Wax Treasure (Vinyl)

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Now, who is a kurious oranj?

GraemeE

@68degreesorless
Getting around to playing this one
From the discogs info it's a 50s re-issue of recordings that were originally put out on 78s in 1941

I haven't been able to find any of the recordings online other than this fairly understated track to share but it's in a similar vein to other recordings of the period I've had.

Most of the recordings are percussion and group vocals- i really enjoy this stuff as it tends to be fairly repetitive/meditative and the lo fi recordings tends to give the feel of early blues at times.

I'm of the opinion that preserving and enjoying these types of early recordings is super important.

Obviousely these particular peoples have gotten some of shittiest of the shitty treatment on this continent but the work of Laura Boulton in capturing these recordings strikes me as noble as opposed to exploitative......

dismounts from soapbox*

Aetas

Don’t know if the link is working, but there is a beautiful film called Rumble- The Indians Who Rocked The World .

GraemeE

@Aetas i loved that one

Jett129

@Aetas I loved that one as well,actually saw it in a theater.

Mizmazzle

@GraemeE I was going to comment on Phil's passing as well...Cool that you got Dirk such a great album to celebrate life!

68degreesorless

@GraemeE Thanks for sharing! I need to check this out. I remember visiting reservations w/ my dad out West as a kid and hearing live performances and seeing CDs for sale. Would be cool to have some of that for the collection. Agreed on their shitty treatment. Damn tragedy.

Mizmazzle

@Aetas I've seen this documentary. It's incredible!! Link Wray is a legend of course...but the whole musical history of the movie is really phenomenal. I found especially interesting the connection that was drawn from blues music not only starting from african american slave camps...but the influence the Native Americans that were often in the same camps had on the evolution of the music with the chanting and the rhythmic cadence. Such a deep and historic dive into music.

GraemeE

@68degreesorless light in the attic has re-issued a handful of records from the native Northern America collection that i would highly recomend - more contemporary type music but it's great

GraemeE

@Mizmazzle i remember seeing this interview years ago where Phil and Hunter had talked about the story behind box of rain

Mizmazzle

@GraemeE dang. That was a really moving video to watch. Phil was such a pure and humble human. Crazy how even the clouds at the end of that video almost look like the GD lightening bolt.

Something I always loved about the GD was their love of Americana and musical history.