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Kearney Barton (bonus): Full Photographic Gallery

by Chris Gergley, Sean Wolcott

Here's the full set of photos from the interview with the legendary Kearney Barton in print version of Tape Op issue 83. Also, the University of Washington now has an extensive searchable archive of Kearney's massive analog reel-to-reel archive that is available to the public.

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