High quality sound recordings of
Website last updated
29 March 2009
Our first release on compact disc:
Catalogue
number LSJ001
As
featured in "Steam Railway" magazine's top 10 products of 2003!
Steamy Sounds CD
LSJ001 is a collection of line-side recordings made at the North
Yorkshire Moors Railway over a three-year period between 2000 and
2002, using a portable minidisc recorder and a
digital microphone.
For those of you
who know the N.Y.M.R. line, we hope this CD will not only remind you of the
sound of the trains themselves, but also of the spring birdsong, the rushing
water and the echoes in deep valleys. For those of you unfamiliar with the
line, we hope it will convey something of the excitement of witnessing steam
locomotives hard at work on the railway's severe gradients, and encourage you
to pay a visit.
Free
mp3 file samples:
Track 8 – 12th May 2002
"We hear Pickering Beck in the background rushing
under the railway at Bridge 14, north of Levisham
station. The unmistakable deep pitch of 29's whistle heralds the approach of
the 11.20 Pickering
Track 17 – 7th Oct 2000
"The 16.50 train from Grosmont
is well on time and already approaching as we start recording at Darnholme. 60007 is in easy control of the lightly loaded
train, storming up the 1 in 49 gradient under the road bridge. The driver
whistles for Goathland station as the train passes
beneath Mill Scar. A cool breeze picks up and the sound of rushing water is
heard behind us in Eller Beck."
Full track listings can be found here.
Our second release on compact disc:
Catalogue
number LSJ002
Steamy Sounds CD
LSJ002, our second CD, was released in May 2005. Like the North Yorkshire Moors
CD, it is a collection of digital recordings taken at the lineside.
All of the tracks were recorded between 2000 and 2004.
The Severn Valley
Railway in
The line is
generally remote from main roads, permitting numerous recording locations where
traffic noise will not intrude. However, light aircraft from the nearby
airfield at Halfpenny Green regularly pass overhead. Generally this spoils a
recording but, just occasionally, it helps to set the scene in the listener's
ear. Birdsong, in contrast, never detracts from a recording and there is an
abundance of it all down the line, as you will hear.
One special
attraction of the Severn Valley Railway is trains running right through the
night at gala weekends. We have found that breezy days often fall still after
nightfall, and the sound of the trains carries much further, aided by a moister
atmosphere. Several of the tracks on this CD were recorded under the cover of
darkness, with just the owls and the trains for company.
Free
mp3 file samples:
Track 2 – 15th Feb 2004
"On a fine Sunday morning in early Spring, 42968 is in charge of the 10.45 from Kidderminster, and is heard climbing towards Eardington summit which, at 210 feet, is the highest point on the line. The loco whistles as it approaches Crossing Cottage, just short of the top."
Track 17 – 18th Mar 2000
"The Mid-Hants Railway's 41321 is
on loan for the 2000 "Branch Line" Gala. Here it is piloting resident
loco 46521 on the 14.18 from Kidderminster on the Saturday. A
gentle breeze blows as the two engines make a brisk departure up the bank from Highley Station."
Full track listings can be found here.
To
order these CDs:
Please
send a cheque or postal order, made payable to "Linda Jeffcoat", for £4.99
per CD (free postage and packing in the
LSJ
Recordings
Uttoxeter
ST14
7ZD
Don't
forget to specify which CD you want!
Postage
and packaging for overseas delivery:
|
DELIVERY LOCATION |
POSTAGE & PACKAGING PER CD |
|
Within
|
Free |
|
Rest
of World |
+
£1.50 |
Or
buy on eBay:
Now sold via eBay. Paypal is available.
For
more information, please contact:
p o s t
m a s t e r @ s t e a m y s o u n d s . c o . u k
Note that
this website and LSJ Recordings are wholly independent from the North Yorkshire
Moors or Severn Valley Railways.
|