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Series 4: Articles, reviews, and other writings (continued)
Subseries 3: Various writings (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 12/24 Blues Unlimited? [sic], undated
Typed sections of a draft.
BOX-FOLDER 13/1 Book reviews, 1971; undated
Original magazine and newspaper clippings, plus a photocopy of a typed draft of a book review.
BOX-FOLDER 13/2 Brochure and liner notes, undated
Handwritten and typed drafts (with handwritten edits) of brochures for Testament Records, a discography, and other writings.
BOX-FOLDERS 13/3-4 Broken-up files or missing pages, 1962-1977; undated
Typed draft liner notes, held notes, and various writings about Howlin' Wolf, Rex Stewart, Erroll Garner, and others, and related documentation.
BOX-FOLDER 13/5 Capitol Records: 1945 catalog, 1945
Photocopy.
BOX-FOLDER 13/6 "Caught in the Act" - reviews, etc., 1966-1967; undated
Original clipping from a magazine, with reviews of live music performances.
BOX-FOLDER 13/7 Down Beat - reviews, 1961-1967; undated
Original clippings from magazines, plus two typed draft documents (one on gospel music, the other about Aretha Franklin; both with handwritten edits).
BOX-FOLDER 13/8 Harry Oster: Folk-Lyric Records, 1959-1963; undated
Handwritten and typed correspondence to Welding from Oster, plus copies of a promotional brochure for Folk-Lyric Records (one with handwritten notations), typed drafts of writings, and magazine clippings. A photo has been relocated to box-folder 22/8.
BOX-FOLDER 13/9 Maxwell Street, July 27, 1969
A clipping from the Los Angeles Times.
BOX-FOLDER 13/10 McCormick's "Treasury of Field Recordings" and Dobell's folk labels, 1960-1961; undated
Typed and handwritten correspondence to Welding (most are from Mark Dobell), typed drafts of writings, newspaper and magazine clippings, and related documentation.
BOX-FOLDER 13/11 Memphis, Tennessee, January 7, 1977
Photocopied article from The New York Times.
BOX-FOLDER 13/12 Migration patterns, March 1960
An original article published in Fortune, regarding African American population migrations in the U.S.
BOX-FOLDER 13/13 Mississippi [state], February 27, 1966
An original article published in the Chicago Sun-Times.
BOX-FOLDER 13/14 Notes: Ray Charles, Shuggie Otis, John Lee Hooker, 1994; undated
Typed drafts of liner notes, plus an invoice for Sony Legacy Records regarding Welding's work on liner notes, and a brief proposal for a Sonny Terry CD release.
BOX-FOLDER 13/15 Notes for book: Muddy Waters - Charley Patton manuscripts - Rhythm & Blues, undated
Typed drafts of writings and related documentation.
BOX-FOLDER 14/1 Profiles, undated
Original and photocopied clippings from magazines, plus an original typed one-page document about the nature of jazz.
BOX-FOLDER 14/2 Race labels (Bob Koester), 1948; undated
A writing by Koester on race labels, plus a fold-out record dating chart (part 1).
BOX-FOLDER 14/3-4 Reviews: Testament Records; 1959-1969, undated
Original clippings and one faxed article from magazines, plus complete magazines:
Jazz Journal ( August 1964 )
Jazz Journal ( September 1964 )
Code ( March 1965 )
Jazz Monthly ( May 1965 )
BOX-FOLDER 14/5 Smithsonian blues set, undated
Handwritten and typed song lists.
BOX-FOLDER 14/6 Song record information, undated
Photocopied pages from a published, unidentified work.
BOX-FOLDER 14/7 Superstition, 1964-1966
Original newspaper and magazine clippings.
BOX-FOLDER 14/8 Various writings by Pete Welding, undated
Typed writings, both complete and incomplete, including an essay Welding wrote on the book Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov.
BOX-FOLDER 14/9 Xanadu Records, undated
Photocopied announcement of the merger of Xanadu Records and Cream Records, and a photocopied, typed writing about Xanadu Records.
BOX-FOLDER 14/10 61-15000 List, undated
Partial copy of a typed discography. Folder title taken from the original folder received from the donor.
Series 5: Publications
BOXES 15-18 Issues of magazines that include writings by Welding, and information he used as reference material. Many of these issues include reviews and other content directly related to this collection.
Series 6: Materials from sound recording containers, and original containers
BOX-FOLDERS 19/1-8 Inserts from tape containers, handwritten interviews, discographies, receipts, logs, and other documents.
BOXES 26-27 A selection of original tape boxes that housed sound recordings.
Extent: The original containers not retained were photographed, and the digital files for these images are available on request from the American Folklife Center.
Series 7: Oversized materials
BOX-FOLDER 20/1 Albert Collins, circa 1969
Extent: 24 in. x 12 in.
Small brown-and-white poster/flyer with a photo of Collins, and biographical information directly on it. See folder 1/20 for related material.
BOX-FOLDER 20/2 Art Pepper, undated
Photocopied discography. See box-folder 5/16 for related material.
BOX-FOLDER 20/3 Muddy Waters, April 1977
Original clipping from Soul & Jazz magazine, issue #37 (undated). See folders 7/15-16 for related material.
BOX-FOLDER 20/4 Masters of Modern Blues, vol. 4" (T-2215), circa 1968
Liner note proofs for Testament Records release. See box-folder 9/6 for related material.
BOX-FOLDER 20/5 Liner notes for Stan Kenton recordings (part of a Time-Life Music release), 1984
Final copy. Relocated from 11/1
BOX-FOLDER 20/6 Testament Records - reviews, 1964
Original issue of The Literary Times, plus two newspaper clippings.
BOX-FOLDER 20/7 Blues Unlimited, 1964-1965
British music magazine. Five issues: January 1964, April/May 1964, July 1964, September 1964, and January 1965.
BOX-FOLDER 20/8 Pete Welding - obituaries, 1995
One-page photocopy of Welding's obituary in Mad Rhino News, plus two other photocopied obituaries.
BOX-FOLDER 20/9 Mad Rhino News, 1995
Year-end issue. See page 6 for the obituary that appears as a photocopy in box-folder 20/8.
BOX-FOLDER 20/10 Billboard, December 9, 1995
Complete issue.
BOX-FOLDER 20/11 Johnny Shines, undated
Extent: 11 3/4 in. x 11 in. or smaller
Oversized, black-and-white photo taken by Welding. See Box-Folder 22/17 for more images of Shines.
Series 8: Sound recordings
Documentation on the tape boxes was used to create the inventory for this series. This information was partially transcribed and subsequently edited, including abbreviations that were expanded and names that were normalized. Logged recordings are included here, and the information from them used to correct the inventory. Where possible, the title of the commercial recordings has been documented. When recordings have been digitized, the engineer's notes take precedence over those on the tape boxes; the archivist has edited these notes for clarity. Further details about the recordings appear on the tape boxes and accompanying manuscript materials. Dubbed recordings have been noted as such. Unless otherwise indicated, interviews were conducted by Pete Welding.
During the digitization process, SR215, SR740, and SR810 were found to be blank.
Subseries 1: Artists, bands, and interviews
The sound recordings are organized in approximate alphabetical order, given the available information. Works by individual artists are organized by surname and when there are multiple artists by the first surname. If the sound recording is a compilation it is alphabetized by album or project name. Events are alphabetized by the event name.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR673 Ace of Spades, #1 - Central Avenue Blues, undated
Rack number: RXH 5550
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR674 Ace of Spades, #2, undated
Rack number: RXH 5551
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR675 Ace of Spades, #3, undated
Rack number: RXH 5552
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR242 Joe Albany Trio and solo, #2, circa 1960s-1970s
Rack number: RXH 4124
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:46:10) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
According to the tape box notes this is a master dub.
Time Content
Start "A Night in Tunisia"
00:05:36 "You're Blasé"
00:08:58 "Like Someone In Love"
00:14:10 "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life"
00:18:45 "Barbados"
00:22:49 "St. Thomas"
00:27:07 "Ellington Medley"
00:32:35 "Yellow Days"
00:37:32 "Everything Happens to Me"
00:40:36 "When Lights Are Low"
00:46:10 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR590 Joe Albany, undated
Rack number: RXH 5451
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
LP mock-up
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR028 Luther Allison Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, #1, July 3, 1976
Rack number: RXH 3167
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (00:30:06) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1/4 track, stereo ; 7 in.
Time Content
Start "Don't Know What Love Is"
00:09:34 "Sweet Home Chicago"
00:14:45 "The Bum is Mine"
00:21:23 "The Same Thing"
00:30:06 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR029 Luther Allison Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, #2, July 3, 1976
Rack number: RXH 3168
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (00:22:23) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1/4 track, stereo ; 7 in.
Time Content
Start "Easy Baby"
00:07:10 "Red Rooster"
00:19:30 "Chuck Berry Medley"
00:22:23 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR069 Delia Anderson, July 29, 1968
Rack number: RXH 3208
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (00:29:41) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 284.
Archivist's note: Anderson sings a cappella. Between songs Pete Welding and Anderson talk about where she learned songs, and other topics. The number "201" is appears on the tape box in parentheses, without any context. See the note for SR735
Time Content
Start "Little Beggar Man"
00:01:47 "The Green Volunteers"
00:02:18 "The Lass of Killacrankie"
00:03:17 "The Shoals of Herring"
00:05:05 "Down By the Liffey Side"
00:06:08 mouth music (breaks off)
00:06:54 mouth music #2
00:08:10 unidentified (first line: "The cold winds are blowing, wearily, wearily")
00:08:59 "The Day We Went to Rossy-O" (breaks off)
00:10:22 "The Day We Went to Rossy-O" (picks up from the break)
00:12:01 "Die an Old Maid in a Garret"
00:13:24 "When the Blue Bonnets Came Over the Border"
00:15:11 "Jock of Hazeldene"
00:16:51 "The Patriot Game" (breaks off)
00:17:13 "The Patriot Game" (Anderson tries in new key; breaks off)
00:16:32 "The Patriot Game" (Anderson sings in a different key; breaks off twice, but continues)
00:19:05 children's games (bits of various songs)
00:20:03 "Banks of the Clyde"
00:20:34 "Rakes and Barley-O"
00:21:32 "MacPhereson's Lament"
00:22:49 mouth music #3 (false start)
00:25:11 "The Lass of Killacrankie"
00:26:30 "Wild Mountain Thyme" (fragment)
00:26:46 "Wildwood Flower"
00:27:40 "Donna, Donna"
00:29:00 "Greenock Song"
00:29:40 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR735 Delia Anderson, July 29, 1968
Rack number: RXH 5612
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:30:00) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
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