Wednesday, November 21, 2018
'David Attenborough: My Field Recordings from Across the Planet' – out November 23
By Tim Romain
After gathering dust for almost 60 years, the music recordings made by the nation’s beloved nature scientist have been compiled together on a special double CD, available to order now
![DA recording Dyak music in Longhouse, Borneo 1956 (c) David Attenborough.jpeg](/media/2422/da-recording-dyak-music-in-longhouse-borneo-1956-c-david-attenborough.jpeg?crop=0.0000000000000005052748343183,0.17416068664696785,0,0.2135556493597858&cropmode=percentage&width=1200&height=600&rnd=131872884690000000)
A young David Attenborough records Dyak music in a longhouse in Borneo, 1956 ©David Attenborough
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