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[[DD052]] is the [[Initial Catalogue]] number of one of Delia's [[Attic Tapes]] for ''[[Lowell]]''.

=[[Initial Catalogue|Mark Ayres' notes]]=
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Type: 10.5" reel, 1/4" tape,
Label: Lowell 2
Description: Lowell Tape 2
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=[[DD Audio Files Commentary|Louis Niebur's notes]]=
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DD052 – Lowell 2
:00 false start
::20 – buzzing with throbbing and heartbeat. Buzzing ends 3:15. very quiet after this.
Builds again slightly around 4:25. then fades 4:43
4:53 – electronic bleed through (accident?)
5:32 – electronic wind. Creaking
8:21 – distorted snare drumming (with echo added) Harmonium and harmonica versions of “Anchors Away” and “Star Spangled Banner”
9:27 just “anchors away” with counter melodies, ends in echo.
11:10 – tape segments, each spliced carefully and individually, of “anchors away” tune
11:45 – harmonium tone, held out.
12:35 – mysterious “coming up from the depths” sound, rising.
15:07 – lots of tape noise.
15:29 – creaking untreated
15:40 – test tone
16:03 – distorted, slowed down vocal track
20:00 – chord progressions. Ends 22:21
22:50 – low rumbling (very quiet) ends 25:39
25:57 – wind and low rumbling (very quiet)
29:00 – singing major third progression, with harmonies filling out in background
32:00 – singing major third progression (after long pause), with harmonies in background.
33:27 – singing major third progression, now with additional voice in background in harmony, lower. The harmonies are more pronounced here.
34:37 - percussion
Switches to 15ips
Mozart! “La ci darem” from The Magic Flute, echoed, followed by the original, ripped
from an album Buzzing, with pulsing buzzing over it.
Delia and Brian singing, Brian saying “Sorry!” when he flubs it.
Brian and Delia singing dissonant intervals, sustained Harmonica, star spangled banner.
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=[[Delia Derbyshire's Creative Process|James Percival's notes]]=
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CDD/1/3/6 Lowell 2
Caroline McCullough film &ndash; second master reel
FORMER REFERENCE: DD052 DATE: 1970 CONTAINS: Lowell
MEDIUM: 10.5" reel, &frac14;" tape TAPE SPEED: 15ips DURATION: 00:45:34
LABELS: [Reel label:] LOWELL 2 [Reel label:] TAPE 2
NOTES: Makeup for cues with similar material to CDD/1/3/7 Lowell 3.
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