Harry Smith Anthology Of American Folk Music Vol 1 2 3

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Harry Smith Anthology Of American Folk Music Vol 1, 2, & 3. These are in excellent condition with 5 of the 6 records NM and one VG++ with one minor surface scratch. Includes album inserts / paperwork. Harry Smith was a West Coast filmmaker, bohemian, and eccentric, who, around 1940, developed a hobby of collecting old blues, jazz, country, Cajun, and gospel records, 78s being the only medium at the time. While mainstream America often considered these records to be ephemeral, he took them seriously and accumulated a collection of several thousand recordings, and over time began to develop an interest in seeing them preserved and curated. In 1947, he met with Moses Asch, with an interest in selling or licensing the collection to Asch's label, Folkways Records.[1] Smith wrote that he selected recordings from between "1927, when electronic recording made possible accurate music reproduction, and 1932, when the Depression halted folk music sales."[2] When the Anthology was released, neither Folkways nor Smith possessed the licensing rights to these recordings, many of which had initially been issued by record companies that were still in existence, including Columbia and Paramount. The anthology thus technically qualifies as a high-profile bootleg. Folkways would later obtain some licensing rights, although the Anthology would not be completely licensed until the 1997 Smithsonian reissue.[3] Ships free within the U.S. Please see photos for additional details and feel free to ask any questions.

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