List of Evan Doorbell recordings
Evan Doorbell recordings are a collection of recordings comprised of recorded telephone calls by Evan Doorbell, a former phone phreak that sought to archive the sounds of the old North American phone network for posterity. The raw material for most of these recordings consists of tapes recorded from the 1970s through the mid 1980s, although Evan has narrated many of them in recent years to provide a storyline and explanations of technical details. Hundreds of tapes have been publicly release on the official Evan Doorbell Phone Tapes website, and new tapes are still released on an ongoing basis.
Evan Doorbell's phone tapes, as they are commonly referred to, are today one of the most well-known and comprehensive sources of audio of now obsolete telephone switching equipment and long distance carrier systems. The recordings are highly esteemed by the phone phreaking community.
Recordings
Series | Recording | Recorded | Released | FLAC | MP3 |
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Overviews of the Analog Network | What Did the Old Telephone Network Sound Like? Overview of the Recordings (rough draft) | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Overviews of the Analog Network | Network Sounds of the 70's, part 1 | 1971-1981 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Overviews of the Analog Network | Network Sounds of the 70's, part 2 | 1976-1981 | FLAC | MP3 | |
How I Became a Phone Phreak | How I Became a Phone Phreak, part 1 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
How I Became a Phone Phreak | How I Became a Phone Phreak, part 2 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
How I Became a Phone Phreak | How I Became a Phone Phreak, part 3: Atlanta | September 1970 | FLAC | MP3 | |
How I Became a Phone Phreak | How I Became a Phone Phreak, part 4 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
How I Became a Phone Phreak | How I Became a Phone Phreak, part 5 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
How I Became a Phone Phreak | How I Became a Phone Phreak, part 6 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
How I Became a Phone Phreak | How I Became a Phone Phreak, part 7: The Dark Side of "Party Lines" | November 1970 | FLAC | MP3 | |
How I Became a Phone Phreak | How I Became a Phone Phreak, part 8: Kennedy Airport Phone Trip | December 1970 | FLAC | MP3 | |
How I Became a Phone Phreak | How I Became a Phone Phreak, part 9 | November 1970 | FLAC | MP3 | |
How I Became a Phone Phreak | How I Became a Phone Phreak, part 10 | December 1970 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, Introduction | FLAC | MP3 | ||
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 1: Calls to Centralized Intercept |
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FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 2: The Hempstead-White Plains Route | June 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 3: Anecdotes, Centralized Intercept, #5 Crossbar |
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FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 4: An Assortments of Calls via Hempstead Tandem 3 | June 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 5: Centralized Intercept Calls via New York 7 | February 1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 6: Calls to NY State's 315 NPA | 1977 Summer | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 7: More calls to NY State's 315 NPA | 1977 Summer | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 8: DDD from Panel, 4M Dialpulsing | 1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 9: DDD from #1 Crossbar, ANI Failures, NX1 Sounds | 1974-1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 10: Calls to -- and through -- NX1's | 1974-1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 11: Centralized Intercept, NX1 Test Board, NX1 Tandem calls | 1974-1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 12: More NX1's, Receiving a Stacked Call, Hempstead-White Plains Route | 1974-1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 13: DDD Demo Recordings, SP1 Tandems |
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The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 14: SP1's, SFing Augusta Step Tandem | 1976-1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 15: 4M & XBT Audible Dialpulsing, Calling France, Forced Reroutes | 1974-1982 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Sounds of Long Distance | The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm 16: 4A’s Revertive Pulsing, Short Long Distance NYC to NJ | 1974-1979 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Classic Tandem Stacking | January 1975 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
The MF Boogie Blues | The MF Boogie Blues 1 by Kim Lingo | 1971 early | FLAC | MP3 | |
The MF Boogie Blues | The MF Boogie Blues 2 by Kim Lingo | 1971 early | FLAC | MP3 | |
Phreaks from Esquire article on "052" conference | Phreaks from Esquire article on "052" conference, part 1 | January 1972 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Phreaks from Esquire article on "052" conference | Phreaks from Esquire article on "052" conference, part 2 | January 1972 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Dialing Those Mysterious "1xx" and "0xx" Codes | Dialing Those Mysterious "1xx" and "0xx" Codes | 1974-1980 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Dialing Those Mysterious "1xx" and "0xx" Codes | Dialing the "1xx" Codes from Greenville NC Coin Phones, part 1 | 1978, 1980 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Dialing Those Mysterious "1xx" and "0xx" Codes | Dialing the "1xx" Codes from Greenville NC Coin Phones, part 2 | 1978, 1980 | FLAC | MP3 | |
A HiFi 914 Routings tape | A HiFi 914 Routings tape, part 1 | December 1975 | FLAC | MP3 | |
A HiFi 914 Routings tape | A HiFi 914 Routings tape, part 2 | 1975 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The (1A ESS) Centrex Quirks of ‘83 | The (1A ESS) Centrex Quirks of ‘83, part 1 | 1982, 1983 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The (1A ESS) Centrex Quirks of ‘83 | The (1A ESS) Centrex Quirks of ‘83, part 2 | 1983, 1985 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The (1A ESS) Centrex Quirks of ‘83 | The (1A ESS) Centrex Quirks of ‘83, part 3 | 1983 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The (1A ESS) Centrex Quirks of ‘83 | The (1A ESS) Centrex Quirks of ‘83, part 4 | 1983, 1987 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Bill Acker demonstrating Jacksonville, NC Step by Step switch in a taped letter to another phone phreak (Carolina Tel & Tel) | April 1977 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines | Intro program to the "Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines" series | 1976 Fall | FLAC | MP3 | |
Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines | Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines, pgm 1 | 1976 Fall | FLAC | MP3 | |
Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines | Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines, pgm 2 | 1976 Fall | FLAC | MP3 | |
Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines | Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines, pgm 3 | 1976 Fall | FLAC | MP3 | |
SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem | SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem Pgm 1 (Switching Train Sheet) | 1979 | FLAC | MP3 | |
SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem | SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem Pgm 2 | 1979 | FLAC | MP3 | |
SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem | SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem Pgm 3 | 1979 | FLAC | MP3 | |
SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem | SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem Pgm 4 | 1979 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Atlanta's most rules-compliant COCOTs | Researching Atlanta's most rules-compliant COCOTs with Les, part 1 | February 1986 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Atlanta's most rules-compliant COCOTs | Researching Atlanta's most rules-compliant COCOTs with Les, part 2 | February 1986 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Atlanta's most rules-compliant COCOTs | Researching Atlanta's most rules-compliant COCOTs with Les, part 2 | February 1986 | FLAC | MP3 | |
GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY | GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY, part 1 | November 1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY | GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY, part 2 | November 1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY | GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY, part 3 | November 1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
NEptune 4 #1 Crossbar in Belle Harbor, Queens: Local Routings | May 1974 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
NYC Routings | NYC Routings, program 1970A | 1970 | FLAC | MP3 | |
NYC Routings | NYC Routings, program 1970B | 1970 | FLAC | MP3 | |
NYC Routings | NYC Routings, program 1973C | 1973 | FLAC | MP3 | |
NYC Routings | NYC Routings, program 1973D | 1973 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Bronx | The Bronx pgm. 1A: #1 Crossbar in the Grand Concourse C.O. | 1972-1978 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Bronx | The Bronx pgm. 1B: Grand Concourse #1 Crossbar, Pulse Conversion, Vesey 2 | 1972-1978 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Bronx | The Bronx pgm. 1C: #1 Crossbar in the Grand Concourse C.O. | January 1978 | FLAC | MP3 | |
The Bronx | Bronx pgm 2A: Grand Concourse Panel, direct trunks to interoffice panels | 1976-1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Ben's Tapes | Ben's Tapes 08 - Calls from Belle Harbor #1 Crossbar incl. Suburban Panel Sender Tandem and old Houston SAIS | December 1973 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Ben's Tapes | Ben's Tapes 09 through 21 (Program A) | 1974 early | FLAC | MP3 | |
Ben's Tapes | Ben's Tapes 09 through 21 (Program B) | 1973 late / 1974 early | FLAC | MP3 | |
Panel Pulsing Lover's Tape | 1977 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Test Lines & Mechanical Tones of the NY Area | What Was 4-5-0? Getting Into the Test Lines & Mechanical Tones of the NY Area (Part 1 of 3) | 1971-1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Test Lines & Mechanical Tones of the NY Area | What Was 4-5-0? Getting Into the Test Lines & Mechanical Tones of the NY Area (Part 2 of 3) | 1971-1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Test Lines & Mechanical Tones of the NY Area | What Was 4-5-0? Getting Into the Test Lines & Mechanical Tones of the NY Area (Part 3 of 3) | 1971-1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips | Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips, part 1: Barely Recordable Places | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips | Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips, part 2: Step in Colonial Beach | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips | Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips, part 3: NX2 in Ladysmith | August 1977 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips | Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips, part 4: Step in Bowling Green | 1978 Summer | FLAC | MP3 | |
Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips | Tidewater Virginia Phone Trips, part 5: NX2 in Hague | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Local Coin Control in the 1970s | 1975-1975, 2001 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Step in Harrisonburg VA | Step in Harrisonburg VA, part 1 | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Step in Harrisonburg VA | Step in Harrisonburg VA, part 2 (Includes "Local Carrier Sounds" Demo) | 1974-1986 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Step in Harrisonburg VA | Step Tributaries of Harrisonburg VA, part 1 | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Step in Harrisonburg VA | Step Tributaries of Harrisonburg VA, part 2 | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Toll Station in Shenandoah National Park VA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Step in Front Royal VA, listening with Bill in 2013 | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Bell #1 Step with CDO tones in Martinsburg WV, listening with Bill in 2013 | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Rough Draft of XY Step in Greencastle PA - Narrated with Bill Acker | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
NX1 Crossbar in Chambersburg PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
XY Step in Fayetteville PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Independent Steps in Gettysburg PA, Luray VA, and South Hill VA, including Callback Circuit Phreaking | August 1976, April 1975 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
NX1 Crossbar in New Oxford PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Step in Rawlinsville PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
ESC in Quarryville PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Step in Gap, PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Conestoga Tel&Tel | Conestoga Tel&Tel pgm. 1: ESC in Morgantown PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Conestoga Tel&Tel | Conestoga Tel&Tel pgm. 2: Step in Birdsboro PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Conestoga Tel&Tel | Conestoga Tel&Tel pgm. 3: Step in Oley PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Step with "St. Thomas" Dial Tone in New Tripoli PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
#1 ESS in Allentown PA including Coin Zone, (some 1974 stuff from Long Island included) | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Step in Pen Argyl PA | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
NX1 Crossbar in Belvedere NJ plus miscellaneous digressions | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Step in Oxford NJ | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Step in Great Meadows NJ | August 1976 | FLAC | MP3 | ||
Stromberg-Carlson ESC in Chancellor VA | August 1976 | 2016 | FLAC | MP3 | |
Fredericksburg VA #5 Crossbar | August 1976 | 2016 | FLAC | MP3 |