Preservation of Correspondence - And Media

[Stan Barr]

Hi,

William Donzelli said:
> > In my experience _everything_ that has been recorded since about
> > 1917 is available on cd if you go to the right sources.
> 
> Sorry, but you are extremely wrong here. There is a huge amount of
> music that is only available on LP, 45, 78, or other even old formats.
> Most early rock and roll, like 1950/60s rockabilly, has not made it
> past the 45 format, and the same is true for old soul. Lots of live
> jazz never jumped off the LP. There is a ton of stuff from the 1980s,
> like dance remixes and B sides, that never made it. To the extreme,

OK so I exagerated a bit!  

One last OT comment then I promise to stick to computers :-)
(I'll probably have some d*mn-fool questions when I get the Micro-
11/73 out of the rack and see about making some changes...)

As for old rock'n'roll, rockabilly etc. loads of it is being released
on cd at the moment, a chap called Mark Lamarr plays a lot on his
BBC radio show* every week, but I do admit even he has to resort to
45s at times!  Obscure soul tracks are also very popular atm with
new re-releases every week...feeding the revived (British) Northern
Soul scene.
Most of these seem to be on UK or European labels though.
 
Still got 2 turntables.  (Neither have 78, alas, and one only does 
33rpm!)

Just to upset people: we used to use 78s for target practice, shellac
ones shattered nicely, vinyl ones just gave you a boring hole... :-)

* You can listen to it on the BBC website.  BBC Radio 2, Mark Lamarr's
Alternative Sixties,   New show every Monday - plenty of obscure
Rock'n'Roll/Rockabilly.
 
-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr  stanb at dial.pipex.com

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