On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:19:27 -0500, axolotl
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:51:29 -0500, "Wild_Bill"

I was amazed that some of the original recordings survived long enough to be
duplicated.

Someone needed to take the initiative to make the trips to some backwoods
Mississippi Delta area

) Direct to wax recordings were done without electricity for years -
) just like a gramophone .

Many of the original music recordings were courtesy of the federal
government WPA-like arts programs in the '30s. John Lomax and his wife
traveled in the South collecting "American Folk Music" for the Library
of Congress. My grandparents were recorded. The recordings are available
from the Library of Congress if you can show no copyright problems
with the performers.

And there are still some folks doing field recordings.
http://dust-digital.com/aofr1.htm
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008...n_audio_bilger

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Ned Simmons