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Note 1: "1 1/2 sides stereo/probably late 1963. Hall awakened by my am hallway spraying. "What that smell." Sorry. Almost sadly in hallway. some rougher cat play. Other voices. Also Carole and I flare-up over exhaustion leg."; Note 2: CD1 trx 1-14 in Loft someone checking mic for a few seconds, moving around then nothing CD2 trx 1-6 nothing/background noise (tr.2 Gene talking to Carole about lumber CD3 trx 1-14 in Loft, someone talking aobut working/people moving around in the background CD4 trx 1-6 nothing, occasional door opening and closing CD5 trx 1-11 occasional background noise CD6 nothing/occasional background noise;

Note 1: "Important bit. Aug 20-21, 1961. Conversations including Edged intents between L-Man and possibly wife other bits, etc. Reverse has attempt at stereo with mikes in phono outlets on norelco. One hallway mike in mic slot."; Note 2: CD1 trx 1-5 someone playing sax and piano for a sec (in Loft) occasional people in background (very low) tr 5 sax again in background CD2 trx 1-4 same sax and piano CD3 trx 1-12 in Loft/people walking around and talking softly in background tr.8 trumpet and maybe a band in the background but it sounds distant(maybe not radio?) tr.9-12 piano and trumpet together in background CD4 trx 1-13 piano in background/footsteps/lots of piano and walking around (tr.2 someone says to Gene "if i play a little sluggishly it's because i've been up all night"). CD5 trx. 1-15 in Loft drums and piano in background/little talking CD6 tr. 1 band playing part of a song; Note 3: Extra CDI 1. sax, into a tune and talking apfert, then piano chords by sax player and putter in loft 2. street ambient and loft putter and quiet vox 3. shistling and talk on stairs, male and female voices , radio in the bakground, 4. cont'd water sounds, darkroom? and "Frank" Conversation of mic. 5. doors, voices, stairs, sax again stop and restarts. CDII 1. music, ambient TV?Radio and louder sax riffs, more tuneful 2. ambient 3. riffs and piano notes 4. cont'd on piano, picking through melody. "What time it is right now?" and off mic talk, male and female vox. CDIII 1. Smith talking off mic. Jumps to Smitha nd Carole talking with another male. small talk. 2. Pageboy, mic taps by Smith and humming Smith 3. cont'd ambient and small talk with Smith and another 4. Lin Halliday and Gin Arnott Wald "my pants pressed" "money to get a room" "Look gin, that's what I want to talk to you about" "A little breakfast" "it's awful cold" 5. door , steps descending 6. quiet 7. quiet 8. Jumps to new content. sax, tpt, piano and some off mic talk 9. cont'd 10. off mic with riffs 11. cont'd 12. cont'd with more piano towards a tune, and stair steps near the mic. CDIV1. male and female voices (Jimmy Stevenson). "Eugene Smith lives here." "Who?" "Eugene Smith." 2. cont'd, piano and shuffling and talk "listen, if I play a little sluggish, it's because I've been up all night." 3-6. cont'd 7. piano bass drum sax tune , good but away from mic 8. "hey Dave" and sax solo "I've grown accostomed to your face 8. talk, end of tune, and piano riffs, steps on stiars 9. OK bob "I think I left my,,, better get that." 10. cont'd loft activity 11. piano riffs, continuous 12. other piano rifffs, more amateur 13. door locked and person leaves. other piano playing riffs. CDV 1. cont'd with piano riffs and male and female vocies on stairs: "Who did all the artwork?" "Well Eugene did a lot of it." 2. water noise, ambient 3. cont'd, bass drums join piano into a tune 4. tune cont'd, riffs 5. cont'd riffs and footstpes, into new tune, talk off mic 6. "Jepper's Creepers" 7. into new tune, drum solo and piano 8. "back into it again" drums continue 9. drum riffs, cymbals only 10-13 cont'd 14. Jumps to piano and bass piano humming tune while bass follows (good pianist) piano and bass with drums jiong at end. Smith mutters a mic check. ambient with footstpes 15. door open/close. (squeaky) CDVI 1. piano and bass riffs into a tune. singing melody while playing. Mic to the other channel, to try to check wheterh it alternates in studio or not.

Note 1: "Aug? 1961. Carole and Gene. Dust conversation and then Bob Giannia and Gene."; Note 2: CD1 trx 1-13 background noise CD2 trx 1-7 background noise only CD3 trx 1-13 background noise except for track 4 where Gene and Carole talk about needing money CD4 trx 1-7 background noise CD5 trx. 1-3 nothing, trx. 3-15 Gene talking to someone about layout for book and other stuff/projects/books, now he got started CD6 trx 1-12 conversation from cd5 continued/looking at photos, talking about them CD7 trx 1-7 same conversation continued, then trx 7-13, nothing;

Note 1: "One of most important 1961 While packing for Japan. Gene and some Carole dialogue with ?? Drummer upstairs. Although lots of pace boy at time. At time Lyn. were staggering in and out. Playing inside (one side) is Ednasti Vincent Millay record. In hallway - Grunts groans "They say it's so bad but it feels so good." I'm Offered a hip shot. On other side is with someone upstairs talking out stealing (catching girl tearing + clothes and a mess of people, etc."; Note 2: keywords: sonny clark, lin halliday and gin arnott, sept 1961 (same night as dope tape) packing, japan frank amoss, emily dickinson, edna st vincent millay.;

Note 1: "1. Can't Help Falling in Love 2. The Wanderers 3. What's so Good About Good-By 4. That Girl is you 5. Yes Siree 6. Love My Life Away 7. In Walking with My Angel 8. Darling Lorraine 9. Midnight in Moskow 10. Meeting in Smokey Places 11. I Need Someone 12. Chip-chip 13. Lose Her 14. Juanita 15. Imagination 16. Let Me In 17. I'll Do My Envying in the Rain 18. Town Without Ditty 19. Ecstasy 20. Shadraok 21. Run to Him 22. The Greatest Hurt 23. Diamonds and Paris 24. No One Knows 25. Mr. Postman"; Note 2: CD1 trx. 1-12 background noise/man and woman (not Gene and Carole) talking about laundromat/ piano in background CD2 trx 1-2 piano in background then nothing/tape hiss CD3 trx 1-12 conversation in background then noise CD4 tr.1 Gene telling story about editing book with no electricity;

Note 1: "Talk. Both Sides. Maybe some cat."; Note 2: CD1 trx 1-11 cat fight/cats in background/woman on the phone (not Carole) Gene talking to cats. Woman was talking to someone from CBS then typewriter noise. She is helping Gene with correspondence, etc. CD2 trx 1-14 Gene and woman continue to talk and work w/ cats in background then Gene has a conversation with some guy CD3 trx 1-14 in Loft, Gene and Carole talking to guy named Phil/Bill? other people having convo in Loft w/ Gene about music/guys are musicians/music vs. photography tr. 6 someone asks Gene if he has been taping. tr. 10 some woman asks Gene "what does Jan do? CD4 trx 1-11 background noise then a power saw goes on for a while CD5 trx 1-14 background noise/people stop by (tr. 4) woman introduces another woman as Alicia, convo/power saw and typewriter noise CD6 trx 1-14 Working and typing in background/Gene talking into mics and switching them out CD7 trx 1-8 in Loft background conversation/woman still there working and talking to Gene CD8 trx 1-13 radio on in background/people working/Gene and woman talking/organizing his stuff? background conversation is difficult to hear CD9 trx 1-14 Gene and woman still having convo. He is mumbling alot-hard to tell what he is talking about and woman is telling him what to do ("you're supposed to go find negatives today...") CD10 trx 1-5 in Loft background noise and conversation, then street noise. Woman from previous tracks tells Gene to get some rest CD11 trx 1-4 Gene talking to a guy/strange conversation about tape recorders/they are drinking Gene says he doesn't believe in cliches about New Years Resolutions/Drinking w/ at least 2 other guys CD12 trx 1-12 radio/background noise/saw then radio CD13 trx 1-13 background noise then nothing and Gene talking very quiently w/ some guy. Guy says something about the Allen Neil quartet then does funny/weird/maybe drunk monologue about half naked men and women: dude is riffing. by tr. 5, saws and noise resume. CD14 trx 1-5 nothing/some background noise;