Hapax Legomena

Brian L. Frye

A collection of unique found historical sound recordings. Acetate records, cassette tapes, reel-to-reel tapes, &c.

  1. 09/12/2020

    Brian L. Frye Laughing

    This is a looped & layered recording of Brian L. Frye laughing.

    10 min

  2. 10/31/2019

    Campus Voices: Free Speech on College Campuses

    My media law student Zach Epperson invited me to appear on his WRFL 88.1 fm Lexington radio show, Campus Voices, and talk about the First Amendment and free speech on college campuses.

    29 min
  3. National Automobile Dealers Association, "America's Automobile Man" (1977)

    01/18/2019

    National Automobile Dealers Association, "America's Automobile Man" (1977)

    In 1977, the National Automobile Dealers Association, a trade group for car dealers, released this promotional 7" record, extolling "America's Fifth Freedom: Freedom of Mobility." As the sleeve observes: "Americans know about the 'four freedoms' - freedom of speech, freedom to worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. But have you thought about what our life would be like without a fifth freedom - our freedom of mobility?" "As Americans, we have the freedom to go where we want, when we want and how we want." "That's pretty important, isn't it"?

    10 min

  4. 01/15/2019

    Tim Stamps, Ham Radio Recording (1975)

    "Here's a tape I recorded in 1975 from a Heathkit ham radio.  A few minutes on a reel-to-reel tape." - Tim Stamps.

    5 min
  5. The Wrestling Album (1985)

    01/13/2019

    The Wrestling Album (1985)

    This LP was released in 1985 by the WWF and features most of the prominent professional wrestling stars and personalities of that era.

    38 min

  6. 01/11/2019

    Marco, Voice of the Zodiac (1972)

    "This is small reel-to-reel tape my dad got from a radio station. He would get lots of tapes from radio stations and give them to me, then I would record over some of them, cut them up for tape-loops or whatever, but most of the time would leave the spots as-is. This is marked 'Marco' and 'demo,' most likely an astrologer sent this to radio stations for a series of these short 2-minute spots.  This one is for December 25, 1972 - January 5, 1973." Via Tim Stamps

    36 min

  7. 01/11/2019

    Kathie Stamps, [High School French Exercises] (c. 1970s)

    "Here's part of a tape from a French class at Somerset (KY) High School (1970s). There was a tape lab with several stations that had reel-to-reel tape recorders, connected to a master reel-to-reel tape player.  A tape from a textbook company would be played on the main machine, which would feed to the recorders where students would sit with headphones and speak into a microphone. The voice would speak the French phrase, and students would repeat after, recording their voice onto a new reel-to-reel tape, which the teacher and student could review later. Somehow my sister, Kathie, was given the tape she had recorded (which I kept all these years), so her voice is heard here." Via Tim Stamps

    2 min

  8. 01/11/2019

    Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (August 1967)

    A sermon delivered by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley, protestant activist-preacher of the  Free Presbyterians of Northern Ireland in about August 1967. Paisley is introduced by Rev. Billy James Hargis. Via Tim Stamps.

    1h 12m
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About

A collection of unique found historical sound recordings. Acetate records, cassette tapes, reel-to-reel tapes, &c.

Information

  • Creator
    Brian L. Frye
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2020
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Brian L. Frye
  • Show Website
    Hapax Legomena