WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM YOU NUT JOB? it is pretty unique .. I have never heard this before! keep it coming, sure I will use it at some point. and don't be shy to respond my friend. Peace & Light.

Weird & Love it .. fucking hate BT though.

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Vintage Telephone Sound Ringtones

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Special Operator What Number Ya Calling? What Number Ya Calling?

Spesh Operator What Number Ya Calling Please? What Number?

Download the m4r version of this ringtone at ElmerCat.org/phone/ringtones/

This 20 second ringtone features the famous Jane Barbe, counting backwards towards zero. You'll know how much time you have left to answer before the call goes to Voice Jail!

(samples from Evan Doorbell's library at PhoneTrips.com)




Jane Barbe - Countdown Ring 20sec (know how much time you have to answer!)

Download the m4r version of this ringtone at ElmerCat.org/phone/ringtones/

This is a simple "City Ring" ringback tone from the famous GEdney-9 Panel exchange, located in New York Telephone's 77th Street central office building. More information at ElmerCat.org/category/gedney/

Elmer's Vintage Telephone Sound Ringtones
Mashup's made with samples from Evan Doorbell's historic collection at PhoneTrips.com

GEdney-9 Panel City Ring (1930's-70's New York City electromechanical exchange ringing sound)

Download the m4r version of this ringtone at ElmerCat.org/phone/ringtones/

The charming and talented Kitty Carlisle sings vintage telephone sweep test tones in this slightly alarming and somewhat annoying ringtone.

Elmer's Vintage Telephone Sound Ringtones
Mashup's made with samples from Evan Doorbell's historic collection at PhoneTrips.com

Kitty Carlisle

Kitty Carlisle - Sweep Tone Ring (sounds were used for testing telephone circuit frequency response)

Throxter British Ring (by request: vintage British 'Strowger' telephone sounds)

Download the m4r version of this ringtone at ElmerCat.org/phone/ringtones/

(cameo voice appearance by the great Jane Barbe)
 
A medley of quaint Intercept Operator sayings, also featuring sounds from the famous GEdney-9 Panel exchange, located in New York Telephone's 77th Street central office building. More information at ElmerCat.org/category/gedney/

Elmer's Vintage Telephone Sound Ringtones 
Mashup's made with samples from Evan Doorbell's historic collection at PhoneTrips.com


GEdney-9 Didja Dial Ring (a mash-up of REAL intercept operators w/ Jane Barbe cameo)

Multi-Frequency pulsing from an NX1, followed by MF pulsing from a tandem switch, completing to a gritty Crossbar ring. (sampled from actual, vintage electro mechanical sounds in Evan Doorbell's library at PhoneTrips.com)

Double MF Crossbar Ring (vintage, extinct, electromechanical telephone signaling sounds)

Sampled from Evan Doorbell's library of vintage telephone sounds at PhoneTrips.com: 
 "The Sounds of Long Distance - Part 4"

Cameron, West Virginia CMRNWVXA - Machine Intercept Rec. (vintage sound / authentic local accent)

Kitty Carlisle in Montreal, Quebec - Singing 250 "No Such Number"

In addition to the fabulous noises made by the Panel exchange supervision test, the analog amplifiers in the wire trunk connection add a rich and beautiful background noise.

More...

Brooklyn to Manhattan "Panel" Supervision Test - (wonderful "Wire Trunk Repeater" background noise)

Bahamas - "Vacant Code" Recording (featuring Jane Barbe / 1970's analog sound)

Long Island City, New York NYCQNYLI - Ringback Tone (#1 Crossbar relay microphonics background sounds)

Are You Dialin' A Numba'?!

Didja

Frank Oglesby - Attention Passengers, the next Blue Line train to Wonderland is now arriving.

Elmer has always loved playing with the telephone!

Many of these sounds were originally made by analog, electromechanical equipment that no longer exists today.

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Many of the tracks were made by sampling Evan Doorbell's precious library of vintage telephone sounds at PhoneTrips.com. Evan made extensive, analog recordings of the electromechanical sounds made by the telephone switching network in the 1970's. I recommend visiting PhoneTrips.com and listen to Evan's fascinating presentations in their entirety to learn more about what these now extinct sounds were all about.

Now, keep these vintage sounds alive!

Some tracks are intended as Mash-Up cell phone ringtones and alert-tones. You may download them directly from this site to use on your own devices.

Banish embarrassing ringtones like "Marimba" from your life, once and for all!

( If you require a tone in "iOS M4R" format, please go to ElmerCat.org/ringtones. )

Throxter British Ring (by request: vintage British 'Strowger' telephone sounds)

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