I suggest asking the Kitchen Sisters:
<http://www.kitchensisters.org>

Perhaps…
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Lou Judson
Intuitive Audio
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On Aug 13, 2016, at 7:11 PM, chuck reinsch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The 14.4 realaudio file is still accessible at this url: http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/990806.stories.html
>
> I was able to play it with VLC, but as you say the audio quality is poor.
>
> The text on the page where this audio appears is "Quest for Sound Curator Jay Allison brings us Buster Keaton. Listener Bob Borgen has a tape of the silent film star at a party in 1962. Some friends gave him a ukelele and recorded his songs, stories and memories of Vaudeville."
>
> Perhaps "Bob Borgen" has a better copy, but this it was originally aired in NPR Aug 6, 1999.
>
> Chuck Reinsch
>
> On 8/13/2016 2:17 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>> I recently became aware of this tape, recorded at a party in 1962. Buster
>> Keaton sings with ukulele and talks about vaudeville (19teens), blue
>> material,
>>
>> and sings a bit of a blues with mention of "high yeller woman". The
>> recording is an extra in the new UK blu-ray Keaton Shorts 1917--23 dvd set,
>> but
>>
>> has been issued previously on a Masters of Cinema DVD set, and there was an
>> NPR show (seems sound file now deleted). I have difficulty understanding
>>
>> a good part of this - not a great recording, but also my diminished hearing.
>>
>> 1. Does anyone know of a transcript of this material ??
>>
>> 2. Is there a better sound CD or other source for this recording ??
>>
>> 3. Has there been any discussion of the tape and the sources for the songs
>> Keaton performs ?? I am particularly curious about the HIGH YALLER verses
>>
>> which I associate with blues performers and wonder where Keaton would have
>> heard this material ??
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Best wishes, Thomas.