Adele Rogers St John Famous Journalist 12 Tracks 50 Minutes More Info on Her at http://www.search.eb.com/women/articles/St_Johns_Adela_Rogers.html

Cliff Walker of Los Angeles, CA 12 Tracks ~ 55 Minutes Both Cliff Walker and Al Marineaux were in the original AA Group formed by Mort Joseph and Kay Miller. They were part of the Big Meetings prior to World War 2 era gasoline rationing which is credited with spreading AA groups around southern California. AAs started new groups when they could no longer get enough gasoline to travel to what had been a large meeting numbering in the hundreds. They each tell their story. Al has a distinctive laugh as he tells stories and cracks jokes. Al was a musician who played in movie studio orchestras. Cliff recounts his spiritual journey. How he was overdosed with religion in his youth but came to believe in his own Higher Power in recovery. The sound quality is good especially considering the 1963 vintage of the recording. Both recovery stories are excellent.

at Austin Texas June 1968 one of the first AA members in California tells his story and talks about AA

at El Paso Texas Jamboree 2-26-67 Cliff tells his story and talks about how he took the 12 Steps of the AA program. at 77 Minutes it almost completely fills the 80 minute CD

at Hot Springs, Arkansas 8-1-1970 Eddie has a real funny drunkalogue and was a very popular speaker in ealy west coast AA. Classic AA Humourist

at First Oldtimers Meeting Los Angeles, CA 9-12-1975 First Southern California AA member Mort Joseph tells how AA began in Southern California. His story, the first meetings, spread of AA, and early practices and incidents. 18 tracks ~ 36 Minutes