Broadside Show, WBAI-FM, New York, NY, May 1962
Have never seen the May 1962 Broadside Show been torrented (nor traded, for that matter as a CD) in its entirety.
Therefore, I decided to digitise my cassette copy, 45 years after the event...
Israel "Izzy" Young (host), with Agnes "Sis" Cunningham, Pete Seeger, Gil Turner, Bob Dylan
Track list:
01 GIL TURNER: Benny Kid Paret
02 Discussion
03 BOB DYLAN: Ballad Of Donald White
04 Discussion
05 PETE SEEGER: I Can See A New Day; Discussion
06 Discussion; PETE SEEGER: Billy Sol (impromptu; fragment)
07 Discussion
08 GIL TURNER: The Shelter Song (?); Discussion
09 BOB DYLAN: The Death Of Emmett Till
10 Discussion; PETE SEEGER: I Wanna Go To Andorra; Discussion
11 Discussion; BOB DYLAN: Blowin' In The Wind (with all others); Sign-Off by Izzy Young
8f3e064ed71912a81b88c557bfdaa58c *01.flac
e3819773278fbea1818e250a4cf20ecd *02.flac
446c44cde7e0346947b7ef1a1b528662 *03.flac
4e46e2a4eb0d0a321e6364258d2e29d7 *04.flac
15502ddbe92de5fb3b4c0e298a9d2747 *05.flac
cb0a83566ce35ab0ecf540817fde54d0 *06.flac
794c26d645d8e74a4480a6449a37ccbf *07.flac
36145e9efd8ca8ccbc984579c4ab367a *08.flac
0f01251d667bf12e7982efac3f9b1dc3 *09.flac
decb7956ed48ffa634e375361d66335b *10.flac
f87ddd86e37294d2a88c47d2876464b3 *11.flac
c6c8c7e411686ed039d534ff4645056a *6205broadside_wbai_ffp.txt
Lineage: WBAI-FM broadcast or pre-FM reel (allegedly this show was never broadcast)->unknown (low) generation transfer(s)->cassette trade (1980s)->transfer with Terratec Phono Preamp Studio/Sony Soundforge (no noise reduction, etc. applied) by fredatwork/fred_at_work/fredgermany on May 1, 2007->tracks created with CDWave->Flac Level 8 (align on sector boundaries)
Known flaws: Speed variations on first track (most likely from source, because cassette is in excellent shape), slight tape hiss,
audible "cut" between tracks 10 and 11 (Finale), still I'd label it a solid B+
IF ANYONE HAS AN UPGRADE TO THIS, PLEASE SHARE!!!
Comments:
The three Dylan tracks from this (possibly never aired) radio show have been in circulation as far back as "Great Wide Wonder" -- most notably on "Broadside", Label: Gunsmoke Records GSR2.
The complete broadcast does not offer much more of Bob Dylan (except an "I don't know" to the question why more songs have been written about badmen than "good" men, or Dylan's admittance that he has never heard of the country of Andorra...).
Still, it's nice to see his contributions in context -- a radio show hosted by Israel "Izzy" Young, with Agnes "Sis" Cunningham, Pete Seeger, Gil Turner, and Bob Dylan, Interesting discussions about topical song throughout -- more on the similarities between Gil Turner's "Benny Kid Paret" and some Dylan songs from that period, the source of Dylan's "Ballad Of Donald White", etc. at http://www.bobdylanroots.com/emberl.html
Some more info:
Gil Turner (1933-1974)
Gil Turner, born Gilbert Strunk in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was an important figure associated with Broadside. An early member of the magazine's editorial board, he was responsible for bringing artists such as Bob Dylan, Bonnie Dobson, and Mark Spoelstra to the attention of Sis and Gordon Friesen. A member of the New World Singers, Turner helped arrange the initial Broadside Folkways LP. He was actively involved in civil rights marches in the South during the early 1960s and also composed the well-known anthem "Carry it On."
The first recording of Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind was made by The New World Singers in 1962. Frequently, Dylan was not the first to record his own songs. (The New World Singers were also the first to record Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"). The story goes that Dylan approached Gil Turner backstage at a New World Singers' performance with the words to Blowin' in the Wind, and asked if he could sing it for him. Turner was so impressed that he asked Dylan if he could take the song upstairs to the stage and perform it with the group, and he did (Cohen, Traum personal communication, 2000).
http://www.folkways.si.edu/projects_initiatives/broadside/artists/gil_turner.html