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Occasional posts on subjects like field recording, London sounds past and present, other websites worth looking at, articles in the press, and news of sound-related events.
Occasional posts on subjects like field recording, London sounds past and present, other websites worth looking at, articles in the press, and news of sound-related events.
Posted by IMR on 06 August 2009
AS A FOLLOW-UP to the Train Beggar post, here’s a recording made last November of a Romanian gypsy kid playing an accordion on a Northern line Underground train:
There were two boys, possibly brothers, making their slowly along the tube carriage. The older boy played the accordion and, as you can hear, he’s pretty good. The younger one, who couldn’t have been much older than ten, followed with an old tin can fixed to the end of stick to receive donations.
How did they travel up the carriage as there are doors on each end and as far as I know you’re not supposed to open them when the train is moving? Interesting audio layers there and a really amiable sound.
Posted by Anthony on 15 September 2009
Hi Anthony, I’m not sure whether they came through the connecting doors or not. They just seemed to appear from nowhere.
Posted by IMR on 16 September 2009