K1 audio recording; 1 audiotape reel
analog, 3 3/4 ips, quarter track, stereo, 1/4 inch tape
7 inch reel
Scope and Contents
Side 1, part A, Fiddle performances by Hal Johnson family of Iowa, two accordions,
bass guitar, piano. Titles: Casey's old time waltz; Styrman's valsen; Scandinavian
waltz; Eighth of January; Faded love; Ragtime Annie; Maiden's prayer; Dulcimer;
Happy boys schottische.
Side 1, part B, Performances by Alan Kagen(?), fiddle. Titles: Haste to the
wedding; Norwegian waltz; Flop eared mule; Arkansas traveler; Orange Blossom
Special.
Side 1, part C, Performances by unidentified fiddler. Titles: Spanish two-step;
Farmer's waltz.
Side 1, part D, Performances by Leonard Finseth, fiddle; Evelyn Olson, piano
(possibly Orville Fossum, fiddle on 17 and 18). Titles: waltz; waltz; Frylinder
schottische; polka; Ingvald's waltz; Casey's old time waltz; Ingvald Syverson waltz;
waltz.
Side 1, part E, Performances by Evelyn Olson, piano; Orville Fossum, fiddle; Arnold
Olson, second fiddle. Titles: waltz; waltz; schottische; waltz.
Side 1, part F, Performances by Ralph Gordon Band, accordion. Titles: waltz; Holman
Town waltz; waltz; Helse dem der hemme; Old Scandinavian waltz; Copenhagen.
Side 2, Fiddle performances by Leonard Finseth recorded at Nordic Fest, Decorah,
Iowa. Titles: Norwegian farmer's waltz; Johan pa Snippen; schottische; waltz;
schottische; waltz; polka or hoedown (Loggerman's); waltz; polka; Life in the
Finnish woods; Saturday night waltz; Bal i Karlstad.