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CW: A spotlight on the best-selling nature recording of all time, Songs of the Humpback Whale (CW'd for length)
Humpback Whale – Songs of the Humpback Whale (1970, inside the ocean)
Our next spotlight is on number 396 on The List, submitted by platenworm.
When I put this album on – my first ever listen – I immediately wondered if someone would have a different experience of this album if they were able to go into it without any context. No artist name, no album name, no release date, nothing. So, for anyone who was interested, I first posted a version of this on the 1001 OA Fediverse account with a link to the album stripped of its metadata, with only the below abstract descriptions, minus the footnotes. The format of the blog doesn’t allow for such a blind listen but I can at least hide the identifying descriptions in footnotes, so:
The work we listen to today is an experimental a cappella album that started a movement, featuring a hybrid of avant-garde vocals and spoken word.[1]
In part, this album captures the sounds of the Cold War around the time of the Cuban Revolution,[2] albeit in what seems to be coded lyrics in a language understood by approximately only 80,000 worldwide.[3] The tracks are renditions of traditional pieces that have been passed down for generations within the region, allowed to be performed only by male (or, perhaps, masculine-presenting) individuals, and only after reaching sexual maturity.[4]
The artists[5] captured on this album have never been paid a dime for their work, even though it’s the most popular recording of its genre,[6] in part due to the artists’ anonymity and reclusiveness. For the same reasons, the artists likely are not aware that an excerpt of this album has travelled to and currently exists in interstellar space.[7]
It is unknown whether the artists had any further releases, or whether they are still alive.
- Bandcamp: Songs of the Humpback Whale
- Discogs: Humpback Whale – Songs of the Humpback Whale
- Wikipedia: Songs of the Humpback Whale (album)
- The Save the Whales movement to end commercial whaling. ↩︎
- Tracks 1, 2, and 4 (“Solo Whale”, “Slowed-Down Solo Whale”, and “Distant Whale”) were recorded in the late 1950s by U.S. Navy engineer Frank Watlington while listening for Russian submarines. ↩︎
- The recordings are the vocalizations of male humpback whales during breeding season. If the Internets is correct, there are approximately 80,000 humpback whales alive today, hence the number used here; it presumably was higher at the time the album was released. ↩︎
- See ftnt 3. Also, research done while making this album found that all males whales in one ocean “sing” the same “song”, with the song slightly changing with each breeding season. ↩︎
- The title/indexing of this post seems a little bit ridiculous, but Discogs does actually have “Humpback Whale” as the artist of this album (and has a full page of releases under it) and I needed an album by an artist starting with an “H” for reasons, so I’m sticking with it. Most credit the album to biologist Roger Payne, who found out about Watlington’s recordings (see ftnt 2) and did subsequent research and further recordings with zoologist and then-spouse Katy Payne. Katy then went on to analyze these recordings for the next 30+ years, even after her marriage to Roger ended, and yet her name is not in the credits. Hmm. Katy has also extensively studied the vocalizations of elephants, and, just as this album is, her recordings of elephants are in the National Recording Registry. ↩︎
- Even in 2023 when Roger Payne died, the album was still the best-selling environmental/nature record ever. ↩︎
- Part of the album is on the Voyager Golden Record that’s on the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft launched in 1977, both of which have since reached interstellar space. ↩︎
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Heute mit den Kindern mal ein bisschen Allgemeinbildung gefördert und StarTrek 4 geschaut 🐋🛸
#startrek #wal #whale #savethewhales #savethehumans #ocean #seashepherd
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Can we do more damage to the planet for the next generation? #ClimateCrisis #GodSquad #EndangeredSpeciesAct #SaveTheWhales #GulfOfMexico
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Just went to see this EPIC movie from my childhood.. Odin bless #GeneRoddenberry the #GreatBirdOfTheGalaxy and kudos to Mr #LeonardNimoy for a beautifully directed and co-written piece of art.
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They are not here to entertain us. They deserve freedom. 🐋🌊 #emptythetanks #animalrights #savethewhales #whales #orca
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“What this nation needs as we build bundles of big beautiful roads is not another round of hand-wringing, airy-fairy woke utopianism. We need a sensible, boots-on-the-deck approach to securing our energy future. And yes – harvesting the noble whale for its bountiful oil is the common-sense solution.
“Look, I’d love to proclaim that some miraculous source of clean, limitless energy is about to tumble upon us like manna from the heavens or blow in from across the ditch. But reality, my friends, is not written by the communications department of the green politburo. It is written in the stars, by me, Shane Jones. Minister of Resources and Oceans.
"We must pursue the whales, harvest their bountiful blubber, render it in stout Kiwi vats, and extract the energy that will warm our homes, light our lamps again, and ignite our furnaces for generations to come. This is about ensuring our national sovereignty. It's about securing our energy independence. Not bowing to the whims of wittering Wellington wokesters.
"Why else did we save the whales?"
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We were warned! From September 2024. And now the #whales are falling silent!!! And #krill are dependent on whales as much as whales are dependent on krill!
#KrillHarvesting threatens #whale recovery
Soaring human demand for krill in the Southern Ocean poses a challenge to the recovery of whale species once hunted nearly to extinction. Stanford researchers identify the growing food conflict and offer solutions.
September 10th, 2024
"Human harvesting of krill in the Southern Ocean could threaten the recovery of whale species that were nearly wiped out by industrial whaling in the 20th century, according to a Sept. 10 study in Nature Communications.
"The tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans known as krill are the essential food source for baleen whales such as blues and #humpbacks. To feed, these giant marine mammals take in great gulps of ocean water, filtering krill through bristly mouth structures. Booming demand for krill as #FishMeal and #omega3 fatty acid nutritional #supplements, however, could leave whales without enough victuals to sustain even their diminished numbers.
" 'Our calculations suggest an alarming possibility that we might harvest krill to the point where we do real damage to recovering whale populations,' said lead study author Matthew Savoca, a research scientist in the lab of Jeremy Goldbogen, associate professor of oceans in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
"The results highlight a need for scientists, regulators, and industry to carefully assess the impacts of krill harvesting in the Southern Ocean at current levels before expanding. 'With this study, we want to draw attention to how there likely isn’t enough krill to support fully recovered whale populations, and now on top of that, we’re harvesting krill and plan to harvest more krill in the near future,' said Goldbogen, the study’s senior author
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Counting on krill"The new research grew out of a prior Stanford study documenting how baleen whales gobble up significantly more krill than scientists had previously estimated. A paradoxical finding of that study was that, as whale populations plummeted by roughly 90% in the Southern Ocean during whaling’s grim heyday, so, too, did krill populations.
"The researchers worked out that #BaleenWhales effectively fertilize the ocean through their prodigious droppings, providing nutrients for the #phytoplankton that krill eat. The upshot: The krill population must have been much larger, perhaps five times greater, than it is currently to have sustained the pre-whaling whale populations in the early 20th century.
" 'Krill is the foundation of the entire Southern Ocean ecosystem. They’re really the only thing that large whales eat down there,' Savoca said.
"In the nearly 40 years since a global whaling moratorium went into place in 1986, some Southern Ocean species – particularly humpbacks – have made an impressive comeback. Yet this recovery has taken place against increasing competition with humans for the whales’ critical food source; over the past 30 years, the krill catch has quadrupled to around 400,000 tons annually and is set to expand further.
"Savoca and colleagues calculated how much krill is left in the Southern Ocean for baleen whales, seabirds, and other predators to eat after industrial krill harvesting at current rates, compared to the estimated amount of krill available before industrial whaling began. 'The basic math makes it pretty clear that the current krill biomass cannot support both an expanding krill fishery and the recovery of whale populations to pre-whaling size,' said Savoca."
Read more:
#SaveTheWhales #KrillSupplements #Overfishing #FoodChain #FoodIsLife #WaterIsLife #Whales #Extinction #BlueWhales
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🚨We need to spread the word. Tell the #UK government to stop deep sea mining before it starts! 😤
#SaveTheWhales 🐳🐋🥰 #SaveOurPlanet
@GreenpeaceUK @greenpeace https://act.gp/3FvLdI9
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Beyond The Beach...
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beyond-the-beach-whale-art-sharon-cummings.html#whale #whales #savethewhales #art #artwork #painting #ocean #oceans #oceanlife #sea #seas #sealife #oceania #coastal #coastalliving #blue #nature #naturelover #naturelovers #alaska #alaskan #canada #canadian #washington #oregon #california #capecod #handmade #handmadeart #buyintoart #SharonCummingsArt
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Fifty years ago, the first Greenpeace anti-whaling campaign was launched during the summer of 1975 in the North Pacific Ocean aboard the Phyllis Cormack and confronted a Russian whaling fleet.
Now, 50 years on, much has been gained, but we're still working hard to protect the oceans.
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From the deck of #CaptPaulWatson: "Join the Mission: Add Your Name to our ship, the John Paul DeJoria!" paulwatsonfoundation.donorsupport.co/page/Signthe... #whales #dolphins #ocean #habitat #security #SeaShepherd #SaveTheWhales
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Imagine a massive whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic. For 26 years, Argentina, Brazil, & Uruguay have fought for it. It would have protected whales from commercial hunting. Sadly, it failed by just a few votes. #WhaleSanctuary #SouthAtlantic #OceanConservation #SaveTheWhales #EndWhaleslaughter #MarineLife #Wildlife
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2024/09/30/whaling-ban-international-commission/
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👏 Major win for marine conservation! The first Greek shipping company has pledged to reroute its vessels to protect endangered whales in the Hellenic Trench, a crucial habitat for these majestic creatures. This is a significant step towards safer seas and a brighter future for our marine wildlife. 🌊🐋
#MarineConservation #SaveTheWhales #HellenicTrench #SustainableShipping #OceanProtection #GoodNews
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Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson will remain in a Greenland jail as authorities decide on his extradition. Watson is battling Japan's efforts to have him stand trial for a 2010 confrontation with whalers. #PaulWatson #AntiWhaling #SaveTheWhales #Conservation #Greenland #Japan #Whaling #Whales
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Japan is seeking to extradite activist Paul Watson from Denmark, accusing him of obstructing a whaling research ship. 🌊🐋 Watson's dedication to protecting marine life is commendable! Let's support those who stand up for our oceans and fight against whaling! 🌍✊ #SaveTheWhales #PaulWatson #Activism #OceanConservation #WhaleWarrior #StandWithPaul #EcoWarrior Read more: 🔗 https://s.42l.fr/kb7CYlwG
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🌊🐋 Sea Shepherd Switzerland feiert 10 Jahre unermüdlichen Einsatz für unsere Ozeane! 🎉💙 Bei der Captain's Dinner-Event stehen die Kapitäne Peter Hammarstedt und Alex Cornelissen bereit für spannende Gespräche. 🌍✨ Unterstützt die Operationen gegen illegale Fischerei und schützt die Antarktis! #SeaShepherd #OceanConservation #ProtectOurOceans #MarineLife #SaveTheWhales 👉 Weitere Infos: 🔗 https://s.42l.fr/uP7guhXe
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Seeing the Klingon Bird of Prey de-cloak over the whaling ship is still one of my favorite Trek moments EVAR.
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Japan Kills First Fin Whale Despite Global Condemnation
https://www.theinertia.com/news/japan-fin-whale-hunting-first-kill/
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This resilient #humpback #whale , who lost its tail to likely fishing gear entanglement, continues to swim on bravely in the Salish Sea. 🐋
#amazingnature
#WhaleWatching
#SaveTheWhales
#WhaleConservation
#OceanConservation
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Hey #Duesseldorf Bubble und alle die auch weitere Anreisen nicht scheuen. Unsere #Solidarität ist gefragt!
Wir haben am Samstag, 03.08.24 einen wichtigen Termin!
Bitte lest hier:
https://fpw.gabcloud.de/
und hier:
https://fpw.gabcloud.de/index.php/2024/07/30/aufruf-zum-protest-und-zur-solidaritaet-in-duesseldorf/
und kommt bitte am Samstag um 14 Uhr zum Graf-Adolf-Platz 8#FreePaulWatson
#SaveTheWhales
#SaveThePlanetWir sehen uns am Samstag!?!
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/paul-watson-festgenommen-100.html
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The Australian government is deeply disappointed by Japan’s decision to target fin whales, the world’s second-largest and considered vulnerable, in its commercial hunts. Environment Minister #TanyaPlibersek criticised this move, as Japan plans to hunt up to 59 fin whales within its economic zone. #WhaleConservation #SaveTheWhales #Environment #WildlifeProtection #Australia #Japan
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Australian government ‘deeply disappointed’ by Japan’s decision to expand commercial whaling target list | Whaling | The Guardian