St. Louis Sound Collage


In February of 1991, I had to go to St. Louis, Missouri for two weeks to receive some post office window clerk training.  Eric, a musician friend of mine went along and stayed at the hotel at day while I went to class.  Then at nights, we'd play guitars and write songs.  Plus, I had a new four-track cassette recorder I was trying out.  While there, I also got to hang with another musician friend of mine named Kent.  These recordings captured the sounds of that two-week period, all on one 90 minute cassette.  Plus, I shot some photographs to document what I was doing at the time.  Uploaded by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson. The recording dates of the tracks were between February 17th, 1991 and March 1st, 1991. Tracks 1 - 5 were recorded on February 17th, 1991: Track 1 - Recorded at the Science Museum.  Features Eric playing the Theremin. Track 2 - Recorded at the Science Museum. Track 3 - Recorded at the Science Museum. Track 4 - Recorded at the Science Museum. Track 5 - Recorded while driving around St. Louis. Track 6 - Recorded in my Holiday Inn room. Track 7 - Recorded in my Holiday Inn room. Track 8 - Recorded in my Holiday Inn room. Tracks 9 - 12 were recorded at the Diamond Head Inn on February 20th, 1991: Track 9 - Recorded at the Chinese restaurant near the Holiday Inn I was staying at, on Interstate 44. Track 10 - Recorded at the Chinese restaurant near the Holiday Inn I was staying at, on Interstate 44. Track 11 - Recorded at the Chinese restaurant near the Holiday Inn I was staying at, on Interstate 44. Track 12 - Recorded at the Chinese restaurant near the Holiday Inn I was staying at, on Interstate 44. Tracks 13 - 17 recorded on February 20th, 1991: Track 13 - Recorded while driving back to the hotel. Track 14 - Recorded at the lounge in the Holiday Inn I was staying at. Track 15 - Recorded in my Holiday Inn room. Track 16 - Recorded from my Holiday Inn balcony. Track 17 - Recorded in my Holiday Inn room. Track 18 - Recorded in my Holiday Inn room. Track 19 - Recorded from my Holiday Inn balcony. Track 20 - My friend Kent and I went out to eat and this was recorded there. Track 21 - Recorded in a movie theater during the cartoon. Track 22 - My friend Kent's answering machine message.  Recorded at his apartment. Track 23 - Recorded at my friend Kent's apartment. Track 24 - Recorded at my friend Kent's apartment. Track 25 - My friend Kent. Track 26 - Recorded in an underground parking garage. Track 27 - My friend Kent. Track 28 - Recorded at the Sears parking lot where I had to go and get a new tire. Tracks 29 - 31 were recorded on February 26th, 1991: Track 29 - Recorded in my Holiday Inn room, from the radio. Track 30 - Wake up call in my room at the Holiday Inn. Track 31 - Recorded at class on February 26th, 1991. Track 32 - Recorded at class on February 27th, 1991. Track 33 - Two of my fellow classmates, it was Dick's car we were riding in. Track 34 - Some lyrics Eric wrote.  Recorded on February 28th, 1991. Track 35 - More window clerk training that didn't get recorded over.  It was a small gap in between Tracks 34 and 36. Track 36 - I first heard this song during this two-week period while cruising around on the interstates.  I fell in love with it immediately and still sing and play it in my current band. Track 37 - More window clerk training, recorded on February 26th, 1991.  Most of the end of it was taped over with the tracks after #31 up to the end of the tape where I stopped recording. Track 38 - Recorded in my car on the way back home.  Recorded on March 1st, 1991.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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