behind the singer, so I think it was a major record company gig.

3. the tape was in a lot of allegedly bulk-erased tapes but the client said it might have come from somewhere else. This 19-minute section, which seems to be an LP side worth of tunes, was spooled onto a 7" reel and was in a plain white box that, based on its condition, was probably later than when the reel was made.

4. the tape was fast-wound onto the reel but was tails out. As I said earlier, it played OK and did not have any splices except to paper leader at the head and tail. So I think it's a studio copy or a safety.

Any tips as to who's got the nice pipes, please let me know. Based on her spoken and singing parts on other songs, I would say she is native French or French Canadian. Again, this music is not my taste but based on her intonation, the fact that there is a good orchestra behind her with tight arrangements and the way she is mixed clearly out front of the band, I'd say she is a pro and this was a real-deal record company gig.

-- Tom Fine


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