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Recordist's notes
These boys have been using the roads of Reading for practice during lockdown, often cruising around midnight and 5.30am. The racing went on for a couple of hours with other cars, vans, buses and trucks having to negotiate their way along the 'racetrack'. The exhausts on some cars exploding and back firing like fire crackers. Sony M10 with built-in mics.
About the place
Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “A33 Main Dual Carriageway Reading, UK - Street Car Racing” by mike – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0