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Peter Blecha Taboo Tunes collection, 1915-2010

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Blecha, Peter
Title
Peter Blecha Taboo Tunes collection
Dates
1915-2010 (inclusive)
Quantity
1.53 cubic feet, (2 boxes, 2 oversized folders)
Collection Number
2025002
Summary
Collection of research, sheet music, posters and other ephemera on controversial music from the 1960s-2010s
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

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Languages
English
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Content Description

Research materials and 14 posters related to banned music collected by Peter Blecha. Galley copy of Taboo Tunes.

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Biographical Note

Peter Charles Blecha is an American historian, curator, essayist, author, musician, and director of the Seattle-based Northwest Music Archives. He is primarily known for research related to aspects of Pacific Northwest musical history. He is the author of Taboo Tunes and Stomp and Shout: R&B and the Origins of Northwest Rock and Roll, as well as a weekly column in the Seattle music magazine The Rocket, essays, and album liner notes. Blecha has also served in multiple consulting and curatorial positions for the Stone Age Institute Advisory Board, Association for Recorded Sound Collections Excellence in Publication Committee, the Northwest African American Museum Advisory Committee, and Design and Development teams for the Museum of Pop Culture {MoPOP).

Source: Wikipedia

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyrights not transferred to University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Peter Blecha.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Series 1, Research Files

    Other Descriptive Information

    Clippings and website printouts of articles arranged by subject matter

  • Series 2, Magazines, Comics, Ephemera

  • Series 3, Sheet Music

    • Description: "All the Quakers are Shoulder Shakers (Down in Quaker Town)" by Bert Kalmar and Edgar Leslie/Pete Wendling
      Dates: 1919
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "That Naughty Waltz" by Edwin Stanley/Sol. P. Levy
      Dates: 1920
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "(Little Lilly Drives them Silly) with her 'Cuckoo'" by Pat Ballard/Sam Gold
      Dates: 1921
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "There is a Tavern in the Town" by William H. Hills
      Dates: 1929
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "Little Brown Jug" by Eastburn
      Dates: 1941
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!!" by Frank Loesser
      Dates: 1942
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "Rum and Coca-Cola" by Morey Amsterdam/Jeri Sullavan, Paul Baron
      Dates: 1944
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "Goodnight, Irene" by Huddie Ledbetter and John Lomax
      Dates: 1926
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "Banned in Boston" by Clint Ballard and Fred Tobias
      Dates: 1961
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "What'd I Say" by Ray Charles
      Dates: 1959
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "Get Together" by Chet Powers
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "Puff (the Magic Dragon" by Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton
      Dates: 1963
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "Eve of Destruction" by P.F. Sloan
      Dates: 1965
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "Now Tango (l'Irresstible)"
      Dates: 1915
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "I Didn't Raise my Boy to be a Soldier" by Alfred Bryan/Al Piantadosi
      Dates: 1915
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music
    • Description: "Anti Rag-Time Girl Song" by Elsie Janis
      Dates: 1913
      Container: Oversize vertical file 2025002 OSVF 1
      Location: Series 3, Sheet Music

  • Series 4, Posters

    • Description: Amen: We have come for your parents
      Dates: 2000
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: Kid Rock: Devil Without a Cause
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: The Black Crowes: Amorica
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: Madonna: Borderline
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: Red Hot Chili Peppers: Mother's Milk
      Dates: 1989
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: Ice Cube: Death certificate
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: Ice-T: The Iceberg : freedom of speech ... just watch what you say
      Dates: 1991
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: Heavy Cream
      Dates: 1972
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: The Luke featuring 2-Live Crew: Banned in the U.S.A.
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: Public Enemy: Muse sick-n-hour mess age : what side you on
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: Frankenchrist
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: Taboo Tunes : a history of banned bands & censored songs
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters
    • Description: The Sam The Sham Revue: Nothing Succeeds like Suppression
      Container: Oversize Folder 2025002 OS 2
      Location: Series 4, Posters

  • Series 5, Vinyl Records

    • Description: Alice Cooper: Love it to death

      Album sleeve only

      Dates: 1971
      Container: Box 2025002 Box 2
      Location: Series 5, Vinyl Records
    • Description: Carcass: Reek of Putrefaction

      Album sleeve only

      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 2025002 Box 2
      Location: Series 5, Vinyl Records
    • Description: The Beatles: Yesterday and Today

      Album sleeve only

      Dates: 1966
      Container: Box 2025002 Box 2
      Location: Series 5, Vinyl Records


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