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Series II: Sound Recordings (continued)
SR412, May 24, 1941
1 10-inch disc
Performed by Metosanya, of Beverly, Massachusetts. Percussion may be foot-tapping. SR407-SR412 (inclusive) were received from the collector housed together in a Motorola gatefold box.
Side A:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr412a
Wild Rice Gatherers
The Appeal to the Great Spirit
Benediction Song or Invocation of the Wampanog Tribe
Side B:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr412b
Wampanoag Lullaby
Wampanoag Love Song
Navajo War Chant
SR413, circa 1940s
1 12-inch disc (broken)
Side A: John Hubbard Linscott plays the clarinet. On both disc sides, Eloise Hubbard Linscott can be heard repeating the word "testing." Although “Bill Bailey” is written on the disc sleeve, it is not on the recording for either disc side.
Side A:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr413a
Testing
Home on the Range
Untitled song played on clarinet
Untitled [1]
Untitled duet for piano and clarinet
Untitled [2]
Side B:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr413b
Testing
SR414, circa 1940
1 7-inch disc
Performed by Eloise Hubbard Linscott.
Side A:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr414a
Old Man Who Lived in the Wood
Side B:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr414b
Frog in the Well
SR415, October 6, 1940 (Side A); June 11, 1940 (Side B)
1 7-inch disc
Performed by John Hubbard Linscott.
Side A:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr415a
Fiddle Dee Dee
Side B:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr415b
Ferdinand the Bull
SR416, October 6, 1940
1 7-inch disc
George Reed (guitar and vocals). Unidentified male singers provide backup vocals for “Amsterdam.” Eloise Hubbard Linscott's voice also can be heard briefly on the chorus of "Amsterdam."
Side A:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr416a
Colony Times [Good Old Colony Time]
Amsterdam [Maid of Amsterdam]
Side B:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr416b
A Bear Went Over the Mountain
SR417, circa 1941-1947
1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 7 in.
This tape is a compilation of recordings made on disc by Linscott. While the tape is dated January 20, 1974, the recordings date from the 1940s. The tape was made by Peter Fagley. The first 8 tracks were made by Linscott of herself singing and playing Native American songs, possibly during a lecture (she can be heard addressing children). Instrumental accompaniment on some tracks, including piano, drums, and rattles. Several songs have spoken-word introductions.
Side A: Recordings of Penobscot, Navajo, and Wampanoag Indian songs
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr417a
Once A Little Indian Maid [Linscott]
Hunter's Song [Linscott]
Algonquin Death Chant [or Mohican Death Chant] [Linscott]
Navajo Lullaby [Linscott]
Algonquin Lullaby [Linscott]
Wabenaki Love Song [Linscott]
Song of the Lighting of the Council Fire [Linscott]
Sunrise Chant [Linscott]
Linscott introduces Princess Metosanya, of the King Philip Indian tribe
[Wampanoag?] Lullaby [Metosanya]
Wampanoag Courtship Love (Wampanoag Courtship Love Song?)
War Chant (Navajo) [Metosanya]
Wild Rice Gatherers [Wild Rice Gathering] [Metosanya]
Prayer to the Great Spirit (here called “Appeal to the Great Spirit) [Metosanya]
Invocation of Wampanog Tribe [Metosanya]
Chief Sammy introduces himself and councillor Sebat then Sebat talks ... re [title incomplete, followed by several songs, not identified] [Sammy Tomah, Sebat Tomah]
Untitled [1] [Alec Bailey]
Sassos-go-fli-nay-nee-mk (hymn of praise) [Alec Bailey]
Skia-wat-guk (hymn) [title incomplete] [Lizzie Laconte]
Untitled [2] [Lizzie Laconte]
Untitled [3] [Lizzie Laconte]
Untitled [4] [Lizzie Laconte]
Hey Doodle Ah Day [Lizzie Laconte]
Untitled [5] [Lizzie Laconte]
Alec Bailey and Lizzie Laconte talk about what they are going to sing
Untitled [6] [Alec Bailey and Lizzie Laconte]
Untitled [7] [Lizzie Laconte]
Hey Doodle Ah Day [second time] [Lizzie Laconte]
Untitled [8] [Lizzie Laconte]
Lullaby [Needahbeh]
Death Chant [Needahbeh]
Loon call [Needahbeh]
Untitled dance [1] [Needahbeh]
SR418, January 12, 1955
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7.5 ips, mono.; 7 in.
Clare Cassidy interviews Eloise Hubbard Linscott for the radio show, "Folk Festival." The interview was originally broadcast on January 16, 1955. Included are selections from various recordings gathered by Linscott. Selections from recordings Linscott made are included in the show: “Lullaby” (Needahbeh), “I Have a Little Drum” and “Precept and Line” (The Shaker Singers), “Old Zip Coon (Turkey in the Straw)” (Edson Cole), “Maid of the Mountain Brow” (Sam Young), “Ryo Grande” (Bourne Male Quartet and Chorus; solo by William J. (Jack) Sherrard sings the solo), and “Go In and Out the Windows” (Eloise Hubbard Linscott).
Side A: Folk Festival: Clare Classidy interviews Eloise Hubbard Linscott
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr418a
SR419, November 1954; January 1955
1 sound tape reel : analog, 7.5 ips, mono.; 7 in.
Includes Sr418 in its entirety, plus various clips from other radio broadcasts, in the last 4:44.
Side A: Radio broadcasts
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr419a
SR420, circa 1950s
1 sound tape reel : analog, mono.; 7 in.
The family recording includes Eloise Hubbard Linscott, her son John, his wife Ardes, and their son Charles ("Bonnie Prince Charley"). "Sea Shanties" features performances by the Bourne Male Quartet and Chorus
Side A:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr420a
Test recording, featuring the Linscott family
Lecture given by Eloise Hubbard Linscott
Sea Shanties
SR421, September 10, 1957
1 sound tape reel : analog, single-track, mono.; 7 in.
The recording is documented as "Jammin' it at Gene's." Performers include the Cotton Mountain Boys, Edward A. (Ed) Lewis (fiddle), Horace Roberts, and Eloise Hubbard Linscott. Recorded at Gene's Coffee Shop, East Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
Side A:
Digital ID: afc1942002_sr421a
Tuning
Soldier's Joy
Rakes of Mallow
Haste to the Wedding [Come Haste to the Wedding]
Untitled [1]
Music for the dance Virginia Reel: Irish Washerwoman
Old Zip Coon
Yankee Doodle
Arkansas Traveler
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