Music in RPM, not Bit Rate
A devotee of early 20th Century American music and collector of dinner-plate-heavy 78rpm records, Joe Bussard is using newer technology to share his love of bluegrass, country, country blues, jazz and gospel music.
Photo by permission, Vintage78.com
As a young man, Bussard heard a Jimmie Rodgers record and knew he had to own them all. He started collecting recordings of other artists and now, decades later, the basement of his Frederick, Maryland home is filled with more than 25,000 records. It's one of the biggest and most important collections of its kind in the world. On Bussard's Web site, Vintage78.com, you can listen to samples from the collection and buy CD compilations that Bussard assembled. You can even get him to make you a custom cassette with songs of your choosing.