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Series 8: Sound
recordings
(continued) |
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Subseries 3: TV and radio
broadcasts
(continued) |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR545 |
"Health and
Happiness Show" - Hank Williams, October 1949
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Rack number: RXH 5407 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side
1: 00:37:00, Side 2: 01:03:44) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7
in. |
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The tape box spine reads: "Hank Williams on Radio Transcription"
Archivist's note: These recordings may have been dubbed from the 1993
CD release, rather than the original transcription discs. See
https://www.discogs.com/release/1911825-Hank-Williams-Health-Happiness-Shows
for more details.
Vendor's digitization note: There is significant hum on the tape, and
the programs are distorted at times. |
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Side 1
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Time
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Content
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| Start |
Opening song of the Hank Williams "Health and
Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. |
| 00:01:30 |
"You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)"
(song) |
| 00:04:36 |
"(There's a) Bluebird on Your Window Sill"
(song) |
| 00:06:55 |
"A Tramp On The Street" (song) |
| 00:11:46 |
An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and
Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening
song. |
| 00:12:58 |
"A Mansion on the Hill"(song) |
| 00:16:15 |
"There'll Be No Tear Drops Tonight"(song) |
| 00:19:55 |
"The Prodigal Son"(song) |
| 00:23:25 |
Closing music of the show. |
| 00:24:26 |
An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and
Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening
song. |
| 00:25:35 |
"Pan American" (song) |
| 00:28:55 |
"Lovesick Blues" (song) |
| 00:33:22 |
"I Saw the Light" (song) |
| 00:36:12 |
Closing music of the show. |
| 00:37:00 |
End |
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Side 2
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Time
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Content
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| Start |
Opening song of the Hank Williams "Health and
Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. |
| 00:01:05 |
"I'm a Long Gone Daddy" (song) |
| 00:04:35 |
"I'm Telling You" (song) |
| 00:06:50 |
"When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels"
(song) |
| 01:11:03 |
Closing of the show. |
| 00:12:38 |
An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and
Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening
song. |
| 00:13:45 |
"Lost Highway" (song) |
| 00:17:25 |
"I Want to Live and Love" (song) |
| 00:20:08 |
An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and
Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening
song. |
| 00:20:50 |
"I'll Have a New Body (I'll Have a New Life)"
(song) |
| 00:23:38 |
"Fingers on Fire" (song) |
| 00:24:23 |
Closing music of the show. |
| 00:25:05 |
An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and
Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening
song. |
| 00:26:26 |
"I Can't Get You Off My Mind" (song) |
| 00:28:23 |
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (song) |
| 00:32:04 |
"Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine"
(song) |
| 00:36:10 |
Hank Williams introduces the band musicians.
|
| 00:37:46 |
An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and
Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening
song. |
| 00:38:46 |
"Mind Your Own Business" (song) |
| 00:42:13 |
"Wedding Bells" (song) |
| 00:46:55 |
"I've Just Told Mama Goodbye" (song) |
| 00:49:15 |
Ending remark. |
| 00:50:23 |
An episode of the Hank Williams "Health and
Happiness Show" radio broadcasts. Opening
song." |
| 00:51:40 |
"Wedding Bells" (song) |
| 00:55:50 |
"Lovesick Blues" (song) |
| 00:59:52 |
"Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies" (song) |
| 01:02:20 |
Ending remark. |
| 01:03:44 |
End |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR802 |
Humorous radio
broadcast recordings, undated
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Rack number: RXJ 7392 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(01:12:15) : analog ; 7 in. |
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Contents include a gag radio broadcast, with someone imitating Lionel
Barrymore tells a story about a bear (circa 1953-1954). Frank Goss
is the announcer. Other comedy sketches are included on the
tape. |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR239 |
"Preachin' The
Blues" - radio show on KPFK-FM, Los Angeles; hosted by Frank Scott -
Johnny Shines, guest, January 5, 1974
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Rack number: RXH 4121 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(polyester, 00:52:24) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7
in. |
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Archivist's note: The interview was featured on Frank Scott's show,
"Preachin' the Blues," broadcast on KPFK radio. The tape box
indicates this is interview #3, but this is probably Shines
interview number 3 in this collection. The interview is interspersed
with songs sung by Johnny Shines, accompanying himself on
guitar.
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Time
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Content
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| Start |
recording begins with laughter; discussion about
blues and church songs; his family history and a
story about Ann Roman [sp?] |
| 00:03:23 |
"I Don't Know" |
| 00:07:29 |
how Shines came to Chicago: his life in Arkansas,
his work as a farm hand, performing as a musician on
weekends, Howlin' Wolf, trying to live and work in
St. Louis, plans to go to Chicago and get a job and
what he'd do if he didn't get a job, desire to visit
Africa, being told that people in Africa have his
Vanguard record and want him to visit, his strong
feelings about going to Africa, speaks about slide
guitar playing |
| 00:12:54 |
"The Blues Came Falling Down" |
| 00:16:38 |
the interview continues: discussion of Shines's
slide guitar style, credits his return to the music
business to Frank Scott and Mike Rowe, Shines pawned
his guitar and equipment and sore off playing guitar
again, Scott and Rowe renting a guitar for him;
Scott and Shines discuss photos Scott shows to him,
reasons he gave up playing guitar, playing jazz
instead of blues, taking care of his children and
grandchildren, the need to have a living income,
dealings with record companies, dealings with Al
Benson, trouble with the union (playing for under
scale), losing his union card, issues resolved,
leaving Chicago to live in Alabama |
| 00:27:45 |
"Nobody's Fault But My Own" |
| 00:31:38 |
the interview continues: how Shines changes
traditional songs and keeps his interest in the
music, playing gigs in the Los Angeles area, mention
of Big Mama Thornton and T-Bone Walker, forthcoming
albums by Shines, playing solo vs. with a band,
songs he learned from Robert Johnson, Johnson's
personality, when other people play Johnson's
songs |
| 00:39:59 |
"Kind Hearted Woman" (a song by Robert
Johnson) |
| 00:44:09 |
where Shines will play next (locations and
events), taking his family around the U.S. and
Canada to see other places |
| 00:48:15 |
"Ramblin' Blues" |
| 00:51:32 |
Scott thanks Shines for taking the time to do the
interview, plugs the gig Shines had currently with
Albert Collins at The Ash Grove. |
| 00:52:24 |
End |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR776 |
"Preachin' The
Blues" - radio show on KPFK-FM, Los Angeles; hosted by Frank Scott -
Johnny Turner, guest, February 16, 1976
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Rack number: RAA 59314 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(01:28:20) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 10
in. |
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Collector's original ID number: 19.
Archivist's note: Johnny Turner is better known as John "Honeyboy"
Turner. On the radio show, Scott interviewed Turner, who played
guitar and sang live, backed by Zaven Jambazian on harmonica.
Vendor's digitization note: The source program has distortion and
hiss. The beginning of the program is cut off. |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR693 |
"Songs by Sinatra,"
circa
1942-1947
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Rack number: RXH 5570 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Track
1: 01:31:26, Track 2: 01:25:13, Track 3: 01:30:10, Track 4:
01:32:29) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, mono ; 7
in. |
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Archivist's note: Episodes from Sinatra's radio program, "Songs by
Sinatra."
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times, and
there is crosstalk from the tape. |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR695 |
"Timex All-Star Jazz
Show" [?], Reel 2339, circa 1957-1959
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Rack number: RXH 5572 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(Channel 1: 01:16:21, Channel 2: 01:32:46, Channel 3: 01:25:27,
Channel 4: 01:33:52) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in. |
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Vendor's digitization note: For Channel 2, there is a gap in the
program (from the source tape) from 01:16:43 - 01:23:13, and the
program is distorted at times. For Channel 3, there is a gap in the
program (from the source tape) from 01:13:39 - 01:19:12. For Channel
4, there is a speed fluctuation at the start of the program (from
the source tape), and crosstalk on the tape. |
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Subseries 4: Compilations
of dubbed commercial recordings
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These recordings are organized by music style, record label, or related
categories. |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR788 |
Dubs for "All Out
and Down," undated
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Rack number: RAA 59326 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel :
analog (00:28:05) ; analog, 15 ips, half-track, stereo, 10
in. |
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Vendor's digitization note: The recording begins with a test tone.
The program has distortion and hiss. |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR561 |
Blues Is Killing Me (Juke Joint 1501), 1978
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Rack number: RXH 5422 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel :
analog ; 7 in. |
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Dub recording. |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR155 |
Standing Ovation - Count Basie Orchestra (Dot 25938); That Latin Beat: Antobal's Latin All-Stars Conducted by Chico O'Farrill (Dot 25445) (tape side 1); Goin' Places - Margaret Whiting (Dot 25072); Dori Howard Sings, with the Eddie Costa Quartet and Don Elliott Quintet (Dot
3230) (tape side 2), 1959-1969
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Rack number: RXH 4038 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(polyester; Side 1: 01:02:45, Side 2: 01:04:05) : analog, 3 3/4 ips,
quarter track, stereo ; 7 in. |
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Dubs from commercial recordings. |
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Side 1
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Time
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Content
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| Start |
Instrumental piece by the Count Basie Orchestra
(CBO): "Down for Double" |
| 00:03:12 |
The next instrumental piece, titled "Li'l
Darlin'" |
| 00:08:02 |
The start of the next instrumental selection by
CBO called "Broadway" |
| 00:11:39 |
CBO play "Jive at Five" |
| 00:15:32 |
CBO play "Cherry Point" |
| 00:20:34 |
Jumpin' at the Woodside" - CBO |
| 00:24:07 |
The beginning of the next instrumental selection
titled "One O'clock Jump" |
| 00:25:28 |
The next selection called "Shiny
Stockings" |
| 00:30:35 |
CBO perform their next piece "Blue and
Sentimental" |
| 00:35:06 |
CBO perform "Every Tub" |
| 00:38:05 |
The start of the next instrumental selection
called "Corner Pocket" |
| 00:44:03 |
The next instrumental piece titled "The Kid from
Red Bank" |
| 00:46:36 |
The next selection by CBO titled "One O'clock
Jump" |
| 00:48:22 |
Chico O'Farrill (CF) conducting Antobal's Latin
All-Stars. The first piece they perform is "Una
Aventura Mas" |
| 00:50:39 |
The beginning of the next instrumental piece
called "Astronaut Special" |
| 00:53:21 |
"Voodoo Moon" by CF |
| 00:56:05 |
"Playtime in Brazil" by CF |
| 00:58:24 |
A performance of "Pachanga Universal" (Eugenio
Fondeur) |
| 01:00:36 |
The next piece with voice and accompaniment
titled "Fiesta en El Solar |
| 01:00:34 |
End |
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Side 2
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Time
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Content
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| Start |
Begins with Margaret Whiting singing a rendition
of "The Gypsy in My Soul" (J. Mandel) |
| 00:02:29 |
Voice and accompaniment of "Sentimental Journey"
(Mandel) |
| 00:05:33 |
The selection "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home"
(Frank Comstock) |
| 00:08:18 |
The start of the song titled "I'm Gonna Move to
the Outskirts of Town" (Skip Martin) |
| 00:10:43 |
Introduction to the song "Gone With the Wind"
(Pete King) |
| 00:12:42 |
The start of "Runnin' Wild" (Pete Rugolo) |
| 00:14:27 |
The selection "Between the Devil and the Deep
Blue Sea" (Rugolo) |
| 00:16:37 |
Introduction to the song "Somewhere Over the
Rainbow" (Marty Paich) |
| 00:19:47 |
The start of "Hit the Road to Dreamland"
(Comstock) |
| 00:22:20 |
The selection "East of the Sun and West of the
Moon" (King) |
| 00:25:02 |
The introduction to "Song of the Wanderer"
(Martin) |
| 00:27:29 |
The selection "Home (When Shadows Fall)"
(Paich) |
| 00:30:08 |
The song titled "The Moon Was Yellow" with Dori
Howard singing the remainder of the pieces. She is
joined by Eddie Costa and the Don Elliott
Quintets |
| 00:32:36 |
The start of "My One and Only Love" |
| 00:35:18 |
Introduction to the next song, "Here I am in Love
Again" |
| 00:38:29 |
The song titled "I Get a Kick out of You" |
| 00:41:08 |
Introduction to the next song titled "Lonely
Love" |
| 00:43:48 |
The selection "Mean to Me" |
| 00:46:01 |
The start of the song "How Long Has This Been
Going On?" |
| 00:48:41 |
The song titled "Duke's Place" |
| 00:51:18 |
Introduction to "You're Not Alone" |
| 00:54:26 |
Introduction to the next song titled
"Monday" |
| 00:56:26 |
The next selection called "Stop, Look and
Run" |
| 01:00:16 |
The song titled, "Mood Indigo" |
| 01:03:52 |
End |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR412 |
Blues 78s, #11;
Peggy Seeger, undated
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Rack number: RXH 4652 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(01:00:32) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 7 in. |
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Logger's note: Dubs of commercial recordings by various singers,
including Peggy Seeger, Furry Lewis, Memphis Minnie, and others.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
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Time
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Content
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| Start |
"Cumberland Gap" by Peggy Seeger |
| 00:02:04 |
"The Lady of Carlisle" by Peggy Seeger |
| 00:06:16 |
"The Deer Song" by Peggy Seeger |
| 00:09:08 |
"Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens" by Peggy
Seeger |
| 00:12:12 |
"I Never Will Marry" by Peggy Seeger |
| 00:14:53 |
"Devilish Mary" by Peggy Seeger |
| 00:16:55 |
"The Fair Maid Freed By the Shore" by Peggy
Seeger |
| 00:19:21 |
"Soldier's Joy" by Peggy Seeger |
| 00:20:19 |
"Shady Grove" by Peggy Seeger |
| 00:21:37 |
"Georgia Buck" by Peggy Seeger |
| 00:22:37 |
"The Wife of Usher's Well" by Peggy
Seeger |
| 00:27:13 |
"Saturday Blues" by Ishman Bracey |
| 00:30:46 |
"Left Alone Blues" by Ishman Bracey |
| 00:34:28 |
"Kassie Jones" (part 1), by Furry Lewis |
| 00:37:37 |
"Kassie Jones" (part 2), by Furry Lewis |
| 00:40:47 |
"Honey" by Bo Carter |
| 00:43:38 |
"What You Want Your Daddy to Do" by Bo
Carter |
| 00:46:45 |
"I'm talking About You" by Memphis Minnie (very
poor sound quality) |
| 00:49:22 |
"Me And My Chauffeur Blues" by Memphis
Minnie |
| 00:52:09 |
"Can't Afford To Lose My Man" by Memphis
Minnie |
| 00:54:42 |
"Please Set A Date" by Memphis Minnie |
| 00:57:30 |
"True Love" by Memphis Minnie |
| 01:00:32 |
End |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR410 |
Blues 78s, #12,
undated
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Rack number: RXH 4650 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(01:04:01) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in. |
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Logger's note: Dubs of commercial recordings by various singers.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
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Time
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Content
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| Start |
"Mama's Advice" by Peetie Wheatstraw (poor sound
quality) |
| 00:03:26 |
"Police Station Blues" by Peetie Wheatstraw (poor
sound quality) |
| 00:06:40 |
"Midnight Blues" by Peetie Wheatstraw (poor sound
quality) |
| 00:10:08 |
"Johnnie Blues" by Peetie Wheatstraw (poor sound
quality) |
| 00:13:00 |
"Deep Sea Diver" by Leroy Henderson (poor sound
quality) |
| 00:15:53 |
"Low Mellow Man Blues" by Leroy Henderson (poor
sound quality) |
| 00:18:53 |
"F.D.R. Blues" by Champion Jack Dupree (poor
sound quality) |
| 00:21:35 |
"God Bless Our New President" by Champion Jack
Dupree (poor sound quality) |
| 00:24:22 |
"South Bound Water" by Lonnie Johnson (poor sound
quality) |
| 00:27:08 |
"Back Water Blues" by Lonnie Johnson (poor sound
quality) |
| 00:30:44 |
"Bo Weevil Blues" by Madame "Ma" Rainey;
accompanied by Lovie Austin |
| 00:33:36 |
"Cotton Crop Blues" by James Cotton |
| 00:36:40 |
"Charity Blues" by Gene Gilmore (poor sound
quality) |
| 00:39:19 |
"Brome Street Blues" by Skoodle Dum Doo and
Sheffield (poor sound quality) |
| 00:42:16 |
"West Kinney Street Blues" by Skoodle Dum Doo and
Sheffield (poor sound quality) |
| 00:45:01 |
"Pretty Man Blues" by Luella Miller (poor sound
quality) |
| 00:47:40 |
"Dago Hill Blues" by Luella Miller (poor sound
quality) |
| 00:50:40 |
"Love Me Or Let me Be" by James (Beale Street)
Clark. |
| 00:53:32 |
"Get Ready To Meet Your Man" by James (Beale
Street) Clark |
| 00:56:12 |
"Dew Drop Alley Stomp" by Sugar Underwood |
| 00:59:34 |
"Davis Street Blues" by Sugar Underwood |
| 01:02:43 |
"Pig Meat Blues" by Ardell Bragg (poor sound
quality; the song ends abruptly) |
| 01:04:01 |
End |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR411 |
Blues 78s, #13,
undated
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Rack number: RXH 4651 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(00:50:41) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in. |
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Logger's note: Dubs of commercial recordings by various singers.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
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Time
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Content
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| Start |
"She's Gone Blues" by Barbecue Bob |
| 00:03:32 |
"Bad Time Blues" by Barbecue Bob |
| 00:06:48 |
"Crooked Woman Blues" by Barbecue Bob |
| 00:09:49 |
"'Fo Day Creep" by Barbecue Bob |
| 00:13:06 |
"Thinkin' Funny Blues" by Barbecue Bob |
| 00:16:29 |
"Motherless Chile Blues" by Barbecue Bob |
| 00:19:50 |
"My Mistake Blues" by Barbecue Bob |
| 00:22:11 |
"How Long Pretty Mama" by Barbecue Bob |
| 00:26:40 |
"Barrel House Blues" by Ed Andrews |
| 00:29:50 |
"Time [sic] Ain't Gonna Make Me Stay" by Ed
Andrews |
| 00:32:56 |
"Shake It Up And Go" by Tommy McClennan |
| 00:35:56 |
"I Love My Baby" by Tommy McClennan |
| 00:39:03 |
"Stack Of Dollars" by Joe Williams |
| 00:41:51 |
"Mellow Apples" by Joe Williams |
| 00:44:42 |
"The O. P. A. Blues" by Dossie (Georgia Boy)
Terry |
| 00:47:59 |
"Furlough Blues" by Dossie (Georgia Boy)
Terry |
| 00:50:41 |
End |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR392 |
Blues 78s dubs
(Kansas Joe - Memphis Minnie), undated
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Rack number: RXH 4633 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(00:32:11) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, stereo ; 7
in. |
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Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR393 |
Blues 78s dubs, 120
(Georgia Bill - Clarence Green), undated
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Rack number: RXH 4634 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(00:32:41) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, stereo ; 7
in. |
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Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR397 |
Mercury blues dubs,
1949 , 1952
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Rack number: RXH 4638 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(00:28:16) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 7 in. |
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Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
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Time
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Content
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| Start |
"Sittin' Here Wonderin'" - Luther Stoneham
(Mercury 8275; 1949) |
| 00:03:43 |
"January 11, 1949 Blues" - Luther Stoneham
(Mercury 8275; 1949) |
| 00:06:21 |
"Hey Hey" - Big Bill Broonzy (Mercury 8271;
1952) |
| 00:09:17 |
"Walkin' The Lonesome Road" - Big Bill Broonzy
(Mercury 8271; 1952) |
| 00:12:37 |
"Hit The Road Again" - Sunnyland Slim (Mercury
8264; 1952) |
| 00:15:51 |
"Gin Drinkin' Baby" - Sunnyland Slim (Mercury
8264; 1952) |
| 00:18:51 |
"Gone With The Wind" - Lightnin' Hopkins (Mercury
8293; 1952) |
| 00:21:30 |
"She's Almost Dead" - Lightnin' Hopkins (Mercury
8293; 1952) |
| 00:25:08 |
"Sad News From Korea" - Lightnin' Hopkins
(Mercury 8274; 1952) |
| 00:28:16 |
End |
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Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR383 |
Blues dubs (no
titles), undated
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Rack number: RXH 4624 |
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Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side
1: 01:35:56, Side 2: 01:36:14) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7
in. |
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Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
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Side 1
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Time
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Content
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| Start |
"Gypsy Woman" - Muddy Waters |
| 00:02:31 |
"Little Anna Mae" - Muddy Waters |
| 00:04:59 |
unidentified male singer ("I go get up in the
morning, go find me some coo coo place to go/this
old house have done got rocky and I can't live there
no more/Everybody told me lives in your
neighborhood") [possibly the same singer as on the
next song] |
| 00:07:34 |
"Do It If You Want To" - unidentified male singer
[possibly the same as the preceding song] |
| 00:09:56 |
"Decoration Day" - Sonny Boy Williamson |
| 00:12:37 |
"Love Me, Baby" - Sonny Boy Williamson |
| 00:15:47 |
"I'm In A Traveling Mood" - Andrew Tibbs and
Dozier Boys |
| 00:18:41 |
"The Holidays Are Overs" - Andrew Tibbs |
| 00:21:42 |
"Bilbo Is Dead" - Andrew Tibbs, with Dave Young's
Orchestra |
| 00:24:30 |
"Union Man Blues" - Andrew Tibbs, with Dave
Young's Orchestra |
| 00:27:35 |
"Carolina Blues" [?] ("Now that [?] rain or
shining [?] don't the clouds look awful gray/I
believe the Carolina blues and trouble is gonna
follow me to my grave" |
| 00:30:22 |
"First Time I Met the Blues" - unidentified male
singer, with piano |
| 00:33:06 |
"Say Pretty Mama (I'm Goin' to Kansas City)" -
Sloke and Ike [Charlie Slocum and Ikey
Robinson] |
| 00:35:41 |
"Slocum Blues" - Sloke and Ike [Charlie Slocum
and Ikey Robinson] |
| 00:38:29 |
"Back Water Blues" - Ruby Smith |
| 00:41:14 |
"He's Mine, All Mine" - Ruby Smith |
| 00:43:50 |
"Harlem Gin Blues" - Ruby Smith |
| 00:46:42 |
"Why Don't You Love Me Anymore" - Ruby
Smith |
| 00:49:19 |
Lyrics: "Where was you last night daddy when I
knocked upon your door/... there was a pallet on
your floor" |
| 00:52:04 |
Lyrics: "I took you in baby when you didn't have
a cent/well, you wouldn't buy no groceries, didn't
have to pay no rent" |
| 00:54:51 |
Lyrics: "winds are breakin' my heart/And I'm
frantic because I'm in the dark/I know I love you
because the rain wrote in on my window babe" |
| 00:57:15 |
"Rocks in My Bed" - unidentified male
singer |
| 00:59:47 |
"Rocks in My Bed" [snippet only] |
| 00:59:54 |
"My First Love Blues" - Tampa Red |
| 01:02:44 |
"Let Me Play With Your Poodle" - Tampa
Red |
| 01:05:18 |
Lyrics: "I fool around with you [?] clothes are
gone [?]/ain't nothing in the drug store [?] help
you none" |
| 01:08:01 |
snippet of the preceding song |
| 01:08:18 |
Lyrics: "My telephone is out of order, and my
doorbell refuse to ring" |
| 01:11:02 |
"Streamline Train" - Cripple Clarence
Lofton |
| 01:13:41 |
"Crying Mother Blues" - Cripple Clarence Lofton
with Red Nelson |
| 01:16:13 |
Lyrics: "From Detroit to the river...to the break
of day/if I don't see the woman I love somebody's
gonna have to bury me/you can catch a Detroit
special, you can ride most anywhere" |
| 01:19:07 |
Lyrics: "I am sitting here thinking all day long
[?]/my best friend has gone and won't be back no
more/nights and days I pray that I'll find her in
this world somewhere/I have looked the whole world
over, the Lord must not have heard my
prayer" |
| 01:21:53 |
Lyrics: "Early in the morning, 'bout the break of
day/I done moved out of the apartment where my baby
used to stay" |
| 01:24:33 |
Lyrics: "My mother she dead and my father too/and
I don't know what in this whole wide world to do/I
gonna lay my head on some Southern railroad
iron" |
| 01:27:10 |
Lyrics: "Baby please don't go/back to New
Orleans, you know I love you so/turn your lamp down
low" |
| 01:29:51 |
"Break 'Em On Down" - unidentified male singer,
with guitar and harmonica |
| 01:32:50 |
Lyrics: "...since my good man has gone" [poor
source recording condition] |
| 01:35:36 |
End |
|
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Side 2
|
Time
|
Content
|
|
|
| Start |
"This Is Your Last Chance" - Memphis
Minnie |
| 00:02:57 |
"Pig Meat on the Line" - Memphis Minnie |
| 00:05:25 |
"Goin' Down Slow" - unidentified male
singer |
| 00:08:15 |
Lyrics: "Murder, murder in the first
degree/[police] this woman is killing me/it ain't
the way she wears her lipstick or the powder on her
face, just the knowledge of the weakness in the
whole human race" |
| 00:10:54 |
Lyrics: "I ain't going down there [?] myself/why
don't hear you talking pretty mama/I don't care
you're gone, go on get somebody else/no sun gonna
shine in my back door someday" |
| 00:14:09 |
Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Jones |
| 00:17:37 |
Lyrics: "Now that I wake up she taken sick/before
she dies lord lord before she dies/but I'm so glad
poor girl had [?]/before she dies, lord knows before
she dies" |
| 00:20:04 |
Lyrics: "I say hey short man, quit knocking on my
door, 'cause I'm four months behind and you ought to
know I'm ain't gonna join that on [?] no more/well
the last time I fed you I give you a $5 bill and the
next time I fed you, you were running [?]" |
| 00:22:38 |
Lyrics: "Hey what do you want your man to do/I
rob and steal and make every [?] too/for my
breakfast, give me half a cup of tea/[?] I ain't
gonna work for you no more" |
| 00:25:37 |
Lyrics: "I woke up this morning [?] took a [?]
around my baby's bed/I got her face to the wall [?]
not a word she said" |
| 00:28:27 |
Lyrics: "My baby just mistreat me night and
day/she mistreat the poor man just to pass the
doggone time away/and baby what have I done was
wrong/mistreat me baby and drove me away from my
home" |
| 00:31:21 |
Lyrics: "I said never mind, never mind baby, I
got my doggone eyes on you/[?] pretty baby, do like
I want you to do/when I was sick and down you drove
me from your door/you know I was a poor man,
sleeping out in the ice and snow" |
| 00:34:20 |
"Drifting Heart" - Chuck Berry |
| 00:37:03 |
"Roll Over Beethoven" - Chuck Berry |
| 00:39:20 |
"Step It Up and Go" - Blind Boy Fuller |
| 00:42:09 |
"Little Woman You're So Sweet" - Blind Boy
Fuller |
| 00:44:46 |
Lyrics: "Mama here come your root man, open the
door and let him in/it is just about time you're
using your good root again/your skin is getting
bumpy and your skin looks over bad" |
| 00:47:49 |
"Blue Sky Is My Blanket" - unidentified
performer |
| 00:50:43 |
unidentified female singer ("...Let's get drunk
and suck/I know your other man is out of town, my
other woman she's not around/now is the time to
break 'em down") [same performer as the next
song] |
| 00:53:42 |
unidentified female singer ("I can't satisfy you
no matter how I try to/maybe it's someone else you
care for/you say you'd give the world for someone to
care and live for, baby someone else to care/I try
to pacify you in every way I know but I think you're
happy you're raising hell for more") [same performer
as the preceding song] |
| 00:57:02 |
Lyrics: "I've been around the world, I've covered
a lot of space/haven't found no one yet that can
ever take your place/that ain't it, baby I need your
love/now [?] who you thinking of" |
| 00:59:02 |
Lyrics: "I'm walking by myself, I hope you
understand I just want to be your loving man/love
you, yes I love you with all my heart and
soul/wouldn't mistreat you for my weight in gold/you
know I love you, you know it's true/give you all of
my loving/what more can I do" |
| 01:01:44 |
Lyrics: "I was early one morning mama, I was on
my way to [?]/just when I got to know you, [?] break
my mama's rules" |
| 01:04:47 |
unidentified male singer [inaudible; fast
beat] |
| 01:07:59 |
"Happy Home Blues" - Mississippi Matilda |
| 01:10:38 |
"Hardworking Woman Blues" - Mississippi Matilda
|
| 01:13:26 |
"Mr. Pawn Broker" - B. B. King [?] |
| 01:15:54 |
Lyrics: "You're the cutest thing in my life that
I've ever witnessed to/when the woman I love [?] out
there too/I told her to take it easy baby" |
| 01:18:30 |
Lyrics: "I know a gal, her name is Betty Hobbs
[?]/make good money on all her jobs/just cutting
them clothes/she never did hurry, she just kept on
cutting them clothes/day in and day out, she didn't
want for a thing, she didn't use nothing but an easy
swing" |
| 01:21:21 |
Lyrics: "Early one morning when the possum left
his den/[?] my baby came creeping in/[record skips
here] mama tell me what's the matter now" |
| 01:24:20 |
[inaudible; too much static] |
| 01:27:08 |
Lyrics: "I ain't nothing but a hobo, won't
somebody help me carry my load/...I have been in the
jungle three long nights and days" |
| 01:30:17 |
Lyrics: "Ain't it a shame, ain't it a shame, low
down dirty shame/my baby wrote for me [?] won't let
me ride this train/goodbye old Memphis, goodbye to
the state of Tennessee/I'm going home to my
baby" |
| 01:33:26 |
"Working Man (Doing the Best I Can)" - Peetie
Wheatstraw |
| 01:36:14 |
End |
|
|
|
|
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR409 |
Blues dubs
(Mercury), undated
|
|
Rack number: RXH 4649 |
|
Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(00:15:39) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 7 in. |
|
Logger's note: Dubs of commercial recordings by Lightnin'
Hopkins.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
|
|
| Start |
"Let Me Fly Your Kite" |
| 00:03:46 |
"Ain't It A Shame" |
| 00:06:48 |
"Crazy 'Bout My Baby" |
| 00:09:36 |
"You Do Too" |
| 00:12:42 |
"Every Body's Down On Me" |
| 00:15:39 |
End |
|
|
|
|
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR394 |
Blues dubs (Blind
Sammie - Georgia Bill), undated
|
|
Rack number: RXH 4635 |
|
Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(00:35:11) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 7 in. |
|
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times, and
there is significant hum from the tape. |
|
|
|
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR378 |
Blues dubs (Ishman
Bracey, Yank Rachell, and others), undated
|
|
Rack number: RXH 4619 |
|
Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(00:32:02) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, stereo ; 7
in. |
|
Logger's note: Dubbed commercial recordings by several artists.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
|
|
| Start |
"Trouble Hearted Blues" - Ishman Bracey |
| 00:03:26 |
"The Four (Sic) Day Blues" - Ishman
Bracey |
| 00:06:50 |
"Loudella Blues" - Yank Rachell |
| 00:09:43 |
"Rainy Day Blues" - Yank Rachell |
| 00:12:37 |
"Little Leg Woman" - Poor Joe Williams |
| 00:15:48 |
"Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff" - Poor Joe
Williams |
| 00:19:02 |
"Providence Help The Poor People" - Poor Joe
Williams |
| 00:22:14 |
"49 Highway Blues" - Poor Joe Williams |
| 00:25:30 |
"Ain't Seen No Whisky" Sleepy John Estes |
| 00:28:55 |
"Cannonball Blues" Furry Lewis |
| 00:32:02 |
End |
|
|
|
|
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR382 |
Blues dubs,
undated
|
|
Rack number: RXH 4623 |
|
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side
1: 01:35:12, Side 2: 00:36:54: analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7
in. |
|
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
|
Side 1
|
Time
|
Content
|
|
|
| Start |
"She Wants to Rattle Me All the Time" - Jimmie
Gordon ("I got a woman/she can't be beat/she's
tailor made and she's too sweet/she's a rattle
snaking mama/she's a rattle snaking mama/she's a
rattle snaking mama/she wants to rattle me all the
time") |
| 00:02:50 |
Lyrics: "I got the number runner blues/and every
time I see a policeman I almost jump out of my
shoes/standing on the corner, standing on the
corner/wasn't doing nothing wrong/that policeman [?]
took me by my arm" |
| 00:05:30 |
Lyrics: "Every time a woman says she loves you
please don't put pay that no mind/he's just jiving
you just to pass away the time" |
| 00:08:38 |
"Delia's Gone ("Delia, I'm so all alone/the only
girl I ever loved but now you dead and gone/and lord
you gone, you gone, Delia you gone") |
| 00:11:43 |
Lyrics: "Come all day, come on rainy day/come on
rainy day/... and blow my blues away/give me chicken
when I'm hungry, lightning' when I'm dry/ give me
chicken when I'm hungry, white lightnin' when I'm
dry/and a real kind woman and heaven when I
die" |
| 00:14:32 |
"Roll 'Em Pete" ("I got a girl, she lives up on
that hill/well that fool tried to quit but I love
her still/she's got eyes like diamontine shine like
Klondike gold/every time she loves me she sends my
mellow soul") |
| 00:17:26 |
Lyrics: "I got those traveling blues, 'bout you
catch a train and ride/I got those traveling blues,
bout to catch a train and ride/'cause when I'm
a'riding I'm not satisfied/Dixieland is where the
south begins/ I'm going to [?] my Pullman and ride
that [?] in" |
| 00:20:22 |
"Nappy Headed Blues" - Helen Humes |
| 00:23:17 |
"Garlic Blues" - Helen Humes |
| 00:26:07 |
"Today I Sing the Blues" - Helen Humes |
| 00:28:52 |
"Jumpin' on Sugar Hill" - Helen Humes |
| 00:31:41 |
"Don't Fall in Love With Me" - Helen
Humes |
| 00:34:41 |
"Somebody Loves Me" - Helen Humes |
| 00:36:59 |
"Jet Propelled Papa" - Helen Humes |
| 00:39:33 |
"Blue and Sentimental" - Helen Humes |
| 00:42:34 |
"Hard Drivin' Mama" - Helen Humes |
| 00:45:25 |
"If I Could Be With You" - Helen Humes |
| 00:47:58 |
unidentified song performed by Helen Humes
(Lyrics: "I've got my eyes on you/I can't seem like
I'm looking but I got my eyes on you seeing
everything you do/I watch your brown shoulders and
that great big smile" [chorus throughout song] "hey
hey baby/hey hey baby/ hey hey baby") |
| 00:50:22 |
"Laziest Gal in Town" - Helen Humes |
| 00:52:51 |
"My Life My Way" - Helen Humes |
| 00:55:52 |
"I Ain't in the Mood" - Helen Humes |
| 00:58:21 |
"Helen's Advice" - Helen Humes |
| 01:01:01 |
"Airplane Blues" - Helen Humes |
| 01:03:23 |
Lyrics: "Sometimes your heart is aching and you
stood about all that you can/it's time to move your
belongings, and find you another man" |
| 01:06:42 |
Lyrics: "Don't you know your chances always been
good honey, you were blind and could not see/Your
chances was good baby, you were blind and could not
see/all [?] picked a good woman [?] not when you
passed by me" |
| 01:09:14 |
"Nickel's Worth of Liver Blues" - Edith
Johnson |
| 01:11:49 |
"Honey Dripper Blues" - Edith Johnson |
| 01:14:44 |
"Barrel House Flat Blues" - Mary Johnson |
| 01:17:37 |
"Key to the Mountain Blues" - Mary
Johnson |
| 01:20:25 |
unidentified male singer (Lyrics: "What you going
to do, can't get no jam/same to the women, also the
man/Me and old Jones, can't get along/he ain't my
friend, 'cause he can get dead") |
| 01:23:23 |
unidentified male singer (Lyrics: "I think my
baby don't speak to me no more/... and knocked her
out of the door/take my baby I'm done telling lies
and I caught her telling lies") |
| 01:26:30 |
"Church Bell Blues" - Luke Jordan |
| 01:29:33 |
"Cocaine Blues" - Luke Jordan |
| 01:32:39 |
"Whitewash Station Blues" - Memphis Jug
Band |
| 01:35:12 |
End |
|
|
Side 2
|
Time
|
Content
|
|
|
| Start |
"Stealin' Stealin'" - Memphis Jug Band |
| 00:03:09 |
"One of These Mornings" - unidentified female
singer (Lyrics: "Kind of feeling blue sighing over
you/you may think I've prove [?] me wrong when I
sing this song/one of these mornings you're gonna
wake up and find me gone/one of these mornings I
tell it won't be long") |
| 00:06:07 |
unidentified female singer (Lyrics: "You start to
forget me, I'm going to stop loving you/you know you
mistreated me that will never do/now haven't I
always been true/man I'm a-faithful you, man ain't
no good/'cause you walked away"( |
| 00:08:34 |
"Sun Gonna Shine" [?] - unidentified female
singer (Lyrics: "...Oh lonely mine ... sits just the
[?] blue") [loud static / inaudible] |
| 00:11:30 |
"Fire in the Mountain Blues" - Thelma La
Vizzo |
| 00:14:21 |
Lyrics: "I met a woman in west Texas, she had
been left by herself alone/I bought a [?] [car] for
[all three] where I wasn't even known/she fell for
me a ragged stranger in the drizzling rain" |
| 00:17:07 |
Lyrics: "I get up early every morning to toil the
whole day through/baby wouldn't be so hard if I was
getting up from beside of you/I'm so lonely without
you baby, I can't be satisfied" |
| 00:20:10 |
"Denomination Blues" [or "That's All]" -
unidentified singer |
| 00:25:28 |
"Sundown Blues" - Alec Johnson (vocal) Kansas Joe
McCoy (guitar) |
| 00:28:14 |
"Miss Meal Cramp Blues" - Alec Johnson |
| 00:31:03 |
Lyrics: "When the sun get hot/[?] because they
can't work it no more" [inaudible] |
| 00:33:55 |
possibly Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy
(Lyrics: "Tell me baby why you wanna leave your
home/...tell me baby why don't you come back home")
[inaudible] |
| 00:36:54 |
End |
|
|
|
|
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR388 |
Blues dubs, #1
(George "Little Hat" Jones), undated
|
|
Rack number: RXH 4629 |
|
Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(00:34:20) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, stereo ; 7
in. |
|
Dubbed from 78 rpm sound discs.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times. |
|
|
Time
|
Content
|
|
|
| Start |
"New Two Sixteen Blues" - Little Hat Jones; Okeh
8712 (Lyrics: "I got a woman in Dallas, got one is
San Antone too/I figure this one in San Antone don't
know what this poor girl in Dallas gonna do/she's
got nine good teeth people, all that wavy
hair") |
| 00:03:00 |
"Two String Blues" - Little Hat Jones; Okeh 8712
(Lyrics: "I said listen baby, honey, I can't move no
more/all these blues crawl up my window and travel
up underneath my door/some women weep like a willow
and some mourn just like a dove") |
| 00:06:07 |
"Hurry Blues" - Little Hat Jones; Okeh 8735
(Lyrics: "I know this eagle's on the dollar, other
side in God We Trust/Well, a woman loves a man, but
I know this dollar's first") |
| 00:09:15 |
"Corpus Blues" - Little Hat Jones; Okeh 8735
(Lyrics: "I remember one time people it was in
nineteen and twenty-four/something that happened
that year that I never want to see no more") |
| 00:12:24 |
"Penitentiary Moan Blues" - Texas Alexander; Okeh
8640 (Lyrics: "Mama, she told me to stay at home and
I wouldn't/you told me to stay at home and I said I
couldn't/but now mama, Bud Russell has got me and
lord have mercy/if I had a listen, mama, when you
was telling me these things I wouldn't have to worry
with these old rusty chains") |
| 00:15:23 |
"Blue Devil Blues" - Texas Alexander; Okeh 8640
(Lyrics: "I heard a mumbling deep down in the
ground/said it must been the devil turning them
women around") |
| 00:18:33 |
"Double Crossing Blues" - Texas Alexander; Okeh
8745 (Lyrics: "Some men like dogging, I just declare
I don't/baby if you think I'm going to stand you
mistreating me I declare I won't/there is something
about foolishness, they even try to settle
down") |
| 00:21:50 |
"Some Day Baby You Troubles Is Gonna Be Like
Mine" - Texas Alexander; Okeh 8771 (Lyrics: "Someday
woman your troubles gonna be like mine/I'm gonna to
break your heart just like you broke mine") |
| 00:25:02 |
"Awful Moaning Blues, Part 1" - Texas Alexander;
Okeh 8731 (Lyrics: "I've been moaning, moaning ever
since you've been gone/but I find a new of moaning
to bring my woman back home") |
| 00:28:16 |
"Awful Moaning Blues, Part 2" - Texas Alexander;
Okeh 8731 (Lyrics: "I've been moaning woman, ever
since you've been gone/since I went back home and
looked up on the shelf/since I'm getting mighty
tired sleeping by myself") |
| 00:31:16 |
"Johnny Behren's Blues" - Texas Alexander; Okeh
8745 (Lyrics: "When I was a sailor sailing on the
deep blue sea/said I learned all the women man them
ocean ways/I learned the way that every woman
craves/said there must be a new way that really
won't behave") |
| 00:34:20 |
End |
|
|
|
|
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR387 |
Blues dubs, #5
(Hambone Willie Newbern), undated
|
|
Rack number: RXH 4628 |
|
Extent: 1 sound tape reel
(00:33:40) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, stereo ; 7
in. |
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