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The Making Of...
The following recording of The Cask of Amontillado
recently came to my attention in a most astonishing manner.
A month or two ago, I was reviewing a collection of audio
tapes I had made back in the late 80s and early 90s at various venues in
and around New York and had not heard since.
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I am usually very hard on myself when reacting to my
recordings and how I perform them. This time was no
excpetion. However, to my great surprise, one stood out in
clear distinction from the others, which delighted me to no
end. And that is the one you are going to hear now. It is my
rendering of Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask Of Amontillado
accompanied by some enchanting sound effects and music.
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But, the astonishing thing about it is I don't remember
ever recording such a version as this. I played it over and
over, hoping I would eventually recall the circumstances, and
then I set myself to guessing and finally figured out what had
happened. A small group had me record the story in a
Manhattan studio while simultaneously inserting a mix of
music and sound in a sound proof control room.
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Later, I was given a copy of the tape which I put in my
brief case and where it stayed for a few days, until eventually I
got it home and stashed it away on an upper shelf in my New
York apartment, without ever having heard the finished product. Well, several
years passed until just recently, when I happened upon it and
gave it a spin. I was knocked out! So, here it is, now on
my website, and all dressed up as a visual as well as an audio
presentation.
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I hope you enjoy it. We reccomend that if you haven't visited this portion of the website before, we advise that you read the intructions.
