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Note 1: January 1961. Dialogue with Gene Smith, Carole Thomas, Myrh Resnick, Pending (cat). Session with musicians in background and never as foreground of tape until II/4. Pawn shops mentioned on CDI. CDI 1. Room noise and Smith's footsteps. Meowing. "Street signs" (photos) "war" "I've only seen one film that looks like this, did you see Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas?" Smith sings: "Roamin' in the Gloamin'" "Carole, you find another envelope, where did you look?" Negatives, cleaning up, organization principles, head lines, magazine covers, big pile, telephone numbers box, "philosophical nonesense", notes, "mexican folk music?", typng speed, "I'll let you type all my intimate business letters that Carole shouldn't see." ...2. More photo talk, 120/35 boxes, "George", Pawn Shops** 3. Photo talk and turning on radio "Sunday...Mahalia Jackson" 4. Mahalia Jackson cont'd and Smith talk about his record collection to ?? (Tsune?) "Speakers all over the house" "Shouldn't I sign it in white?" Smith sings along with Mahalia "On my way..." tape accelerates and cuts to new/ahead. 5. Echoey jazz session, mic in Smiht's Smith talking and clownin. Cat, Smith talking beneathe the music. Tape machines. 6. Noise from jam session in other room. Smith's ntotebook. Door asking for aspirin. Description of "who's up there" 2 horn players, Warren Fitzgerald, 3 other piano players, bass player. "In fact why don't you go up take a couple of pints, I'll come up with a key so ...(not to) bother anybody." Key talk and Carole's voice too quiet to hear. More stair noise. CDII 1. footsteps 2. music and some noise from Smith(s) stair noise, More stairsteps 3. music, door/stairs 4. loud session b,d,p, trumpet 5. banter/riffs "what do you want to play" 6. Tune and applause before tape ends. CDIII 1. Carole and female working Door and room noise, cats, Smith 2. "The Invisible Man", diving suit antiseptic (germ story? for Life) philosphy and other talk photos. 3. "that's your door" "other way around" plates, artstore in Connecticutt, phto talk, "stack aginst taht wall." Hallway "I think they're number ones." meowing cat. 4. activity X'Rays once a month slow shutter speeds. 5. Pittsburgh, Haiti, "Carole" "Gene, is this Schweitzer." sorting photos. 6. "Was that a number two?" "window, that's my self portrait." "Watch out, you may be stepping on a negative." "Mics...usually I don't let people in here when it's on" "Where are the microphones?" "Don't you know you're wearing one?" CDIV 1. Drums in ohter room with cont'd photo work 2. Penidng loft noise, Pittsburgh layours 3. footsepts, Al, phone call. 50 cents. Alcohol run, 4. Smith talking to male on stairs "and don't forget the other tapes"?

Note 1: 1960. Lin Halliday, Hal Bigler, piano?, drums?. CDI 1. Midsong 2. ballad, Smith's voice mic sounds? Into tune 3. exotic sounding jazz song 4. piano leads into song, tape ends during piano solo. CDII 1. Piano riffs and some sax, drums join at 6 min mark. 2. tune talk and piano riffs 3. voice humming tune and bleed through of other side of tape until end.

Note 1: Paul Bley (piano), Dave Sibley? (bass), John Denz (drums), Joe Farrell and ? saxes, Manny Duran, trumpet. CDI 1. Midsong, pianist humming. No horns 2. Same 3. riffs and talk "Bill" ? 4. New tune with tumpet and sax added 5. tune 6 cont'd 7 cont'd until end 8. more talk "Steve Swallow" 9 tune until tape end CDII Jason Robards in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Crackup" 1. "Festival of Performing Arts" Norman Ross, host. introduction. 2. Applause Robards introduction by Robards. 3. "Handle with care" 4. Robards 5. News" Kennedy's tax plan etc...6. commercials including Arnold Palmer , turns to program with critical discussion until end CDIII 1. Radio cont'd 2. Commercial: Rome wine, Thomas's English Muffins 3. tax cut talk 4. Commercial: Golden Glow margarine, Debussy, Playtex baby bottles 5. Talk radio job loss and military spending. CDIV 1. Radio News, Congo and "The 20th Century" (Show) Franco music 2. "Madrid by Night" Spain, radio documentary. Franco interview. Cont'd with documentary until 7. "24 Hours in Shelley Burman's Career." 9. Commercial 10 Shelley Berman show cont'd 'til end. CDV 1. Day in life con'td 2. commercials 3. comedy from show 4. backstage rant 5. Tommy Oliver 6. applause 7. more commercials and Channel 4 news Khruscev and Stalin Cuban missile comments, De La Rosa and more 8. Opera coverage and sports scores and then "Long Cold Winter Blizzard of 1888. CDVI 1. SEville film "The Loves of Carmen Man from Navarra until "The Late Show" signs. 2. Commericals and next week: "All the Young Men" 3. dance scene with castenets 4. Announcer back to film and comercials, Channel 2 new York. 5. film 6. commercials incl. Allstate. CDVII 1. Film cont'd 2. Commericial for "His Girl Friday" and back and forth until end.