Pete Welding collection, 1958-1995 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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Series 8: Sound recordings (continued)

Subseries 6: Various recordings (continued)

Pete Welding and Raymond Welding, circa 1967-1969 (continued)

LC engineer's note: Audio is on three tracks, all recorded in the same direction. The track layout is very unusual and needed to be played on a four-track machine to capture the audio.
Archivist's note: Two of the files are home recordings of Pete Welding and a very young Raymond Welding (his son; born 1965). The other is a unknown recording, possibly a demo, that sounds mid to late 1960s in style.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR722

Jazz music, performed by an unidentified ensemble, undated

Rack number: RXH 5599

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 01:36:30, Side 2: 01:36:32) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.

The title was supplied by the archivist.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR723

One song, performed by two guitarist, and one male vocalist, undated

Rack number: RXH 5600

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:10:27) : analog, 15 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.

Title supplied by the archivist.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR724

A young girl tells a story she makes up as she speaks, undated

Rack number: RXH 5601

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:07:00) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.

Title supplied by the logger.
Logger's note: A young girl tells a story she makes up as she speaks. She talks about two people discussing what they want to do. She talks about something called a "thumpas." She talks a lot about shooting guns.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR726

Jazz tunes, dubbed from commercial records, undated

Rack number: RXH 5603

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester; Side 1: 01:02:24, Side 2: 01:02:18) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.

Title supplied by the archivist.
Logger's note: Jazz tunes, dubbed from commercial records. Except for the last cut on Side 1, none of the musicians or tunes are identified. The first 12 tunes on Side 1 feature clarinet and piano, sometimes with bass, drums, or percussion. The next three are by an unidentified Dixieland band. The final cut is by Jazz of Storyville with Wild Bill Davidson, playing "The Jazz Band Ball." On Side 2, the instruments feature clarinet and piano, sometimes with bass, drums or percussion.

Side 1

Time	Content

Start	Tune #1
00:07:00	Tune #2
00:12:02	Tune #3
00:18:00	Tune #4
00:22:45	Tune #5
00:30:00	Tune #6
00:31:59	Tune #7
00:36:00	Tune #8
00:39:35	Tune #9
00:43:13	Tune #10
00:46:59	Tune #11
00:50:12	Tune #12
00:53:59	Dixieland tune #1
00:57:04	Dixieland tune #2
00:59:23	Dixieland tune #3
01:00:46	"The Jazz Band Ball"

Side 2

Time	Content

Start	Tune #1
00:00:25	Tune #2 [May be "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"]
00:05:21	Tune #3
00:10:02	Tune #4
00:16:21	Tune #5 [live audience]
00:20:23	Tune #6 [live audience]
00:25:33	Tune #7 [live audience]
00:31:50	Tune #8 [live audience]
00:39:42	Tune #9 [live audience] [May be "Chinatown, My Chinatown"]
00:43:39	Tune #10
00:50:14	Tune #11 [piano only]
00:50:47	Tune #12 [May be "After You're Gone"]
00:56:30	Tune #13
01:02:18	End

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR727

Hard rock dubs, circa 1973-1979

Rack number: RXH 5604

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (acetate: Side 1: 00:31:16; Side 2: 00:30:20) : analog, 3 3/4 ips and 7 1/2 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.

Title supplied by the archivist. Side 1 and the first two songs of Side 2 are dubbed from a copy of the AC/DC album, Let There Be Rock (1977). The balance of songs are by various bands.

Side 1

Time	Content

Start	"Go Down"
00:05:28	"Dog Eat Dog"
00:09:10	"Let There Be Rock"
00:15:21	"Bad Boy Boogie"
00:19:51	"I Am a Problem Child"
00:25:22	"Overdose"

Side 2

Time	Content

Start	"Hell Ain't a Bad Place"
00:04:36	"Whole Lotta Rosie"
00:10:08	"All the Way Down," by Cheap Trick (1979)
00:19:29	"A National Acrobat," by Black Sabbath (1973)
00:25:00	"Get Down, Make Love," by Queen (1977). In the last few seconds before the end of the tape are a few measures of music not classified as hard rock.
00:30:02	End

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR728

Blues band with a female lead singer (dub recording), undated

Rack number: RXH 5605

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:11:34) : analog, 15 ips, full track, mono ; 7 in.

Dubs from a commercial recording of an unidentified female blues singer with a band. Electric guitar playing is featured. Some of the lyrics are difficult to understand, so none of the songs could be identified.

Time	Content

Start	Song #1
00:02:54	Song #2; first line: "I'm 'bout to leave, sure don't wanna go [sung twice]/Well, I can't be bothered with your girlfriend no more"
00:06:00	Song #3; first line: "Mmm, I wants [sic] to ask you, dear [sung twice]/If what you told me long time ago..."
00:09:04	Song #4
00:11:34	End

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR729

Jazz band plays unidentified tunes, undated

Rack number: RXH 5606

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester; Side 1: 01:01:46, Side 2: 01:04:40) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.

Title supplied by the archivist.
A jazz band plays unidentified tunes. The band is composed of saxophone, piano, drums and bass. A second sax player is invited to join the band for the fifth tune. There is applause throughout the SR, so the recording was made before a live audience.

Side 1

Time	Content

Start	Tune #1 - unidentified
00:08:15	Tune #2 - unidentified
00:18:35	Tune #3 - "All the Things You Are"
00:30:54	Tune #4 - unidentified
00:40:38	Tune #5 - unidentified
00:49:10	Tune #6 - Unidentified - Warren Marsh joins the band. He plays a second saxophone.
01:01:46	End

Side 2

Time	Content

Start	Tune #1 - unidentified
00:04:30	Tune #2 - unidentified
00:13:24	Tune #3 - unidentified
00:22:50	Tune #4 - unidentified
00:29:30	Tune #5 - unidentified - [perhaps "Imagination is Funny"]
00:39:57	Tune #6 - unidentified
00:47:55	Tune #7 - unidentified - [perhaps "All the Things You Are"]
00:58:22	Tune #8 - unidentified
01:04:40	End

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR733

Dub recordings of jazz, undated

Rack number: RXH 5610

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester; Side 1: 00:42:14, Side 2: 01:02:25) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.

Archivist's note: Title supplied by the archivist. The tape also includes a music-comedy sketch from a radio broadcast (at the end of Side 1).

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR734

Unidentified jazz recordings, undated

Rack number: RXH 5611

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (backcoated polyester, 00:11:35) : analog, 15 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.

Archivist's note: Title supplied by the archivist. The recordings feature clarinet, piano, standup bass, and drums. No vocals.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR736

Unidentified harpsichord music, undated

Rack number: RXH 5613

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:31:07) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.

The title was supplied by the archivist.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR737

Unidentified jazz ensemble and other recordings, 1954; undated

Rack number: RXH 5614

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:43:00, Side 2: 01:03:40) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.

Title supplied by the archivist. Side 1 features an ensemble includes trumpet (as the featured instrument), standup bass, piano, and drums. Side 2 includes dubbed recordings by Chet Baker, from the album Chet Baker Sings (1954).

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR738

Compilation of jazz recordings, circa 1930s

Rack number: RXH 5615

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester; Side 1: 00:28:02, Side 2: 00:28:08) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.

Archivist's note: Dubbed from a disc, possibly a 78 rpm sound recording.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR739

Unidentified composition for keyboard (probably a synthesizer), undated

Rack number: RXH 5616

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:04:15) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.

Title supplied by the archivist.
LC engineer's note: The tape was recorded in the half track stereo format, but was also recorded on a four-track stereo recorder in four-track mono format which results in a confusing number of tracks for this tape, some of which have bleed through and bad crosstalk from the mix of the two formats. However, aside from the main file which is unique content, no other files were made from the remaining contents because they are all incomplete snatches of commercial recordings which hold no value even for research.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR803

Unidentified male blues singer, with guitar and harmonica, undated

Rack number: RAA 59340

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:17:03) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 10 in.

Title supplied by the archivist.
Vendor's digitization note: The program has distortion and hiss from the source tape.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR804

Single, brief tone (no music), undated

Rack number: RAA 59341

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:00:13) : analog, 15 ips, full track, mono ; 10 in.

Title supplied by the archivist.
Vendor's digitization note: The program has audio hiss and print-through from the source tape.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR805

Easy listening versions of two hymns, undated

Rack number: RAA 59342

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:06:31) : analog, 15 ips, half track, stereo ; 10 in.

Two hymns sung by an unidentified chorus, with musical accompaniment: "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and "In the Garden."
Vendor's digitization note: The program has distortion and hiss from the source tape.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR809

Unidentified African American gospel group, undated

Rack number: RAA 59346

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:32:24) : analog, 15 ips, half track, stereo ; 10 in.

Title supplied by the archivist.
Gospel-rock vocal group, with musical accompaniment.

Time	Content

Start	"The Last Mile of the Way"
00:03:31	"A Change Has Come Over Me"
00:10:12	"Do You Know Him" (first time)
00:17:18	"Do You Know Him" (second time; false start)
00:17:36	"Do You Know Him" (second time; complete)
00:25:16	"I'm Ready to Serve the Lord"
00:28:38	"By and By"
00:32:24	End

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR831

Unidentified jazz ensemble (big band-style), undated

Rack number: RXH 4098

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (backcoated polyester, 00:10:00) : analog, 15 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.

Archivist's note: The title was supplied by the archivist. The recordings seem to be dubs of commercial recordings.

Time	Content

Start	Unidentified instrumental work 1
00:03:16	Unidentified instrumental work 2
00:07:04	Unidentified instrumental work 3
00:10:00	End

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR566

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (selections) - The Mamas and the Papas, 1966

Rack number: RXH 5427

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:25:08) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 7 in.

The tape box indicates this should be a dub of "Comedy from the Second City" (Mercury - OCS 6201), released in 1961. Instead, this recording includes dubs (not all in order) from The Mamas and the Papas LP.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR314

"I Met A Man Last Night" (rough version with time guide vocal), circa mid-1970s

Rack number: RXH 4200

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:04:44) : analog, 15 ips, stereo ; 7 in.

Archivist's note: An unidentified woman sings a Christian pop song, with a voice reminiscent of an early-career Olivia Newton-John.

Time	Content

Start	"I Met A Man Last Night"
00:04:44	End

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR828

Unidentified male singer, undated

Rack number: RAA 59365

Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:19:39) : analog, 15 ips, four track ; 10 in., 1/2 in. wide

LC engineer's note: The contents and artists listed on the box and inner box flap do not match the recording on the tape. The actual recording is of an unidentified singer with guitar accompaniment; recording date unknown. Multiple partial takes of the two songs. The last tune is a remnant of a Pete Robinson session as noted on the inner box flap.

Time	Content

Start	unidentified tune #1 [includes false start]
00:02:44	unidentified tune #1 [false starts]
00:03:24	unidentified tune #1
00:06:10	unidentified tune #2 [garbled audio at 00:09:29]
00:11:07	unidentified tune #2 [includes false start; Pete Welding speaks just before the false start]
00:13:29	unidentified tune #2
00:14:16	unidentified tune #2
00:15:29	unidentified tune #2
00:16:58	unidentified tune #2
00:18:05	unidentified tune - Pete Robinson
00:19:39	End

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR830

Unidentified recording, undated

Rack number: RAA 59367

Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 10 in.

Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR832

Master session tape with backing tracks (and no vocals) for Presenting Dion and The Belmonts (unconfirmed), 1959

Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 10 in.

The title was supplied by the archivist.
LC engineer's note: This is almost certainly the original master session tape for the first album recorded by Dion and The Belmonts. Some speaking can be heard, but no singing.

Pete Welding collection, 1958-1995

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