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The Possible Tape Exchange grew from an informal network of American non-commercial community radio stations formed in the late 1960s. At that time, Bill Thomas of Urbana, IL began publishing a newsletter to explore the notion of sharing programs among these stations through the dubbing and exchange of programs recorded to tape, titling it the "Possible Tape Exchange Newsletter". Thomas eventually established such a library of programs collected from public radio stations. The library started in his homes in Urbana and Champaign, IL, and later moved to commercial space in downtown Champaign. According to Bill 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. This network of Possible Tape Exchange participants later evolved into 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.
Bill Thomas, personal correspondence, January 28 & February 14, 2014.
"History", National Federation of Community Broadcasters, http://www.nfcb.org/history/
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
None.
Consists of 1/4" audio reels from 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.
White, Bukka; Blues Music
Interviewed by Bob West, Mike Duffy, and John Ullman of KRAB-FM, Seattle. Reel 1 of 3.
White, Bukka; Blues Music
Interviewed by Bob West, Mike Duffy, and John Ullman of KRAB-FM, Seattle. Reel 2 of 3.
White, Bukka; Blues Music
Interviewed by Bob West, Mike Duffy, and John Ullman of KRAB-FM, Seattle. Reel 2 of 3.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
St. Louis - After the Fair. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
1st Scott Joplin: Beginnings. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Scott Joplin - Transformed. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Lucky Roberts - James P. Johnson. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Stride Piano. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Ragtime in 3/4 and 5/4. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
New Ragtime Composers. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Roots of Ragtime. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
2nd Scott Joplin: later rags. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
East Coast Ragtimers - Stride Players. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
1940's San Francisco Ragtime Revival. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Ensemble Ragtime. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Classic Ragtime: Joseph Lamb. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Novelty Rags - composed by whites in the 1920's. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
"Folk Rags": more country-influenced music. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
"Other Classic Ragtimers". Terry Waldo, WOUB.
The One Rag Composers
Various composers - friends of Joplin & the St. Louis scene. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Humor & Sadness in Ragtime. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Black Artists & Sociological Context. Terry Waldo, WOUB.
Jazz--Soviet Union; Moskovskoe Radio
Radio Moscow.
Music--Madagascar
KRAB.
Mexico--Music; Saint Louis (Mo.)
Recorded live at Mexican Fiesta in St. Louis. Baebler Studios. Track list included with reel.
Moskovskoe Radio
Played by Leonid Kogan, to whom it is dedicated. Radio Moscow.
Symphonies; Moskovskoe Radio
Composer at the piano with the Radio Moscow Symphony Orchestra.
Music--Argentina
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.
Music--Argentina
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.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Track list included.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Track list included.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Track list included.
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.
Blues Music; East Saint Louis (Ill.)
"Old time, funky blues from E. St. Louis, Clarence picks and sings and Andrew plays harp." Interview by Barry Berger, recorded in St. Louis at KDNA-FM.
Blues Music; East Saint Louis (Ill.)
"Old time, funky blues from E. St. Louis, Clarence picks and sings and Andrew plays harp." Interview by Barry Berger, recorded in St. Louis at KDNA-FM.
White, Bukka; Blues Music
Recorded live in St. Louis.
White, Bukka; Blues Music
Recorded live in St. Louis.
White, Bukka; Blues Music
Recorded live in St. Louis.
Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937; Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939; KRAB-FM
Edwards, Bernice; Black Boy Shine; Smith, J. T. (John T.); Blues Music
Intro - Kokomo Arnold; Let's All Do That Thing - Minnie Wallace; Mistreatin' Mama, Pretty Mama Blues - Furry Lewis; Going Away Blues, Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Beaman w. Miles Pruitt; All By Myself, Stove Pipe Stomp - Big Bill Broonzy; Hot Mattress Stomp - Edwards, Shine, & Smith. Bob West, KRAB.
Blues Music
Bob West, KRAB.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Karen Horwitz (Champaign-Urbana). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Karen Horwitz (Champaign-Urbana), Barbara Hollok (Carbondale). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Barbara Hollok (Carbondale), Deborah Ketai (Chicago?). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Deborah Ketai. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Iris Bell (alone) (Ann Arbor, MI) Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Holly Tannen (dulcimer player from West), Terry Garthwaite (guitar) (San Francisco - Berkeley). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
You Do; You're Fine; Ticket to Chicago - Terry Garthwaite and two friends. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Introduction to Terry Garthwaite; part of "Rock 'n Roller At Heart"; Intro to Jeanne Mackey and Mary Trevor ; Truck Driving Woman; Lay Lady Lay; Lay Me Down. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"One's Who've Gone Before Us" - Jeanne Mackey and Mary Trevor (Washington D.C.); "Ain't No Metaphor", "I Took A Walk Today", "Cock Rock" - Sally Avedikian. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"Sweet Angelina", "Oppression Song", "Women in Love", "Four Women", "Harlot and the Lady", "Don't Cry Now" - Sally Avedikian. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"What Do You Do In the Morning", "Jesus Song", "Being All Right", "The Best of My Love", "Going Home Again", "Spend Some Time With Me", "Leaving" - Deirdre McCalla (Los Angeles). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"Falling Out of Love", "Sister Glow" - Deirdre McCalla; "Instrumental", "Red Wine and Beer", "You Laugh in Colors" - Carol Rowe and April Kasiver (Toronto); "Cotton Mill Girls", "Invocation" - New Harmony Sisterhood (Boston). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"Working Class Women", "Relating to Women", "Sojourner Truth" - New Harmony Sisterhood; "Don't Tread On Me", "Assault in the Night", "Stuffed Dog" - Kristin Lems. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"I Wasn't Surprised" - Kristin Lems; "Union", "More Love", "Lay Down", "Come By Here", "Allen Lee", "Cotton Needs Pickin'" - Bessie Burkes. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"Saints Go Marching In", "Amen" - Bessie Burkes; "When I Was I Was Young Girl", "Street Walker Blues", "I Hate the Capitalist System", "Song by Violetta Parra" - Barbara Dave (New York). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"Amazing Grace", "Once I Was" - Rachel Faro (California); "Song About Police", "Antonia", "Rockefeller" - Suni Paz (Argentina; New York). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"Gloria Martinez", "Latin American Women", "Juana Lewis" - Suni Paz; "Hard is the Fortune", "I Can Always Count On You", "All Your Nothing's Gone", "Something About Winning", "Here Comes the Bride", "Older Women" - Dee Warner (St. Louis). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"Song to a Bad Audience" - Dee Warner; Catherine Brantilan (comedy, Milwaukee); Vicki Randle. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
"Lady-O", "In the Name of Love", "Twisted", "Miracle in My Soul", "Sweet Darling Woman", "Spinning and Spinning" - Vicki Randle; "Walking in the Parlor/Soldier's Joy" - Boyer Family and Melissa Trier. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Boyer Family: mother and three daughters from St. Louis, MO. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Cathy Winter (Virginia). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Judy Roberts and Band (Chicago). Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Holly Tannen, Barbara Dave, Kristen Lems, Rachel Faro. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Holly Tannen; Jeanne Mackey and Mary Trevor; Terry Garthwaite and Friends; Barbara Dave; Rachel Faro. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Rachel Faro; Mary [Trevor] & Jeanne [Mackey]; Kristen Lems; Barbara Dave; Holly Tannen. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Judy Roberts. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Rachel Faro; Mary [Trevor] & Jeanne [Mackey]; New Harmony Sisterhood. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Terry Garthwaite. Produced by Ceil Muller, National Women's Music Festival.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Saturday Night Concert.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Saturday Night Concert: Clinch Mt. Backstoppers, from Oregon. Lesbian String Band.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Saturday Night Concert: Clinch Mt. Backstoppers; "big group of many performers - a jam"; Ragtime Piano
Music Festivals--Illinois
Thursday Night.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Thursday Night.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Thursday Night.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Thursday Night.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Friday Night. Margie Adam from California; Carolyn Dade and Nan Ackerman from Boston.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Friday Night.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Friday Night.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Friday Night.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Friday Night.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Friday Night.
Music Festivals--Illinois
Wednesday: Ella Jenkins (Chicago); Clinch Mt. Backstoppers (Oregon).
Music Festivals--Illinois
Wednesday: Clinch Mt. Backstoppers (Oregon).
Music Festivals--Illinois
Wednesday Night: Clinch Mt. Backstoppers; Athan Holland (Colorado).
Music Festivals--Illinois
Wednesday Night: Athan Holland; Marta and Mariecel (Puerto Rico)
Music Festivals--Illinois
Wednesday Night: Marta and Mariecel; Jo Mapes
Music Festivals--Illinois
Wednesday Night: Jo Mapes
Blues Music
From the box: He is an old Texas country blues player, who died in the early 1970's. He talks of how 2 white folklorists "discovered" him, about his music, and his philosophy of life. He plays some, too. He is an excellent musician, though not such a hot singer. Produced by Fred Sandner and David Bonder, WBFO, Buffalo, NY.