Cliff W got sober in 1941 and was 26 years sober at the time of this recording in Feb. of 1967. Cliff was the co-founder first AA group on West Coast.
The quality of this recording is really excellent for 1967.
Domariae opens the meeting with a 10 min. speak followed by Leah P speaking at the North Oakland AA Open speaker meeting in the summer of 2010
We start with Gail C speaking just after her 20th AA b-day, followed by Matt S speaking for his 10th b-day both are speaking at the Road to Recovery group in Plymouth UK
John L from Temecula CA speaking at an unknown meeting in November of 2003.
An excellent presentation by the executive director of Stepping Stones about Bill & Lois and the AA Way of Life, at the 1st Annual Jersey Shore Roundup, NJ. Recordings of both Bill and Lois are part of the presentation and there is about 2 min of Bill playing his violin.
Stepping Stones foundation was founded by Lois as a way to pass on their home and its contents to the future, it has been a historic landmark since 2012. http://www.steppingstones.org
Gary K. from Parker CO speaking at the 2nd. Liberty Bell Roundup on the topic "principles of service" in June of 2013
Let me say up front, the quality of this recording is poor and because of that this recording is not for everyone, it is for the AA history buffs among you willing to listen through the quality issues.
This is Bill W. speaking about the history of AA in St.Louis MO. July of 1955.
I was able to get most of the (very bad) background hissing out, there is still some hollowness and a slight echo at times. Considering the starting quality it is listenable, at parts it is difficult to hear what is being said.
Part 2 of 2
Let me say up front, the quality of this recording is poor and because of that this recording is not for everyone, it is for the AA history buffs among you willing to listen through the quality issues.
This is Bill W. speaking about the history of AA in St.Louis MO. July of 1955.
I was able to get most of the (very bad) background hissing out, there is still some hollowness and a slight echo at times. Considering the starting quality it is listenable, at parts it is difficult to hear what is being said.
Part 1 of 2
I have one of these and it is one of my favorite items, a really excellent and useful for book study meetings or as a gift to a newcomer who is going to be heading to one.
The First 164 pages of The Big Book with lined blank pages opposite each page of text for note taking.
Paragraph numbers along side the text for easy reference. Entire Original Manuscript (about) including the stories. Easy to read retyped version. Includes paragraph numbers corresponding to the modern text for easy comparison.
Footnotes explaining historical and obscure references in the text.
Footnotes documenting all 79 differences between the modern text and the original 1st printing text of the 1st 164 pages (about). Yes, believe it or not, the basic text has been changed 79 times since it was first published.
Two place keeping ribbons. Special "lay flat" binding.