Woody Herman

Off the record interview with Woody Herman, [1986-1988?]-06-17

Billy May

Off the record interview with Billy May, [1986-1988?]-04-17

Off the record interview with Aerosmith, circa 1986-1988

Aerosmith

Smokey Robinson

Off the record interview with Smokey Robinson, 1988-02-05

Stan Getz

Off the record interview with Stan Getz, 1986-08-07

Off the record interview with Lou Rawls, [1986-1988?]-03-16

Lou Rawls

Artie Shaw

Off the record interview with Artie Shaw, 1986-07-01

Pete Seeger

Off the record interview with Pete Seeger, 1988-03-22

Randy Newman

Off the record interview with Randy Newman, [1986-1988?]-04-15

Off the record interview with Patti Page, [1986-1988?]-03-26

Patti Page

More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat -- he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. In 2012 Smith donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings to the nation's library.

Off the record interview with James Brown, 1988-05-19

James Brown

Booker T. Jones

Off the record interview with Booker T. Jones, [1986-1988?]-09-02

Lou Reed

Off the record interview with Lou Reed, 1987-03-20

Off the record interview with Les Paul, 1987-12-05

Les Paul

Herbie Hancock

Off the record interview with Herbie Hancock, [1986-1988?]-04-17

Burt Bacharach

Off the record interview with Burt Bacharach, 1986-03-21

Ahmet Ertegun

Off the record interview with Ahmet Ertegun, [1986-1988?]-12-04

Bob Thiele

Off the record interview with Bob Thiele, [1986-1988?]-06-09

Mick Jagger

Off the record interview with Mick Jagger, 1986-07-18

Off the record interview with Barry White, 1987-04-03

Barry White

This series is amazing. You’ve got to check out this particular one where Burt literally chews food for an hour while he talks to Joe.  How do you chew for that long?  Hilarious. I love this series.

Burt Bacharach chews for an hour

Nice, interesting series.  Adding Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull would be great.

No JETHRO TULL??!!

Off The Record: The Joe Smith Collection

Linda Ronstadt

Off the record interview with Linda Ronstadt, 1986-04-23

Off the record interview with Elton John, 1986-10-19

Elton John

George Martin

Off the record interview with George Martin, 1986-10-22

Christine McVie

Off the record interview with Christine McVie, 1986-12-04

Off the record interview with Little Richard, 1984-09-17

Little Richard

Mickey Hart

Off the record interview with Mickey Hart, 1986-08-14

Peter Frampton

Off the record interview with Peter Frampton, [1986-1988?]-10-15

Bill Graham

Off the record interview with Bill Graham, 1988-05-09

Off the record interview with Donovan, [1986-1988?]-08-15

Donovan

Off the record interview with B. B. King, [1986-1988?]-09-05

B. B. King

Milt Gabler

Off the record interview with Milt Gabler, [1986-1988?]-06-09

Mitch Miller

Off the record interview with Mitch Miller, [1986-1988?]-04-03

Paul Weston

Off the record interview with Paul Weston, [1986-1988?]-03-25

Bo Diddley

Off the record interview with Bo Diddley, [1986-1988?]-04-28

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