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Series 2: Event recordings and related materials (continued)
Song list and production notes for SR23, November 5, 2011 (continued)
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Photographs of tape box interior, with song lists, 1959
Filename: Barton Reel Number 55 tape box-1.jpg, Barton Reel Number 55 tape box-2.jpg
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Janet_Smith/js1959demo/
Extent: 2 photographs : black and white, digital (.txt)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR02 Redwood Canyon Ramblers, September 1959, December 26, 1959, February 1960
Sound recording (full)
Item ID: AFC 2011/011: SR02
Rack number: RXJ 0531
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (acetate; Side 1: 00:42:24, Side 2: 00:31:59) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.
Original Rosenberg inventory number: tape 13.
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1959kpfa01.aif - rcr1959kpfa18.aif, rcr1959kre01.aif - rcr1959kre10.aif, rcr1960kre01.aif - rcr1960kre04.aif
Filepath: preservation files from dvds/DVD1_1959_1960 Studio Sessions_reel13/
Extent: 32 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
KPFA Studios (September 1959)
Demo/audition tape; produced by Gert Charito.
Content Elapsed time
"Randy Lynn Rag" 00:02:04
"How Mountain Girls Can Love" 00:02:10
"Blue Ridge Mountain Home" 00:02:14
"Million Years In Glory" [with Tom Bebring on vocals] 00:02:21
"Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms" [with Tom Bebring on vocals] 00:02:27
"Little Maggie" 00:02:33
"Pretty Polly" 00:02:25
"White House Blues" 00:02:06
"Hard, Ain't It Hard" 00:01:58
"Home Sweet Home" 00:01:17
"Mountain Fling" medley: "Wildwood Flower"/"Rosewood Casket"/"Cindy"/"Woody's Rag" 00:03:57
"Salty Dog" 00:02:08
"Amelia Earhart" 00:03:19
"Jimmie Brown" 00:02:17
"Red Apple Juice (Sugar Baby)" 00:01:42
"Pike County Breakdown" 00:02:08
"Your Love Is Like A Flower" 00:02:28
"How Mountain Girls Can Love" 00:02:15
KRE Studios (December 26, 1959)
Content Elapsed time
"Cripple Creek" 00:02:02
"Darling Corey" #1 00:02:57
"Darling Corey" #2 00:03:00
"Pike County Breakdown" #1 00:02:05
"Pike County Breakdown" #2 00:02:07
"Winchester 94" 00:02:00
"Mocking Banjo" #1 [breakdown] 00:01:51
"Mocking Banjo" #2 00:02:38
"Rocky Run" #1 [breakdown] 00:01:09
"Rocky Run" #2 00:02:13
KRE Studios (February 1960)
Content Elapsed time
"Home Sweet Home" [the song cuts off abruptly] 00:01:24
"Auld Lang Syne" 00:03:14
"Where The Soul Never Dies" 1 [breakdown; with Audrey Smith on vocals; the performance stops abruptly] 00:01:01
"Where The Soul Never Dies" 2 [breakdown; with Audrey Smith on vocals; the performance stops abruptly again] 00:00:52
Song list and production notes for SR02, January 7, 2011
Filename: 1959_1960StudioSessions (Reel 13).txt
Filepath: preservation files from dvds/DVD1_1959_1960 Studio Sessions_reel13/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Handwritten song list, with counter numbers from the tape deck, undated
Filename: rcr1959_1960StudioSessions.pdf
Filepath: preservation files from dvds/DVD1_1959_1960 Studio Sessions_reel13/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR30 Royal Recording Studio session, Berkeley, California - Scott Hambly and Mayne Smith, February 1960
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: shms1960-02-00t01.aif - shms1960-02-00t04.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly_And_Mayne_Smith/shms1960-02-00/
Extent: 4 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
"Home Sweet Home" 00:01:24
"Old Lang Syne" 00:03:14
"Where The Soul Never Dies" #1 (breakdown) - Audrey Smith on vocals 00:01:01
"Where The Soul Never Dies" #2 - Audrey Smith on vocals [recording abruptly ends] 00:00:52
Song list and production notes for SR30, January 7, 2011
Filename: shms1960-02-00.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly_And_Mayne_Smith/shms1960-02-00/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR31 Jam session with Frank Miller and John Schuler, Gambier, Ohio - Neil Rosenberg, April 1960
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: nvr1960-04-00t01.aif - nvr1960-04-00t13.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg/nvr1960-04-00/
Extent: 13 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
SR31 includes tracks 13-31 from Rosenberg inventory tape 16.
Neil Rosenberg (banjo); Frank Miller (banjo, guitar)
Content Elapsed time
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown" 00:02:00
"Dear Old Dixie" [glitch on source tape towards end] 00:02:24
"Little Rosewood Casket" 00:01:20
"Earl's Breakdown" 00:01:35
"Farewell Blues" 00:01:17
Neil Rosenberg (banjo, guitar, vocals); Franklin Miller (guitar, fiddle, vocals); John Schuler (banjo, vocals)
Content Elapsed time
"Bowling Green" 00:02:01
"Old Mountain Dew" [fragment] 00:00:25
"Old Mountain Dew" 00:04:05
"Orange Blossom Special" 00:03:04
"Smith" 00:01:38
"Pike County Breakdown" 00:02:35
"Uncle Pen" 00:02:02
"Rabbit In A Log" 00:03:27
Song list and production notes for SR31, January 2, 2013
Filename: nvr1960-04-00.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg/nvr1960-04-00/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Song list and production notes for Rosenberg inventory tape 16, undated
Filename: NVR ReelNumber16 Notes.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg/nvr1960-04-00/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Notes for Rosenberg inventory tape 16, undated
Filename: rcrNVRNumber16A.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg/nvr1960-04-00/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Tape box and handwritten notes for Rosenberg inventory tape 16, undated
Filename: rcrNVRNumber16box.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Neil_Rosenberg/nvr1960-04-00/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR32 Royal Recording Studio session, Berkeley, California - Redwood Canyon Ramblers, July 13, 1960
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1960-07-13t01.aif - rcr1960-07-13t12.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1960-07-13/
Extent: 12 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
"Cripple Creek" 00:02:21
"Snow Dove" #1 [with false start] 00:03:22
"Snow Dove" #2 00:03:41
"Molly And Tenbrooks" #1 [with tuning intro] 00:02:47
"Molly And Tenbrooks" #2 [with tuning and banter intro] 00:02:53
"Swanee" [with tuning and banter intro] 00:02:39
"Home Sweet Home" #1 [fast tempo, cuts in] 00:01:13
"Home Sweet Home" #2 [with vocal intro] 00:02:22
"Orange Blossom Special" #1 [with tuning and banter intro] 00:03:34
"Orange Blossom Special" #2 [with rowdy banter intro] 00:03:41
"Smith" #1 [discussion and off-mic run through twice] 00:02:40
"Smith" #2 [on-mic/tape runs out] 00:01:04
Song list and production notes for SR32, March 27, 2011
Filename: rcr1960-07-13.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1960-07-13/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Scott Hambly's notes, undated
Filename: Scotts notes 7-13-60.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1960-07-13/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Tape reel, undated
Filename: rcr1960-07-13.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1960-07-13/
Extent: 1 photograph : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR33 Royal Recording Studio session, Berkeley, California - Redwood Canyon Ramblers, June 9, 1961
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1961-06-09t01.aif - rcr1961-06-09t06.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-06-09/
Extent: 6 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
"Little Maggie" 00:02:23
"Rawhide" 00:02:46
"House Carpenter" 00:02:22
"Rocky Run" 00:02:57
"Cry From The Cross" 00:02:49
"Banjolina" 00:02:45
Song list and production notes for SR33, March 27, 2011
Filename: rcr1961-06-09.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-06-09/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Mayne Smith's comments, undated
Filename: rcr1961-06-09-Maynes comments.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-06-09/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Tape reel, undated
Filename: rcr1961-06-09.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-06-09/
Extent: 1 photograph : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR34 Redwood Canyon Ramblers at Hotel Shattuck, Berkeley, California, August 23, 1961
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1961-08-23t01.aif - rcr1961-08-23t08.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-08-23/
Extent: 8 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
Introduction by Don Hambly and Campbell Coe 00:08:01
"Jesse James" 00:02:55
"Hard Times" 00:03:12
"Across The Blue Mountains" - Janet Smith and Rita Weill 00:03:23
"Delia" - Janet Smith and Rita Weill 00:02:57
"Yad Anuga" - Janet Smith and Rita Weill 00:02:51
"Mocking Banjo" 00:03:45
"The Wreck Of The Old '97" [with outro thank yous] 00:03:16
Song list and production notes for SR34, March 27, 2011
Filename: rcr1961-08-23.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-08-23/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR03 Redwood Canyon Ramblers and the Carroll County Boys (Vern & Ray) at The Washington School, December 2, 1961
Sound recording (full)
Item ID: AFC 2011/011: SR03
Rack number: RXJ 0532
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (polyester; Side 1: 00:44:22, Side 2: 00:44:06) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, half track, mono ; 7 in.
Recorded in the auditorium at The Washington School, Berkeley, California. Personnel: LaVern Williams, lead tenor and second mandolin; Ray Parks, tenor and fiddle; Gerry Grove, bass; Clyde Williamson, second guitar; Mayne Smith, lead tenor and guitar; Scott Hambly, first mandolin and occasional lead; Pete Berg, banjo and harmony on Redwood Canyon Ramblers tunes. Continued on SR04.
Original Rosenberg inventory number: tape 14.
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1961-12-02t01.aif - rcr1961-12-02t28.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-12-02/
Extent: 28 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Set 1
Content Elapsed time
Introduction/tuning 00:00:55
"Crazy Horse" 00:02:38
"Hit Parade Of Love" [recording flaw for a moment] 00:03:06
"Little Maggie" 00:03:00
"I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" 00:03:06
"Rocky Run" 00:03:37
"Poison Lies" 00:02:58
"House Carpenter" 00:03:06
"Mother's Only Sleeping" 00:04:21
"Banjo Signal" 00:02:31
"John Henry"/pitch for the new record release ("Starday EP for sale") 00:05:02
"Can't You Hear Me Callin'" 00:03:49
"Banjolina" 00:03:25
"Arkansas Traveler" [reel direction change] 00:02:44
"Ruby" ("take your business to Jon Lundberg") 00:03:42
"Teardrops In Your Eyes" 00:02:47
"Home Sweet Home" 00:02:33
"On My Mind" 00:01:57
Set 2 (part 1)
Content Elapsed time
Tuning 00:00:58
"Prisoner's Song" 00:03:27
"Cabin On The Mountain" [in the documentation as "Cabin On A Mountain"] 00:03:03
"Banjo Fling" 00:04:12
"Darling Nellie Across The Sea" 00:05:08
"Wicked Path Of Sin" [with false start] 00:03:59
"Blue Ridge Cabin Home" 00:03:08
"Uncle Pen" ("I'd be seeing Lefty Frizell in Redwood City") 00:03:14
"Mocking Banjo" 00:02:52
"She's More To Be Pitied" [reel change] 00:03:38
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