Outward Bound...
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John
has produced recordings for labels as wide-ranging as Columbia
Records and the National Geographic Society. A pioneer of
professional multitrack recording and production,
he designed and built the first 12-track
recording studios in both New
York and San Francisco and still writes extensively on the recording
business for a variety of periodicals.
As founding president of The Confederate
Naval Historical Society, he received the first-ever Federal
award for leading an F.B.I. investigation and prosecution
of looters of historic sunken ships under The
National Historic Shipwrecks Act.
Former program developer at The
Mariners' Museum
in Newport News, Virginia and New York's South Street
Seaport Museum,
his papers have been published by the Society for
Historical
Archaeology, Mystic
Seaport Museum,
and the U.S. Naval Academy.
He has served as officer, crew, performer and instructor aboard various
historical tall ships
in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, including Polish staysail schooner Zawisza
Czarny and Washington,
D.C.'s Baltic trader Alexandria.
Music
CDs and Videos by John Townley
A Chesapeake Sailor's Companion (CD
listen)
A Chesapeake Sailor's Companion (CD notes)
The Starboard List (CD)
Classic Maritime Music (CD)
An Invitation To Cry: The Best Of The Magicians (CD)
O Glory: The Rev. Gary Davis Apostolic Studio Sessions
(CD)
Gnany Wiatrem (CD)
Seaman's Fantasy (video)
Concertina Tutor (video)
Concertina and Accordion Repair (video)
Bones (the instrument, made by JT)
for recording buffs...the story of pioneering Apostolic Studios, where
Frank Zappa recorded Lumpy Gravy
and Uncle Meat...
and for astro-songwriters...
...the magical, mystical Harmony Crystal
...and just added, all
twenty-two cuts of the ground-breaking album
...plus a new JT interview about the early days...click here!!!
...and more, just back in circulation...the complete maritime album
...all fifteen cuts, free -- listen,
download and enjoy... ------>>>>
...plus ten more recorded in Poland, just added, featuring...
The
Warsaw Mermaid!
...and suddenly, for the first
time, the Merseyside recordings of the
performing
crew of the Polish 140-ft staysail schooner
...a sixteen-cut musical documentary of her voyage, with photos!
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John Townley
Photo by Susan Townley
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