An unusual concept to modern sensibilities, Stanley Schofield's Sound Stories were once very popular. Vinyl recordings of motorsports were released swiftly after events and sold in decent enough quantities to keep the concept going for a good number of years. In days of less immediately accessible entertainments if you were a true dyed in the wool motorcycle sport enthusiast you had the opportunity to relive the sounds of great events in your living room any time you wanted.
Sound Story records are rather rare nowadays and seldom heard. I've got a couple knocking about but no means of playing them... I'll try and see if any friends have vinyl to digital players and post up the results.
We had one of these. Ours had Maurice Brierley's supercharged Vincent sprinter on it. Maurice lived down the road and was Dad's uncle. As 10 year olds we would put it on the family music centre and play it at max volume until an enraged parent pulled the plug. Maurice thought it was hilarious.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the memories. Makes me want to dig out my TT Sound Stories even more!
DeleteI have some on tapes; once had an annoying neighbour playing 80s crap music, so got two large speakers, put them close up to the party wall, and played tape at full belt; its one with a lot of high revving, multiple gear change two strokes and a bellowing BMW outfit, trick is to vary the volume acording to the scream in change down, works very well.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine it worked well. There's not many sounds more piercing than sixties and seventies two stroke racers!
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