Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-XXXX is to be stored in a standard 5m x 5m x 5m containment chamber with a thick (~5cm) layer of steel. It must be stored in its plastic sleeve, inside of the white record cover and placed upright against the table leg. The cell's table should be wooden and should feature a █ turntable with the lid closed on top. A wooden chair should be positioned adjacent to the table.
All personnel is authorized to enter the cell.
NOTE: DUE TO LACK OF EXPERIMENTATION AND RESEARCH. At any time of interaction, only one person should be in the cell and under any circumstances they should not vacate the cell. Both sides of SCP-XXXX must be played before vacation and during this course the subject should NOT move from the provided chair.
Description: SCP-XXXX is a 45 RPM record. The record is black with a circular white film in the center measured at 3cm x 3cm in diameter.
The record's sides are labeled 'Side 1' and 'Side 2' and feature two tracks per side. The tracks are all derived from the twentieth century and are similar in musical type [It must be noted that 'Eu Ouço Falar' is anomalous to the other tracks].
Side 1A: 'Solace' by Scott Joplin, performed by Marvin Hamlisch.
Side 1B: 'La Mer' by Django Reinhardt.
Side 2A: 'Eu Ouço Falar' by Francisco Alves.
Side 2B: 'For Sentimental Reasons' by Django Reinhardt.
The turntable does not require any PHONO, speakers or amplifiers - the turntable appears to be self-dependent and the tracks are distinctly audible at an estimated 75 decibels (Eu Ouço Falar is an exception at a notable 68 decibels). Subjects have noted that the sound is stereo rather than mono even though there is no discernable output for the volume. Experiments involving SCP-1038 have taken place, attempting to connect the turntable to speakers.
Upon interaction with SCP-XXXX, it is recorded that the subject experiences feelings of melancholy, cheerfulness, and nostalgia.
Courtesy of 'Experiment 1' from 'Ammendum 1X' and the nature of the song's production, researcher Dr. █ █ has aligned each scene with geographical locations:
- Solace - Germany
- La Mer and For Sentimental Reasons - France
- Eu Ouço Falar - Latin-America/Spain/Portugal
It is hypothesized by Dr. █ █ that the two musicians playing in the Jazz-bar was Django Reinhardt, distinguished by his mustache and hair. Also claiming that he had three fingers. The other being Stéphane Grappelli.
Addendum 1X - Experimentation Log:
Report from Class-C '9399' on the 12/05/2011:
Room Transformation:
- The room changed very quickly
- Like an infection from the bottom of the table leg - grew quickly and stretched the entire surface of the cell
Solace:
- An old room
- Greyscale-yellowed lighting
- Old-style window
- Vintage furniture: wooden tables and chairs, white walls contrasted with dark-oak wooden ceilings and floors
- Possibly a military [Class-C 9399 is referring to his view outside the window] or a band parade?
- Nazi symbolism and paraphernalia inside the house suggesting that it is in Germany
- The people outside wear older clothing: suits, German lederhosen, suspenders/overalls, trilbies
- Smoking - definitely an old Germany. Possibly pre-war?
La Mer:
- A lot of people. Speaking French?
- A club or bar - possibly a jazz-bar?
- I'm sitting at a table: A Frenchman is on my right and two women on my left
- There is a stage. There are two musicians. One is playing on a guitar whilst the other is holding a violin or viola, he isn't playing yet.
- The Frenchman is talking to me softly - I don't respond and yet it seems as if we are in conversation
- There is a lot of smoke in the air, I can smell the smoke but also alcohol and potentially food?
- It appears from the conversation with the Frenchman and the two women that I am mistaken for another person? My clothing remains the same and I feel and appear to be the same person.
- The other musician begins to play his instrument
Record Side 1 Finishes:
- The room cuts to the initial coloring
- No transformation like when you initially play the record
- I do not move around the room, simply open the lid and flip the record over
Eu Ouço Falar:
- This piece is extremely different - lesser in quality and softer than the others
- It sounds Spanish or Portuguese
- There is a man talking to me in either Spanish or Portuguese - he is well-dressed, possibly a man from the 1920s
- It feels earlier than the 1940s due to recording quality
- We are on a balcony, estate-like/kind of countryish: a vibrant Mediterranean style of a house?
- The man is smoking and there is a tray of olives, some sort of bread or a similar food and an ashtray
- The turntable has changed in appearance, it seems much older and flimsy - there is no glass and instead is just an open record. The record is different too.
For Sentimental Reasons:
- The piece oddly cut from 'Eu Ouço Falar'
- I am in a bar, like the other Django piece: I am sitting alone, there are gentlemen either side of me
- There is a bartender and a drink placed down in front of me: I can grab it and hold though I do not drink, there is a cigarette in an ashtray that I can also touch
- There is laughter and it feels like 'life is good' - I am getting an optimistic atmosphere, really comfortable.
- It is quite dark inside and the smoke makes it hard to see
- The quality of the song is better, it seems once again to be France in a jazz-bar, possibly the 1940s/50s?
Record Side 2 Finishes:
- Once again the room just cuts back to its colour scheme - the crackling of the record stops and the needle lifts off and positions itself back into the holster
Experiment End.
As of 4/03/1999 all research has been suspended on connectivity to SCP-XXXX - seek authorization of Doctor █ █ for further research approval.
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