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Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI 1. Ambiet loft, movement, male/female talk off mic 2. footsteps, street noise 3. cont'd, male voices 4. cont'd 5. cnt'd 6. cont'd 7. cont'd 8. cont'd 9. water sounds, and pacing, one note whistled, and "Jimmy" 10. putter, near mic 11. cont'd, less active 12. cont'd, 13. cont'd 14. end. CDII 1. door and loud clatter, male and female talk 2. cont'd putter and movement in loft 3. cont'd, mic noise and loud door 4. cont'd vox off mic 5. cont'd, Smith's voice, off mic 6. cont'd 7. cont'd CDIII 1. putter in loft, ambient street, loft, drums brushes, talk off mic, good NYC street noise 2. cont'd 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5. cont'd 6. cont'd with horns rifffing 7. cont'd with some talk 8. cont'd 9. "jimmy" 10. cont'd 11. cont'd 12. Jimmy Stevenson talking off mic 13. door sounds, vox near mic. CDIV 1. cont'd cough, street, ambient 2. talk 3. whistles 4. jazz in bakground, whislting riff to music, 5. cont'd talk off mic 6. talk of mic "get out of my door?, man" 7. cont'd, talk CDV 1. con'td loft mic rt channel with street ambient 2. cont'd, vox off mic , stairs and Smith: "Hello" 3. talk off mic, whistles back and forth 4. cont'd ambient 5. cont'd, Smith's voice talking to someone 6. talk, quiet then trumpet riffs 7. talk and riffs, phone ini left channel rings. ;

Note 1: "Traffic Noise and some talking. Maybe rain. Sounds good as stereo (Though it isn't)."; Note 2: CDI 1. ambient street (singing/opera?) with some putter in apt. 9. Smith and Carole 10. cont'd talk about film and funds 11. shop talk good casual talk, 12. ambient 13. mic putter by Smith 14. humming and working (Pageboy) CDII 1. backwards tape -3. CDIII 1. mic static, Smith ambient puatter 3. Carole's voice, "Gene?" 11. clicks 12. work sounds 13. cont'd 14. off mic small talk 15. cont'd, "supposed to leave late last night and be there at eleven this morning..." CDIV cont'd 2. cont'd with ambient and putter 3. new bass riffs, off mic 4. quiet riffs 5. buzz static, off mic talk, mention of Bridget moynaham, Jimmy Stevenson, Bob Brookmeyer (subject) CDV 1. ambient street, Pageboy 2. cont'd with talk off mic 4. siren 5. engine 10. buzz and some Smith talk off mic 11. Smith and Carole talking 12. cont'd 13. putter and off mic talk cont'd. ;

Note 1: "Recorded? L. John 3 sides. Channel 1. Mites Disease Organisms. 2. Kennedy Press conference. Channel 2. Long John and Science and history religion and nonsense."; Note 2: CDI 1. talk show: Long John Nebel Show from March 1963, Channel 11 2. "Lester" 3. WOR radio ID mention of Harper's Magazine spoken ad, and AA talk 4. cont'd ad WOR is channel 9 5. Guests einlcude Ernest Partridge, Lester Del Ray Dr. H. Osman, Fred Pole then telegrams 7. science and teaching 8. scepticism 9. cont'd imperialism and the USA telegrams 10 McCarthy and brainwashing 12. evolution theory debated Carnegie Delicatessan ad more shoes discussed 13. upcoming shows LJN cont'd, Scientology mentioned 14. McColl's magazine ad WOR and guests. CDII 1. insect life lecture, BBC science survey on LP WBAI host 2. Edward P Morgan for ABC, JFK news, recession risk, tax cuts, Policy analysis, Youth Conservation Corps. Nuclear weapons On the Beach 3. Luis Boccharini , Trio for 2 violins and cello in C Major Op 35 no.5. jumps to Bob Fass Radio Unnambeable on WBAI then to LJN George Washington cherry truth myth 4. Jumps to LJN, same show on fairly talkes, Ad for General Tire,Mandarin House and mandarin East restaurants, and satellite talk. outer space. CDIII 1. LJN cont'd, multiple topics, and wrap up 2. cont'd, jumps to I ching and the human body. 9. Carnegie deli ad and back to talk show 10. indludes otherwordly eventns buzz and restart on 11. LJN cont'd 12. open call to mediums from LJN and "the Door to the Future" Jess Stern. CDIV 1. LJN cont'd Randi, tape recorded coffee break 2. Mentalists and magicians at cafeteria below tanney's Lou Tanney, around 12o W. 42nd st. 12th floor 4. ad for Carnegie Deicatessen 5 cont'd 6. telegrams and more talk 12. mention of spaceships and satellites. 13. Wagner flying Dutchman, Met opera. ;

Note 1: "one stereo side. Stair tests. 2nd - Ruth talking checks and missing things."; Note 2: CDI 1. stairwell sounds, off mic piano and several voices. Restarts with louder sound. Mentions "Harry Smith" (?) 2. clamour and piano cont'd 3. cont'd, putter, good losse piano 4. cont'd then loud pageboy, bass riffs, voices, piano 5. clumsy riffs then new drum and riffs 6. cont'd, Smith talks through mic briefly, about recording transformers 7. quiet, street, drums an sac fiffs resume off mic 8. sax riffs, drum and sax 9. Smith on mics voice could be Jay Cameron off mic, Smith's voice closer 10. cont'd putter. CDII 1. con'td with buth and Ruth Fetske talking with Smitha nd Carole Thomas. bowed bass and pageboy off mic. 2. Smith enters room. order and banter, loft repairs loft talk 3. money matters Marty Froscher bill, and more 4. Fetske on accounts. 5. more mentions Hall Overton 6. travel and electrical work discussed 7. Smith hospital bills, insurance until December 27, 1962. Will Frobes check 4162 8. work and health. bobby 9. conflict with Larry, Bill mentioned. importannt date September 24 left (for Japan) 10. microphones, lights, letters locks, locksmith 11. Smith reading letter 12. Smith on darkroom, missing enlarger, disappearing objects 13. Jim (Karales?) and some controversy about prints being sold. race Mayer mentioned. 14. cont'd CDIII 1. cont'd Smith Fetske conversation 2. special boxes opned. upstairs move recount by Fetske 3. cont'd 4. Smith talk 5. Dave Young item 5. more talk, short. CDIV 1. buzz, ambient, pageboy, putter (darkroom) 2. less buzz, ambient 3. Smith mic check. specifics 4. cont'd, with gear check 5. cont'd 6. ncludes piano, sax and drum riffs, 7. Smith and music 8. cont'd, JFK news on radio, Harvade Yale footbal maybe Fall of 1962 9. ads and sports. CDV 1. Pageboy buzz and some talk with Smith repeat but quieter Smith Fetske Thomas -14. ends with cont'd drums. CDVI 1. cont'd Smiith and Fetske loft discussion, including opened box by someone, Harold Feinsten and 4. Dave young 5. cont'd more sparse ends without further event. ;

Note 1: "Spoken words. Chase of English."; Note 2: CDI 1. Eisley: A Fundament of Time. Nistory of the English Tongue and Part II (BBC on WNYC) 4. cont'd 4. cont'd drops out 6. restarts new: English host on dialects 7. Jamaican dialects and language show 8. cont'd 9. cont'd with title English goes abroad pt. II. (WNYC) Spoken words with Martn Bush. PSA for NYC Bus Driver Jobs, News USSR, space 10. News, cont'd, Irving T. McDonald espionage and longshoreman strike. ;

Note 1: "Nothing on tape."; Note 2: CDI 1. WBA discussion 2. jumps to acapella "them bones gonna rise again" Jumps to talk 3. political taklk 4. cont'd Iris Greenberg is speaker SNIC Mississippi December 23rd was "last Monday" at time of interview 5. post January 4th. 8. Morgan McAdoo and Iris Greenberg Host Folio WBAI radio. 10 o'clock. Ends at begining of Bachs Sonata for Orch #3 Jumps to debate or WOR radio: Amazing Randi show with guests including psychologist and Father Ralph Fogg 15. W. Eugene Smith telegram*** on Nudism topical to show) with Randi commentary. CDII 1. cont'd Radi show on WOR 6. Smith telegram*** 7 cont'd 10. wrap up of show and guests 11. Smith end telegram about 4:45 AM. then Sunrise serenade starts 12. Jumps to Abraham Lincoln monologue, dramatic readings from Lincoln letters -15. CDIII 1. cont'd LIncoln content WNYC radio February 9, 1968. 4. record skips 7. news from February 12? could be earlier than 8. announces date and ends with symphony music cond. by Leonard Bernstein NY Phil. CDIV 1. New: On True Nobility framatized scenes Lucius Julius Brutus Father of His Country by Nathaniel Lee CDV 1. cont'd on WBAI until 5. Doo Wop pop and DJ 6-9 Jazz and pop CDVI 1. new tal show referes to hypnosis. Long John Nebel and guests . telegrams referes hypnosis synposium of February 20-22, list of speakers 8. futures LJN shows and guests listed. George Freedman. next on WNBC radio: Big Wilson.9. jumps to human rights and civil rights and eduation talk show Dorothy Gordon Youth Forum on NBC Jumps to Science show 15. cont'd youth science show CDVII 1. cont'd science show with student carbon dating 2. cont'd demo the elements 3. Casium CDVIII 1. end of jazz pop set, Jumps to TV show on Jewish ishes Frontier of Faith on NBC TV 5. new show on Vietnam and U.N. Crisis. panel discussion. politics. 14. De Gaulle analysis and NATO, Congo talk at end. CDIX 1. talk show cont'd world politics 2. cont'd 3. cont'd ad for None but the Brave film broadcast and ferfence to February 21, 196 5 events in Vietnam (None but the Brave listing gives date) ;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI 1. ambient, loft putter street, Smith, Dave and others in loft 2. kiscussion of putter and small talk 3. Smith sings. Bus sound and some reverb and echo effects on recorder -6. cont'd "motherless child" improv. 7. cont'd with percussion and xylophone sounds/music box? 8. con'td with new tones 9. stops with ambient loft/street and some xylophone sounds then 10. Smith singing restarts -14. CDII 1. ambient loft and street 6. putter and darkroom sounds -8. cont'd ambient -12. CDIII 1. cont'd ambient 4. putter 5. door 6. cont'd putter with movement and doors 7. footstpes and hammering, weird timing 10. Smith putter doors and 11. cont'd 13. talking to cat by Smith 14. putter and 15. putter, and perc. work sound. CDIV 1. ambient loft and putter with street, Smith sighs and sounds 3. new work putter sound 4. some breif talk 6. cont'd Smith leaves then new two men talking about Judy and Smith yelling down to them, 10. Smith talks to cat ens on 12. without further event;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI 1. ambient and electic sounds then talk begins with Smith, Carole, and female (Susie?) layout talk and Sensorium related work 2. cont'd 3. cont'd 4. good talk begins on work photos and layout 5. cont'd Smith "information theory" discussed 6. cont'd Stan Brakhage 1965 film discussed ("The Art of Vision") Scotch mentioned 7. call by Lou Draper article talk editor Smith Big Book 8. cont'd good talk, Sensorium and Brakhage 9. cont'd, Futerism, Romeo Martinez mention, Scotch, other topcs 10. end, Larry, tape stop, restarts with Smith and Carole, tape recorder and Les Crane show referenced. phone call to Virgil 12. Sensorium article discussion Jumps to other phone call. CDII 1. repeate of CDI with better shound -10. 11 Jumps to Carole phone call to power company drops out, then back to same loud with buzzk Japan before 5pm. ;

Note 1: "Blank."; Note 2: CDI 1. loft, male vox, ambient, Smith ini loft 2. Smith and vox on stairs, knock on Smith's door, Mauice, Bob, Jimmy Stevenson, Piazerelli mentioned 3. about Al Morrow, supposed to be here 4. mention of Dali's thing, and other topscs "piano like Salvador Dali (?) Amiri Baraka? mention of Don Chastain and other by Jimmy Stevenson Allen Marlowe mentioned Mari McPartland mentioned 5. small talk 6. mention of Dolph Castellano and reference to leaving in March 7. jazz talk, Menneapolis, Detroit, NYC big leagues vs minor leagues 8. cont'd into Smith and piano move Gerry or Jerry, book of batchs to stabilie piano 9. orange chiar , creaky loft 10. phone call, Al 11. Jim, 12. ambient 13. Stevenson with Smith moving stuff, Jim in studio 14. putter and less activity, box of books. CDII 1. same scne in loft 2. talk "Sound portrait of the building" Hitachi, and other talk, good**** 3. new person. Mexico travel for jazz work 4. cont'd jazz talk with Bob Jimmy, Smith, money talk 5. move to ninety first st. 439. 6. pencil sharpener, Carole arrives 7. mention of Tommy Wayburn 8. did you get to the...? more talk various subjects 9. Life and NIkon talk, 10. quiet ambient mobent -15. some more quiet talk at end. ;