[Paul Stamler]

"Ty Ford" wrote in message
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Please do not let not haveing"the right stuff" stop you from recording
I am currently grooveing on a 1950''s recording of Rev Gary Davis done
in
his living room (long before he was"famous") with a hand held carbon
mic
and
something akin to a kids toy recorder
The recording is wonderful and is missing nothing
I doubt it would have been done any better by Abbey Road studios

Recorded by whom? (and you know where I'm going with this.)


I will have to check the liner notes, but from my casual reading I am
guessing it was just a fan
not a skilled recordist

the Cd is called"If I had my way"

Well, OK, I'll be the first to admit that content tops technical sound in
certain situations and the Reverend meets those criteria, but the average
person on this newsgroup will probably never get a chance like that.

John Cohen is a skilled recordist...now. (His many field recordings in
Appalachia and South America are testimony to that.) Back then he was still
learning, and recording with consumer-quality equipment (which in 1954 was
pretty terrible), in Rev. Davis's small Harlem apartment.

Peace,
Paul