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A Private Phone

from Lost Temple by Dominique Cyprès

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The tape sampled in this track has the FBI catalog number Q618 and records a spring 1976 phone call between Garry Lambrev, who was then a member of Peoples Temple, and Liz Forman, who had left the community: jonestown.sdsu.edu?page_id=28202

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Hello?

How're you doing, kid?

Garry?

Yeah

Oh, God am I glad to hear from you
Eva, I've got it

Listen, I've got a message for you from our friend

Okay, hon, just a second, okay?

Okay
I'll hang on

Eva
Eva
Can you hang up the phone?
Garry, I thought Jean Brown was going to be calling

Jean Brown?

Yeah, because, see, Jean Brown, um
called Bruce, and I said,
"Call her back and tell her where I am
Give her the number"

Hm, I know nothing about it

Yeah, this just happened a few minutes ago
So when the phone rang I thought
oh, that must be Jean
Oh, Garry, I'm so glad to hear from you

Um, LIz, it's really weird calling you like this
but listen, I want you to hear this message

Okay

I, um
Could you just listen to it straight?
If you have any questions or comments or whatever
just, you know, like, bring them up

Okay, where are you, Garry?

I'm calling from a private phone

A private phone?

Yeah

You're all by yourself?

Yeah

You're not being taped?
I don't believe this

No

Oh, well, it's okay if I am
Go ahead

Okay
Listen,
Jim and Marcie have really great love for you
And, uh, Jim hates to see you make this mistake
And you know there's strength in numbers
I mean, you've done it too
You've been part of this long enough

I know there's strength where?

You know that there's strength in numbers
All the numbers we have
We really hate to see you burn your bridges behind you, kid
Really do
You know this is a place of protection
and love

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from Lost Temple, released November 30, 2021
Samples the Federal Bureau of Investigation's RYMUR case tapes, obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests and generously shared with the public by the Jonestown Institute.

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Student of synth, connoisseur of warm analog sounds, and jack of all trades.

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