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Early Jaffe & McGee
Tape 15 |
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Tape Specifics:
Cassette not stored in a case upon arrival, and case added on 09/05/14. Intermagnetics brand “Low Noise High Output” 60-minute cassette. Both erasure safety tabs were intact, and these were removed on 03-05-14.
On the Side A cassette label:
Indecipherable writing in pencil that was later scratched out in pencil. To the left: a big black “X” (to indicate that the tape should be kept and not erased or recorded over). Then the words “Improv -- some comedy”. Below that in blue ink: “LAST ½ VERY INTERESTING”
Attached to the cassette was a yellow Post-It Note that says (in black ink) Nov 10 1981 at point in reference tape.
On the Side B cassette label:
Upper left, indecipherable words later scratched out, might say “Sex Pistols”. Then, below that, written in black ink: “VERY INTERESTING IMPROV”. To the right of that is a big black “X” in black ink. Below that to the left, indecipherable word, scratched out, then the words somewhat faintly written: “Guitar, vocals, percussion”.
These recordings were made during the time that Debbie and Hal lived at Deb’s apartment on West 38th Street in Indianapolis, and were made with Debbie’s Panasonic model # RQ-309AS shoebox mono cassette recorder.
Side A:
00:04 - 04:18 - Hal on acoustic guitar, using “extended techniques”, no vocals. Likely recorded late 1981, maybe November. Previously-recorded contents of the tape can be very-faintly heard in the left channel.
04:19 - 15:54 - Another untitled guitar improvisation, again with no vocals.
15:55 - 16:41 - Deb and Hal making crazy vocal sounds with some kind of pre-recorded sounds in the background (maybe Fripp, from the Exposure album).
16:42 - 17:08
17:09 - Percussive sounds and then various speeded-up-sounding pre-recorded sounds - something about “a way of life” (seem to recall something from a Fripp record…), other pre-recorded sounds and music.
Then two voices talking about “vulgar children” and other stuff, and I can’t tell if this is Hal & Deb or not, but it does sound pre-recorded because it sounds speeded-up.
Then “turntablisms” (needle on record, turntable being turned back and forth and spun by hand. An emergency vehicle siren can be briefly heard in background.
Then Hal & Deb talking about “that really great Eric Burdon & The Animals record”.
Actually, the more of this I hear, it sounds like Debbie and Hal talking in high-pitched voices (almost like “helium voices), and making other voice sounds. In places during this track Debbie talks in her normal voice. Lots of silliness/gibberish and laughing. Okay, later, at about 27:00 Hal says something about how talking in a high voice will strain your voice”.
“The genitals that ate Indianapolis”.
27:54 - November 10, 1981 (day of the week was Tuesday) - here is the reference point noted on the yellow Post-It note.
Hal tells the story of “The genitals that ate Indianapolis” in “Twilight Zone” style.
Recording ends at 30:45
Tape side ends at about 30:50.
Side B:
00:04 - 30:45 - one continuous side-long recording
Continuous instrumental and vocal improvisation with made-up on the spot words: acoustic guitar, percussion, vocal (Hal), and Deb later.
There is a part in which Hal improvises words about “we gotta move out of this place because the goddamn rent costs too much”.
Again, the previously-recorded contents of the tape can be very-faintly heard in the left channel.
The section from about 08:58 to about 09:16 - appears on 60 Minutes Of Laughter as “Why Do You Do It” - (26:01-26:19 on Side B of 60 MOL).
At about 28 minutes Debbie starts talking about “purple” and I’m reminded that at that time she had an infatuation with the color purple, or maybe just the word “purple”.
Cassette not stored in a case upon arrival, and case added on 09/05/14. Intermagnetics brand “Low Noise High Output” 60-minute cassette. Both erasure safety tabs were intact, and these were removed on 03-05-14.
On the Side A cassette label:
Indecipherable writing in pencil that was later scratched out in pencil. To the left: a big black “X” (to indicate that the tape should be kept and not erased or recorded over). Then the words “Improv -- some comedy”. Below that in blue ink: “LAST ½ VERY INTERESTING”
Attached to the cassette was a yellow Post-It Note that says (in black ink) Nov 10 1981 at point in reference tape.
On the Side B cassette label:
Upper left, indecipherable words later scratched out, might say “Sex Pistols”. Then, below that, written in black ink: “VERY INTERESTING IMPROV”. To the right of that is a big black “X” in black ink. Below that to the left, indecipherable word, scratched out, then the words somewhat faintly written: “Guitar, vocals, percussion”.
These recordings were made during the time that Debbie and Hal lived at Deb’s apartment on West 38th Street in Indianapolis, and were made with Debbie’s Panasonic model # RQ-309AS shoebox mono cassette recorder.
Side A:
00:04 - 04:18 - Hal on acoustic guitar, using “extended techniques”, no vocals. Likely recorded late 1981, maybe November. Previously-recorded contents of the tape can be very-faintly heard in the left channel.
04:19 - 15:54 - Another untitled guitar improvisation, again with no vocals.
15:55 - 16:41 - Deb and Hal making crazy vocal sounds with some kind of pre-recorded sounds in the background (maybe Fripp, from the Exposure album).
16:42 - 17:08
17:09 - Percussive sounds and then various speeded-up-sounding pre-recorded sounds - something about “a way of life” (seem to recall something from a Fripp record…), other pre-recorded sounds and music.
Then two voices talking about “vulgar children” and other stuff, and I can’t tell if this is Hal & Deb or not, but it does sound pre-recorded because it sounds speeded-up.
Then “turntablisms” (needle on record, turntable being turned back and forth and spun by hand. An emergency vehicle siren can be briefly heard in background.
Then Hal & Deb talking about “that really great Eric Burdon & The Animals record”.
Actually, the more of this I hear, it sounds like Debbie and Hal talking in high-pitched voices (almost like “helium voices), and making other voice sounds. In places during this track Debbie talks in her normal voice. Lots of silliness/gibberish and laughing. Okay, later, at about 27:00 Hal says something about how talking in a high voice will strain your voice”.
“The genitals that ate Indianapolis”.
27:54 - November 10, 1981 (day of the week was Tuesday) - here is the reference point noted on the yellow Post-It note.
Hal tells the story of “The genitals that ate Indianapolis” in “Twilight Zone” style.
Recording ends at 30:45
Tape side ends at about 30:50.
Side B:
00:04 - 30:45 - one continuous side-long recording
Continuous instrumental and vocal improvisation with made-up on the spot words: acoustic guitar, percussion, vocal (Hal), and Deb later.
There is a part in which Hal improvises words about “we gotta move out of this place because the goddamn rent costs too much”.
Again, the previously-recorded contents of the tape can be very-faintly heard in the left channel.
The section from about 08:58 to about 09:16 - appears on 60 Minutes Of Laughter as “Why Do You Do It” - (26:01-26:19 on Side B of 60 MOL).
At about 28 minutes Debbie starts talking about “purple” and I’m reminded that at that time she had an infatuation with the color purple, or maybe just the word “purple”.