Evan Doorbell's
Phone Tapes

 

Evan Doorbell's Phone Tapes are a well known "documentary" of how the phone system used to be like in the 1970s. Evan has recorded many hours of "phone tapes" of the old phone network. Check out his other tapes at the Phone Trips website.

Evan has graciously allowed Telephone World to host some of his newly released unnarrated "raw tapes".

This material is copyrighted by Evan Doorbell. Free to redistribute but please do not sell!

Narrated Tapes  |  Raw Tapes


NARRATED TAPES

Narrated tapes are tapes that Evan has explained thoroughly, detailing how calls were placed and what you hear. These are good for both novice and advanced listening audiences.

Both WAV files (22 KHz) and MP3 files are available.

NEW! The Narrated Tapes contain some new and unnarrated material! Enjoy!

Description WAV MP3
How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 1 WAV MP3
How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 2 WAV MP3
How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 3: Atlanta in Sept., 1970 WAV MP3
How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 4 WAV MP3
How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 5 WAV MP3
How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 6 WAV MP3
Network Sounds of the 70's, part 1 (1971-1981) WAV MP3
Network Sounds of the 70's, part 2 (1976-1981) WAV MP3
Bell System #1 Step in downtown Raleigh NC, part 1 (Sept., 1979) WAV MP3
Bell System #1 Step in downtown Raleigh NC, part 2 (Sept., 1979) WAV MP3
Bell System #1 Step in downtown Raleigh NC, part 3 (Sept., 1979) WAV MP3
Bell System #1 Step in downtown Raleigh NC, part 4 (Sept., 1979) WAV MP3
NX-1 Crossbar in Greenville NC, part 1 (June, 1974) WAV MP3
NX-1 Crossbar in Greenville NC, part 2 (June, 1974) WAV MP3
NX-1 Crossbar in Greenville NC, part 2 (June, 1974) (LONGER VERSION) WAV MP3
NX-1 Crossbar in Greenville NC, part 3 (June, 1974) WAV MP3
So. California Phone Trips part 1: Van Nuys #5 Crossbar (Summer, 1974) WAV MP3
So. California Phone Trips part 2: Misc. Van Nuys Phun Stuff (Summer, 1974) WAV MP3
So. California Phone Trips part 3: GTE Step in Indio (Summer, 1974) WAV MP3
GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY, part 1 (November, 1977) WAV MP3
GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY, part 2 (November, 1977) WAV MP3
GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY, part 3 (November, 1977) WAV MP3
NEptune 4 #1 Crossbar in Belle Harbor, Queens: Local Routings, part 1 (May, 1974) WAV MP3
 #5 Crossbar in Fredericksburg VA, (August, 1976) WAV MP3
Stromberg-Carlson ESC in Chancellor VA, (August, 1976) WAV MP3
Step With Directors: Elizabeth City NC Area part 1 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Step With Directors: Elizabeth City NC Area part 2 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
STACKING local offices: Elizabeth City NC Area part 3 (Summer, 1978) WAV MP3
Step With Directors, More Details: Elizabeth City NC Area part 4 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Step With Directors, A Closer C.O.: Elizabeth City NC Area part 5 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Busy signals and ring sounds around the U.S. (1971) WAV MP3
Supplemental Sounds of Step, part 1 (1974,'77,'80) WAV MP3
Supplemental Sounds of Step, part 2, Atlanta's TRinity office (1979) WAV MP3
Supplemental Sounds of Step, part 3, Atlanta's TRinity office (1979) WAV MP3
Permanent Signal Recordings (1971-1983) WAV MP3
Panel Pulsing Lover's Tape (1977) WAV MP3
Maryland Phone Trips, part 1 (Fall, 1974) WAV MP3
Maryland Phone Trips, part 2 (Fall, 1974) WAV MP3
Maryland Phone Trips, part 3: The Only Independent (August, 1976) WAV MP3
Toll Station in Shenandoah National Park VA, (August, 1976) WAV MP3
Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips, part 1: Barely Recordable Places (August, 1976) WAV MP3
Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips, part 2: Step in Colonial Beach (August, 1976) WAV MP3
Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips, part 3: NX2 in Ladysmith (August, 1977) WAV MP3
Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips, part 4: Step in Bowling Green (Summer, 1978) WAV MP3
Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips, part 5: NX2 in Hague (August, 1976) WAV MP3
Local Coin Control in the 1970s (1975-1978, 2001) WAV MP3
Step in Harrisonburg VA, part 1 (August, 1976) WAV MP3
Step in Harrisonburg VA, part 2 (August, 1976)(Includes "Local Carrier Sounds" Demo, 1974-1986) WAV MP3
Step Tributaries of Harrisonburg VA, part 1 (August, 1976) WAV MP3
Step Tributaries of Harrisonburg VA, part 2 (August, 1976) WAV MP3
Independent Steps in Gettysburg PA, Luray VA, and South Hill VA, including Callback Circuit Phreaking (August, 1976, April, 1975) WAV MP3
NX1 Crossbar in New Oxford PA (August, 1976) WAV MP3
All Relay system in Pinetown NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Carolina Tel. part 1: Step with ESS tones in Washington NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Carolina Tel. part 2: Step in Belhaven NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Carolina Tel. part 3: LD Calls from Greenville NX1 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Carolina Tel. part 4: NX1-E in Vanceboro NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Carolina Tel. part 5: Step with "GTE" ring in Williamston NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Carolina Tel. part 6: Step with no E.A.S. in Windsor NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Carolina Tel. part 7: Step homing on an NX1 in Farmville NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Carolina Tel. part 8: Step C.D.O. in Stantonsburg NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Carolina Tel. part 9: A Larger Step in Wilson NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Two Faces of Carolina Telephone: Steps in Kenly and Clayton NC, part 1 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Two Faces of Carolina Telephone: Steps in Kenly and Clayton NC, part 2 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
"Classic" XY Step in Fuquay-Varina NC, part 1 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
"Classic" XY Step in Fuquay-Varina NC, part 2 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
XY Step (non-typical) in Sanford NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Typical XY Steps in Goldston & Bonlee NC, part 1 (March, 1977)
(Includes "Step is Weird" Demonstration from Bell Step CDO in Sperryville VA, May, 1975)
WAV MP3
Typical XY Steps in Goldston & Bonlee NC, part 2 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
NX1 in Siler City NC via Motel PBX (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Step-NX1 Symbiosis in Siler City NC (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Step in Ramseur NC, part 1 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Step in Ramseur NC, part 2 (March, 1977) WAV MP3
Senderized XY Steps in Prince William County VA, Introduction to Woodbridge-Occoquan-Lorton (June 1973, August 1977) WAV MP3
Senderized XY Steps in Prince William County VA, pgm. 1: The Local Area From Woodbridge-Occoquan (August 1977, October 1973) WAV MP3
Senderized XY Steps in Prince William County VA, pgm. 2: changes in the Occoquan switch, 1973 to 1977 (October 1973, August 1977) WAV MP3
Senderized XY Steps in Prince William County VA, pgm. 3: Manassas in 1976 (May, June 1976) WAV MP3
Senderized XY Steps in Prince William County VA, pgm. 4: Dale City in October 1973 WAV MP3
Senderized XY Steps in Prince William County VA, pgm. 5: Dale City, Rewired (August 1977) WAV MP3
Senderized XY Steps in Prince William County VA, pgm. 6: Long Distance from Dale City; Virginia Suburbs of D.C. from Occoquan-Lorton (August 1977) WAV MP3
Step-ESS Symbiosis in Smyrna GA, part 1 (October, 1977) WAV MP3
Step-ESS Symbiosis in Smyrna GA, part 2 (October, 1977) WAV MP3
Step-ESS Symbiosis in Smyrna GA, part 3 (October, 1977) WAV MP3
Step-ESS Symbiosis in Smyrna GA, part 4 (October, 1977) WAV MP3
Step-ESS Symbiosis in Smyrna GA, part 5 (October, 1977) WAV MP3
CX-1000 All Relay System in Benson VT (1974, 1976, Summer, 1978) WAV MP3
Step in Nantes Quebec, part 1 (August, 2001) WAV MP3
Step in Nantes Quebec, part 2 (August, 2001) WAV MP3
Step in Nantes Quebec, part 3 Warning: LOTS of technobabble. (August, 2001) WAV MP3
Some LD calls from coin and home phones in Wellfleet, MA (July, 1974) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, Introduction WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 1: Calls to Centralized Intercept (February 1977, June 1976) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 2: The Hempstead-White Plains Route (June 1976) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 3:Anecdotes, Centralized Intercept, #5 Crossbar (February 1977, June 1976) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 4: An Assortments of Calls via Hempstead Tandem 3 (June 1976) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 5: Centralized Intercept Calls via New York 7 (February 1977) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 6: Calls to NY State's 315 NPA (Summer 1977) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 7: More calls to NY State's 315 NPA (Summer 1977) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 8: DDD from Panel, 4M Dialpulsing (1977) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 9: DDD from #1 Crossbar, ANI Failures, NX1 Sounds (1974-1977) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 10: Calls to -- and through -- NX1's (1974-1976) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 11: Centralized Intercept, NX1 Test Board, NX1 Tandem calls (1974-1976) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 12: More NX1's, Receiving a Stacked Call, Hempstead-White Plains Route (1974-1977) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 13: DDD Demo Recordings (1971-1975), SP1 Tandems (1976) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 14: SP1's, SFing Augusta Step Tandem (1976-77) WAV MP3
The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 15: 4M & XBT Audible Dialpulsing, Calling France, Forced Reroutes (1974-1982) WAV MP3
Dialing Those Mysterious "1xx" and "0xx" Codes (1974-1980) WAV MP3
Dialing the "1xx" Codes from Greenville NC Coin Phones, part 1 (1978,1980) WAV MP3
Dialing the "1xx" Codes from Greenville NC Coin Phones, part 2 (1978,1980) WAV MP3
Classic Tandem Stacking (January, 1975) WAV MP3
Two Early Voice Recognition Systems (1972-74, 1980) WAV MP3
A HiFi 914 Routings tape, part 1 (December, 1975) WAV MP3
A HiFi 914 Routings tape, part 2 (1975) WAV MP3
Phreaks from Esquire article on "052" conference, part 1 (January, 1972) WAV MP3
Phreaks from Esquire article on "052" conference, part 2 (January, 1972) WAV MP3
Phreaks and Folks on Hempstead NY Vacant Code Conference, part 1 (June, 1971) WAV MP3
Phreaks and Folks on Hempstead NY Vacant Code Conference, part 2 (June, 1971) WAV MP3
Phreaks and Folks on Hempstead NY Vacant Code Conference, part 3 (December, 1971) WAV MP3
"311" and Other Spontaneous Conferences (1971-86) WAV MP3
East Lake Audichron Conference in Decatur GA, part 1 (February, 1978) WAV MP3
471 Conference in Far Rockaway, NY (1974) WAV MP3
Bruce from New York's story of The 790 Conference (warning: contains graphic material) WAV MP3
Dom Tuffy calls his office WAV MP3
Dom Tuffy calls Bell System prospects WAV MP3
Dom Tuffy calls the DeFuniac Telephone Company WAV MP3
Dom Tuffy busts Trace Street WAV MP3
Conversation with Tom Duffy (1972) WAV MP3
Group Bell's Salute to Operators (1974/1978) WAV MP3
The "Voomph" Tape (1974) WAV MP3
Inside Jokes: Les' Incoming Messages (1978-1982) WAV MP3
ZZZZZZ Part 1 (1971-1974) WAV MP3
ZZZZZZ Part 2 (1971-1974) WAV MP3
ZZZZZZ Part 3 (1974-1976) WAV MP3
The Main Line (Summer, 1974) WAV MP3
Al Bernay Comment Tape Excerpts (July, 1976) WAV MP3
     
UNNARRATED - Greenville, NC NX1 Crossbar (1974) WAV MP3
UNNARRATED - Jane Barbe Audichron voice samples from Greenville, NC (December 1974) WAV MP3
UNNARRATED - Jane Barbie Examples WAV MP3
Marietta, GA Step (Introduction) WAV MP3
Marietta, GA Step, Part 1 WAV MP3
Marietta, GA Step, Part 2 WAV MP3
Marietta, GA Step, Part 3 WAV MP3
MF Boogie #1 WAV MP3
MF Boogie #2 WAV MP3
Wellfleet, MA Map, Part 1 WAV MP3
Wellfleet, MA Map, Part 2 WAV MP3
Woodbridge, VA 1973 (REVISED) WAV MP3

 


RAW TAPES

Raw tapes are tapes that Evan has not get gotten around to narrating. These are for advanced listening audiences, as many things you will hear will not be explained. But many of these concepts have been explained in the narrated tapes.

New York City Tapes (Uploaded Nov 2012) - Various calls made to, from and through New York City.

Both uncompressed WAV files and compressed MP3 files are available.

Tape
Number
WAV MP3 Year
Recorded
Description
0001 Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

1978

212-885 City Island side A
212-989 West 18th Crossbar #1 Side B
"Quick Save" quickly getting 989 on tape before pay phones converted to ESS

0002A Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

1978 Side A - JUdson 6 Crossbar #1 (West 50th Street Manhattan)
0002B Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

1978 Side B - JUdson 6 Crossbar #1 (West 50th Street Manhattan)
0008 Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

Nov 1976 BUckminster 4 Panel in Brooklyn
212-789 Crossbar 1 in Brooklyn
212-656 Crossbar 1 in Jersey City
0009 Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

Jun/Jul 1976 Farmingdale Tape 1. Calls made from Bill's house in Farmingdale.
0010 Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

Jun/Jul 1976 Farmingdale Tape 3. Some from Bill's line, some from Bill's mother's line.
0024 Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

Jan 1976 Ben playing with Vesey Tandem 2 via Queens Tandem
Queens Tandem & Broadway reroutes
Far Rockaway & Hollis 7A announcements
0027A Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

Late 1975 / Early 1976 Side A (Version 2)
Queens & Richmond Hill sectors via Kingston Crossbar #5 tandem
Busy signal Checker in Whitestone ESS
"Jucing" off RP trunks
"Jucing" off Richmond Hill tandem
0027B Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

Late 1975 / Early 1976 NYC via White Plains 1 tandem & Kingston Crossbar #5 tandem
0030 Part 1

Part 2

Part 1

Part 2

Oct 1976 Jamaica (Queens) 212-526 Crossbar #1
Laurelton (Queens) 212-276 Crossbar #5

 



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