CooP, The Fast Folk Musical Magazine: Vol. 1, #1
date: label: Date
content: 1982
name: label: Creator
content: Fast Folk Musical Magazine
label: performer
content: Hardy, Jack 1947-2011
label: performer
content: Christian, Frank 1952-2012
label: performer
content: Dann, Mark
label: performer
content: Brewster, Susan
label: performer
content: Frandsen, Erik, lyricist
label: performer
content: Vega, Suzanne
label: performer
content: Rose, Brian 1954-
label: performer
content: Kaplan, Paul
label: performer
content: Matthews, Ansel
label: performer
content: Van Ronk, Dave
label: performer
content: Massengill, David
label: performer
content: Weiss, Ilene
label: performer
content: Barthold, Skip
label: performer
content: McCurdy, Ed 1919-2000
notes: label: Notes
content: This first CooP LP came out in February 1982. The recording was done in Mark Dann's Attic on Argyle Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. The recording format was 7.5 ips quarter track stereo reel to reel. The CooP was a division of the Speakeasy; the musician's cooperative located at107 MacDougal Street. The idea was to give the artists performing at the Speakeasy an opportunity to record and give the audience a chance to take home some of the music they could hear at the club since virtually no one had recordings of their own. The records were also good for artists to take on the road with them to sell at out of town performances and to get radio play. The importance of this cannot be overestimated. CooP and Fast Folk LPs established the Village scene in the minds of the audience, radio and club owners alike. Many Village artist's ability to tour was due to their having exposure on the CooP and Fast Folk. The following two quotes are on the otherwise plain white LP jacket: "To a considerable extent, the new excitement surrounding the folk scene in the Village is the result of cooperative projects like the CooP and Speakeasy. In these activities younger folk singers have sought out the performers of the 1960's and offered them a forum that didn't exist before, giving the folk music scene a welcome burst of energy." -- The New York Times. "Idealistic ventures like Speakeasy and the CooP have a way of fizzling out if they don't please all of the people all of the time and of getting impossibly insular if they do. But that issues are being raised and possibilities opened up within an ongoing effort to write, sing, and play is exciting in itself.. the healthiest sign yet that folk music might slowly be threading its way out of (into) the dark ages." --The Village Voice
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content: 101 Where Were You Last Night? / Frank Christian, Mark Dann. Guitar
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content: 102 For the One Who Loves / Mark Dann, Susan Brewster. Guitar
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content: 103 Howard Hughes' Blughes / Erik Frandsen. Guitar
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content: 104 Cracking / Suzanne Vega. Guitar
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content: 105 Down Below the James / Mark Dann, Brian Rose, Jack Hardy. Guitar, Bass, Mandolin
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content: 106 The King of Hearts / Paul Kaplan. Guitar
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content: 201 The Greatest Part of Love / Mark Dann, Ansel Matthews. Guitar
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content: 202 The Jersey State Stomp (The Garden State Stomp) / Dave Van Ronk. Guitar
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content: 203 On The Road to Fairfax County / Mark Dann, Erik Frandsen, David Massengill. Guitar, Bass, Appalachian dulcimer
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content: 204 Joined in Laughter / Mark Dann, Ilene Weiss. Guitar, Bass
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content: 205 Kneeling by Your Chair / Mark Dann, Skip Barthold. Guitar, Bass
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content: 206 When Soldiers Die on Battlefields / Ed McCurdy. Guitar, Bass
label: Track information
content: 207 Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream / Ed McCurdy. Guitar, Bass
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
label: Place
content: New York (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Guitar
label: Topic
content: Bass
label: Topic
content: Mandolin
label: Topic
content: Appalachian dulcimer
label: Topic
content: Popular music--Writing and publishing
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content: Fast Folk Musical Magazine records, 1982-2002, bulk 1982-1995 228429
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: Fast Folk.SE101
label: Local number
content: FF-COMM-LP-SE101
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in