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Note 1: "2 small reels. #5 - Tycoon. John Wayne, Sir Cedrick Hardwicke, Judith Anderson, Larraine Day?, Jimmy Gleason. Tycoon. 1963 Cat fight but blank of noise. #6 Blank at end of first side and beginning of 2nd. After "Tycoon" Kabuki - etc News."; Note 2: CDI 1. mid scene TV: Tycoon (1963 film) no ads, ends with train scene on 11. CDII 1-10. Kabuki Theatre then News in Japanese with Enlish, 11. fades down to Jump USA newscast, Atomic issues, world news, ad for travel, JfK nuclear testing news Test Ban Treaty. Far East Network and JFK speech "tonight" ends at end of news. CDIII audio buzz throughout 1. ambient audio Japan. mic sounds and Smith's voice 2. cont'd ambient, putter 3. putter with TV/Radio 4. cont'd 5. cat meow with quiet ambient 6. cont'd, Smith audible near mic 7. putter/clatter 8. Delta ad on radio, off mic. 9. Rose petal cigarettes ad and putter near mic 10. talk from Smith and Japanese music, door sounds, 11. down steps, 12. cont'd audio with Smith 13. door open close and creaky steps, with song in background. ;

Note 1: "7 1/2. 1962 Tokyo radio. 1. Louis Armstrong - Blues in Night. 2. Ahmad Jamal - No Greater Love. 3. Quincy Jones - Every bodies blues. 4. Dave Brubeck - Desmond - Swannie River. 5. Chris Conner - Black Coffee. 6-7 8. Orchestral Bits -King and I. Over 2nd side - Bits -King and I. 2. Louie and Under my skie. 3. George Shearing. 4. Hill Toppers - "I Rather Die Young." 5. Tabu 6. That's Al Plenty Tea garden. 7. Let the little girl dance. 8. I Used to love you. 9. As Long as I have you."; Note 2: CDI Music from radio Louis Armstrong "Blues in the Night" and DJ 2. Ahmad Jamal "No Greater Love" 3. Quincy Jones "Everybody's Blues" 4. Dave Brubeck 5. Chris Connor, with Maynard Fergusson and Orchestra 6. submarine comedy bit, Jose Jimenez song and more 7. Bill Doggett, jazz, pop and other tunes 8. instr. 9. surf gtr. instr. (Ventures or western soundtrack) 10. new section music 11. Louis Prima and Keely Smith 12. George Shearing Quintet 13. Hilltoppers 14. instr and end of Night Beat show 15. Far East Network, Tokyo, Korean War referenced. 1:30AM. 15. brief DJ and beginning of Brubeck's "Take 5" 16. Jumps to ballad and Johnny Mathis tune 18. Julie London "It's a Blue World" 19. Tabu/Taboo 20. instr. 21. Billy Bland 22. Drifters 23. Della Reese, reference to the Ventures 24. Peggy Lee ;

Note 1: "Discussion - Roppongi. Obsession."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith, Carole, Jun, mosata? Others,: money matters, buget, 2. several Japnese voices and Smith explanation 3. Spanish Village story 4. Carole joking and Hitachi talk 5. Smith writing "George Saito" Madsuda-san, thank you's and goodbyes 6. black market food and Smith's old fashioned concept of machinery, 7. Okamoto, State Department, May 25 deadline.8. logistics, ferrocyanide in Japan 9. Smith on printing "Jun" 10. cont'd 11. photo instructions subtleties of printing 12. Carole: "I baby sit for her little childre, Greenwich Village" dancer/model? Jumps to TV/radio narrative on Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett 13. cont'd 14. cont'd CDII 1. static and cont'd narrative "Obsession" title? 2. Jumps to Japanese anouncer then Jose Jimenez comedic astronaut skit, "Jose in Orbit" 3. Marvin Miller on US Armed Forces radio "Behind the Story" with narration on entrepreneur. 4. INterview with James Hunt of Army Motion PIcture Services. films to troops. 5. News, invasion of Privacy vs. national security, Wire Tapping issues. JFK news. Other News May/June 1961?) Spring Sotrms 6. Basball News, 7. Basic trining segment 8. radio drama and some jumps, ends with "The Workshop" with writer Hector Chevany.;

Note 1: "Jan 1962. W. Eugene Smith. 2 hours 3 3/4 some in Japanese. Supper at Prof."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith, Carole, Japanese males, with tranlation. Some water and food sounds. Carole as "artist" not secretary. 2. Smith's beard "red beard" mecurichrome? Red dye? (white beard) 3. beard talk, Mishiyama/Nishiyama? 4. Smith on work, 8pm ? 5. small talk 6. Pittsburgh, airplanes, aircraft designer prior career wish (childhood) 7. more photo talk and reference to upstairs neighbors 8. Japanese talk and phone calls referenced. 9. "unfit for society" "eccentricity" ...editors 10. Smith's merits discussed in English and Japanese 11. Smith career and standards vs. compromise 12. Smith's integrity and photo work for Hitachi 13. Smith on Japan work 14. honesty and truth (not the same) Ends during translation. CDII 1. recorder Smith and Japanese vox, food and Sake. Cosmo/Hitachi. 2. Smith on Smith, then small talk 3. cont'd 560 photos 4. Smith on book, drugs, Carole, layouts and drawings to scale, 380 pages. 5. Carole's talents 6. cont'd talk, reference to September 24 7. Saipan, photos Okinawa photo. 8. small talk and translation, Otomo. 9. poetry UC Press McIntyre translation of Steven Spender The Struggle of the Modern. 10. train photos and Carole Thomas 11. Otomu, Osaki?? Camera, editors. Asahi Camera magazine, 12. importance of understanding** on Kennedy Lecture day after tomorrow (Feb 6?) Tuesday. 13. small talk and laughter. (English and Japanese) ;

Note 1: "Part is Stereo. About Interview. Calls Mackland, Dolan, Okamoto, and Asmp. include some phone calls. End part continues Aug. 4th (Friday) call to Okamoto in Japan. (2nd Call) Also Part of interview with Louis? (Wrote Article) Also part of phone call - Dolan - Aug 7. 1st room talk misc. Before class."; Note 2: CDI 1. Dial tone and call ASMP Yvonne (Carole Thomas calling) Roger Keohane, Yvonne on Smith and Maclin, Smith's converns 2. new call to smith writer wants an interview (Brooklyn) invited over, given address "new aluminum front" 3. call to Time Incorporated for Ray Maclin, Kate answers, Tokyo letter, $25,000 assignment, Sterling movies. Tokyo friend. end of call 4. call to Sterling Movies, Dolan's office. expected to call Smith back after noon. CDII 1. apt. Carole, other, and Smith. 1. 2. putter and conversation with Smith (previous phone caller? 17 yr. old student) good interview on Smith's photography 3. cont'd editors the audience, integrity and leaving Magnum. 4. cont'd Magnum, Pittsburgh, Spanish Village, Midwife, country doctor, Haiti story, phone call for Smith 5. Smith returns and continues interview. editing, fight for stories, 6. current assignments, Life, Look Magazines, writer, in high school, 17 years old. persective 7. integrity and courage, reference to Miami conference, public vs. private opinion of Smith 8. Smith's work best 3 portraits Dentist, Mother, daughter looking at a twig.*** reference to Avedon, Irving Penn, vs. Avedon's book. 9. cont'd Smith vs. Avedon book. reference to Isak Dineson. and truth/art. 10. cont'd, reference to assignment research, turned down Adlai Stevenson assignment. 11. Cornell Capa reference 12. cont'd talk, Pop Photo, Smith's writing. Photo Annual, Smith's success 13. cont'd phone call. refers to Cartier Bresson, Mike Wallace, Dolan call. Smith on events re: Keohane, Ray Maclin. 14. cont'd reputation vs perception, Matsuda, Okamoto, Money and more. 15. rumor vs. Smith Schweitzer sotry, Carole and more. CDIII 1. street sounds, Smith and Carole Thomas. interviewer is "Louis" Smith dictating checks to Kline, F&S. Reference to loft alarm. 2. cont'd 3. cont'd 4. bills, and finances 5. Al Esformes check. 6. cont'd Cooper Union ref. 7. cont'd 8. cont'd, ambient street more audible 9. putter and talk, bills, phone call, Norma's 10. Overton's stuff, bill paying 11. lvey dovey talk 12. ref. to Taeko Yokamoto, small tallk, jumps to more talk and phone call 13. prints, copy negatives, Tommy Jons, other story of war negatives in the wastebasket. 14. process, plate, tonal values, parade Magazine, Smith's printing, and other small talk 15. need for negative, IPAN ANSCO ad agency "Richard" and Carole's mother discussed at end. CDIV 1. loft putter footstpes cont'd with mild buzz-5. ??Lin and Gin (Halliday) reference to Tom Wayburn. "We have sessions up here, just swept the floor, when the session is over...cigarette butts, ...right in the floor." 6. putter 7. talk off mic 8. cont'd with loud street ambient (mic in window?) 9. cont'd. CDV 1. quiet loft with some movemnt -5. putter and radio pickup (wires) 6. phone call to Smith 7. Mr. Okamoto, AT&T, RCA, cablegram joke. re Dolan's check for Smith. Smith story, Airlines, Norma, need for $500. logistics, Matsuda Cosmo, Okamoto. 8. cont'd Pennsylvania Bank on 32nd and 7th. advance to Smith's Chase Manhattan Bank, logistics, check on way? 9. cont'd Smith's case, pending details. Smith's concerns 10. regarding Dolan, Okamoto carole OTaeko. ...;

Note 1: "April 3, 1961. Telephone call to Tokyo. 7 1/2."; Note 2: CDI 1. (April 3, 1961?) phone ring, Smith call for Tokyo, Richard Okamoto Hitachi, Matsuda, logistics, fiscal year started April, situation 2. cont'd talk and operator interrupts. 3. Smith's situation, printing, Taeko recorder, for a record of the whole trip. **** Jumps to LJN Long John Nebel Show. 4. discussion and ads WOR 710 AM. 5. Guests Mel Shalome, L. Riley, Emerson Coyle, Mr. Hines. to crimes story, featured guest is Alan Hynd, author of Murder, Mayhem, and Mystery. Stories and crime -9. 10. ad for Jet Air Tires and end of LJN show 11. Jumps back to LOFT, street ambient, and Smith v quiet phone call recording with buzz and buried sound. -13. CDII 1. phone dial tone and buzz, overlap with previeous? 2. Smith calling time. 1:21:00 Tokyo talk with Carole "247" and some other Japan details. 3. cont'd call to Richard Okamoto, W. Eugene Smith, they'll call him. Jumps to talk with Okamoto, Taeko, Keiichiro Sato referenced. 4. cont'd with small talk, Smith and Carole, reference to Matsuda and Taeko before end of call. Jumps to LJN show 5. reference to Tin Pan Alley 6. telegrams, Jumps to other LJN 8. silent then loud feedback and times from phone line 1:17:10-1:19:10 9. silence with buzz-10. ends. ;

Note 1: "Folk songs on TV. Some street scenes from Roppongi window on both sides. 2nd side. Winslow Boy and Ray Micland."; Note 2: CDI 1. Japanese window, folksongs on TV, 5. new scene on TV 6. cont'd with Smiht's voice, jumps to talk show then back to TV and apartment ambient -7.cont'd. CDII 1. Theater Classics "The Winslow Boy" starring Ray Milland. Host intro and drama begins Tokyo Radio station. -11. 12. apartment and ambient street, Smith's voice, dog barking, buzzer, typewriter, footsteps. ;

Note 1: "Talk after Nagasaki trip. 3 3/4 ips. Jan 1962. Sesiko, Narita, Carole, Gene. 1+ 2 of 3 sides."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith, and Carole, with Japanese crew at apartment, January 1962. Sesiko, Narika??, Smith talking about article and publicity photos, 2. ?Yeana bookstore, US Camera Annual 1962, "Horrible reproduction" therein. Lenses, adapter, adaptions. 3. camera talk, Nikon, Mr. Kajita, lenses, Canon comparison. 4. US Manufacturers adapter rings, Nagasaki photos 5. proof prints, Next Monday the 29th. manufacturing of keyboards. 6. Jun born in Nagasaki, (father and sister died from atomic bomb)***, Hitachi and "Friday 29th", birthday party Dec 30th. (Smith's) 7. lack of sleep, Hitachi, Cosmo, Nishiyama, Jun, "Gene Kumi-san" Mito Thursday, shoot Friday, portfolio, 8. photo talk 9. cont'd 10. referenece to photographer as playwright. 11. transportation and subject for photography in Japan. 12. Atomic research Center near Hitachi City, closed down, Big Book, Propaganda section, 6th Ave girl running out of flower shop photo. used for propaganda. Reference to State Dept. and USSR. 13. Truman photo, oil Iran, and Paradise Garden music reference. 14. Delius and Big book talk, phone at end. CDII 1. Smith and Carole and Japanese guests speaking english. 6,000 photos, weeks to edit 292 rolls, 7200 photos Carole talking and reference to 70 more (rolls of film to go?) 2. Pittsburgh zoom lens "play it like a trombone" contact sheets off limits. 3. train photos, and more 4. $60,000 , Life stories. Jun proof prints in cold darkroom, ot water needed. time table for photo production 5. Pittsburgh photos, Fortune color portfolio, Life Essay. multiple uses for essay. 6. Issues of photo use 7. cont'd Smith in Life magazine, itinerary. 8. electron microscope and photo ideas, cancer research 9. photo topics 10. cont'd, Jun 300 proof prints, Smith's need for dentist and podiatrist, Minister of Justice reports due. (to?) 11. small talk, Smith's accout and expenses. 12. estimation of book, Smith's system photos, rolls, 100 rolls means 4-5 days of "chair work" Cosmo and Smith working relation. 13. cont'd delay for ? 14. Taeko, book concept of Taeko/Smith difference. ;

Note 1: "Roppongi Window ETC."; Note 2: CDI 1. Smith and Carole in apartment. Putter and footsteps. 2. Smith's voice, mic hear window, bottles loud at 3:28. 3. cont'd less putter, ambient street 8. oud car 12. rain? And other sounds 13. cont'd less rain sound, 14. ends with cont'd putter near mic (and ambient) CDII 1. cont'd ambient sounds and evidence of Smith and Carole in apartment 11. restarts with street ambient and aprtment, 13, bird chirping. ;

Note 1: "Roppongi Window. July 1962. Mixed with background music and all else."; Note 2: CDI 1. ambient apartment, music background, Smith and Carole working and talking 2. cont'd 3. cont'd, different music, flute and drum 4. cont'd, chair squeak near mic 5. more talk 6. banter and apartment street or stairs sounds. 7. cont'd, loud car and distant jackkhammer 8. putter near mic 9. talk and ambient 10. cont'd 11. print talk 12. cont'd 13. less action 14. ends. CDII 1. ambient 2. cont'd 3. cont'd 4. cont'd putter 5. Smith and Carole talking, 6. phone rings, "Jun" audible, 7. new music source, rain, "Smith and Jun talk 8. cont'd "hit parade" 9. cont'd, 10. door and footsteps and talk 11. cont'd work, Smith and Carole 12. cont'd 13. some photo talk and cont'd ambient. ;

Note 1: "Dog barking , Crickets.etc (night in Roppongi 1961. Nov. Both sides."; Note 2: CDI 1. crickets, dog barking, (ambient night, Japan apartment) Jumps to slow speed ambient tape 2. correct speed. Night ambient cont'd 6. cont'd more putter and footsteps 7. door and clatter 8. cont'd table putter 10. weird bird as part of ambient sounds 11. cont'd with putter in apartment 11 cont'd 13. cont'd. tape ends with door sound. CDII 1. cont'd door sounds and ambient, bird and crickets audible less action -7. New: close to mic Smith working and talking to self and cat. Ricahrd Okomoto talk with Smith 8. Smith on Kabuki theatre. and work relations 9. Smith on photographer whom he met with. 10. Carole and Smith talk, with Okomoto? 11. Canon factory trip, regarding 5th Ave. 12. cont'd talk 13. more talk regarding photo stuff 'til end. ;

Note 1: "Roppongi Window. Mixture of Programs Arguments, etc."; Note 2: CDI 1. Radio: "Last Man Out" from "US Government Agency Files" on communism with Richard English, narrator; show on Dr. Harold Sunoo. 6. Smith's voice with Carole and Japanese assistant with ongoing radio braodccast, which ends mid-track. 7. "time: 9 o'clock" with radio from Far Est Network, Tokyo baseball PSA and Nuclear Testing news. 8. cont'd news and apartment 9./ Street ambient, radio, putte 10. mention of Lawrence Shustak by Smith "Minor White" and "Bruce Downing" 11. cont'd 12. Carole talking to Smith "coffee break" 11. Playboy article mention and sounds of eating. 12. cont'd, same topics Jumps to new section of same scene. "returning when, tomorrow morning?" quiet talk "LP? "Maybe that Errol Garner piano, it should be leaning on top." cont'd with Japanese host on radio 14. ends with quote "this guy's caught in the ropes and they can't get him out." CDII 1. piano music and Carole's voice "Mitsubishi" to small quiet talk with multiple sound sources from apt. 2. tune is "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" 3. "or we can take the door off." and more small talk 4. ambient and hummed "Mack the Knife" then Japanese radio and "plate" discussion 5. cont'd Japanese converstation, rain sounds with Smith/Carole talk under. 6. cont'd street ambient and upstairs footsteps 7. Smith " that big sheet in case we need it," and more photo talk 8. Koto on radio with Smith Carole conversation under 9. cont'd with some phone sound, and interior/street ambient 10. Smith's voice 11. cont'd with jackhammer in street (daytime) and quiet talk inside. ;

Note 1: "1st side - continuation of TV "Defense attorney's" of two kids and a baby that died. Discussion of Problems Gene, Masato, Jun - Roppongi May 1962 (end of 1st and all of 2nd) New Assist? Carole, George Saito (interpreter from us embassy. Continued on next tape.3 3/4 2nd side Smith."; Note 2: CDI 1. TV movie for first four minutes "Lawrence, come on in, sit down." Jumps to Smith and Carole with Japanese guests (May 1962) 2-5. cont'd mention of KKK photo and joke of printing for black looking skin. 6. cont'd Japanese talk, several voices 7. Smith, joking and photo talk 8. cont'd, jumps to new section Smith: "I'm turning on the recorder" with Japanese conversation (same group?) 9. "Do we need one more chair?" 10. con'td with Japanese/English interpreter Smith on his problems: photographic, health, exhaustion and compromises 11. cont'd includes money talk and then translation to Japaense. Then Smith on printing logistics and issues for both book and exhibtion 12. cont'd dialogue Cosmo, contract and Smith's obligation 13. Smith re-explanation, potential problems. Dialogue. 14. cont'd ends at "only with thermometers." CDII 1. Smith on his owrk, eithics, ideals, Life Magazine 2. Smith on photography, history, and issues of photography 3. cont'd Smith on photo 4. more discussion, in Japanese (tranlation) 5. interpreter and more regarding Cosmo situation 6. cont'd 7. Smith on uses for photography. Refers to Christmas time book. exhibition and Hitachi book. 8. freedom for other publications of Smith photographs 9. **cont'd reading from Hitachi contract: darkroom, assistants, resources. 10. cont'd, Matsuda-san, Taeko referred to... 11. "no promotion of war in contract"**** 12. cont'd book, exhibition, printer, and deadline 13. Smith on work and mention of Iron Company as possible photo subject 14. cont'd, more in Japanese. ;

Note 1: "3 3/4 End of a Shakespeare bit - with Helen Hayes, Jack Manning, etc. 7 1/2 - 1. Requiem for Not Lips Peace. Tony Scott. 2. I thought about you - Mile Davis. 3. Blues - Reunion Style - Milt Jackson - Oscar Peterson, Rat Brown. 4. Night Beat Blues - Tony Scott. 5. Greensleeves - (Quiet Jazzed). 6. Poor Way Faring' Stranger . Lime lighters. 2nd side. 1. Japanese touching Shakespeare. 2. Bit of Broadway is my beat. 3. Ashuare Acube, Asphere, and a point. 4. Sayanora. Ends with Start of TV interviews about English language news paper in Japan with editor. 1963. 1st side continuation of defenders "Lynch" 2nd Japanese Chinese - Chanted poetry Walter Brennan - Tear Voiced of old music and me."; Note 2: CDI 1. The Defenders: CBS TV episode: "The Noose" orig. April 27, 1963. 2. Ad for Excedrin extra strength, Bristol Myers. 5. ad for USO related music. Viceroy cigarettes. Ad for Shelley Burman on "What's My Line" Ad for Mercury Monterray and PBR. WCBS-TV. Ad for Brisk Lipton Tea. 6. back to Defernders 7. Ad for Lipton Tea, George Fenneman 8. Defenders, cont'd. 9. cont'd 10. Ad for All-State Insurance, National Association of Mental Health, 11. CBS ad, Doublemint Gum, Ballentine, Beer, then for show: "Have Gun Will Travel," (orig 4-21-62 episode) Tareyton Cigarettes 12. cont'd Defenders 13. ad for dual filter Tareyton cigarettes. CDII 1. Japanese translation of poety on WBAI radio. 2. Li Po "Meditation on a silent night" 3. The Golden City Sukinogi, poem, and host's commentary 4. conversation with translators 5. new doctor sketch and DJ Bob Fass 6. jumps to music with guitar and harmonica. DJ is "Phil" and guests inlcude Sonny Terry (harmonica) and Ralph Willis (gtr.). Interview. 7. cont'd, Durham, NC and hollers: "whooping". farm and bio. Mentions: Blind Boy Fuller, Rockingham, NC, "Blood Red River Run" Brownie McGee, Burlington, NC. Washboard Red. 8. interview Blind Boy Fuller "My baby's so sweet" 9. story and talk "Airplane Blues" "Dirty Mistreater" then plays "Airplane Blues" (Blind Boy Fuller's death). 10. about Brownie McGee, NYC and NC Chapel Hill, NC Leadbelly LP's, song about Huddie Ledbetter? 11. new song "Poor Howard" talk and plays "Easy Rider" 12. story about Brownie McGee and "Whoopin' the Blues" 13. "tried to get you to do last Sunday night"...(talk) then "I love you baby, please don't go" and more "Hooray Thooray thi" last LP reference (Dec 1961) 14. ends. CDIII 1. Radio "Lovers, Villains, and Fools" Produced, directed by Paul Roberts. 2. "From Hollywood" Next weeks show, and music: "Requiem for Hot Lips Page" Scott, Evans, Jones, La Farro Jumps to "I thought of you" with Wynton Kelly. 3. vibraphone jazz 4. Blues for Nightbeat, live in Studio with jazz band 5. new radio 6. clarinet melody 7. "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" by The Limelighters and DJ 8. Opera 9. cont'd, new pop "Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's daughter" comedic song. CDIV 1. radio narrator or TV host? with Japanese co-hosts talk show on literature 2. Jumps to JFK news, reference to JFK at Palm Beach 3. Jumps to Broadway is My Beat (radio serial drama) 4. Jumps to monologue, comedic spoken word. 5. Sayonnara Song 6. fitness article 7. Walter Brennan "Old Rivers" 8. pop songs, includes "I'm Strolling" by Larry Stewart 9. DJ and comedic monologue 10. comedy of table manners 11. Jumps to Japan talk show ;