Hi Sam,
The following is from the Wikipedia info on John Lomax:
In July 1933, he and his son Alan, recorded Huddie Ledbetter, aka Lead Belly, using a 315-pound acetate phonograph disk recorder which was installed in the trunk of their Ford sedan.
The recordings now reside at the Smithsonian Folkways, and the phonograph recorder (and trunk) are at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
Good luck on your research.
Lance
Lance Watsky University of California, Los Angeles Moving Image Archive Studies Program Coordinator 103-G East Melnitz Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095-1622 lwatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx Ph: 310-206-4966 Fx: 310-825-3383
-----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sam briger Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:30 AM To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ARSCLIST] question about remote recordings from the 20-30s
Hi- I was recommended to this list by someone at the American Folikfe Center. I am doing some research on how remote recordings were done by commercial record companies in the 20s and 30s. Specifically, I am interested in how record companies went about making recordings of musicians in southern rural areas in that time period. I heard that companies like Columbia, Victor and Okeh would do remote recordings.
If there is any book that someone would direct me to or if someone who is knowledgeable about this subject would be willing to answer some of my questions, I would appreciate it greatly.
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