Evan Doorbell's Phone Tapes (Group 1) https://evan-doorbell.com/group-1-playlist/ 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. no http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-podgen v1.1.0 https://podgen.readthedocs.org Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:53:19 +0000 Yes NX-1 Crossbar in Greenville NC, part 3 (June, 1974) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/GreenvilleNC3.mp3 717 Phreaks from Esquire article on “052” conference, part 1 (January, 1972) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/052p1.mp3 718 Phreaks from Esquire article on “052” conference, part 2 (January, 1972) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/052p2.mp3 720 Dialing Those Mysterious “1xx” and “0xx” Codes (1974-1980) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/1xx0xx.mp3 723 “311” and Other Spontaneous Conferences (1971-86) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/311etc.mp3 725 471 Conference in Far Rockaway, NY (1974) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/471conf.mp3 727 Phreaks and Folks on Hempstead NY Vacant Code Conference, part 1 (June, 1971) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/5166L1.mp3 728 Inside Jokes: Les’ Incoming Messages (1978-1982) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Hello.mp3 729 Phreaks and Folks on Hempstead NY Vacant Code Conference, part 2 (June, 1971) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/5166L2.mp3 730 A HiFi 914 Routings tape, part 1 (December, 1975) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HiFi914p1.mp3 731 Phreaks and Folks on Hempstead NY Vacant Code Conference, part 3 (December, 1971) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/5166L3.mp3 733 Bruce from Yonkers’s story of The 790 Conference (warning: contains graphic material) (1976) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/790_Story.mp3 735 The Sounds of Long Distance, Introduction https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD00.mp3 738 Early 80s Phreaking pgm. 3: George, The Interactive Answering Machine https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Early80s03-George.mp3 744 Ben’s Early Tapes From a Belle Harbor #1 Crossbar Line: Tape 8 (December 1973) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/BensTape08.mp3 757 Ben’s Early Tapes 9-21 from Belle Harbor #1 Crossbar, pgm. B (Winter 1973-74) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/BensTape09-B.mp3 759 Ben’s Early Tapes 9-21 from Belle Harbor #1 Crossbar, pgm. A (Winter 1973-74) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/BensTape09-A.mp3 760 A HiFi 914 Routings tape, part 2 (1975) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HiFi914p2.mp3 762 GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY, part 2 (November, 1977) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/GE9_2.mp3 767 GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY, part 3 (November, 1977) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/GE9_3.mp3 770 East Lake Audichron Conference in Decatur GA, part 1 (February, 1978) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/EastLakeConf1.mp3 776 Local Coin Control in the 1970s (1975-1978, 2001) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/CoinControl.mp3 779 Step in Gap, PA (August 1976) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/GapPA.mp3 786 How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 1 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak01.mp3 796 Dom Tuffy calls his office https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Dom_Tuffy_1.mp3 802 Dialing the “1xx” Codes from Greenville NC Coin Phones, part 1 (1978,1980) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Greenville1xxp1.mp3 803 Dom Tuffy calls Bell System prospects https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Dom_Tuffy_2A.mp3 804 Dialing the “1xx” Codes from Greenville NC Coin Phones, part 2 (1978,1980) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Greenville1xxp2.mp3 805 Dom Tuffy calls the DeFuniac Telephone Company https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Dom_Tuffy_2B.mp3 806 Dom Tuffy busts Trace Street https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Dom_Tuffy_3.mp3 807 How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 2 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak02.mp3 809 Early80’s Pgm. 8: The 526 Conference Begins, May 1981 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Early80s08-526Conf.mp3 811 Early 80s Pgm. 9: The 526 Conference Ends, May 1981 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Early80s09-526Conf.mp3 813 Early 80s pgm. 11: Troubles in Rome GA (July 1981) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Early80s11-Rome.mp3 815 Bell #355 Step in Kent CT (August 1980) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/KentCT.mp3 822 NX-1 Crossbar in Greenville NC, part 2 (June, 1974) (Extended Version) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/GreenvilleNC2long.mp3 824 How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 3: Atlanta in Sept., 1970 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak03.mp3 825 How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 4 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak04.mp3 826 How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 5 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak05.mp3 827 How I Became a Phone Phreak pgm. 7: The Dark Side of “Party Lines,” November 1970 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak07-rough.mp3 828 How Evan Doorbell became a Phone Phreak, part 6 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak06.mp3 829 How I Became a Phone Phreak pgm.8: Kennedy Airport Phone Trip, December 1970 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak08.mp3 830 How I Became a Phone Phreak pgm. 10, December 1970 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak10.mp3 831 How I Became a Phone Phreak pgm. 9 (Nov-Dec 1970) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak09.mp3 832 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 1: Calls to Centralized Intercept (February 1977, June 1976) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD01.mp3 837 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 3:Anecdotes, Centralized Intercept, #5 Crossbar (February 1977, June 1976) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD03.mp3 838 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 2: The Hempstead-White Plains Route (June 1976) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD02.mp3 839 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 5: Centralized Intercept Calls via New York 7 (February 1977) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD05.mp3 841 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 6: Calls to NY State’s 315 NPA (Summer 1977) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD06.mp3 842 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 7: More calls to NY State’s 315 NPA (Summer 1977) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD07.mp3 843 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 8: DDD from Panel, 4M Dialpulsing (1977) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD08.mp3 844 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 9: DDD from #1 Crossbar, ANI Failures, NX1 Sounds (1974-1977) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD09.mp3 845 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 10: Calls to — and through — NX1’s (1974-1976) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD10.mp3 846 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 12: More NX1’s, Receiving a Stacked Call, Hempstead-White Plains Route (1974-1977) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD12.mp3 847 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 11: Centralized Intercept, NX1 Test Board, NX1 Tandem calls (1974-1976) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD11.mp3 848 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 14: SP1’s, SFing Augusta Step Tandem (1976-77) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD14.mp3 849 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 13: DDD Demo Recordings (1971-1975), SP1 Tandems (1976) 850 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm 16: 4A’s Revertive Pulsing, Short Long Distance NYC to NJ (1974-1979) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD16.mp3 851 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 15: 4M & XBT Audible Dialpulsing, Calling France, Forced Reroutes (1974-1982) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD15.mp3 852 Intro program to the “Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines” series, Fall 1976 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LifeInsurTielines0.mp3 854 Bell System #1 Step in downtown Raleigh NC, part 3 (Sept., 1979) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/RalSxS3.mp3 857 Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines, pgm 1 PARTIAL, Fall 1976 (ends abruptly) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LifeInsurTielines1.mp3 858 Bell System #1 Step in downtown Raleigh NC, part 4 (Sept., 1979) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/RalSxS4.mp3 861 Ring and Busy Tones in North America, a 1970s Narration, 1971-73 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/RingBusy01.mp3 867 NEptune 4 #1 Crossbar in Belle Harbor, Queens: Local Routings, part 1 (May, 1974) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/RoutNE4p1.mp3 883 Group Bell’s Salute to Operators (1974/1978) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Salute_To_Operators.mp3 887 Two Early Voice Recognition Systems (1972-74, 1980) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/VR.mp3 892 Network Sounds of the 70’s, part 1 (1971-1981) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/NetSounds1.mp3 898 Network Sounds of the 70’s, part 2 (1976-1981) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/NetSounds2.mp3 899 Bell System #1 Step in downtown Raleigh NC, part 1 (Sept., 1979) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/RalSxS1.mp3 904 What Did the Old Telephone Network Sound Like? Overview of the Recordings (rough draft) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Overview-rough.mp3 908 The “Voomph” Tape (Ben & Evan’s satire) (1974) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Voomph.mp3 910 Please Hang Up – Permanent Signal Recordings (1971-1983) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/PSRecs.mp3 912 Phone Trips Song https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/PhoneTripsSong.mp3 919 So. California Phone Trips part 1: Van Nuys #5 Crossbar (Summer, 1974) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/SoCal1.mp3 921 How I Became a Phone Phreak pgm. 11, December 1970 https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/HowBPhreak11.mp3 929 The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm. 4: An Assortments of Calls via Hempstead Tandem 3 (June 1976) (Standalone Edition) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/LD04standalone.mp3 1121 So. California Phone Trips part 2: Misc. Van Nuys Phun Stuff (Summer, 1974) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/SoCal2.mp3 1123 So. California Phone Trips part 3: GTE Step in Indio (Summer, 1974) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/SoCal3-Indio.mp3 1125 Bell System #1 Step in downtown Raleigh NC, part 2 (Sept., 1979) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/RalSxS2.mp3 1126 GEdney 9 Panel in Brooklyn NY, part 1 (November, 1977) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/GE9_1.mp3 1233 Supplemental Sounds of Step, part 1 (1974,’77,’80) 1418 Supplemental Sounds of Step, part 2, Atlanta’s TRinity office (1979) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/SupplStep2.mp3 1420 Supplemental Sounds of Step, part 3, Atlanta’s TRinity office (1979) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/SupplStep3.mp3 1422 Conversation with Tom Duffy (1972) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/TJD72-04.mp3 1424 What Was 4-5-0? Getting Into the Test Lines & Mechanical Tones of the NY Area, 1971-77 (Part 1 of 3) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/WhatWas450p1of3.mp3 1468 What Was 4-5-0? Getting Into the Test Lines & Mechanical Tones of the NY Area, 1971-77 (Part 2 of 3) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/WhatWas450p2of3.mp3 1470 What Was 4-5-0? Getting Into the Test Lines & Mechanical Tones of the NY Area, 1971-77 (Part 3 of 3) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/WhatWas450p3of3.mp3 1472 ZZZZZZ Part 1 (1971-1974) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Zp1.mp3 1484 ZZZZZZ Part 2 (1971-1974) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Zp2.mp3 1486 ZZZZZZ Part 3 (1974-1976) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/Zp3.mp3 1488 Classic Tandem Stacking (January, 1975) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/classtack1.mp3 1490 Telephone Sounds in Great Britain – Part 1(Narrated by Andrew Emerson) (Hum Removed) (Nov 1971) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/emmerson1-hm.mp3 1492 Telephone Sounds in Great Britain – Part 2 (Narrated by Andrew Emerson) (hum removed & EQ corrected) (Nov 1971) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/emmerson2-hm+eq.mp3 1496 NX-1 Crossbar in Greenville NC, part 1 (June, 1974) https://evan-doorbell.com/wp-content/uploads/GreenvilleNC1.mp3 1522