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Jim 'Ike' Bryner, Tape 1

All thirty-eight songs on this tape are Jim playing the fiddle by himself. He notes the name of each song before he plays it but sometimes it is difficult to comprehend. This tape was probably made somewhere between 1981 and early 1982. Jim was in his mid-seventies at that time.

Session 1

This session was recorded sometime between 1981 and early 1982 when Jim was in his mid-seventies.
There is one session, with thirty-eight songs on this tape.
Jim is playing the fiddle by himself on the entire session.
The recording quality of this session is pretty good.

Track List (*see title notes)
play 01 'A message to my grandfather'       ( 395k)
play 02 'Some other conversation that got cut short'       ( 63k)
play 03 Sugar Maple Sweetheart       ( 1.1M)
play 04 The Downfall Of Water Street       ( 1.2M)
play 05 Sugar In The Gourd       ( 1.4M)
play 06 Climbing Up The Golden Stairs       ( 1.7M)
play 07 Irish Washerwoman       ( 1.5M)
play 08 Fiddlers Dream       ( 1.3M)
play 09 My Lover's a Little Lassie       ( 1.3M)
play 10 After The Ball Is Over       ( 3.3M)
play 11 (Lye Sizit??) Waltz       ( 1.2M)
play 12 Cuttin Down The Old Pine Tree       ( 2.6M)
play 13 Sweet Ellum       ( 1.7M)
play 14 Flop Eared Mule       ( 1.3M)
play 15 Spanish Cavalier       ( 1.0M)
play 16 Cattle Call       ( 1.4M)
play 17 Silver Bells       ( 2.0M)
play 18 West (Water??) Jig       ( 1.3M)
play 19 Texas Quickstep       ( 926k)
play 20 Paddy Wack       ( 772k)
play 21 Silver Lake       ( 1.4M)
play 22 Suicide Waltz       ( 1.8M)
play 23 Rose Waltz "one version??"       ( 1.5M)
play 24 Bury Me Beneath The Willows       ( 1.0M)
play 25 Hog Rocks       ( 1.4M)
play 26 Pop Goes The Weasel       ( 813k)
play 27 Wildwood Flower       ( 1.2M)
play 28 Liberty       ( 1.4M)
play 29 "I don't know what this'n is"       ( 1.2M)
play 30 Wake Up Susan       ( 1.3M)
play 31 Off She Goes       ( 1.2M)
play 32 Old Country Waltz       ( 1.4M)
play 33 (Bunch Of Daisies??)       ( 1.3M)
play 34 (Midnight??) Waltz       ( 2.6M)
play 35 Rose Waltz "Now I'll play a different Rose Waltz, ... one ???? plays"       ( 1.2M)
play 36 Bride of the Wind       ( 1.1M)
play 37 Hasten to the Wedding       ( 1.0M)
play 38 Mountain Breakdown       ( 1.1M)
play 39 Little Red Barn       ( 1.4M)
play 40 (Play It Right??) Hornpipe       ( 639k)

*Title Notes: Items in single quotes are my comments. Items in parenthesis with two question marks, are things that it sounded like to me but I wasn't sure or it didn't make sense. Items in double quotes are other things Jim said that might be relevant to the title and or song. File size is in parenthesis following the title.
Please email me any corrected song titles. There are a number of songs that I don't have titles, or they may be incorrect. You can email me corrections using my address shown at the top and bottom of this page.

Tape Information

Jim 'Ike' Bryner
Tape 1, Sides A and B

Tape Manufacturer: Unknown
Tape Type: Standard Low noise
Tape Length: C60

Notes On Tape Cartridge Side A
(Preprinted label saying)
 ---------------------------------
 |      from the                 |
 | Music Library       Jim       |
 |            of       Bryner    |
 ---------------------------------
(A date was also written)
3-9-81.

Notes On Tape Cartridge Side B (Following was written)

To WAVA BELL AND JOHN
      FROM JIM IKE  MAR. 25, 1982

Notes on Tape Case (There is no Cassette Case for this tape)

Compact Disc Information

Jim 'Ike' Bryner
CDJB1AB.01 (Compact Disc from Tape 1, Sides A and B)

Tracks 1-19 (Tape 1, Side A)
Tracks 20-40 (Tape 1, Side B)
Total running time 58' 15".

Digital Conversion Information

From analog monophonic to digital stereophonic.
Tranferred to digital format from a Tascam Porta One Ministudio into a Creative Labs PCI 512 Sound Card using Goldwave Digital Audio Editor, June, 2001.
Mastered with Goldwave Digital Audio Editor, July, 2001.
MP3 conversion using Rip????, September???, 2001.

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