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OHRCD1004 - CD
670725200421
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REPRESSED AT A CHEAPER PRICE! ITS BEEN REPACKAGED IN A JEWEL CASE, WITH A MORE CONDENSED / REVISED BOOKLET. THIS HAS BEEN OUT OF PRINT SINCE OCTOBER 2005: WE ARE DELETING ALL OUR HELD ORDERS FOR THE ORIGINAL VERSION (NOTE NEW CAT NUMBER, AND BARCODE!) HERES A REMINDER OF WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT: JOE BUSSARD'S TREASURE TROVE OF VINTAGE 78S, 1926-1937 24 RARE GEMS FROM THE KING OF RECORD COLLECTORS:BLUES, JAZZ, STRING BANDS, COUNTRY, CAJUN & GOSPEL! RAVE REVIEWS WORDLWIDE, IN ALL MANNERS OF PRESS WHEN THIS FIRST CAME OUT. AN ESSENTIAL PURCHASE FOR FANS OF ROOTS / AMERICAN PRIMITIVE MUSIC!
JOE BUSSARD HAS BEEN CALLED THE "KING OF RECORD COLLECTORS" AND THERE'S SOLID EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY SUCH A TITLE. IN THE BASEMENT OF HIS MARYLAND HOME IS A VAST TREASURE TROVE OF AMERICAN VERNACULAR MUSIC FIRST RECORDED BY PHONOGRAPH COMPANIES IN THE 1920S AND '30S- OLD-TIME SONGS, HILLBILLY HOEDOWNS, HOT JAZZ, COUNTRY BLUES, JUG BAND MUSIC, SANCTIFIED SINGING, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE. FOR OVER 50 YEARS, JOE HAS PURSUED THIS MUSIC WITH A PASSION THAT BORDERS ON MANIA, BUILDING A WORLD-CLASS COLLECTION OF 78RPM RECORDSMORE THAN 25,000 IN ALL. WITH JOE'S COOPERATION, WE'VE CAREFULLY REMASTERED 24 TRACKS OF THIS RARE MUSIC, REPRESENTING THE MAJOR GENRES IN HIS COLLECTION. INCLUDED ARE CLASSIC PERFORMANCES BY SUCH COLORFUL NAMES AS SEVEN-FOOT DILLY, GITFIDDLE JIM, THE GRAYSON COUNTY RAILSPLITTERS, FESS WILLIAMS' ROYAL FLUSH ORCHESTRA, LONG CLEVE REED & LITTLE HARVEY HULL, THE GRINNELL GIGGERS, AND MANY MORE. THE CD COMES WITH A 72-PAGE FULL-COLOR BOOKLET WITH BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY, FULLY ANNOTATED DISCOGRAPHY, AND FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS OF JOE'S RECORD COLLECTING ADVENTURES- ALL PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED.
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