Marchant 3M Tape Archiving Project
A vintage reel to reel archiving project: In 2024 a dear family friend passed away. Her father - Reynolds Marchant - spent decades working for 3M in the magnetic audio tape division from the 1930s to the early 1970s. He left her hundreds of tapes dated from the 1940s through the 1960s. One of his roles in the audio tape division was to test out the tape and devices in various settings. I have the honor of being the caretaker of these recordings to help uncover her family history. I also have some recordings from her late husband of music and theater performances in the 1970s in Detroit, Michigan and opera from the 1980s and early 90s.
My intention is to explore these recordings and share them with youtube to help create a record of this body of work + get some help crowdsourcing information where there is little available with the recording.
In honor of Susan Britton, Don Britton, and Reynolds Marchant.
ПОТЕРЯЛ Луи Армстронга! Две ночи в Миннеаполисе в 1948 году
Snake Rag - классика диксиленда 10th Avenue Band 1980-е (?)
LOST Louis Armstrong! Unheard 1948 Minneapolis Concert
НЕСЛЫШАННЫЙ концерт Луи Армстронга! Тело и душа, Mop Mop 1948
When Radio Was King - Mid Century Radio Documentary
LOST 1948 Концерт Луи Армстронга — Buzz Me, Tea for Two, How High the Moon
Edward R. Murrow – "I Can Hear It Now" WWII documentary
LOST 1948 Концерт Луи Армстронга — Mahogany Hall Stomp, On the Sunny Side of the Street
LOST 1948 Концерт Луи Армстронга: When the Saints Go Marching In, Shadrack, Steakface
WORLD PREMIERE of Scott Joplin’s “Ragtime Opera” Treemonisha 1972 - PITCH CORRECTED
Chausson Poème de l'amour et de la mer - Philadelphia Orchestra, von Stade, Muti 1985
Fauré’s Pelléas et Mélisande - Philadelphia Orchestra, Muti 1985
Beethoven Violin Concerto - Cleveland Orchestra Maazel, Oliveira 1981
Varèse Arcana - Philadelphia Orchestra, Muti 1985
Le Nozze di Figaro Met Opera 1985 - Raimondi, Battle, Allen, Vaness, Levine
Beethoven Concerto in D Major Milstein, Szell NY Philharmonic 1951 - FIXED AUDIO
Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin Mischa Elman, Monteux NY Philharmonic 1955 - FIXED AUDIO
LOST TAPE 1947 Debut of Roger Sessions Concerto, Mitropoulos, Louis Krasner - FIXED AUDIO
Strauss Death and Transfiguration - NY Philharmonic, Cantelli 1954
Verdi’s Overture to La forza del destino - Monterey Symphony, Suttle 1985
Dvorak’s 9th - Monterey Symphony, Suttle 1985
Cherubini Symphony in D major - NY Philharmonic, Cantelli 1954
SF Symphony Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2 - Bronfman, Blomstedt 1985
Nielsen's Concerto for Flute Monterey Symphony - Julius Baker, Suttle 1985
SF Symphony Brahms No 1 - Blomstedt 1985
de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain OSEM, Bátiz 1981
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 SF Symphony Brendel, de Waart 1984
Beethoven Emperor Concerto Philadelphia Orchestra Brendel, Muti 1985
Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.1 Prague Symphony, Schneider 1977
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19 SF Symphony Brendel, de Waart 1984