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Joe Bussard has spent much of the last seventy years putting together one of the world's largest collections of early American recorded music: jazz, blues, old-time country, and more. Joe welcomes you to his Frederick, Maryland basement, where he plays some of his favorite 78's and tells the elaborate tale of hunting down each one. He also tells the story of Fonotone records, a record label he ran out of his basement that released hand-pressed 78's by a slew of then-unknown musicians, including a teenager from Takoma Park by the name of John Fahey.
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Review of Joe Bussard, Record HunterWonderful piece. God bless Joe Bussard.
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Broadcast History
WYPR/The Signal 09/08/06, 10/13/06
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WYPR Producer Justin Levy visits with record collector Joe Bussard. The seventy-year-old resident of Frederick, Maryland, has been hunting rare recordings of early American music for most of his life, and he's got a home library of 25,000 records to show for his efforts.
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Posted on January 31, 2007 at 09:45 AM | Permalink
Review of Joe Bussard, Record Hunter
For anyone that?s every combed through old record bins this wonderful feature will resonate. Joe Bussard is the consummate collector and producer Justin Levy captures Joe?s passion and diverse taste in great roots music. The feature includes both extensive clips of entertaining stories from Bussard and rare recordings of greats like the Carter Family and John Fahey. The only drawback to the piece is that at 19:31, some stations may find it difficult to schedule as the piece may be a bit too long for many magazines but not long enough for a thirty minute slot. It?s an entertaining feature that leaves you wanting both more music and more stories from Bussard.