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Series 8: Sound recordings (continued)
Subseries 1: Artists, bands, and interviews (continued)
Frank Chace - Bob Wright - Don De Michael - Wild Bill Davidson / Jazz at Storyville, circa 1950-1970 (continued)
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (graphite-backed polyester; Side 1: 01:35:10, Side 2: 01:37:27) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.
Compilation of live and pre-recorded performances. Accompanying set list.
LC engineer's note: Portions of the tape were recorded out of relative phase. This was corrected in the transfer.
Side 1
Time Content
Start A jazz band plays their first instrumental selection. The title is unknown
00:03:18 The band plays "The Beale Street Blues"
00:09:38 Wild Bill Davison (WBD) and the band play "Sweet Georgia Brown"
00:14:34 The band plays the jazz standard "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight"
00:19:39 WBD and Dixieland perform an instrumental selection
00:24:22 The next instrumental piece
00:31:31 WBD plays "Who's Sorry Now"
00:37:30 The band plays their next instrumental selection
00:45:16 WBD and the band perform "Big Butter and Egg Man"
00:51:57 A soloist sings a short song about a con man
00:53:03 An instrumental piece
00:58:51 WBD announces Bobby Wright to play a piano solo [the piano instrumental begins at 59:20]
01:02:50 WBD explains the background story behind how "Tin Roof Blues" was composed.
01:03:32 The band and vocalist perform "Tin Roof Blues"
01:10:23 WBD and the band play another instrumental selection
01:17:55 WBD performs "Blue Again" with a cornet solo
01:21:29 The next instrumental piece
01:26:54 WBD and the band play their next instrumental selection
01:32:34 Bobby Wright plays a piano piece titled "Delirium"
01:35:10 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start An unidentified instrumental piece #1 played by the jazz band. [The audience applauded at the end of the performance. This is likely the beginning of part 1 of Side Two, which was performed by Wild Bill Davison and Frank Chase. ]
00:04:19 An unidentified instrumental piece #2 played by the jazz band.
00:10:56 An unidentified instrumental piece #3 played by the jazz band.
00:11:32 An unidentified instrumental piece #4 played by the jazz band.
00:17:13 An unidentified instrumental piece #5 played by the jazz band.
00:24:12 An unidentified instrumental piece #6 played by the jazz band.
00:29:16 An unidentified instrumental piece #7 played by the jazz band.
00:35:17 An unidentified instrumental piece #8 played by the jazz band. [The white noise in the recording increased from this point on, suggesting that this is a different tape. It is likely the start of part B of side 2, which was performed by Wild Bill Davison, George Brunis, and others.]
00:39:55 An unidentified instrumental piece #9 played by the jazz band. [Some chatting noise in the background.]
00:47:25 An unidentified instrumental piece #10 played by the jazz band.
00:53:17 An unidentified instrumental piece #11 played by the jazz band.
00:56:52 An unidentified instrumental piece #12 played by the jazz band.
01:00:30 An unidentified instrumental piece #13 played by the jazz band.
01:04:08 An unidentified instrumental piece #14 played by the jazz band.
01:07:35 An unidentified instrumental piece #15 played by the jazz band.
01:11:21 An unidentified instrumental piece #16 played by the jazz band.
01:14:25 An unidentified instrumental piece #17 played by the jazz band.
01:16:43 An unidentified instrumental piece #18 played by the jazz band.
01:17:51 The above piece ends abruptly.
01:18:05 An unidentified man announces the piece "Jazz in Storyville with Wild Bill Davison, At the Jazz Band Ball."
01:22:38 An unidentified man announces the piece "Wild Bill Davison and Memphis Blues."
01:27:52 An unidentified man announces "Wild Bill Davison plays 'Exactly Like You.'"
01:33:08 An unidentified man announces "And it is George Wein on piano, Johnny Vine on drums, John Field on bass, Eddie Hubble on trombone, and Frank Chase on clarinet. And it is A Blues."
01:33:58 The above song ends abruptly.
01:37:27 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR288 Roosevelt Charles - Herman Johnson, undated
Rack number: RXH 4174
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:32:30, Side 2: 00:32:23) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 243.
Vendor's digitization note: The programs are distorted at times.
Side 1
Time Content
Start "It's Getting Late in the Evening"
00:03:49 "I just Keep On Wanting You"
00:07:04 Interview fragment. An unidentified musician mentions his process of composing.
00:08:31 "You Don't Know My Mind"
00:12:30 "Motherless Children"
00:16:45 "Depression in '61"
00:21:39 "I'm Growing Older"
00:26:58 "The Bachelor's Blues"
00:32:30 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start "C.C. Rider"
00:03:44 "Po' Boy"
00:07:11 "She's A-Looking for Me"
00:10:48 "Where The Mansion's Prepared For Me"
00:13:26 "Piano Blues"
00:17:13 "Since Jesus Came Into My Heart"
00:20:47 "Mule Blues"
00:25:52 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "oh boss man ain't no way to treat me"
00:29:08 "It's Getting Late in the Evening"
00:32:23 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR289 Roosevelt Charles - Otis Webster, undated
Rack number: RXH 4175
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side: 00:31:52, Side 2: 00:31:54) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 242.
Vendor's digitization note: The programs are distorted at times, in addition to crosstalk on the tape.
Side 1
Time Content
Start "If The Lord Wants Somebody"
00:04:08 "While I'm on The Christian Journey"
00:06:37 "Jesus Is A Rock"
00:08:25 "You Better Get Your Ticket" [restart]
00:11:35 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, sometimes I feel like I am almost gone, sometimes I feel the dead sins has overcome me, then I remember I know Jesus"
00:15:15 "Uncle Bird"
00:17:30 "How Long Blues"
00:22:10 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "A bottle of wine...I got drunk and I shake them all off"
00:24:04 "Train Blues"
00:27:58 "Shake, Shake Mattie"
00:30:00 Interview fragments of an unidentified musician who mentions that he picks up the music from his dad.
00:30:22 An unidentified blues song. Lyrics: "Baby I should let go, I can't go by myself" [incomplete]
00:31:52 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start "Wasn't I lucky when I Got my Time"
00:03:58 "Stewball"
00:08:18 "Cane Chopping Song"
00:11:56 "Hurricane Audrey Blues"
00:14:59 "Trouble Following Blues"
00:19:24 "It's Getting Late In the Evening"
00:23:00 Mule Blues
00:28:14 "If The Lord Wants Somebody" (song ends abruptly)
00:31:54 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR245 Chicago Beau, July 8, 1977
Rack number: RXH 4127
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (backcoated polyester, 00:11:18) : analog, 15 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Collector's original ID number: 138.
Archivist's note: The name Chicago Beau was spelled "Chicago Bo" on the tape box. Recorded at The Raven and The Rose, Sierra Madre, California. Pete Welding was the recordist. Collector's original number: 138. See the archivist's notes for SR777.
LC engineer's note: The tape was extremely sticky, with shed starting at 00:10:04, and started flaking off such large amounts of oxide during transfer that the tape had to be stopped and could not be transferred to the end.
Time Content
Start "Broke and Hungry"
00:02:58 "One Way Out"
00:06:46 "Old Horse-Young Horse"
00:11:18 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR777 Chicago Beau and Blues With A Feeling, recorded at the Raven and Rose, July 8, 1977
Rack number: RAA 59315
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog, 2 track ; 10 in.
Archivist's note: The tape box for SR777 lists one more song than the tape box for SR245. It is unclear which tape is a copy and which is original. Johnny Turner's band was called Blues With a Feeling. The Raven and The Rose was a club was located in Sierra Madre, California. Collector's original ID number: 26. See the archivist's note for SR245.
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR164 Buck Clayton All-Stars; Harry Edison; Mel Powell All-Stars; Mel Powell Septet; B.G. Sextet; B.G. Sextet with Mel Powell, circa 1942-1959
Rack number: RXH 4047
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (backcoated polyester; Side 1: 01:36:30, Side 2: 01:30:00) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Song numbers assigned by the archivist.
Logger's note: Dub recordings of commercial releases, except for outtakes from the B.G. Sextet session (circa 1942), and the breakdown with the B.G. Sextet and Mel Powell.
Side 1
Selections 1 through 5 are from Songs for Swingers - Buck Clayton With His All-Stars (Columbia CL 1320; 1959).
Selections 6 through 8 are from Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton All-Stars at Newport (Columbia CL 933; 1956). Buck Clayton's group performs these selections.
Selections 9 through 14 are from Henry Edison Swings Buck Clayton (and Vice Versa) (Verve 8293; 1958).
Time Content
Start 1. "Swingin' Along on Broadway"
00:07:08 2. "Night Train"
00:14:26 3. "Mean To Me"
00:20:53 4. "Buckini"
00:26:25 5. "Moonglow"
00:33:40 6. "You Can Depend on Me"
00:41:54 7. "Newport Jump"
00:48:01 8. "In a Mellotone"
00:56:27 9. "Memories for the Count"
01:05:32 10. "Come With Me"
01:11:34 11. "Critic's Delight"
01:18:36 12. "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Afternoon"
01:27:59 13. "It All Depends on You/Charmaine/How Long Has This Been Going On"
01:34:35 14. "Makin' Whoopee"
01:36:30 End
Side 2
Selections 1 through 4 are from Jam Session at Carnegie Hall - Mel Powell's All-Stars (Columbia CL 557; 1956).
Selections 5 through 9 are from Mel Powell Septet (Vanguard 8004; 1953).
Selections 11 through 13 are Benny Goodman outtakes, possibly circa 1942. Musicians: Benny Goodman (clarinet), Mel Powell (piano), Lou McGarity (trombone), Sid Weiss (bass); possibly Morey Feld (drums).
Time Content
Start 1. "I Found a New Baby"
00:17:00 2. "When Day is Done"
00:19:20 3. "Lighthouse Blues"
00:34:01 4. "After You've Gone"
00:48:04 5. "'S Wonderful"
00:52:72 6. "It's Been So Long"
00:56:19 7. "I Must Have That Man"
01:03:32 8. "You're Lucky to Me"
01:08:36 9. "Sonatina for Piano"
01:20:05 10. unidentified song - Benny Goodman, et al
01:22:56 11. unidentified song - Benny Goodman, et al
01:25:41 12. unidentified song - Benny Goodman, et al
01:29:45 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR525 Buck Clayton recordings, 1954-1956 , 1959
Rack number: RXH 5387
Extent: 1 sound tape reel : analog (Side 1: 01:35:03, Side 2: 01:36:40) ; 3 3/4 ips, stereo ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Due to a labeling issue, the digital file designated "Side 1" is for tape Side 2, and the digital file designated "Side 2" is for tape Side 1.
Vendor's digitization note: There is crosstalk on the tape. Side 2 has break-up on the tape at the tail; in addition, the program is distorted at times. There is print-through on the tape.
Side 1 (Side 2 on the source tape)
Time Content
Start "Undecided" [continues from the Newman solo; probably Joe Newman] - Buck Clayton (from Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman (Columbia CL 614; 1955)
00:04:49 "Rock-A-Bye Basie" - Buck Clayton (from Jumpin' At The Woodside: A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia CL 701; 1955)
00:13:12 "Jumpin' At The Woodside" - Buck Clayton (from Jumpin' At The Woodside: A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia CL 701; 1955)
00:24:07 "Blue And Sentimental" - Buck Clayton (from Jumpin' At The Woodside: A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia CL 701; 1955)
00:30:51 "Broadway" - Buck Clayton (from Jumpin' At The Woodside: A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia CL 701; 1955)
00:40:36 "All The Cats Join In" - Buck Clayton (from All The Cats Join In: A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia CL 882; 1956)
00:48:05 "Out Of Nowhere" - Buck Clayton (from Jumpin' At The Woodside: A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia CL 701; 1955)
00:55:22 "Don't You Miss Your Baby" - Buck Clayton (from Jumpin' At The Woodside: A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia CL 701; 1955)
01:02:10 "Lean Baby" - Buck Clayton (from Jumpin' At The Woodside: A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia CL 701; 1955)
01:10:45 "Blue Lou" - Buck Clayton (from Jumpin' At The Woodside: A Buck Clayton Jam Session (Columbia CL 701; 1955)
01:21:09 "Swinging At The Copper Rail" - Buck Clayton (from Songs For Swingers - Buck Clayton with his All-Stars (Columbia CL 1320; 1959)
01:24:43 "Outer Drive" - Buck Clayton (from Songs For Swingers - Buck Clayton with his All-Stars (Columbia CL 1320; 1959)
01:35:03 End
Side 2 (Side 1 on the source tape)
Time Content
Start "How Hi The Fi" - Buck Clayton, featuring Woody Herman (from How Hi The Fi (Columbia CL 567; 1954)
00:14:17 "Blue Moon" - Buck Clayton, featuring Woody Herman (from How Hi The Fi (Columbia CL 567; 1954)
00:28:43 "Sentimental Journey" - Buck Clayton, featuring Woody Herman (from How Hi The Fi (Columbia CL 567; 1954)
00:42:49 "Moten Swing" - Buck Clayton, featuring Woody Herman (from How Hi The Fi (Columbia CL 567; 1954)
00:55:45 "Christopher Columbus" - Buck Clayton (from Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman (Columbia CL 614; 1955)
01:21:51 "Don't Be That Way" - Buck Clayton (from Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman (Columbia CL 614; 1955)
01:31:36 "Undecided" [incomplete; cut off at the end] - Buck Clayton (from Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman (Columbia CL 614; 1955)
01:36:40 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR518 Cozy Cole All-Stars / G.A. 334 - A, 1956 , June 15, 1977
Rack number: RXH 5380
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:23:27) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Vendor's digitization note: The program is distorted at times; there is also a warble during the program, and speed fluctuation issues throughout.
Logger's note: Rex Steward, trumpet; Tyree Glenn, trombone; Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophone; Claude Hopkins, piano; Billy Bauer, guitar; Arvell Shaw, bass; Cozy Cole, drums. Recorded in New York City.(from the tape box).
Archivist's note: The album was originally released in 1956; the 1977 date may be work on a reissue.
Time Content
Start "Caravan"
00:04:30 "Sweethearts On Parade"
00:08:28 "My Blue Heaven"
00:11:38 "Organ Grinder's Swing"
00:14:54 "Honeysuckle Rose"
00:18:38 "Perdido"
00:23:27 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR060 Mrs. Ella V. Coleman, reel #1, June 21, 1961
Rack number: RXH 3199
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (acetate; 00:34:00) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Unedited tape - comments, et al. Focus on Philadelphia folk music. The Whisperettes of Joy performed on several tracks. Coleman accompanies herself on ukelele. Collector's original number: 161.
Logger's note: Gospel songs performed by Mrs. Ella V. Coleman (EVC). She sings some songs alone and some with back-up singers. On SR061 we learn that these songs were recorded live by Pete Welding.
Time Content
Start This is the way I think when there's trouble in my home [first line], EVC, ukulele
00:02:26 "I said I was gonna tell nobody, but I couldn't keep it to myself" [first line] - EVC, back-up singers, guitar
00:05:29 "Have you heard about Joshua in the battle of Jericho?" [first line] - EVC, back-up singers, guitar
00:07:33 "You don't know like I know what's it done for me" [first line] - EVC, back-up singers, guitar
00:10:12 "I dreamed I went to a city" [first line] - EVC, back-up singers, guitar
00:13:35 "In the land there stands a city" [first line] - EVC, ukulele
00:16:05 "Little black train is coming, coming around the track" [first line] - EVC, back-up singers, guitar
00:18:18 "It's me, it's me, it's me, it's me Oh Lord standing in need of prayer" [first line] - EVC, back-up singers, guitar
00:21:08 "Come and go with me till my father comes" [first line] - EVC, ukulele
00:23:46 "Come and go with me to my father's house" [first line] - EVC, back-up singers, guitar
00:26:04 "I may be somewhere sleeping" [first line] - EVC, ukulele
00:28:47 "Holy, holy, holy, holy somebody said to me" [first line] - EVC, back-up singers, guitar
00:30:54 "Come back here Lord, come back here" [first line] - EVC, back-up singers, guitar
00:34:00 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR061 Mrs. Ella V. Coleman, reel #2, June 22, 1961
Rack number: RXH 3200
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (acetate; 00:30:00) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 7 in.
See the notes for SR060.
Time Content
Start PW and EVC talking.
00:00:40 "Soldiers of the Cross" - EVC, ukulele
00:02:40 PW and EVC talking about songs she sang last night.
00:04:08 "I Like the Old Time Way" - EVC, ukulele
00:06:10 PW and EVC talk about songs.
00:09:05 "I'll Be There" - EVC, ukulele
00:11:43 PW and EVC talk about songs. They set up for EVC and the backup singers.
00:14:00 "Couldn't Keep It to Myself" [?] - EVC, backup, guitar
00:16:43 PW, EVC and the backup singers talk about the songs they did last night.
00:18:56 [the first line is unintelligible] EVC, backup, guitar
00:21:27 PW, EVC and the backup singers talk.
00:22:39 "I have heard the Savior say" [first line] - EVC, backup singers, guitar [take one]
00:23:15 "I have heard the Savior say" [first line] - EVC, backup singers, guitar [take two]
00:24:32 song stops, talking, guitar riffs
00:27:00 "Motherless Child" - EVC, backup singers, guitar
00:30:00 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR092 Albert Collins interview #1, March 26, 1969
Rack number: RXH 3230
Extent: on one side of 1 sound tape reel (polyester; 01:04:24) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Interview location: Palo Alto, California. Continued on SR218.
Time Content
Start PW asks AC a number of "obvious questions." AC says he was born in Leona, Texas, about 125 miles from Houston, on October 1, 1932. In about 1939 his family moved to Houston. When he was 11 or 12 years old, he started to get interested in music. He started to play piano in High School, then switched to guitar.
00:04:10 AC says that, at age 14 or so, he learned to play guitar from his cousin. Willow (?) Young. When he was about 16 years old, he started to play with bands in clubs. He also learned from T-Bone Walker and several other musicians.
00:06:28 His first guitar was a home-made from a cigar box. Later he was given a home-made guitar that he did work for. This guitar was made from an oak tree. He started playing in clubs on the weekends.
00:08:27 PW asks if AC had a "church background." He answers that his mother was deeply religious so was not pleased that he was playing blues. He talks about when he really could play guitar at a professional level.
00:10:52 AC talks about the music he played in the clubs when he was 16 years old. He says he played a lot of Lightning Hopkins's music. They talk about Lightnin' Hopkins records. They discuss the blues style differences between Lightning Hopkins and T-Bone Walker, and how AC was influenced by them.
00:14:20 They talk about AC playing in a tavern for about a year. AC added a bass player to the band. AC started playing electric guitar.
00:16:20 PW asks about the music scene in Houston in the late 1940s. AC responds. He says that he was also listening to records.
00:17:40 PW asks if there were other bands around at that time which were stating to record. AC replies. He says he added horns to the band, it was now 7 pieces. He cut his first record around this time.
00:20:40 PW asks about changes to the music in 1950 so. AC says that he did not hear any of the Chicago musicians. They talk about Texas bands.
00:24:18 They talk about when AC added horns to his band. They talk about the bands and musicians AC heard and those that he did not hear.
00:26:24 PW asks about the style AC was playing. AC answers and talks about developing his own style.
00:27:36 They talk about AC returning to Houston in 1954. AC had day jobs. He played music nights and weekends. He managed to keep his band together during this time.
00:29:18 They discuss AC cutting a record in 1958. AC talks, in detail, about the musicians on the record.
00:34:05 PW asks if there was any immediate results from the recording. AC answers that he got more bookings, but kept his day job for about 6 more months. He says he cut another record in 1960.
00:37:00 PW asks what AC thinks is the most difficult things about living the life of a musician. AC answers. The talk about there being a continuing interest n the blues.
00:38:50 PW asks about the differences between modern blues and older blues. AC answers. They talk about blues guitar styles. They segue into discussing church music, soul music, and modern jazz.
00:44:45 They discuss guitar tunings. AC demonstrates on a guitar.
00:48:47 PW asks where AC learned the tune he was playing (to demonstrate guitar tunings). AC replies. The continue discussing guitar tunings.
00:51:20 PW asks why AC has stuck to the blues since the mid-1940s. AC answers. PW asks about the (musical) differences between the blues and rock-and-roll. AC answers.
00:53:56 PW asks which blues musicians have been the most influential on AC. He responds. They talk about B.B. King. The talk about "working a crowd."
00:57:29 PW asks how AC feels about performing. AC answers. They talk about getting the band together (musically). They talk about musical arrangements.
01:00:22 They talk about AC's most recent album. AC talks about the musicians on the album.
01:04:24 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR218 Albert Collins interview #2, March 26, 1969
Rack number: RXH 4101
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (acetate, 00:06:15) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, full track, mono ; 7 in.
Continued from SR092.
Time Content
Start PW and AK discuss the resurgence of blues
00:02:22 PW and AK talk about how AK just plays the blues, not other genres
00:02:55 PW and AK talk about how the sounds of blues have gotten louder and bigger. AK discusses how he's been influenced by this.
00:05:30 PW and AK talk about the guitar and amplifier AK uses
00:06:12 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR044 Judy Collins interview, July 8, 1962
Rack number: RXH 3183
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:32:20, Side 2: 00:36:09) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
LC engineer's note: In-depth interview with Judy Collins, focused on her 1962 LP, Golden Apples of the Sun. She is interviewed by Pete Welding.
Side 1
Time Content
Start PW and JC discuss the song "Golden Apples of the Sun." She learned it from Will Holt. It is based on a poem by William Butler Years. The melody is by Richard Dyer Bennet.
00:05:46 They discuss "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" which she first heard on an album by Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd. She sings a bit of a whaling song.
00:10:33 They discuss "Little Brown Dog." She learned it from Logan English. It is included in a book by Ruth Crawford Seeger, "Animal Songs."
00:14:12 They discuss "Twelve Gates to the City." JCV in not sure where she learned it, she's heard so many people perform it. She once played it on to of the Arch in Washington Square Park, New York City, for a television program.
00:17:15 They discuss "Christ Child Lullaby." She heard it on an Isla Cameron recording. They talk about the dearth of Christmas songs in the Afro-American (the use the term Negro) tradition. PW talks about some Alan Lomax recordings Alan Lomax collected and two books he wrote. PW talks about his interest in collecting Afro-American music.
00:25:11 They discuss "Great Selkie of Shule Skerry." JC says she got this song from the research of Kenny Goldstein. She tells the story of the song and its context. She sings a bit of the song.
00:32:20 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start JC speaks about the significance of the songs on the album, in terms of human uncertainty and knowledge.
00:01:23 JC talks about the Polish song, "Tell Me Who I'll Marry."
00:04:30 JC talks about the song "Fannerio."
00:06:58 JC talks about the song "Crow on the Cradle."
00:09:31 JC talks about the song "Lark in the Morning."
00:11:50 JC talks about the song "Sing Hallelujah."
00:17:08 JC talks about the song "Minstrel Boy" (not on the album). PW talks about a six-part suite called "Day in the City," by Don Friedman, based on the theme of "Minstrel Boy." He gives her his own copy of the record.
00:21:34 JC talks about the song "Shule Aroon." PW looks through (perhaps) books for references to the song, while JC speaks. He puts on a record that has a version of the song, sung by an unidentified woman.
00:26:20 JC talks about urban folk music, and the five-banjo playing in folk music.
00:28:52 JC talks about her music background, and lacking a particular grounding in any culture, though she had classical music training. She talks about her family's Irish and Protestant background. She talks about her interest in the music of other geographic regions (Israel, France).
00:33:45 JC talks about errors in the transmission of her own story, and other folk musicians who are not quite honest about their own background. The recording cuts off abruptly (end of the tape).
00:36:09 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR351 Glover Compton, circa 1950s
Rack number: RXH 4236
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:08:41) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 5 in.
Dubbed copies of commercial recordings, possibly with Compton playing piano. Collector's original ID number: 208.
Archivist's note: Side 2 has not yet been digitized.
Vendor's digitization note: The program on Side 1 is distorted at times.
Side 1
Time Content
Start "Chirping The Blues" - Alberta Hunter
00:03:13 "Gee, It's Good To Hold You" - LaVerta Holt
00:06:22 "I'll Have Me Money By Then"
00:08:41 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR352 Glover Compton, June 18, 1955
Rack number: RXH 4237
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (Side 1: 00:08:19, Side 2: 00:07:40): analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 5 in.
Recorded live. Collector's original ID number: 209.
Vendor's digitization note: The programs are distorted at times.
Logger's note: From the tape box - Cy Friedheim (clarinet), Jim Sullivan (trombone), Ted Butterman (trombone).
Side 1
Time Content
Start "Please Don't Talk About Me When You're Gone" (Erwin Helfer, piano)
00:06:28 "Saints" (Erwin Helfer, piano)
00:08:19 End
Side 2
Time Content
Start "Alabama Jubilee" (Compton only; piano)
00:01:31 "Sister Kate" (Erwin Helfer, piano)
00:05:14 "Junk Man Rag" (Compton, piano)
00:07:40 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR166 Contraband: first session, March 22, 1971
Rack number: RXH 4049
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:36:30) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: Pete Robinson was the pianist for Contraband (the name of the band), which released one album, in 1971.
Time Content
Start Contraband (CB) play their first instrumental work titled "Interlock"
00:11:42 Next instrumental work
00:16:20 CB plays their next piece "Crimson Sunset"
00:18:42 Second take of "Crimson Sunset"
00:19:15 Third take of "Crimson Sunset"
00:20:18 Fourth take of "Crimson Sunset"
00:25:36 CB plays a piece by Eddie Harris
00:36:22 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR816 Contraband, March 24, 1971
Rack number: RAA 59353
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (00:52:41) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 10 in.
The archivist supplied the title for this tape.
Vendor's digitization note: The program has hiss and print-through from the tape.
Time Content
Start "Shadow on the Mountain"
n/a Untitled - improv #1
n/a End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR167 Contraband - "The One Who Knows," April 13, 1971
Rack number: RXH 4050
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:11:04) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
See the note for SR166.
Time Content
Start Contraband (CB) plays their first instrumental piece titled "The One Who Knows"
00:05:47 CB plays their second piece called "Improvisations"
00:08:22 The final piece by CB called "Intune"
00:11:01 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR168 Contraband - Pete Robinson: "The One Who Knows," "Improvisations 1/2/3," "Intune," April 15, 1971
Rack number: RXH 4051
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:28:00) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
See the archivist's note for SR166.
Time Content
Start Contraband (CB) plays their first instrumental piece
00:04:55 The second piece by CB
00:10:20 The next selection
00:15:13 CB plays their next instrumental work
00:21:38 The next piece by CB
00:25:59 The final instrumental work by CB
00:28:00 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR170 Contraband / Pete Robinson, circa 1971
Rack number: RXH 4053
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester, 00:35:15) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, stereo ; 7 in.
Archivist's note: This may be an unedited master recording for Contraband's album Time and Space See the archivist's note for SR166.
LC engineer's note: Tone at the head of the tape; levels set to this tone.
According to accompanying documentation, the titles here may include: "Shadow on the Mountain," "Crimson Sunset," "Interlock," "Intune," and "The One Who Knows" (fourth section).
Time Content
Start Contraband (CB) plays their first piece
00:06:01 CB plays their next instrumental piece
00:08:00 Until 9:05 there is no sound
00:09:06 The next instrumental piece
00:09:39 Until 11:22 there is no sound except for a piano playing lasting less than three seconds
00:11:22 The next piece
00:16:27 CB plays their next song
00:21:51 The next instrumental piece
00:23:27 The next piece
00:24:43 CB plays their next piece
00:26:09 The next piece
00:31:12 The final instrumental piece
00:34:27 End
Item-ID: AFC 2011/053: SR171 Contraband side II - Pete Robinson, circa 1971
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