A site about space as thing and, sometimes, sound in space by Calum Storrie.
Dock of the Bay – a fragment
Man singing ‘Dock of the Bay’ with street noises. Adelaide Street, behind St Martin in the Fields, London, 30th January 2014. (see also item 13 on my post ’13 from ’13 (=’zero)
Not just a fragment but fragmentary..to be fair I think maybe he wanted his mates to join in but they were preoccupied. I only had my phone with me and the recording was made at some distance…but I still enjoyed the moment…the song drifting out into the city. Now, Mr Young already had an attentive audience and some friends to play along with…
Forgive me, but that is so tenuous – very challenging to identify a song, never mind the singer; I’ll keep rewinding. I know it’s in there somewhere.
Meanwhile, may I direct you to this version, heard 20 years ago drifting out of Finsbury Park – bliss! Get yer checked shirts on.
6 days before the London concert …
and Canada a month earlier
Geoff
Not just a fragment but fragmentary..to be fair I think maybe he wanted his mates to join in but they were preoccupied. I only had my phone with me and the recording was made at some distance…but I still enjoyed the moment…the song drifting out into the city. Now, Mr Young already had an attentive audience and some friends to play along with…