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Note 1: "Dinah Washington, Elvis Presley, Wollangak. Recorded from little radio by Mike Popular music. Now cut into by stereo one way- Hallway noises, talk. Radio station is WADO."; Note 2: CDI 1. loft, quiet ambient noise and talk. Typewriter, cat. Intercom in Smith's apartment evident. Radio in other room. 2. "I'll see you Frank" procedes stairsteps and more talk. 3. distant voices, airplane audible, stairsteps 4. door, stairsteps, voices, vibes?, radio. 5. footsteps, vibes in loft, talkk off mic 6. door and machine noise. piano riffs - classical sounding. 7. starsteps 8. mic noise, piano, man and woman talkinga nd piano. Cat interaction with piano. 9. cont'd cat with kittens? 10. cont'd (male voice, Overton?) 11. cont'd without piano. Talk and someone leaving loft 12. cat and distant phone 13. cont'd 14. cont'd and voices "Tom Golden"? or "John Holman"? CDII 1. "John Holman" talking witha woman nd music rehearsal talk, music talk with ? CDIII 1. Radio for 40 seconds (jumps to) session with drums, horns, riffing and then back to radio content, street noise 2. footsteps and "Gene" 3. talk mentions "Ed Shaughnessy" and jam session talk 4.cont'd 5. cont'd 6. cont'd 7. piano riffs and heavy stair steps, radio in background 8. cont'd 9. cont'd 10. Smith or other male on stairs, 11. cont'd 12. cont'd CD IV 1. pops, loft and street noise, radio in background 2. Smith's voice in background, phone in background rings 3. cont'd some talk with Smith, female, and male. 4. con'td sparse talk away from mic 5. cont'd 6. stairway talk, drummers, 7. con'td with Smith's voice away from mic 8. cont'd (end) CDV 1. Radio (midsong) "Lonely Blueboy" (released 1960) 2. "What a difference a day made" (Dinah Washington) 3. WADO and Connie Francis "I was such a fool to fall in love with you" 4. WADO electronic robot station ID 5. Dinah Washington? "Nothing in the word could make me love you more than I do" 6. jumps to midson "Dear Johnny" (jumps to) "I'll take Manhattan" and WADO children's dental health psa 7. "that lovely afterglow" (Smith adjusting volume) Smith talks over part of song. ("I miss you so") then Ella Fitzgerald, "Cry me a river" 8. WADO robot 9. jazz instrumental 10. Same group, different song 11. Fats Domino "Sweet Patootie" 12. Jazz instrumental 13. jazz instrumental 14. more of the same, robot announcer doing commentary 15. female song "Give me something to live for" 16. Fats Domino "Country Boy" 17. "Don't you ever leave me" "Runny Bear or "Little White Dove" by Johnny Preston (ends at beginning of next song) CDVI 1. Midsong, latin pop. "Night and Day" Francis Faye 2. radio announcer, (jumps to Alvin and the Chipmunks) "Alvin's Orchestra" by David Seville 3. announcer 4. "Bulldog" The Fireballs 5. announcer 6. Uncle Jody Barry "Froggy went a courtin'" 7. "19 minutes before 3" WADO 8. Debbie Reynolds "Am I that easy to forget?" 9. announcer and robot voice 10. Connie Francis "Teddy" `11.Welfare PSA "Handy Man" The Sparks of Rhythm 12. "Hot Toddy" 13. "everythings Coming Up Roses" Kirby Steve Four 14. 3AM, news over New York 15. News and Friday, February 12, 1960, Lincoln's Birthday. Sam Seberg, WADO electronic announcer 3-5:30 AM Wing til Dawn "Am I that easy to forget" (song) 16. "Teenage Sonata" Sam Cooke 17. trumpet jazz with strings 18. jumps to ) jazz 19. Radio robot announcer on WADO 20. Connie Francis "Teddy" 21. "She's all right" Bo Diddley;

Note 1: "Side 1. 1 side-Jazz most of the way. 2. One side is General but also is of k's second Day. Mayor Robert F. Wagner opens school. 3. Michael Rengrauer? reads Ha? christian? 4. News 5. Music-Chorus, Unaccompanied violin, Bach?? 6. Talk about Telk score 7. Music, Greek orthodox 8. Interview with Seventeen editors Radio recording."; Note 2: CDI 1. Radio talk show, teenagers 2. Moscow Schools, Henrietta Schneider, Gene Bayer (speakers) 3. WNYC US and USSR news. Krhruscev at UN, Paul Robeson, Vanguard Satellite Launch (September 18, 1959) 4. news cont'd , Labor Day bombings arraignment in Little Rock, Arkansas. 5. 5th Avenue German community parade. Show: "Spoken Words" Don Quixote 6. Quixote background and beginning (jumps to) church service 7. church cont'd (jumps to) Khruscev news, other news 9. con'td (jumps to news from same day then to) talk show, Latin America subject 10. cont'd Redsox news on WABC-NY 11. Edward P> Morgan reporting, more news. 12. Eisenhauer on vacation. Garment workers union ILGWU. 13. Journalism and Boy Scouts psa (ends with call letters WABC) CDII 1. Alan Freed, paul Andrews "Let's Travel" guest: Blanch Thebom, opera singer 2. ocn'td 3. cont'd 4 Aida, Carmen at the Met. sings "The big beat" news, Khruscev 5. Gasoline and Miller Beer commercial. News 6. con'td commentary and news 7. WOR News and Ham commericial. (Jumps to) Khruscev news, Voice of America 8,. cont'd Docktail Lounge, the Golden Door (Jumps to) news 9. NBC: "Khruscev in America" 4th in a series., with Joseph Michaels. 10. cont'd 11. cont'd 12. con'td CDIII 1. Radio NBC (jumps to) golf program, BillyJo Patton, Sam Snead, Paul Jones. Dash commercial. 2. woman singer (jumps to) choral music 3. jumps to McGee Family, Moniotr then "Joan's song" 4. jumps to Hoffa news and other footage with Teamsters and Kennedy 5. radio drama jumps to "Mac the Knife" with Doroth Donegan announer. 6. "the Dorothy Donegan blues" then News 7. music and coverage of Washington Theater party with Gene Archer on a yacht interview with Bob Joseph, play producer 8. song Billy Butterfield with Ray Coniff "South of the Border" 9. NBC radio news WRCA-NY Ad for The Golden Door 10. announcements from live theatre party for The Golden Door 11. "When I fell in love" Tyree Glenn 12. "Jeepers Creepers" and live applause 13. More radio talk 14. Monitor Beacon 15. "Stepping Out with my baby" CDIV 1. WNYC Mayor Robert Wagoner, on NY schools 2. Charles H. Silva, President of the Board of Education and WNYC announcment of the beginning of "The Staunch Tin Soldier" with Michael Redgrave (story by Hans Christian Anderson) 3. cont'd 4. cont'd and "The Emperor's Nightengale" 5-8 cont'd 9. LP announced: Tales from Hans Christian Anderson 10. classical music 11. announced: tomorrow: AC Cowell on outer space 12. News, Eisenhauer and Khruschev, Moon Rocket landing. Loa, Vietnam, School starting today 13 (jumps to) choir music CDV. 1. Choral music 2. classical music, concierto 3. Nathan Millstein, JS Bach, Partit #1 D-Minor and #3 in E 5. cont'd then news CDVI 1. News (jumps to) BBC discussion "the new Astronomy" 2. telescopes and satellites 3. con'td 4. cont'd, various space and science topics 5. telescope history and Milky Way 6. con'td 7. cont'd (jumps to) Greek poetry and religious usic program 8. end of Adventure in Music (jumps to) teenager discussion 9. cont'd (end);

Note 1: "4 Tracks of dialogue session. Mic in hall? May 1960"; Note 2: CDI 1. mid session, trumpet, bass, drum sax. Some talking. Several people and Smith's? voice. 2. mic noise, footsteps 3. cont'd 4. Smith says "Pending". Talk: Smith, Pending, female voice 5. Smith yells, girl talking, others on stairs 6. con'td 7. "Bogan's recorder" Smith con'td 8. con'td and "art director for Art Scene" 9. con'td and "Gene" 10. con'td sped up 11. con'td "more talk and "beer" 12. cont'd 13. sped up music and street noise CDII 1. cont'd from CDI, radio, footsteps, street noise 2. Smiht's voice and talk radio on cinema 3. Smith talking with assistant, NC State Fair and other photos: General Motors, Folk Dancing, window work. 4. con'td , Tenessee Williams on radio, 5. Smitha nd Fred talking "Pills for you" (for Smith) 6. "supposed to be Paul Bley" "is he well thought of?" door knock 7. ccon'td voices and loft sound 8. cont'd with Smith 9. con'td 10. con'td 11. footsteps "Hey John" 12. footsteps, window talk, 13. Gene and Fred nap upstairs, Ron, Bill CDIII 1. cont'd. ??Bill Pierce, Ron Free, Fred Greenwell?? Race (Newton) mentioned 2. Smith and Ted Runge (not there) Bill Pierce (in loft) Runge baby birth? 3. Piece and mention of Peter (Ind?) and Paul 4. Smith away from mic 5. phone talk and Smith talking to assistants 6. con'td work sounds 7. Pending and phone rings 8. "Gene" "Dave" 9. music discussion 10. photo talk and radio mentioned 11. putter, photo categaries 12. Phone call taped. photo book and photo prints 13. con'td NYU lecture, cards, Halsman print, "put it on the wall" Ned/Ted and Smith talk 14. con'td fades out CDIV 1. jam session, riffs, gtr, horns, talk 2. "Play the whole thing again" tune and talk 3. riffs and "goodnight" then new tune: pbd and several saxes 4. Smith talking at door and riffs. tune and coives in stairway. Reel to reel tape "big party up in Dave Young's place that night" 5. Riffs and tune, double input of sound form different sources (end) CDV 1. cont'd weird noise then Smith talkig to Dave. "remember, this thing is smaller than both of us" 2. Gene and Dave Young, mention of Hall 3. photo talk con'td 4. mention of Tennessee Williams and Ingmar Bergman 5. photo talk 6. Smith talking 7.cont'd "pictures" 8. Smith on photos 9. cont'd "Dan" 10. subjects: Beethoven, Dave Young, North Carolina, 11. Goodnight's, Gene and Dan, and female? 12. more quiet talk CDVI 1. Smith and female in loft Smith's ailment 2. cont'd less talk 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5. tapping and puttering, 7-14. con'td, some loft sound ;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI Smith, Carole Thomas, Charlie Reynolds. 1. Smith, Carole, male voice. Photo work and talk. "hundreds of pages of notes" 2. talk photo cont'd 3. cont'd, photography 4. Carole's brother story. Smith water photos, Sports Illustrated, Japan boat return photos, birds behind boat, Mexico. 5. Japanese boat trip photos, Cuba 6. Japan and trip finances. Hitachi. text for class. Color photos.7. photo talk and Life work. Japan 8. hands pictures, classes, Haiti, lighting, Cioney Island, Smith reading 9. photo talk cont'd Schweitzer and Country Doctor essay. Literature as teacher 10. con'td Paul. O'Neill quote. 11. Clouds ship. Self teaching, music, photo, disaster and truth 12. reading essay, Harold Feinstein letter of recommendation. CDII Smith, Thomas, Reynolds, (Bill Brecker, Harold Feinstein, Byron Bell from Esquire) 1. Window pics, "The Creative Scene" Gene's water essay. 2. Pageboy. Esquire Magazine. phone call. Byron Bell. Charlie Reynolds call. Harold Feinstein letter. Henri Cartier Bresson subway. 3 (smoking) Hitachi work and books to sell. Amy Lowell cigars and poetry 4. cont'd "Parables by Eugene Smith" 10 boxes of notes 5. column, and story. Photo work. 6. 3x5 cards, Will Forbes, books, Bill Pierce 7. Pierce, Pop Photo: Bruce, secretary, "Merry Christmas" , Amy Cowell, John (brother) 8. kids, on seeing, book and speech of children CDIII 1. Charley Reynolds arrives, stairway talk. US Camera piece, Pop Photo, Joh. Henri Cartier Bresson piece, Smith tapes and Mike Wallace 2. talk many subjects including window series 3. Book, course, Ernst Haas and John Rawlings 4. con'td discussion 5. cont'd and Conde Nast Lieberman 6. Smith and street photos, Henry Wolf, Art Kane, John Rawlings, Ben Rose, Sol Nednick, haas, Arnold Newman. Cooper Union 7. Carole about Cooper Union, Smith leaves. Carole talking to Reynolds. 8. children and phone calls. Jeff and payments 9. Smith returns. Pouring a drink. Discussion of photo teaching book. 10. photo talk and Life assingments, classes. 11. essays. Window Essay and magazine work 12. photo talk cont'd including Collier's assignment CDIV 1. 1. con'td teaching book discussion 2. essays by Smith, Country Doctor, Pittsburgh, window 3. Death of Schnitzel and photo talk 4. Smith Tuesday class. essays 5. Cornell Capa reference and more talk 6. Mexican hat dancer and sports photos 7. Smith looking for photos of several types for Reynolds (end) ;

Note 1: "Leroy Parkins and Smith Talking about Dick Carry's amplifier. I believe art Director, who came up with Jan Mason's Sister or the man who came here (with girl) looking for industrial ads. Gene Playing his notorious "Rolling Hand Piano" Track 3 starts with hallway in German theater celebration of young poet readings and interview. Track 4 California Fund for republican Hinkins Block. Study of Democratic Institutions."; Note 2: CDI Piano, bass, drum, sax, sax 1. riffs, bass and piano. talk ("Zoot" (Sims)) tune 2. tune and footsteps 3. tune continues and then talk with riffs 4. riffs tune, talk ends with female voice present in background CDII 1. cont'd from previous talk and riffs into tune 2. cont'd tune then phone call, street noise and Smith's voice 3. piano and musicians talking "tenor sax" 4. sax riffs and tune, stairteps and different sax plays (end) CDIII 1. bass, piano, and trumpet riff. tune talk. loft sounds and coversation, into tune: piano, bass, drum, sax (2 or 3), trumpet. then ends with more talk and riffs CDIV 1. pinao riffs tune with talk then tune with piano, sax, drums , bass. More talk 2. riffs and tune. ;

Note 1: "Too many scribbles to figure out what's what."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith talks, female laughter. George arrives, PA system upstairs, Empire State building, 2. downstairs door, George talking Ted mentioned 3. money talk, "me and Art" 4. Emily phone calls 5. money talk, Ted Runge letter, 6. "five o'clock in the morning" (current time) 7. phone call incoming 8. phone conversation cont'd 9. Smith on George Orick. Tommy (Johns?) in loft 10. George Orick conversation and history of business with Orick. 11. new voice, book talk, and "David" 12. method acting CDII 1. Dirty Limerick, Pat Carlin, Manny Farber, mention of Suddenly, Last Summer and Mississippi 2. Suddenly Last Summer review and Orson Welles 3. Smith yelling. Yul Brenner and integration "Mr. Lorant" 4. readinga nd talking film and music reviews 5. Smith reading article and more talk 6. Phone calls, Jim, Schiffer, Jim 7. phone calls cont'd at Jim, George calls Gene 8. George phone call cont'd 9 con'td 10. conversation about phone call and situation 11. George and Tommy inloft talk 12. Smith, Orick and Schiffer discussion. Carmen Smith mentioned. 13. George Sciffer and Tommy talk with Smith (overlap segment from previous tape at end) CDIV 1. Claude calling Gene, conversation 2. Gene and Jim phone call 3. legal discussion with Jim Karales, Schiffer and Cohen representing both vs. Orick 4. Smith/Karales cont'd 5. cal for Orick, Kay Reese and talk 6. talk con'td and Chris and woman agent 7. Carmen, book, Pittsburgh 8. phone call to Croton, Jim answers (?) Jim Karales and lawyer. George Schiffer subject. 9. Cohen and Schiffer 10. more talk. 3 calls. CDV 1. Phone call: Jim Karales calling loft, talks to Tommy then Gene Smith. talking about lawyers and George Schiffer 2. TEd as subject, cont'd with Karales 3. cont'd 4-8 backwards audio (print through) 9. resumes in loft, not a phone call now, Smith, and 2 others, photo talk, brief. CDVI 1. Smith and female in loft (quiet with static) 2. Overlaps with 4/6 about track #1 (phone call from Claude) then phone cals until 11. that overlap with 4/6. Overlap with 5/6 at the 2:18 mark of track 11 until end. ;

Note 1: "Leroy Parkins and Smith Talking about Dick Carry's Amplifier Janita and Gene 2nd side: I believe Art Director who came up with Jan Mason's sister or the man who came here (with girl) looking for industrial ads. 1960? 1961? Gene playing his notorious "Rolling Hand Piano." Inside Tracks: Starts halfway in Germany theater celebration Swell, others. Or Young Poet readings interview. Track 4: California (Fund for Republic) thinking Block study of Democratic Institutions. Festival of performing arts."; Note 2: CDI 1. Gene Smith, Caroline, (Dick Cary as subject**) Dick Cary's amplifier. Viking tape deck in pawn by Smith. Piano and loft. 2. Smith and Carole, Bobby, Pending. WBAI radio on in loft, pop songs. 3. con'td, less talk, Gene and Carole 4. con'td 5. con'td with piano in loft, other room. prints, ashtray cigarettes, loft. 6. starsteps and knocks 7. Smith and cat 8. cont'd ambient 9. cont'd stair steps 10 . Juanita present 11. Smith/Carole T./Juanita in hallway 12. con'td 13. cont'd CDII 1. street noise in loft 2. stairsteps, door, Smith's voice and loft noise 3. stair steps, loft noise CDIII 1. loft noise, Smith's voice 2. con'td and Carole's presence "drawings" (Smith's) 3. photos, Pittsburgh coke factory (steel) 4. Bob Mack and Thompason story, Harry Weiss. Wales. 5. Smith's material in loft. list 16 and a half tons. and photo talk ***** 6. cont'd 7. loft piano's, elevated train, 6th Avenue and neighbor hood history **** 8. river and window photography "Jim" (in loft) 9. cont'd 10. con'td and some proof print reference from Smith 11. Pittsburgh steel "coke" 12. photo talk: clouds 13. ocn'td 14 cont'd with "no, no I don't" (have a phone here) CDIV 1. Smith sings and humms with street noise and background radio in loft 2. cont'd 3. same 4. same with piano and puttering 5. con'td but less clear audio 6. con't d with piano 7. con't d 8. weird piano con'td 10 con'td 11. ends and Smith humming and puttering in loft after stopping piano 12. cont'd CDV 1. WBAI radio 3:10. Groucho Marx song "hooray for Captain Spalding the African Explorer" 3. Kane Lane singers and Robert M. Hutchins 4. con'td speech, Mississippi and Robert F. Kennedy 5. cont'd 6. Qand A 7. con'td 8,9,10 con'td then @2:55: ends. UN Delegates and sign off. 11. Richard Pigart composer piece 12. back to loft sound 13. loft noise and arrival with radio con'td WABC then sax riffs in loft 14. news on radio and sax riffs in loft. CDVI 1. drum riffs, hammering and Smith's voice Carole's voice 2. (New content) mic tapping and TV or radio story by Joyce Grenfell, British comedienne 3. cont'd with impersonations 4. cont'd 5. cont'd 6. cont'd 7. cont'd with lullaby 8. cont'd 9. song 10. announcer 6th Presentation: Festival of Performing Arts. Standard Oil Company. NJ. Next week: Miriam Makeba. Channel 5 (TV) Robert Taylor in "The Detectives" Excedrin commercial. The Balcony (film) commercial. 10 The Detectives begins (aired 1959-62) CDVII 1. TV Yeats. Troy. Live audience. 2. Yeats letter, Ezra Pund. Hauptman. 3. cont'd ends with applause (Carl Ebert) 4. German theater 5. cont'd 5. "The World Turns" 6. news story and German theater cont'd 7. Maximillan Schell, Hamlet in Wittenburg 8. other speaker, "Expressionists" set desgin 9. cont'd 10. fragment of "Mack the Knife" Lenya/Weill (jumps to) German theatre show 12. cont'd 13. cont'd 14. cont'd with Heretic of Joanna;

Note 1: "Box has a big X mark covering the content; could not make out. Ted & Tommy Johns. Long section of just background noise."; Note 2: CDI 1. "George" "Ted" George Orick arriving in loft. Smith singing and microphone test. 2. mic tests and radio fragment (background, continuing in loft, ambient) 3. Pending and Smith in stairwell 4. static, sax, loft noise (fragment overlap?) 5. Jam session with drums, bass, sax, trumpets and loft noise. Door knock and new song. Electric bill talk and Smith in loft talking about taking photographs in the loft. Tommy present. 6. "Janey my cousin" by Smith. tune and cat meowing: Desdemona 7. Record jass 8. talk and music 9.(Roswell) "Ros Russell" and "Bird" (Charlie Parker) 10. Haiti, Smith and Nathan Kline 11. Monk Record and talk 12. Monk record and talk 13. cont'd with Mexico talk and "Misterioso" on record CDII 1. Cathy/Kathy and Helga "also downstairs session, piano player..can't stand" Smith: "Good morning Charlotte" 2. cont'd talk under buzz 3. cont'd talk 4. talk, con'td "Tommy" (not there) Jim?? 5. cont'd 6. Smith talk, photo talk 7. con'td 8. Monk photo mention (by Smith) 9. talk, session talk 10. photo talk Smith 11. cont'd 12. cont'd (ends) ;

Note 1: "Good Nahama (brief) Bad Lopes and Free 2nd side is blank. Singing. After some blank space, Jam session."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith, Nehama hendel, guitar and singing. Talking and recording logistics discussed. 2. Folk tune "The Old Rosy Bush" Hendel. And childrens' song. (jumps to) piano and wordless singing by Smith and Nehama talking 3. Sax, drum and Smith talking to Nehama 4. drum riffs and piano, loft talk and tune talk, dax drum tune 5. sax/drum tune and talk with Smith and Nehama 6. drum riffs and tune talk then piano riffs at end;

Note 1: "1963 Stereo Uher. Gene playing flute, drum, etc. in mic test. Studio 200 + Tandberg"; Note 2: CDI 1. Street noise 2. Smith talking about mix, Studio AKG 200, Tandberg. And reel to reel channels for each mic. Mic checks with slide whistle and harmonica. 3. mic checks and earphones referenced 4. cont'd with drums and tapping 5. cont'd, less activity 6. equalization test, pitch and RIAA eq test, Smith reading from something. 8. cont'd and Channel Identification test, left channel and right channel . Balance test. CDII 1. Smith and Carole , mic checks and looking for photographs 2. Music from radio or record (Olatunji) 3. Male chant and drums (Olatunji) ;