Sounds Of North American Frogs

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There was a time, back in the era just before stereophonic records documenting the sounds of trains began to take control of our hi-fis, that Folkways Records was the king of the field recording. Its catalog boasted seminal recordings like Sounds of Insects, Sounds of the Annual International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen, N.Y., and the essential Sounds of the Junk Yard. This classic reissue, originally recorded in 1958, is a prime example of just how offbeat Moses Asch's legendary imprint could get. Here we get the Sonoran desert toad doing his best in mid-warning croak to sound like a CB radio squelching, the childlike scream of the Southern leopard frog, or a full chorus of barking tree frogs. It's 92 tracks of frog sounds with narration by herpetologist Charles M. Bogert--nearly an hour long. Imagine the possibilities... --Jason Verlinde

Product Description
The amphibian song revival begins here! This classic of both biological fieldwork and natural sound recordings, originally released by Folkways in 1958, presents 57 species of frogs and toads on 92 tracks, digitally remastered from the original master tapes. Compiled and narrated by renowned herpetologist Charles M. Bogert, these sounds were recorded in swamps, lakes, woods, creeks, and road-side ditches all over North America. Sit back and let the bewitching tones of the Pig Frog, Dwarf Mexican Treefrog, Little Green Toad, Southwestern Woodhouse's Toad, Great Basin Spadefoot, and other famed vocalists entrance and amaze you. In a time when frog and toad populations are in rapid decline, this recording reminds us of the remarkable diversity and beautiful music we are in danger of losing. Extensive notes with a new introduction by Richard G. Zweifel, bibliography, discography, and photographs are included. 92 tracks, 55 minutes. Reissue of Folkways 6166.

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Frog Songs
Good work
All the frogs that fit . . .
Terrific--ribit!
One of my favorite cd's

Sounds Of North American Frogs
Charles M. Bogart
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000007TN1
Release Date: 1998-07-21

Tracks:

Individual Barking Treefrog
Chorus Of Barking Treefrogs
Mixed Chorus, Several Species
The Southern Toad
The Green Treefrog
The Green Tree Frog Continued
Chorus Of Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toads
Voice Of Acris Gryllus Dorsalis
Mating Call Of Squirrel Treefrog
Mating Call Of The Pine Woods Treefrog With Bronze Frog And Another Pine Woods In The Background
Chorus Of Green Treefrogs
Barking Treefrog
Mating Call Of The Pig Frog
Breeding Chorus Of Southern Leopard Frogs
A Large Breeding Chorus Of Florida Gopher Frogs, With One Barking Treefrog, The Pine Woods Treefrog
Mating Trill Of The Southern Toad With Barren Owl And Squirrel Treefrog In The Background
Breeding Call Of The Oak Toad With The Squirrel Treefrog In The Background
Mating Call Of Hybrid Treefrog
Green Treefrog
Mating Call Of The Barking Treefrog, Finally Joined By The Hybrid Treefrog
Mating Call Of The Red-Spotted Toad
Distinctive Call Of An Individual Red-Spotted Toad
Mating Call Of Fowler's Toad, Arkansas
Mating Call Of Fowler's Toad, North Carolina
Mating Call Of The Southwestern Woodhouse's Toad
Mating Call Of The American Toad With The Southern Leopard Frog In The Background
Mating Call Of The Southern Toad
Mating Call Of The Eastern Gray Treefrog With The Single Note Or 'Territorality Call' Of The...
Mating Call Of Gray Treefrog
Mating Call Of Gray Treefrog With The Squirrel Treefrog In The Background
Mating Call Of The Gray Treefrog, Missouri
Mating Call Of The Canyon Treefrog
Mating Call Of The California Treefrog With The Pacific Treefrog In The Background
Warning Croak Accompanied By 'Warning Vibration' Of The Southern Toad
Warning Chirp Of The Boreal Toad
Warning Croak Of The Sonoran Desert Toad
Warning Chirp Of The California Treefrog
Warning Croak Of The Florida Gopher Frog
The 'Territorial Call' Of The Southern Race Of The Green Frog With Mating Call Of The Pine Woods...
'Rain Song' Of The Squirrel Treefrog With A Few Green Treefrogs In The Distant Background
Scream Of The Southern Leopard Frog
Chorus Of Pig Frogs, With Cricket Frogs Also Heard
The Pig Frog And Barrel Owl, With Cricket Frogs In The Background
The Voice Of The Pig Frog That Corresponds To The Scream Of The Leopard Frog
The Mating Call Of The Bullfrog, With Cricket Frogs In The Background
The Mating Call Of The Pig Frog With The Cricket Frog In The Background
Mating Chorus Of Southern Leopard Frogs, With Cricket Frogs
Mating Call Of The Pickerel Frog, With The Territoriality Call Of The Green Frog In The Background
Mating Call Of The Giant Toad With The Call Of The Leptodactylid Frog
Mating Call Of The Sonaran Desert Toad, With The New Mexico Spadefoot And Couch's Spadefoot
Mating Call Of The Gulf Coast Toad
Mating Call Of The Arroyo Toad
Mating Call Of The Red-Spotted Toad
Mating Call Of The Green Toad
Mating Call Of The Oak Toad, With The Pine Woods Treefrog Heard In The Background
The Call Of The Green Toad, With Another Toad Of The Same Species Heard In The Distance
The Call Of The Green Toad, Reduced To One-Quarter Speed
The Mating Chorus Of The Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad
The Mating Call Of The Green Plains Narrow-Mouthed Toad
The Mating Chorus Of The Plains Spadefoot, With A Duet Discernible In The Foreground
Chorus Of The Lowland Burrowing Treefrog
Mating Call Of The Pine Barrens Treefrog With A 'Reply' Of Another Frog Of The Same Species...
The Mating Call Of The Mountain Treefrog
The Mating Call Of The Mexican Treefrog
The Mating Call Of The Spring Peeper
Mating Chorus Of The Pacific Treefrog
The Mating Call Of The Dwarf Mexican Treefrog, With Voices Of The Sabinal Frog In The Background
Mating Call Of The Little Grass Frog With The Squirrel Treefrog In The Background
Western Chorus Frog
Blanchard's Cricket Frog With The Southern Leopard Frog In The Background
The Florida Cricket Frog
Mexican Leaf Frog
Mating Call Of Couch's Spadefoot
Mating Call Of Plains Spadefoot, Joined By A Large Chorus After Dusk
Mating Chorus Of The New Mexico Spadefoot
Mating Chorus Of The Three Species Of Spadefoot, With The New Mexico Spadefoot Predominating
Mating Call Of The Great Basins Spadefoot
Mating Call Of The Sabinal Frog With Smilisca Baudini Heard In The Background
Mating Chorus of The Great Plains Toad
Mating Call Of The Yosemite Toad
Mating Call Of The Sonoran Green Toad
Mating Call Of The Green Toad
Mating Call Of The Carpenter Frog
Winter Mating Chorus Of The Patzcuaro Frog
Chorus Of Bullfrogs With An Occasional Southwestern Woodhouse's Toad
Chorus Of Sonoran Desert Toads
Chorus Of Spadefoot Toads With The Plains Spadefoot In The Foreground, And The New Mexico...
Frog Chorus
Large Chorus
A Breeding Chorus Of The Southern Toad, With Pine Woods Treefrogs In The Background...
Sounds Issuing From The Oklawaha River
The Same Chorus Reproduced As Track 3

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There was a time, back in the era just before stereophonic records documenting the sounds of trains began to take control of our hi-fis, that Folkways Records was the king of the field recording. Its catalog boasted seminal recordings like Sounds of Insects, Sounds of the Annual International Sports Car Grand Prix of Watkins Glen, N.Y., and the essential Sounds of the Junk Yard. This classic reissue, originally recorded in 1958, is a prime example of just how offbeat Moses Asch's legendary imprint could get. Here we get the Sonoran desert toad doing his best in mid-warning croak to sound like a CB radio squelching, the childlike scream of the Southern leopard frog, or a full chorus of barking tree frogs. It's 92 tracks of frog sounds with narration by herpetologist Charles M. Bogert--nearly an hour long. Imagine the possibilities... --Jason Verlinde

Album Description

The amphibian song revival begins here! This classic of both biological fieldwork and natural sound recordings, originally released by Folkways in 1958, presents 57 species of frogs and toads on 92 tracks, digitally remastered from the original master tapes. Compiled and narrated by renowned herpetologist Charles M. Bogert, these sounds were recorded in swamps, lakes, woods, creeks, and road-side ditches all over North America. Sit back and let the bewitching tones of the Pig Frog, Dwarf Mexican Treefrog, Little Green Toad, Southwestern Woodhouse's Toad, Great Basin Spadefoot, and other famed vocalists entrance and amaze you. In a time when frog and toad populations are in rapid decline, this recording reminds us of the remarkable diversity and beautiful music we are in danger of losing. Extensive notes with a new introduction by Richard G. Zweifel, bibliography, discography, and photographs are included. 92 tracks, 55 minutes. Reissue of Folkways 6166.

Customer Reviews:

Frog Songs.......2007-06-12

If you are interested in the significance of frog songs or in identifying the songs of frogs and toads in North America, you will get your money's worth from this CD. If, however, you are looking for a peaceful surround-sound tape of frogs singing away the night, something, say, to aid a guided meditation, this is NOT the CD for you.

Though recorded more than 50 years ago (and thus providing an unintended historical reference point as well), the recordings are crystal clear, and Mr. Bogert (not Bogart) explains each of the 90-plus short cuts in great detail. The full title refers to the biological significance of voice in frogs--this is really a fairly rigorous, somewhat academic audio study of various calls of North American frogs.

The emphasis is on behavioral science as much as song, but some of the pond-side performances are outstanding in their own right.

Good work.......2007-05-15

This CD is well put together and fun to listen to. As a naturalist I apreciate the hard work which was put into this tape. I was hoping that this would have more western species. Overall, this is one of my favorite nature CDs.

All the frogs that fit . . ........2007-01-10

I was so excited to get this I took it to work, but had to listen to the rest at home (twice already) to spare my coworker who was strangely unpiqued by the unfolding revelation of the amazing variety of species and calls of frogs. The narrator's voice fondly transported me back to my childhood with his Marlon Perkins-esque (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom) intonations . . .It was great to recognize some calls that I heard all my life that I might've previously thought were crickets or birds . . . Not only are the frog calls aesthetically pleasing, the narration and booklet with current updates are very educational . . . it was amusing to learn that some male frogs have a special warning chirp used when another male has mistakenly mounted them instead of a female. . . like "uh, hey buddy, you got the wrong frog . . ."

Terrific--ribit!.......2004-11-28

Rare is the item of which one can say, it croaks, and mean: it's a vibrant living wonderful thing. That's this CD. Yes, the narrator is as wonderful as the frogs singing.

But for those who don't like narration, one can rip a new copy, sans human voices.

This CD is one of the best nature recordings ever made.

--Alyssa A. Lappen

One of my favorite cd's.......2003-10-01

I used to have this when it was an lp set. Oh how I loved it! And it's just as good on cd.

As for the complaint about the narrator mentioned by one fellow, no no no! The narrator is the best part, with his chirping enthusiasm for the different frog croaks.

Truly, this is one for the ages. Indispensible.

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