Release for William Rodriguez; 1953 August 18 (2 copies)
Union sale notice, Willie Rodriguez, Sounds of Our Times; 1953 August 13
AFM contract between Willie Rodriguez and Emory Cook; 1953 August 13 (3 copies, one with envelope)
AFM recording report; 1953 August 20
Handwritten note on song times per side
Drums of Rodriguez, 7 pages, some handwritten, plus business card of Willie Rodriguez, drummer
Reference catalogue, Carrol Drum Service
Telegraph to Robert Bollard from Rita Morganthau
To Emory Cook from Willie Rodriguez: song titles; 1953 August 23
Packing slip for order to W Rodriguez; 1953 October 5, stapled to handwritten note
To Willie from Bob Bollard; August 21 [no year] (handwritten)
Handwritten note from Bob Bollard
To Willie Rodriguez from Michael Adrian: copies of record; 1953 October 15
Labels, black, 1086 A & 1086 B
Proof: back album cover
Typed song lists and notes, 3 pages
Proof: album summary
To Cook Labs from Harry Fox: license; 1953 November 25
License for "Lullaby to Frances" by W Rodriguez; 1953 November 25
To Cook Labs from Harry Fox: license; 1953 October 29
License for "Almanac" by A Romero; 1953 October 29
License for "Off Beat Mambo (Hi Fi Mambo)" by A Romero; 1953 October 29
License for "Willie" by A Romero; 1953 October 29
To Bregman, Vocco and Conn from Cook Labs: license; 1953 August 22
To Cook Labs from Bregman, Vocco and Conn: send album; 1953 September 25
Packing slip for 1 copy 1086 to Bregman, Vocco and Conn; 1953 October 5
To Cook Labs from Harry Fox: license; 1953 September 14
License for "Mambo A La Basie" by C Basie; 1953 September 14
To T B Harms from Cook Labs: license; 1953 September 16
License for "Flying Down to Rio" by G Kahn, E Elisou and V Youmans; 1953 September 22
License for "Nocturnal" by J S Marroquin; 1953 September 15
License for "Frenesi" by A Dominguez; 1953 September 15
Typed copyright check list
Typed album notes, 3 pages
Handwritten album notes, 3 pages
See also OS1-08.
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Collection Citation:
Cook Labs records, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
