The singer certainly has a pretty good voice and the story seems intriguing. Will we find out what became of her?
Here's the original taper's story;
"This is what I call The Dorm
Tape 1967. The facts are simple and frankly taught me a lot about
simplicity in recording (and later, photography). I heard a girl singing
and playing guitar down the hall in my dorm at UC Santa Cruz. She was
hitch hiking through and needed a place to crash. I liked the sound I
heard coming down the hall and I decided to try recording her. So I
grabbed my reel to reel Sony 350 recorder, a modest piece, and two
really crummy dynamic mikes that were part of the kit. I hand held them a
foot or so from the guitar and her mouth ( left right more or less) and
just let her sing.
She was sitting on a dorm cot and I was standing in front of her monitoring the levels on the Sony while holding the mics. Kind of awkward. My life moved on and now 44 years later(!), I pulled it out, digitized it and decided to add it to the YouTube archive of material from my alma mater. What I learned is that simple ain't so bad: musicality counts for a lot and a lot can be done with simple equipment...and common sense. Hope you enjoy."
The original taper has apparently decided to try to locate the singer/guitarist via social media.
More here http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/1967-homemade-dorm-recording.346756/
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