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Note 1: "Recording discussions with Alice and Jimmy." Alice McLeod, Jimmy Stevenson, W. Eugene Smith, Carole Thomas, other woman on stairs. CDI 1. street and loft noise with cats and Smith "to a nunnery" 2. More of same. 3. Same 4. Random talk "seven wonders of the world" (Motif) 5. "What're you doing there?" "What are you reading?" 6. Smith and cats, doors and photo talk with Smith and Carole?? "What time is it?" "Almost 7 o'clock." Typing. CDII 1. Continued: "How do you spell 'times' as a mulitplication thing?" "Same way you would..." (Smith and Carole) Type talk. 2. "Gary" "Oh, I put the cat out in the hall." Stair noise. Typing, and talk and noise. Doors. 3. Phone in background. Vinne? "washing machine door frames." 4. new male voice and talk. Footsteps in hallway and radio/tv background. Rhodesia in news. Photo discussion. Teddy Wilson and Red Allen on radio. Layout talk. 5. tune on radio and talk. 5. "50 to 48" 6. Water, Smith puttering, sax and drum, female voice, radio. "chapter of images." CDIII 1. Radio and Smith talking to Carole. Typing. CDIV 1. Smith talking on stairs with woman who walks in. "Al" Smith talking about loft, building inspection, robbery. Jimmy and Sandy Stevenson, books, equipment, photography, Hall Overton, 30th Street. Alice McLeod talking. 2. Jimmy Stevenson enters. Smith "Oh, it's that French Irishman" Talking about woman he worked with on gig. "Diamond." Val Hinterberg, drummer. Maria Velazquez, Don Hesterberg. "She wants to study with Hall" "married about 3 months" Alice: "worked about a week" 3. Jimmy talking about singer he's working with. Detroit talk... Harvey Rothman. "The Living Room" Smith "Gosh, I remember 6 years ago if I owed anybody a quarter, it drove me out of my mind." Smith recording and record company talk. "I talked to Eddie..." Rothman as backer. Recording talk. 4. Discussion continued. publishing. "Freddie and Ronnie" example. Columbia, John Hammond. Discussion breaks up, Gene talking to Carole. 6. more loft noise 7. Same. CDV 1. Smith 2. dog in street, Smith in distance. Loud hallway noise. 3. Truck noise, "5 o'clock" door knock and drop off at door by female or child "thank you" says Smith 4. Loft noise. 5. Cat and can opener. 6. doors and voices. making copings at typewriter. 6. Tokyo mentioned 7. Water and dam mentiond. CDVI 1. Smith and Carole talking LJN. and reel to reel recorder talk. Piano in background is Hall Overton lesson.

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