David Attenborough in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands - 25 December, 1980, at night
from Life on air : memoirs of a broadcaster, pages 295-296:
Another invitation arrived from the Governor. There would be a big party at Government House on Christmas night. We were welcome to that too. Most of the citizenry of Port Stanley seemed to be there […] The climax of the evening came when he [Rex Hunt, the Governor] produced a wind-up gramophone with a pile of 78 rpm shellac records and we all sat drinking rum, gin and whisky listening to Louis Armstrong, Sydney Bechet and Bessie Smith singing to us through a hurricane of hisses and crackles.
cite as
David Attenborough, Life on air : memoirs of a broadcaster (London, 2009), p. 295-296. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1459204878779 accessed: 12 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersJazz | performed by Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 25 December, 1980, at night |
Medium | playback |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Mon, 28 Mar 2016 23:41:19 +0100
Approved on Sun, 08 May 2016 12:17:16 +0100