7/1/2023 0 Comments Manzarene![]() ![]() All this regardless of how inconsequential an artist or recording may have seemed at the time. It becomes something of archeological pursuit, with passionate individuals assuming the role of historical detective to help ensure these stories and individuals remain within the public consciousness. Through the acquisition of worn-out 78s or, in the digital age, compilations lovingly assembled by those who spent countless hours and even years poring over recording session logs, obsolete record label catalogs and other assorted trivialities, these long-forgotten artists and the recordings they made have managed to exist well beyond the lifetimes of their creators. ![]() There’s something truly haunting about the sounds of the so-called “old weird America.” Coming down through the years as dust-speckled, spectral voices, these pre-war recordings of artists both known and unknown have long held sway over those drawn to a time and place long since passed. ![]()
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