Lost And Found

Lost and found is the latest release of the British Blues label, of a series of 3 CD’s compiled buy Chris Barbar, Who is one of the pivot figures of the British Blues scene if not the founder of it.
The tracks in this series are compiled of some old 1/4″ magnetic tapes that he thought were lost or erased, and he came across them while shipping an old car for restoration.
The CD’s are compiled of performances from a wide variety of important blues artists including Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters,Champion Jack Dupree and others, in most of the tracks, though not in all of them the artist are accompanied by the Chris Barbar Band.
Black Groves says:

I think it is necessary for recordings presented as historically important to provide at least brief notes on the time period referenced in the liner notes. The liner notes for all three ‘Lost & Found’ CDs do not provide this bigger picture. While some of this is embedded, the notes are really more a collection of fragmented anecdotes by Barber about the specific performances featured on the CDs. For this reason, I will first offer some context here before moving onto the performances themselves.

At a time of economic hardship (an aftermath of post-WWII reconstruction), British youth became fascinated with the media exports of the booming U.S. economy, including early rock and roll. Barber’s interest in a more traditional style of jazz was a part of his interest in the preservation of historical sounds more generally as well as jazz and its roots more specifically. This personal drive developed into a strong interest in blues and blues-based music from the United States, and in pursuit of his passion, Barber exposed the blues to countless others by organizing concert tours in Britain with many of its most talented artists. Today he stands as a pivotal figure in launching the British blues subculture that quickly blossomed into a historical movement. British blues and the rock that grew out of it forever changed the face of popular music in the United States, Britain, and the all over the world.

The prospect of listening to these CD’s is very appetising to me and I shall look out for them - hopefully they will be as wonderful musically as they are interesting historically.