Site updates will be listed here for posterity, as well as an easy way to quickly find any new content since your last visit.
November 29, 2024
Added Tapes 0347, 0370A, and 0370B to the Raw Tapes – Long Distance Preservation page.
November 20, 2024
Added The Fire pgm.7 to the Production page.
October 24, 2024
Added The Sounds of Long Distance pgm. 17 (LD17) to the Production Page.
August 1, 2024
Added The Fire pgm.6 to the Production page.
July 2, 2024
Added The Fire pgm. 5 to the Production page.
June 15, 2024
Added The Fire pgm. 4 to the Production page (Updated on June 15, 2024)
April 26, 2024
Added The Fire pgm. 3 to the Production page. Also re-uploaded the Early 80s pgm 12 to fix an error.
April 18, 2024
Site moved to a new server since the old server was full.
April 8, 2024
Added The Fire pgm. 2 to the Production page. This is the second of several planned parts about the 2nd Avenue central office fire in New York City. Recorded by Even and Ben in February 1975.
The Fire pgm. 1 has been replaced with an update for better sound quality. If you have already downloaded it, please download it again.
April 4, 2024
Added The Fire pgm. 1 to the Production page. This is the first of several planned parts about the 2nd Avenue central office fire in New York City. Recorded by Ben and Evan in February 1975.
December 31, 2023
The new Evan Doorbell site is launched! This was over a year in the making. We hope you enjoy the new site!
September 23, 2023
New Raw Tapes: Group Bell Master #39, parts 1 through 4 have been uploaded to the New York City preservation page.
February 26, 2023
How to be a Phreak Part 11 has been uploaded to the Production page.
January 15, 2023
Researching ConTelNet CCSA, pgm. 3, July 1980 & March 1981 has been added to the Production page.
October 29, 2022
A replacement for The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm 8 has been posted to the Production page. This is a replacement to correct audio defects.
September 17, 2022
Updates to the Warwick, NY programs 2 and 3. These are the final production versions and have been added to the Production Page.
August 7, 2022
Shortwave clips from 1982, Tape 3 side A has been added to the Production Page.
July 30, 2022
Shortwave clips from 1982, Tape 2 side B has been added to the Production Page.
July 17, 2022
Shortwave clips from 1982, Tape 2 side A has been added to the Production Page.
July 10, 2022
Shortwave clips from 1982, Tape 1 side B has been added to the Production Page.
July 6, 2022
Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines, pgm 3 (Fall 1976) has been added to the Production page.
July 2, 2022
Shortwave clips from 1982, Tape 1 side A has been added to the Production Page.
February 21, 2022
Exploring the Life Insurance Tie-lines, pgms 1 and 2 (Fall 1976) have been added to the Production page.
January 2, 2022
Bronx pgm 2A: Grand Concourse Panel, direct trunks to interoffice panels (1976-77) has been added to the Production page.
May 1, 2021
Raw tapes 0376 and 0489 (NYC Preservation) have been replaced with new versions with improved sound quality.
April 24, 2021
New York City Preservation Raw Tape 0246 has been updated and 0260 has been added.
April 17, 2021
Warwick & 914 Program #14: Nyack Sector has been released
April 13, 2021
Warwick & 914, pgm. 13 has been updated for minor sound quality corrections.
March 12, 2021
Warwick & 914, pgm. 13: Nyack XBT Sector via N1 Carrier from Mamaroneck NY #5 Crossbar has been released.
February 26, 2021
Warwick and the 914 Area, pgm. 12: Long Distance Calls from Florida NY Step has been released.
February 25, 2021
The Warwick and the 914 Area of NY, pgm. 11 has been updated.
February 20, 2021
Warwick and the 914 Area of NY, pgm. 11: Local calls from Florida NY Step (February 1977) has been added to the Production page.
September 12, 2020
The Bronx pgm. 1C: #1 Crossbar in the Grand Concourse C.O., Jan 1978 has been added to the Production page.
July 30, 2020
The Bronx pgm. 1B: #1 Crossbar in the Grand Concourse C.O., 1972-78 has been added to the Production page.
July 19, 2020
GTE/Leich CXP-5’s: McCormick SC part 2, March 1977; Stanardsville VA outage, Feb 1981 has been added to the Production page
July 10, 2020
The Bronx Pgm 1A has been updated for minor corrections. Please download the updated file.
June 26, 2020
The Bronx pgm. 1A: #1 Crossbar in the Grand Concourse C.O., 1972-78 has been added to the Production page.
April 19, 2020
Lexington 2, Lexington 3, Batesburg, Saluda, and Edgefield have all been replaced with new versions to correct an EQ issue.
April 16, 2020
McCormick SC part 1 has been updated to correct errors and hum-reduction artifacts.
March 20, 2020
GTE/Leich CXP-5 Crosspoint Switch in McCormick SC part 1 has been added to the Production page.
March 9, 2020
Bell #355 Step on a Long Cable Pair from Edgefield, SC has been added to the Production page.
March 5, 2020
Lexington, SC Program 3 has been added to the Production page.
February 29, 2020
Lexington, SC Program 1 has been updated on the Production page. If you have downloaded this previously, please download the new version.
February 27, 2020
Lexington, SC Program 2 has been added to the Production page.
February 15, 2020
XY Step with TSD in Saluda, SC has been added to the Production page.
January 27, 2020
Batesburg, SC #355 Step has been added to the Production page.
January 26, 2020
The North Carolina Phone Trips page in the Raw Tapes collection has been changed to the Carolinas Phone Trips page.
January 11, 2020
The following files have been added to the Carolinas Phone Trips page:
Rock Hill SC Step; Rock Hill SC #1EAX; Lexington SC Senderized Step
McCormick SC CXP-5 Crosspoint with TSD; Atlanta GA 63 Step; Chamblee GA Bell Senderized Step
Lexington SC Senderized Step; Batesville SC Bell Step CDO on long cable pair
Saluda SC XY Step with TSD; Edgefield Bell Step CDO on long cable pair; McCormick SC CXP-5 Crosspoint with TSD
The following files have been added to the Atlanta Preservation page:
McCormick SC CXP-5 Crosspoint with TSD; Atlanta GA 63 Step; Chamblee GA Bell Senderized Step
August 3, 2019
Allentown #1ESS has been added to the Production page. Conestoga Telephone Parts 1 and 2 (Morgantown and Birdsboro) on the Production page have been updated.
July 31, 2019
A long time in the making, the entire production page has been reorganized and resorted. This is in conjunction with Evan’s SoundCloud and YouTube pages. So now all three places are consistent. In addition, there is a new “Group 1” page for people who are new to Evan’s phone trips.
June 30, 2019
Step in Fayetteville PA, August 1976 and Step in Rawlinsville PA. August 1976 have been added to the Production page.
June 15, 2019
The rough draft for an Overview of the Analog Telephone Network Recordings has been updated.
June 7, 2019
A rough draft of an Overview of the Analog Telephone Network Recordings is now on the Productions page.
May 19, 2019
The Voomph tape has been updated with an “improved sound” version.
April 30, 2019
Added raw tapes 0521Y, 0521Z, and 0522 (parts 1 & 2) to Georgia Phone Trips page.
February 12, 2019
Warwick program 7 has been updated.
November 21, 2018
Added raw tapes 0592, 0594, and 0628 to Long Distance Preservation page.
November 16, 2018
How to be a Phreak Part 10 has been uploaded.
October 19, 2018
How to be a Phreak Part 9 has been uploaded.
March 28, 2018
Quarryville, PA narration has been updated.
March 24, 2018
Newly narrated tapes – NX1 Crossbar in Chambersburg PA and ESC in Quarryville PA (both from August 1976) added to the Production page.
March 17, 2018
Tidewater #1 production tape has been revised and extended (King George, VA portion.
March 11, 2018
Newly added tape to the Production page: Early 80s pgm. 13: Odd Ring Tones, A Remote New York City Dialtone, Time Announcements, 1981 – 1983
February 25, 2018
A replacement for the SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem Program 4 has been posted. Please replace if you’ve already downloaded this file with the new one.
February 8, 2018
Newly added tapes to the Long Distance Preservation page: 0415A, 0415B, 0424A, 0424B, 0617, 0621, 0624, 0631. Also replacement files for 0009 and 0010 have been posted to the NYC Preservation page.
January 18, 2018
A number of new tapes have been added to the Long Distance Preservation page (0023, 0074, 0283, 0354, 0456, 0640 & 0640 alternative mix).
November 25, 2017
SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem Program 4 has been posted.
October 7, 2017
How Evan Doorbell became a Phreak program 8 is now available on the Production page.
October 2, 2017
Added two new additions to the Production page:
- “SF Mapping the Gainesville GA Step Tandem” program 3.
- The long awaited “How Evan Doorbell became a Phreak” Program 7.
September 23, 2017
Final versions of the “SF Janning the Gainesville GA Step Tandem” programs 1 and 2 have been posted, replacing the original shelved projects. Program 3 will be posted soon.
September 16, 2017
Catching up with adding files that were originally released on Evan Doorbell’s Soundcloud page but were never released here. Archive quality versions of these files are now on the Production page.
August 9, 2017
Added tapes 0706 and 0717 to Main Group: Atlanta raw tape page.
August 8, 2017
Added Early 80s Pgm. 12: Oil Company CCSA (continued), January 1982 to Production page.
July 13, 2017
A new section is now open on the Raw Tapes section – California Raw Tapes.
June 4, 2017
Added Warwick/914 Programs 9 and 10 to the Production page.
March 29, 2017
Two updated and remastered files to the Production page: Rock Hill Telephone Company (Part 2) and Prince William County VA, pgm. 3.
March 19, 2017
New Production Tape: The Commerce GA Area, Pgm. 3: Sounds from Commerce NX1; Homer & Braselton XYs, April 1977
Updated Production Tape: Toll Station in Shenandoah National Park VA, (August, 1976)
March 9, 2017
Two new production tapes: 1) Warwick and the 914 Area pgm. 7: Senderized Step in Washingtonville NY, February 1977. 2) Warwick and the 914 Area pgm. 8: Senderized Step in Monroe NY, February 1977
February 23, 2017
Early 80s pgm. 10: Cognitronics’ Early Announcing Systems on Phone and Short Wave (1972 – 1981).
December 27, 2016
1) Kent, CT #355 Step added to Production page
2) Early 80s pgm. 11: Troubles in Rome GA added to Production Page. (NOTE: Program 10 has not yet been produced. We didn’t skip it – Evan hasn’t yet narrated it!)
December 20, 2016
1) Warwick/Area Code 914 Program 1 has been replaced with an updated draft. If you have downloaded this in the past, please replace it with this file.
2) New Warwick/Area Code 914 Program 6 is now available for download on the Production page.
December 18, 2016
New Raw Tape added to the Main Group – New York page: New York Telephone’s IDDD (International Direct Distance Dial) tone demonstration recordings (GBM02-3-05).
October 18, 2016
The Warwick/Area Code 914 series is now available in the Production section. The first four parts are ROUGH DRAFTS while the fifth part is the final version.
October 16, 2016
An updated version of Belvedere, NJ is now on the Production page. Please update your version accordingly.
September 15, 2016
Added Tape 0034 to Short Long Distance page.
June 19, 2016
Production Tapes:
Greenville (unedited original) – FLAC file fixed
Raw Tapes:
New Long Distance Preservation Tapes: 0325, 0538, 0568, 0571, 0588
Miscellaneous fixes:
Pennsylvania raw trips page spelling fix
Atlanta Raw Tapes fixed: Tapes 0139 (Part 2), 0499 (Part 2), 1131 and 1132 (Parts 1 and 2) (Check FLAC and MP3 for all).
June 2, 2016
New Production Page tape – Early 80s Pgm. 9: The 526 Conference Ends, May 1981
May 21, 2016
New Production Page tape – Early80’s Pgm. 8: The 526 Conference Begins, May 1981
April 30, 2016
Corrections – GBM41-1-05 was incorrectly placed in Short Long Distance, it should only be in Long Distance Preservation.
April 21, 2016
Added Lexington, SC Pgm 1 to Production tapes page.
April 3, 2016
Added Great Meadows, NJ and Outtakes in Context to Production page. Published a remastered How to be a Phone Phreak Program #6 to the Production Page. Added Tape #167 A and B to Virginia Phone Tapes in the Raw Tapes section.
March 13, 2016
Added Belvedere, NJ and Oxford, NJ to production page.
March 5, 2016
Added Gap, PA and Pen Argyl, PA to Production page.
February 27, 2016
Added Early 80s program 6 to Production page.
February 23, 2016
Added Early 80s Program 7, and Remastered versions of Fredericksburg, VA 5XB and Chancellor, VA ESC programs.
January 16, 2016
Added two new production tapes: Early 80s Phreaking pgm 5 and Commerce GA Area Pgm. 2.
November 22, 2015
Added the following tapes to the Long Distance preservation raw tapes: 0153, 0245, 0431.
November 10, 2015
New files: Early 80s Phreaking with an Apple II computer.
July 11, 2015
New files: Opening sounder for Los Angeles Joke Line “Z”, circa 1971
May 21, 2015
New files: Ben’s Tapes 08 and 09 through 21, How to simulate AIS using modern techniques, all 96 AIS tracks, and “Not Jane” and the Commerce, GA Area.
Remastered: Carolina Tel. part 8: Stantonsburg, NC.
April 25, 2015
All the high quality Production files have been converted to FLAC. Please download the FLAC files and enjoy!
NEW Production Tapes – Calls from Belle Harbor #1 Crossbar incl. Suburban Panel Sender Tandem and old Houston SAIS (December 1973) and “Not Jane” and the Commerce GA Area (1973-1983).
New Raw Tapes – Tape 0817 – Ben’s Centrex Tape (Parts 1 and 2) in the Main Group New York and New York City preservation directories.
April 18, 2015
I finally found a solution to the large file problem I’ve been plagued with for the last few months. I found a good “cloud storage” solution, so I’ve moved all the Raw Tapes to the cloud. Both FLAC and MP3 files for all the Raw Tapes are now available. If you are new to FLAC, it is a lossless compressed WAV file. You can either play it directly with Winamp, or decompress it back to the original WAV file without any loss of sound quality. The encode/decode program can be found here. I’ll move the production files (both FLAC and MP3) to the cloud soon.
January 31, 2015
New Production Files – Rock Hill Telephone Company ESC and Step.
January 24, 2015
New Production Files – Asheboro, NC Pentaconta Crossbar (Parts 1 through 4)
January 17, 2015
Newly remastered Production File – New Oxford, PA NX1
Newly added Raw Tapes – Raleigh, NC Step by Step in North Carolina section.
January 10, 2015
We will be moving from WAV files to FLAC files. FLAC files are compressed WAV files (lossless) that can be easily expanded back to WAV files. We will add a few for now and see how the web host handles the file capacity. We may have them up for newly added files for a limited time, so if you see a FLAC file you want, get it now!
November 24, 2014
For the time being, all WAV files have been removed from the site. They were taking up way too much room. Many GB of files! The web hosting company was not amused, so for now I have removed them. What I will do in the future is put them back on the site for NEWLY added files and only have them there for a short while. I just want the dust to settle for now and add them back slowly. Otherwise this site will cease to exist. So please bear with me. Thanks!
October 12, 2014
New Production Tape – The Sounds of Long Distance, pgm 16: 4A’s Revertive Pulsing, Short Long Distance NYC to NJ (1974-1979).
New Raw Tapes – Many Group Bell Master (GBM) tapes have been added. They are in the New York City Preservation, Long Distance Preservation, Short Long Distance Preservation (new section), New York Miscellaneous, Virginia Phone Trips (new section) and Other Areas section.
June 1, 2014
New Production Tapes – Step with “St. Thomas” Dial Tone in New Tripoli PA, August 1976, Conestoga Tel&Tel pgm. 1: ESC in Morgantown PA, August 1976. Conestoga Tel&Tel pgm. 2: Step in Birdsboro PA, August 1976, Conestoga Tel&Tel pgm. 3: Step in Oley PA, August 1976
May 23, 2014
New Production Tapes – Florida (Siemens) Motor Switches (pgm. 6)
April 20, 2014
New Production Tape – Florida (Siemens) Motor Switches (pgm. 5)
February 22, 2014
New Production Tapes – Florida (Siemens) Motor Switches (pgm. 4) and NYC Routings.
February 15, 2014
Two new sets of tapes
Production – New York City Routings
Raw Tapes – 0166 (FIeldstone-7 #1 Crossbar) in New York City Preservation.
January 13, 2014
New Section (Conferences) in the Raw Tapes section.
January 1, 2014
The Atlanta Preservation section is done, at least for the moment (or whenever Evan decides to digitize the “B” set of Atlanta tapes).
December 2, 2013
A complete redo of the Raw Tapes section
The section got so big (and will get MUCH bigger) that I separated the Raw Tapes into sections. This will accommodate the MANY MANY tapes that Evan is in in the process of digitization for the site.
MANY new Raw Tapes have been added!
November 11, 2013
Another update!
Evan has released a bunch of his Atlanta Preservation raw tapes. Other tapes have been moved to new sections.
November 10, 2013
Evan has been busy with releases of new production tapes and partially completed production tapes that he wishes to share.
- Florida Siemens Motor Switch series (3 parts)
- Step switches in Front Royal, VA and Martinsburg, WV (conversations with Bill from New York)
- The 1/1AESS Centrex Quirks series (3 parts)
- Life Insurance TIE lines series (2 parts, partial)
- SF Janning the Gainesville, GA step tandem (2 parts, partial)
September 1, 2013
Evan Doorbell’s new home on the web has been established! All of Evan’s previously narrated (production) tapes are all online at his new home as well as newly released raw tapes from New York City/Long Island area, Quebec and elsewhere.