Category Archives: Voice On Record

Voices of people, animals and machines from poetry to field recordings, space exploration to fables.

Voice On Record

Episode 6: Space.

In the year of the fortieth anniversary of mankind’s first lunar landing, this episode of Voice On Record presents many of the original transmissions from the expeditions leading up to this remarkable achievement. The programme features audio from John Glenn’s visions of mysterious particles surrounding his Mercury capsule to the “One Giant Leap” soundbites that are familiar to all of us. The programme also includes excerpts from Space 1999 and Battlestar Gallactica.

Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on October 6th 2009.

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Episode 5: India

In this week’s episode Ghandi, Nehru, Krishnamurti and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi provide different perspectives on the colossal subject of India, and field recordings help conjure some atmosphere. Aldous Huxley presents his fascinating insights into the Nataraj Shiva symbol and how it relates to western symbology. Familiar voices from Test Match Special contribute to this programme with words on the sport that millions of Indians are fanatical about…

Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on September 29th 2009.

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Episode 4: Thinkers Part 2.

More from Marshall McLuhan, Buckminster Fuller, and a very ambient recording of the measured and stately tones of Krishnamurti complete with crows and traffic in the great outdoors.

Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

This programme was originally broadcast on 22nd September 2009.

Presented by Sean Williams.

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Episode 3: Thinkers

This episode features the voices of Buckminster Fuller, Aldous Huxley, Krishnamurti, Edward Teller, Marshall McLuhan, and William S Burroughs.

Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

This programme was originally broadcast on 15th September 2009.

Presented by Sean Williams.

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Episode 2: American Modernists

This edition of Voice On Record includes clips of Gertrude Stein and E.E. Cummings reciting poetry and prose. William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech resonates remarkably strongly today, and Robert Frost’s poetry provides a welcome rural counterbalance. Additionally, the programme contains sounds from a New York Carnival circa 1955.

Presenter: Sean Williams

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Episode 1: Introduction

This introductory episode of Voice On Record is an appetiser for the series to come. It features poetry, examples of regional dialect, biography, comedy, natural history and children’s records.

Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Presenter: Sean Williams

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