Sound action recordings are of sounds designed to affect people, including situations where many make sounds together towards a common goal. Often they're of voices, but they also include sirens, bells, fireworks and more.
| Deptford car auction | Auctioneer at car auction saleroom in Deptford, south-east London. | 0:39 | 2008 |
| Smithfield meat auction | A crowd jostles and shouts outside Hart's the butcher during the Christmas Eve meat auction. | 4:30 | 2012 |
| Pearly Kings and Queens Society | Members of the London Pearly Kings and Queens Society charity fund sing to raise money. | 1:33 | 2010 |
| Please help the disabled | Fundraiser for a disabled charity holds forth in a distinctive style at City Thameslink station, central London. | 0:59 | 2009 |
| Pub charity music box | A Polyphon music box plays in the Lamb pub, Holborn, to raise money for a hospital charity. | 2:14 | 2010 |
| Salvation Army band Croydon | A Salvation Army band play 'The First Noel' in a pedestrianised shopping street in Croydon. | 2:38 | 2010 |
| Amusement arcade Kings Cross | Sounds of fruit machines and video games machines inside an amusement arcade. | 1:15 | 2010 |
| Bank holiday fair Blackheath | Loud music, screams, ride operators' voices and ghost train sound effects at a Blackheath funfair. | 2:22 | 2009 |
| Leicester Square funfair | Showmen's voices at prize-winning stalls and girls' screams on a ride in the small Leicester Square funfair. | 2:37 | 2009 |
| London Bridge Experience | A 'deathmobile' revs up and a man uses a trick guillotine to 'decapitate' kids as a lure for the London Bridge Experience. | 2:05 | 2009 |
| Motorcycle Wall of Death | Fairground motorcycle stunt riders hurtle round inside a wooden drum-like structure called the 'Wall of Death'. | 7:13 | 2012 |
| Steam fair Hersham | 1950s rock'n'roll and barrel organ music at Carter's Steam Fair in Hersham, Surrey. | 1:27 | 2008 |
| Winter Wonderland Hyde Park | A clattering fairground ride whisks people along a convoluted track high above Hyde Park. | 1:00 | 2012 |
| Beggar London Bridge | A beggar near London Bridge station asks quietly for some spare change. | 0:16 | 2009 |
| Child accordionist | Romanian gypsy child plays an accordion to collect money from Underground passengers. | 1:37 | 2008 |
| Croydon beggar | A female beggar sits on the pavement near West Croydon station and asks for money for a cup of tea. | 0:15 | 2009 |
| Joke telling beggar Camden | A beggar tells jokes to drinkers in Camden to raise money. Contains swearing. | 1:15 | 2010 |
| Park Lane beggar | An elderly beggar sits in an underpass beneath Park Lane and politely asks for money. | 0:27 | 2009 |
| Penny whistle beggar | A beggar sits by a pair of hole-in-the-wall cash machines and plays the penny whistle. | 1:00 | 2010 |
| Singing beggar Drury Lane | Brief recording of a beggar singing to the recordist in Drury Lane at night. | 0:26 | 2010 |
| Spare change | A man begs for spare change in an underpass near Charing Cross station. | 0:39 | 2009 |
| Three card trick | Hustlers off Brick Lane, east London, run a three-card-trick pitch. | 0:22 | 2008 |
| Walthamstow cigarette beggar | Outside Walthamstow Central station, a beggar cadges a cigarette. | 0:25 | 2012 |
| Wembley touts | Ticket touts at the England vs USA World Cup game at Wembley. | 0:57 | 2008 |
| Brick Lane traders | Traders' cries at Brick Lane market, East London, on a Sunday lunchtime. Contains swearing. | 2:41 | 2008 |
| Columbia Road | Street traders' cries at Columbia Road flower market, east London. | 1:34 | 2008 |
| East Street cheapjack 1 | Cheapjack trader sells household goods at East Street market, South London. Good banter. | 1:55 | 2008 |
| East Street cheapjack 2 | Cheapjack trader at East Street market on a Saturday, selling household items. | 2:12 | 2008 |
| Lewisham market traders | Market traders' cries for fruit, veg and flowers at Lewisham street market, south-east London. | 1:24 | 2009 |
| Petticoat Lane traders | Stallholders' cries at Petticoat Lane clothes market. | 2:20 | 2008 |
| Romford traders | Traders' cries at Romford market, mostly for fruit and veg. | 1:50 | 2008 |
| Strawberry seller Wood Green | A street trader raises his cry as he sells punnets of strawberries on Wood Green High Road. | 1:48 | 2015 |
| The original magnetic bracelet | Market criers touting their wares at Sunday's Petticoat Lane market in London. | 5:34 | 2005 |
| Tooting market traders | Traders' cries from stalls on Tooting High Street selling fruit and veg. | 0:42 | 2011 |
| Walthamstow market | Street traders' and shopkeepers' cries at Walthamstow market, north-east London. | 1:58 | 2008 |
| Wembley cheapjack | 'Cheapjack' trader at Wembley market hawks electrical goods from his stall to a crowd of onlookers. | 2:06 | 2008 |
| Wembley demonstrator | Product demonstrator at Wembley market promotes a versatile vegetable slicer. | 1:25 | 2008 |
| Whitechapel trader | Clothes trader repeats his cry in Whitechapel High Street. | 0:23 | 2006 |
| Woolwich market | Fruit and veg sellers cry their wares at Woolwich market on a Thursday lunchtime. | 0:40 | 2009 |
Filename: London Bridge Experience
Duration: 2:05
Classification: Economic > Fairgrounds and amusements
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Recording date: 25 July 2009
Description: Sounds of a model 'deathmobile' with revving noises and evil laughter, and a man using a trick guillotine to 'decapitate' kids as a lure for the London Bridge Experience horror attraction on Tooley Street. Brief screams from girls as a zombie model springs unexpectedly from a nearby wheelie bin. Two extracts from a longer recording cross-faded together.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. Sonic Studios DSM-6S/EH mics and PA-3SX preamp, Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Additional notes: Some slight clipping present.