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    jean michel

    Captain Maurice Seddon - The Seddon Tapes Volume 1 - Boomkat
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    Classic British eccentric and electronics whizz Captain Maurice Seddon is subject of this remarkable collection of recordings, posthumously salvaged from tapes found strewn around his house in Datchet, directly beneath the flight path to Heathrow.

    A real treat for voyeurs and listeners who appreciate an extremely plummy British accent prone to regularly slip into German, The Seddon Tapes Vol. 1 features 12 excepts from Seddon’s taped telephone recordings, which would be received and dealt with on a homebuilt system controlled by pedals which brilliantly enough only allowed one person to speak at a time - if they were quick enough to get a word in between Seddon’s stories about school at Gordonstoun, his homemade heated clothing, or his pack of dogs.

    It’s almost worth the entry alone just to hear the Captain firmly tell an American TV fixer from The Tonight Show that he needs more money to appear on their programme, but also for amazing 8-page booklet of extensive, in-depth descriptions of Seddon’s home and history by the record’s producers, Clive Graham and William English.

    jean michel
    • @tintin
      jean michel

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      These recordings were collected by William English from the floor of Captain Seddon’s cottage shortly after he died and just before the building was demolished. Many other tapes were left behind. The only recordings he made were audio letters, diaries and most prolifically, his phone conversations. The 12 pieces on this LP were recorded between 1968 and 2003 and mainly consist of phone calls, incoming and outgoing; to TV and radio stations, friends, relatives, his dentist and sundry others. That anyone would routinely record their phone conversations on a 2-way system of their own devising is odd enough, but the sheer range and sometimes bizarre nature of these calls turns them into a strange ‘objet trouvé’, and offers a glimpse into the life of a man who undoubtedly left a strong impression on everyone he came into contact with. Edition of 500 numbered copies, Comes with an 8 page 12” insert to help explain it all.

      Captain #Maurice_Seddon — a living anachronism. A unique combination of eccentricity and military discipline. He also bore the confidence endowed by an elite public school education, but due to a change of family fortune he was left with no money, and eventually, no job. Far from being snobbish, he faces the world anew and becomes an inventor of heated clothes, with a tremendous willingness to talk to and meet people from all walks of life, cheerfully maintaining and advocating his own exacting standards, occasionally proclaiming a well measured indignation towards the modern age. Somehow he manages to stay (most of the time), on the right side of pomposity, by exuding a calm, forgiving good nature and natural charm. Speaking English, but lapsing into German, only adds to the eccentricity.

      jean michel
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