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Series 8: Sound recordings (continued)
Subseries 1: Artists, bands, and interviews (continued)
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR127 W.B. "Piano Bill" Bryson, #2 or 2A, May 20 and/or 27, 1962
Rack number: RXH 3676
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:47:34): analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
See the note for SR126. Collector's original number: 180.
Time Content
Start unidentified piano solo
00:02:58 unidentified piano solo
00:05:30 unidentified piano solo
00:08:28 talking, fits and starts, then unidentified piano solo
00:13:08 unidentified piano solo, song composed by Mr. Bryson
00:17:52 talking, then noodling on the piano
00:20:28 first line: "All right pretty baby, Oh Lord it's all right with you" - piano and vocal
00:25:22 PW and WB talk about a song's lyrics. WB segues into a song - first line: "I woke up one morning ... Half past four" [There is a dog barking in the background.] - piano and vocal
00:33:03 talking
00:33:40 first line: "I received your letter ..." - piano and vocal
00:38:15 talking and noodling on piano
00:39:01 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:47:34 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR128 W.B. "Piano Bill" Bryson, #3, May 27, 1962
Rack number: RXH 3677
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (acetate, 00:40:00) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
See the note for SR126. Collector's original number: 178.
Time Content
Start getting ready, then unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:04:26 talking, then unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:07:11 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:11:52 several false starts
00:13:38 first line: "I want to tell you baby" - piano and vocal
00:16:19 getting ready, then unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:21:10 first line: "You've been as good to me, you've been as good to me as you can be" - piano and vocal
00:26:16 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:28:36 first line: "Oh, I haven't any money...I've got no place to go" - piano and vocal
00:33:17 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:34:29 talking, then unidentified piano solo
00:36:54 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:40:00 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR129 W.B. "Piano Bill" Bryson, #4, May 27, 1962
Rack number: RXH 3678
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:08:32): analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
See the note for SR126. Collector's original number: 179.
Time Content
Start unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:01:06 getting ready
00:01:30 first line: "Now what a time, what a dream, I had nobody treat me this way" - piano and vocal
00:04:37 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:06:03 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:08:32 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR636 George "Mojo" Buford blues album, 1969
Rack number: RXH 5513
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:33:46) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter-track, stereo ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 236.
LC engineer's note: This tape is a dub copy of a George 'Mojo' Buford LP master tape recorded in 1969 that was mixed and mastered but remained unreleased until the Americana Anthropology record label released it in 2020 under the title Mojo Workin'.
Time Content
Start "Botheration Blues"
00:05:08 "Deep Sea Diver"
00:10:40 "Love Without Jealousy"
00:13:36 "Lost Love"
00:17:45 "Mojo Workin'"
00:22:04 "Stingin' Bee Blues"
00:24:28 "You Got To Help Me"
00:29:22 "Bag Picker's Blues"
00:33:46 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR356 Jim Bunkley - George Henry Bussey - Bud White - Jessie Clarence Gorman - Cliff Scott - Bud Grant
Rack number: RXH 4599
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:46:36, Side 2: 00:47:34) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, two track, stereo ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 241.
Archivist's note: This tape may be a compilation of live recordings. Due to a labeling issue, the digital file for Side 1 of the tape (as designated on the tape box) was named as Side 2, and vice versa.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times, and there is significant hum from the tape.
Side 1
Time Content
Start "Come Around To My House, Baby" - George Henry Bussey
00:03:37 "Looking For My Woman" - George Henry Bussey
00:07:37 "My Baby Going to Leave Me, She Going to Need My Help Again" - George Henry Bussey
00:11:23 "Catch a Greyhound" - George Henry Bussey
00:14:09 "Sail On, Little Girl" - George Henry Bussey
00:18:35 "Sixteen Snow White Horses" - Bud White
00:22:45 "Going Up the Country" - Jessie Clarence Gorman
00:27:00 "Long Wavy Hair" - Cliff Scott
00:29:06 "Salty Dog" - Cliff Scott
00:31:29 "Sweat Old Tampa" - Cliff Scott
00:33:40 "Pole Platting" - Cliff Scott
00:35:54 unidentified song 1 - Bud Grant
00:38:09 "Freight Train Blues" - Bud Grant
00:40:39 "What the Matter With the Mill?" - Bud Grant
00:43:46 "Trouble in Mind" - Bud Grant
00:46:36 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start "Segregation Blues" - Jim Bunkley
00:03:43 "16-20" - Jim Bunkley (with Lottie Kate Bunkley)
00:06:13 "Them Greasy Greens" - Jim Bunkley
00:08:52 "Blues Come From Texas" - Jim Bunkley
00:11:43 "Good Morning, Lil School Girl" - Jim Bunkley
00:13:22 "The Howling Wolf" - Jim Bunkley
00:15:47 "Rocking Chair Blues" - Jim Bunkley
00:17:25 "Black Gal" - Jim Bunkley (with Lottie Kate Bunkley)
00:20:40 "Jack of Diamonds" - Jim Bunkley
00:23:48 "Hard Luck Blues" - Jim Bunkley
00:26:20 "What's the Matter With the Mill?" - Jim Bunkley
00:28:42 "Oh, Red" - Jim Bunkley (With friend)
00:30:50 "Freight Train Blues" - George Henry Bussey
00:33:23 "Kansas City" - George Henry Bussey
00:35:23 "Mean Mistreater" - George Henry Bussey
00:37:41 "When I'm Sober, When I'm Drunk Blues" - George Henry Bussey
00:40:32 "Grieving Over Me" - George Henry Bussey
00:43:50 "V-8 Ford" - George Henry Bussey
00:47:34 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR154 Vinnie Burke All-Stars; The Buddy Arnold Septet, 1956
Rack number: RXH 4037
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester; Side 1: 00:40:00, Side 2: 00:36:33) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7 in.
Dub recordings of The Vinnie Burke All-Stars (ABC Paramount 139), on Side 1, and the Buddy Arnold Septet album, Wailin' (ABC Paramount 114), on Side 2. The original recordings were released in 1956. See SR594 for potentially identical content.
Side 1
Time Content
Start "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"
00:05:42 "Vin-Tin-Tin"
00:11:45 "Lulu's Back in Town"
00:15:55 "You Don't Know What Love Is"
00:19:41 "Unison Blues"
00:24:01 "Jordu"
00:29:05 "Blue Jeans"
00:34:43 "Strike Up the Band"
00:39:57 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start "Oedipus"
00:03:46 "Footsie"
00:08:51 "It's Sand, Man"
00:12:34 "You Don't Know What Love Is"
00:17:49 "No Letter Today"
00:21:25 "Patty's Cake"
00:24:51 "P.W. Stomp"
00:28:25 "Moby Dick"
00:32:20 "Old Devil Moon"
00:36:29 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR594 Vinnie Burke All-Stars / Wailing - Buddy Arnold Septet, 1956
Rack number: RXH 5455
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:40:21, Side 2: 00:36:11) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, stereo ; 7 in.
See SR154 for the log and notes, and potentially identical content.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR150 Billy Butterfield; Max Kaminsky, April 29, 1973 , October 12, 1974
Rack number: RXH 3699
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester; Side 1: 01:36:14, Side 2: 01:33:15) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.
Two performances: Billy Butterfield (Side 1 and the first four performances on Side 2) and Max Kaminsky (Side 2), recorded at Big Horn. Butterfield was recorded on April 29, 1973, and Kaminsky was recorded on October 12, 1974.
Side 1
Time Content
Start "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" by Louis Armstrong
00:08:00 "Rosetta"
00:18:02 "Black and Blue Over You"
00:27:14 "You Can Depend on Me"
00:34:24 "Butter and Egg Man" by Louis Armstrong
00:41:28 "Indiana" by Hoagy Carmichael
00:45:25 seconds with no sound
00:50:57 "Chicago"
00:58:51 "What's New?"
01:03:20 "Oh Baby (Ain't You Good to Me)"
01:13:32 "Tin Roof Blues"
01:24:59 "The Tenth Interval Rag" (Bobby Wright, piano solo)
01:30:05 "Wolverine Blues"
01:36:14 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start "Wolverine Blues" with an instrumental solo
00:04:42 "Royal Garden Blues"
00:13:31 "Baby Won't You Please Come Home"
00:20:18 "Sweet Georgia Brown"
00:28:41 "Love is Just around the Corner"
00:36:48 "When You're Smiling"; MK is the vocalist
00:44:52 "The Fidgety Feet"
00:53:55 "Bourbon Street Parade"
01:01:50 "St. James Infirmary" ["Black and Blue"]
01:10:17 "Basin Street Blues"
01:17:40 "Dippermouth Blues"
01:23:04 "Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jellyroll"
01:26:34 "I Found a New Baby"
01:33:12 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR611 Hoagy Carmichael #1, circa 1929-1939
Rack number: RXH 5472
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Dubs from various commercial recordings.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR612 Hoagy Carmichael #2, circa 1929-1939
Rack number: RXH 5473
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Dubs from various commercial recordings.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR613 Hoagy Carmichael #3, circa 1929-1939
Rack number: RXH 5474
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Dubs from various commercial recordings.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR614 Hoagy Carmichael #4, circa 1929-1939
Rack number: RXH 5475
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Dubs from various commercial recordings.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR615 Hoagy Carmichael #5, circa 1929-1939
Rack number: RXH 5476
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Dubs from various commercial recordings.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR826 John Carter and Bobby Bradford, November 9, 1971
Rack number: RAA 59363
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:26:15) : analog, 15 ips, four track ; 10 in., 1/2 in. wide
LC engineer's note: Multitrack session tape for a John Carter and Bobby Bradford session, recorded November 9, 1971.
Time Content
Start "Tuxedo Junction No. 6"
00:09:33 "His Majesty Louis the First" [incomplete]
n/a "His Majesty Louis the First" [take 2]
n/a "His Majesty Louis the First" [take 3]
00:26:15 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR827 John Carter and Bobby Bradford, November 9, 1971
Rack number: RAA 59364
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:21:31) : analog, 15 ips, four track ; 10 in., 1/2 in. wide
LC engineer's note: Multitrack session tape for a John Carter and Bobby Bradford session, recorded November 9, 1971.
Time Content
Start "No. 56" ("Latin 56")
00:12:59 "The Turntable Waltz"
00:21:31 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR112 John Carter-Bobby Bradford Quintet, reel 1 of 2 - "Extensions," November 17, 1975
Rack number: RXH 3661
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:33:08) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: The concert was held at Baxter Lecture Hall, Caltech (California Institute of Technology), and recorded by Pete Welding.
Time Content
Start Unidentified - jazz performance
00:21:45 Unidentified - jazz performance
00:33:08 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR113 John Carter-Bobby Bradford Quintet, reel 2 of 2 - "Extensions," November 17, 1975
Rack number: RXH 3662
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:20:56) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.
See the notes for SR112.
Time Content
Start Unidentified - jazz performance
00:06:32 Unidentified - jazz performance
00:20:56 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR198 Celestial Gospel Trio, #1 (with Thomas A. Dorsey, piano and occasional vocal), July 13, 1962
Rack number: RXH 4081
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester 00:41:15) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 147.
Archivist's note: This may be The Celestial Trio.
Time Content
Start The Celestial Gospel Trio perform their first selection
00:01:03 "Peace in the Valley," by Thomas A. Dorsey
00:04:33 "Keep Me Every Day"
00:09:24 unidentified song
00:12:52 "I Believe" by CG
00:15:24 "How Many Times" [?]
00:18:46 "How Many Times" [?] (second time)
00:20:19 "Little Wooden Church on the Hill"
00:26:48 unidentified song, performed by a soloist from the group
00:29:16 unidentified song (same as the preceding), performed by a soloist from the group, and sung in a lower key
00:33:26 "How Much More (Of Life's Burdens Must We Bear)," performed by a soloist from the group
00:37:41 "I Want Jesus on the Road I Travel," performed by a soloist from the group
00:41:15 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR199 Celestial Gospel Trio, #2 (rehearsal), July 2, 1962
Rack number: RXH 4082
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:19:42) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
See the archivist's note for SR198. Collector's original ID number: 148.
Time Content
Start "Peace in the Valley" by Thomas A. Dorsey, performed by a soloist from the group
00:04:03 "He's Already Done," performed by a soloist from the group
00:08:04 "Jesus He Knows Me" [?]
00:11:44 "When My Savoir Calls Me Home" [?]
00:17:05 "Walk in the Light"
00:19:42 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR200 Celestial Gospel Trio, #3, August 31, 1962
Rack number: RXH 4083
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:47:10) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
See the archivist's note for SR198. Collector's original ID number: 134.
Time Content
Start Pete Welding (PW) ask Thomas A. Dorsey (TD) to start singing one of his songs and then eliminate the piano accompaniment so PW can achieve a good balance of sound
00:00:30 The Celestial Gospel Trio (CG) accompany TD singing "If We Never Needed The Lord Before"
00:03:31 CG sing "If We Never Needed The Lord Before" again, in a faster tempo
00:06:16 CG practice the previous song again
00:08:44 CG perform "Peace in the Valley"
00:12:02 "He Will Never Leave Me Alone," performed by the CG
00:15:16 CG perform "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" by TD
00:19:27 CG discuss who sings select lyrics for "How Many Times"
00:19:56 CG sing the beginning of "How Many Times" with a false start
00:21:12 CG perform "How Many Times" with TD as a soloist
00:23:56 CG perform the previous song again
00:26:42 A musician practices piano waiting for the singers
00:27:35 CG perform a gospel song possibly titled "When My Savior Calls Me Home"
00:32:52 CG perform the previous song again
00:38:05 CG and TD perform a selection, possibly titled "Praise God Over There"
00:43:18 A soloist from CG performs "I Want Jesus on the Road I Travel"
00:47:06 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR201 Celestial Gospel Trio, #4, August 31, 1962
Rack number: RXH 4084
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (acetate, 00:08:30) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
See the archivist's note for SR198. Collector's original ID number: 51.
Time Content
Start A soloist from The Celestial Gospel Trio (CG) performs "I Want Jesus on the Road I Travel"
00:03:52 Thomas A. Dorsey (TD) practices "How Much More (Of Life's Burdens Must We Bear)"
00:05:25 TD performs "How Much More (of Life's Burdens Must We Bear)"
00:08:30 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR212 Frank Chace - Bob Wright - Don De Michael - Wild Bill Davidson / Jazz at Storyville, circa 1950-1970
Rack number: RXH 4095
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