Guide to the Roy A. Long Collection
ARS.0086
Finding aid prepared by Franz Kunst
Archive of Recorded Sound
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Stanford University
Stanford, California, 94305-3076
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Roy A. Long Collection
Dates: 1952-1980
Collection number: ARS.0086
Creator:
Long, Roy A.
Collection Size:
6 boxes
: 132 open reel tapes
Repository:
Archive of Recorded Sound
Abstract: Open reel tape recordings from approximately 1952 through 1980, including various performances from Stanford University, as
well as pipe organ music, live jazz and big band music, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Carmel Bach Festival, and a steel
drum band in Antigua, all recorded by donor Roy Long.
Language of Material: English
Access
Open for research; material must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Contact the Archive for
assistance.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with repository. Publication and reproduction rights reside with the creators or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Head Librarian of the Archive of Recorded Sound.
Preferred Citation
Roy A. Long Collection, ARS-0086. Courtesy of the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Sponsor
This finding aid was produced with generous financial support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Scope and Contents
The Roy A. Long Collection consists of open reel tape recordings from approximately 1952 through 1980, featuring performances
from the Stanford University Music Department, as well as pipe organ music, live jazz, and a variety of other music, all recorded
by donor Roy Long, of Palo Alto, California. Long was a graduate of Stanford and an engineer at the Stanford Research Institute.
Among the Stanford material are recitals and church services (featuring Sandor Salgo, Herbert Nanney, Putney Aldrich, the
Stanford Symphony Orchestra, and the University Chorus), the Men's Glee Club, and Tresidder Memorial Concerts. There are recordings
of pipe organ at Stanford, Grace Cathedral, and Holy Trinity Church in Menlo Park, as well as organs in San Jose, Fresno,
Los Angeles and elsewhere. In his travels, Long recorded the Hell's Gate Steel Band in Antigua, West Indies in 1956, and a
band in Niuafo'ou, Tonga. Other local performances Long captured include the 1965 Carmel Bach Festival and the 1958 Monterey
Jazz Festival, and several by the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra. Jazz musicians in the collection include Woody Herman, Dave
Brubeck, Harry James, Stan Kenton, and Louis Armstrong. Although many of these tapes are undated, at least some appear to
be unique live performances recorded locally by Long, such as Woody Herman at the Tin Pan Alley in Redwood City, California.
An additional donation of transfers on optical disc overlaps with these tapes, and this is noted when known. Programs and
recording notes are inserted into some tape boxes. Despite that fact, the majority of tapes are minimally annotated, and may
only be identified for certain after audition.
Source
The Roy A. Long Collection was donated to the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound by Roy A. Long in December 2008.
Indexing Terms
Aldrich, Putnam
Carmel Bach Festival.
Hell's Gate Steel Drum Orchestra.
Monterey Jazz Festival.
Nanney, Herbert, 1918-1996
Salgo, Sandor
Stanford Symphony Orchestra.
Stanford University. Dept. of Music.
Jazz
Live sound recordings
Organ music
Steel drum music
Box 2
Denis A. Des Rosiers, St. Nicholas Church Dedication, Los Altos. [program enclosed]
1980-09-14
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 1
Elkus, Hunter Meade Residence Organ Pasadena
1957-11-30
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 3
Maurice John Forshaw, Trinity
1953-12
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
Box 3
Maurice John Forshaw, Memorial Church, Stanford University (reels 1, 2, 4 and 6)
Physical Description:
4 10.5" open reel tapes
Box 3
Maurice John Forshaw Jean Langlais recital no.1
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 3
Maurice John Forshaw and Bob Keine (organist and choirmaster) at Holy Trinity Church, Menlo Park [notes and obituary enclosed]
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 5
Maurice John Forshaw at Concordia [notes enclosed]
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 4
Tom Hazeltine - The Paramount Oakland Organ
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 3
Holy Trinity Church, Menlo Park 1 and 2 [notes enclosed]
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
Box 3
Bob Keine at Holy Trinity Church, Menlo Park
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 4
Jean Langlais at Grace Cathedral
1954-02-26
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
Box 2
Max Miller at Holy Trinity Church, Menlo Park
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 1
Michelle Morran, Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra. Presbyterian Church of Menlo Park [program enclosed]
1974-12-27
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 3
Herbert Nanney, St. Marks Dedication
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
Box 5
Herbert Nanney, Stanford Organ
1953-07
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Compact Disc available
These recordings may also be available on "Herbert Nanney at the Murray Harris organ at Stanford," Archive of Recorded Sound
ACD 33.
Box 1
odds and ends, theater organ, Reel No. 154
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tapes
Box 2
Flor Peters, Immanuel Lutheran Church, San Jose [program enclosed]
1965-10-29
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
Box 3
Richard Purvis at Grace Cathedral
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 4
Richard Purvis, Peninsula Symphony Orchestra at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco [program enclosed]
1965-01-17
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 4
Tom Rhoads at Fresno Congregational Church
1968-04-01
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 1
Tom Rhoads and Robert Magin, Long Beach First Congregational Church
1957-11-29
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Scope and Contents note
68 rank new Moller organ demonstration and misc. selections
Box 1
Tom Rhoads at St. Marks
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 1
Tom Rhoads at Fresno Congregational
1968-04-01
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 4
Tom Rhoads #1 o/o Bob Briody
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 4
Skinner Organ demo
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 4
St. Mark's Church Christmas program [notes enclosed]
1965-11-07
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 3
Tiny at the Fox Theater, Oakland 1-3
Physical Description:
3 10.5" open reel tapes
Box 4
Warner Theater, Fresno
1968-04-01
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 5
Sandor Salgo, William Crosten. Sonata Recital.
1952-01-15
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 5
Sandor Salgo, William Crosten. Sonata Recital. Memorial Auditorium [program enclosed]
1953-04-14
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 6
Sandor Salgo, Stanford Symphony Orchestra. Memorial Auditorium. Handel, Blacher, Strauss.
1955-12-04
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Compact Disc available
These recordings also available as Archive of Recorded Sound ACD 23.
Box 2
Tresidder Memorial Concert 1 and 2
1956-04-08
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
Box 6
Sandor Salgo, Stanford Chamber Ensembles, Herbert Nanney. Concert of Baroque Music - Concert and Rehearsal reels 2, 4 and
5 [programs enclosed]
1956-11-18
Physical Description:
3 10.5" open reel tapes
Compact Disc available
These recordings also available on Archive of Recorded Sound ACD 27.
Box 6
Stanford Church Service, Memorial Chapel [program enclosed]
1956-11-18
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Compact Disc available
These recordings also available on Archive of Recorded Sound ACD 27.
Box 2
Sandor Salgo, Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Stanford University Chorus, Memorial Auditorium [program enclosed]. Handel, Barber,
Strauss.
1956-12-02
Physical Description:
3 10.5" open reel tapes
Compact Disc available
These recordings also available, with track identifications, on Archive Recorded Sound ACD 21.
Box 2
Sandor Salgo, Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Memorial Auditorium [program enclosed]. Pergolesi [since reattributed], Harris,
Berlioz.
1957-02-19
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
Compact Disc available
These recordings also available, with track identifications, on Archive Recorded Sound ACD 22.
Box 6
Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Stanford University Chorus, Putnam Aldrich, harpsichord. Poulenc, Gabriel, Ratner, Wagner. 1
and 2 [program enclosed]
1957-11-17
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
Compact Disc available
These recordings also available as WAV files on Archive of Recorded Sound ACDI 2.
Box 5
Stanford Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal - Poulenc
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 1
Stanford Men's Glee Club, Spring Club Reel No. I and II [program enclosed]
1958-04-13
Physical Description:
2 7" open reel tapes
Box 6
Stanford Symphony Orchestra Strings, Putnam Aldrich, haprsichord. Harpsichord Concerto
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
: pancake
Box 5
Sandor Salgo, Joy
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
3. Carmel Bach Festival 1965
Compact Disc available
These recordings at least partially available as WAV files on Archive of Recorded Sound ACDI 3.
Box 1
'65 Bach Festival
1965
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tapes
Box 5
Orfeo pt.1
1965
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
: pancake
Box 5
Magnificat
1965-07-23
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
folders
Box 3
Mozart. Piano Concerto K 903
1965-07-22
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 5
Vivaldi. Concerto E Flat Major, Aldrovandini. Sonata for 2 Trumpets
1965
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 5
St. Matthews Passion 1-3
1965
Physical Description:
3 10.5" open reel tapes
: pancake
Box 5
Bach. Cantata 1, Coffee Cantata, "squeaky"
1965
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
: pancake
Box 1
Steel Drum Music Tape 1 Ben Fogle
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 1
Hell's Gate Steel Drum Band, Tradewinds Hotel, Antigua [musical manuscript enclosed]
1959
Physical Description:
3 7" open reel tapes
Compact Disc available
These recordings are available on Archive of Recorded Sound ACD 28.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hell's Gate Steel Drum Orchestra.
Box 2
Louis Armstrong mono
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 5
DB 1 and 2 [i.e. Dave Brubeck?]
1954-05-28
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
Box 1
Dave Brubeck
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 2
Woody Herman And Thundering Herd at Tin Pan Alley, Redwood City # 3 [newspaper clippings enclosed]
1964-03-04
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Compact Disc available
These recordings also available, with track identifications, on Archive Recorded Sound ACD 20.
Scope and Contents
The newsclipping is a Ralph Gleason article about Herman playing in San Francisco and Redwood City. When producing a CD-R
transfer of this tape, Long wrote these notes: "In March 1964, Woody Herman and his Herd performed for four nights at the
Tin Pan Alley in Redwood City. The sessions were broadcast 'live' from KJAZ in Oakland. In fact, I made tapes and they were
driven to Oakland after each set for broadcast... We had 8 mics, 5 Telefunkens, my Altecs, and for the bass a good old 44BX
ribbon that I insisted on finding... Of the dozens of tapes that we made I have only one. No one knows what happened to the
rest."
Box 6
Harry James, Memorial Hall
1956
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
: pancake
Box 4
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra, Stanford Memorial Hall
1956-11-18
Physical Description:
3 10.5" open reel tapes
Compact Disc available
These recordings also available, with track identifications, on Archive Recorded Sound ACD 29.
Box 5
Monterey Jazz Festival
1958-10-04
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Scope and Contents note
1. Gerry Mulligan Quartet ; Modern Jazz Quartet 2. Louis Armstrong, etc.
Box 4
Peterson Piano [Oscar?]
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 1
Chicago Symphonic Band, Showcase for Symphonic Band
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 1
Covenent 4 For Horn and Orch. [notes enclosed]
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 2, Box 4
Donizetti. Maria Stuarda. Sutherland, San Francisco Opera House [newspaper clipping enclosed]
1971-11-16
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
Box 5
Evensong At Holy Trinity Church, Menlo Park [program enclosed]
1958-10-12
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 5
Handel. Alcina. Bonynge, London Symphony Orchestra, Sutherland KXKX
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 1
Haydn. Trumpet Concerto, Italian Concerto. Sworosky, Vienna Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Adolf Holler
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 2
Larry 1 and 2
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
: pancake
Box 1
Larry at Lost Weekend
1957-01-14
Physical Description:
2 7" open reel tapes
Box 2
Larry at Lost Weekend
1957-12-29
Physical Description:
2 10.5" open reel tapes
: pancake
Box 1
Tom Lehrer
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 2
Leo Jazz and Harp Solos
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
: pancake
Box 4
Max Wedding
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 4
University of Michigan Band
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 1
Montagu Three
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 1
Niuafo'ou, Tonga 1, 3
Physical Description:
2 7" open reel tapes
Box 1
Peninsula Symphony Orchestra, Erick Friedman soloist. San Mateo High School Auditorium [program enclosed]
1963-11-08
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 1
Frank Owen Harpsichord
1957-12-30
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 4
Stereo Demo
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 4
Strauss, Ein Heldenleben. Antheil, Ballet Mecanique
1955-10-03
Physical Description:
1 10.5" open reel tape
Box 1
Sutherland- Excerpts, Handel, Collection
Physical Description:
3 7" open reel tapes
Box 1
Trumpets and Trombones Jul.23
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
Box 1
unidentified
Physical Description:
1 5" open reel tape
Box 1
Wedding
Physical Description:
1 7" open reel tape
