Blues song (Drop down baby); Chickens sounds; King John and the Abbott of Canterbury; Gorilla cries
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-7RR-6028
FLP.135510
General:
Mixed reel, an unknown blues song, "How Can You Stand It?" with unknown performer on guitar backed by second vocalist. Blues lyric cores correspond to "Bantam Rooster Blues" and "Jug Band Music."Followed by reading of English ballad by unknown. Both tracks followed by snippets from 1960 album titled "Animal Sounds and Communication," The recording was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research in the United States under the auspices of the American Institute of Biological Science, recorded by Nicholas Collias. (Presented at Symposium on Animal Sounds and Communication 1960)
CDR copy
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Listening only. No Duplication Allowed.
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