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Series 2: Event recordings and related materials (continued)
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
Song list and production notes for SR03, January 5, 2011
Filename: rcr1961-12-02.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-12-02/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Typed song list, by tape side, undated
Filename: rcr1961-12-02 Reel 14.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-12-02/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Concert flyer, December 2, 1961
Filename: carroll_county_low.jpg
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-12-02/
Extent: 1 graphic image ; black and white, digital (.jpg)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR04 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: SR04
Rack number: RXJ 0533
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (acetate; Side 1: 00:15:58, Side 2: 00:15:52) : analog, 7 1/2 ips , half track, mono ; 7 in.
Recorded at The Washington School, Berkeley, California. Continued from SR03; see the notes for further details.
Original Rosenberg inventory number: tape 15.
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rcr1961-12-02t29.aif - rcr1961-12-02t37.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-12-02/
Extent: 9 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Recorded at The Washington School, Berkeley, California. Continued from SR03; see the notes for further details.
Original Rosenberg inventory number: tape 15.
Set 2 (part 2)
Content Elapsed time
"Billy In The Lowlands" 00:03:35
"Blue Moon Of Kentucky" 00:03:26
"Rawhide" 00:03:29
"Footprints In The Snow" 00:02:59
"Christmas Time's A Comin'" [the song ends abruptly; tape ends; reel direction change] 00:01:35
"Hard Times" 00:03:39
"Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong" 00:02:50
"Sally Jo" 00:02:36
"Black Mountain Rag" [end of set] 00:02:53
Song list and production notes for SR04, January 5, 2011
Filename: 1961 December 2 (Reel 14&15).txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-12-02/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Typed song list, undated
Filename: rcr1961-12-02 Reel 15.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Redwood_Canyon_Ramblers/rcr1961-12-02/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR38 "Midnight Special" (radio program), KPFA, Berkeley, California - Country Boys, May 12, 1962
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: cb1962-05-12t01.aif - cb1962-05-12t08.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Country_Boys/cb1962-05-12/
Extent: 8 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
Introductions/"Salty Dog" 00:02:43
"Banjo Signal" 00:02:17
"The Prisoner's Song"/Scott announces upcoming RCR show 00:03:25
"Way Downtown" 00:02:38
"Get Up John" 00:03:05
"Teardrops In My Eyes" 00:02:35
"When You And I Were Young, Maggie" 00:02:10
"Muleskinner Blues" 00:02:36
Song list and production notes for SR38, April 24, 2012
Filename: cb1962-05-12.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/The_Country_Boys/cb1962-05-12/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR39 Ridgerunners at Sierra Sound Labs, Berkeley, California, June 1962
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rr1962-06-00t01.aif - rr1962-06-00t08.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Ridgerunners/rr1962-06-00/
Extent: 8 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
"Blue Grass Breakdown" 00:02:05
"Live And Let Live" 00:01:58
"Under The Double Eagle" 00:02:52
"Grandfather's Clock" 00:03:44
"Loving You Too Well" 00:02:04
"Each Season Changes You" 00:02:27
"Devil's Dream" 00:02:10
"Childish Love" 00:02:25
Song list and production notes for SR39, February 18, 2013
Filename: rr1962-06-00 studio.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Ridgerunners/rr1962-06-00/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Handwritten song list, with counter numbers from the tape deck, undated
Filename: rr1962-06 studio.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Ridgerunners/rr1962-06-00/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
Includes title and performer information for other recordings on the same tape.
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR40 "Midnight Special" (radio program), KPFA, Berkeley, California - Scott Hambly and friends, July 28, 1962
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: sh1962-07-28t01.aif - sh1962-07-28t03.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly/sh1962-07-28/
Extent: 3 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Content Elapsed time
"Wheel Hoss" - unidentified singer 00:02:22
"Katy Dear" - unidentified singer 00:01:54
"Live And Let Live" - unidentified singer 00:02:21
Song list and production notes for SR40, February 18, 2013
Filename: sh1962-07-28 midnight special.txt
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly/sh1962-07-28/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.txt)
Handwritten song list, with counter numbers from the tape deck, undated
Filename: Reel T-F94.pdf
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Scott_Hambly/sh1962-07-28/
Extent: 1 manuscript : black and white, digital (.pdf)
None of the songs listed seem to match the contents of the tape.
Event ID: AFC 2011/011: SR41 Ridgerunners at Bear's Lair, Berkeley, California, October 12, 1962
Sound recording (cut-level)
Filenames: rr1962-10-12t01.aif - rr1962-10-12t40.aif
Filepath: RCR_Archive_Audio_High_Resolution_Files/Ridgerunners/rr1962-10-12/
Extent: 40 sound files : high-resolution files, digital (.aif)
Set 1
Content Elapsed time
"Will You Be Loving Another Man" 00:02:07
"Dixie Breakdown" 00:02:20
"Little Willie" 00:03:07
"Devil's Dream" 00:02:07
"Brand New Shoes" 00:02:08
"Wildwood Flower" 00:02:10
"Pretty Polly" 00:03:08
"Shuckin' The Corn" 00:02:41
"Red Rocking Chair" 00:03:00
"Dixie Ramble" 00:02:55
"Molly And Tenbrooks" 00:02:32
"Grandfather's Clock" 00:03:43
Set 2
Content Elapsed time
"Bluegrass Breakdown" [Scott says "welcome back for the 4th set"] 00:02:59
"Teardrops In My Eyes" 00:02:54
"Auld Lang Syne" 00:02:59
"Loving You Too Well" [Scott says it's a repeat] 00:02:48
"Flop-Eared Mule" 00:02:16
"Under The Double Eagle" 00:03:28
"Live And Let Live" 00:02:48
"Good Woman's Love" 00:03:06
"Rawhide" 00:02:39
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