University of Texas, Center for American History

James Nash Music Collection



Descriptive Summary

Creator:Nash, James
Title:James Nash Music Collection
Dates: circa 1970s-2007
Accession No.: 2007-263
Extent:2 linear feet
Language: Materials are in English.
Repository: Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Note

Jim Nash is a longtime resident of Austin. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science. Jim has been a member of the Austin and Texas music scene listening audience since high school, appreciating the unique place that it is, and attempting to capture as much of this music as he can, given his talents and resources. He is involved in various audio/video engineering projects, including restoration, mastering, production and promotion, and works with many local Austin musicians.


Scope and Contents

Collection contains digitally-remastered versions of out-of-print LPs and commercial recordings primarily by musicians based in Austin, Texas. Artists particularly well-represented are Spencer Perskin, Shiva's Headband, and Greezy Wheels. Audio formats include compact discs, audiocassette tapes, 7-inch open reel tapes, LP albums, and DVDs. Also included is a small assortment of promotional music memorabilia.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted access


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

James Nash Music Collection, circa 1970s-2007, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.


Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Inventory

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2.325/S99Compact Discs:
Greezy Wheels:
“Have a Greezy Holiday”/”In the Middle”
HipPOP
“Assorted Greezy Wheels” (unpublished compilation), 2002
String Theory
“String Theory 10-cuts”
Greezy Wheels (digitized copy of LP album)
Millennium Greezy (two copies-one unopened), 2001
Juz Loves Dem Ol’ Greezy Wheels (digitized copy of 1975 LP album)
Jimmy George Band:
She, 2002
The Funky Beans:
Live at Margaritaville
Guy Forsyth:
Voices Inside: An Acoustic Record
Steak, 2000
Love Songs: For and Against (autographed), 2005
Can You Live Without, 1999
The Guy Forsyth Band:
High Temperature, 1994
Needlegun, 1995
Flounders Without Eyes:
What Will It Bring
Movin’ On
Roky Erickson with the Explosives:
Live at Rock Island (digitized copy of 1979 live recording on KPFT-Houston)
Roky Ericson:
Gremlins Have Pictures
Gremlins Have Pictures [bootleg CD] (digitized copy of LP album)
Joe Ely:
Live at Liberty Lunch, 1990
Live at Antone’s, 2000
EPS:
Just When You Thought You Were Safe… (digitized copy of cassette tape), 1987
Shane Dwight Band:
Done With You
Double Trouble:
Been A Long Time, 2001
Donovan:
Live at SXSW (recorded and mastered by Jim Nash), 2007
Del Castillo:
Vida, 2002
Brothers of the Castle, 2001
Brotherhood, 2006
Coffee Sergeants:
Moonlight Towers (2 copies), 1993
El-Ariesh, 2004
Consolation has no Phone…, 2002
The Blessing House, 1999
Self-titled, 2006
Joe “King” Carrasco & the Crowns:
Synapse Gap (digitized copy of 1982 LP album)
Troy Campbell:
Long in the Sun, 2006
American Breakdown, 2002
Troy Young Campbell:
Man vs. Beast
Butthole Surfers:
Pioughd, 1991
Electriclarryland, 1996
Bourland:
Cathedrals of Sand – demo copy, 2003
Blue Flame:
Texas Heat, 1998
Demo, 1998
The Black Angels:
Passover, 2006
The Black Angels, 2005
The 1972-73 A.N. McCallum High School Bands, Austin, TX
Spencer Perskin:
Songwriter Demonstration
Magic Feather (unpublished compilation), 2001
“Spencer Perskin Project,” 2006
“7 Ruffs”
“Spencer Perskin Songwriter Demonstration”
Omar and the Howlers:
Big Delta, 2001
SwingLand, 1999
Ron Nottebart:
Under a Bushel, 2002
Arguments from a Cornfield, 2000
Bruce Newman and Washtub Jerry:
Cajun Cowboys, 1993
Ian Moore:
Modernday Folklore, 1995
Luminaria, 2004
Ian Moore’s Got the Green Grass, 1998
Monte Montgomery:
Wishing Well, 2001
Mirror, 1999
1st and Repair, 1998
Mincemeat:
Hold the Phone: Comedy Prank Phone Calls, 2001
Patti McClean and Crash! Bam! Boom!:
Easy to Love (2 copies-one unopened), 1999
Ian McLagan & the Bump Band:
Rise & Shine!, 2004
Spiritual Boy: An Appreciation of Ronnie Lane, 2006
Ian McLagain & the Bump Band Live (recorded on KUT Liveset)
Live at the Lucky Lounge, May 3, 2007
Bump in the Night
Songs by Romaine Lowdermilk (digitized copy of LP album)
Loose Diamonds:
New Location, 1994
Burning Daylight, 1993
1973-1974 L.C. Anderson High School Trojan Bands
Mike Kindred, “Handstand”’/David Olney, “The Wheel”/Troy Campbell, “American Breakdown”/Ponty Bone, “Fantasize”/R.C. Banks “Cowboy Corner”
The Keepers:
Looking For A Sign
Every Dog is a Star, 1997
KLBJ FM’s Local Licks Live, 1991
Eric Johnson:
Venus Isle, 1996
The Hudson’s:
Songs About People, 2003
Live Album, 2005
Highwaymen:
Live Texas Radio
Uranium Savages:
Party with the Pope
Big Ones, 1999
“Tues Oct 31 Saxon Pub”
Trust Us (digitized copy of 1979 LP album) (two copies)
Radio-Active! (digitized copy of 1980 LP album)
The Tommy Hall Schedule
Jesse ‘Guitar’ Taylor:
Last Night
Tamasha Africana:
Self-titled album
Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns:
‘Twas the night before Christmas (digitized copy of 1962 LP album)
Shiva’s Headband:
The Temple of Rock N Roll, 2001
Take Me to the Mountains (digitized copy of 1970s LP album)
Classics, Volume One: Down in Texas, 1996
Remember the Armadillo (digitized copy of audio cassette tape) 1999
Psychedelic Yesterday
Armadillo (digitized copy of 45 album)
Post Analog-Bits from a Shoebox (digitized compilation from various live and studio sources)
Shiva’s Headband Live (digitized copy from open reel tape)
“Live at the Elysium, Austin, TX,” October 10, 2003
Kaleidoscopic YesterDaze
In the Primo of Life
In the Primo of Life (digitized copy of LP album)
“Faces Nightclub-Dallas” (two copies), 1975
Coming to A Head
Coming To a Head (digitized copy of LP album) (two copies)
Basement Tapes (digitized copy of live recordings and audio cassette tape)
Shiva’s Headband Experience:
“Live Radio-KPFT Houston, TX, recorded at Fitzgerald’s,” February 2006
Powell St. John:
Right Track Now, 2005
Shake Russel Dana Cooper Band:
Self-titled album (digitized copy of 1981 LP album)
Jerry Rigged & Spencer Perskin:
Live on JRRI International Shortwave Radio (digitized copy of live recordings), 2000
Jerry Rigged:
Songs from Rodent Ranch, 2005
Special Limited Edition, 2000
Oliver Rajamani:
Sabas, 2004
Pakiam, 2001
Poor Yorick:
What Fools, 1992
Das tunes, 1988-1997
Comedies and Tragedies (two copies), 1990
Caucasia, 1996
Armchair Vacation (two copies), 1988
Aren’t You Glad You Came!, 2005
Hally Wood:
O’ Lovely Appearance of Death (two copies)
Carolyn Wonderland:
Bloodless Revolution
Bob Wills/Tommy Duncan and the Texas Playboys:
Together again… (digitized copy of 1961 LP album) (2 copies)
KGSR Lonestar State of Mind:
Van Wilks CD Release and Roky Erickson & The Explosives, Saxon Pub, Austin, TX (two copies), November 18, 2005
Van Wilks:
Texas Jukin’ (two copies), 2002
Soul of a Man, 1995
Running from Ghosts, 2005
Koko’s Hideaway, 1999
Bombay Tears
Demo Tape, 1981
Rusty Wier:
Self-titled (digitized copy of 1975 LP album) (two copies)
Are We There Yet?
Brad Whitfield:
Just A Plain Ol’ Cowboy (digitized copy of audio cassette tape)
Patricia Vonne:
Guitars & Castanets (autographed), 2005
Self-titled (autographed), 2003
Bud Light, Tu Musica Tu Cerveza
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2.325/S10045 rpm singles:
Uranium Savages:
Party with the Pope, 1987
Audiocassette Tapes:
Shiva’s Headband:
Psychedelic Yesterday, 1995
In the Primo of Life, 1995
Remember the Armadillo, 1991
7-inch reel tapes:
Shiva’s Headband:
14 Studio Tapes, circa 1986
DVDs:
Troy Campbell, Tall Tales & Other Big Lies, Collection Agency Films (includes booklet: Tall Tales and Other Big Lies: Stories of Ray Wylie Hubbard, illustrated by José Luis González)
Donovan. There Is an Ocean, 1970
Jay Hodgson news story, KTBC-TV, Austin (includes photo postcard with Uncle Jay and Packer Jack)
Wheatfield, “Austin City Limits” PBS telecast, 1976
William B. Travis High School (Austin, TX) Class of 1967 “Memories,” 2007
Compact Disc and DVD Sets:
Magic Feather, Spencer Perskin & Friends/A Head of His Times, Spencer Perskin Documentary
The Tommy Hall Schedule. Live on Monkey Island Demo DVD (Psychedelic Resurgence), 2003
Music Memorabilia:
Sweet Mary Aid [Mary Hattersley Benefit] commemorative package, La Zona Rosa, Austin, Texas (includes CD: Sweet Mary’s Pickup Band, Armadillo World Headquarters Thanksgiving Day Jam, November 23, 1979, CD: Armadillo Radio Headquarters, 1974, Cover letter from Eddie Wilson , Original graphic designs by Michael Priest and Jim Franklin, Photographs by Burton Wilson), December 10, 2000
Roky Erickson personal fan
The Cornell Hurd Band Whoopee Cushion
The Cornell Hurd Band inflatable Air Guitar
Assorted bumper stickers, bookmarks, and postcards
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2.325/R54LP Albums:
The Shake Russell Dana Cooper Band, Self-titled album, 1981
Uranium Savages:
Radio-Active!, 1980
Trust Us, 1979
1973-1974 L.C. Anderson High School Trojan Bands
The 1972-73 A.N. McCallum High School Bands
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2.325/T58cPosters:
Concert poster (11 x17) for Shiva’s Headband/Tommy Hall at the Elysium (Austin), 2003
Concert poster (11 x 17) for Shiva’s Headband/Crystal Image at Threadgill’s World Headquarters (Austin), 2006
Concert poster (11 x 17) for Ian McLagan and the Bump Band at the Lucky Lounge (Austin), 2007