Down in the Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937
Editorial Reviews "This is the music of poor whites and blacks: wild-ass jazz and string-band hillbilly, surreal yodels and king snake moans, lightning-bolt blues and whorehouse romps and orgasmic gospel. It's all anti-pop, anti-sentimental: the raw sounds of the city gutter and the roadside ditch." Desperate Man Blues by Eddie Dean - Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000 "Joe has spent more than 50 years pursuing his purpose with a single-mindedness bordering on mania. And his purpose is no less than collecting and preserving the vast wealth of American vernacular music that was recorded on fragile shellac discs during the early decades of this century." A Visit and Interview with Record Collector Joseph E. Bussard, Jr by Marshall Wyatt - Old-Time Herald Spring 1999 - oldhatrecords.com/BussardInt.html 24 Rare Gems From The King Of Record Collectors - String Bands, Blues, Jazz, Country, Cajun, Gospel. Profusely illustrated, 72-page full-color booklet includes biographical essay, fully annotated discography, and firsthand accounts of Joe's record collecting adventures. 72 minutes of digitally remastered music.
<"b00009mgqu5020"> Joe Allen - Wax Poetics Spring 2004
In the Basement at 78 RPM: Going waaay back with 78s more precious than your 45s - faculty.sunydutchess.edu/allen/waxpoetics/volume-7.pdf
<"b00009mgqu5019"> Robert Christgau - Village Voice Feb 4, 2004
It's hard to imagine Harry Smith declaring either (country breakdowns, hot jazz) folk music. Bussard could care less. A minus.
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What is your favourite Sunday morning record? "I like old recordings. I love the things Joe Bussard puts out - he's preserving a lot of corners of music that are precious, mountain music, jazz, blues, music that was on 78. I dig that." Elvis Costello - MOJO Dec 2005
Down in the Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937
Down in the Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937, Music, Various Artists, Uncle Dave Macon, Rev Gary Davis, Gene Autry, Big Bill Broonzy, Stripling Brothers, Kokomo Arnold, Ernest Stoneman, Two Poor Boys, Long Cleve Reed, Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Blues, Blues Music, Blues Traditional Collections, Classic Jazz, Country Blues, Cowboy, Dixieland, Harmonica Blues, Hot Jazz, Jug Band, New Orleans Jazz, Old-Timey, Pop, Prewar Blues, Prewar Country Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, String Bands, Swing, Traditional Country, V/a Compilations
Down in the Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937
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