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Series II: Sound Recordings
(continued) |
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Casey Jones |
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Waiting for you |
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Duet with Jessie. |
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[conversation] |
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Got the blues (Can't be
satisfied) |
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Let the mermaid flirt with me |
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Hurt announces the song as Mermaid blues. |
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You are my sunshine |
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Instrumental fragment of the song. |
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Ain't nobody but you |
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Make me a pallet on the floor |
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Spike driver blues |
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Fragment of the song. |
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Praying on the old camp ground |
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Fragment of the song. |
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Since I've laid my burden down |
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Louis Collins |
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Interview |
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Richland woman blues |
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Instrumental fragment of the song. |
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Blues all day long |
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AFC 2011/026: SR018, April 2, 1964
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1 sound tape reel (30 min., 9 sec.) :
analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1/2 track, 2 channels, mono ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr018 |
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Original ID #18. Voice of America program. The name "Peter Kendall" appears on
the tape box, but may be a mistake, and could be Peter Kuykendall. |
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Introduction by Peter Kendall
(interviewer) |
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My Creole belle |
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The introduction is spoken over the song. |
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[Interview - background, early career in
music, story of rediscovery by Hoskins, and other topics] |
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Avalon blues |
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[Interview, continued] |
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Louis Collins |
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[Interview - Casey Jones story] |
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Casey Jones |
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Richland woman blues |
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Spoken introduction and song. |
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[Interview, continued] |
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Good morning Miss Carrie |
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Spoken introduction and song. |
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[Conclusion] |
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Peter Kendall signs off, speaking over last part of the song. |
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AFC 2011/026: SR019 |
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1 sound tape reel (29 min., 39 sec.) :
analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1/2 track, 2 channels, mono ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr019 |
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Original ID #19. Studio One: Mississippi John Hurt. Intended for broadcast on
Voice of America. The announcer asks questions in English, and translates into
French for the intended audience. The interview takes place between the songs,
and also serves to introduce songs. |
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[Introduction] |
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Spoken in French by an unidentified announcer |
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Lonesome is I |
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See See Rider |
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Nobody's Business |
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Trouble I've had it all my days |
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Do Lord, remember me |
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Stewball |
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The song cuts off at very end, following a brief fade-out. |
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AFC 2011/026: SR020, October 30, 1964
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1 sound tape reel (Side A: 8 min., 35 sec.;
Side B: 26 min., 52 sec.): analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1/2 track, 2 channels ; 7
in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr020 |
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Original ID #20. Mississippi John Hurt recorded at The Unicorn Coffee House,
825 Boylston St, Boston, Massachusetts. Reel # 1. John introduces each song.
Because the tape ends in mono, the engineer created two digital files
(identified as A and B files). This is an edited copy of the original (applause
between songs has been cut; although other material may have been edited
out). |
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Side A |
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What a friend we have in Jesus |
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Candy man |
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Side B |
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Blessed be the name |
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Worried blues |
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Avalon blues |
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Sliding Delta |
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Spike driver blues |
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Chicken |
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Candy man |
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AFC 2011/026: SR021, November 1, 1964
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on one side of 1 sound tape reel (29 min.,
42 sec.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1/2 track, stereo ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr021 |
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Original ID #21. John Hurt and Skip James, Nov. 1, 1964. Recorded at The
Unicorn Coffee House, 825 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Reel # 2. |
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Farther along |
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Lonesome valley |
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Louis Collins |
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Lonesome is I |
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Worried blues |
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Monday morning blues |
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Chicken |
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Stocktime (Buck dance) |
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AFC 2011/026: SR022, October 26, 1964
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on one side of 1 sound tape reel (30 min.,
15 sec.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1/2 track, mono ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr022 |
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Original ID #22. #3. Studio session, Cambridge, MA. The voices of two
unidentified men can be heard in the background, in conversation with John. |
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Candy man |
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Joe Turner blues |
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My Creole belle |
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Louis Collins |
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Cow hookin' blues |
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Candy man |
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Rubber dolly |
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AFC 2011/026: SR023 |
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on one side of 1 sound tape reel (18 min.,
42 sec.) : analog, 15 ips, 1⁄2 track, 2 channels ; 7 in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr023 |
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Original ID #23. On tape container: MJH by? at? Denson Boston Dub? Recorded in
front of a live audience. "Denson" may be Ed Denson who, along with John Fahey,
rediscovered Bukka White, another blues singer. |
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I been cryin' since you been gone |
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Hurt stops playing the song suddenly, then is prompted to go on to play
"Funky butt." |
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Funky butt |
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Lazy blues |
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Long lonesome blues |
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Frankie and Johnnie |
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AFC 2011/026: SR024, March 24, 26, 29, 1963; April 2,
1963
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on one side of on 1 side of 1 sound tape
reel (11 min., 10 sec.) : analog, 15 ips, 1⁄2 track, 1 channel ; 7
in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr024 |
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Original ID #24. On tape container: Reel 27 Silitch Fisher [Peter Silitch and
Sandy Fisher]. "Dick" (mentioned on the recording) is Dick Spottswood. John
starts by playing a 12-string guitar, then switches to a 6-string guitar.
Silitch and Fisher recorded Hurt in sessions dated March 24, 26, 29 and April
2, 1963, in Washington, D.C. |
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When I lay my burden down |
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Blessed be the name |
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Instrumental fragment. |
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Talking Casey Jones number two |
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Two false starts. |
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[conversation] |
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AFC 2011/026: SR025, circa 1963-1966
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on one side of on 1 side of 1 sound tape
reel (15 min., 40 sec.) : analog, 15 ips, 1⁄2 track, 1 channel ; 7
in. |
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digital_ID: afc2011026_sr025 |
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Original ID #25. "SESS 2" "FILL II" / 28. |
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Talking Casey Jones number two |
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Sliding Delta |
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Cuts off before song's conclusion. |
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Avalon blues |
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Cut off at the beginning. |
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[conversation about playing Avalon
blues] |
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Conversation cuts out while in progress. |
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Waiting for you |
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Cut off at the beginning. |
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