Song 1 to 80

“The Soundboard Archive - Doc Watson”
(340 songs, in toto: none officially released)

(N.B. - I had to split this collection into two parts, so that I could store it on DVD-Rs; after two external HD crashes, I no longer back up anything on them! Thus, "Part 1" will feature songs 1-166, while "Part 2" will feature songs 167-340.)

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For some time now, I have been making “The Soundboard Archive” compilations. My live-music collection had become so massive that I thought it pointless to keep "multiple-to-the-nth-degree" versions of the same songs, especially for "non-jam" bands: thus the genesis of this project of mine.

This has been my methodology:

1. Choose a trade-allowing artist (= "not on LL's / TTD's NAB lists") & collate all of the tracks from my “SBD” flac/shn files for said artist. (DIME doesn't allow compilations like this.)

(As of this writing, I've made compilations for 10cc, 10,000 Maniacs, 311, Alabama Shakes, Alison Krauss-Union Station, Blind Melon, Bob Marley-The Wailers, Doc Watson, Eddie Money, The Fall, Gillian Welch-David Rawlings, Marvin Gaye, Rush.)

2. Listen to each track and choose what sounds to my ears to be the “best” version.

3. Rename each chosen track and add tags detailing date & venue.

4. Compile “the winners” into a “The Soundboard Archive” collection – after ensuring (to the best of my ability) that NO included tracks have been officially released.

Enjoy! Support the artist and buy the officially-released items (to the best of my knowledge & as of this writing; asterisks denote BGE/Wolfgang’s Vault) -
1962-xx-xx (Los Angeles, CA - Ash Grove - "Rye Cove")
1962-xx-xx (Deep Gap, NC - "Twilight Is Stealing," "Lonely Tombs," "Will My Mother Know Me There?")
1963-02-10
*1963-03-07
*1963-05-(09-10)
1963-xx-xx (Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival)
*1964-01-01
1964-03-(19-20)
1964-xx-xx (Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival)
1964-xx-xx (Los Angeles, CA - UCLA - "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder," "Somebody Touched Me")
*1965-04-13
1965-xx-xx (Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival)
*1966-06-06
*1966-07-06
*1967-05-(02-07)
*1967-11-(18-21)
*1967-11-(23-26)
1967-xx-xx (Seattle, WA)
*1968-07-(27-28)
*1969-09-09
*1970-09-20
1970-xx-xx (New York, NY - Cornell University & The Town Hall)
*1973-05-26
1973-11-(01-02)
1973-xx-xx (Deep Gap, NC - "A Tiny Broken Heart," "My Wandering Boy," "Just A Friend")
1974-05-(01-04)
*1975-04-24
*1977-08-13
1978-10-(11-13)
1979-09-25
*1988-07-01
1988-08-21
1990-03-24
1997-10-10
2001-02-(02-03)
2001-xx-xx (Asheville, NC - Diana Wortham Theatre)
2002-03-28
2002-08-31
2002-12-xx (Winston-Salem, NC - Reynolds Auditorium)

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(PART I)

1962-03-xx - Ash Grove - Los Angeles, CA
(with John Herald, Ralph Rinzler, Tom Ashley, Dean Ritchie, Clarence
Ashley, Fred Price & Clint Howard)
01. Get Along Down To Town 1:47
02. Danville Girl 3:24
03. True Life Blues 2:21
04. I Gotta Travel On 2:55
05. Prisoner's Song 2:53
06. Amazing Grace 4:24
07. Maggie Walker Blues 3:17
08. Cacklin' Hen 1:54
09. Willie Moore 3:46
10. Crawdad 3:32

1962-12-31 - "Gerde's Folk City," Greenwich Village - New York, NY
(with Roger Sprung)
11. Bells Of St. Mary's 2:22
12. Limehouse Blues 2:15

1962-12-xx - "Gerde's Folk City," Greenwich Village - New York, NY
13. That's All 2:28
14. Farewell Blues 2:26
15. //House Carpenter 4:30
16. Brakeman's Blues 2:41
17. John Henry 2:19
1965-05-01 - Central High School - Philadelphia, PA
18. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane 2:39
19. Hiram Hubbard 3:50
20. I Like The Old-Time Worship Of The Lord 2:17
21. Ramblin' Hobo 1:40
22. Oh By Jingo 1:52
23. Tom Dooley 2:45
24. The Fiddler's Dram > Whistling Rufus > 2:30
Ragtime Annie
25. Blue Smoke 2:12

1965-xx-xx - Onandaga Community College - Syracuse, NY
26. St. James Hospital 4:01
27. Doc's Guitar 1:46
28. Nashville Blues 1:34
29. Wildwood Flower 1:49
30. Blackberry Blossom 1:48

1966-08-10 - "Philadelphia Folk Festival," Old Pool Farm - Schwenksville, PA
(with Merle Watson)
31. Rufus Brown 1:50
32. Lone Pilgrim 2:42
33. Country Blues 3:03

1968-08-23 - "Philadelphia Folk Festival," Old Pool Farm - Schwenksville, PA
(with Merle Watson)
34. When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland 4:10
35. I Was A Stranger (Blue Yodel #7) 3:42
36. Spike Driver's Blues 2:54
37. Open Up Them Pearly Gates For Me 3:04
38. Blackberry Rag 1:44

1970-08-29 - "Philadelphia Folk Festival," Old Pool Farm - Schwenksville, PA
(with Merle Watson)
39. I Didn't Have Nobody 3:14
40. June Apple > Bill Cheatham 2:20
41. Southbound 3:01
42. The Worried Blues 3:25
43. The Train That Carried My Girl From Town 3:28

1970-08-30 - "Philadelphia Folk Festival," Old Pool Farm - Schwenksville, PA
(with Merle Watson)
44. Stagger Lee 3:26
1971-02-14 - Reed College - Portland, OR
(with Merle Watson)
45. Travelin' Man 5:07
46. My Rough & Rowdy Ways 3:17
47. You Gonna Be Sorry For What You've Done 2:48
48. The Sheik Of Araby 3:14
49. I Couldn't Believe It Was True 3:30
50. Flint Hill Special 3:03
51. Foggy Mountain Breakdown 2:13

1971-08-27 - "Philadelphia Folk Festival," Old Pool Farm - Schwenksville, PA
(with Merle Watson)
52. Lonesome Road Blues 2:27

1971-xx-xx - (unknown venue) - Berkeley, CA
(with Merle Watson)
53. //Blue Ridge Mountain Home 2:52

1973-03-01 - Lisner Auditorium - Washington, DC
(with Merle Watson)
54. Freight Train Boogie 2:55
55. Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad 2:34
56. Black Mountain Rag 1:58
57. Black Jack County Chain 2:56
58. 3x7 2:09
59. If I Needed You 2:46
60. Matchbox Blues 3:37 61. The Billboard Song 2:43
62. St. James Infirmary 3:29
63. Brown's Ferry Blues 2:12

1973-03-14 - SUNY - Stony Brook, NY
(with Merle Watson)
64. Honey Babe Blues 3:01
65. Talkin' Blues 2:50
66. Never No More Blues 3:14
67. Dill Pickle Rag 1:38
68. Under The Double Eagle 1:58 69. Educated Man 3:26

1973-12-12 - The Palomino Club - North Hollywood, CA
(with Merle Watson)
70. Salty Dog Blues 2:36

1974-04-(27-28) - "Marin County Bluegrass Festival," Golden State College - San Rafael, CA
(with Merle Watson, et al.)
71. //Footprints Through The Snow (April 27) 2:17
72. Mule's Done Gone Away (April 27) 2:14
73. Doc Bog's Country Blues (April 28) 3:29
74. Movin' On (April 28) 1:58
75. W a b a s h Cannonball (April 28) 3:51

1975-02-15 - The Whole, University Of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN
(with Merle Watson, T. Michael Coleman, Bob Hill & Joe Smothers)
76. The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band 3:32
77. T For Texas 3:05 78. Southern Lady 3:59
79. Come On In My Kitchen 3:38
80. Jambalaya 3:42 81. Wake Up, Little Maggie 3:33
82. Frosty Morn 3:06
83. Walkin' Boss 3:00
84. Little Maggie 3:32
85. Curly-Headed Baby 3:55
86. Poor Boy Blues 3:14
87. Love Come Home 2:56
88. Battle Of Nashville 4:21
89. Almost Done 2:40
90. Richland Woman Blues 3:40
91. Nancy Roland > Salt Creek 6:23
1976-10-27 - (unknown venue) - Squaw Valley, CA
(with Merle Watson)
92. Gypsy Lady 4:11
93. Laughin' Just To Keep From Crying// 2:59

1977-01-02 - Randy Wood's Old-Time Pickin' Parlor - Nashville, TN
(with Merle Watson, Joe Allen & Karl Himmel)
94. I Don't Love Nobody 1:46
95. Doggone My Time 3:41
96. Nobody's Fault But Mine 2:53
97. Worried Woman Blues 4:04
98. You Built A Stone Wall 5:14
99. Ain't Goin' Honky-Tonkin' Anymore// 1:13
100. Leather Britches > Old Joe Clark 2:32

1978-08-19 - "Fiddlers Convention" - Mountain City, TN
(with Fred Price & Clint Howard)
101. Daybreak Blues 2:53
102. Wild Bill Jones 3:17
103. I Wish I Was A Hole In The Ground 3:20
104. I Saw A Man At The Close Of The Day 3:16
105. Fire On The Mountain 2:43
106. Rubin’s Train 2:47
107. On The Banks Of Ol' Tennessee 5:07
108. Walkin' In The Streets 2:40
109. Homesick For Heaven 4:00
110. Mountain Dew 3:42
111. Pretty Little Pink 1:45
112. The Crawdad Song 3:31

1979-08-16 - Bushnell Park - Hartford, CT
(with Merle Watson)
113. When I Lay My Burdens Down 4:15
114. Sittin' On Top Of The World 3:46
115. All I Have To Do Is Dream 3:12
116. Arrangement Blues 3:31

1979-09-21 - Finney Chapel, Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH
(with Merle Watson, Marty Stuart & T. Michael Coleman)
117. Big Sandy > Leather Britches 2:35
118. Rock, Salt & Nails 5:12
119. Southbound Passenger Train 2:18
120. Tell It To Me 2:24

1979-xx-xx - Cambridge Folk Festival - Cambridge, England
(with Merle Watson & T. Michael Coleman)
121. Dig A Little Deeper In The Well 3:42
122. Red-Haired Boy > Old Joe Clark 2:13
123. Blue Yodel #9 (Daybreak Blues) 3:56
124. Streamline Cannonball 3:06
125. Long Journey Home 2:19
126. Big Sandy > Bill Cheatham 1:49
127. I Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) 2:35

1980-07-04 - Freedom Park - Charlotte, NC
(with Merle Watson)
128. Lonesome Moan 3:59
129. Who Might Your Manager Be? 3:44

1982-07-26 - The Saddlerack - San Jose, CA
(with Merle Watson & T. Michael Coleman)
130. Big Sandy > Old Joe Clark 2:37
131. Did You Hear John Hurt? 3:13
132. Cypress Grove Blues 4:48
133. Sadie 3:12
134. Nine-Pound Hammer 3:55
135. Natural-Born Gamblin' Man 2:48
136. New Minglewood Blues 3:56
137. Mean & Cruel 1:53

1984-01-20 - F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre - Rockville, MD
(with Merle Watson & T. Michael Coleman)
138. The Cuckoo Bird (early show) 4:04
139. Fair & Handsome (early show) 0:34
140. Dixie (early show) 1:52 141. Solid Gone (late show) 3:34 142. Wondering Where This Old Boy Has Gone (late show) 3:45
143. I Miss The Mississippi & You (late show) 3:57
144. I Am A Pilgrim (late show) 2:11

1984-04-01 - Amherst High School - Amherst, MA
(with T. Michael Coleman & Sam Bush)
145. New River Train 5:37
146. Shady Grove 3:47
147. Milkcow Blues 4:59
148. Bill Cheatham > Salt Creek 3:46
149. A-Rovin' On A Winter's Night 6:42
150. Otto Wood The Bandit 4:02
151. Windy & Warm 3:00
152. Ramblin' Man 5:10
153. Roll On Buddy 4:17
154. Soldier's Joy 2:38
155. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms 5:01
156. Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor 6:48
157. East Tennessee Rag 4:00
158. Deep River Blues 3:57
159. Summertime 3:22
160. Sauerkraut & Solar 3:14
161. The Last Thing On My Mind 4:21
162. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette 4:47
163. Tennessee Stud 4:56
164. Peach-Pickin' Time In Georgia 4:36
165. Mama Don't Allow No Music 4:55
166. Lost John 2:15
SOURCES:

1962-03-xx - Ash Grove - Los Angeles, CA =
SBD > ? > CD-R received in trade > EAC > FLAC

1962-12-31 - "Gerde's Folk City," Greenwich Village - New York, NY =
FM (KPFA) Cassette (Maxell XLII-S) - Nakamichi BX300 > Creative LiveDrive Audigy2-ZS > Sound Forge 7.0 (WAV) > TLH (FLAC - Level 6)

1962-12-xx - "Gerde's Folk City," Greenwich Village - New York, NY =
FM (KPFA) Cassette (Maxell XLII-S) - Nakamichi BX300 > Creative LiveDrive Audigy2-ZS > Sound Forge 7.0 (WAV) > TLH (FLAC - Level 6)

1965-05-01 - Central High School - Philadelphia, PA =
On Stage Microphone(s) [mentioned by Doc] > R2R [assumed based on show date] > ? > FM [WXPN-FM, Gene Shay's Folk Music Show 30-Jun-2013] >
RadioShark2 (USB) > HD > CoolEdit2000 [trimming and tracking] >
TLH > SBE's fixed + FLAC level 8

1965-xx-xx - Onandaga Community College - Syracuse, NY =
Master FM (KPFA) Cassette (Maxell XLII-S) - Nakamichi BX300 > Creative LiveDrive Audigy2-ZS > Sound Forge 7.0 (WAV) > TLH (FLAC - Level 6)

1966-08-10 - "Philadelphia Folk Festival," Old Pool Farm - Schwenksville, PA =
Soundboard > unknown reel to reel recorder (7.5 ips) > r2r master > teac x-1000r > sony 75-ES DAT recorder > 1st gen DAT > HHB CDR recorder

1968-08-23 - "Philadelphia Folk Festival," Old Pool Farm - Schwenksville, PA =
Soundboard (1st gen.) > unknown reel to reel recorder (10" reel tape) > R2R Master > Teac x-1000r > Sony 75-ES DAT recorder > 1st gen DAT > HHB CD-R recorder

1970-08-29 - "Philadelphia Folk Festival," Old Pool Farm - Schwenksville, PA =
Soundboard (1st gen.) > unknown reel to reel recorder (10" reel tape) > R2R Master > Teac x-1000r > Sony 75-ES DAT recorder > 1st gen DAT > HHB CD-R recorder

1970-08-30 - "Philadelphia Folk Festival," Old Pool Farm - Schwenksville, PA =
Soundboard (1st gen.) > unknown reel to reel recorder (10" reel tape) > R2R Master > Teac x-1000r > Sony 75-ES DAT recorder > 1st gen DAT > HHB CD-R recorder

1971-02-14 - Reed College - Portland, OR =
SBD > ? > CD-R received in trade > EAC > FLAC

1971-08-27 - "Philadelphia Folk Festival," Old Pool Farm - Schwenksville,
Soundboard (1st gen.) > unknown reel to reel recorder (10" reel tape) > R2R Master > Teac x-1000r > Sony 75-ES DAT recorder > 1st gen DAT > HHB CD-R recorder

1971-xx-xx - (unknown venue) - Berkeley, CA =
SBD > Cassette/3 > CD-R > Tascam DA-20 > SEK'd Prodif Plus > Soundforge 5.0 > CDWav > mkw Audio (shn) > FLAC via xAct 2.50

1973-03-01 - Lisner Auditorium - Washington, DC =
Soundboard Reels > DAT > Casio DA-7 > Tascam CD-RW 700 (pass through ñ3 db) >
Audiophile 2496 @ 24/44.1 KHz WAV using Wavelab 5 > mastered to 16/44.1 KHz WAV (Waves L3) > CDWAV 1.9 > FLAC

1973-03-14 - SUNY - Stony Brook, NY =
WUSB-FM > ? > cass Dolby out Maxell XL-II C-90 > flac 16/44

1973-12-12 - The Palomino Club - North Hollywood, CA =
FM Broadcast media (KLAC, Los Angeles) > R (?) > D > CDR > xACT > FLAC

1974-04-(27-28) - "Marin County Bluegrass Festival," Golden State College - San Rafael, CA =
SBD reel (Jerry Moore's copy) > reel playback on Sony TC-765 > SBM1 > DAT > CD-R > Soundforge > CD-R > EAC > FLAC

1975-02-15 - The Whole, University Of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN =
SBD Reel (Sony TC-377 Monaural @ 7 & 1/2 ips) > WAV >Audacity > (Track Splits) > FLAC (Level 8) via xACT 2.28

1976-10-27 - (unknown venue) - Squaw Valley, CA =
SBD 1st-gen cassette, maxell udxlII-90's, Dolby B (Jerry Moore's copy) > NAK Dragon > Tascam HD-p2 24/48 > CD Wave > Adobe Audition 2.0 > FLAC

1977-01-02 - Randy Wood's Old-Time Pickin' Parlor - Nashville, TN =
SBD > 2-track reel > CD-R received in trade > EAC > FLAC

1978-08-19 - "Fiddlers Convention" - Mountain City, TN =
SBD > ? > Cassette (SONY Metal ES90) > Tascam 112 MKII > M-Audio 2496 > Soundforge 8.0 Wav @ 44.1kHz/16 bit > CD Wave > FLAC

1979-08-16 - Bushnell Park - Hartford, CT =
FM 1st-gen cassette master (Chuck Doll's copy) > cassette > NAK 125 > NAK LX-3, Dolby C > NAK dragon/C > Tascam HD-p2 24/96 > pc > CD Wave > Adobe Audition 2.0 > FLAC

1979-09-21 - Finney Chapel, Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH =
SBD Cassette Master > DAT [16/48] > Panasonic SV-3700 > S/PDIF > Edirol UA-5 > USB > WaveLab > CD Wave > TLH > FLAC. Mastering in and dithered to [16/44.1] in WaveLab with iZotope Ozone 4

1979-xx-xx - Cambridge Folk Festival - Cambridge, England =
FM broadcast > unknown recording/digital transfer > trade audio CD > EAC (no errors) > Flac Frontend (level 8, align on sector boundaries)

1980-07-04 - Freedom Park - Charlotte, NC =
SBD > cassette (unknown generation) > Playback on Nakamichi CR-1 (azimuth adjusted) > M-Audio Delta 44 > Adobe Audition > CDWav > FLAC.

1982-07-26 - The Saddlerack - San Jose, CA =
KFAT "Fat Fry" No. 36 (pre fm 15 ips 1/2 track 10 inch reels). Pre-FM reel master > Audiomedia III card (A/D 16/44.1) > Pro Tools OS X > Adobe Roxio Jam (CD) CDr > Max 0.9.1 OS X (audio extraction/flac)

1984-01-20 - F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre - Rockville, MD =
SBD 4 Track Reels > Cassette. Analog Sound Preservation: MAC > Nakamichi DR-1 > Grace Design Lunatec V3 [Pre-Only] > Korg MR-1000 > DSF [1-bit 5.6448 MHz Stereo] > Korg MR-1000 > Korg AudioGate > WAV [24/96]

1984-04-01 - Amherst High School - Amherst, MA =
SBD > unknown stereo equipment > master tape > probably 1 generation >
2nd (?) generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized > Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder > CD-RW-> computer, EAC secure > wavs > Audacity (fades &/or glitches, volume adjustments, no EQ) > CD Wave (track splits) > Trader's Little Helper


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