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Recordist's notes
Recorded beneath Gravelly Hill Interchange in Birmingham, otherwise known as Spaghetti Junction, with a Zoom H4N. We were stood next to Tame Valley Canal with traffic passing approximately 20m above our heads. With thanks to Ian Rawes and Bobbie Gardner.
About the place
Birmingham is a city of about 1,157,603 people in England, United Kingdom.
Equipment mentioned: Zoom H4n. One of the most widely used field recorders of the 2010s, with X/Y mics and two XLR inputs.
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Sources & credits
- “Gravelly Hill Interchange, Birmingham, UK - Spaghetti Junction Flyover” by nathan@afternoondust... – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0