Vinyl records

Harry Smith vinyl records

3 albums with 38 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Harry Everett Smith. American visual artist, experimental film maker and renowned archivist & researcher in the cultural heritage of American folk, country & blues music. Born May 29, 1923, Portland, OR - died November 27, 1991, New York City, NY. Having collected a vast hoard of early recordings since 1940, Smith then met up with , with a view to having his collection curated. Having licensed his archive to Asch's an anthology was produced, with Smith providing background & liner notes. Technically, many of these works were still the property of extant labels, so in some respects these early Folkways issues are unofficial.