Full Compass recordings, 1972-2000 1973-1980

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Full Compass Sound Studios

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This collection contains analog audiotape reels and electronic audio files of musical performances from the WIBA/Full Compass Concert Series radio broadcasts. The collection also contains recording...

This collection contains analog audiotape reels and electronic audio files of musical performances from the WIBA/Full Compass Concert Series radio broadcasts. The collection also contains recordings of musical performances from other events, and musical recordings and radio advertisements produced at Full Compass Sound Studios. The collection is arranged into 2 series: 1. Audiotape reels, 2. Electronic audio files. Both series are further arranged into subseries.

Sound recordings from the radio program "WIBA/Full Compass live radio concerts" produced between 1973 and 1980 as broadcast on WIBA-FM radio, Madison, Wisconsin. The program was part of Radio Free Madison , WIBA's experiment with alternative rock programming begun in 1969. The artists were mostly Madison or Milwaukee-based musicians. Recorded principally at Full Compass Sound Studios in Madison, Wisconsin. The recordings are mostly unedited, some are edited for re-broadcast. Musical genres represented in the collection include rock, country, bluegrass and jazz. Some notable performers include Pat Metheney Group, Ben Sidran, Spooner, Asleep at the Wheel, Head East, Luther Allison, Paul Filipowicz Blues Band, and Townes Van Zandt.

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