Here's a link to the story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/arts/music/12petr.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&sq=blues&st=cse&scp=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/arts/music/12petr.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&sq=blues&st=cse&scp=1
Blues records article in Sunday NY Times
In tomorrows NY Times Art and Leisure section their is a great article on a collector of 78rpm shellacs and the status of these rare records. Some of these 78's have sold for over $30k each in the past year. He talks in depth of the roots race blues that were recorded by Paramount Records in Wisconsin in the 20's and 30's. Fascinating article. Being a lover of Mississippi Delta Blues I gobled this up.
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Clickable for the less ambitious http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/arts/music/12petr.html?_r=1&ref=music |
Luckily, lots of this material has become available from Yazoo and others. I recommend everyone who is interested in exploring the ultra-rare pre-war 78 game check out a 2-cd set called "The Stuff that Dreams Are Made Of" and a disc called "Down In Joe Bussard's Basement." They'll make you want to start collecting. (And of course you'll need to start building a dedicated 78 system too!). Also good is an OOP box set (from a major label but I forget which) called "Roots & Blues, the Retrospective 1925-1950." Here's a link to a great article on Bussard and the records. http://www.bluesworld.com/Bussard.html |
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