{"id":1338,"date":"2024-03-18T21:42:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T21:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T06:58:59","slug":"my-first-reel-to-reel-recording-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/2024\/03\/18\/my-first-reel-to-reel-recording-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Reel to Reel recording 1981"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3428848606\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tapeheaven.bandcamp.com\/album\/skeletons-on-the-roundabout\">Skeletons on the Roundabout by The Skylarks<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\nInspired by Hornsey art college and unemployed then working in a nuclear reactor (true)I turned to music.<\/p>\n<p>In 1981 I filled my parent&#8217;s bedroom with on the blink TVs and old tape recorders and set about making a outsider music classic based on and I wrote it down at time..<br \/>\nSwell maps, Surrealism, The Kinks, The Velvets, Pere Ubu, Syd Barrett, The Fall,The Raincoats,The Real Kids and Love.<\/p>\n<p>the result fell a tad short but has archival appeal:-)<\/p>\n<div class=\"soundTags\">\n<div class=\"sc-tag-group\">I recently was shown the actual reel to reel tape maching that this was recorded on it needed some TLC .<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__metadata sc-pl-2x\">\n<div class=\"listenInfo\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__license\">\n<div class=\"license sc-type-light sc-text-secondary\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>This is the type of machine it recorded on (not actual one but very similar)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1352\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/R2RBush-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1353\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hall.jpg?resize=640%2C632&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hall.jpg?w=909&amp;ssl=1 909w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hall.jpg?resize=300%2C296&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hall.jpg?resize=768%2C758&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1354\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelft.jpg?resize=640%2C649&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelft.jpg?w=1567&amp;ssl=1 1567w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelft.jpg?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelft.jpg?resize=1010%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1010w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelft.jpg?resize=768%2C779&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelft.jpg?resize=1515%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1515w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelft.jpg?resize=1024%2C1038&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelft.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1355\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelin.jpg?resize=635%2C730&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelin.jpg?w=635&amp;ssl=1 635w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skelin.jpg?resize=261%2C300&amp;ssl=1 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>I have now uploaded full album to new bandcamp page TAPE HEAVEN<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__license\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/tapeheaven.bandcamp.com\/album\/skeletons-on-the-roundabout\">https:\/\/tapeheaven.bandcamp.com\/album\/skeletons-on-the-roundabout<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here a typed statement about the recording I made in 1992..archivist even then!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skeletonstext.png?resize=640%2C874&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skeletonstext.png?w=1742&amp;ssl=1 1742w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skeletonstext.png?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/trailerstar.co.uk\/songwriter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/skeletonstext.png?resize=749%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 749w, 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