[78-L] WC Handy, 1952 & 1953

[Thomas Stern]

Roger, thanks for the Varsity session information!

The 1952/53 recordings were also released on MARK56 684 Lp in 1975 as
 St.Louis Blues: W.C.Handy narrates and sings.


I found the following reference:
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
Richard Durham Papers
Box 15 12 September 12, 1948 Destination Freedom Radio Broadcast W.C. Handy
"Father of the Blues" 
Richard Durham created Destination Freedom , a groundbreaking radio series
that dramatized the struggle for civil rights in America. Destination
Freedom aired on WMAQ, a Chicago radio station, on Sunday mornings from 1948
to 1950. In March 2005, Clarice Durham donated the 91 audiotapes to the
Museum of Broadcast Communications.

Anyone have access to this collection - perhaps it is the source of the
recording ?????????

If anyone has TIM BROOKs' LOST SOUNDS at hand, there may be something about
the recording as
google finds a footnote about it, but does not show the text footnoted.

Best wishes, Thomas.

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OK, so we've established that the DRG album was a reissue of Heritage and
Audio Archive records. So, who assembled Mr Handy with the chorus and
pianists to make the original recordings, when, where and why?

Sent from my iPhone, which explainz any bad typjng and nonsensical word
choices.

> On Feb 13, 2016, at 10:00 PM, Thomas Stern <sternth at attglobal.net.invalid>
wrote:
> 
> 
> W.C. Handy - Father of The Blues
> feat. W.C. Handy, Charles Cooke and Adele Brown Whitney (Pianos), 
> Katherine Handy (Vocal Soloist) Recorded on April 12th 1952 and 
> December 7th 1953.
> 
> Year: 1980
> 
> Label: DRG [USA pressing]
> Catalogue No: SL 5192
> 
> Side One
> Talk - The Ragtime Era
> "Joe Turner" 
> Talk - Memphis Blues
> "Mr. Crump" 
> Talk - The Blues
> "Way Down South Where The Blues Began" 
> Reflections
> "They So In Tears Shall Weep In Joy" 
> 
> Side Two
> "Beale Street Blues" 
> Talk - Lincoln Jubilee Exhibition
> "Hail To The Spirit of Freedom" 
> Talk - Theodore Roosevelt
> "The Big Stick Blues" 
> "St Louis Blues" 
> "St Louis Blues" - Katherine Handy
> Closing: "I See Though My Eyes are Closed"
> 
> 
> 
> HERITAGE H 0052  Blues Revisited: W.C. Handy             10" 1953
> St. Louis blues (opening) -- Mr. Crump -- Memphis blues -- Joe Turner --
> Beale Street blues -- Loveless love -- Big stick blues (march) -- Way down
> south where the blues began -- St. Louis blues (closing).
> 
> 
> gatefold
> 1952 "W.C. HANDY-FATHER OF THE BLUES" 33RPM LP AUDIO ARCHIVES RECORDS
A1200 
> Side one. Joe Turner, Mister Crump, Way Down South Where The Blues Began
and
> They That Saw In Tears
> Side two. Beale Street Blues, Aframerican Hymn, The Big Stick Blues March,
> St. Louis Blues, I See tho My Eyes Are Closed
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
> Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2016 10:49 PM
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] WC Handy, 1952 & 1953
> 
> 
> Probably
>
this.http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/lp-w-c-handy-blues-revisited
> -heritage-label-10_2247129
> dl
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 18:34:37 -0600
>> From: rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid
>> Subject: [78-L] WC Handy, 1952 & 1953
>> 
>> 
>> Anybody know the original source?
>> 
>> The link below is an LP of W. C. Handy, Father of the Blues, on DRG 
>> Records
>> SL5192
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.shugarecords.com/wc-handy-a-musical-autobiography-lp-sealed
>> -sl-51
>> 92-mono-vinyl-record
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Perhaps the liner notes on the back would tell me these things if the 
>> photo was clearer.  I borrowed a copy and taped it ages ago, and my 
>> notes from that have only dates, April 12, 1952 and December 7, 1953.  
>> I feel sure had there been anything about original sources I would have
> noted that.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Were these radio programs, TV shows?  Some university's oral history 
>> program?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I can find copies on eBay and found it in WorldCat, but nothing to id 
>> the sources.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Rodger
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> For best results use Victor Needles
>> 
>> 
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