Off The Record: The Joe Smith Collection

Off The Record: The Joe Smith Collection

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.

Episodes

November 5, 2014
Off the record interview with Al Gallico, [1986-1988?]-02-13
Mark as Played
Off the record interview with Yoko Ono, 1987-10-07
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Tony Bennett, 1987-09-27
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Ruth Brown, 1988-01-29
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Ray Charles, 1987-06-03
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Peter Frampton, [1986-1988?]-10-15
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Paul McCartney, 1987-10-22
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Natalie Cole, 1987-08-21
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Milt Gabler, [1986-1988?]-06-09
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Mickey Hart, 1986-08-14
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Mick Jagger, 1986-07-18
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Little Richard, 1984-09-17
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Linda Ronstadt, 1986-04-23
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Herbie Hancock, [1986-1988?]-04-17
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Graham Nash, [1986-1988?]-05-09
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with George Martin, 1986-10-22
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with George Harrison, 1988-02-12
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Ellie Greenwich, 1986-04-02
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with Dick Clark, 1986-02-14
Mark as Played
April 8, 2014
Off the record interview with David Bowie, 1988-04-19
Mark as Played

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