Archive for December, 2020

AudioWings Digital Archive Published

Over the last 20 or more years, AWSRG members have contributed recordings and articles to our journal, AudioWings.

The journals and accompanying CDs have been published (usually) biannually, and collectively contain a treasure trove of wildlife recordings and research, from this country and further afield.

Previously editions have been mailed out to financial members as they were produced, with limited back issues available. Now, all editions, from No.1 to the latest, No.42, are available online, for listening or digital download. This is the first time they’ve all been available together.

Collating the entire archive has involved members pooling their personal collections (“I’m missing the first six CDs, and who’s got the journal of Vol.8 No.1?”). My thanks to Tony, Jeff and Bob for their assistance in this, and to all past journal and CD editors, Fred, Bill, Sue, Tony and Vicki particularly.

While digitising CDs, entering track details and creating cover artwork, I’ve been aware that these recordings represent the history of the group. Past and departed members and their research interests are presented, often along with their spoken commentary, a poignant reminder for those who remember them personally.

Our AudioWings digital archive is hosted on Bandcamp, click here to view and listen. Each CD edition is available either to stream, or purchase and download, as a complete album or per track. Each download edition includes its corresponding journal in PDF format, plus recordist and equipment information.

We hope that having the complete AudioWings archive publicly available will boost the profile of the AWSRG and its history of participation and research.

Current financial members may download any editions for free. The member’s section of this site contains details of how to access free codes to enable this.

A partial index for the audio archive is also available via the member’s section. We’re currently updating it to a complete index of all recordings.