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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Recordings

 Series
Series Description All of the audio and video recordings are collected in Series IX, “Recordings.” There are nine boxes in the series, most containing audio master recordings on tape reels. They are divided by album, including It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Childish Things, Live in Aught-Three. There also DAT tapes for Saint Mary of the Woods, CD “safety mixes” for Live in Aught-Three and Childish Things, an audio tape reel from 1987 labeled “Homeless Project: James McMurtry’s first paid...
Dates: 1984 - 2021

Recordings of Daum’s Notes on Swanson and Degas, 1993

 File — Box 1932, Folder: 13
Abstract From the Series:

Newspaper articles, SXSW and ACL programs, and drafts for the John T. Davis archive. This collection includes a wide expanse of Davis’s articles from 1980-2010, including articles from Davis’s music review column in the Austin-American Statesman. This collection also contains official SXSW and ACL music and program guides, as well as drafts of Davis’s comprehensive ACL book, Austin City Limits: 25 Years of Music.

Dates: 1993

Records of approved grants, newsletters, rejection letters, press releases, “Shadows on the Land: A Special Report on America’s Hazardous Harvest,” by Texans United and National Toxics Campaign and other documents related to the organizations, statements by Willie Nelson about allegations against Farm Aid’s use of funds, Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. Quarterly Report to Farm Aid, clippings, and copies of disbursement checks, September-December 1988

 File — Box 7, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Series: In 1985, Nelson, alarmed by reports of failing family farms, decided, with the help of other performers, to stage concert benefits. The proceeds were to be channeled to provide assistance to needy agricultural families. Bill Wittliff served as an adviser to the project. His wife, Sally Wittliff, recommended the Massachusetts social activist, Carolyn Mugar, to administer the project. The first Farm Aid concert was held September 25, 1985 in Champaign, Illinois. By 1995, Nelson had done...
Dates: September-December 1988

“Red Dress” (loose pages)

 File — Box 3, Folder: 24
Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...
Dates: 2002

Red River Radio, Shreveport, LA (part 2) w/Lloyd Maines

 Item — Box 2751
Abstract From the Series: The archive of musician Terri Hendrix includes correspondence, photographs, programs and flyers, awards, articles about Hendrix, composition notebooks, lyrics, sheet music, recordings, artifacts, and posters. Correspondence includes greeting cards, letters, and fan mail – many from young students. Awards includes her 2016 induction into the San Marcos Women’s Hall of Fame and contains the nomination packet put together by Richard Skanse. The recordings are arranged by format: 2” reel studio...
Dates: undated

Reel 1, August 2, 2003

 Item — Box 16, Reel: 023
Contents

(Side label dated 13-Sep-10). Contents: 1) Tones: 1 khz/100hz/50hz/10khz; 2) Red Dress; 3) Red Dress (Vocal Up .5)

Dates: August 2, 2003

Reel 1 of 3, January 12, 1997

 Item — Box 11, Reel: 001
Contents

Note: Tape spool has “Tones” written on the label) Contents: Master No. 200 1: Peter Pan; Master No. 900 1: Be With Me; Master No. 1620 1: Wild Man from Borneo; Master No. 2200 1: That Ole Bird’s Dead; Master No. 2600 1: For All I Know

Dates: January 12, 1997

Reel 1 of 3 , April 20, 1998

 Item — Box 12, Reel: 004
Contents

Master No. 22 1: Comfortable (xfer from ADAT); Master No. 1005 1: Every Little Bit Counts (has been X’d out); Master No 1504 1: Racin’ to the Red Light (has been X’d out); Master No. 2017 1: Tired of Walking

Dates: April 20, 1998

Reel 1 of 9, June 2, 2005

 Item — Box 13, Reel: 007
Contents

1) Tones: 1 khz/10 khz/100 hz; 2) Bad Enough; 3) Bad Enough (Vocal Up .5db); 4) Childish Things

Dates: June 2, 2005

Reel 1B (1 of 7), June 20, 2005

 Item — Box 15, Reel: 016
Contents

1) Tones: 1 khz/100 kz/10 khz; 2) Can’t Make It Here Anymore (new-old mix); 3) Elephant (new mix)

Dates: June 20, 2005

Reel 2, August 2, 2003

 Item — Box 16, Reel: 024
Contents

1) I’m Not From Here; 2) I’m Not From Here (Vocal Up .3); 3) Vague Directions (Vocal Up .4)

Dates: August 2, 2003

Reel 2 of 3, January 13, 1997

 Item — Box 11, Reel: 002
Contents

Master No. 000 2: 12 O’Clock Whistle (has been X’d out); Master No. 651 2: Stancliff’s Lament; Master No. 1240 2: No More Buffalo; Master No. 2000 2: Jaws of Life Outtake (has been X’d out); Master No. 2536 2: Jaws of Life (Take 2) (marked with a “star”)

Dates: January 13, 1997

Reel 2 of 3, April 21, 1998

 Item — Box 12, Reel: 005
Contents

Master No. 000 2: Rex’s Blues; Master No. 411 2: Between the Raindrops (Reggae feel); Master No. 1204 2: “Soda and Salt”; Master No. 1204 2: “Fast As I Can”; Master No. 1752 2: Only Want to Talk to You (Redo) (Marked with a “star”); Master No. 2440 2: Every Little Bit Counts (Redo) (Marked with a “star”)

Dates: April 21, 1998

Reel 2 of 9, June 3, 2005

 Item — Box 13, Reel: 008
Contents

1) Childish Things (Vocal Up 1/Bk Up 3); 2) Childish Things (Vocal Up 1.5/Bk Up 6) - Di Up 2; 3) Can’t Make It Here Anymore - Album Mix

Dates: June 3, 2005

Reel 2B (2 of 7)

 Item — Box 15, Reel: 017
Contents

1) Elephant (new mix - vocal up one); 2) Six Year Drought (new mix); 3) Six Year Drought (new mix - vocal up one - background up 1)

Dates: 2005

Reel 3 of 3, undated

 Item — Box 11, Reel: 003
Contents

Master No. 443 3: Paris (Take 2) (Note: This track is listed on the Reel 2 track sheet, but with a note that it’s actually on Reel 3); Master No. 1000 3: 12 O’ Clock Whistle

Dates: undated

Reel 3 of 3 , April 23, 1998

 Item — Box 12, Reel: 006
Contents

Master No. 000 3: Tired of Walking (has been X’d out); Master No. 533 3: Racing to the Red Light (has been X’d out); Master No. 1124 3: Get Me in the Air (has been marked with a “star”); Master No. 2022 3: Racing to the Red Light (has been marked with a “star”)

Dates: April 23, 1998

Reel 3 of 9, June 13, 2005

 Item — Box 13, Reel: 009

Reel 3B (3 of 7)

 Item — Box 15, Reel: 018
Contents

1) Slew Foot (new mix); 2) Slew Mix (new mix - all vocals up one); 3) Slew Foot (new mix - James up 1.5 - others up one)

Dates: 2005

Reel 4 of 9, June 13. 2005

 Item — Box 13, Reel: 010
Contents

1) Old Part of Town (Album Mix - Vocals Up 1 db); 2) Old Part of Town (Original Mix); 3) Elephant

Dates: June 13. 2005