Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Incredible set from the great Dust to Digital label. This set consists of the B-sides of the 78s Harry Smith used for his legendary Anthology of American Folk Music (desert island material for me). I absolutely love this kind of stuff, have a massive collection but only listen to it when my wife is not in the house. She hates it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 26 VT Supporter Share Posted August 26 39 minutes ago, Nor-Cal Villan said: Incredible set from the great Dust to Digital label. This set consists of the B-sides of the 78s Harry Smith used for his legendary Anthology of American Folk Music (desert island material for me). I absolutely love this kind of stuff, have a massive collection but only listen to it when my wife is not in the house. She hates it I have the Harry Smith box set (compulsory for us Dylan fans). Didn't know about the B-sides set until now. Apparently three songs have been omitted due to racist lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 18 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I have the Harry Smith box set (compulsory for us Dylan fans). Didn't know about the B-sides set until now. Apparently three songs have been omitted due to racist lyrics. They have indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 20 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I have the Harry Smith box set (compulsory for us Dylan fans). Didn't know about the B-sides set until now. Apparently three songs have been omitted due to racist lyrics. Should they be omitted or is it wokery gone mad ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 13 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Should they be omitted or is it wokery gone mad ? No easy answer there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Just now, Nor-Cal Villan said: No easy answer there. True Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 That's three of us with the 'Anthology Of American Folk Music'. Anyone else? It's in with the vinyl and I forget about it, which goes some way to explain why it's still sealed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 7 minutes ago, Xann said: That's three of us with the 'Anthology Of American Folk Music'. Anyone else? It's in with the vinyl and I forget about it, which goes some way to explain why it's still sealed. Absolutely essential for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 1 hour ago, Nor-Cal Villan said: Absolutely essential for me It is a nice thing, for sure. That and it being £11 are the reasons I bought it. Though if we're talking early recordings, like from the 1920s? MP3 can do that ok. Some of the archives are great for this era. Quote The David W. Niven Collection of Early Jazz Legends, 1921-1991 David W. Niven 650 tapes · 1,000 hours · 1,378 WAV files · 637 GB · 691 JPEG scans of cassette liner cards & literature. Meticulously Collected, Compiled, and Narrated by David W. Niven, 1930-1993. Generously Donated by David W. Niven to the Foxborough High School Jazz Program, Stephen C. Massey, Director, 2010. Archived to CD-Quality Digital Audio by Kevin J. Powers, 2010-2011. https://archive.org/details/davidwnivenjazz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Xann said: It is a nice thing, for sure. That and it being £11 are the reasons I bought it. Though if we're talking early recordings, like from the 1920s? MP3 can do that ok. Some of the archives are great for this era. https://archive.org/details/davidwnivenjazz If I could go back in time I would be a songcatcher, a la Cecil Sharp and Olive Campbell, and to less academically-focused degree, A.P. Carter & Bascam Lamar Lunaford. Sharp traipsed all over my home county, Buncombe, and neighboring Madison County, collecting songs over a hundred years ago. And the places he went were ungodly rural and provincial as hell. Most outsiders went in but never came out. Madison County is legendary for moonshiners and feuds and inter-generational violence. Even as recently as the 90s it was still a place to avoid completely or drive quickly through. Took a lot of guts and not knowing any better to go where Sharp went. In other words, perfect places to find old ballads and folk songs. Below is a highway sign in Madison County from Sharp’s visits Edited August 26 by Nor-Cal Villan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Sharp's legacy is still a thing https://www.efdss.org/cecil-sharp-house Regret missing Linda Perhacs here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Xann said: Sharp's legacy is still a thing https://www.efdss.org/cecil-sharp-house Regret missing Linda Perhacs here. I went to an event there in 2011. Amazing event, there was a long (2+ hour) documentary about all sorts of British folklore. 100% up my alley. All in B&W. Truly amazing, my wife and I still talk about it. Regret not buying the DVD box set but it was in PAL & would have been useless to me. Need to find the name of the set so I can see if there is a BluRay Edited August 26 by Nor-Cal Villan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xann Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 22 minutes ago, Nor-Cal Villan said: Regret not buying the DVD box set but it was in PAL & would have been useless to me. Need to find the name of the set so I can see if there is a BluRay Had a Blackmagic Teranex, one of the greatest toys in video technology. Regret giving it away cos it could even do something about NTSC's colour issues, but there was a favour due. A quick search throws up Shutter Encoder for transcoding, maybe have a look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 14 minutes ago, Xann said: Had a Blackmagic Teranex, one of the greatest toys in video technology. Regret giving it away cos it could even do something about NTSC's colour issues, but there was a favour due. A quick search throws up Shutter Encoder for transcoding, maybe have a look? I still don’t even know what the name of the set was or if it’s still available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 27 VT Supporter Share Posted August 27 9 hours ago, Nor-Cal Villan said: If I could go back in time I would be a songcatcher, a la Cecil Sharp and Olive Campbell, and to less academically-focused degree, A.P. Carter & Bascam Lamar Lunaford. Sharp traipsed all over my home county, Buncombe, and neighboring Madison County, collecting songs over a hundred years ago. And the places he went were ungodly rural and provincial as hell. Most outsiders went in but never came out. Madison County is legendary for moonshiners and feuds and inter-generational violence. Even as recently as the 90s it was still a place to avoid completely or drive quickly through. Took a lot of guts and not knowing any better to go where Sharp went. In other words, perfect places to find old ballads and folk songs. Below is a highway sign in Madison County from Sharp’s visits Shout out to Alan Lomax, too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 3 hours ago, mjmooney said: Shout out to Alan Lomax, too. Hugo Zemp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Mack McCormick. Not well-known and later than the others we’ve listed. This box set is great https://folkways.si.edu/playing-for-the-man-at-the-door#:~:text=and musicians alike.-,Playing for the Man at the Door%3A Field Recordings from,moment in African American history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 7 hours ago, mjmooney said: Shout out to Alan Lomax, too. And his father John as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Friend lent me a cd (shock horror ) and it's an artist I've never really listened to at all but it's getting plenty of playtime from me at the mo. 'Maybe you're right' is an absolutely wonderful track. But a great Album imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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