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716 Exclusive Mix - Jonathan Ward (Excavated Shellac) : European Traditions

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Jonathan Ward is a true 78rpm passionate man. He has created the blog Excavated Shellac where he shares some of his discoveries and allows the free download. He has also done some compilations in cooperation with the site Dust-to-Digital via its label Parlortone.
Let’s mention that « Opika Pende: Africa at 78rpm » was nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album. And he has just completed a new one « Reeds » but the date of release has not been fixed yet.
« 78rpm records were made out of shellac, or at least coated with shellac, or a mix of shellac. But, it’s true that early records, 78rpm records, were made from the secretion of the lac beetle! »
I appreciate a lot his way of looking at music and passion for it. He is truly in love with finding 78rpm but he refuses the term « record collector » although he owns an astronomic quantity of records :
« Record collectors are eccentric people. I don’t even like the term “record collector.” They’ve been parodied far too many times. Accurately, I might add. But I could not live with myself as a “collector” without at least one person I could share sounds with. So this blog is for my friends, and for you, stranger.
This mix has been a project for a year and a half and now here it is. All the good things have an end:)
It’s a selection of European Songs and it’s beautiful.
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