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Recordist's notes
While preparing the leave the house we could hear aggresive audio marketing for the forthcoming fête at Caillac including operatic warbling through a megaphone. Swallows chattered throughout on a telegraph wire. This was recorded using an Edirol R-09HR.
About the place
Cahors is a town of about 23,331 people in Occitanie, France. OttoAnna lists 18 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Roland / Edirol R-05 & R-09. Compact Roland/Edirol recorders that were popular for early sound-map contributions.
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Sources & credits
- “Caillac, France - agressive marketing for the Fête at Caillac” by Paul Whitty – CC BY-ND 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0