ditto on interested in having copies.
You may have a goldmine, depending on who the performers are. Any of
the specialist blusgrass/country labels
might be interested - Rounder, Sugar Hill, County, Copper Creek, etc.
Best wishes, Thomas.
steven c wrote:
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>From: "Mike Richter" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>Looking into an old folder, I came across a flyer and tapes I had
>>recorded thirty years ago. The event was the "Fiddling and Bluegrass
>>Convention" in Huntsville, AL on 17 and 18 September 1976.
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>>Now, I knew then and know now nothing about Bluegrass. Some of the
>>senior participants were clearly well-known names to the audience, but I
>>was there only to check out my brand-new (I'd say shiny, but it was
>>black) Nakamichi 550. I checked with one of the organizers who said it
>>was fine to record, so I set up the deck with a couple of reasonably
>>good tapes and caught six or eight hours of the proceedings.
>>
>>My question is simple enough: is there a repository somewhere where they
>>will find a home or should I just pitch them out? More generally, is
>>there a way systematically to find a home for such orphans in other
>>
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>fields?
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>First, I'd be interested in them (or copies thereof).
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>Second, I would suspect there must be institutional interest, though...
>who could put the originals in some sort of publicly-accessible archive
>(which I couldn't, at least so far!). Possibly the Country Music Hall
>Of Fame (though not all I've heard about them lately has been positive)
>or whomever looks after the archiving of folk-music performances?
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>Steven C. Barr
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