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AFC 1975/001: SR139, Recorded: unknown (continued)
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0799 AFC 1975/001: SR139, Recorded: unknown
Running time: 30:02
This is an instrumental set of guitar solos played in several different styles. Neither the performer(s) nor the songs are identified.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start unidentified guitar solo
3:20 unidentified guitar solo
6:06 unidentified guitar solo
10:24 unidentified guitar solo
12:54 unidentified guitar solo
15:43 unidentified guitar solo
18:27 ["The House of the Rising Sun"] guitar solo
20:40 variations on "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" guitar solo
25:27 conversation
25:45 variations on "Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar guitar solo
28:25 no recording
28:42 [The end of a radio broadcast "Pipeline." The DJ is Jim [Toehill]. [Dildine probably recorded the guitar player(s) over previously recorded tape.]
30:02 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0800 AFC 1975/001: SR140, Recorded: unknown
Running time: 21:31
Except for the first song, this is an instrumental set of guitar solos played in several different styles. The first song has lap-dulcimer and guitar. Neither the performer(s) nor the songs are identified.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start unidentified instrumental, dulcimer and guitar
3:29 unidentified guitar solo
5:37 unidentified guitar solo
10:05 unidentified guitar solo
12:50 variations on "Cripple Creek" guitar solo
14:43 unidentified guitar solo
18:20 unidentified guitar solo
21:31 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0801 AFC 1975/001: SR141, Recorded: unknown
Running time: 31:18
On the first part of this tape John Dildine interviews Pat Webb. Mr. Webb plays several guitar solos. On the second part of this take John Dildine interviews John Michelin who plays and sings several songs.
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0802 AFC 1975/001: SR142, Recorded: 1964
Running time: 29:52
There are two parts to this John Dildine tape. The first centers on the Reverend Robert Wilkins; the second on Bob and Evelyn Beers. There is no indication that this is a radio broadcast. See also SR075 and SR076 for additional Wilkins' material. See also SR030, SR031, SR044 and SR088 for additional Bob Beers' material.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start unidentified guitar solo, Pat Webb
3:17 John Dildine introduces and interviews Pat Webb. They talk about Webb's musical background. He's been touring with Charlotte Daniels.
5:30 [slow blues] guitar solo, Pat Webb
9:56 Dildine and Webb discuss how Webb learned to play guitar. Webb also plays mandolin. They discuss Webb's playing style and performing plans.
14:10 "The White Stallion" guitar solo, Pat Webb
18:13 CUT!
18:23 Dildine interviews John [Michelin] of St. Louis. MO.
20:10 "Old Blue" guitar and vocal, John [Michelin]
23:16 Dildine and [Michelin] discuss [Michelin's] musical background.
27:48 "Abilene" [Michelin credits this song to Bob Gibson] guitar and vocal, John [Michelin]
30:03 End of recording
31:18 End
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine talks about folk music. He introduces the music of Reverend Robert Wilkins.
1:20 Wilkins talks about being a blues player then becoming a church goer.
1:50 "Nashville Stonewall Blues" (commercial recording) Robert Wilkins, guitar
3:12 "Do Lord" (recorded in Washington, D.C., in 1964) Reverend Robert Wilkins, guitar
6:01 Dildine introduces and interview he had with Reverend Wilkins on February 18, 1964.
6:36 Dildine interviews Reverend Wilkins. They discuss Wilkins's early recordings. Wilkin's says he's not played blues since 1936, only sacred songs. They talk about when Wilkins began playing music. He was drafted into the Army in WWI. They talk about sacred songs that Wilkins is playing now. Dildine asks how Wilkins feels about being recognized for his (long ago) blues playing.
19:20 Dildine introduces Bob "Fiddler" Beers.
19:38 An unidentified Sioux fiddle tune Bob Beers, fiddle and Evelyn Beers, straw beating
20:52 Dildine and the Beers talk about the previous song.
24:20 "The [???] Rambles" Bob Beers, fiddle and Evelyn Beers, straw beating
25:17 Dildine asks Bob Beers how he got started playing the fiddle. They talk about the psaltery.
28:30 "Johnnie Came A' Courtin'" Bob Beers, psaltery and Evelyn Beers, vocal
29:52 Fade out and End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0803 AFC 1975/001: SR143, Recorded: 1964
Running time: 29:52
There are two parts to this John Dildine tape. The first centers on the Reverend Robert Wilkins; the second on Bob and Evelyn Beers. There is no indication that this was produced for a radio broadcast. This is a duplicate of SR142.
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0804 AFC 1975/001: SR144, Recorded: ca. 1962-1963
Running time: 28:42
This tape is a copy of SR068. It was recorded for a John Dildine radio broadcast. The Christenson portion is an extract of SR062. He also interviews Tossi Aaron and Seamus Ennis.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Dildine introduces Robin and Ellen Christenson.
0:28 "Little birdie" Robin and Ellen
4:35 Dildine talks with Robin and Ellen about their recordings and how they developed their interest in folk music. They talk about "kitchen songs" and other kinds of folk songs.
8:13 "Woody" [May also be called "I'm a Poor Country Boy"] Robin (vocal)
16:06 Didline introduces Tossi Aaron.
16:25 "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" Aaron (a cappella)
13:06 Dildine interviews Aaron. They discuss the previous song. They talk about a range of topics related to Aarons' songs and how they evolve over time, and how she came to be a performer.
20:30 Dildine interviews Seamus Ennis
21:33 Unidentified song Ennis (a cappella)
22:10 Ennis talks about a bird that he calls a corn crake.
22:45 Ennis continues the previous song.
24:05 Dildine and Ennis talk about the corn crake. They talk about carrying on the traditions in the city and in the country. Ennis discusses his involvement with a children's television program.
27:29 Unidentified song Ennis [penny whistle]
28:08 Ennis cites a short [poem].
28:31 Dildine says goodnight.
28:38 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0805 AFC 1975/001: SR145 (1), Recorded: ca. 1963
Running time: 11:36
This tape is the continuation of a recording for a John Dildine radio broadcast, an interview with Judy Collins. She has just released an album called "Judy Collins #3." No songs are played on this tape. The first part of the interview is on SR071.
Time Content
Start blank
0:23 Dildine says that the previous song was "The Dove" performed by Judy Collins. Dildine and Dildine talk about conservation. Dildine talks about the [Mayone Reserve] where he has bought property. Collins introduces the next song "The Ballad of the Deportees." It is not played on this tape.
6:46 Dildine and Collins talk about the previous song. Dildine asks for one final song. They talk about contemporary song writers who inspire Collins. They talk about the changing times and the contemporary folk movement. Collins introduces the next song "Farewell" which is a Bob Dylan version of a traditional song "The Leaving of Liverpool." It is not played on this tape.
4:35 Dildine talks with Robin and Ellen about their recordings and how they developed their interest in folk music. They talk about "kitchen songs" and other kinds of folk songs.
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0805 AFC 1975/001: SR145 (2), Recorded: ca. 1963
Running time: 11:36
This is a portion of a John Dildine radio broadcast. He plays recordings by various people.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start An unidentified woman singing a cappella.
0:50 Dildine starts a Ewan MacColl song then says he'll not play it on the air. He turns
the record over to play the next song.
1:36 "Kissins Nae Sin" Ewan MacColl, a cappella
2:26 "Get Away, Old man, Get Away" Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl, banjo
4:31 Dildine says he will play a version of a "broken token" ballad.
5:16 "Pretty Fair Maid" or "The Sailor's Return" Peggy Seeger, autoharp
8:42 Dildine talks about a Mike Seeger recording of autoharp music.
9:37 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0805 AFC 1975/001: SR145 (3), Recorded: ca. 1963
Running time: 10:31
This is a recording made for a radio broadcast called "Unitarians Speak."
Time Content
Start An orchestral version of "Greensleeves." A man reads a quote about man and his beliefs.
1:27 The announcer talks about the previous quote. He introduces the radio broadcast of Unitarians Speak. He introduces the speaker, Dr. Lawrence Staples. His topic is: "Why This Unitarian Growth."
2:25 Dr. Staples speaking
10:24 End of recording, before Dr. Staples is finished.
0:23 Dildine says that the previous song was "The Dove" performed by Judy Collins. Dildine and Dildine talk about conservation. Dildine talks about the [Mayone Reserve] where he has bought property. Collins introduces the next song "The Ballad of the Deportees." It is not played on this tape.
MBRS Rack Number: RAA 54547 AFC 1975/001: SR146, Recorded: undated
[no tape log is available for this item]
MBRS Rack Number: RAA 54548 AFC 1975/001: SR147, Recorded: undated
[no tape log is available for this item]
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0822 AFC 1975/001: SR148, Recorded: undated
[no tape log is available for this item]
[tape box reads "Paley - Willie Moore / Down by the River / Fly Around / Soldiers Joy" ]
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0806 AFC 1975/001: SR149, Recorded: unknown
Running time: 27:37
This appears to be the dub of a record by an unidentified performer. A man sings, plays guitar, harmonics and Kazoo.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start ["Hobo You can't Ride This Train"] talking and vocal, guitar and harmonica
4:46 ["I Left My Baby and I'll Tell You the Reason Why"] or perhaps ["Take It Slow and Easy If You Wanna Get Along with Me"] vocal, guitar, harmonica and kazoo
7:35 "The Monkey and the Engineer" vocal, guitar, harmonica
9:58 "A New Corrinne" vocal, guitar, harmonica and kazoo
12:55 introduced as "an old blues of mine" guitar solo
15:44 ["I'm Runnin' Wild"] vocal, guitar, harmonica and kazoo
18:24 first line is: "Hey Baby, Hey Baby, Hey, Hey" vocal, guitar, and harmonica
21:38 first line is: "Read It in the Bible" vocal, guitar, harmonica and kazoo
24:54 first line is: "Straighten Up Baby, You're the One" vocal, guitar, harmonica and kazoo
27:21 End of recording
27:37 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0807 AFC 1975/001: SR150, Recorded: unknown
Running time: 27:37
This appears to be the dub of one or two records. The first three songs are by Jesse Fuller. The remaining songs are by an unidentified performer, perhaps the same performer as on SR149.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start An unidentified waltz Fuller, guitar, harmonica kazoo and [high hat]
3:08 first line is "This job I've gotten is a little too hard" Fuller, vocal, guitar, harmonica, kazoo and [high hat]
6:13 first line is "Once I used to hang around and be in the show" Fuller, vocal, guitar, harmonica, kazoo and [high hat]
[The following song are by an unidentified performer.]
9:15 first line is "I [?] in Baltimore knocking on my door" vocal, guitar, harmonica and tap dance
13:22 "Railroad Work Song" vocal, guitar, harmonica and kazoo
19:16 "Shove 'em Over" vocal and a rhythm instrument
20:24 "John Henry" vocal and guitar
27:02 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0808 AFC 1975/001: SR151 (1), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 30:02
This appears to be a dub from three records. The first two songs are by an unidentified female singer. The next eight songs are by an unidentified male Irish singer. The final song is by an unidentified guitar player.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start blank
0:19 "Malagueña" female singer, guitar
3:04 "Summertime" female singer, guitar
5:27 blank
6:10 "As I Roved Out" male singer, guitar
8:55 "An Cat Dubh" (The Foggy Dew) male singer, guitar
16:06 "Mrs. McGrath" male singer, guitar and tin whistle
14:58 "Bold O'Donohue" male singer, guitar
16:42 ["Connemara Cradle Song"] male singer, guitar
19:22 "The Irish Rover" male singer, guitar and tin whistle
21:35 blank
22:13 ["Little Beggar Man"] male singer, banjo
23:55 "The Butcher Boy" male singer, guitar
27:30 unidentified blues solo guitar
30:02 End of recording, before end of song
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0808 AFC 1975/001: SR151 (2), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 30:02
This is probably a dub of a record by an unidentified female singer.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start blank
0:18 "House of the Rising Sun" vocal, guitar
2:55 "The Water is Wide" vocal, guitar
6:50 unidentified gospel song vocal, guitar
7:46 "Mary, What You Gonna Call Your Pretty Little Baby" vocal, guitar
11:20 unidentified song in Spanish vocal, guitar
12:52 "Go Away from My Window" vocal, guitar
16:00 "Open the Door Softly" vocal, guitar
19:08 unidentified song vocal, guitar
20:41 unidentified song vocal, guitar
23:11 "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" vocal, guitar
25:38 unidentified song vocal, guitar
28:37 Conclusion of a of a radio called Pipeline Radio
30:02 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0809 AFC 1975/001: SR152 (1), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 30:22
This is most probably a dub of a record by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start blank
0:18 "Iron Horse" MacColl, banjo
2:12 "Durham Lockout" MacColl, guitar
5:31 "The Calton Weaver" also known as "Nancy Whiskey" MacColl and Seeger, banjo
7:47 unidentified song MacColl, guitar
9:30 blank
9:58 "Johnny Lad" MacColl and Seeger, banjo
12:32 "The False Lover won Back" MacColl and Seeger, guitar
17:38 ["Aiken Drum"] MacColl and Seeger, banjo
19:44 "The Gardiner" MacColl and Seeger, guitar
24:28 [may be "The Maid Went to the Mill" or "Miller and the Maid"] MacColl and Seeger, banjo
26:30 "Elfin Nights" MacColl and Seeger, guitar
30:22 End of recording before the song ends
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0809 AFC 1975/001: SR152 (2), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 30:22
This is most probably a dub of a record by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. The recording quality is not good and MacColl sings many of the songs in a dialect. These two things make it very difficult to understand the lyrics.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start ["Blow, Ye Winds, Blow"] MacColl and Seeger, guitar
4:23 "Banks of the Nile" MacColl, guitar
8:32 Blank
9:17 unidentified song MacColl and Seeger, guitar
13:31 unidentified song MacColl and Seeger, guitar
15:19 unidentified song MacColl, banjo
18:32 unidentified song MacColl and Seeger, guitar
20:53 ["The Bonnie Lass O'Fyvie"] unidentified song MacColl and Seeger, banjo
24:51 unidentified song MacColl, guitar
27:16 ["Lord Thomas and the Fair Ellender"] MacColl and Seeger, guitar
30:13 End of recording
30:22 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0810 AFC 1975/001: SR153 (1), Recorded: ca. 1958
Running time: 32:17
The first part of this SR is most probably a dub of a record by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. The second part is a recording made for a portion of a radio broadcast called "Pipeline."
Time Content Performer(s)
Start ["A Pretty Fair Maid in the Garden" also known as "John Riley"] Seeger, autoharp
3:43 ["The Trooper and the Fair Maid"] MacColl and Seeger, banjo
7:44 first line: "Where are the flowers, the flowers that open and bloom in the sun" Seeger, guitar
11:17 "The Little turtle Dove" MacColl, a cappella
13:35 Blank, end of Dildine recording
15:30 Transcription of a radio broadcast called "Pipeline." The program is introduced by Jim [Toehill].
14:30 "You Better Go Now" Polly Bergen
17:10 Toehill speaks about the Republican Party and the liberal labor point of view.
21:52 "Easy to Say" Johnny Mathis
24:35 Toehill introduces an interview with Andrew J. Biehill of the AFofL/CIO, The interview follows.
32:14 Toehill says "thank you."
32:17 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0810 AFC 1975/001: SR153 (2), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 32:17
This is probably a dub of a record by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger record.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start first line: "My husband was a wealthy merchant, where he is I do not know" MacColl and Seeger, guitar
2:30 first line: "When first to this city of Dundee I came" MacColl, a cappella
4:55 first line: "My dear the time has come when you and I must part" Seeger, banjo
8:40 unidentified song MacColl, a cappella
12:25 "The Dark Eyed Sailor" Seeger, guitar
16:48 first line: "Here my darling, here is a letter and the hand that held the pen" MacColl, banjo
19:09 first line: "Come all you young fair maids" Seeger, a cappella
20:27 unidentified song MacColl, [concertina]
22:46 "Seven Deadly Sins" MacColl, a cappella
23:37 "Get Away Old Man" MacColl and Seeger, banjo
25:47 "The Manchester Angel" MacColl, guitar and [concertina]
30:24 End of recording
32:17 END
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0811 AFC 1975/001: SR154 (1), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 30:02
This is a recording of one or more banjo players, fiddlers and vocalists. None of the performers are identified. None of the musical selections are identified. There is also a short interview and discussion between a man a banjo player and a woman a fiddle player. At about 20 minutes into the SR the sound recording starts to deteriorate. It gets distorted, "muddy" and loses volume.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start unidentified song banjo solo
1:40 unidentified song banjo solo
2:58 unidentified song banjo solo
4:23 unidentified song banjo solo
5:42 unidentified song banjo solo
6:54 unidentified song banjo solo
8:23 unidentified song banjo solo
9:48 unidentified song fiddle solo
11:12 unidentified song fiddle solo
12:07 unidentified song fiddle solo
13:33 Conversation: A male interviewer [the banjo player] interviews a woman [the fiddle player]. He calls her Granny. Her father [Van Sage] was from Grayson County.
15:11 unidentified song banjo solo
16:14 unidentified song banjo solo
17:22 unidentified song fiddle solo
18:42 unidentified song banjo solo
20:12 unidentified song fiddle and vocal
21:24 unidentified song fiddle, banjo and vocal
23:42 ["Moonshiner"] a cappella vocal (male)
25:42 unidentified song banjo and vocal
29:24 End of recording
30:02 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0811 AFC 1975/001: SR154 (2), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 31:02
At the beginning of the SR there is a banjo solo. However, starting at 01:22 the recording quality deteriorates such that the sound is unintelligible. There is distortion and an over dub of a different program which seems to be recorded at a different speed.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start blank
0:23 unidentified banjo tune unidentified performer
1:22 unintelligible sound recording
31:02 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0823 AFC 1975/001: SR155 (1), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 15:41
This is a set of 5 songs by one or more unidentified string bands. The recording quality of the first three songs is not good, making it difficult to identify the songs. The recording quality of the final two songs is much better.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start Unintelligible recording of an unidentified string band.
3:12 "Dixie" unidentified string band
6:27 Unintelligible recording of an unidentified string band.
9:34 "Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again" unidentified string band
12:32 "The Democratic Donkey (Is in His Stall Again)" unidentified string band
15:41 End
MBRS Rack Number: RXG 0823 AFC 1975/001: SR155 (2), Recorded: unknown
Running time: 15:51
This is asset of 5 seemingly unrelated songs.
Time Content Performer(s)
Start ["Cluck Old Hen"] unidentified string band
02:57 unidentified instrumental unidentified string band
06:09 unidentified instrumental unidentified string band
07:50 unidentified instrumental unidentified string band [Sam McGee]
11:11 ["Down to the Depot"] or ["The brakeman's Blues"] unidentified singer, guitar
14:45 guitar solo unidentified performer
15:51 End - before the end of the song

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