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Series 1: Inventories and writings (continued)
Song lists and personnel for all recordings in the Redwood Canyon Ramblers Archive, circa 2013
Filename and filepath: RCR Archive Chronological Index.pdf
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Each event (except SR54) is described in this document. Brian Miksis compiled the information based on documentation that accompanied the recordings, his own research, observations while digitizing the recordings, and guidance from Neil Rosenberg (e.g., when the pitch needed adjustment to restore the audio quality). This document includes the names of the musicians, instruments played, the source recording history, the name and address of the recording location, and technical metadata regarding digitization.
"An Introduction to Bluegrass," by L. Mayne Smith, 1965
Filename: Bluegrass Messengers - An Introduction to Bluegrass- Smith 1965 JOAFL.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Writing/
Extent: 1 manuscript : color, digital (.pdf)
Magazine article about the Redwood Canyon Ramblers (in Japanese), April 1991
Filenames: Moonshiner 4-91 pp 1_3-4.pdf, Moonshiner 4-91 pp 10-13.pdf, Moonshiner 4-91 pp 32-33.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Writing/
Extent: 3 manuscripts : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Magazine article about the Redwood Canyon Ramblers (in Japanese), May 1991
Filename: Moonshiner 5-91 pp 1-5.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Writing/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
"Rambling in Redwood Canyon: The Routes of Bluegrass," by Sandy Rothman, May-August 1991
Filenames: Rothman RCR BU 1.pdf, Rothman RCR BU 2.pdf, Rothman RCR BU 3.pdf, Rothman RCR BU 4.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Writing/
Extent: 4 manuscripts : black and white, digital (.pdf)
"George Lyon talks to Neil Rosenberg," May 2001
Filename: 2001-05_canadian-folk-music-bulletin.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Writing/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Series 2: Event recordings and related materials
Sound and moving image recordings of studio sessions and performances, with related documentation. See "Song lists and personnel for all recordings in the Redwood Canyon Ramblers Archive" for source/copy information.
Arranged chronologically with Event IDs assigned by AFC. Recordings are sound-only for "SR" Event IDs and primarily video with sound for "MV" Event IDs.
The high-resolution audio files (24bit/96kHz .aif or .wav) and Final Cut Pro output video files (mov) listed below are very large and best suited to archival and media uses. For basic listening and reference please consult lower-resolution versions at the end of this series.
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR17 Royal Recording Studio session, Berkeley, California - Neil Rosenberg, February 27, 1956
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: nvr1956-02-27t01.aif - nvr1956-02-27t07.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg/nvr1956-02-27/
Extent: 7 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
"Sea Fever" 00:02:36
"Lama In Tibet" 00:01:03
"Isabelle" 00:01:57
"Old West Chop" 00:01:47
"Foreigners" 00:01:57
"Eddystone Light" 00:01:05
"Foggy Flats Blues" 00:02:25
Song list and production notes for SR17, June 20, 2011
Filename: nvr1956-02-27.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg/nvr1956-02-27/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Includes a list of the musicians, the source recording history, the name and address of the recording location, and technical information regarding digitization.
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR18 Hambly basement jam session, Berkeley, California, May 1956
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1956-05-00t01.wav - rcr1956-05-00t09.wav
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1956-05-00/
Extent: 9 sound files : high-resolution files (.wav)
Content Elapsed time
"Piano and Drums Blues In C" 00:03:04
"Fast Blues Jam In G" 00:07:23
"Boogie Blues Jam In C" 00:04:26
"When The Saints Go Marching In" 00:05:10
"Modern Piano In C" 00:02:26
"St. James Infirmary" 00:06:14
"Drum Solo #1/That's The Way A Blast Should Be/Foggy Flats Blues" 00:02:51
"Timber (Jerry The Mule)" 00:01:26
"Drum Solo #2" 00:04:23
Song list and production notes for SR18, May 25, 2011
Filename: rcr1956-05-00.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1956-05-00/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Includes a list of the musicians, the source recording history, the name and address of the recording location, and technical information regarding digitization.
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR19 Royal Recording Studio session, Berkeley, California - Scott Hambly, May 1956
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filename: sh1956-05-00.wav
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly/sh1956-05-00/
Extent: 1 sound file : high-resolution file (.wav)
Content Elapsed time
"Frankie And Johnny" 00:06:37
Song list and production notes for SR19, May 25, 2011
Filename: sh1956-05-00.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly/sh1956-05-00/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR20 Royal Recording Studio session, Berkeley, California - Neil Rosenberg and Scott Hambly, June 22, 1957
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filename: nvrsh1957-06-22.wav
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg_And_Scott_Hambly/nvrsh1957-06-22/
Extent: 1 sound file : high-resolution file (.wav)
Content Elapsed time
"Four-Guitar Blues" 00:05:38
Song list and production notes for SR20, May 25, 2011
Filename: nvrsh1957-06-22.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg_And_Scott_Hambly/nvrsh1957-06-22/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR21 Gould's basement recording session, Toledo, Ohio - Neil Rosenberg and Mayne Smith, November 29, 1957
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: nvrms1957-11-29t01.wav - nvrms1957-11-29t17.wav
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg_And_Mayne_Smith/nvrms1957-11-29/
Extent: 17 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.wav)
Content Elapsed time
"John Henry" 00:03:32
"Hard, Ain't It Hard" 00:02:47
"East Virginia" 00:02:59
"Lord, Lord, Lord" 00:01:40
"Tom Dooley" 00:02:17
"Dr. Freud" 00:02:20
"Midnight Special" 00:03:40
"Troubled Is My Name" 00:03:07
"Salty Dog" 00:02:34
"Old Joe Clark" 00:01:58
"Wayfaring Stranger" 00:03:28
"Take A Whiff On Me" 00:02:12
"Casey Jones" 00:02:11
"Oh Freedom" 00:02:50
"Loping Along" 00:00:24
"The Logger Lover" 00:03:32
"This Train" 00:02:30
Song list and production notes for SR21, June 20, 2011
Filename: nvrms1957-11-29.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg_And_Mayne_Smith/nvrms1957-11-29/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR22 Royal Recording Studio session, Berkeley, California - Redwood Canyon Ramblers, August 27, 1958
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1958-08-27t01.wav - rcr1958-08-27t07.wav
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1958-08-27/
Extent: 7 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.wav)
Content Elapsed time
"Henry Martin" 00:03:53
"Backwater Blues" 00:04:06
"Titanic" 00:05:13
"Rock Me Baby" 00:03:16
"Little Maggie" 00:02:59
"Jesse James" 00:04:21
"Pay Me My Money Down" 00:02:36
Song list and production notes for SR22, December 12, 2012
Filename: rcr1958-08-27.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1958-08-27/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR24 Royal Recording Studio session, Berkeley, California - Scott Hambly and Pete Berg, February 6, 1959
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: shpb1959-02-06t01.aif - shpb1959-02-06t07.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly_And_Pete_Berg/shpb1959-02-06/
Extent: 7 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
"I Know How To Do It" 00:02:42
"Ella Speed" 00:02:15
Medley: "Wildwood Flower"/"Rosewood Casket"/"Cindy"/"Woody's Rag" 00:02:33
"Banks Of The Ohio" 00:02:52
"Molly And Tenbrooks" 00:01:57
"Amelia Earhart" 00:02:33
"Nooky Blues" 00:03:54
Song list and production notes for SR24, March 27, 2011
Filename: shpb1959-02-06.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly_And_Pete_Berg/shpb1959-02-06/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
"Nooky Blues," undated
Filename: Scott Hamblys Nooky Blues KRE.doc
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly_And_Pete_Berg/shpb1959-02-06/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.doc)
Lyrics for the song, plus technical metadata about the recording and the guitar, etc.
Scott reminisces about the mandolin, undated
Filename: Scotts notes 2-6-59.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly_And_Pete_Berg/shpb1959-02-06/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
First-person reminiscence by Scott Hambly about the mandolin.
Original tape box, with handwritten notes, undated
Filename: shpb1959-02-06.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly_And_Pete_Berg/shpb1959-02-06/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR25 Redwood Canyon Ramblers at Berkeley Hillel, Berkeley, California, July 26, 1959
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1959-07-26t01.aif - rcr1959-07-26t14.aif
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