Henry C. Gilliland & A.C. Robertson

Henry C. Gilliland & A.C. Robertson: The Year of Jubilo: 78 rpm recordings of Songs from the Civil War

by C. Michael Bailey
November 14, 2015

This is the tale of a record collector, Joe Bussard. Bussard boasts a collection of 78 rmp shellacs numbering in the 10,000s and including a good many of the pre-WWII Paramount blues and country sides. He is the curator of “old-timey" music. Bussard has previously released re-recordings of his collection under the guise of Down in the Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937 (Old Hat Records, 2003). Bussard has now joined forces with Lance Ledbetter's Dust-to-Digital label ...