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Note 1: ""Loan of Darkroom" discussion. NY 1963 recored. Some of Willie Stark, All the King's Men. 1st side Narita, Atehero? Jun, Nishiyama, Carole, Gene, "April 5 1962 - Discussion about "Loan of Darkroom and assistants" for 8000 prints for visiting . 2nd side. Benny Goodman. 1. Stompin' at the Woodside? - old recording. 2. Honesuckle rose? - Charlie Christian, Ziggy Flman. 3. I got Rhythm - Mel Powell, Glam Stewart, etc. 4. Chicago - Capital Record. 5. Tattletale. 6. Part of Stravinsky Violin concerto."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith talking about microphones: "I am getting more and more impressed with the necessity of getting everything down on tape." "other: "everything gets recorded" Small talk and visitors in loft "Can you chew a tangerine?" 2. "sit on the ceiling, like any other fly." Tokyo and photography talk "I hope this is recorded well, because I mean it." Book deadline and lab process, much left to do, book, exhibit. 3. contract and building space, prints for book exhibition 4. book schudele May 1st dummy, May 15. negotiation 5. dog barking in the background, cont'd discussion 6. cont'd 7. prints discussed in terms of deadline and completed work. 8. Smith's process described, final proof prints, need for open darkroom and issues of getting to the deadline 9. con'td numbers and Smith 10. speed of making prints, need for printer 11. small talk 12. Nagasaki and small talk 13. jumps to TV 14. The future prophecy of radio CDII 1. late late show, film: All the King's Men (1949) 5. ad for Colony Wine 6. Capella wine and Channel 2 NY ID, Comet Ad, "Perfect Strangers" on the Late Late show the following day. back to All the King's Men 9. Ad for Dogfood, Kennel Ration, Lipton's Beef Noodle soup and other Lipton soups 11. Duncan Hines cake mix. CDIII 1. announcer, film 4. ad for All State Insurance, Roman Frozen Manicoti, Back to "All the King's Men" film, Late Late Show 8. Easy Off ad, oven cleaner, Ginzano Vermouth, M&M's candy ad. (White Gloves) Film to end. CDIV 1. old time jazz from the late 1930's Benny Goodman ""The Sixth Age of Goodman" (program) Hosted by Andy Mansfield, America's Popular Music show. 2. Wallenstein Concierto for Orchestra in D Major, by Igor Stravinsky, 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5. cont'd ;

Note 1: "1. Juanita and Gene … 2. Fosdick, wisdom … 3. Satchmo by Lil Armstrong. 4. Smith, Reading from …, letters… 5. Some of N>B>C P….."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith and Juanita with Carmen in house, talking. Joking around about vitamins, food, air raid, and algebra. 2. dropout and cont'd with Juanita reciting, jokes, Lincoln's 2nd innaugural address, and Smith typing at the typewriter. 3. Juanita sings while Smith types. Helping Smith with spelling "rigorously". "antidisestablishmentarianism." 4. Smith writing 'a friendly letter'. critique of Smith's writing by daughter Juanita 5. "Carmen" and preparing baby formula before leaving "for Billy" 6. Carmen leaving "poems so subtle they can't be listened to" (Smith), Juanita reading and editing Smith's text 7. cont'd CDII 1. Smith and Juanita cont'd speaking French. 2. Jumps to NBC, midsong, Classical and Dr. Harry Merson Fosdick, Eugene Esman, at Riverside Church, Beethoven's music. 3. Tibet globalism, world community and religion. anti-war talk and mention of Albert Schweitzer 4. nature of god, book mentioned "The Meaning of Prayer (Fosdick) 5. autobiography: "The Living of These Days" 6. "how to live life, volition and intake/hopitality 7. Beethoven, Einstein, Schweitzer 8. sign-off at end of show, Jumps to Louis Armstrong, King Oliver commentary (on Armstrong) "Satchmo and Me" Biography of Armstrang, plus "St. Louis Blues" 9. more bio and back history. "Livery Stable Blues" 10. cont'd Chicago "Dreamland" Royal Garden, first impressions 11. cont'd Oliver/Armstrong dynamic, Genet records. 12. the courtship, shopping for Louis's clothes CDIII 1. cont'd Louis Armstrong history, money matters and leaving band 2. Fletcher henderson, gig, Vendome Chicago, recording 3. Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives Scatting, session, Los Angeles, "tiger Rag" "The Long High Note story. 4. end of show. Spoken Words WNYC. Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Claude McKay. Hughes "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "I too sing America" 5. "Long Gone" "Ma Raney" "St Isaacs Church" by Sterling Brown 6. "The Tropics in New York" and talk on being a poet, "not a negro poet." (Jumps to Smith's voice reading poem) "Where we must Die" Smith reading weird poem 7. cnt'd , 8. Smith reading peom and then Labrynthian Walk piece. Jumps to Smith "In public domain is man's right to dream, irrevocable, this. 9. cont'd ;

Note 1: "Aug 25, 1965. Explosion about deadlines with Carter Kanta, Virgil Cori, Gene Smith."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith phonecall, Virgil Cory. 2. Specifics of contract for Kaanta and Cory, Mike Kaplan, by Sept . 3. Smith comparing photographic essay to Charlie Chaplin's work. Paradise Garden essay. 4. Mike Tatum article. Article about recording. Carter Kaanta heads to other phone to join call 5. call for copy by next Friday, talk of selling ads 6. Cartier Bresson mentioned. 7. cont'd, argument 8. Pop Photo text, train photographs, Lipton, yelling. 9. Smith cont'd argument, Red Valens piece, ideas, Carole Thomas present, asks question via Smith. 10. cont'd CDII 1-5 Speech by Mal goode, ABC newsman, on race and media excellent, covers several stories, including racism, JFK, news casting. CDIII Mal Goode speech continued. 1. commercial for Rheingold beer ad perspective: African Americans in ads seen as a good thing. Civil Rights, Governor Rockefeller, President Johnson, 1-7. End of speach, Spring of 1965 at New School on WBAI host Woody Klein, "our Fraces, Our Words" Lillian Smith. lon monologue on race 9. cont' Mississippi 10. cont'd, ;

Note 1: "July 24, 1951 # 12 (3 of 4)"; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith Maude, question and answers.2. Monk's corner Maude Callen talk 3. Dr. Fishburne quoted by Smith, woman talking about Maude, kids voices in background (is this Maude Callen, family member or associate?) 4. weird sound modulation and "the Caboose" Clinic 5. clinic operation. Alvin clinic, Baptist Church, (Maude talking) 6. cont'd talk about clinics and patients 7. women and children and district schools and patient issues. CDII 1. Reel 3, side one, July 25, 1951 "two days away from departure"... midwife talk. Representative Blackburn. 2. cases, doctors, child birth 3. cont'd 4. cont'd, Bobbitts, Dr. Harper 5. Joe Pinckney story. Dr. Gaillard. 6. cont'd story 7. Dr. Harper house calls and Dr. Carrol and wife mentioned. ;

Note 1: "Both side stereo of Romeo Manting's visit to loft. May 1, 1965. Distorted at 1 7/8."; Note 2: CDI May 1, 1965 1. Smith talking, mentions the villain in Goldfinger, King Black Label scotch, Martinez, 2. Smith's public relations 3. Caroles ideas. Smith: "Well, I got the tape, I can edit it. " 4. mentions John Durniak, cats 5. MoMA and John Szarkowski 6. Photo Leage, Paul Strand, Walter Rosenblum, TV show, McCarthy, Sid Grossman "fine teacher" 7. cont'd story, Harold Feinstein 8. Jim Karales, Paul Fusco 9. Sensorium Magazine logistics 10. Smith's vision for Sensorium 11. cont'd 12. Gordon Parks and af-am photography 13. Ebony Magazine, Parks, deCarava, others?? CDII 1. cont'd Smith story, Fitz Gruber, Bruce Downs, Big Book 2. cont'd 3. prints 4. photo stories 5. cont'd 6. Idea for 4 volumes, price point at $30 7. record cover, "taken right downstairs here" 8. Hall Overton Sessions, in the lloft, Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Dave McKenna, Zoot Sims, Dixieland Drummer, rehearsing an opera here, "Oh, but I 've got a great many tapes here." Overton and Monk, "these are all out the window here." CDIII 1. looking at photos, Haiti, Fatha Earl Hines, "I've seen a lot of musicians fall flat on their face around here.", Chaos Manor photo rejected by Life, Hicks, PIttsburgh. 2. Schweitzer 3. Juanita, Andrea Dorea 4. Nuns and Tennessee Williams 5. Insane woman in Haiti image/story and Smith's dentist. 6. Germ Free labs, war stories, Robert Caps 7. wild night story, 8. folk songs and Faulkner 9. Nagasaki, Welch, 10. Smith photo process story 11. Good talk 12. Quixote and Sound recorded in loft ***** CDIV 1. cont'd Pop Photo 2. Bill Brandt, Suzy Parker 3. cont'd Smith's Bar for cheap rye bread 4. Tokyo and Big Book 5. National Gallery of Art Smith color blow ups 6. cont'd and Kennedy, Eisenstadt, Morris (Engel, John??) 7. cnt'd 8. John McCorkmick and car battery Ivan Dmitri. ;

Note 1: "Discussion - Both sides - Jun, Nishiyama, Carole, Gene. Bungri Shinju. Layout (Before publication.)"; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith, Carole thomas, Mishiyami, and other Japanese male voice 1-4. CDII Jun, Mishiyama, Bungri, Suiaju, with Smith and Thomas 1. photo talk 2. darkroom need 3. cont'd, printing 4. cont'd ;

Note 1: "Viking 3 7/8. Jan 5, 1961. Dave Heatit, Phil Dante, Gene Smith discussion and pending in heat"; Note 2: CDI 1. Dave Heath, Phil Dante, Pending, Smith. January 5, 1961/62 . Talk, Smith and mention of "Moondog on corner of 53rd and 6th and his music. 2 .Smith has Moondog records ** 3. cont'd with cat, Pending. Smith's story on Sangre de Cristo, New Mexico, peaceful place near atomic bomb site 4. atomic bomb contrast 5. mentions photo stores, phtographers and Alvin Ailey 6. "I gotta work all night tonight" coffee place closed 7. "He's a rich mans Robert Frank" "I meant your prints were good." and mention of Bellevue and "The Beat Generation" 8. cont'd talk, mention of Ginsberg, Barbara Allen Moore and Gregory Corso 9. Gregory Corso story, Perry Max and David X. Young jam session. Hall's and Ronnie Free and Freddie Redd and Zoot Sims mentions. **** 10. Freddie Redd. Smith: "I like that guy." 11. photo? territory 12. Life, photography 13. Thompson letter 14. more photo talk and siren in street 15. cont'd photo talk, editors. ;

Note 1: "New School class 8-9. 1. side - class 8 (part. 1. A-added some of class 9. 2nd side (First part seems blank for about 1/2.) -Begins poetry. -Followed by a bit of music. Percussion society folk singing etc. "Look up and live? Tape skips and sounds must be listened to. A lot about potts - May have last class."; Note 2: CDIII Nehama Hendel in the loft 1. songs on radio, includes "I've got some fragments to sell" 2. cont'd and Ran and Nama (Nehama Hendel) "Zamar Noded" (The Song of the Bum); Odetta "Sara Jane" from 1960 My Eyes Have Seen album 3. cont'd and DJ talk set CDIV 1-12. speech on the future of the magazine with Q&A from crosd/colleagues. W. Eugene Smith and others. muffled audio. 12. recording session after the war that was influential to Smith CDV 1. Smith speech cont'd 4. novelist and photographer comparison. Question on photo selection 3. Madame Butterfly analogy 4. con'td. Self education in music. 5. cont'd 6. cont'd 7.more Q and A 8. editors and photographers 9. Thomas Wolfe and Maxwell Anderson comparison (photographers and editors) 10. more Q and A 11. cont'd sotry of layout 12. cont'd (ends at end of talk) CDVI 1. "Smith voice , about Pittsburgh and other related topics 2. cont'd, process 3. approach 4. Pittsburgh and photo essay approach 5. cont'd 6. cont'd, Pittsburgh 7. layout (Jumps to TV/Radio, "The Face of Crime", then back to Smith) cont'd 8. Pittsburgh 9. anti war 10. speech and comments 11. long Pittsburgh description CDVII 1. photography "smoke stacks" "in fairness to Pittsburgh" 2. 14 page layout on Pittsburgh, Smith's criticism 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5. cont'd (photo essay) 6. book and merits of book vs. essay 7. Dream Street as a colsing photo and people audible, moving in loft. 8. layout comparison 9. movement and more informal Q&A 10. "editors critiqued by Smith" and class talk. ;

Note 1: "A Pope tape stereo. Sept 1961."; Note 2: CDI 1. Ambient loft sound people in loft and Emily Dickinson LP in Rt Channel 2. Lin and others talking, Sonny Clark, Gin. Looking for brown suitcase with clothes on loft stairs. 3. Knocking on Jimmy's door, Sonny Clark: "Oh Lord" some bickering. 4. More dialogue, Lin and Sonny 5. Gin has left. gathering bottles for nickles. 6. Lin singing to revive Sonny Clark, dialogue 7. cont'd raw talking between Sonny Clark and Halliday. Halliday talking to Gene about leaving. 8. cont'd, wishing Smith good luck in Tokyo. Nice words for Gene. Getting address for Smith in Tokyo at "the Overseas Press Club" complimenting Smith's brain. 9. Great dialogue from Halliday about Halliday and Clark. Deli on 31st. Asking about Ron Free (not in loft for months). 10. Halliday trying to get Sonny Clark to leave. Carole's voice from off mic. Smith and Thomas conversation. 11. cont'd and mention of Bill "HI Bill, you , cup of coffee ..." ;

Note 1: "Dec 1963. Cat. Rest is hard to make out."; Note 2: CDI 1. Pageboy and cat meow. Smith's voice "C'mon Junior" (to cat) ambient 2. cont'd -10. with some variation and ambient street sounds. ;

Note 1: "Street Noises and Mahalia."; Note 2: CDI Smith, Carole Thomas, Jun 1. Smith talking to Jun in Topongi. Photo work. 2. leaving, 3. ambient, street 4. kids' voice and ambient 5. bit of Mahalia Jackson Live at Newport album, 1958, cont'd ambient 6. con'td dog barking, siren, ambient 7. cont'd and music 8. con'td and putter in room, footsteps 9. cont'd 10. birds and cars 11. Smith and Carole, off mic, airplane 12. cont'd 13. cont'd, dog barking. Not one continuous track, but recorded bits from same location. CDII 1. cont'd ambient and dog 2. street ambient then jumps to melodic bells * 3. cont'd 4. jazzy music 5. Smith Carole, mention of Scotch tape 6. putter, ambient, dog bark 7. cont'd Smith's voice off mic 8. Smith talk 9. ambient 10. cont'd -14. ;

Note 1: "Smith in Tokyo. Hitachi. Garry Moore - Crosby - others. 2nd - Jazz and Pops from overseasnet. Doe Barking - Crick…."; Note 2: CDI 1. End of Basie song, DJ. The Four Freshman "The Breeze and I" Show: Night Beat. 12:15, Charlie Ventura under talk set. Mike Nichols and Elaine May, hospital skit. 2. cont'd. Theme from Medic by Les Baxter. 3. Doris Day "12 O'Clock Tonight" then "Lost in the Stars" by Tony Bennett from Weill/Anderson opera. 4. Jose Melis "the Continental" with talkset end of Countdown on Nightbeat from Tokyo. Al Frank then Private Johnny Sides, next. PSA. 12:30AM. Johnny Sides and 5. Nelson Riddle and Orchestra, "Can Can" to "You brought a new kind of love to me." by Big Joe Williams and Johnny Jones. 6. Louis Armstrong, All Stars: "Mac the Knife" then Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant "The Night Rider" 7. cont'd "Whistle me some blues" the Four Freshman. DJ, flu shot and Rice Bowl (GI football season) then Fran Jeffries with Ralph Brown Orch "Aren't You Glad You're You" 8. Cont'd New tune 9. DJ Harry James and Orchestra "2 O'Clock Jump" then Lawrence Welk's champagne music, The McGuire Sisters "In the Alps" (fades out) to new tune. Hunting PSA to world news. Khrushchev, and many other events (President Johnson). 11. DJ Mike Anderson (Felix Slatkin and orchestra. "Never on Sunday" then The Mills Brothes "Never on Sunday" 12. Frank Sinatra "Chicago" then "It had to be you" instr. Count Basie 13. PSA Costa Rican farming effort by CARE. Annie Ross, Cy Coleman "It's Doom (in Danuary)" Jonathan Winters, camp skit, comedic interview. "I Fall to Pieces" Patsy Cline CDII 1 dog, room ambient, putter and clatter, some humming near mic 2. ongoing putter 3. dog barking. 4. cont'd with fluctuations in recording volume (some drop out) 5. cont'd 6. cont'd 4:12 putter at end. CDIII 1. CBS Radio, end of Gary Moore show. Smith talking via mic over moon comment, briefly. 2. cont'd, jumps to next show, Bing Crosby hosting and singing "Nice Work if You Can Get It" then talking with Rosemary Clooney and duet "Give Me Something to Remember You By" 3. cont'd. Clooney "You Turned the Tables On Me" Bing dedicates Buddy Cole playing "Laura" to especially for you, all listeners named Laura. 4. Crosby "What is there to say?" Bing and Rosemary and Ken talk set. Margaret Meade report. Stocks and Bonds. then Clooney "Something Wonderful Happens In Summer" 5. cont'd , New show, monologue about Shakespeare's baptism day, 397th anniversary April 26, 1961 then into song by house musician, Johnny Parker "Hey Ma, They're Coming Down Our Block" 6. cont'd More Shakespeare talk, reciting poetry 7. cont'd talk set; "From the American Credo" HL Menchken and Nathan 8. "My One and Only Love" Kong Ling "Once I had a Secret Love" 9. cont'd and "Down Home Melody" feat. Dick Hyman, piano. 10. cont'd, then sign off music "the Arthur Godfrey Show" 9:55 is time. Les Paul and Mary Ford "Hummingbird" 11. PSA American Serviceman is an ambassador. 12. News, cont'd October 1961. Jim Amiche Pops Concert "International Pop Orchstra" tune: Misilou. 13. Roy Holmes "There's a Small Hotel" then: Mantovani "Camptown Races" Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians "The unconstant lover" 14. Richard Heyman (jumps to Smith at end) CDIV 1-5. discussion with Smith, Carole and Japanese associates. One woman speaks English and Japanese. Logistics of making prints, finding darkroom, maybe buying a place and working in it while interpreter works on it. ;

Note 1: "Radio work shop. Mark Twain. Roppongi and Upstairs noise."; Note 2: CDI 1. CBS radio workshop show. Begins with ad for Stetson hats, then into program. Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain and the western on the CBS radio workshop. Jumps to lecture on socialism and communism 2. jumps to radio Tokyo, Freedom sings In storm and Sunshine and Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. 3. jumps to street/ambient, Smith and Carole working, discussing type points and layout. jumps to different scenes with ambient from inside/outside and work with crickets, talk, water, and talk off mic. CDII 1. con'td Smith and ambient -13.;