Finding Aid for Possible Tape Exchange Sound Recordings, 1969-1975 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Possible Tape Exchange Sound Recordings, 1969-1975

ID: 9/50/50

Primary Creator: National Federation of Community Broadcasters Program Service (ca. 1970-1986)

Other Creators: Thomas, Bill

Extent: 3.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Materials are arranged numerically, following the call numbers assigned to the tapes by Bill Thomas.

Subjects: Champaign, Illinois, Community Groups, Jazz -- Soviet Union, Music - United States, National Women's Music Festival, Radio, Radio Broadcasting, Radio Station -- WEFT, Rhythm and blues, World Music

Formats/Genres: Sound Recordings

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of 1/4" audio reels, documenting the library of the Possible Tape Exchange and its subsequent incarnation the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) Radio Program Exchange. Programs were recorded from community radio broadcasts, and cover subjects including blues music; classical music; ragtime music; jazz in the Soviet Union; the music of Madagascar, Argentina, and Mexico; American gospel; and the 1974 and 1975 National Women's Music Festivals held in Urbana, IL.

Biographical Note

The Possible Tape Exchange grew from an informal network of American non-commercial community radio stations that formed in the late 1960s. At that time, Bill Thomas of Urbana, IL began publishing a newsletter, which aimed to share programs among these stations. This network of community radio stations began sharing programs by duplicating and dubbing tapes. Thomas eventually established an extensive library of taped programs. He stored this archive in his home, until the archive grew so large that Thomas need to move the materials to a commercial space in downtown Champaign. According to Thomas, the newsletter had been using the phrase "possible tape exchange" for long enough that it seemed natural (and amusing) to use it as the official title of the program exchange. However, this network of Possible Tape Exchange participants eventually changed the name of the exchange to the National Alternative Radio Konvention (NARK) and its descendant the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB). The Possible Tape Exchange and NFCB Program Exchange served the NFCB member stations until approx. 1985, when the Exchange and Bill Thomas became part of the Pacifica Program Service.

Subject/Index Terms

Champaign, Illinois
Community Groups
Jazz -- Soviet Union
Music - United States
National Women's Music Festival
Radio
Radio Broadcasting
Radio Station -- WEFT
Rhythm and blues
World Music

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Access Restrictions: None.

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Reel 1: Interview with Booker White, Bluesman, 1970 (date recorded): Interviewed by Bob West, Mike Duffy, and John Ullman of KRAB-FM, Seattle. Reel 1 of 3.; Subject(s): White, Bukka; Blues Music; Call Number: TAPE M093882 Reel 1
Reel 2: Interview with Booker White, Bluesman, 1970 (date recorded): Interviewed by Bob West, Mike Duffy, and John Ullman of KRAB-FM, Seattle. Reel 2 of 3.; Subject(s): White, Bukka; Blues Music; Call Number: TAPE M093882 Reel 2
Reel 3: Interview with Booker White, Bluesman, 1970 (date recorded): Interviewed by Bob West, Mike Duffy, and John Ullman of KRAB-FM, Seattle. Reel 2 of 3.; Subject(s): White, Bukka; Blues Music; Call Number: TAPE M093882 Reel 3
Reel 4: This Is Ragtime, April 1970 (date recorded): St. Louis - After the Fair. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Subject(s): Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 1
Reel 5: This Is Ragtime, undated: 1st Scott Joplin: Beginnings. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 2
Reel 6: This Is Ragtime, 1976 (date recorded): Scott Joplin - Transformed. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 3
Reel 7: This Is Ragtime, 1976 (date recorded): Lucky Roberts - James P. Johnson. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 4
Reel 8: This Is Ragtime, 1976 (date recorded): Stride Piano. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 5
Reel 9: This Is Ragtime, undated: Ragtime in 3/4 and 5/4. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 6
Reel 10: This Is Ragtime, undated: New Ragtime Composers. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 7
Reel 11: This Is Ragtime, undated: Roots of Ragtime. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 8
Reel 12: This Is Ragtime, undated: 2nd Scott Joplin: later rags. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 9
Reel 13: This Is Ragtime, May 1976 (date recorded): East Coast Ragtimers - Stride Players. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 10
Reel 14: This Is Ragtime, May 1976 (date recorded): 1940's San Francisco Ragtime Revival. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 11
Reel 15: This Is Ragtime, May 1976 (date recorded): Ensemble Ragtime. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 12
Reel 16: This Is Ragtime, undated: Classic Ragtime: Joseph Lamb. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 13
Reel 17: This Is Ragtime, May 1976 (date recorded): Novelty Rags - composed by whites in the 1920's. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 14
Reel 18: This Is Ragtime, May 1976 (date recorded): "Folk Rags": more country-influenced music. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 15
Reel 19: This Is Ragtime, May 1976 (date recorded): "Other Classic Ragtimers". Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 16
Reel 20: This Is Ragtime, May 1976 (date recorded): The One Rag Composers; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 17
Reel 21: This Is Ragtime, May 1976 (date recorded): Various composers - friends of Joplin & the St. Louis scene. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 18
Reel 22: This Is Ragtime, May 1976 (date recorded): Humor & Sadness in Ragtime. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 19
Reel 23: This Is Ragtime, May 1976 (date recorded): Black Artists & Sociological Context. Terry Waldo, WOUB.; Call Number: TAPE M093898 Reel 20
Reel 24: Soviet Jazz, undated: Radio Moscow.; Subject(s): Jazz--Soviet Union; Moskovskoe Radio; Call Number: TAPE M095596
Reel 25: Music of Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) with Robert Garfias., undated: KRAB.; Subject(s): Music--Madagascar; Call Number: TAPE M095597
Reel 26: Mexican Fiesta (Part II), October 2, 1971 (date recorded): Recorded live at Mexican Fiesta in St. Louis. Baebler Studios. Track list included with reel.; Subject(s): Mexico--Music; Saint Louis (Mo.); Call Number: TAPE M095598
Reel 27: Tikhon Krennikov's Violin Concerto, undated: Played by Leonid Kogan, to whom it is dedicated. Radio Moscow.; Subject(s): Moskovskoe Radio; Call Number: TAPE M095599
Reel 28: Alexander Baltin's Concerto-Ballad, undated: Composer at the piano with the Radio Moscow Symphony Orchestra.; Subject(s): Symphonies; Moskovskoe Radio; Call Number: TAPE M095600
Reel 29: Music of Argentina: Atahualpa Yupanqui III: "Camino Del Indio", undated: Zamba del Adios (Zamba of Goodbye); Vidala del Canaveral (Vidala of sugarmill); La Andariega (The Wanderer); Danza de la Luna (Dance of the moon); La Charquena (Type of girl from Charqua); Cana Honda (Deep sugarcane). KRAB.; Subject(s): Music--Argentina; Call Number: TAPE M095601 Reel 1
Reel 30: Argentina: Atahualpa Yupanqui II, undated: Zambita del Alto Verde, Zamba (Zambita of the High Green--local in Argentina); Chacheras de las Piedras (Chaceras of the rocks); Recuerdos del Portezuelo, Cancion (Remembrances of the little port--song); El Coyina, gato (Indian instrumental); Indiecito Dormido, Cancion nortena (Sleeping Indian--northern cancion); Malquisto, Vidala Otonal Riojana (Song of Autumn from Rioja); Kaluyo de Huascar, Danza Incaica (Incan dance). KRAB.; Subject(s): Music--Argentina; Call Number: TAPE M095601 Reel 2
Reel 31: 1st National Women's Music Festival Highlights Tape, 1974 (date recorded): Track list included.; Subject(s): Music Festivals--Illinois; Call Number: TAPE M096062 v.1
Reel 32: National Women's Music Festival Highlights Tape, 1975 (date recorded): Track list included.; Subject(s): Music Festivals--Illinois; Call Number: TAPE M096062 v.2 Reel 1
Reel 33: National Women's Music Festival Highlights Tape, 1975 (date recorded): Track list included.; Subject(s): Music Festivals--Illinois; Call Number: TAPE M096062 v.2 Reel 2
Reel 34: Some Black Gospel Music, undated: The Horse Path in the Valley, From the Parlor to the Pigpen - Rev. Johnny Blakely; Too Close to Heaven - Prof. Alex Bradford; God's Amazing Grace, Where Could I Go But to the Lord?, Does Jesus Care? - Sister Ernestine B. Washington, arr. Bun E. Johnson; My Story, Amazing Grace - Mahalia Jackson. Recorded "from old 78's". KRAB.; Call Number: TAPE M098351

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