These MP3 Sound files are for the listening pleasure of my USS Newport News Shipmates and other friends. I used Master FX software and my trusty old Akai X-1800SD tape recorder (see inserts in photo below) to digitize the tapes. Dexter Goad 2/7/00
Sound Man at work. The Flag was drawn for me by my daughter - Thank you, Margaret.
I have structured these files for use with streaming players, such as RealPlayer or Windows Media Player. If you can only play WAV files, suggest you download the free version of a Player at links below.
May 16, 2000, Capt. McCarty Remembers (5:45 min, 660KB) Phone conversation between Captain McCarty and Chief Goad recorded 33 years after above recording. Both recordings were made on the Akai pictured in top photo.
Cincinati Rag, NN Reunion(1:32 min, 198KB) Bill Minick, Rudy Ritter Entertain, recorded Norfolk 6/99
Matchbox, NN Reunion(2:08 min, 272KB) Bill Minick, Rudy Ritter Entertain, recorded Norfolk 6/99
Swinging Doors (2:42 min 480KB) Bill Minick and Roy Johnson jam at NN Reunion in Norfolk, VA, 06/01
Miller's Cave (3:04 min 542KB) Dexter sings(?) and plays(??) guitar with Bill and Roy at 2001 Reunion 06/01
Rubber Dolly (1:40 min 296KB) Roy's picking is featured as Bill sings at 2001 Reunion, 06/01
On My Way to Gitmo (2:37 min, 475KB) Bill and Roy sing and pick one of Thunder Shipmates' favorites, 06/01
In Memory of Bill Minick who reported for duty with our Supreme Commander on 12/13/01
Thanks to Chuck (THE "ZENMASTER") Zendner for the Instructions below on saving Sound Files to your Hard Drive.
1. Instead of a "Mouse left Click" to play the sound, do a "Mouse Right Click" click on the Sound Link. 2. From the pop up window, Save your file to your PC's Hard drive: * Netscape browser = click on "Save Link As" * MSIE Browser - Click on "Save Target As" 3. In the "Save As" screen, Point to the directory on your PC's hard drive that you want to save this file to. (Or point to Desk top to put the Icon On your Desk top for easy playing) 4. Now run the file from the directory you saved it into (Or Click on the New Icon on your desk top screen if you saved it to your desk top directory)
