The Complete In Fidelytie

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This is a comic demonstration of "hi fidelytie" that claims to be "the record to end all high fidelitie records." The liner notes continue, "In fact, it is questionable as to whether it might not be the last hi fidelyty record. In many cases the user will find it impossible to play,—but no matter; that is not necessarily unusual for hi fidelity." But unusual this is: the collection of sounds on this record range from jets and steam trains to a baby's wailing to Mexican firecrackers and a highly distorted church organ.
Artist: Various Artists
Released: 1956
Record Company: Cook Records

Voices of the Sky

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If you can't get enough of your airline attendant's safety announcements at the beginning of your flight, make sure you check out this historical recording. Or, if you relish the power of a jet's roar, take the time to compare the sounds of many types of aircraft captured here. This recording corresponded with the height of popular fascination with high fidelity recording of natural and manmade sounds. From the liner notes: "Tighten your safety belt, locate the nearest emergency exit, study the instructions for inflating your life jacket and hearken to the pert stewardess listing the exotic ports of call on the flight plan...[and then] turn up the sound to runway volume."
Artist: Various Artists
Released: 1957
Record Company: Cook Records

Voice of the Storm

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Emory Cook braved "tempest-torn mountaintops,...the raging edge of the sea and...tropical downpours" to collect the natural sounds of thunder, rain and wind, as well as the sounds of wildlife anticipating a storm. He recorded this selection during the height of America's fascination with high fidelity recording of natural and manmade sounds.
Artist: Various Artists
Released: 1957
Record Company: Cook Records

Cook's Tour of High Fidelity

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Emory Cook gives listeners a tour of high fidelity recording, demonstrating techniques that enhance the sound quality and using musical performances, orations and sound effects to make his points.
Artist: Various Artists
Released: 1965
Record Company: Cook Records

Rail Dynamics

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Rail enthusiasts won't want to pass up this chance to sample sounds from mid-century steam locomotives, diesel trains, night trains and the train yard. Emory Cook recorded these train sounds on rainy nights along the tracks of the New York Central as part of his experiments with high fidelity audio.
Artist: Various Artists
Released: 1950
Record Company: Cook Records

Voice of the Sea

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From sea to shining sea, this collage of ocean sounds was recorded along the Atlantic coast (Gloucester, Massachusetts to Mt. Desert Island, Maine) and the Pacific coast (Mazatlan, Mexico). Listen to the water as it laps against a pebbly beach or rages against rocky cliffs. Hear tug boats, ferry boats, fishing boats and the USS Columbus navigate the waters. This hi-fi recording, made during a height of fascination with new recording technologies, comes guaranteed with foghorn accents and a whistle from the Queen Mary.
Artist: Various Artists
Released: 1954
Record Company: Cook Records

Ionosphere

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Did you know that the ionosphere makes noise? Or that that noise is actually possible to record? This recording shows that the ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation, can indeed be recorded. Here you have the opportunity to listen to the electrical static in stereo synchronized from recordings made at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC and at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Incidentally, this is a Cook classic, especially favored by DJs and spin artists.
Artist: Various Artists
Released: 1955
Record Company: Cook Records

Sound Effects, Vol. 1

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Cook Laboratories promises authentic, real sound effects recorded on-location for superior sound quality. From this first volume, you can choose between the warm-up and take-off sequence for jet aircraft or propeller aircraft, horse and carriage or two-cycle old fashioned gas engine, and crows cawing or a baby wailing. There are more Sound Effects in Volumes 2 and 3 (COOK10002, COOK10003).
Artist: Various Artists
Released:
Record Company: Cook Records

Sound Effects, Vol. 2

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Cook Laboratories promises authentic, real sound effects recorded on-location for superior sound quality. Need a rail station train departure announcement, the squeal of a power saw or burble of percolating coffee? You'll find it here. There are more Sound Effects in Volumes 1 and 3 (COOK10001, COOK10003).
Artist: Various Artists
Released:
Record Company: Cook Records

Sound Effects, Vol. 3

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Cook Laboratories promises authentic, real sound effects recorded on-location for superior sound quality. You'll have your choice of music that stereotypically characterizes the nursery, the carnival, the old barroom, and the jungle, as well as musical snippets that evidently personify the 18th Century, dissolute behavior and an ominous event. There are more Sound Effects in Volumes 1 and 2 (COOK10001, COOK10002).
Artist: Various Artists
Released:
Record Company: Cook Records

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