Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937 (Jewel Case with 28-page booklet)

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"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, 28-page full-color booklet includes biographical essay, fully annotated discography, and (online) firsthand accounts of Joe's record collecting adventures. 72 minutes of newly, digitally remastered music. Jewel case, second edition.

What Customers Say About Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937 (Jewel Case with 28-page booklet):

god bless you joe may you live forever and ever you wanna hear america hear is or hear it was in all that made america before we all sold are souls to the effectives of a in effeective globe captilism.

Lovers of early American roots music will treasure this fine collection. Even weird jazz enters the mix with Luis Russell's 1929 record of "Call Of The Freaks" which sounds like you're drunk when you hear it. Gray and SevenFoot Dilly is one of those songs you can't get out of your head.

This is an excellent collection with original recordings from the 1920's and 30's featuring one of my favorites, The Weems String Band's Greenback Dollar from 1927, recorded on Columbia. This one has 24 cuts featuring legends like Big Bill Broonzy, Gene Autry singing like Jimmie Rodgers, Banjo legend and showman Uncle Dave Macon and The Stripling Brothers' fantastic "The Lost Child", a fiddling romp. I have read about Joe Bussard's passion for collecting old records and found his story fascinating, since all us "record nerds' can relate to him at one time or another.

The Old Ark's A Moving by A.A. It really is a lot of fun, and if anyone makes fun or criticizes you for listening to this.they're stupid.and just ignore them. How do I know this.

Because Old Hat records provides us with dates, personnel, labels and stories about the artists along with excellent repro of the music.

Kudos to JOE BUSSARD for being the superb Collector that he so obviously is & for putting this incredible Collection together .My only question is ( as other reviewers have also inquired ).JOE; HAVING SOME AWARENESS OF THE EXTENT OF YOUR COLLECTION.WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANOTHER CD LIKE THIS. After seeing " DESPERATE MAN BLUES " on TV; I found out about this CD & knew that I had to own it. Even though ( as I indicated in a prior review ) I am NOT a 78 rpm Collector; I do know that this CD really is a TREASURE TROVE of some extremely special records that are definitely worth listening to.

Uncle Joe say it ain't so. Top drawer assemblage of roots, blues, and just plain fun. give us another, PLEASE. Sell your shoes cause your goin to heaven after you play this one. You can finally say you've heard it all.

Cleaned up as well as can be expected but still some hum & hiss.but not enough to be distracting. If you're interested in the history of US music, as I am, you'll find this a fine addition.