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Record Collectors Source Bobk; No. 5
(series ISSN 002045 002537)
(ISBN 0-916260-04-9)
©’ 1976, Recorded Sound Research
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 2
SOUND SEARCH SUBJECTS
1 - RADIO BROADCAST-—Sburces' 4
2 - RAILROAD SOUNDS—sources 7
3 — BASIC LISTS OF MUSId RECORDINGS-bibliog.9
4 - WATERGATE RECORDINGS-dI§cography 12
5 — VOCABULARY AND DICTIOR—sources, 15
6 -_ mamas-$003025 17
7 — MS.-—WOMEN‘s MOVEMENTbsources/bibliog. 19
8 - PERIPHERAL SOURCES—bibliography of
free magazines 22
9 - AMERICAN ORGAN MUSIC—-sources 3O
10 — MUSIC FOR DANCING-—sources 33
INTRCDLCTICN
The following series of articles are the result
of "rat-packing” subject materials, dealers' catalogs,
etc. As a former Special Librarian in reference work
dealing mainly with recordings--from pre Master's,
pre-professional thru libraries, to information man—
agement and now consulting--I have found that, not-
withstanding an age of communication, very little is
really known regarding sources of certain types of
recordings.
Much to the dismay of many library clients, and
more recently my own private clients who request
informational searches, there is even less informa—
tion for verifying the existence of much recorded
material. ~ -
Quite a bit of work has been done bylthe Education
Industry to document current recordings and media,
but with emphasis on media rather than separate re—
cordings. As time goes on, a historical bank of data
will be available via these printed catalogs for much
of the educational material. As happens, however,
these sources usually cover a limited field of the
most aggressive and visible producers and not the,
necessarily, least expensive type product. ‘
Also one finds that the oral history perspective
which some commercial recordings, such as railroad
songs, and other such "folk" material makes available,
is lost in most commercial catalogs.
Recordings which are'or may be yet available
from specialized dealers, are very often overlooked
because the company has.responded that the item is
out-of-print. *
Even with the eventual new copyright law, which
will allow certain copying between libraries, I fore—
see a maze of bureaucratic, staffing, and cost problems
,to be overcome, prior to a very effective means be—
coming available for getting material to the user.
The best answer“! have been able to give to
anyone's question or request over the last 10 years,
has been to send persons directly to the source-the
objective of this compilation of occassional articles.
ptj june 1976
SUUND SEARCH SUBJECT no. 1
RADIO BROADCASTS
When CBS inaugurated its new Radio Mystery Theatre,
it was capitalizing on a wave of nostalgia which began
with collectors in the early 1960's and before. For
those who did not grow up on such radio dramas as Tom
Mix, Freddy' Allan, Suspence, Sky King, Lum & Abner,
et a1., are probably hardly aware that some of the
“new” vocabulary now being used was generated some
years back, by these radio personalities. Now these
radio dramas, documentary programs, and yes, even
commercials, are available from collectors. The most
active collectors have catalogs, and while most of the
catalogs are for dramatic materials, they will include
Big Band and documentary materials as well. Most
collectors will list some of the shows of each radio
series or serial, but not all of the single series
can usually be found through one dealer or collector.
So here are the sources of these programs.
Radio Reruns, Inc. (Box 724 Redmond, Washington)
has a "short form list“ of tapes of a variety of shows
which are available. These include many of the Big
Band shows. '
Remember Radio, Inc. (Box 2513, Norman, OK 73069)
sends out a large 38 page catalog. Entries in the
catalog give the dates of the show, when they are
known. supplemental catalogs for cassette tapes in—
clude photos of\radio and fan club memorabilia--comic
book covers, rings, whistles, etc.
McCoy's Recording (1228 Lincoln Drive, Pasco, WA
99301) sends out several small radio catalogs. Avail-
able here, are such shows as Fred Allen, Hopalong
Cassidy, the Thin Man, Sam Spade, The Great Gilder—
sleeve. McCoy's catalogs list many armed forces shows
as does the American Radio Heritage Institute (Box
3493, Riverside, CA 92509.)
Radio Yesteryear, J. David Goldin, President, was
one of the first major dealer/collectors in the U.S.
to concentrate on Radio Broadcasts and since 1961, he
has developed a collection of over 10,000 programs.
This was formerly the Radiola Co. of the same address,
Box H., Croton—on-Hudson, NY 10520.
The complete "Incredible but True" radio series
is available from the producer on cassette tapes.
write to the above show, Sawyer, Michigan 49125.
Eddie Hart Enterprises'(l329 George washington
Way, Richland, WA 99352) has an extensive catalog
of available tapes including The Fat Man, Suspense,
Mel Blanc Show, Duffy's Tavern and many more.
If its suspense and mystery you would like, Harold
Brodsky of the Detective House (218 Orangeview Lane,
Lakeland, FL 33803) may prove a best source for you.
Most of the above sources are tapes, so if you
would like discs instead, a good source is Rose's
Collectors Records, P.O.Box 7216, 128 Breckinridge
Lane, Louisville, KY 40207. Rose's catalog includes
the Sherlock Holmes series among others on the Radiola
label and Comedies on the Radiex label.
A few other collectors, and collectors' sources
are Wm. Ll Atwood, 420 Darst Rd. Ferguson, MO 63135,
who is a collector of radio shows thru the 1940's;
Jerry Chapman, 337, W. Neptune, DeKalb, IL 60115, who
has a listing of extant radio shows; Golden Age Radio,
P.O.Box 25215, Portland, OR 97225, is likely to have _
some of the old radio "remotes", and A.B. Meyer, "WE
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MUST SAVE RADIO, 10 Loretta St., Hillsdale, NJ
07642, has been in the business for some time.
There are two groups which might also lead a
search. One, Old Time Radio Club, c/o Billy Sturm,
P.O.Box 72D Belpre, OH 45714. The other group is
represented by the 1973—74 Radios/Wireless Antiquers
Directory, published by MIDCO, P.O.Box 1537, Long
Beach, CA 90815.
.. Most recently, Dr. Marvin R. Bensman has published
on microfilm, Sources of'Broadcast Audio Programming,
available from ERIC Speech Communication Module, 5202
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041. The micro-
fiche is $.76 and Xerox copy, $12.05. This work was
long in coming and was produced by Dr. Bensman and
Dennis walker. The work deals with the Broadcast
industry, radio, instructional materials, phonograph
records, and resource materials. Section one lists
material available commercially, section two lists or—
ganizations preserving and selling material and pub—
lications by individuals who collect and trade mater-
ial. Section three is the computerized catalog of'
over 100 collections, devised to help‘locate specific
programs and give an idea of depth of'the material
available from such sources.
_ Documentary (events) and news broadcasts can be
very elusive, especially before 1940, and that is a
subject in its own right, which I will call for want
of a better name, since it would include famous
speeches, HISTORICAL SOUND. It is a field of study
which is formally called Oral History. Oral History
studies have not always included the archival record—
ings (only transcripts, edited) as Source material.
This has changed however, since about 1967 withpthe
establishment of the Oral History Association, the /
coverage-by TV of the riots at the 1968 Democratic
Convention, and more recently, and conspicuously,
the tape recordings of President Nixon, relating to
the watergate Break—in—eall have helped to establish
to the historian, the primary authority of such
instantaneous recordings.
SJUND SEARCH SUBJECT no. 2
RAILROAD SOUNDS
Steam railways and street cars were one of
America's sounds of a remarkable era. These sounds
have been preserved by collectors and enthusiasts
and are available, although difficult to locate.
For example, the recording of 10 years ago,
"The Sound of Street Cars” which presented the
Peter Witt Street car of Tbtonto, is now available
for $5.45 from HRN Productions, 6 Colborne St.,
Toronto, Ont. , Canada. ‘
Steam train sounds are available for rent on
cassette and open reel tape from Cal Tape, 1971
Cordilleras Rd., Redwood City, CA 94062.
A facinating vocal imitation of Railroad sounds
is available for $5.00 from was Harrison, Box 404, '
Glenview, Illinois 60025——this along with other
vocal imitative sounds.
Mobile Fidelity Records has a number of albums ’
available. Two albums are entitled 'Twighlight of
Steam" and are available at P.0.Box 336, Burbank,
CA 91503.
Many Steam train recordings are available
through Hillcrest Model Shop, 1669 Hawthorne Drive,
Mayfield Heights, on 44124.
Probably the most comprehensive catalog and
source is Rose's Records, 1128 Breckinridge Lane,
Louisville, KY 40207) which lists on 18 pages, over
100 recordings of Mexican and Canadian trains; of
0.5. Mountain and Mississippi trains: Folk songs
about railroads, etc.
In mentioning the Mississippi, one thinks
about steam boats and their whistles, and while
that is a subject for which there is much interest
along the river areas of the country, I have not
heard of any available recordings/ although some
research is being done and will eventually result
in some recordings, I'm sure.
There is a group of recordings which include
New York subway trains, diesal and steam traifis.‘
These are basically sound sequences for audiovisual
productions and are available from Major Records,
T.J. Valentino, 150 W. 46th St., New York, NY 10036.
Audio_Fide1ity, Cuca, Owl, Sonologue, North
Jersey, Argo Folkways and HIFI records are some of
the company labels on which the above recordings
will be found and/or listed in Schwann Catalog and
‘BiZZboard International Buyera' Guide. These labels
will have additional’material on mechanical sounds.
Finally, remember that manyvsongs will document
historical events, as shown so effectively in Archie
Green's book, Only a Miner. So if you want a col.3
lectioh of Railroad songs which are hard to‘find ‘
because they are now'out—of—print, a*good'source is
Arnold‘s Archive, 1106 Eastwood, SE, E. Grand
Rapids, MI 49506. Mr. Jacobsen has put together a
tape of some 40 railroad songs for $20.
scum) SEARCHSIJBIHIT no. 3
BASIC ’LISTS OF MJSIC RECURDIIGS
Many persons collect recordings for the subject
content, and from these interests evolve what are
known as "Basic Lists” of recordings. So if you're
just starting a collection of music recordings, keep
your eye out for a basic or repertoire listing in
your subject of interest. Below, I have named a few
such lists and their source. Good hunting.
An "anthology", or all-over collection list of
what is described as "youth! music is available from
the article "Ybuth Music Development and Style", in
Music Educator's Journal, November 1969. This'list—
ing includes subject breakdowns such as Hard Rock,
Psychodelic Rock, Acid Rock, 01d Motown, Traditional
Soul, Folk, Folk Rock and "Links to Classical”, a I
listing which also includes Rhythm & Blues, Soul &
Blues, Jazz, and while these are very short listings,
-they do show a direction for collecting these basic
recordings and the many styles of the recent 1960's
music.
Two other lists of popular music are "A Discogra-
phy of the Real Blues“ by Dean Tudor in Library
Journal, Feb. 15, 1972 and "Pop/Folk/Jazz; (Mideposts
to a basic record library, by John Lissner in the
same magazine, Jan. 15, 1969. . '
In the issues of Musician's Guide, published by
Information Service, New York, a large listing is
available for a "Classical Record Library" and
following that, a "Jazz Record Library”, "Basic-50
Jazz” and “Basic Rock Library“. "
General basic lists of classical music include
Martin Bookspan's The Basic Repertoire; updatian
and‘second thoughts. Bookspan's work is published
annually by Stereo Review, and updates his column
in that magazine published monthly. The monthly
editions are very good for comparative studies of
the same work.‘
A Basic Record.Library has been published by
Schwann, Inc. of Boston. The latter is updated
periodically and is arranged by periods such as,
Medieval, Baroque, etc. '
More specific lists include "A Basic list of
Historic Classical Recordings as Reissued' in
Library Journal, Feb. 15, 1971, and a listing of a
form of musical composition is available—~Electronic
‘Msic,’ a Listener 's Guide, published by Praeger,
written by Elliott Schwartz.
In addition to the kinds of basic lists above,
there have become more 'repertoire' recording lists
available. Some of the earliest of such listings—
included "A Basic Library of German Lieder" by I
Robert S. Clark in Stereo Review, June 1969, and
“A Basic Library of Bel Canto” by Ray Ellsworth in
the same publication, Nov. 1965.
J. F. Weber (1 Jewett Place, Utica, NY-l3501)
is doing a fine job in producing "composer" disco-
graphies and while they are not to be confused with
"basic recommended“ lists, they do help a student
or collector in locating some of the basic materials
through being able to identify information possibly
not found in the basic list one has been studying.
we are also seeing more frequently, instrumental
listings such as “A Basic Library of the Classical
Guitar" by F. Grunfeld in Stereo Review, April 1973,
and The Clarinetists' SbZo Repertoire-e4 Discography,
by R. Gilbert (P.O.Box 279, Madison Square Sta.,
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NewYork, NY.lOOlO)--This more recently is available
from the Grenadilla Society, New York, published in
1972.' Also in this catagory is the Graded Listing
of Selected’violin and viola recordings published
by the American-String Teachers Association.
In 1974, the Music Library Association present—
ed a panel discussion during the American Library
Association Conference, in New York. From that panel
of persons with subject expertise, came a publication
Selected Recordings and publications in the Popular
Music Field, and may be available yet from the panel
moderator, Bill Ivey, Country Music Foundation, 700
16th Ave.,~S., Nashville, TN 37203.
These“ are among the music recordings basic lists
which are updated periodically as information becomes
available in column, "On Record" in‘ the Association
for Recorded Sound Collections ,(ARS'C) Journal. Add-
itional non-music basic recording lists are cited in
the bibliography section of my book, Collectors' ~
Contact Guide. '
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SOUND SEARCH SUBJECT no. 4
WKTERGATE RECORDINGS
r Among the many events that have taken place in
the course of history of which man has written and
sung songs about, is the Watergate Break-in, and its
subsequent revelations and eventually the resignation
of the President of the United States.
Many recordings during that period became avail-
able, some comic, some sarcastic, and some document-
ary. The documentary recordings will probably be
preserved forever, but some of the other types of
recordings will be lost very soon for lack of ident-
ification as to which recordings related to that
event.
Below are listed the earliest recordings, and
a few new ones, regarding the Watergate event,
which can already be considered collectors' items.
The record company label name, the label number ,
type of-disc, title, and artist, person or group
are listed respectively.
ABC-Blue Thumb, 240, 45rpm, "watergate Tapes",
National Lampoon.
Alpha, 646, 45rpm,"Waterloo at watergate2 Hand
Porter.
Buddah, 5097, 1p,”Richard Nixon, Superstar",
Buddah, 1600, 1p, "Richard Nixon, A Fantasyf each
by David Frye.
Capitol/Hidden Records, 11202, 1p, "Watergate
Comedy Hour? Burns & Schreiber.
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Columbia, KC 32563, 1p, "Nixon Tapes", David
Steinberg.
GNP Crescendo, 2070, lp, "Sing a Song of water-
gate', Mort Sahl.-
Iland, 1216, 45rpm, "Tricky Dicky Rides Again”,
Jim Capaldi.
Laurie, 1p, "The Missing Tapes," Marty Brill.
Little David Records, 1p, "The Natergate Comedy
Album", Burns/Schreiber,Elder, and others. (new 1976).
Me Too, 27483, 45rpm, "Watergate Bugs", Les
waldroop. '
Mercury, 73394, 45rpm, “watergate Blues“, Tom
T. Hall.
Mr. G., 826, 45rpm, "We're Haldeman, Ehrlichman,
Mitchel, & Dean”, The Creep.
Perception, 530, 45rpm,"Down at the Old Watergate",
Congressman m. Hungate.
PhMflbm9$5um,”nmwnmnthm
Allan Coe.
Rainy Wednesday, 202, 45rpm, “watergrate‘ (sic),
Dickie Goodman.
RCA Victor, 74-0982, 45rpm, “Son of Checkers",
Don Imus.
Van, 79318, 1p, "Natergate Blues‘, Clean Living.
,flp
Vibration, S23, 45rpm, 'At the watergate', The
'Waves. “
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Also available are, Face the Nation Cassettes,
Series 12, part l,“watergate'. These are available
from Americana Division, Grolier Educational Corp.,
845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
A “Condensed, Recorded, & Dramatized watergate'
’is available from Voice Over Books, 200 Park Ave.,
8., New York, NY 10003.
The documentary set from Folkways Records is
listed.below:
Folkways, 5551, vol.1, 1p, (Break—in) "watergate:
James McCord; Nixon's April 30th SpeechF. '
Folkways, 5552, vol.2, 1p, “watergate: Jeb Stuart
Magruder testimony".
Folkways, 5553, vol.3, 1p, “watergate: Testimony
of John Dean“. ("I hope the President is forgiven")
(Folkways, 5554, vol.4, 1p, “watergate: White
House Horrors“. John Mitchel Testimony.
Folkways 5555, vol.5, 1p, “watergate: Testimony
of Ehrlichman and HaldemanF.
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SOUNDSEARCHSUBIECI‘IIO. 5
VOCABULARY AN) DICT ION
Your skill with words is one of the most im-
portant skills you will acquire, and that skill is
used for socializing, for the business of persuasion
in business and sales and most importantly, the
selling of yourself. Often the image others will
have of you, is directly related to the image given
them by your speech, vocabulary and manner of '
speaking. '
The first chore is to have words with which to
express yourself favorably. Communacad (Box 54,
Wilton, CT 06897) offers a series of vocabulary
programs for various levels of education with re-
cordings and visual materials. These programs are
generally geared for classroom teacher for use, but
also for individual learning.
Wonderful Wbrld Enterprises, Inc. (P.0.Box
1638, Englewood, CO 80110) has a disc available for
vocabulary study and Vocab Records (3071 S. Broad
Stree, Chicago) produced a series of five recordings
which included information about the forms of the
words such as verb, noun, etc., and used the words
in sentences.
"Instant Nord(Power”, #58 and "vocabulary for
Literature", #49 are cassettes offered by Automated
Learning, Inc. (1275 Bloomfield Ave., Fairfield, NJ
07006.) ”
"The Word Program" of two cassettes is offered
by Wentworth Publishing Co. (1745 Longview Dr.,
Lancaster, PA 17601) and is a program designed to
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help persons to have better, even instant, recall
of a vocabulary base which they may already have
for reading, but are not using in speaking. "Vo—
cabulary Studies" is another recording available
from 555 E. Lange St., Mundelein, IL 60060.
p In addition to learning words,'diction is im—
portant and Imperial International Learning (Box 548,
Kankakee, IL 60901) has produced two tapes and '
manual entitled, "Elements of good American Diction".
And Linquaphone Institute (100 Park Ave., New York,
NY 10017) has discs entitled, "Speech sounds and
Rhythms of American English."' This is especially
geared for persons with bad habits or "defective"
speech, since the directions for placing mouth,
tongue and lips are given for each sound under ‘
study.
The last step is learning to deliver,effective1y,
ones thoughts in conversations, conferences, and
speeches. Several companies provide programs such
as Automated Learning"s “College Subjects-ePublic“ ‘
Speaking" and "Command Persuasion”. While Wonderful
Wbrld Enterprises' "Master Speaking Course“ and
"How to Sell Yourself and your Ideas” ;cover effect—
ive communications.' In addition, Books for Libraries,
Inc. (50 Liberty Ave., Freeport, NY 11520) has_offer—
ed "The Art and Skill of Talking with People.“
And finally, if some of the above recordings are
still not enough, you might want to check the above
companies for courses on effective listening and
concentration.
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SOUND SEARCH SUBJECT no. 6
LANGUAGES
Learning a different language than your native
one has always been held in high regard by your
neighbors, educators and business associates and
there are many companies producing recordings of
languages which will meet individual requirements
for the language student. ‘
One of the most exciting group of language
recordings was produced for the public about 8
years ago by the Wbrld Publishing Company of
Cleveland, Ohio. It was very inexpensive at $2.45
per album which contained 5 to 6, seven inch 33 1/3
rpm discs, with a pocket-sized study booklet. They
were lightweight and easy to carry for traveling.
The group included some thirty languages including
vSwahili, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog and other less
known languages, and was first.developed by the 0.8.
Department of Defense for government personnel. A
newer cassette series by the government is available
from the National AV Center, at the National.
Archives and Records Center, washington, DC 20402.
This latter set was prepared by the Foreign Service
Institute. '
In America, foreign students and residents have'
had difficulty finding recordings for learning English.
The Institute for Language Study in 1966, produced
its first English4course for Spanishrspeaking people.
These courses are available in various tape formats.
through Ampex Shopper's Service, 2201 Lunt Ave., Elk
Grove Village, Illinois 60007. Included among "the
major languages are lessons for Greek, Russian and
Japanese. All of these were previouly issued by
RCA Records.
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With more and more interest being shown by this ,
country with the Chinese, there are some who will
want-to know more about the Chinese language.
Manderin Chinese is available on the World Publish—
ing discs mentioned above, and “Modern Chinese”,
a basic course with recordings is available from
Dover Books, 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014.
Visual Education Association at 321 Hopelant
Street, Dayton, OH 45408, produces an unusual set
of recordings to go with théir visual flash cards,
for which they are well known. The catch is that
- the recordings have no English at all. And a maga—
zine, Quinta Lingo, which prints the content in five
sideeby—side languages, has available, for persons
wanting aid in pronunciation, a recording subscrip—
tion series called "Quinta-Fons." '
The Listening Library, 1 Park Ave. , 01d Green-
wich,",Connecticutt; Converse—Phone Institute (dis—
tributed by Arco Books); Berlitz; EMC Corporation,
180 E.'6th St., St. Paul, Minnesota: Automated
Learning, Inc., 1275 Bloanfield Ave., Fairfield,
New Jersey; and Goldsmith's Music Shop, New York
City, are producers of language» courses as well.
Guten tag.
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souun SEARCH mar no. ‘7
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There are now available, a number of bibliographies
of material on women and even a few discographies and
media directories, after which there is only isolated
information about available recordings. Lets look
at some of the secondary finding aids first.
Media Report to Wbmen is not a directory of media'
materials but rather, an index to articles relating
to women in the media field, or women'writing on the
broadcast media. The second part of this work is a
subject directory which includes subjects such as film,
video and music listings. This monthly up—dated report
does include recordings by small and private record
label groups and the index cites on—going broadcast
series. The report is available from 3306 Ross Place,
N.W., Washington, Dc 20008.,
Another book, Wbmen's Movement Media; a source guide,
by Cynthia Ellen Harrison and published by Bowker in
1975, includes non—print information. '
A discography entitled.My Sister's Sbng, with
some 2000 entries of "woman—made” music covers nearly
all popular music categories, and is available from
Women's Soul Publishing, Inc.,'P.0.Box 11646, Milwaukee,
WI 53211. They are publishers of Paid My Dues, a
feminist music journal.
Regarding women composers specifically, Donna
Handly of Ms. magazine compiled a discography and
'Patricia Ashley reviews recent recordings of composi—
tions by women in Ms., November 1975, p. 111+.~
“To deal more specifically with the kinds of mat—
erial which is available, I will devote the rest of
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the article to product.
Mainstream International (Suite J-lO, 9601
Ashton Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19114) has available
a career training package, "Wbmen in Management".
Pacifica foundation (Pacifica Radio) tape library
(5316 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019) has avail-
able a catalog "Wbmen" which is one of several subject
guides to their recordings. In this case, recordings
of voices, thoughts, questions, etc. of such women
as Alta, Grace Atkinson, Angela Davis, Germaine Greer,
Jill Johnston, Flo Kennedy, Juliette Mitchell, Anais
Nin, & more. An aside, Anais Nin has recordings of
her poems available.
women‘s Radio workshop (WDET, 5035 Wbodward Ave.,
Detroit, MI 48202) has tapes for exchange with other
radio collectives on such subjects as childbirth,
'misogomy'and humor, alternative lifestyles, and rape,
and many“more.
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.A‘recording,entitled "Ms." presents some 22 songs
and poems for children regarding mommies who work,
kids growing up to be what they want to be, about-
housework and animals and having a friend. Royalties
go to womens' movement and causes. The recording is
available from,Ms., 370 Lexington Ave., New York, NY
10017).
From Radio Free People (133 Mercer St., NY, NY
10012) these tapes and others are available: "Up
against the mattress“, a collage of irritating put-
downs and cliches women must face; “Women in Prison”;
"My‘Body is Mine to Control", which includes songs of
struggle for liberation; and "Cook Rock? a second
look at rock music.
Video Women (c/o Minda Bikman, 535 Hudson St.,
New York, NY 10014) have organized to preserve a
historical record (recording) of important feminist
conferences.
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Feminist Video Tape Collective (320 W. 87th, New
York, NY 10024) has some interesting video tape-" 0
Tannenbaum", a humorous tape on the housewifely art
_ of baking and another one which interviews women on
the subject, "Thoughts on Rape“.
"Mountain Moving Day” is a collector's item disc
featuring the first recording of the first two femin-
ist rock bands to grow out of the women's movement.
The bands are the Chicago and New Haven Women's
Liberation Bands. Some of the music titles include
"secretary," abortion song‘,'Sister witch“, and
"mountain moving day.“ The recording is available
from Rounder Records (727 Somerville Ave., Sommerville,
MA 02143.)
Lastly, we should not overlook “Virgo Rising”
a recording available in several formats from
Thunderbird Records, 825 Flint, Reno, NV 89501,
which puts the lesbian movement into music, and other
such tapes are available from Hysteresis, P.O.Box
9383, Mills College, Oakland, CA, and Lesbian Feminist
Liberation, P.O.Box 243, Village Station, New York,
NY 10014.‘
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SOUND SEARCH SUBJECT no. 8
PERIPHERAL SOURCES—“BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FREE MAGAZINES
There is a wealth of material to be found on
recordings in magazines and newsletters which are
generally unlikely candidates for news stands or
Library shelves. Unfortunately, because of their
low visibility, most persons will be surprised that
all of the following titles are free.
To elaborate; “free” means, in some instances,
free for the asking. If you don't ask, you won‘t
ever see them. Others are trade,magazines, free
subscriptions to*which are based upon a controlled
circulation 'qualification' card. You can't qualify
unti1"you, at the very least, have a qualification
card to'make out and sign. Ask for it! These can
be obtained usually by writing and asking for a
sample copy of the magazine, within which, there will
be a qualification card or advertisement.
The point of giving such a free subscription, is
that you personnally are in a position to make pur-
chasing decisions, or effectively influence purchasing
of the products advertised or promoted. A purchasing
agent, a supervisor, a consultant, a director of a
firm, a writer, etc. will usually do, if you are not
a retailer, or one of the businesses outlined on the
qualification card.
The point of getting the subscription, is, here,
that occasional useful article which won't be found
elsewhere.
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The third category of free magazines, is the
"house organ“ which, if you‘re in the right business,
will be sent to you automatically——eventually, but
you can be more agressive by getting on their mailing
list. Some of these are newsletters and some change
from year to year in name and frequency, with the
same company——meaning only that it is a promotional
piece for a company with changing ideas. Even if
they are irregular, they can be of help when they do
arrive.
Almost every field or activity probably has one
such periodical, e.g., Microfilm Techniques; and
there is one for conference managers, et al. The
alphabetical list below is limited to the music and
audio industry, since therein we find recording in-
formation.
ASCAP Today, 3 issues per year.
Public Relations, American Society of Composers,
Authors, and Publishers, 575 Madison Ave., New York,'
NY 10022. i “ '
Articles include profiles of recording
artists.
AudioVideo International, monthly.
Dempa Publications, Inc. 380 Madison Ave.,-New
York, NY 10017.
A slick magazine on marketing, retailing,
product review, and occassional articles, e.g.,
“The question of Warranties". A qualification
card is needed.
Baldwin Organ News.
Organ Division, Baldwin Piano Co., 1801 Gilbert
Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45202.
A house newsletter.
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WI, The Many Worlds of Music, 10 issues yearly.
Broadcast Music’Inc., 589 5th Ave., New York, NY
10017.
This is the American publication. There
is a Canadian publication (The Music scene) below
Which.does not duplicate this one. Like.ASCAP Today,
there are many articles, personal profiles of members,
and discographies.
Brass & Wbod'ifinds.
G. LeBlanc Corporation, 7019-30th Ave., Kenosha,
WI 53141.
British HiFi Manufacturer, annual, Vol.1, 1975-76.
6, Disraeli Gardens, Fawe Park Road, Putney,
London, SW15 2QB, ENGLAND.
This is a new'publication profiling
British audio manufacturers. The address above
is the editorial office, but the book may be
available from the British Trade Development
Office, 150 E. 58th St., New York, NY 10022.
This work ought to become an excellent historical
reference.
Canadian Composer, 9 issues per year.
Creative Arts, 159 Bay St., Toronto, CANADA.
“ Canada has also promoted composers works
through publications and a tape library at the
Canadian Music Center in Toronto. Such publica-
tions are good finding aids to recordings.
0MP Newsletter. _ v _
Contemporary Music Project, 1156 15th St., N.W.,
washington, DC 20005. ‘ ‘
Some years back, this group produced
about three volumes regarding contemporary
musical compositions. A newsletter updates
this program's activity.
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Colorado Journal of’Research in Music Education.
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80521.
This is one of a number of such journals,
one of only two of which seem to be free for
the asking.
Connchord.
C.G. Conn, Ltd., 616 Enterprise Drive, Oak Brook,
IL 60521.
There are usually good articles on
mechanical considerations, manufacturing,
and performance techniques found here.
Consumer Electronics-Annual Review.
Consumer Electronics Group, Electronic Industries
Association, 2001 Eye Sta, N.W., Washington, DC 20006.
A booklet with a rather complete statis-
tical review of the market. The 1976 issue comes
with another booklet, 'A History of the Consumer
Electronics Industry‘I which.has an interesting
date-line, photos, and glossary. A good reference
work.
consumer Electronics Product News, monthly.
St. Regis Publications, Inc., 6 E. 43rd St., New
York, NY 10017r
This publication is in its second year.
A qualificationvcard is needed.
Dealerscope, monthly.
Ledger Publishing, 23808 80. Hawthorne, Suite
200, Torrance, CA 90505.
This periodical has about 7 editions
for regions throughout the country. I‘m not
sure what qualifications are necessary, but
each year, there is a mid—year update of
their National Buyer‘s Guide, listing mane?
ufacturers, distributors, and manufacturer's
representatives——another good reference work.
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Fisher Edition News, irregular.
J. Fisher & Bro. , Glenn Rock, NJ 07452.
Fono Forum (German) , monthly.
Bielefelder Verlagsanstalt KG, Bielefeld, Hamburg
GERMANY.
~This pamphlet is in the nature of a
dealer's catalog, reviewing available, new
recordings from Germany.
Ginn Music News, irregular.
Ginn & Company. Statler Bldg, Boston, MA 02117.
High Fidelity Trade News, monthly.
St. Regis Publications (address above.)
Uses the same qualification card above.
InterhAmerican Music Bulletin, bi-monthly.'
Pan American Union, Washington; DC 20006.
This newsletter is also published in
Spanish under its equivelent Spanish title.
Konservatorium Nuus (Africa). _
Konservatoriume Vereniging, Box 3052, Pretoria,
So. AFRICA.
The Ludwig Drummer, 2 issues per year.
Ludwig Drum Co., 1728 N. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL
60647.
As in the past, this has been a
source for information on instructional
recordings and percussion compositions.
Lyons Band news, 3 issues per year, and Lyons Element-
ary News, 2 issues per year.
Lyon-Healy, Inc. 243 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60604.
Lyric Opera News, 3 issues per year.
Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N. wacker Drive,
Chicago, IL 60606.
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Mart, 2 issues per month. -
Morgan-Grampian Publishing Co., Berkshire Common,
Pittsfield, MA 01201.
A billboard size retail periodical.
“Qualification is necessary for free subscription.
M-G publishes a number of other "activity" types,
e.g. , Contractor, Modern Packaging, Industrial
Distribution, Factory, American City 8 County,
Municipal Index, Industrial Bulletin, Product
Engineering.
Merchandising, monthly. -
Billboard Publications, Inc., 1 Astor Plaza, New
York, NY 10036.
This periodical is new this year (Vol.1,
no. 1, March 1976). Qualification is necessary,
but if this becomes anything like Billboard,
it will become a major source.
Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, annual.
Missouri State Department of Education, Washington
University, St. Louis, MO.
Moravian Music Foundation Bulletin, bi—annual.
Moravian Music Foundation, Inc. , Salem Station,
Music Business Newsletter, monthly, and Music Teachers
Newsletter, irregular.
W.W. Kimbell Piano & Organ Co., 15th & Cherry St.,
Jasper, IN 47546. 4
Music News from Prague, 10 issues per year.
Music Information Center, Czech Music Foundation,
Besedni 1, Prague, CZECHOSIOVAKIA.
The Music Scene, bi—monthly, ' .
BMI Canada, Ltd. ,Special Projects Department, 41
Valley Brook Drive, Don Mills, 405 Ont., CANADA.
2?
Musical Show, irregular.
Tams—Witmark Music Library, 757 Third Ave, New
York, NY 10017. ‘
Tams-Witmark is both the performance
licensing agent and rental agency for "grand
rights” show performances. The magazine, gen-
erally has news articles of successful perform—
ances or production plans of different organ-
izations.
0n & Off the Record, bi—monthly.
Radio Universal Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd.,
Hollywood, CA 90038.
This is reportedly available free, although
I have never seen this work.
OPus,(Africa).
R. Muller, Ltd., P.O.Box 2721, Capetown, So.
Africa.
Osterreichische GeseZZschaft fur Musik, irregular.
Hanuschgassa 3, Wien 1, Austria.
Performing Rights, semi-annual.
Performing Right Society, Ltd., 29—33 Berners St.
London, W11? 4AA, ENGLAND. I
This deals with rights and copyrights
of creative compositions-—music and recordings
included. This does not duplicate the similarly
named magazine/journal in this country.
Ricordiana, quarterly.
G. 8 CO., Ltd., Step undo“;
W1, ENGLAND.
A publishers public relations work.
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Sight 8 sound, 11 issues a year.
Drorbaugh Publications, Inc., 51 E. 42nd St.,
New York, NY 10017.
Another slick magazine for the
consumer—retailing—distributor group.
Subscription is by application; write for
their qualification form. From time—to—time,
this publication has had some excellent
articles on recordings and recording artists.
Steinway News.
Steinway & Sons, Steinway Place, Long Is. City,
New York, NY 11105.
Sonorum SPecuZum, (German/English) quarterly.
Donemus Foundation,"Jacob Obrschtaat 51,
Amsterdam 2, HOLLAND.
The Foundation has been issuing
recordings, with scores bound in, of
Dutch composers since 1961, called the
Donemus Audio—Visual Series. The journal
is free on request, as are their catalogs
of the recording/score series.
Wicks Organ JOurnaZ.
Wicks Organ Co., Highland, IL 60035.
Werd of Strings, irregualr.
wm. Moennig & Sons, Inc,, 2039 Locust St.,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
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SOUND SEARCH SUBJECT no.\9
msucm ORGAN MJSIC-CONZERT/LITURGICAL
Recordings of music for organ by American
composers are not readily identified, and not always
easy to locate, once identified.
An attempt to identify what recordings are
available was begun in 1975 at the Ohio State
University Library.
Some of the sources for these recordings, of
course, will be the local record shop, but if the
recording is not listed in the Schwann Catalog or
Phonolog, most record shops will not carry the
recordings, and unless the shops belong to a large
chain operation, they will probably not search for
the recording either.
The largest and best known shops who will do
searching are Rose's Discount Record, 214 S. Wabash
Ave., Chicago, IL 60604; The Record Hunter on 5th
Ave., New York City, and Sam.Goody, also in New York
but witthducational and order fulfillment offices
outside of New York, on Long Island: and A—1 Record
Finders, Box 75071, Los Angeles, CA 90075.
If the title, composer, and publisher are known,
one can sometimes determine who has recorded the
work through a search by the Harry Fox Agency (460
Park Ave., New York, NY), the firm handling all
mechanical (recording) licensing for most publishers.
With that information available, you can then pre-
pare your search.
In addition, below, organizations are listed
who could help identify who might have recorded
a given composition.
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Band (mechanical) Organ, Jazz and Circus music
for organ are not an emphasis here, nor are organ
rolls, the latter subject is best known by those
at the International Piano Library, 215 W 91st St.,
New York, NY 10024.
Word Publishing (Waco,TX) is well known for some
of its religious music recorded on a number of label
names. And Peters International (660 Eighth Ave.,
New York, NY 10018) is the distributor for many
European "organ" labels such as Canterbury Cathedral,
Abbey, Arion, etc.
Seminar Book Service, Record Department, (Quaker
Lane, Alexandria, VA) is a dealer carrying a large
stock of organ recordings including the Ellsaser
series on MGM, also Cook, Mirrosonic, washington,
et a1.. ‘
Some record companies to be included in a search
would be Repertoire Recording Society (1150 41st St.,
Brooklyn, NY 11218) which has done a series of
organ recordings. And the Gregorian Institute of
America (2132 Jefferson Ave., Toledo, OH 43601).
A most recent group, New World Records (3 E. 54th
St., New York, NY 10022) through a grant from the
Rockefeller Foundation, has released a series
anthology of American Music which includes in the
first set, “Fugues, Fantasia, & Variations-l9th
century American concert organ music“, NW 280.
These are not available yet except through selected
libraries. '
There has been a number of organ radio series
produced by Educational Radio, one of which is by
WUOM'FM, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
48104. Contacting any National Public Radio
affiliate would put you in touch with‘these series
and programs. ‘
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A number of ASCAP and BMI composers who are
current members of the American Guild of Organists
(AGO), sometimes have their works recorded locally
for a church arts festival or broadcast. By
contacting Chapters of the AGO, "non—commercial“
recordings will generally be located.,
There are several groups in the United States
which have done some extensive research into American
Music, and subsequently will have some information
about the organ repertoire on recordings.
One such organization is the Institute for
studies in American Music, Conservatory of Music,
University of Missouri, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas
City, MO 64111.
The American Music Research Center, Dominican
College, San Rafael, CA 94901, is another center
which has been in existence for nearly 10 years.)
The*Moravian Music Foundation, 20 Cascade Ave.,
Salem Station, Winston—Salem, NC 27108, has been
working with many persons doing research in the
area of religious music for many years. A
Last, but not least visible, is the Institue
for Studies in American Music, Dept. of Music,
Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY 11210, with
its I.S.A.M. Newsletter, which keeps in touch with
the field and communicates not only its own activ€
ity, but that of other organizations in the field.
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SOUND SEARCH SUBJECT no. 10
MUSIC FOR DANCING
If you‘re a student, a librarian, a collector
of dance music, or a teacher of dance, it is likely
that you already know of at least one source for
recordings. Some additional sources and their
programs and products are described below.
Kimbo Educational Records (Box 246, Deal, NJ
07723) is not only an audio—visual supplier, but
also has pre-school, beginner through intermediate
dance routines with recordings for tap, ballet,
animal novelties, modern jazz, and Afro Rhythm.
Idento—disc, custom recordings by Hildur
Nelson (3033 N. Sheridan Rd., #901, Chicago, IL
60657) has a number of practice recordings and rou-
tines for classes. One set includes dances of 13
countries. Another includes “Twelfth Street Rag”
for Advanced Jazz dance and “Little Brown Jug" for
Intermediate Jazz dance. One of the sets was super—
vised by Sheila Reilly who danced professionally
and for a time was the Ballet Department Director
at the National Music,Camp, Interlochen, Michigan,
where this writer worked with some of the dancers
on stage, and through.Ms. Reilly and Mr. Hug, and
others, came to a great'appreciation of Dance.
Cheviot Corp. (Box 34485, Los Angeles, CA 90034)
_distributes Rhythms Productions Records. These
productions include "The Campact Library of Basic
Activities“, a group which includes rhythm instru—
ments, singing games, activity stories, and holiday
songs, stories and games. Also a group of creative
teaching albums, and "Compact Library of Folk
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Dances from 'Round the World" are available. In
addition, there is a group of recordings "The
Compact Library of Music for Dance.“' The latter
group includes music for fundementals, modern and
contemporary dance. Finally, and buried, a useful
item not associated with dance—-but hard to find--
is anialbum of "Lullabies from 'Round the World."
Hector/Dance Records, Inc. (waldwick, NJ 07463)
has a large catalog which includes many gymnastic
and physical education recordings. Hoctor, probably
the largest producer of dance recordings, has a
very large collection of music for Ballet and Ball—
room dancing. Foxtrot, Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Lindy,
Quickstep, Cha Cha Cha, Pachanga, Rumba, Tango, _
Paso Doble, Mambo, Samba, Ay—bo—Le, Bossa Nova,‘
Merengue, and Twist are among the many types of
dances for which there are many recordings.
Russell Records, Inc. (P.O.Box 3318, 1403 Callens
Rd., Ventura, CA 93003) has material for Soft Shoe
dances, oriental, and Indian, although I suspect the
more authentic Indian dance music is available from
the Indian House (2.0.301: 472, Taos, NM 87571).
In any case, they have also music for the "Waltz
Clog" and “Strut”. Their catalog has an index by
dance routine. Russell Records is the exclusive
distributor of Robbins Educational Rhythmic Records
for Handicapped Children.
Selva s Sons, the dancewear corporation also
distributes S & R Records (1607 Broadway, New York,
NY 10019). The feature with these recordings is
their 'complete—dance—on—a—record" series.
Stepping Tbnes Records (P.O.Box 64334, Ios
Angeles, CA 90064) includes in their offering
besides their musical recordings, graded technique
recordings and training aids recordings. >
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'Authentic Hawaiian Songs and Hula music can
be ordered through Waikiki Records Co., 1001
Nottingham Rd., Newport Beach, CA 92660.
Most of the above recordings can be obtained
from any of the distributors listed below. So
if you want a polka, waltz, square dance, or what-
ever your whim, just inquire:
Danswear, Inc. (Maurice), 33 John R. Street,
Detroit, Michigan 48226. '
Herbet, 1657 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.
Lebo's of Charlotte, 124’s. Trade St., Charlotte,
no 28202.
Loshin's, 215 B. Eighth St., Cincinnatti, Oh
45202.
Taffy's, a chain with stores in Cleveland, OH;
Dallas, TX; Atlanta, GA: Wellesley, MA: and Salt
Lake City. The catalog does not specify the home
office, so to pass around the country a bit, you
might use the Texas address (5960 Northwest High-
way, Dallas, TX 75225.)
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OTHER RECORDED SOUND RESEARCH TITLES:
COLLECTORS' CONTACT GUIDE
by PAUL T. JACKSON
UNAUTHORIZED DUPLICATION OF SOUND
RECORDINGS by BARBARA RINGER (reprint)