Bob Fass Recordings and Papers, 1935-2011, bulk 1963-1991

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Series II: Other radio shows, circa 1960s-2006

Series II contains recordings of radio shows other than Radio Unnameable, which were also hosted by Bob Fass.


Subseries II.1: Beyond the Unnameable, 1972-1976

Subseries II.1 contains recordings of Beyond the Unnameable, which was broadcast on WBAI from midnight until approximately 4 a.m. between 1972 and 1976.



Box 16 Item BF0578 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass plays the end of a tape of Mae Brussell talking about the San Quentin Six and other topics. He plays another tape of her talking about Richard Nixon's ill health. She mentions LBJ's death, and points out several other suspicious deaths. She talks about the last week being Sep 9


Box 16 Item BF0579 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Lindsay Audin, Fass, and others talking about models of state, communism, distribution of wealth and resources



Box 32 Item BF1164 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Terry Noble from Jerusalem reporting on recent events in the Israel-Arab War (1973)



Box 28 Item BF1017 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob takes calls, including one from "Enema Lady', a frequent caller who tells a story; and a man who suggests supporting WBAI by selling photos of the radio personalities



Box 21 Item BF0751 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Peter Stampfel is in the studio playing live music, including "Griselda," "Down the River," "Dueling Banjos," "God What Am I Doing Here," "I Don't Sleep Here," and "Low-Down Dog." Fass plays Lead Belly


Box 21 Item BF0750 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A call in about Muhammad Ali, sports, Nixon, the Bay of Pigs, the Criminal Code Reform Act of 1973, communism, and the deep state. It is believed to be 1974 from a mention of the Mets losing the world series the prior year



Box 43 Item BF1564 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 16 Item BF0572 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Callers. One talks about the strike happening at Macmillan and Co. publishers. Dick Hogman (another WBAI host?) discusses NASA and broadcast satellites, Pacifica, and listener supported radio. Fass, Dick, and Margot debate whether or not to give out the specific radio frequency on the air or to individual listeners



Box 5 Item BF0197 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass takes call-ins about classical music, playing music on radio stations, the financial viability of radio stations, and advertising



Box 80 Item BF2739 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Callers discuss WBAI in the 1940s, who dictates music tastes, Senator James Buckley, modern art, classical music, and the relations between commerce and art. Callers compare WQIV to WBAI



Box 34 Item BF1216 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Aircheck, phone calls



Box 6 Item BF0218 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Danny Kalb



Box 16 Item BF0571 Beyond the Unnameable, circa 1972-1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 7 Item BF0237 Beyond the Unnameable, 1972 October 6, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 286 Item BF6311 Beyond the Unnameable, 1973 September 15, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Tom Rapp, Pearls Before Swine



Box 42 Item BF1533 Beyond the Unnameable, 1973 September 29, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")


Box 42 Item BF1523 Beyond the Unnameable, 1973 October 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Nixon Conference, music, callers



Box 58 Item BF1928 Beyond the Unnameable, 1973 November 1, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Music



Box 99 Item BF3200 Beyond the Unnameable, 1973 November 15, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Barbara Dane, guest



Box 291 Item BF6453 Beyond the Unnameable, 1973 November 16, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Dave Amram



Box 39 Item BF1406 Beyond the Unnameable, 1973 November 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Poetry by William Craig, one of the Harlem 6



Box 42 Item BF1517 Beyond the Unnameable, 1973 December 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Melody Moore, Fass aircheck



Box 30 Item BF1072 Box 29 Item BF1063 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 January 16, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Members of the Mental Patients Liberation Project are in studio with Bob taking calls. MPLP puts blame on civil liberties union for working with the psychiatric industry instead of supporting those institutionalized. Most callers disagree with members' stances, including a refusal to recognize any standards of mental health and idea that most patients in psychiatric wards are placed against their will



Box 18 Item BF0661 Box 18 Item BF0662 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 January 19, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Melody Moore with Bob Fass



Box 29 Item BF1039 Box 30 Item BF1104 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 January 25, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Recorded music by Bob Dylan and others



Box 38 Item BF1367 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 April 10, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")


Box 38 Item BF1370 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 April 16, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 30 Item BF1098 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 April 17, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

1974, between mid-February and mid-April: Bob reads from a SoHo Weekly News interview with Abbie Hoffman, who was arrested in his home for cocaine possession and intent to sell cocaine August 28, 1973. Hoffman claims that drug laws targeting cocaine as opposed to heroin are based in racism, as cocaine is not addictive and doesn't cause death. Bob has Anita Hoffman on the phone. Between phone calls regarding the date of a march on Washington to impeach Nixon, Bob plays a 1968 tape of Abbie Hoffman in the studio with him. Hoffman tells of his experience being arrested for a crime aboard an aircraft, the instance of which led to the Chicago Seven trial. Bob takes a few more calls, including one from a man impersonating Hoffman, and one from a woman objecting to playing tapes of Mae Brussell



Box 39 Item BF1388 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 April 19, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Part 1: Anita Hoffman and Paul Krassner; Part 2: A woman [Carla Rotolo?] sings "Wide is the Water," "Summertime," "Who Killed Cock Robin," "Single Girl



Box 42 Item BF1529 Box 30 Item BF1080 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 April 24, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Week of April 21, 1974: Mae Brussell is on the phone taking calls with Bob. Brussell says that brain analysis of Charles Whitman was released to justify future experiments on minorities. Brussell claims that Manson killings were part of conspiracy to create hate for hippies and that all dead rock musicians, including Jimi Hendrix and Jim Croce, were murdered



Box 30 Item BF1093 Box 32 Item BF1160 Box 30 Item BF1096 Box 76 Item BF2583 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 April 26, 4 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Calls on surveillance, privacy, Watergate, a veterans' march, and various other topics



Box 37 Item BF1324 Box 31 Item BF1116 Box 34 Item BF1224 Box 30 Item BF1076 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 May 15, 4 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

WBAI Marathon



Box 18 Item BF0651 Box 73 Item BF2474 Box 7 Item BF0251 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 May 18, 3 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls on SLA and Israel; John Cappadona, Marshal Rosenberg, Jerry Burnham, Raun MacKinnon play live in studio; Mae Brussell phone call



Box 21 Item BF0773 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 June 29, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls



Box 30 Item BF1085 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 July 6, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Recording of "Yellow Submarine in Pepperland" (George Martin orchestration) plays. Bob asks for calls. "The Shooting of Dan McGroo" by Lord Buckley plays. A caller (Ken) who works with the Bowery Residence Committee describes the work they do and appeals for listeners to send games to the residence



Box 29 Item BF1064 Box 38 Item BF1359 Box 29 Item BF1052 Box 19 Item BF0674 Box 6 Item BF0227 Box 24 Item BF0878 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 August 7, 6 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Allen Edmonds, astrologer, takes phone calls with Bob in the studio



Box 32 Item BF1142 Box 29 Item BF1043 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 August 9, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Nixon resignation speech night, Mix, phone calls; calls from Mae Brussell, Paul Krassner, and others chiefly on Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller



Box 19 Item BF0682 Box 38 Item BF1364 Box 18 Item BF0643 Box 18 Item BF0648 Box 31 Item BF1115 Box 30 Item BF1083 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 August 10, 6 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls: Livia Dropkin's song, women's non-power, sewers, Nixon, taxicab driver labor conditions, and various other topics



Box 18 Item BF0644 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 August 14, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Finish of excerpt of Chilean Report, phone calls



Box 76 Item BF2581 Box 6 Item BF0219 Box 29 Item BF1047 Box 60 Item BF1991 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 August 16, 4 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Guest musicians Larry Estridge and Sugar Blue perform original folk rock songs



Box 29 Item BF1049 Box 34 Item BF1220 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 August 23, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

August 23, 1974: Anita Hoffman and Mayer Vishner live in studio. Hoffman talks about her disappointment with Timothy Leary likely testifying against Weathermen, reading "Prairie Fire" by Weather Underground, and the 1960s



Box 7 Item BF0235 Box 31 Item BF1112 Box 29 Item BF1059 Box 18 Item BF0638 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 August 24, 4 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Anita Hoffman and Mayer Vishner, and a call to Mae Brussell; Topics include Watergate and JFK assassination



Box 32 Item BF1144 Box 30 Item BF1074 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 August 28, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Music, talk, McIssac tape



Box 31 Item BF1106 Box 6 Item BF0221 Box 29 Item BF1057 Box 7 Item BF0242 Box 54 Item BF1775 Box 42 Item BF1524 Box 34 Item BF1236 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 September 4, 7 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Adrian Guillery with Jeremy and the Satyrs perform live jazz in studio; discuss prison rebellion in Texas, Ann Arbor Blues Festival, live music



Box 29 Item BF1045 Box 37 Item BF1326 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 September 7, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Callers talk about what they are hearing on other radio shows, on and off WBAI. Discussion of Bertolt Brecht, dramatization of fiction about overpopulation ('The Space Merchants' by Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth), a rewritten Declaration of Independence by Atlanta listeners, existence of late night call-in shows other than Fass's. Bob defends the existence of government and regulation. Bob defends callers to radio programs in the South, saying that there is real American weirdness all over the country. Callers discuss problem of unemployment and government overspending at cost of citizen inequality. Bob continues to advocate for government. Callers discuss fear that police will be federalized


Box 29 Item BF1048 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 September 9, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

September 7, 1974: Bob takes calls. First caller is a schizophrenic man on vacation from an institution and callers discuss schizophrenia. Talk of radio host Bill Watson and the (im)possibility of WBAI buying shuttering WNCN's record collection on condition of switching to classical radio station



Box 37 Item BF1334 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 September 11, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Marshall Efron as Dr. Grossinger



Box 31 Item BF1107 Box 80 Item BF2710 Box 6 Item BF0215 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 September 14, 3 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Mae Brussell and callers discuss rumors about Kennedy, conspiracy theories about national emergencies; folk music plays; Mae returns with conspiracy theories about the deaths of a White House staff members



Box 7 Item BF0250 Box 29 Item BF1068 Box 29 Item BF1051 Box 29 Item BF1053 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 September 20, 4 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Discussion of Leary, Rubin, Kangaroo court on Leary; Live performance by Jerry Moore and Tom Yalberg



Box 37 Item BF1322 Box 282 Item BF6168 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 September 21, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Mix, bullshitting with and without callers, True Love Comics, phone calls; Sing Along with God ; Live music of Kip Sullivan (vocals), John Lewis (piano, but not same as John Lewis of Modern Jazz Quartet), Tom Yulberg (Eulberg? Yalberg?). Call about unemployment unfairness



Box 31 Item BF1108 Box 6 Item BF0231 Box 37 Item BF1327 Box 30 Item BF1087 Box 29 Item BF1060 Box 18 Item BF0650 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 September 25, 6 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Recorded music, calls, open letter from Krassner, Ken McLaren reads poem live



Box 54 Item BF1785 Box 31 Item BF1113 Box 32 Item BF1153 Box 18 Item BF0642 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 September 28, 4 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Morris Kramer, Mae Brussell, and Mr. Tagwood from Watsonville taking calls with Bob and Larry Kramer in New York



Box 29 Item BF1035 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 October 4, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob's guest is Brother Kirk (Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick). Discusses the ways black people are being and have been used and abused by the US government (sickle cell anemia, drugs, Great Northward Migration). Discusses political and apolitical music (Pete Seeger, Nina Simone, Roberta Flack). They take calls



Box 6 Item BF0203 Box 3 Item BF0114 Box 6 Item BF0222 Box 6 Item BF0223 Box 33 Item BF1179 Box 37 Item BF1331 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 October 5, 6 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Matt Jones, Karen Landy, Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick and callers; Mae Brussell and callers on Dialogue: Conspiracy



Box 11 Item BF0371 Box 54 Item BF1788 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 October 6, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 18 Item BF0652 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 October 8, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls



Box 37 Item BF1328 Box 70 Item BF2348 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 October 9, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls, Boston, free speech



Box 38 Item BF1356 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 October 16, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Pilk on Jordan



Box 32 Item BF1155 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 October 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 37 Item BF1332 Box 31 Item BF1118 Box 7 Item BF0246 Box 29 Item BF1065 Box 31 Item BF1111 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 October 24, 5 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Danny Kalb performs live in studio; Bob plays a tape from Mae Brussell's Dialogue: Conspiracy on prisoners, Sirhan Sirhan



Box 11 Item BF0374 Box 18 Item BF0664 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 October 27, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Sun Moon; Coffee grounds # 1, Fat Black Pussycat



Box 7 Item BF0253 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 November 1, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Watergate. Guests: Marshall Efron, Richard Elman



Box 18 Item BF0637 Box 6 Item BF0230 Box 18 Item BF0667 Box 80 Item BF2711 Box 31 Item BF1137 Box 31 Item BF1117 Box 32 Item BF1150 Box 31 Item BF1109 Box 29 Item BF1044 Box 37 Item BF1339 Box 18 Item BF0666 Box 6 Item BF0202 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 November 2, 12 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Silent Film Night: callers on various current events, filmmaker (Bill Mulkay?) in the studio, discussing racism, showing movies in the studio with Bob narrating for listeners



Box 30 Item BF1084 Box 30 Item BF1071 Box 6 Item BF0228 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 November 4, 3 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Mae Brussell



Box 40 Item BF1442 Box 32 Item BF1151 Box 19 Item BF0681 Box 34 Item BF1215 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 November 7, 4 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Rap on change of WNCN; Bob and callers discuss the public's view of animal rights vs. the rights of Vietnamese people, free enterprise vs. freedom, "minority programming" on radio



Box 34 Item BF1225 Box 31 Item BF1119 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 November 9, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Moody Blues mix



Box 32 Item BF1148 Box 7 Item BF0243 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 November 10, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls on Judaism, the Palestinian refugees, and blowing noses in flags; Ken McLaren


Box 32 Item BF1157 Box 34 Item BF1243 Box 32 Item BF1165 Box 18 Item BF0665 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 November 11, 4 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phillipine protesters taking calls. Lindsay Audin, Charlotte Moorman, and others on phone; Charlotte Moorman talks about Avant Garde Fest with Bob and callers



Box 18 Item BF0636 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 November 23, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Mimi And Dick Fariña discuss the correct pronunciation of "Fariña" with Bob Fass



Box 24 Item BF0868 Beyond the Unnameable, 1974 or 1975, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A female caller from the WNCN Listeners Guild recounts the group's petition to the FCC to regain WNCN's license to air from William F. Buckley, the apparent owner of frequency 104.3. Classical station WNCN has become rock station WQIV, which Bob predicts will be a flop. The caller speaks about WNCN, 'serious music," and its listeners. Other callers are also on the line throughout



Box 76 Item BF2593 Beyond the Unnameable, 1976 December 21, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob plays Timothy Leary's Zeitcraft(?). Abbie Hoffman visits, talking about arrest, trial for contempt, as well as cocaine trade and racist drug laws


Subseries II.2: Night Into Day, 1966-1972

Subseries II.2 contains recordings of Night Into Day, a show composed of edited highlights of Radio Unnameable, which was broadcast on WBAI during daytime hours between 1966 and 1972.



Box 101 Item BF3239 Night Into Day, circa 1966-1972, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Thomas P. Hoving, former Commissioner of Parks



Box 107 Item BF3385 Night Into Day, circa 1966-1972, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Conversations with Lord Rosti



Box 110 Item BF3472 Night Into Day, 1966 September 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Rebroadcast of Radio Unnameable from previous week, with guest Israel Young and live performance by Lou Killen



Box 68 Item BF2297 Night Into Day, 1966 October 16, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Conversations with Lord Rosti



Box 103 Item BF3293 Night Into Day, 1966 November 06, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Lord Rosti



Box 102 Item BF3267 Night Into Day, 1967 February 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Rebroadcast of program with Jeremy Steig and Adrian Guillory



Box 94 Item BF3077 Night Into Day, 1967 December 21, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Felix Greene, producer of North Vietnam, interview and phone call



Box 22 Item BF0782 Box 69 Item BF2328 Night Into Day, 1968 March 3, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jerry Jeff Walker, David Bromberg



Box 107 Item BF3395 Night Into Day, 1968 June 28, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Guests Agustín Lira, Danny Valdez, and Doug Riffie of Teatro Campesino perform music and discuss the agricultural labor movement with Bob



Box 101 Item BF3252 Night Into Day, 1968 July 18, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Sanjac of Novipazar



Box 22 Item BF0789 Night Into Day, 1968 September 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Paul Siebel ("Louise," "No Need to Explain"), David Bromberg, Keith Sykes ("Everybody's Talkin'"), David Santo



Box 6 Item BF0204 Night Into Day, 1968 September 29, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

David Bromberg, Sanjac of Novipazar



Box 101 Item BF3249 Night Into Day, 1968 November 28, 1968 December 05, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Incredible String Band and Jack Landron



Box 22 Item BF0779 Box 22 Item BF0781 Night Into Day, 1968 December 24, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Ron McLean (Abdullah)


Box 22 Item BF0780 Night Into Day, 1969 February 6, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Tiny Tim



Box 94 Item BF3092 Night Into Day, 1969 September 21, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Steve Barron



Box 92 Item BF3033 Night Into Day, 1969 October 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Dave Bromberg, Lisa Trigg, Jerry Saper, Ali Hafit and Manny Dworman



Box 94 Item BF3076 Night Into Day, 1969 November 9, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

David Amram and Jeremy Steig



Box 43 Item BF1568 Night Into Day, 1969 November 9, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 91 Item BF3005 Night Into Day, 1970 February 1, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

David Bromberg and Steve Burgh



Box 290 Item BF6443 Night into Day, 1970 April 10, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Supports of Holding Together Fund, raising money for Timonthy Leary. From Radio Unnameable



Box 91 Item BF3004 Night Into Day, 1970 May 17, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 48 Item BF1636 Night Into Day, 1970 May 24, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Rosemary Leary



Box 19 Item BF0685 Night Into Day, 1970 May 31, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Marshall Efron and Madeline Kahn



Box 20 Item BF0708 Night Into Day, 1970 July 29, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 19 Item BF0684 Night Into Day, 1970 July 29, 1970 August 2, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick



Box 290 Item BF6439 Night into Day, 1970 August 1, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Steve Baron live in studio



Box 20 Item BF0731 Night Into Day, 1970 October 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Europe Peace Pipe Ceremony, Henry and Leonard Crowdog, Sioux Indians from Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota



Box 91 Item BF3012 Night Into Day, 1970 November 8, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Hog Farm and Wavy Gravy's travels



Box 90 Item BF2994 Night Into Day, 1970 November 13, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Revolting Theater, Tuli Kupferberg, Lannes Kenfield



Box 91 Item BF3003 Night Into Day, 1970 November 15, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Hog Farm and Wavy Gravy's travels


Box 91 Item BF3016 Night Into Day, 1970 November 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Hog Farm and Wavy Gravy's travels: Woodstock Festival



Box 290 Item BF6442 Night into Day, 1970 December 11, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Dave Bromberg, Bobby Thomas, Pam Ostergren. From Radio Unnameable



Box 90 Item BF2986 Night Into Day, 1970 December 13, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Wavy Gravy



Box 290 Item BF6431 Night into Day, 1971 June 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Dick Gregory, Wavy Gravy, Back from India



Box 107 Item BF3403 Night Into Day, 1971 July 1, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Keith Lampe and anonymous New York Times staff member



Box 95 Item BF3102 Night Into Day, 1971 July 25, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

David Suttler, author of "IV-F : a guide to medical, psychiatric, and moral unfitness standards for military induction



Box 56 Item BF1862 Night Into Day, 1971 September 5, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Vin Scelsa in the studio, discusses playlists at WPLJ, radio ratings, being fired from WPLJ and crackdowns from the FCC, the future and nature of freeform radio



Box 94 Item BF3086 Night Into Day, 1971 September 15, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone call from a woman who identifies herself as the window of an inmate killed in Attica State Prison on September 13



Box 107 Item BF3402 Night Into Day, 1971 September 30, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Marshall Efron, Dr. B. "Bats" Heyman, Dave Amram, and A. J. Weberman



Box 110 Item BF3460 Night Into Day, 1971 October 24, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Townes Van Zandt; 'Night Into Day' rebroadcast of 'Radio Unnameable'; Rebroadcast date of 1972 November 14



Box 105 Item BF3340 Night Into Day, 1971 October 31, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Guests Lenni Sinclair, Garland Jeffreys, and Alan Freeman



Box 80 Item BF2728 Night Into Day, 1971 November 7, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

American psychedelic folk band Pearls Before Swine plays live in studio; "Snow Queen," "When the War Began," "Margery," "Butterfly," and various other songs



Box 103 Item BF3305 Night Into Day, 1972 January 16, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Staff of the New York Ace, a recently founded underground newspaper, vs. New York Times reporter Mark Perlgut; music of Larry Estridge



Box 9 Item BF0314 Box 9 Item BF0331 Night Into Day, 1972 January 25, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jeremy Steig, Colin Wolcott, Dave Johnson, Ralph Towner, Glen Moore, Carmen Halburian



Box 96 Item BF3128 Night Into Day, 1972 February 13, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Frederick Rzewski, Steve Ben Israel, and Judd Yalcott



Box 291 Item BF6461 Night into Day, 1972 April 2, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Indian music. Selected from Radio Unnameable, March 1972



Box 97 Item BF3166 Night Into Day, 1972 April 9, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jephtha side 5, phone calls



Box 100 Item BF3226 Night Into Day, 1972 April 30, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls for and against the Vietnam War and the Columbia University demonstrations



Box 45 Item BF1605 Night into Day, 1972 May 28, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Dave Amram



Box 103 Item BF3306 Night Into Day, 1972 June 20, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jeremy Steig



Box 9 Item BF0333 Box 278 Item BF6072 Night Into Day, 1972 July or August 31, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Abbie Hoffman and American prisoners of war in Hanoi endorse McGovern, Marshall Efron gives advice about influencing people, and Al Bell of YIPL warns about how the phone company influences people



Box 291 Item BF6450 Night into Day, 1972 July 4, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Sherlene Mitchell, Rob Baker of the Committee to Free Political Prisoners. Talk with Rob Crocker about Angela Davis



Box 65 Item BF2182 Night Into Day, 1972 August 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jerry Jeff Walker, Charlie Chin, Maribeth Soloman, Bill Stevenson, Don Brooks, David Amram


Subseries II.3: Bob Fass show, circa 1965-1990

Subseries II.3 contains recordings identified as the Bob Fass Show. Their content does not seem to differ from Radio Unnameable in any significant way. It may be that these recordings were simply identified by WBAI staff (or Fass himself) as unspecified Bob Fass [radio] show recordings, as it was unclear from the contents whether they were from Radio Unnameable, Beyond the Unnameable, Night Into Day, or other smaller WBAI programs hosted by Bob Fass.



Box 33 Item BF1187 Bob Fass Aircheck, circa 1965-1990, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob asks listeners trivia about a line from a radio program. Various folk, gospel, and bluegrass songs play, as well as comedy sketch, "One Leg Too Few"



Box 28 Item BF1031 Box 28 Item BF1031 Bob Fass Aircheck, circa 1965-1990, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

First 9:30 is an eerie but soothing humming sound, perhaps supposed to be used for meditation. "My Dream of the Big Parade" plays. Ron Kovic discusses veterans' affairs in New York City during Mayor Beame's administration (1974-1977).



Box 2 Item BF0078 Bob Fass Aircheck, circa 1965-1990, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

with Insanities



Box 219 Item BF5272 Bob Fass Show, circa 1965-1990, 1 audiocassettes

About Lyn Samuels



Box 202 Item BF4913 Bob Fass Show, 1966 June 28, 1 audiocassettes

Martin Lee, Bruce Stein, Steve Ben Israel



Box 2 Item BF0072 Bob Fass Show, 1966 September 1, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Take me right back to the track jack,"Cactus," and "Hang me" song



Box 215 Item BF5160 Box 279 Item BF6150 Bob Fass Show, 1973 April 21, 1985 December 15, 1 audiocassettes; 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Includes a rebroadcast of WBAI Free Music Store (hosted by Steve Rathe) featuring a live concert of Phil Ochs, Dave Van Ronk, Patrick Sky. Phil Ochs is then live in the studio with Bob Fass.



Box 42 Item BF1526 Box 34 Item BF1221 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1973 December 21, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass Aircheck



Box 58 Item BF1925 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1973 December 28, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Mae Brussell phone call



Box 40 Item BF1437 Box 29 Item BF1066 Box 2 Item BF0060 Box 32 Item BF1154 Box 38 Item BF1361 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1974 January 4, 5 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob takes calls, talking about mental health and resources for people with mental illness



Box 34 Item BF1245 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1974 February 1, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob Fass Aircheck



Box 33 Item BF1205 Bob Fass Aircheck, circa March 1974, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Ron Kovic of AVM talks with listeners



Box 32 Item BF1167 Box 33 Item BF1208 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1974 March 16, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Ron Kovic of AVM talks to callers about the Army



Box 26 Item BF0922 Bob Fass Show, 1974 March 20, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls and recorded music



Box 32 Item BF1158 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1974 April 3, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Pandit Roy, Michell Reisman



Box 76 Item BF2575 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1974 April 12, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A woman (Melody Moore) sings an unknown political song. Discordant jazz music plays. A Senate hearing about John Dean and Watergate plays



Box 29 Item BF1061 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1974 April 17, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A group of callers' conversation about Abbie Hoffman turns to personal insults. Bob interrupts by playing comedy sketch "The Hexorcist" (William Peter Blatty makes deal with the Devil) before phone conversation briefly resumes. "Go Tell the People" by Dr. John plays. Week of April 13, 1974: Lindsay Audin in the studio reports news, mostly related to Nixon and government conspiracies. Tells of SUNY Purchase students' plan to visit Pepsi headquarters and CEO Ron Kendall on May Day. Bob closes show over unidentified psychedelic-rock song. Sound effect of eating chocolate chip cookies is played



Box 80 Item BF2704 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1974 June 21, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Caller talks about WBAI's cutbacks and openly doubts and criticizes WBAI's ability to use their fundraiser money wisely; other callers call in with words of support for the station's decision to make cutbacks



Box 52 Item BF1714 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1974 August 21, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls and Living Theatre segments



Box 34 Item BF1214 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1974 August 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 298 Item BF6591 Bob Fass Show, 1986 February 1, 1 audiocassettes



Box 218 Item BF5262 Bob Fass Show, 1986 February 8, 1 audiocassettes



Box 221 Item BF5345 Bob Fass Show, 1986 February 8, 1 audiocassettes



Box 188 Item BF4509 Bob Fass Show, 1986 February 15, 1 audiocassettes

Abbie Hoffman, Lord Rosti, Skip La Plante, Laramie, Breslin



Box 196 Item BF4744 Bob Fass Aircheck, 1986 February 22, 1 audiocassettes



Box 217 Item BF5231 Bob Fass Show, 1986 March 22, 1 audiocassettes



Box 203 Item BF4944 Bob Fass Show, 1986 April 26, 1 audiocassettes



Box 199 Item BF4835 Bob Fass Show, 1986 April 26, 1 audiocassettes

Brother Theodor, Susan Billing



Box 219 Item BF5294 Bob Fass Show, 1986 May 3, 1 audiocassettes

Frank the carpenter



Box 298 Item BF6505 Bob Fass Show, 1986 May 24, 1 audiocassettes

Abbie Hoffman.



Box 210 Item BF5071 Bob Fass Show, 1986 May 30, 1 audiocassettes



Box 215 Item BF5170 Box 298 Item BF6533 Bob Fass Show, 1986 June 14, 2 audiocassettes

Pavanne for Soweto's Dead Infants.



Box 221 Item BF5339 Bob Fass Show, 1986 June 21, 1 audiocassettes



Box 207 Item BF5015 Bob Fass Show, 1986 June 21, 1 audiocassettes

Nuke free harbor



Box 176 Item BF4263 Bob Fass Show, 1986 July 5, 1 audiocassettes



Box 193 Item BF4652 Bob Fass Show, 1986 September 27, 1 audiocassettes

Maureen Sullivan, Mark Litwak



Box 186 Item BF4441 Box 298 Item BF6519 Bob Fass Show, 1986 October 11, 2 audiocassettes

Diego Rivera mural, Jeremy Steig, Judith Malina



Box 199 Item BF4827 Bob Fass Show, 1986 October 25, 1 audiocassettes



Box 177 Item BF4269 Box 298 Item BF6588 Box 298 Item BF6528 Bob Fass Show, 1986 October 25, 3 audiocassettes

Pamela Burleton and the Great Peace March



Box 191 Item BF4601 Bob Fass Show, 1986 November 1, 1 audiocassettes

Shanti Darnes, Ichbal Singh



Box 298 Item BF6518 Bob Fass Show, 1986 November 15, 1 audiocassettes

Reverend Paul Surlis; Anthony St. John; Gary Ruchwarger.



Box 190 Item BF4576 Bob Fass Show, 1986 December 28, 1 audiocassettes

Howard Beach, Mike Feder talks about Texas Christmas



Box 228 Item BF3783 Bob Fass Show, 1987 July 4, 1 audiocassettes

Andrew Kaufman



Box 219 Item BF5271 Bob Fass Show, 1987 November 14, 1 audiocassettes

Jon Kalish interviews John Trudell



Box 195 Item BF4694 Bob Fass Show, 1988 February 13, 1 audiocassettes

Rzowski, live piano, Malachy McCourt, Steve Ben Israel



Box 219 Item BF5279 Box 202 Item BF4904 Bob Fass Show, 1990 February 2, 2 audiocassettes

Richard Hirsch, guest; phone calls


Subseries II.4: WFMU, circa 1980-1984

Subseries II.4 contains recordings from Fass's guest residency at New Jersey listener-supported radio station WFMU during the time in which Fass was banned from WBAI, 1977-1982.



Box 185 Item BF4418 WFMU, circa 1980-1984, 1 audiocassettes



Box 175 Item BF4249 WFMU, circa 1980-1984, 1 audiocassettes

Meditations, bell ringing, empty of sky, [illegible], eviction (of Rene Castillo), KKK call



Box 174 Item BF4230 WFMU, circa 1980-1984, 1 audiocassettes

Danny Kalb, Kathy, Bobby Johnson



Box 200 Item BF4841 WFMU, circa 1980-1984, 1 audiocassettes

Bob and Cathie's opinion



Box 206 Item BF5008 WFMU, circa 1980-1984, 1 audiocassettes



Box 298 Item BF6517 WFMU, circa 1980-1984, 1 audiocassettes

Viper; Irwin Corey shakes; Jack Hardy, "The Nameless One"; Abbie Hoffman.



Box 122 Item BF3739 WFMU, circa 1980, 1 audiocassettes

Bob Fass and Cathie Revland broadcasting from WFMU. Recorded music and phone calls discussing Abbie Hoffman and bipolar disorder. Comedy skit of Fass interviewing Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse.



Box 298 Item BF6510 WFMU, 1980 December 12, 1 audiocassettes

Andy Wahlberg, John Lennon



Box 215 Item BF5159 WFMU, 1980 December 13, 1 audiocassettes

Hostage return



Box 298 Item BF6506 Box 298 Item BF6516 WFMU, 1980 December 20, 2 audiocassettes

Bob Fass, Danny Kalb, Abbie Hoffman



Box 211 Item BF5099 WFMU, 1980 March 31, 1 audiocassettes



Box 122 Item BF3732 WFMU, 1981 January 9, 1 audiocassettes



Box 177 Item BF4273 WFMU, 1981 February 27, 1 audiocassettes

Cathie and Bob's opinion



Box 123 Item BF3758 WFMU, 1981 March 3, 1 audiocassettes



Box 171 Item BF4160 WFMU, 1981 April 10, 1 audiocassettes

Abbie after sentence.



Box 190 Item BF4565 WFMU, 1981 May 25, 1 audiocassettes



Box 183 Item BF4377 WFMU, 1981 July 31, 1 audiocassettes



Box 123 Item BF3751 WFMU, 1981 July 31, 1 audiocassettes

Kathy and the News of the Week, Da Prince



Box 189 Item BF4522 WFMU, 1981 August 7, 1 audiocassettes



Box 218 Item BF5245 WFMU, 1981 August 14, 1 audiocassettes



Box 217 Item BF5218 WFMU, 1981 August 27, 1 audiocassettes

Abbie Hoffman on trial



Box 222 Item BF5367 WFMU, 1981 August 28, 1 audiocassettes

Clarence, mix, Betsey Montana



Box 220 Item BF5315 Box 209 Item BF5063 WFMU, 1981 September 4, 2 audiocassettes



Box 181 Item BF4344 WFMU, 1981 September 18, 1 audiocassettes

Bob and Cathie



Box 190 Item BF4554 WFMU, 1981 September 24, 1 audiocassettes



Box 184 Item BF4407 WFMU, 1981 September 25, 1 audiocassettes

Bob and Cathie, Nixon tapes



Box 270 Item BF6783 WFMU, 1981 November 20, 1 audiocassettes



Box 184 Item BF4409 WFMU, 1981 November 27, 1 audiocassettes



Box 175 Item BF4239 WFMU, 1981 December 4, 1 audiocassettes

Bob and Cathie



Box 187 Item BF4489 WFMU, 1981 December 11, 1 audiocassettes



Box 184 Item BF4405 WFMU, 1981 December 19, 1 audiocassettes

Terminal temporaries, equal time for Weathers, Hurricane Carter



Box 209 Item BF5051 WFMU, 1982 January 15, 1 audiocassettes

Segregation academies, Soldier of Fortune



Box 190 Item BF4553 WFMU, 1982 February 20, 1 audiocassettes

Siren



Box 122 Item BF3731 Box 298 Item BF6552 WFMU, 1982 February 28, 2 audiocassettes

Freedom of Information Act; Mayor James Carthan, Tchula, Mississippi



Box 206 Item BF4996 WFMU, 1982 March 7, 1 audiocassettes



Box 190 Item BF4559 WFMU, 1982 March 14, 1 audiocassettes

Good Reagan song



Box 222 Item BF5369 WFMU, 1982 March 21, 1 audiocassettes

Cispes



Box 270 Item BF6782 Box 270 Item BF6781 WFMU, 1982 June 20, 2 audiocassettes

Father's Day



Box 182 Item BF4366 Box 179 Item BF4305 WFMU, 1982 June 27, 2 audiocassettes



Box 122 Item BF3735 WFMU, 1982 August 1, 1 audiocassettes



Box 201 Item BF4879 Box 122 Item BF3738 WFMU, 1982 August 8, 2 audiocassettes

Karen Dalton



Box 206 Item BF5007 WFMU, 1982 August 15, 1 audiocassettes



Box 213 Item BF5136 WFMU, 1982 October 20, 1 audiocassettes



Box 196 Item BF4732 WFMU, 1984 October 24, 1 audiocassettes

Night of The Fugs


Subseries II.5: Radio show unidentified, 1963-2006, undated

Subseries II.5 contains recordings from radio shows hosted by Bob Fass where the show is not identified in the recording or on the physical tape.



Box 28 Item BF1006 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1963, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Live performance of bouzouki music plays. The year is 1963. "My Baby," a Greek bouzouki song plays. More unknown Greek music plays. "The Adventure of the Lone Ranger and the Booneville Gold" plays.



Box 64 Item BF2133 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1963, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Tom Whitmore is in the studio with Fass. "The Wonderful City" by Jimmie Rodgers and Sara Carter plays. "Mississippi Sawyer" by J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers plays. "Statesboro Blues" plays. "Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man" plays.



Box 288 Item BF6389 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1963, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 108 Item BF3432 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1964 September 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Guitarist guest talks about sitars



Box 14 Item BF0508 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1965 March 04, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick phone call



Box 82 Item BF2805 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1966, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Interview with Velvel Pasternak, Chassidic music



Box 81 Item BF2770 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1966 January 05, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jim and Jean



Box 201 Item BF4870 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1966 January 19, 1 audiocassettes



Box 15 Item BF0557 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1966 February 24, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jeremy Steig, Moe Adrian, D. Hoagle (Sculptors).



Box 54 Item BF1770 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1966 March 25, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A caller with depression speaks about his fears and his need to speak with somebody about them. Vietnam Parade Committee interview



Box 283 Item BF6208 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1966 April, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Peter Stampfel



Box 66 Item BF2213 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1966 June 05, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Monty Dunn, Peter Walker, Jerry Burnham, David Schiffman



Box 73 Item BF2477 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1966 July 12, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Joe Hunt on drums, Eddie Gomez on bass, and Jeremy Steig on flute.



Box 200 Item BF4845 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967, 1984 January 15, 1 audiocassettes

Julius Lester and Paul Krassner in 1967.



Box 106 Item BF3375 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 January 11, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 111 Item BF3493 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 February 16, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 48 Item BF1639 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 February 17, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

(Begins with rest of Leary mix)



Box 93 Item BF3059 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 March 17, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 112 Item BF3510 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 April 01, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone call from Brooklyn, Last Exit



Box 279 Item BF6142 Sound Picture of a Yippie Meeting of a Demonstration / Negotiation, 1967 April 11, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Snippets of field recordings at demonstrations (esp. 1967 Central Park Be-In). Fass narrates as host and identifies WBAI as broadcaster.



Box 12 Item BF0425 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 May 08, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Sweep-In



Box 99 Item BF3211 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 May 24, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Music, phone calls, and readings. Guests Rudi Stern, Jackie Cassen, Jack Carson.



Box 65 Item BF2165 Last 7 minutes of Mayday '67 Marathon, 1967 June 2, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 204 Item BF4962 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 November 14, 1 audiocassettes



Box 277 Item BF6032 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 November 20, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Wavy Gravy, guest. Fass plays a tape of "om" chanting by Allen Ginsberg and Rosemary Leary



Box 66 Item BF2212 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 December 04, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Whitehall Clarke-Rubin



Box 71 Item BF2401 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1967 December 21, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Felix Grene interview



Box 4 Item BF0130 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1968, 1972, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Talks about public screening of home movies; Brother Marsh; guest named "Eugene McBird," claiming to be former presidential candidate; music



Box 288 Item BF6371 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1968, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Charlie O'Hegarty live in studio



Box 22 Item BF0801 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1968 May 28, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Billy Bob and Reverend Scotty Johnson



Box 109 Item BF3436 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1968 July 13, 1973 February 20, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls received in late May 1968 from users of hard drugs; Jody Stecher, guest



Box 36 Item BF1316 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1968 October 07, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Abbie Hoffman is a guest on the program. Hoffman mentions Jose Feliciano sang the National Anthem at the World Series game that day, so the date is probably October 7, 1968. "Street Fighting Man" by the Rolling Stones plays. Hoffman discusses the Cox Commission Report about the Columbia University protests of 1968.



Box 46 Item BF1622 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1968 October 10-1973 January 23, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Steve Ben Israel and Mary from the Living Theatre



Box 109 Item BF3439 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1968 December 11, 1972 December 05, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Hugh Romney and Jeremy Steig, guests



Box 289 Item BF6406 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1969, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Paul McCartney is dead



Box 92 Item BF3029 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1969 January 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Dave Bromberg, David Nichtern, Jon Sholle, Terry Flynn, and Marshall Efron, guests



Box 103 Item BF3295 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1969 April 12, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

An episode of "Super Spade" plays. Skip James is in the studio playing folk/blues music, including "Devil's Blues."



Box 92 Item BF3040 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1969 August 10, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jeremy Steig and Eddie Gomez.



Box 26 Item BF0938 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Discussion with Mae Brussell. Theories about Nelson Rockefeller-CIA connection, Howard Hughes' political contributions, Warren Report and JFK assassination.



Box 57 Item BF1888 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass and Mae Brussell discuss Brussell's desire for public officials to pursue assassination leads suggested by private investigators. "Rehearsals for Retirement" by Phil Ochs plays



Box 59 Item BF1970 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1970s-1980s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Callers talk about their experiences as black women in both feminist and black liberation movements, as well as the feminist separatist movement.



Box 5 Item BF0175 Anita Hoffman phone calls on the Chicago 7 trial, circa 1970, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Compilation of calls from a woman (believed to be Anita Hoffman) about Abbie Hoffman and the Chicago 7's trial, the Chicago 7's living conditions in jail, and the Panther 21.



Box 70 Item BF2378 The Chicago Conspiracy: Now that the Contempt Trial is Over, circa 1970, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 19 Item BF0692 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1970 July 06, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

First Hour



Box 90 Item BF2988 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1970 September 01, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")


Box 90 Item BF2982 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1970 September 01, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 19 Item BF0683 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1970 October 25, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Donald Duncan, former Green Beret



Box 4 Item BF0128 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1971, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Call-ins discuss Attica Prison riot, prison system.



Box 56 Item BF1866 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 March 02, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Gorman, rap re: Vietnam, phone calls



Box 5 Item BF0186 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 March 19, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Recording of "May You Never Be Alone Like Me" Hank Williams, and another song, recording of singing and flute music from the dome of the Taj Mahal, recording of "Jesus Will Fix It Alright"



Box 73 Item BF2471 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 April 9, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

"Day in the Life" The Beatles, "Day of Silence" Pete Townshend, man describes spiritual master "Baba" Ram Dass, "Mary Jane" Pete Townshend, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" the Beatles, "It's Getting Better All the Time" by The Beatles plays on top of "Come On In My Kitchen" by Robert Johnson, "Love Minus Zero" by Bob Dylan, unidentified song, "The Circle Is Unbroken" The Incredible String Band, unidentified instrumental music.



Box 79 Item BF2691 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 April 14, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Caller, a cab driver, talks about his experience at the Manhattan Center union meeting and his confrontation with Harry van Arsdale, the labor and community leader


Box 79 Item BF2696 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 April 14, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Reproductive rights pioneer Bill Baird, guest, talks with Bob about his upcoming Supreme Court Case after being jailed for his actions at a lecture he gave at Boston University on April 6, 1967



Box 285 Item BF6295 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 May 07, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Carly Simon and musicians. WBAI Marathon.



Box 96 Item BF3133 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 July 11, December 19, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bill Williams live in the studio, performing and speaking with Bob Fass and Woody Mann in advance of Williams' appearance at the Folkore Center



Box 58 Item BF1920 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 July 20, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Calls about Johnny Got His Gun, Ron Wolin



Box 289 Item BF6421 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 August 6, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Guests discuss arrest of Dana Beal for drug possession



Box 94 Item BF3088 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 September 12, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Steve Ben Israel and Bob discuss The Night of the Living Dead and the Roberta Flack concert in Central Park



Box 110 Item BF3458 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 October 20, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Marshall Efron



Box 96 Item BF3131 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1971 December 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls about being fired for turning down a Christmas bonus, planning to trash company which laid caller off, an "anti-drug" put-on, a "monk" commenting on "anti-drug" call, and a letter from Captain Trash



Box 95 Item BF3105 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 January 30, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Stew Alpert, Judy Miller, and Kathy Streem discuss the San Diego convention and the music of Larry Estridge.



Box 70 Item BF2372 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 February 2, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

David Bromberg and the Flying Torpedoes.


Box 70 Item BF2377 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 March 11, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Tony Lucas, Jeff Greenfield, Ed Goodman, Peter Weiss, and Paul Gorman on WBAI court call



Box 96 Item BF3132 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 March 13, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Keith Lampe, Mae Brussell, Paul Krassner, Malachy McCourt



Box 70 Item BF2363 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 March 15, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Paul Gorman; double dactyls; Fass reads



Box 100 Item BF3234 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 March 28, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jeff Gordon voice, piano, guitar; discussion of "elite"; calls about "puppet parade" and Appleseed Italy demonstration



Box 111 Item BF3492 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 May 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Loudon Wainwright III and George Gerdes perform live; Fass is heard, identifying this as a WBAI broadcast



Box 108 Item BF3414 Unidentified WBAI radio show, 1972 July 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Discussion on gay rights movement starting in the 1960s and gender identities; WBAI callsign is given.



Box 100 Item BF3225 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 July 25, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phoebe Laub, guitar, voice; Bob discusses public baths



Box 95 Item BF3112 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 August 04, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls about awful commercials



Box 101 Item BF3253 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 August 08, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

John Wilcox



Box 75 Item BF2551 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 September 19, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Doris Abrahams and Guy Phillips



Box 91 Item BF3011 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1972 November 15, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 172 Item BF4192 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1973, 1 audiocassettes

Brian Ferry



Box 34 Item BF1234 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1973 April 07, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Melody



Box 46 Item BF1621 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1973 April 28, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Aircheck, phone conversation with Mae Brussell 2



Box 42 Item BF1527 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1973 November 08, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Abbie Hoffman and Mark Feffer



Box 47 Item BF1625 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1973 November 15, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Barbara Dane and callers


Box 47 Item BF1627 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1973 November 17, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Tim Leary movie



Box 34 Item BF1230 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1973 December 21, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Aircheck/Daniel Music



Box 83 Item BF2831 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1974, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Shirley Temple sings "Come and Get your Happiness", The Fat City High School Fight Song, "Bip Bop" by Paul McCartney and the Wings, "Company Way" from How to Succeed in Business. Woman calls in talks about happiness in jobs. Man talks about paranoia. They discuss Ford's wife's mastectomy. Fass complains about taxes. Ends with 20 year old man dying of leukemia.



Box 16 Item BF0597 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass proposes that callers try to call in music that might work with the music being played and performed at the studio.



Box 58 Item BF1926 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 January 18, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Mental Patients Liberation Projects



Box 38 Item BF1372 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 January 19, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Melody Moore and Larry Kramer. Melody reads from her book (Damnation), Larry (on the Mainline)



Box 15 Item BF0541 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 January 24, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Mental hospitals, J. Ruby, De Freen, Panthers



Box 66 Item BF2214 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 February 05, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A. Selvin, Watergate



Box 6 Item BF0217 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 April 24, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Calls from listeners and Mae Brussell.



Box 34 Item BF1231 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 June 29, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Guests: Mayer Vishner and Raun MacKinnon. Phone calls, including from Mike Goodell - Will Lewis report. Bob reads from New York Times report of mystery of intelligence chief's body.



Box 57 Item BF1896 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 July 06, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Song about Earl Durand, "Rocky Racoon" The Beatles, "Rocky Racoon" covered by unknown band, speech for the resignation of President of Yale Kingman Brewster, "Buzzin' Fly" Tim Buckley, 1936 Dodge ad, comedic ad for a housing development, sounds of the ocean, "Dames at Sea", "Sing This All Together" Rolling Stones, folk song "I love my Lula Bell", sketch about a barber shop



Box 40 Item BF1438 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 July 12, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Aircheck I: Bright Lights



Box 29 Item BF1036 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 August 14, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Guests are members of the band Bright Lights: Michael Simmons (acoustic guitar, vocals) and Chuck Goldberg (harmony vocals). They perform live: "Long Black Veil," "As I Walk By the Moon," "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You," "Wine Do Yer Stuff," "Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun," "Sin City," "Crazy Arms," and original goodbye song ('Faculty Flunky'?). Promote band's upcoming shows with Bob. Beginning of "Awaiting On You All" by George Harrison.



Box 38 Item BF1363 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 August 16, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Larry Estridge and Sugar Blue, guests



Box 37 Item BF1323 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 August 16, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Larry Estridge and Sugar Blue, guests



Box 63 Item BF2094 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 September 20, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 69 Item BF2341 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1974 October 27, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 35 Item BF1279 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1975, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

"Too Much of Nothing, "Tiny Montgomery," and "I Shall Be Released" by Bob Dylan play. Fass and callers discuss prison, Rikers Island, a hostage situation on Rikers Island (believed to be the November 24, 1975 Rikers Island riot), Muslim prisoners, and racial tensions in prisons.



Box 40 Item BF1454 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1975, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Flo Kennedy, guest. She and a caller discuss corruption, Assata Shakur, and a bombing at Fraunces Tavern (allegedly by Puerto Ricans).



Box 42 Item BF1503 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1975 January 03, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Discussion of voting, Jacob Javits, unions, and the "S1 bill," believed to be the NY State Senate Bill S1. A caller reads an excerpt from "Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society"



Box 75 Item BF2562 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1975 January 3, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob talks about the Yippies and Abbie Hoffman, their coverage in the media, and views on Communism. A self-identified racist calls.



Box 78 Item BF2656 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1975 January 10, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass and guests discuss an article about poverty/welfare in white communities.



Box 85 Item BF2868 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1975 January 10, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

#2: Fass in studio with guest taking callers, pitching, gives WBAI callsign; guest and caller talk about Clark Mollenhoff (journalist); Mae Brussell mentioned by guest and Fass



Box 86 Item BF2902 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1975 January 12, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

Fass on the air at a radio station, presumably WBAI.



Box 40 Item BF1425 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1975 January 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Flo Kennedy with Mae Brussell on phone



Box 81 Item BF2764 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1975 February 3, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob reads an essay about the assassination of JFK; takes calls from Mr. Cheery(?) and Paul (Gorman?) about coverups and the news



Box 204 Item BF4975 End of the war celebration, 1975 May 11, 1 audiocassettes

WBAI coverage of Central Park rally at the end of the Vietnam War, featuring performances from Patti Smith, Joan Baez, The Human Condition, Phil Ochs, Paul Simon, Ritchie Havens and others.



Box 288 Item BF6397 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1975 June 01, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Charlie Brown sings the Ballad of Earl Durand; caller reads articles about Earl Durand in 1930s magazines



Box 282 Item BF6180 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1975 December 12, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jack Elliott call with Bob Neuwirth and Joni Mitchell; [Tuli Kupferberg?], Ratso Sloman, Morita, and Geraldine Smith are with Bob in the studio. Rolling Thunder tour.



Box 66 Item BF2236 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1976 January 24, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jazz music by Ken Simon and Wade Barns plays. "Looking for the Right One" plays.



Box 125 Item BF3809 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1976 February 01, 1 audiocassettes



Box 73 Item BF2453 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1976 February 02, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Spoof commentary on music and absurdist renditions, including a mash-up of Neil Young songs. Followed by requisite Dylan. Carole Kings finishes this up



Box 69 Item BF2313 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1976 March 14, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Blues music, possibly live in studio; improvisational skat and big band jazz and back to blues.



Box 75 Item BF2539 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1976 July 06, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

News report on 1974 jailing of KPFK reporter Will Lewis, Marshall Efron and Paul Krassner segment "Neutrino News Network", Bob Dylan and jazz plays.



Box 21 Item BF0752 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1976 November, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Call-ins about various topics. Discussion about abortion, birth control, and the Kent State shooting. Mention of Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Carter, and Peter Camejo. Various unidentified songs played. Segment seems to take place shortly after the 1976 Presidential election.



Box 191 Item BF4577 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1977 February 11, 1 audiocassettes



Box 68 Item BF2308 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1977 March 11, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Pattie Hearst, Colston Westbrook



Box 119 Item BF3683 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1978 September 30, 1 audiocassettes

Recorded music



Box 123 Item BF3759 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1979 August 28, 1 audiocassettes

Melody Moore



Box 120 Item BF3696 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1979 November 11, 1 audiocassettes

Smoke



Box 3 Item BF0100 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1980s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob promotes a fundraiser for the Abbie Hoffman Defense Fund at the Village Gate, which is ongoing at the time. Clips of singing in Hebrew (?). Danny Kalb speaking clips, Kinky Friedman performs "We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You."



Box 66 Item BF2225 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1980 May 01, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Florence Mophosho, Anti-Apartheid Seminar, Montreal



Box 119 Item BF3693 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1980 December 08, 1 audiocassettes



Box 123 Item BF3763 Yoko Ono interview, after 1980, 1 audiocassettes

Partial recording of Bob Fass and an unidentified woman (Cathie Revland?) interviewing Yoko Ono.



Box 117 Item BF3651 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1981 March 27, 1 audiocassettes



Box 118 Item BF3670 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1981 March 30, 1 audiocassettes

Recorded music



Box 117 Item BF3650 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1981 July 31, 1 audiocassettes


Box 117 Item BF3657 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1981 August 01, 1 audiocassettes


Box 117 Item BF3655 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1981 August 21, 1 audiocassettes


Box 117 Item BF3656 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1981 August 21, 1 audiocassettes



Box 118 Item BF3663 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1981 August 28, 1 audiocassettes



Box 171 Item BF4168 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1981 September 11, 1 audiocassettes

Amalie, "The Dark;" Bob and Cathie



Box 170 Item BF4144 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1981 September 11, 1 audiocassettes



Box 196 Item BF4742 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982, 1 audiocassettes

Pitching



Box 120 Item BF3699 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 February 21, 1 audiocassettes



Box 189 Item BF4521 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 March 14, 1 audiocassettes



Box 119 Item BF3682 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 March 28, 1 audiocassettes

Calls about Reagan as the Beast


Box 119 Item BF3691 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 March 28, 1 audiocassettes



Box 190 Item BF4564 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 April 11, 1 audiocassettes



Box 121 Item BF3722 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 April 19, 1 audiocassettes



Box 206 Item BF5006 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 May 18, 1 audiocassettes

Steve Ben Israel



Box 118 Item BF3669 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 June 22, 1 audiocassettes

Father's Day



Box 120 Item BF3695 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 August 01, 1 audiocassettes



Box 170 Item BF4151 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 August 01, 1 audiocassettes

FBI file. Also Nick Van Hoffman, homeless, David Ackles, Jack Harry



Box 120 Item BF3697 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 August 15, 1 audiocassettes



Box 172 Item BF4189 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 October 13, 1 audiocassettes

Paul Krassner, Steve Ben Israel



Box 124 Item BF3779 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 October 20, 1 audiocassettes

John Stanley



Box 120 Item BF3700 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 November 17, 1 audiocassettes



Box 124 Item BF3772 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 November 24, 1 audiocassettes

Cathy reads Star Hotel



Box 199 Item BF4836 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1982 December 09, 1 audiocassettes

Yoko Ono Aircheck. Rough edit



Box 204 Item BF4974 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983, 1 audiocassettes

Pitching, D[?] Vance



Box 178 Item BF4299 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983, 1 audiocassettes

Pitching, Muddy Waters



Box 119 Item BF3686 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983, 1 audiocassettes

Father's Day



Box 205 Item BF4979 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983, 1 audiocassettes

Morton Stavis about McSlurdee



Box 117 Item BF3653 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 January 25, 1 audiocassettes

Yoko Ono, Surrender to Peace



Box 125 Item BF3808 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 February 22, 1 audiocassettes

Steve Ben Israel



Box 172 Item BF4188 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 March 16, 1 audiocassettes

Andy Krents and Abe Camhy



Box 176 Item BF4255 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 March 29, 1 audiocassettes

Nicaragua



Box 190 Item BF4552 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 April 12, 1 audiocassettes

Tuli Kupferberg, circumcision, Washington vs. Epton



Box 119 Item BF3679 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 April 12-13, 1 audiocassettes



Box 121 Item BF3724 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 April 12-13, 1 audiocassettes



Box 188 Item BF4518 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 April 19, 1 audiocassettes

Excerpts



Box 119 Item BF3680 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 April 26, 1 audiocassettes



Box 200 Item BF4864 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 May 17, 1 audiocassettes



Box 120 Item BF3704 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 May 24, 1 audiocassettes



Box 121 Item BF3730 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 May 30, 1 audiocassettes



Box 187 Item BF4464 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 June 07, 1 audiocassettes

Ballentine, planning



Box 298 Item BF6578 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 June 15, 1 audiocassettes

Hands (Adam Purple)



Box 202 Item BF4920 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 June 29, 1 audiocassettes

David Amram, Pete Bowen, Thunderbird [?], Steve Ben Israel sings



Box 196 Item BF4741 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 July 18, 1 audiocassettes

Rod MacDonald



Box 201 Item BF4884 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 August 20, 1 audiocassettes



Box 118 Item BF3664 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 September 20, 1 audiocassettes

Pitching



Box 119 Item BF3678 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 October 24, 1 audiocassettes



Box 117 Item BF3654 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 November 01, 1 audiocassettes



Box 119 Item BF3689 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 November 13, 1 audiocassettes



Box 187 Item BF4483 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 November 23, 1 audiocassettes



Box 118 Item BF3671 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 December 07, 1 audiocassettes



Box 120 Item BF3708 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1983 December 13, 1 audiocassettes



Box 193 Item BF4654 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 January 04, 1 audiocassettes

Rod MacDonald, ACLU



Box 119 Item BF3688 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 January 26, 1 audiocassettes

Living Theatre



Box 220 Item BF5320 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 February 08, 1 audiocassettes

Phone



Box 189 Item BF4537 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 March 07, 1 audiocassettes



Box 192 Item BF4629 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 March 07, 1 audiocassettes



Box 196 Item BF4747 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 June 20, 1 audiocassettes



Box 121 Item BF3714 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 June 26, 1 audiocassettes



Box 211 Item BF5094 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 July 25, 1 audiocassettes

Steve Ben Israel's blind date



Box 121 Item BF3721 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 August 14, 1 audiocassettes



Box 124 Item BF3770 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 October 10, 1 audiocassettes

Transit cop calls



Box 119 Item BF3690 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 October 10, 1 audiocassettes



Box 124 Item BF3786 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 October 10, 1 audiocassettes

Rip Torn's Richard III, Bill's tape, Breslin talking about soup kitchen, David Eisenhower, homelessness, gun control, Reagan, Mondale, John Stanley



Box 205 Item BF4982 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 October 17, 1 audiocassettes



Box 121 Item BF3727 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 October 17, 1 audiocassettes

File 1, 12:13: Fass states, "I've been playing excerpts [..] from a series that's gonna be on the Today show this week about cobalt, the latest of the bad-news products polluting the workplace." 14:22, "This is WBAI in New York" followed by recorded rock music. File 2: recorded folk, rock, and jazz, including Jeremy Steig and David Amram, 1968.



Box 119 Item BF3681 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 October 17, 1 audiocassettes

Part 3 file 1, 15:40: Fass states "I think to save myself the trouble of getting on the air between every song and saying, Ellen McIlwaine, that's who it is." Ellen McIlwaine live in studio, performing songs and talking with Bob. Recorded music in between takes.



Box 201 Item BF4887 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 October 24, 1 audiocassettes

The Fugs



Box 120 Item BF3701 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 November 01, 1 audiocassettes



Box 121 Item BF3715 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1984 November 07, 1 audiocassettes

Post-Election '84: Larry Estridge, Corey, Ohio Killing Fields, Paul, Aaron


Box 121 Item BF3720 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1985 January 30, 1 audiocassettes



Box 170 Item BF4145 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1985 June 30, 1 audiocassettes



Box 188 Item BF4502 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1985 October 22, 1 audiocassettes

Melanie



Box 200 Item BF4844 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1985 November 02, 1 audiocassettes

Tom Daluca



Box 221 Item BF5353 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1985 November 23, 1 audiocassettes



Box 210 Item BF5074 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1985 December 28, 1 audiocassettes

Tuli Kupferberg



Box 3 Item BF0102 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1986, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Interview with Bob Dylan (calling in), Robert Knight and Steve Ben Israel also in the studio on air, listeners call in to ask Bob Dylan questions, ends by playing a recording of Dylan's "Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35.



Box 174 Item BF4224 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1986 April 6, 1 audiocassettes

Egginks: David, Daniel, Abigail. Life in Welfare Hotel, open phones, David sings.



Box 124 Item BF3787 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1986 May 03, 1 audiocassettes

Marilyn Sokol, phone calls, jokes



Box 182 Item BF4371 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1986 May 21, 1 audiocassettes

WBAI "Phone Interview" with Bob Fass and Bob Dylan



Box 103 Item BF3294 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1986 May 23, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Dr. Ruth, guest, in the studio. Fass promotes the station, last few lyrics of "San Francisco Bay Blues", Dr. Ruth takes calls, an unknown man tells Fass about his adventures in Nicaragua, "Ramblin' Boy" by Tom Praxton, cassette player breaks, "Clean Cut Kid" by Bob Dylan, interview with Jimmy Breslin about Parking Violations Bureau scandal.



Box 172 Item BF4185 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1986 September 13, 1 audiocassettes



Box 188 Item BF4511 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1986 October 01, 1 audiocassettes

Elaine de Beauport



Box 116 Item BF3609 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1987, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Wavy Gravy, Marshall Efron, Steve Ben Israel, Steve Cohen, Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre


Box 116 Item BF3612 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1987-1988, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Jay Stevens and other guests discuss Stevens' book Storming heaven, and the use of LSD in American counterculture



Box 125 Item BF3813 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1987 April 11, 1 audiocassettes

Barbara Contardi



Box 124 Item BF3780 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1987 June 06, 1 audiocassettes

Lichtenstein offer, Mark Greenberg; William Kunstler



Box 116 Item BF3611 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1987 September 19-October 4, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Jonathan Silvers and Janet Restino on the book Steal this urine test, cowritten with Abbie Hoffman; Rod McDonald



Box 125 Item BF3803 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1987 October 12, 1 audiocassettes

Conversation between Mark and Melody (Mark's message to Bob Fass), plus Jerusalem Blues Band



Box 123 Item BF3768 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1987 October 31, 1 audiocassettes



Box 159 Item BF4090 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1987 November 14, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

WBAI studio broadcasting



Box 115 Item BF3608 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1988, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Frank Morales speaks of Tompkins Square squatters, police suppression at the park, and housing activism; Buzzy Linhart performs live in studio



Box 161 Item BF4119a Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1988, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

John from WBAI Listeners Action on Homelessness and Housing and Professor Louie live in studio; Discussion of homelessness in New York


Box 161 Item BF4119b Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1988, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Fass in WBAI studio



Box 160 Item BF4104b Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1988, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Jerome Washington, guest, speaking about slave literature and prison literature in the United States



Box 116 Item BF3633c Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1988 February, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Fass in WBAI studio with housing activist Oscar Castro



Box 115 Item BF3603a Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Kinky Friedman



Box 116 Item BF3615 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 January 8, 16, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Terry Noble and callers on Arab-Israeli conflict



Box 298 Item BF6557 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 February 21, 1 audiocassettes

Jon Silver, Herbert Huncke, elections



Box 202 Item BF4910 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 March 07, 1 audiocassettes

Jewish and other concerned artists on protesting



Box 115 Item BF3604 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 March 26, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Deborah Snow



Box 116 Item BF3625 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 April 26, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Dave Van Ronk



Box 124 Item BF3771 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 June 11, 1 audiocassettes

Peace Rally, Deborah Snow



Box 114 Item BF3551 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 June 18, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Fass in WBAI studio with guests from Protean Forms Collective performing satirical radio play



Box 159 Item BF4088 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 July 09, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Fass in WBAI studio with two urban homesteaders from the South Bronx [possibly from Casa del Sol, East 136th Street]; they discuss attempts to kick them out of their building despite being involved in the NYC Sweat Equity program



Box 116 Item BF3634 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 August 05, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Mingus Mingus



Box 123 Item BF3769 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 August 06, 1 audiocassettes

Pre-Tompkins Square



Box 115 Item BF3583 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 August 6, 13, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Bob visits Paul Krassner at Wally's: footage of Bob hosting show in WBAI studio, guests including John Penley, with home movies intercut, including footage of Fass, Paul Krassner, and others inside a home



Box 112 Item BF3506 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 August 19, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

In Studio A, WBAI



Box 114 Item BF3574 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 September 11, 18, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Bob in WBAI Studio speaking with members of Squat Theatre. Bob proposes doing a scene, Bob pitches, Steve Cohen is there, Marci arrives after Cindy's wedding, Lynne is there. Bob talks about his mathophobia due to his accountant father's nudging, people confusing Abbie Hoffman with Jerry Rubin, and the famous Wall Street/dollar bills story. Tape of Tally Room. Bob talks about David Susskind and Herbert Huncke



Box 171 Item BF4172 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 September 17, 1 audiocassettes

Marathon, Barbara Garson (MacBird), Writers' Union



Box 170 Item BF4155 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 October 01, 1 audiocassettes



Box 116 Item BF3619 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 October 11, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady live with Marlowe; call from R. Danko



Box 160 Item BF4108 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 October 24, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Fass in WBAI studio with musician Peter Walker


Box 160 Item BF4098 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 November 12, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Wavy Gravy in WBAI studio with Fass



Box 210 Item BF5080 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 November 16, 1 audiocassettes



Box 160 Item BF4105 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 November 19, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Fass in WBAI studio with poet Sal Salasin



Box 125 Item BF3798 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1988 December 25, 1 audiocassettes

Homelessness



Box 30 Item BF1088 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, before 1989, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Abbie Hoffman is in the studio speaking with the owners of a private school in Mount Tremper, Morty and Susan Carey. They discuss alternative systems of education where the children are given a lot of control over how the school operates.



Box 5 Item BF0168 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, before 1989, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

"Morning Song to Sally, "Mr. Bojangles," "Broken Toys," "I Keep Changin'," and "I Make Money (Money Don't Make Me)," by Jerry Jeff Walker plays. Jerry Jeff Walker reads a poem called "Insults and Apologies to a Seagull." Abbie Hoffman tells listeners to come to a meeting the next morning.



Box 64 Item BF2157 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, before 1989, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Abbie Hoffman calls in and helps Fass sell WBAI subscriptions



Box 114 Item BF3550 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1989, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Bob Fass and Abbie Hoffman on the air at WBAI, talking about drug policy.



Box 121 Item BF3717 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989, 1 audiocassettes

By B. T. with A. H



Box 115 Item BF3584 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 January 07, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Pitching in the studio at WBAI



Box 114 Item BF3564 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 January 7-8, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)



Box 117 Item BF3652 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 February 11, 1 audiocassettes



Box 171 Item BF4165 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 February 11, 1 audiocassettes

John Penley talks about demonstration



Box 104 Item BF3334 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1989 April, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass and callers discuss the Columbia student protests and alternative sources of electricity (steam, hydro, nuclear). Most of this show is a eulogy of sorts for Abbie Hoffman, who had recently died (placing this recording sometime around April 1989). Fass reads from Hoffman's book "Revolution for the Hell of It" snd plays one of Hoffman's final recordings on Radio Unnameable.



Box 170 Item BF4146 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 April 01, 1 audiocassettes

Abby Smith



Box 114 Item BF3570 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 April 07, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

The Accountant, Paul Robeson's birthday



Box 112 Item BF3505 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 April 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Steve Ben Israel, Tuli Kupferberg, David, WPAX, Poet



Box 115 Item BF3606 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 April 29, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Two lawyers discuss Red File, implications, and what to do. Guests are Anne Marie [Botrago?], FOIA (Fund for Open Information and Accountability) and Franklin Siegel, COPS (Committee Opposed to Police Spying)



Box 116 Item BF3627 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 May 06, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Marathon: caller talks about Rainbow Family picnic in Central Park and other Rainbow Family events



Box 115 Item BF3590 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 May 30, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Footage of Abbie Hoffman memorial, then footage of Hoffman in WBAI studio with Fass


Box 115 Item BF3599 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 June 03, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

China, Nat Finkelstein, Judith Malina, Steve Cohen, Bill Propp, Sam Fass, Hanon Reznikov; The Living Theatre



Box 114 Item BF3577 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 June 24, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Bob Fass, Frank Morales, Flash of the East Village Shadow, Andy Krents, Charles Patterson, Linda Twigg, and poet Martin Matz on the air at WBAI



Box 116 Item BF3639 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 June 24-25, July 1, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Fass in WBAI studio with activists, poets,artists, and squatters of Tompkins Square Park area



Box 172 Item BF4186 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 June 30, 1 audiocassettes



Box 160 Item BF4100 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 July 01, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Quentin Crisp and Peter Orlovsky



Box 172 Item BF4193 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 July 19, 1 audiocassettes

Tompkins Square Park and homelessness



Box 114 Item BF3560 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 July 21, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Bob Fass and Seth Farber on the air at WBAI



Box 123 Item BF3764 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 July 25, 1 audiocassettes

Bob Fass interviews Jim Carroll



Box 172 Item BF4187 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 September 26, 1 audiocassettes

Andy Krents and Abe Camhy



Box 114 Item BF3566 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 October 28, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Fass takes callers, plays music; Stanley Cohen live in studio; general topic of squatters and abandoned buildings, particularly in Lower East Side and near Tompkins Square Park



Box 202 Item BF4898 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1989 November 03, 1 audiocassettes



Box 269 Item BF6599 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1990s, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

David McReynolds, XRF gets shocked



Box 171 Item BF4174 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990, 1 audiocassettes

David M. Knapp



Box 159 Item BF4082 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 February 03, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Sidney takes us up in elevator, Dorothy and Bill are there, Pussifica is the greeter, the Reagans speak out on drugs, Cliff Roth tape, Bob says 279-3400, Moogy Klingman arrives; homegrower lobbyist "John Doe" in the WBAI studio with Bob; Michael Moran, Linda and Joseph; Dave Kelly of Missing Foundation in the studio, discussing squats on Lower East Side; Steve performs Phil Ochs songs



Box 124 Item BF3790 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 February 16, 1 audiocassettes

VKR call, Finger, Moon Water, JFF Music



Box 170 Item BF4156 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 April 09, 1 audiocassettes

Discussions on Dinkins



Box 159 Item BF4081 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 April 21, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Stanley Cohen, Wobbly Chorus from Living Theatre's Body of God, Butch Johnson jazz ensemble live in WBAI studio



Box 175 Item BF4234 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 April 27, 1 audiocassettes

Beyond the Interim



Box 170 Item BF4141 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 April 29, 1 audiocassettes

Exavier Wardlaw Muhammad and actors give a live reading in the WBAI studio of Wardlaw's play The human mouse, currently in performances at Theatre for the New City; Bob hosts and discuss the Tompkins Square Squatters' Mayday festival with them



Box 171 Item BF4173 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 May 25, 1 audiocassettes

Bob Dylan's 49th Birthday



Box 125 Item BF3800 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 September 22, 1 audiocassettes

Squat discussions, rap about carnival barker



Box 159 Item BF4079 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 October 21, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

A. J. Weberman: Dylanology, garbology; Larry Estridge



Box 124 Item BF3776 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 October 30, 1 audiocassettes

Larry Davis story, Hanon Reznikov talks about dog



Box 116 Item BF3636 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 November 02, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Exavier Wardlaw, Curt, Roger Manning



Box 104 Item BF3330 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1990 November 23, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Frank Morales and live music



Box 291 Item BF6470 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1991, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Tuli Kupferberg, guest



Box 298 Item BF6568 The Day Before Deadline, 1991 January 15, 1 audiocassettes

Mel Prussack; Patti Duke theme.



Box 224 Item BF5419b Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1991 May 11, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)



Box 208 Item BF5046 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1991 August 17, 1 audiocassettes

Peter Jamieson with Sam Levin



Box 117 Item BF3647 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1991 December 06, 1 audiocassettes

Marilyn's detainment



Box 159 Item BF4084b Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1991 December 22, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Footage of Fass and guests Chico Freeman, Lech Kowalski, Moogy Klingman, Joe Homeless, Irwin Corey after housing rights demonstration



Box 200 Item BF4858 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1992 January 31, 1 audiocassettes

Bob Fass 6 Hour Special



Box 215 Item BF5171 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1992 March 08, 1 audiocassettes

Daniel Berrigan



Box 298 Item BF6585 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1992 June 1, 1 audiocassettes

BAF



Box 116 Item BF3631 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1992 July 01, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Dylan imitators, Don't Shoot the Dog, phone conversations



Box 159 Item BF4087 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1992 July 11, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Socrates, Bob's college friend


Box 159 Item BF4087a Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1992 July 18, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Bob talks with Fran Luck, housing activist, and with tenants about to be evicted from HPD-owned properties, especially in Harlem and the South Bronx



Box 153 Item BF3953 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1993 January 16, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Bob Fass interviews Judith Malina and Hanon Reznikov



Box 171 Item BF4162 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1993 January 23, 1 audiocassettes



Box 209 Item BF5060 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1993 November 13, 1 audiocassettes

Telephone conference with 8 medical researchers on AIDS



Box 196 Item BF4728 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1994 October, 1 audiocassettes

Bernard White



Box 149 Item BF3843 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1995 March 30, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Wavy Gravy, Robert Lederman; callers on harassment of street artists in New York


Box 149 Item BF3860 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1995 July 06, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Frank Christian and Nancy Cohen; evictions of squatters in New York



Box 151 Item BF3912 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1995 November 17, 1 videocassettes (VHS)



Box 115 Item BF3607 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 1996, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Paul Krassner in WBAI studio with Bob Fass



Box 156 Item BF4024 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1996 March 1, 10-11, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Start-00:56:45: Bob Fass with a musician (Rosalie Sorrels), March 1, 1996. 00:56:46-01:00:39: footage of a building on fire, March 1, 1996. 01:00:40--01:06:01: headline and live news covering the building on fire in Manhattan, March 1, 1996--Metropolitan Career Building, northwest corner of 36th Street and 8th Avenue. 01:03:51- 01:25:07: discussion of old photos and cartoons, with Tuli Kupferberg, broadcast on Manhattan Neighborhood Network, undated. 01:25:07-end: 60 Minutes segment on Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook and Hamas, undated (mid 1990s). Audio is slightly distorted towards the end and there are several black and white fuzzy screens in between segments.



Box 159 Item BF4080 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1996 June 29, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Bob's birthday, Bill Ring



Box 298 Item BF6580 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1996 July 18, 1 audiocassettes

About M.C. Shank



Box 150 Item BF3870 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1997 April 17, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

John Penley talks about his and Stanley Cohen's encounter with police over a free speech issue.



Box 172 Item BF4177 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1997 June 20, 1 audiocassettes



Box 222 Item BF5382 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1998 January 12, 1 audiocassettes

Ron McGee



Box 117 Item BF3649 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1998 January 19, 1 audiocassettes

Produced by Spyder Blue for Janis' birthday



Box 152 Item BF3924 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1998 March 26, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Mark Israel and Michael, live music



Box 181 Item BF4350 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1999 January 22, 1 audiocassettes

Paul Krassner on the phone with Bob Fass, discussing impeachment, recollections about Anita Hoffman



Box 154 Item BF3968 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1999 January 28, 1 videocassettes (VHS)



Box 114 Item BF3571 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 1999 February 05, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Bob Fass and guest Ben Katchor on the air at WBAI.



Box 224 Item BF5420 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 2000-2001, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

WBAI Crisis; Hanon Reznikov and another guest with Bob in the studio; Bob talks with colleagues about management problems at WBAI [possibly relating to lockouts and firings in December 2001]; long shot from car (upstate N.Y.?) while Bob talks about WBAI issues; footage of a meeting about the situation at WBAI, Pacifica



Box 170 Item BF4157 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 2000 July 12, 1 audiocassettes

MPAA case against Emmanuel Goldstein



Box 221 Item BF5328 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 2000 November 28, 1 audiocassettes

Marshall Efron, Bob Fass, and Moogy Klingman



Box 154 Item BF3969 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 2001 May 24, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Bob Dylan's 60th birthday special



Box 118 Item BF3662 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 2002 August 23, 1 audiocassettes

Mary Lou Kortes



Box 116 Item BF3623 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 2003, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

With Tuli Kupferberg and Thelma Blitz



Box 291 Item BF6482 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 2003 February 14, 1 audiocassettes

Valentine's Day: Bob takes callers on love, hate, and the military



Box 159 Item BF4078 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, circa 2004, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Fass in WBAI studio with David McReynolds, speaking about the latter's campaign for Senate; Heather Lev performs live



Box 171 Item BF4163 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 2004 June 27, 1 audiocassettes

George Danrow



Box 201 Item BF4867 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, 2006 November 29, 1 audiocassettes

Larry Davis and Bob Fass



Box 14 Item BF0518 Bob Fass Aircheck, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob Fass Aircheck (music, planes taking off, heartbeats, etc)



Box 20 Item BF0737 Clips on the Grenadian Revolutions, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A series of clips related to the Grenadian Revolutions and the U.S.'s interference in the revolution. Speeches about a new Grenadian education system and the Grenadian election system



Box 57 Item BF1881 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass and callers discuss the responsiveness of the WNYC radio station, voting, taxpayer revolts, shutting down of NYC libraries, the FCC, and commercial radio stations. Ken McLaren is on the phone.



Box 2 Item BF0068 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Recording of three unidentifiable country/folk songs, recording of "If Not for You" by George Harrison, Bob asks for listener support and reads WBAI program announcements and a text book catalog, low quality recording of "All Along the Watchtower." He mentions that Peter Stampfel is gone now; possibly he was a guest in the studio earlier.



Box 4 Item BF0154 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Guest Dick Davy playing live music, with some conversation with Bob.



Box 5 Item BF0165 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

"Maybe I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney plays. "Tangled Up in Blue" by Bob Dylan plays. "Stoned Soul Picnic" by Laura Nyro plays. "Chelsea Hotel #2" by Leonard Cohen plays. Jazz music plays. Phone calls.


Box 5 Item BF0166 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Barry Kornfeld and Konrad Gersen (?) are in the studio playing acoustic songs and talking with Fass. They play "Railroad Bill with Friends," "High Society," "and Soldier's Drill." The guests and Fass discuss homosexuality, television, and infants.



Box 6 Item BF0226 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Acoustic guitar music, French music, and "I Gave My Love A Candle" by Bonnie Raitt play. Call-ins about mental health/hospitals and Mental Patients Liberation Project fundraiser.



Box 13 Item BF0470 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

David Amram Quintet is in the studio with Bob. They play the last movement of his "Triple Concerto for Woodwind, Brass, Jazz Quintets and Orchestra"; David promotes his new record, pitches WBAI subscriptions, and plays live.


Box 13 Item BF0489 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Sitar music by Ravi Shankar and "The Threepenny Opera," by Bertolt Brecht.



Box 14 Item BF0499 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A song about the story of creation in the Bible. A cover of "Ain't Necessarily So" plays. A report about the Scopes Monkey trial. "Sinner's Prayer" by Lightnin' Hopkins plays. "Oh When the Saints Go Marchin In" plays. A cover of the Beatles's "Help!" plays. A skit making fun of Christian revival healing missions plays. A song containing audio clips of the "1964 Goldwater Speech" plays.


Box 14 Item BF0500 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

"Roaming In the Gloaming" by Harry Lauder plays. An Irish song plays. Parade/instrumental music plays. "I'll Take You Back To Italy" by Irving Berlin plays. The Edison Military Band plays "The Blue Ribbon March." "A Stein Song" by Richard Hovey plays. "Sweer Adeline" plays. "Under the Anheuser Bush" plays. "Just Plain Folks" by a woman believed to be Ada Jones plays. The Edison Concert Band plays a song.



Box 25 Item BF0913 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob takes a few calls about Abbie Hoffman. "Simple Twist of Fate" by Bob Dylan plays. Recording of a child yelling "bye bye."


Box 25 Item BF0914 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Musicians (including Peter Stampfel?) are in the studio. They play "Cajun Polka," "Silver Wings," "The Bottle Let Me Down," "Okie from Muskogee'/'Hippie From New York City," "It's Time For Lovin'" (original), and "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight." A recording of a Bob Dylan concert, likely 1974, plays. Songs performed are "Lay Lady Lay," "It Ain't Me Babe," "Ballad of a Thin Man." Unidentified song plays ('Ace of Diamonds'?).



Box 35 Item BF1281 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jeremy Steig and other jazz musicians playing experimental jazz music live in the studio.



Box 40 Item BF1455 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A caller reads a poem/lyrics about pollution, religion, and drugs. Callers discuss drugs and Paul Krassner.



Box 189 Item BF4527 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Sam Card, Pawn; Phone call, J. L



Box 201 Item BF4894 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Irwin Corey, Tom Foner



Box 202 Item BF4914 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Schnall, Truitt



Box 187 Item BF4465 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Aircheck, Charles Anthony Rivera


Box 187 Item BF4467 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Aircheck



Box 200 Item BF4847 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Lennon's FBI File



Box 183 Item BF4378 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Bob and Corey's tape



Box 54 Item BF1771 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Man tells Jewish folk story of justice in fictional "Chelm"



Box 178 Item BF4301 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Justice in Chelm [?], Abbie Hoffman



Box 81 Item BF2767 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Eyewitness



Box 21 Item BF0776 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass and guests from "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance" discuss the play and its reception



Box 87 Item BF2920 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass interviews members of a "mystery club" (purpose of club unknown). Fass tries to get members to buy WBAI subscriptions



Box 104 Item BF3328 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Collages, Muslim call to prayer, praise songs



Box 67 Item BF2242 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A woman discusses abortion and birth control in Cuba. She then reads "pro-abortion" poems



Box 171 Item BF4159 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Steve Forberg



Box 199 Item BF4820 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Rita tells about a Tasmanian circus



Box 188 Item BF4499 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Mystery caller



Box 69 Item BF2326 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Beatles music


Box 69 Item BF2325 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Danny


Box 69 Item BF2318 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 172 Item BF4195 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Eleanor Elizabeth Forman



Box 173 Item BF4205 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Pitching



Box 98 Item BF3173 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

with guest Robert Cutler



Box 103 Item BF3289 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Male speaker with Ra[?] (his lady), their child is Rasheeda, "Happy Mother's Day"



Box 67 Item BF2239 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Rebecca Finch, S. Workers Party


Box 67 Item BF2269 Box 28 Item BF1020 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Actors from the play "The Hostage," including Bill Christopher (?), Joe Mahar (?), Ian Thompson (?), England Hawkins (?), Dennis Tate (?), Elliot Kuger (?), and Kylie Rogalo (?) are in the studio discussing their play. They sing "What's The News" and "There's No Place Like Earth on the World" from the show.



Box 178 Item BF4302 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Hell's Angels



Box 197 Item BF4756 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Lord Rosti



Box 125 Item BF3801 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

How can we achieve peace?; phone calls



Box 176 Item BF4254 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Farewell, Malachy



Box 191 Item BF4605 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Fass returns



Box 195 Item BF4703 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

After The Fugs left. Open phones, Frank Thompson, sun chant, New Wilderness Orchestra, Frank laments lost gallery on Cornelia Street


Box 195 Item BF4712 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Aircheck



Box 196 Item BF4740 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Sunday morning aircheck, Living Theatre



Box 125 Item BF3810 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Margot, Bob Fass, Ken Jenkins, Lex Hixon



Box 191 Item BF4585 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Phone calls



Box 30 Item BF1094 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob and unidentified man (probably Jake Holmes because of discussion of the song "Counterman," possibly Holmes's "Counterman's Lament" recorded as Allen & Grier) discuss art criticism, what makes a good review, the Vietnam War, and working in customer service. Signs off with a recording of "Counterman Song"



Box 32 Item BF1159 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Paul Gorman fields calls; religion without authoriarianism; music after first 10 minutes of calls.



Box 33 Item BF1190 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A theatre student's account of the events of the Kent State Massacre on May 4th, 1970, as well as the campus environment immediately preceding the shootings



Box 60 Item BF2018 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob interviews Steve (?) a folk singer from Wauwatosa, WI, who performs three songs live: "Mobile Line," a song about whales, and "The Gong of Zero"



Box 62 Item BF2070 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Piano and Tabla music Michael Grisman (?) and Padal Roy(?) live, jazzy classical music plays



Box 60 Item BF2019 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jeremy Steig plays jazz on the flute, possibly live, for 17 minutes



Box 64 Item BF2135 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

An unknown soft rock/folk song plays



Box 57 Item BF1907 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Richard Elman, Isaac Meyer, Joan Paul, Belba Pastrach, etc., High Holidays program



Box 28 Item BF1013 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Man (Jerry Moore of Children of God?) covers "I Wish I Knew How It Felt To Be Free" by Nina Simone, "I Don't Want No Aggravation", "Excuse Me For Living" (not Bonnie Owens), "It's About Love" (not Jana Alarya)



Box 41 Item BF1469 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

"Long Gone Like a Turkey Through the Corn" by Lightnin' Hopkins plays. "That Crazy War" plays. A man reads a letter from a Vietnam War soldier to his brother talking about the importance of a high school diploma. Unknown folk songs play. Paul Krassner and Fass are in the studio. A comedy skit believed to be by Lenny Bruce plays



Box 37 Item BF1347 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass takes a call from a man who robs banks


Box 37 Item BF1343 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A man covers "Cup Of Coffee" by Johnny Cash and "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie



Box 14 Item BF0503 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

John Hardy by Leadbelly plays. Sitar music plays. "Que bonita bandera" plays. A skit about a blind date plays. A song about the Cuban revolution plays. The first (?) episode of "The Lone Ranger" radio program plays



Box 120 Item BF3702 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Bob Fass and Cathy Revland, Rita, Larry Estridge



Box 181 Item BF4358 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

FBI, FOIA



Box 123 Item BF3750 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Excerpts from Abbie Hoffman, Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick; Pawn in Their Game



Box 121 Item BF3723 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Discussion of "Grogan"


Box 121 Item BF3725 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Rainbow Gathering remix, Aunt Emma, Jeremy, call from 70 year old who loves Cathy, Ginsberg Tribute



Box 205 Item BF4989 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Malachy McCourt



Box 73 Item BF2464 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Larry Estridge, Melody Moore reading from her book



Box 3 Item BF0118 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Various call-ins from listeners, recording of Willie Nelson's "Philadelphia Lawyer," New Age/classical Indian music.



Box 4 Item BF0129 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob plays Don Imus record "Imus in the Morning: One Sacred Chicken to Go."



Box 13 Item BF0464 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Music including Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"; Patti Smith "Gloria"; Sammy Walker (live?): "The Ballad of Johnny Strozier," "Catcher in the Rye," "Tom Swilley," "Little New Jersey Town."



Box 26 Item BF0937 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass plays a recording of a discussion with Abbie Hoffman about various political topics, globalism, socialism, communism, etc. He pitches WBAI subscriptions.


Box 26 Item BF0946 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass plays a mix, including a cover of "Tambourine Man" by unknown artist, "California Dreaming" by unknown artist, "Ukelele Lady" by Arlo Guthrie, and a comedy skit.


Box 26 Item BF0947 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass plays a mix, including experimental music by unidentified artist, "Hang On Stupid" by unidentified artist, "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" by Bob Dylan.



Box 30 Item BF1089 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Various songs performed live in the studio by Ellen McIlwaine, including "Up From the Skies" by Jimi Hendrix, "Can't Find My Way Home" by Blind Faith, "Underground River" by Ellen McIlwaine, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" by Kitty Wells, "Born Under a Bad Sign" by Albert King, and "Wade in the Water".



Box 31 Item BF1121 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Call-ins about how to create a radio station unregulated by the FCC and about hosting a commercial radio show. "I've Got a Little List," from Monty Python plays.



Box 3 Item BF0091 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Female choral group Pennywhistlers singing traditional songs, mostly Russian folk songs, Bob speaking with Abbie Hoffman



Box 39 Item BF1400 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Wavy Gravy, Marshall Efron and Jack Hardy



Box 35 Item BF1247 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

René Dubos responds to questions. He discusses existential topics. Jazz music plays, including "And I Love You So" by Perry Como



Box 10 Item BF0440 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Recording of Champion Jack Dupree playing 'T.B. Blues'. Clip from The Lone Ranger



Box 66 Item BF2235 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

"Working Class Woman" by Barbara Dane, "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" by unknown artist, "Johnny Too Bad" by The Slickers, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan, "People World" by Lords, and "We Gotta Get out of this Place" by The Animals, play.



Box 53 Item BF1748 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Folk music, including a song called "the Googoo" by two unknown artists, possibly Arlo Guthrie and Jake Holmes. Fass announces the end of his show and says goodbye to Jake Holmes. Steve Post reads the signoff.



Box 61 Item BF2039 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A musician plays the saxophone and the flute in the studio.



Box 66 Item BF2232 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass talks with Abbie Hoffman on the phone about comics, drugs, politics, movies, Russ Meyer, advertisements, and the government's surveillance of Abbie (first hour of the call). "Quinn the Eskimo" by Dylan plays. "If Not For You" by George Harrison plays.



Box 61 Item BF2042 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Ferdinand the Imposter," "Ruben Remus," "Katie's Been Gone," "Orange Juice Blues," and "Yazoo Street Scandal" by Bob Dylan and the Band play. "One Night Stand" by Janis Joplin plays.



Box 20 Item BF0743 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

"I'm Shy, Mary Ellen, I'm Shy" by Stanley Holloway plays. Kenneth Miller goes to an antique show and listens to music boxes. Unknown live performers at McCarthy's Saloon sing Sammy Davis Jr.'s "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone," Al Jolson's "You Made Me Love You," and another unknown song.



Box 60 Item BF2020 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Musicians in the studio play "Sinner's Prayer," "Mercury Blues," "Honey Hush," and "Honey Bee." Fass and the musicians discuss Ali Akbar Khan.



Box 283 Item BF6195 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Paul Krassner



Box 25 Item BF0911 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob and Julius Lester. Lester plays acoustic blues music live



Box 51 Item BF1676 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass and guests in WBAI studio discuss electronic music and other topics, take calls



Box 20 Item BF0720 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Covered Wagon Singers live in studio with Bob and guests



Box 13 Item BF0487 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Starts with reading from book "The Shermsters" (sic?), other guests include people from Red Cross, Bard College, and others. This is a very long recording: 3+ hours



Box 25 Item BF0917 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 113 Item BF3546 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Recorded music, comedy skits, and an episode of "Super Spade." Jody Stecher and Dave Bromberg are live in the studio.



Box 33 Item BF1204 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Musicians live in the studio.



Box 10 Item BF0439 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass hosts on WBAI; Peter LaFarge reads poetry and discusses his life live in studio; Eugene Smith calls in; recorded popular music plays; Irwin Silber and Barbara Dane join in the studio



Box 72 Item BF2443 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

On LSD, consciousness, etc. Not Timothy Leary, but about him



Box 57 Item BF1913 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Phone calls about aircraft c[?]



Box 123 Item BF3749 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Phone calls, music



Box 122 Item BF3733 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Where Is Bob Fass? Mike Edl, Conrad John Sokul (sp?)



Box 123 Item BF3752 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Jack and Ann Whetstone, Preacher and Jane



Box 187 Item BF4466 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Gay Civil Rights



Box 21 Item BF0777 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jerome Washington



Box 41 Item BF1467 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Eric Anderson, Dalton Trumbo



Box 107 Item BF3398 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Steve Baron, folk singer, songwriter, and producer of Age of Involvement, guest



Box 100 Item BF3233 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Lem discussion



Box 101 Item BF3261 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Mike, Rod, etc.



Box 200 Item BF4838 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Abbie Hoffman



Box 192 Item BF4619 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Christmas, Louis et al.



Box 195 Item BF4698 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Stern interview and Bob Fass



Box 197 Item BF4759 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Bob Fass and the Windbag. Kenny at Loon Lake



Box 215 Item BF5169 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Wavy Gravy



Box 216 Item BF5204 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Bob Fass, My Life



Box 217 Item BF5216 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Off the air first time, final resumption



Box 220 Item BF5306 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Phone messages



Box 223 Item BF5402 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Fass and Socrates



Box 240 Item BF5507 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Judith Malina and Julian Beck of the Living Theatre



Box 217 Item BF5229 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Pope Mickey from jail



Box 85 Item BF2886 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

Women's School. Public event on abortion and/or women's health


Box 85 Item BF2884 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

Kid who wants to be a cop, girl who is bored, girl who is not



Box 86 Item BF2905 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel videotapes (1/2")

Space Union and Bob, Apollo/Soyuz, Prison Show, good poetry and music, poor light, #35



Box 11 Item BF0397 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Wavy Gravy in studio



Box 115 Item BF3582 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Kupper, Mastrangelo, Troy



Box 114 Item BF3576 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Nancy Sam, Wavy Gravy, Richard Evers, Toulouse and the Angel



Box 278 Item BF6041 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

W. Eugene Smith speaks with Fass about his life and career



Box 286 Item BF6326 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 149 Item BF3853 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Fass and unidentified musician in WBAI studio



Box 60 Item BF2014 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Musicians at the studio, including Mark Klingman on the keyboard and Buzzy Linhart, who perform. They play "Swing Low Sweet Chariot," "The Love's Still Growing," "Sloop John B," and "Yonder Comes the Blues."



Box 28 Item BF1021 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A radio program episode with Tuli Kupferberg. Instrumental music, facetious advertisements for "Learn to Talk Gay," "Learn to Talk Cop," a "Piece of Garbage," and "Spot-A-Narc Life Insurance." Various other short miscellaneous and comedic skits. A comedic version of "Blue Danube" plays.



Box 62 Item BF2072 WBAI staff meeting clips, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

WBAI staff meeting clips interrupted by recorded music



Box 61 Item BF2033 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob and an unidentified guest finish a call as the guest leaves; a recording of "All I Really Want to Do" by Bob Dylan; Bob gets cut off at the recording's end, as he signs off.



Box 7 Item BF0254 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Callers discussing Feenjon Café, Middle Eastern music from Feenjon Café.



Box 104 Item BF3318 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Loudon Wainwright and George Gerdes (both actors from "Jackknife," (1989) directed by David Jones) live in the studio sing "Peas Porridge Hot", "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road", "The Great Dichotomy", satirical version of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold", "Say that You Love Me", "I Am the Way", "Weed Room Blues", "Surfing Queen", "Will You Love Me When I'm Dead", "Red Guitar", "Life is Like a Mountain Railway", "Son of Obituary", cover "Soldier's Last Letter" by Ernest Tubb, cover "Coming Home to You" by Jack O'Harris, cover "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" by Bob Dylan, "Everybody I Know Wants to Look Pretty".



Box 21 Item BF0765 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Various blues/folk music plays, including "Little Maggie" and "That's All Brother" by Mae West. Fass discusses the Hell's Angels and Charlie Starkweather



Box 16 Item BF0593 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Jeremy Steig, Tom Willis, and Billy Mitchell as guests. Someone performs 'Lullaby of the Leaves.' Jeremy plays 'Willow O' Weep,' and Tom plays 'King Arthur.'



Box 13 Item BF0479 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Callers. One caller advertises his protest against behavioral modification clinic. Bluegrass music. Caller and Fass talk how the show used to include news. Fass talks about a talk on WMCA about Media Ecology with Malachy McCourt and others.



Box 30 Item BF1090 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Gil Turner sings "Benny 'Kid' Paret." Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Sis Cunningham are in the studio talking about folk music and Broadside Magazine. Dylan sings "The Ballad of Donald White." Pete Seeger sings "I Can See A New Day."



Box 57 Item BF1908 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Unidentified musician(s) play blues music, including "Ahab the Arab", "Jabberwocky", "Outlaw Blues", and "Louisiana Blues."



Box 60 Item BF2011 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Two guests talk. They play music, including "I'm A Loser" by the Beatles, "It's Howdy Doody Time" by Buffalo Bob Smith, "Honk Tonk Blues" by Mad Dogs & Englishmen, "Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley" by Terry Nelson, "The Fightin' Side of Me" by Merle Haggard, "School Days" by Chuck Berry, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones.



Box 298 Item BF6554 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Rose-Redwoods, Kalish on Getz



Box 270 Item BF6844 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Mixed comedy, Ginsberg/Steig


Box 270 Item BF6763 Unidentified Bob Fass radio show, undated, 1 audiocassettes

Post 173 (?)


Box 270 Item BF6718 Rebroadcast II, undated, 1 audiocassettes

"My producer will contact you"


Subseries II.6: Smaller radio production projects, circa 1960s-1989

Subseries II.6 contains recordings and materials associated with smaller radio production projects undertaken by Bob Fass in addition to his work hosting Radio Unnameable and its derivatives.



Box 16 Item BF0595 Bust Trust #1, circa 1960s-1975, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Track begins with static, then Bob introduces, live, maybe at an outdoor concert, a band called Mortal Savage (?) after thanking Allen Ginsberg for his time; the band, decidedly folk, plays three songs



Box 33 Item BF1210 Bust Trust #5, circa 1960s-1975, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Experimental music plays by Burton Green. Fass reads a letter from Paul Krassner. Rock music plays.



Box 63 Item BF2114 Bust Trust #6, circa 1960s-1975, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Concert featuring rock music and stand-up comedian Joe Keyes, possibly pre-recorded; no commentary



Box 25 Item BF0908 Bust Trust #7, circa 1960s-1975, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Joe Keys performs "Yesterday" by the Beatles, guitarist Peter Walker performs several instrumentals, Bruce Murdoch performs "Get Together" by the Youngbloods and one unnamed song



Box 33 Item BF1196 Bust Trust #9, circa 1960s-1975, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Unknown Rock n' Roll music plays. Fass talks to an audience about successfully opening a store. The band the Left Banke performs. The band the Mothers of Invention performs.



Box 10 Item BF0447 Box 35 Item BF1282 Bust Trust #10, circa 1960s-1975, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Live and recorded music, some overlain with speeches about Vietnam War



Box 63 Item BF2102 Box 33 Item BF1198 Box 71 Item BF2405 Box 28 Item BF1025 Talkback, 1965 March-April, 4 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Call-ins about the movement for a taxi cab union, breakdown-pay for cab drivers, and prejudice in picking up Black passengers. One caller mentions Selma, Alabama overshadowing the New York City taxi union fight, placing this episode some time in March or April, 1965.



Box 15 Item BF0553 Bob Fass hosts The Inside, 1965 April 10, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

[File 2]: 19:54: "This is WBAI [...] This is Bob Fass, and you're listening to the Inside. Uncle Chris is away." Mix of popular music and spoken word clips.


Box 15 Item BF0554 Bloomsday, 1966 June 16, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 31 Item BF1132 Gaggle of Commentators, circa 1970, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

First Agnew speech, continual portions



Box 5 Item BF0188 Gaggle of Commentators, 1970 September 9, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob Fass and a "gaggle of commentators" listening to and commenting on NBC 11 o'clock news



Box 282 Item BF6178 Demo tape, 1978, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Mae Brussell; Chicago Gas; Dalton Trumbo and Abbie Hoffman; Otis Spann and Muddy Waters; Phone calls - rats; Jeremy Steig; Marshall Efron; Lightning call; Eric Andersen; Tin Tin ; Bob Dylan



Box 98 Item BF3174 Jan Alpert, Fate of the Earth, circa 1981-1982, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")


Box 98 Item BF3172 Fate of the Earth, circa 1981-1982, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

pages 38-43; Hiroshima survivor quotes, Georgia Seid and Paul Enseki.



Box 171 Item BF4169 Fate of the Earth mix, circa 1981-1982, 1 audiocassettes

Recordings of people reading a report of US preparations for nuclear war with the USSR, from "The Fate of the Earth" by Jonathan Schell, are played over each other and soft music.



Box 173 Item BF4207 Fate of the Earth, 1981 February 1, 1 audiocassettes

Several people in a group reading of "The Fate of the Earth" by Jonathan Schell



Box 104 Item BF3332 Box 104 Item BF3311 Box 222 Item BF5378 Box 93 Item BF3068 Box 205 Item BF4980 Box 100 Item BF3222 Box 104 Item BF3313 Box 205 Item BF4981 Box 219 Item BF5291 Box 189 Item BF4530 Box 176 Item BF4259 Box 196 Item BF4739 Box 196 Item BF4748 Box 112 Item BF3515 Box 270 Item BF6695 The Fate of the Earth, 1982 June 26-1982 July 12, 6 open reel audiotapes (1/4"); 9 audiocassettes

Various individuals reading sections from Jonathan Schell's book The Fate of the Earth (1982).



Box 98 Item BF3180 Vocal music, circa 1982, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 180 Item BF4340 Box 270 Item BF6688 Box 270 Item BF6689 Doonesbury, circa 1983, 3 audiocassettes



Box 35 Item BF1265 Doonesbury Song, circa 1983, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 188 Item BF4510 Doonesbury music interviews, circa 1983, 1 audiocassettes



Box 189 Item BF4542 Doonesbury, 1983 December 20, 1 audiocassettes



Box 108 Item BF3416 Requiem for a Woman's Soul, circa 1986, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob Fass reading a story, title unmentioned, but most likely Omar Rivabella's 1986 novel "Requiem for a Woman's Soul."



Box 221 Item BF5337 WBAI Bob Dylan Marathon, 1986 May 22, 1 audiocassettes

Izzy Young, Bob Fass



Box 186 Item BF4437 Bob Dylan Marathon begins, 1987 May 22, 1 audiocassettes



Box 55 Item BF1837 Bob Fass on WQXR, 1988, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass introduces a Symphony Hall program in different tones, reads an ad for GTE, reads the news, and other ads.


Box 55 Item BF1839 Box 115 Item BF3589 Box 115 Item BF3591 Box 115 Item BF3585 Box 115 Item BF3588 Box 100 Item BF3598 Box 000 Item BF3600 Box 000 Item BF3891 Box 298 Item BF6501 Abbie Hoffman special, 1989 May 20, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4"); 6 videocassettes (Video 8); 1 videocassettes (VHS); 1 audiocassettes

Marathon WBAI pledge drive, "all day Abbie" / "Abbie lives" with Bob Fass and Steve Robinson; Fass plays clips of Abbie and speaks with guests Ponderosa Pine, John Silver, John Reilly, Aron Kay, and others ; Paul Krassner calls in. Includes clips from previous appearances by Abbie on Radio Unnameable, including: Abbie Hoffman calls in to WBAI and discusses Delaware River Nuclear Power Plant (probably Limerick Generating Station) in Pennsylvania with Fass and guests



Box 83 Item BF2842 Gaggle of Commentators, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

48 seconds of "gaggle of commentators"



Box 72 Item BF2446 Gaggle of Commentators sentence, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 60 Item BF2012 Shortcuts through the Air, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Music plays, including "Let's Misbehave" by Cole Porter. Different shows are announced, including 'Easy Aces,' an unknown game show, a Shakespeare play, as well as advertisements for various products. A series of interviews with Bob Dylan are mixed.



Box 71 Item BF2408 The Inside with Bob Fass, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob Fass covers as host for The Inside. Clancy Brothers' "Johnny MacAldoo", duck hunting instructions, bluegrass, Sinatra's "I Love Paris", Memphis Jug Band's "Sugar Pudding", man discusses garbage strike, Hebrew song, man covers Judson Brown's "You Don't Know My Mind", "No Irish Need Apply" (Clancy Brothers?), rocket launch audio, moon comedy sketch.



Box 57 Item BF1910 Samuel Beckett, "The Expelled", undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob Fass reading "The Expelled" from The Texts of Nothing by Samuel Beckett.



Box 270 Item BF6690 Brandy, undated, 1 audiocassettes


Box 270 Item BF6725 Mr. Tim Laughs, circa 1980s, 1 audiocassettes

Appears to be recorded over with, or possibly also contains, a Fate of the Earth segment


Subseries II.7: Announcements, routines, and other recorded components for radio, circa 1960s-2003, undated

Subseries II.7 contains announcements, satirical routines, and other short recorded components intended to be played on the radio.



Box 1 Item BF0049 Lyndon Johnson, "No one in this country should ever take the chance of eating bad meat again", circa 1960s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 13 Item BF0486 Comedy routine, circa 1960s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Two person comedy routine about guns, food, eating habits, Tiny Tim, and Quaker Oats. One is possibly Bob Fass.



Box 65 Item BF2181 Super Spade, circa 1960s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass records a satirical radio episode of "Super Spade" about a white supremacist villain.



Box 14 Item BF0495 Pilkington, circa 1960s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A short skit about Lyndon B. Johnson at a dinner party bragging about his scar.



Box 56 Item BF1874 Baldness Poem by Joseph Busch (Richard M. Elman), read by Bob Fass, 1963, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 277 Item BF6004 News Archive, 1963 March 5, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass's voice, followed by muffled voices, followed by a snippet of live music by an unidentified singer



Box 14 Item BF0524 "Bob Jam," Super Spade 1 and 2, 1965 December 28, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 28 Item BF1033 Santa Stop the War in Vietnam by 12 year old Angie Westevig, circa 1965-1975, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Santa Stop the War in Vietnam song by 12 year old Angie Westevig



Box 89 Item BF2961 Mayor Lindsay's Blood Donor Appeal Xmas message, circa 1966-1973, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 71 Item BF2404 Columbia University protest coverage, 1968 April, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Reports and interviews from Columbia University 1968 protests: inside Grayson Kirk's office in Low Library and Hamilton Hall.



Box 13 Item BF0468 Nixon comedy sketch, circa 1968-1974, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Comedy sketch about Nixon and other politicians, with Bob Fass.



Box 2 Item BF0057 Bob Fass, "Buy our 10 million teenagers", circa 1969, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Includes discussion of Life Magazine article about marijuana (article published 1969 October 31).



Box 89 Item BF2967 Tape Sent to Bob from Roger Barrett, 1969 April 3, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

BBC Commercials



Box 41 Item BF1470 Comedy skits, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A series of facetious advertisements/skits plays, including an advertisment for Glad bags and a skit about the moon landing.



Box 72 Item BF2442 Unidentified mix tape, circa 1970s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Folk and rock music; comedy sketches, including on Patty Hearst.



Box 1 Item BF0009 Benjamin Chavis, circa 1970s-1980s, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Dr. Benjamin Chavis discusses apartheid and South Africa.



Box 41 Item BF1477 Review of Shards of God by Sanders, 1970 August 27, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 26 Item BF0927 Closing commentary on the "Winter Soldier Investigation", 1971 January 31, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 53 Item BF1757 Both Sides of the Bars, 1973 December 28, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Callers discuss various experiences in drug rehab, hospitals, psychosurgery, and fraudulent doctors.



Box 21 Item BF0771 Cartha Deloach at Senate Hearing, circa 1975, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 25 Item BF0906 Joan Little news report, 1975 July 14, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

News report on the Joan Little Solidarity Committee March in New York as Little's trial begins that day.



Box 88 Item BF2954 People's Bicentennial Commission PSAs, circa 1976, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 1 Item BF0010 Haig vs. Dissenters, circa 1982 May, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Haig speech on May 24 with overdubbed dissent. Produced by Jim Motovalli for Bob Fass.



Box 270 Item BF6805 Remix of Rainbow Gathering, Monty Python, 1983 May 22, 1 audiocassettes



Box 66 Item BF2226 Grenada, demo (45 sec.), 1983 October 26, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 52 Item BF1734 Richard Elman and Robert Houston "co-interview" about Nicaragua, 1986 January 25, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 37 Item BF1341 Tompkins Square Park squatter eviction and rally commentary, circa 1988, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Commentary about events around Tompkins Square Park, including an eviction of squatters and a rally to protest this eviction



Box 52 Item BF1725 Bob Fass audition kit, 1988, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 116 Item BF3633 Bob Fass reading for WQXR radio, circa 1988 February, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Bob reads ads, promos, and news



Box 224 Item BF5423 Peter Yarrow promo spot, circa 1988 October, 1 videocassettes (Video 8)

Yarrow recording a promotional announcement for a walkathon benefitting medical aid to Central America



Box 111 Item BF3485 Abbie Hoffman call, before 1989, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 52 Item BF1724 Writers Conference Testimonial, 1989 April 22, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 212 Item BF5121 Fully Informed Jury Association, PSAs, 1992-1994, 1 audiocassettes



Box 298 Item BF6559 Telephone Conference, 1996 April 9, 1 audiocassettes

Drs. Garth Nicolson, Leonard Horowitz, and Gus Grossman



Box 158 Item BF4075 WBAI announcement regarding transmitter maintenance, 2003 April 24, 1 videocassettes (VHS)



Box 61 Item BF2044 Alfred [Alan?] Partridge story, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Alfred [Alan?] Partridge tells a story of a family who came in to meet their favorite radio personalities and learn about radio broadcasting.



Box 72 Item BF2444 Bob Dylan song for WBAI, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob Dylan sings promotional version of "Knocking on Heaven's Door" for WBAI.



Box 291 Item BF6469 Bob Fass satirical newsreel, undated, 1 videocassettes (VHS)

Satirical newsreel on the Youth International Party and the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests.



Box 21 Item BF0774 Chesterfield commercial, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Chesterfield Queens jingle about gay Fire Island



Box 33 Item BF1185 Commercials, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

1. Condom that glows in the dark commercial, 2.-6. Garbage can commercial



Box 5 Item BF0167 Commercials, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A series of commercials for IHOP, Carnation Instant Breakfast, A1 slacks, and Jack Poet Volkswagen dealerships.



Box 36 Item BF1318 Cooper Rothschild Soap, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A news report by David Lynch about the Connecticut budget crisis and a proposed Connecticut income tax.



Box 87 Item BF2918 Dan Ingram, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A variety of radio news reel bloopers.



Box 44 Item BF1578 Getting Busted, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Interview with former drug dealers and heroin addicts.



Box 31 Item BF1131 Giving Up Tobacco, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A group of people trying to quit smoking and their counselor are in studio discussing their experiences during the past week. Discussion includes why one member started smoking and why he joined the group. Only one member expresses confidence that he is successfully quitting smoking



Box 26 Item BF0939 Grand Old Gospel Hour, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Fass plays a song that satirizes the presidential campaign process.



Box 63 Item BF2118 ITT Corporation commercials, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A number of commercials from ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) focusing on their impact on the American economy, their international impact, and their contribution to American social programs.



Box 270 Item BF6713 Kidnapping Barbara Walters, undated, 1 audiocassettes



Box 41 Item BF1463 London during World War II and antiwar demonstrations, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A man discusses his experience living in London during World War II and public demonstrations against wars.



Box 67 Item BF2263 The Lone Psychiatrist, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Two episodes of a parody of "The Lone Ranger" called "The Lone Psychiatrist."



Box 13 Item BF0462 "Marijuana, on my honor", undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Comedy song recording.



Box 24 Item BF0866 Maximum Base Rent protest segment, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A report of demonstrators gathering in front of City Hall to repeal the MBR (Maximum Base Rent) system of rent control in New York City.



Box 41 Item BF1473 Monologue on W.C. Fields, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Bob Fass monologues about W.C. Fields, and the other names he may be going under (including the famous writer Leon Uris, who is pilloried in this). An opportunity to sarcastically discuss how Uris writes terrible books and promotes politically questionable, if not outright conservative perspectives. Such a man can only exist if he is the creation of the brilliant W.C. Fields' imagination.



Box 1 Item BF0008 New York Radio Spots, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 88 Item BF2953 Operation Golden Eagle, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation PSAs



Box 35 Item BF1276 PAC High Sound Effect, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Recordings of various city soundscapes



Box 61 Item BF2028 Pat Sky Bit, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Joke openings. An unidentified announcer introduces a singer Mississippi Jones, who sings, literally, the words "Gilbert and Sullivan"



Box 13 Item BF0485 Phys Phit, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

WBAI response to "presidential" call for fitness, three physical exercises offered with big band accompaniments, "It's the office that's to blame" song.



Box 68 Item BF2307 Police brutality recording, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A woman tells a story about her son who was a victim of a fatal incidence of police brutality.



Box 60 Item BF2002 Rent and Housing, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A satirical advertisement for Disneyland. A man reports on Walt Disney, commenting on the racist aspects of the place, and interviewing employees, who have varying attitudes towards the company.



Box 30 Item BF1103 Riche et al., undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Comedic sketches.



Box 280 Item BF6110 Sacred, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Announcement seeking volunteers for WBAI FM Corps



Box 25 Item BF0920 Satirical political skits, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Satirical skits with parody candidates for a presidential primary.



Box 1 Item BF0046 Snow Report, Commissioner Mueller, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A series of short announcements from the sanitation department preparing for a snowstorm in NYC



Box 10 Item BF0457 Tragic and Hilarious World as Aesthetic Realism Sees It, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A series of facetious bulletins about the Vietnam War.



Box 283 Item BF6196 Unidentified woman reads WBAI promotional script, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 37 Item BF1351 WBAI announcement parody, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A parody of an announcement for WBAI subscribers about a delay in sending out WBAI Folios.



Box 73 Item BF2483 WBAI News report, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Man talks about Operation Entebbe's effect on local exuberance in Israel. News report by Celeste Wesson about Taiwan's participation in Olympics, Communist party in and elections in Spain, Cuban elections, and Argentina refugees' hunger strike.



Box 25 Item BF0916 WBAI parody, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

A parody of WBAI programming presented by an announcer. Includes mock interviews, warped songs ostensibly played backwards, a documentary called "Citizens Aroused," and faulty tape machinery.



Box 284 Item BF6249 WBAI promos / Ethnic promos, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")



Box 3 Item BF0109 WBAI Turning Point fundraiser promos, undated, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Various similar promo ads for WBAI Turning Point fundraiser benefit at Piermont, New York.