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Series 8: Sound recordings (continued)
Subseries 1: Artists, bands, and interviews (continued)
J. Brewer, circa mid-1960s (continued)
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:16:34) : analog, 15 ips, half track, stereo ; 10 in.
Archivist's note: Probably Jimmy (James) Brewer. This tape seems to be a dub of recordings made in a studio, but not yet produced for commercial release.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times, and there is significant hiss from the tape.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR747 Big Bill Broonzy, Side 1, undated
Rack number: RAA 59285
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:24:29) : analog, 15 ips, half track stereo ; 10 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program has distortion and hiss from the source tape.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR748 Big Bill Broonzy, Side 2, undated
Rack number: RAA 59286
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:24:11) : analog, 15 ips, half track, stereo ; 10 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program has distortion and hiss from the source tape. The beginning of the recording is cut off.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR619 Big Bill Broonzy - dubs #1, undated
Rack number: RXH 5480
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR550 Big Bill Broonzy - dubs #2, 1958-1959
Rack number: RXH 5412
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:30:58) : analog ; 7 in.
Logger's note: Dubs of 10" disc recordings released on the Melotone record label.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR457 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - dubs, undated
Rack number: RXH 4697
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:48:10, Side 2: 00:47:44) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 5 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The programs are distorted at times. In addition, the tape was recorded at a very high level.
Side 1
Time Content
Start "You Got Money"
00:02:44 "Midnight Hour"
00:05:30 "For Now Song"
00:08:22 "Okie Dokie Stomp"
00:10:54 "Depression Blues"
00:13:45 "Rock My Blues Away"
00:16:20 "Gate's Salty Blues"
00:19:09 "Swingin' The Gate"
00:22:00 "Just Before Dawn" [instrumental]
00:24:12 "Slop Time" [instrumental]
00:26:54 "Gate's Tune" [instrumental]
00:29:24 "Leftover Blues" [instrumental]
00:32:06 "Summertime" [instrumental]
00:34:42 "September Song" [instrumental]
00:37:33 "Ain't That Dandy" [instrumental]
00:40:22 "Boogie Uproar" [instrumental]
00:43:07 "Hurry Back Good News"
00:45:48 "Pale Dry Boogie, Pt. 1" [ends abruptly]
00:48:10 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start test tone
00:00:36 "Pale Dry Boogie, Pt. 1"
00:03:28 "Pale Dry Boogie, Pt. 2"
00:06:21 "Just Got Lucky"
00:09:22 "Baby, Take It Easy"
00:11:58 "She Winked Her Eye"
00:14:58 "Sad Hour" [topical-draft]
00:17:50 "Please Tell Me, Baby"
00:20:37 "Gate Walks To Board"
00:23:10 "Justice Blues"
00:25:58 "I Live My Life"
00:28:37 "Win With Me, Baby"
00:31:35 "She Walk Right In"
00:34:22 "Too Late, Baby"
00:36:58 "Taking My Chances"
00:39:48 "Mercy On Me"
00:42:11 "Didn't Reach My Goal"
00:44:58 "Dirty Work At The Crossroads"
00:47:44 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR142 Jimmy Brown and Willie Lee Harris interview, circa 1963-1964
Rack number: RXH 3691
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:16:30) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 182.
Archivist's note: Doodles on the tape box may have been made by Pete Welding.
Logger's note: A man named Joe is also present at the interview.
Time Content
Start PW starts by asking JB several questions about himself and his family.
00:01:07 PW asks JB how he first got started in music. JB replies that he started with guitar then switched to violin. A man named Bob Jones started him playing violin when he was 22 years old. They discuss where JB played and the music he played.
00:04:38 JB left Mississippi and went to St. Louis. They talk about the music JB learned from records. JB did mostly construction work to earn his living.
00:06:36 JB says that he worked construction in St. Louis. They discuss where he played in St. Louis. JB says he played mostly guitar.
00:08:05 JB and Joe talk about meeting and playing together.
00:08:50 PW asks WLH several questions about himself and his musical background. WLH says that when he was four years old his sister took him from Mississippi to St. Louis. He talks about the work he did n St. Louis.
00:10:25 PW asks WLH about playing music in St. Louis. WLH answers.
00:10:55 PW asks WLH when he first took up the harp (i.e., the harmonica). WH responds. JB, WLH and Joe have worked together over the years. The discuss this.
00:14:26 PW and WLH talk about how WLH learned to play the harp. They talk about where WLH learned the songs he played. WLH also wrote some songs.
00:16:30 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR153 "In Concert:" Jackson Browne; Linda Ronstadt, March 1, 1974
Rack number: RXH 4036
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:21:35) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: March 1, 1974 was probably the broadcast date. See the note for SR151.
Time Content
Start "Redneck Friend," performed by Jackson Browne
00:04:10 "Ready or Not," performed by Jackson Browne
00:07:38 "Doctor My Eyes," performed by Jackson Browne
00:10:07 "Love Has No Pride," performed by Linda Ronstadt
00:15:23 "Desperado," performed by Linda Ronstadt
00:19:00 "Silver Threads and Golden Needles," performed by Linda Ronstadt
00:21:35 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR126 W.B. Bryson, #1, May 20, 1962
Rack number: RXH 3675
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:44:44) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 282.
Logger's note: Conflicting dates appear for the five Bryson performances. See SR127 , SR128 , SR129 , and SR130.
Time Content
Start unidentified song - piano solo
00:03:02 first line: "All right baby, that's all right for you" - vocal and piano
00:07:12 unidentified song - vocal and piano
00:11:49 one line: "Morgan mountain is a mean place to go" - vocal and piano
00:17:01 unidentified song - vocal and piano
00:20:03 first line: "I got drunk last Monday and couldn't find my way home" - vocal and piano
00:24:27 unidentified song - vocal and piano
00:27:09 first line: ""Ain't it a shame baby, the way you drag my heart around" - vocal and piano
00:31:08 unidentified song - vocal and piano
00:35:04 Pete Welding (PW) and W.B Bryson (WB) talking. WB talks about first starting to play the piano. The talk about music WB has written and WB's playing style. Other people join the conversation.
00:44:44 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR130 W.B. Bryson, alt #1, May 27, 1962
Rack number: RXH 3679
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:46:10) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
See the note for SR126.
Time Content
Start first line: "I know you be mine, you're somebody else's too" - (take 1) - piano and vocal
00:02:51 first line: "What a mean old train, Lord, taking my baby away" - piano and vocal
00:06:42 first line: "I know you be mine, you're somebody else's too" - (take 2) - piano and vocal
00:10:44 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:13:28 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:18:19 getting ready and false start
00:19:18 false start
00:20:25 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:24:47 first line: "I want to tell you baby ..." - piano and vocal
00:27:39 getting ready
00:28:22 unidentified song - piano and vocal
00:32:45 first line: "You've been as god to me, you've been as good to me as you could be" - piano and vocal
00:37:55 a bit of "St. Louis Blues" then stopped
00:38:41 false start, then unidentified song - piano solo
00:41:25 first line: "Oh, I haven't any money, Oh I've got no place to go"
00:46:10 End
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
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