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: Gnabag Humid; Digitisation of a mono open reel music session recording, recorded and digitised by Geoffrey Benjamin. The recording was made very early on in Benjamin's field work with the Temiar. The group knew that Benjamin was interested in music so they performed for him (they would have known about recording because they would have heard Ading Krah's recordings on the Orang Asli radio). They claimed the performance was just for entertainment but some children later revealed that the singing was religiously related. A photo of the recording session can be found in Figure 2.5 in Benjamin's Temiar religion book. Figure 2.6 is a photo of one of the singers, Saleh, the late father of Benjamin's friend Abur, and who was known as the P. Ramlee of the Perolak river. Track list with song and singer names as given by Malam upon listening to the recording can be found in the accompanying tracklist, typed up by Benjamin based on notes on p.46 of Notebook 1 (Benjamin's notes on each track also found on p.46 of Notebook 1). Note that the numbering of the tracks in the tracklist does not correspond to the numbering of the digital files as received from Geoffrey Benjamin.

: Jaw's harp & children's chatter; Digitisation of the second part of a small open reel tape recorded in April 1964 by Geoffrey Benjamin in Kuala Humid. Recording of Salleh playing the Jaw's harp. This is the first part (Jaw's harp, Children's chatter) of the tape containing the following recordings (info from tape case): 1. Jaw's Harp, played by Salleh, Humid 3/4/64, p.18 in notebook Children's chatter 2. Tree felling 12/4/64, treefall 15/5/64 p.41

: Malam's text; Digitisation of the small open reel tape 'Malam's speech' collected early on in Geoffrey Benjamin's fieldwork as a sample of Temiar speech.

: Orang Asli Radio music recordings I (Extract); Extract of the digitisation of recordings made by Geoffrey Benjamin off the radio onto an open reel tape of the Radio Television Malaysia channel Changan Orang Asli in 1964-1965. The recording is at double speed. Ading Krah (the broadcaster heard in the recordings) was in charge of the channel and was the initial producer, broadcaster and field recordist. The song recordings were most likely made by Ading Krah in the field. This is 0145-0850 (the part that appears to be in Temiar) of the open reel containing the following recordings (info from tape case): 0000-0145 – Lanoh Negrito songs; RM 29/9/64 0145-0300 – Interview with schoolboys, Ading 0300-0415 – Rɔŋgɛŋ songs Pahang, 1/4/65 0415-0625 – Songs by P. ʔanɛl & ʔalaŋ 1/4/65 0625-0850 – Speech by P. Cawan 1/4/65

: Tree felling; Digitisation of the second part of a small open reel tape recorded in April 1964 by Geoffrey Benjamin in Humid. Benjamin took the recorder out to the hillside to record the tree felling. The people doing the felling started to sing as they were felling. This is the second part (Tree felling) of the tape containing the following recordings (info from tape case): 1. Jaw's Harp, played by Salleh, Humid 3/4/64, p.18 in notebook Children's chatter 2. Tree felling 12/4/64, treefall 15/5/64 p.41

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