DD149

DD149 is the Initial Catalogue number of one of Delia's Attic Tapes, the third master tape of Methusaleh.

Mark Ayres' notes

Type: 7" reel, 1/4" tape
Label: [[Methuselah]] 3
Description: Copy master 7.5 ips

Louis Niebur's notes

DD149 – Methuseleh 3 copy 7.5
Opens beautifully, with speech and sounds effects, whooshing. “Go HOME!” ends 1:14
1:20 – vocoder rhythmic pattern. 3 or 4 tape loops simultaneously. End 2:02
2:06 – Lilith monologue: “they have accepted the burden of eternal life” with slight echo. Ends 7:54
7:57 – complex hum with overtones, gradually acquiring new pitches and beats. Channels drop out, and enter. Ends 15:15
15:20 – atmosphere, repeated loop. (tomorrow people?)

James Percival's notes

CDD/1/4/3 Methuselah 3
National Theatre production – third master reel
FORMER REFERENCE: DD149 DATE: 1969 CONTAINS: Back to Methuselah
MEDIUM: 7" reel, ¼" tape TAPE SPEED: 7.5ips DURATION: 00:22:47
LABELS: [Reel label:] METHUSALEH 3 / COPY MASTER / 7½ M+S
NOTES: Third of three master reels for 1969 National Theatre production. Includes monologues treated with tape feedback, a rhythmic vocoder pattern, abstract spectral drones.