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Series 8: Sound recordings (continued)
Subseries 1: Artists, bands, and interviews (continued)
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR151 "In Concert": Ike and Tina Turner; The Staple Singers, December 14, 1973
Rack number: RXH 4034
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:30:44) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: The ABC-TV show "In Concert" featured concert performances that were recorded live and subsequently broadcast. December 14, 1973 was probably the broadcast date. While "In Concert" was created by Don Kirshner it is not the same show as "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert." See SR152 and SR153.
Time Content
Start "River Deep, Mountain High," by Ike and Tina Turner. The recording begins with the song in progress.
00:03:27 "Get Back," by Ike and Tina Turner
00:06:40 "Try to Get to Know Each Other," by Ike and Tina Turner
00:09:16 "Proud Mary," by Ike and Tina Turner
00:15:36 "Ooh La De Da," by The Staple Singers
00:17:50 "Respect Yourself," by The Staple Singers
00:21:35 "I'll Take You There," by The Staple Singers
00:30:44 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR049 Johnny Turner interview, circa mid-1970s
Rack number: RXH 3188
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:54:54; Side 2: 00:06:00) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Side 1
Time Content
Start Piano music.
00:00:22 PW ask JT bout his background. JT responds. He was born in Altheimer, Arkansas. His father was a sharecropper. At age 12 his family moved to Little Rock. He started listening to music when he was young. JT tells who he heard. He was interested in playing the harmonica; this was around 1954 or 1955.
00:04:40 They talk about modern blues that JT heard on the radio. He listened to King Biscuit. JT talks about learning to play the harmonica. He started playing when he was about 9 years old. Later he stared playing the guitar.
00:06:20 JT says he made a guitar out of a board and wire. It was called a "post guitar." They talk about musicians who played this kind of guitar.
00:08:04 PW asks JT when he got a hold of a real guitar. JT responds that it was after he moved to Little Rock. He started playing a real guitar using a neighbor's guitar. He played a lot of Jim Reed's music.
00:09:35 JT met Fen (Fenton) Robinson who showed him a lot. He had already started recording. They talk about Fen Robinson. JT played bass guitar with Robinson. It was a solid-body instrument with unusual strings and tuning.
00:14:26 PW ask JT how long he played with Fen. JT says that it was for a couple of years. His skill as musician improved during this time. He also played with other musicians. JT talks about a female singer called Sweet Lorraine.
00:17:22 PW asks what music JT was listening to. JT responds that he listened mostly to the radio. He listened to blues, and rock and roll, like Little Richard. JT says that he played both blues and rock and roll. They talk about what JT listened to on the radio. They talk about black radio stations and white radio stations.
00:21:52 They talk about black jazz on the radio. However, JT listened mostly to blues and rock and roll. JT says the only records he would buy were B.B. King and Jimmy Reed. JT learned to play B.B. King songs note-for-note, but could not get King's feel.
00:25:06 JT talks about getting jobs (gigs) on his own. Only the best musicians played during the week. Everyone got work on the weekends. JT talks about playing with musicians who came through town (Little Rock).
00:28:29 PW asks JT when started playing with Fenton Robinson. JT says he was 15 or 16 years old and played with him for several years. In 1965 JT moved to California. He talks about a band The Blue Notes.
00:30:32 JT got work in a club in San Pedro, California. He then worked with Joe Houston and went back onto the road. There was not a market for blues in California, so they played mostly soul music.
00:33:45 They talk about JT's trips back to Little Rock. There was less interest in the blues than "back then." They talk about making recording in Little Rock.
00:35:18 JT says he made several records in little Rock before he moved to California. He does not know if they were issued. He made them for A & M Records.
00:36:48 PW asks JT to describe the music scene in California. JT says "this is difficult." People in California go to clubs, very much on the weekends. A lot of former blues singers are now singing soul. Tyrone Davis is big.
00:40:28 They talk about a place called Home of the Blues. JT says that her recorded there. They talk about Larry Davidson. Hey talk about a blues band, Blues With a Feeling. JT talks about Big John [who joins in this interview].
00:43:25 They talk about blues styles that JT plays. They talk about JT developing his own style.
00:46:25 JT talks about what he did to develop his own blues style. JT started studying music. He wanted to get away from the B.B. King style. He learned a lot playing with a saxophone.
00:50:10 JT says that the last time he went back to Arkansas he found that the same songs sounded differently in Little Rock than they did in Louisiana. They talk about horns being added to a band
00:54:54 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start PW and JT talk about a band called Blues with a Feeling. JT moved to Pasadena. The band has been together for about two years. They talk about the band and some of the places they played. They talk about people's nicknames.
00:06:00 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR732 Johnny Turner interview, circa 1970s
Rack number: RXH 5609
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (acetate; Side 1: 00:28:57, Side 2: 00:27:54) : analog, 3 3/4 ips ; 7 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR790 Johnny Turner - Zaven Jambazian (#1) Mississippi Sheiks (#22-A), March 10, 1974
Rack number: RAA 59328
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:37:16) : analog, 15 ips, half-track, stereo ; 10 in.
Pete Welding played guitar on this recording.
Vendor's digitization note: The program has distortion and hiss, and is cut off at the end.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR567 Apresentando - Rosinha de Valença (Elenco ME-16, 1963 ) / 3rd Festival da Musica Popular Brasileira (Phillips R 765.014L, 1967 ), 1963, 1967
Rack number: RXH 5428
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Dubs of commercial recordings.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR278 Jimmy Walker, #7, April 1, 1962
Rack number: RXH 4164
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:29:22) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Side 2 has not yet been digitized.
Vendor's digitization note: The Side 1 program is distorted at times.
Logger's note: Boogie woogie tunes performed by Jimmy Walker, and fragments of interviews.
Time Content
Start An unidentified instrumental boogie woogie piece performed on the piano.
00:02:54 "I'm Leaving You, Baby" performed by Jimmy Walker
00:05:21 An unidentified instrumental boogie woogie piece performed on the piano.
00:09:27 An unidentified boogie woogie song. Lyrics: "sing now to your mommy daddy"
00:12:42 An unidentified instrumental boogie woogie piece performed on the piano.[breaks off]
00:13:55 An unidentified instrumental boogie woogie piece performed on the piano.
00:17:09 An unidentified boogie woogie song. [voice off mic]
00:21:50 The interviewer and Jimmy Walker talk about boogie woogie repertoire.
00:27:15 An unidentified instrumental boogie woogie piece performed on the piano. Several fragmentary boogie woogie pieces.
00:29:22 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR622 Jimmy Walker (dub copy), April 2, 1962
Rack number: RXH 5483
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
Collector's original ID number: 195.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR279 Jimmy Walker, #2, May 28, 1962
Rack number: RXH 4165
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:47:24) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Side 2 has not yet been digitized.
Vendor's digitization note: The Side 1 program is distorted at times, and has speed fluctuations.
Logger's note: Boogie woogie tunes performed by Jimmy Walker, and fragments of interviews.
Side 1
Time Content
Start An unidentified boogie woogie piece sung by Jimmy Walker. Lyrics: "See you run, talk to me baby" [breaks off]
00:01:29 The interviewer asks Jimmy Walker to announce the name of each selection.
00:01:40 "Going Down Slow"
00:05:45 "Look Out Anna Mae"
00:08:27 "Lil, Be Careful
00:14:40 "Sometimes I Wonder (If You Ever Think Of Me)"
00:22:49 "Chicago Midnight Walk" [breaks off]
00:30:38 An unidentified instrumental boogie woogie piece performed by Jimmy Walker and Vicky Sherry.
00:36:45 An unidentified instrumental boogie woogie piece performed by Jimmy Walker and Vicky Sherry.
00:41:57 "Maybe" performed by Jimmy Walker and Vicky Sherry. A vocal piece.
00:45:15 "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" by Jimmy Walker
00:47:24 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR079 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer, July 22, 1962
Rack number: RXH 3218
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (polyester; 00:41:10) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 280.
Logger's note: Piano solos by Jimmy Walker. It sound like the first cut has two pianos. The second piano player is probably Erwin Helfer. From listening to comments between songs, it appears that the SR was recorded live by Pete Welding.
Time Content
Start sounds like two pianos - unidentified song
00:02:25 piano - unidentified song
00:05:25 piano and vocal - first line, "Yes I had my (?), if I don't get well no more"
00:11:39 piano and vocal - first line, "I'm going back to Texas baby, got my (?)"
00:15:43 piano and vocal - first line, "Ella May, Ella May, baby how have you been?"
00:21:20 piano - unidentified song
00:22:54 piano and vocal - first line is unintelligible
00:28:48 piano - unidentified song
00:30:31 piano - unidentified song
00:32:29 pianist demonstrating several melodies, chords and tempos. Piano and vocal first line "If I had my bone (?), If I don't get well no more"
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR080 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer, January 12, 1963
Rack number: RXH 3219
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (polyester; 00:24:45) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 127.
Logger's note: Piano solos by Erwin Helfer and/or Jimmy Walker. The performers are not identified. It appears that the SR was recorded live by Pete Welding.
Time Content
Start piano - unidentified song
00:02:43 piano - unidentified song [tape noise - hiss]
00:07:10 talking
00:07:33 piano - unidentified song
00:10:20 piano, vocal (no words) - unidentified song
00:14:57 piano - unidentified song
00:17:08 piano - unidentified song
00:19:36 piano and vocal - first line: "[?] please, [?] please go back home"
00:24:45 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR083 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer #1, January 26, 1963
Rack number: RXH 3222
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester; 00:33:00) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Time Content
Start piano and vocal (male singer) - first line: "Yes, I'd rather drink muddy water and see that I'm not alone"
00:05:28 piano and "dead air"
00:05:56 piano, stop and restart - unidentified song
00:08:35 piano - unidentified song
00:10:42 conversation, piano - unidentified song
00:13:52 piano and vocal (male singer) - "Anna Mae, Anna Mae [unintelligible]"
00:18:01 piano - unidentified song
00:20:15 piano and conversation - unidentified song
00:23:22 piano - unidentified song
00:27:59 piano and vocal (female singer) - first line: "I love my baby, but he won't treat me right"
00:32:21 piano - unidentified song
00:33:00 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR084 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer #2, January 26, 1963
Rack number: RXH 3651
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:31:33) : analog ; 7 in.
TBA
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR081 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer #3 / B3, March 3, 1963
Rack number: RXH 3220
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (polyester; 00:44:10) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Logger's note: Piano solos by Erwin Helfer and/or Jimmy Walker. The performers are not identified. There are five guitar solos by an unidentified musician. It appears that the SR was recorded live by Pete Welding. According to information on the tape box the recording fades in and out.
Time Content
Start piano - unidentified song
00:02:50 piano - unidentified song
00:07:03 talking, preparation
00:07:25 piano - unidentified song
00:11:02 piano, vocal - first line, "I've been looking for you baby, baby a long time ago"
00:16:02 piano - unidentified song
00:19:01 piano and vocal - "If my mother keep on me, boy you better be careful"
00:24:54 dead air
00:25:11 piano, dialog by Jimmy Walker and an unidentified woman - unidentified song
00:28:19 piano - unidentified song
00:30:30 dead air
00:31:13 guitar, performer is unidentified - unidentified song
00:32:44 guitar - unidentified song, tuning [this suggests a live recording]
00:37:22 guitar - unidentified song
00:39:12 guitar - unidentified song
00:40:53 guitar - unidentified song
00:44:10 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR082 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer, March 24, 1963
Rack number: RXH 3221
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (acetate; 00:32:42) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 145.
Time Content
Start piano and guitar - unidentified song
00:03:10 piano and vocal (female) - first line: "I love my baby, but he won't treat me right" [take 1]
00:05:30 piano and vocal (female) - first line: "I love my baby, but he won't treat me right" [take 2]
00:06:33 guitar and vocal - first line: "Tell it what I do, [?] don't care what you do"
00:09:51 guitar and vocal - first line: "I had a dream baby, and you had on too"
00:12:32 conversation and tuning a guitar
00:14:19 guitar and vocal - first line is unintelligible
00:18:50 piano and vocal (male) - first line: "Yes, I got a woman, [unintelligible]"
00:22:43 conversation and some piano
00:23:34 guitar and vocal - first line: "[?] when you were down, and I got lucky and you put me down"
00:26:23 piano and guitar - unidentified song
00:29:00 piano and guitar - unidentified song
00:32:42 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR280 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer, #1, May 18, 1963
Rack number: RXH 4166
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:40:34) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Side 2 has not yet been digitized.
Vendor's digitization note: The Side 1 program is distorted at times.
Time Content
Start An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "Say you don't need me baby, baby you got to go..." [a short section in the beginning is cut off]
00:05:11 "Dirty Dozen" [a piano piece]
00:09:34 "Dirty Dozen"
00:13:49 Blues [breaks off]
00:14:08 "ADC Blues"
00:17:15 An unidentified piano piece.
00:19:53 The pianist makes some changes and plays the above piece again.
00:22:05 The pianist makes some changes and plays the above piece again.
00:25:08 An unidentified instrumental piece. Lyrics: "Say you don't need me baby, baby you got to go, you've done me wrong"
00:31:44 "Run Here Mama"
00:37:08 An unidentified instrumental piece played on the piano. [According to container notes, this is possibly piano solo version of "ADC Blues"]
00:38:25 fragment of "Pinetop's Blues" played on the piano
00:40:34 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR281 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer, #2 / B2, May 18, 1963
Rack number: RXH 4167
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:45:17) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Side 2 has not yet been digitized.
Vendor's digitization note: The Side 1 program is distorted at times, and there are speed fluctuations from the tape.
Side 1
Time Content
Start "Mornin' Exercise" [a vocal piece accompanied by the pianos]
00:05:03 An unidentified blues piece played on the piano
00:08:40 "You Better Get Out" [a vocal piece accompanied by the pianos; chatter and noise in the background]
00:12:07 An unidentified slow Blues song played on the piano
00:17:18 A fragment of random playing on the piano
00:17:45 A fragment of several sections of songs
00:18:58 "That's F" [a boogie woogie piano piece]
00:22:08 "5 Cents Worth of Love" [a boogie woogie piano piece]
00:24:03 The above song breaks off.
00:24:05 "Ella Mae" [a vocal piece accompanied by the pianos]
00:29:10 An unidentified slow blues piece played on the piano.
00:33:31 "Boogie For Monk"
00:37:02 An unidentified slow boogie woogie piece played on the piano.
00:41:40 "44 Blues"
00:45:17 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR282 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer, #3, May 18, 1963
Rack number: RXH 4168
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:30:35) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Side 2 has not yet been digitized. Collector's original number: 263.
Vendor's digitization note: The Side 1 program is distorted at times, and there is a speed fluctuations at 00:00:06.
Side 1
Time Content
Start An unidentified boogie woogie piano piece.
00:01:20 The above song breaks off.
00:01:15 The interviewer asks Jimmy Walker if he can play "Four O'clock Blues"
00:01:20 "Four O'clock Blues"
00:07:00 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "You talk about me, baby, I wouln't worry, it is alright the way you do"
00:13:20 An unidentified instrumental blues piece played on the piano.
00:15:13 An unidentified instrumental Boogie Woogie piece.
00:17:56 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "I will lay down, the train is gone"
00:24:36 An unidentified instrumental blues song [breaks off]
00:25:40 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "Come back baby, please don't go..." [breaks off]
00:26:00 Restart of the above song. Lyrics: "Come back baby, please don't go, we will love you baby, you don't never know, love me one more time"
00:30:35 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR287 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer, February 14, 1976
Rack number: RXH 4173
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 01:01:13, Side 2: 00:54:35) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 69.
Vendor's digitization note: The programs are distorted at times.
Logger's note: There is background chatter and applause suggesting that it is a live performance. The singer is far away from the microphone which makes it difficult to hear the lyrics.
Side 1
Time Content
Start An unidentified blues song. [The singer is far away from the microphone which makes it difficult to hear the lyrics. ]
00:05:07 An unidentified blues song.
00:09:08 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "You know you've done me wrong all the time"
00:17:01 Jimmy Walker introduces his band members.
00:19:09 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "Going to downtown, going to parties"
00:23:15 An unidentified blues piece played by the band.
00:27:30 Jimmy Walker advertises about the concert. An unidentified blues piece played by the band.
00:37:06 Chatter and noise.
00:38:18 An unidentified blues piece played by the band.
00:43:20 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "Bad luck baby"
00:51:35 Jimmy Walker announces a special guest artist he will introduce later in the concert.
00:53:10 An unidentified blues piece played by the band.
00:58:05 Chatter and noise.
00:58:32 An unidentified blues piece played by the band. The song ends abroptly.
01:01:13 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start An unidentified blues piece played by the band.
00:05:10 Chatter and noise.
00:06:02 An unidentified blues piece played by the band.
00:11:55 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "When my love goes down for you"
00:18:53 "Pinetop's Blues" played by the band.
00:21:10 Chatter and noise.
00:22:22 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "I wake up this morning and I got blues"
00:29:10 An unidentified blues piece played by the band.
00:32:35 Chatter and noise.
00:34:28 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "I am going to downtown...getting on the street"
00:39:20 Chatter and noise.
00:40:00 An unidentified blues piece played by the band.
00:49:40 The Jimmy Walker concert ends. A recording of lecture starts.
00:54:35 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR285 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer, undated
Rack number: RXH 4171
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:16:04) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 244.
Vendor's digitization note: The Side 1 program is distorted at times.
Time Content
Start "J.W. Boogie"
00:03:41 The above song ends abruptly.
00:05:52 "Sweet Patootie"
00:10:29 "Pine Tops Boogie"
00:13:05 The above song ends abruptly.
00:13:31 "I Wonder Why"
00:16:04 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR662 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer, undated
Rack number: RXH 5539
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 5 in.
On the tape reel: Maxwell St / Jimmy Davis / 3 Numbers. Collector's original number: 196.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR286 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer, undated
Rack number: RXH 4172
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:39:14) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Side 2 has not yet been digitized.
Vendor's digitization note: The Side 1 program is distorted at times, and there is phasing from the tape.
Side 1
Time Content
Start An unidentified blues piano piece.
00:04:09 "Pinetops Blues" performed on the piano.
00:06:40 An unidentified blues piano piece in a slow tempo.
00:09:18 "Pinetop's Blues" performed on the piano.
00:11:54 Several unidentified blues piano fragments.
00:12:52 An unidentified blues song in a slow tempo. Lyrics: In the morning, baby where are you used to be? where do I have my fortune told
00:18:27 An unidentified boogie woogie song. Lyrics: "I am a king, I am on your mind...take this walk with me"
00:21:23 An unidentified blues piano piece in a slow tempo.
00:23:58 An unidentified boogie woogie piano piece.
00:27:05 An unidentified blues song in a slow tempo. Lyrics: "Since I am alone, I am going strong"
00:33:03 An unidentified blues piano piece.
00:36:10 Maybe performed by Jimmy Walker and Vicky Sherry. A vocal piece.
00:39:14 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR283 Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer - Nelson Dixon, March 1, 1964
Rack number: RXH 4169
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:22:28) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Side 2 has not yet been digitized. Collector's original number: 283.
Vendor's digitization note: The Side 1 program is distorted at times, and there is a speed fluctuations at the start.
Side 1
Time Content
Start "Stranger In your Town" performed by Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer. A vocal piece.
00:03:52 "I Asked You, Babe" performed by Jimmy Walker and Nelson Dixon. A vocal piece.
00:06:04 "I Asked You, Babe" performed by Jimmy Walker and Nelson Dixon. A vocal piece.
00:10:55 Rough And Ready performed by Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer on the pianos.
00:14:17 "Pinetop Blues" performed by Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer on the pianos.
00:17:08 "Pinetop Blues" performed by Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer on the pianos.
00:19:58 "Give Me 5 Cents Worth of Love" performed by Jimmy Walker and Erwin Helfer on the pianos.
00:22:28 End
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