Wild Billy Childish is quite the musician as well as the artist you mention him to be. I also like his work as The William Lovelady Intention. I own an old Leadbelly 78 set (4 records in the set) on Asch Records which was I think affiliated with the Lomax Brothers.
glad to hear all this, though I have a feeling that the most important Lomax recordings have already been put out. I do wonder two things: 1) a while back the Lomax archivist resigned, implying that there were real problems with the Lomax project, and 2) I hope if they do sound restoration they don't mess it up as it was on some of the "river of song" reissues which showed a very poor and destructive use of noise reduction, including the introduction of distortion (I do this work myself and can recognize such things).
also, if you need suggestions as to reissues I have a lot of ideas; the Muddy Waters plantation records, which were totally screwed up by Chess and which include some amazing string-band recordings he participated in; Stavin' Chain, doing Liza Jane, a true black country recording; and a whole lot of non-blues black recordings which are quite important as they illustrate the black, non-blues vernacular tradition (I am starting a substack series on this in a few months); the Austin Coleman ring shout recordings, which are probably THE most important vernacular recordings ever made. And lots more.
It's so great that the Lomax Archive is now a reality. I know you, Anna, Odysseus, Reed and Robert have worked hard to make this a reality. It's wonderful that people will be able to hear these timeless, time-traveling treasures. Hoping Alan's Muddy Waters recordings will emerge and also Alan's live performance in Texas. Bravo to all!
see my suggestions just above. The Waters' stuff was actually put out by Document in excellent sound. Which I assume was a bootleg, but has been the only way to get this stuff.
My wife was the studio manager at the Magic Shop and really enjoyed working with Steve on that restoration of the Haiti archive. We listen to that box set every year.
Wild Billy Childish is quite the musician as well as the artist you mention him to be. I also like his work as The William Lovelady Intention. I own an old Leadbelly 78 set (4 records in the set) on Asch Records which was I think affiliated with the Lomax Brothers.
Lots to take in from this post.
glad to hear all this, though I have a feeling that the most important Lomax recordings have already been put out. I do wonder two things: 1) a while back the Lomax archivist resigned, implying that there were real problems with the Lomax project, and 2) I hope if they do sound restoration they don't mess it up as it was on some of the "river of song" reissues which showed a very poor and destructive use of noise reduction, including the introduction of distortion (I do this work myself and can recognize such things).
also, if you need suggestions as to reissues I have a lot of ideas; the Muddy Waters plantation records, which were totally screwed up by Chess and which include some amazing string-band recordings he participated in; Stavin' Chain, doing Liza Jane, a true black country recording; and a whole lot of non-blues black recordings which are quite important as they illustrate the black, non-blues vernacular tradition (I am starting a substack series on this in a few months); the Austin Coleman ring shout recordings, which are probably THE most important vernacular recordings ever made. And lots more.
It's so great that the Lomax Archive is now a reality. I know you, Anna, Odysseus, Reed and Robert have worked hard to make this a reality. It's wonderful that people will be able to hear these timeless, time-traveling treasures. Hoping Alan's Muddy Waters recordings will emerge and also Alan's live performance in Texas. Bravo to all!
see my suggestions just above. The Waters' stuff was actually put out by Document in excellent sound. Which I assume was a bootleg, but has been the only way to get this stuff.
My wife was the studio manager at the Magic Shop and really enjoyed working with Steve on that restoration of the Haiti archive. We listen to that box set every year.
David - Very excited to hear this and looking forward to the label releases.
I only love EVERYTHING about this!