Bradley Reeves, Co-director of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound in Knoxville, has announced a new radio show on WDVX featuring vintage and obscure recordings from the TAMIS archives and old 45s, 33s and 78s fouind in "musty basements, closets, and attics of East Tennessee."

The show airs Monday evening, 9 to 11PM on WDVX-FM (89.9 or 102.9 locally or www.wdvx.com worldwide).

More info after the jump...

Hello vintage music fans and record collectors,

This is Bradley Reeves, Co-director of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound in Knoxville, Tennessee. I wanted to let you know about a new live radio show broadcast every Monday evening, between 9 pm and 11 pm (US eastern standard time) on radio station WDVX-FM. The station can be heard worldwide on the web at (link...), or locally at 89.9 or 102.9 on your FM radio dial.

Join us each week for a two hour treasure hunt as we explore the forgotten sounds of the past, played on the original vinyl 45 and 33 rpm discs, and shellac 78 rpm discs from wayyyy back. Louisa Trott and myself dig through the musty basements, closets, and attics of East Tennessee looking for the most obscure records we can find - the kind of record that may or may not cross over to the digital era. We also comb the thrift stores, estate and garage sales, junk shops, and record stores, looking for those wonderful records that have been discarded over time. We will also share and discuss as much of the background history of both the artists and the recordings as possible.

But we don't don't limit the show to just records. Obscure and obsolete audio formats such as wire recordings, reel to reel, 8 track, and cassette tapes, cardboard flexi-discs, 16 inch radio transcription discs, and acetate disc home recordings preserved by the archive will be featured on the show, played in digital format. Many of the long-unheard recordings (on obscure local labels) from collection of the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound featuring local East Tennessee musicians of the past will live again through the magic of radio.

Fans and collectors interested in early jazz, vintage blues, oddball celebrity records, bluegrass, honky tonk, and classic country, pop music from the 1920's through the 1960's, local garage bands, even early Edison records from the pre-1920 era will want to tune in. You might even hear some cylinder recordings from the early 1900's. With this show - anything goes, and the evening's program will be dictated on what records were found during the previous week.

Lastly, the program will have the occasional guest, including fellow record
collectors and archivists who will come on the show and share their audio treasures, along with the history behind the discs and artists. We plan to include old-time musicians from the area, whom will perform on the show and spin old recordings recorded during their career.

The fine folks at WDVX radio have installed a vintage 78 rpm turntable, along with the standard 45/33 rpm turntable in the studio to make this show a reality. I would be willing to bet that the station is one of a handful across the world to have the capability to spin 78's, a rare treat indeed.

As we have been discovering, so much great (and not so great) music has been recorded over the years. Sadly, much of it will never be heard again as commercial radio will only play the top 40 tunes of any genre, and the major record labels focus on the more high-profile reissues. All the other fine recordings of the past (for example, the bizarre but wonderful 45's of East Tennessee's own Hogman, or Frank Sinatra's Twist single) have fallen through the cracks.

So please join us on the web or on the radio as we explore the big wide world of forgotten sound. Scratches and all. And if you have any suggestions,requests, or knowledge about the old records, we'd love to hear from you. You can call or email the studio at any time during the program.

Here are some links related to both the show and station WDVX:

http://www.wdvx.com/

http://www.wdvx.com/the_vinyl_frontier

http://www.wdvx.com/biographies/453

WDVX studio and email:

studio@wdvx.com / 865-544-1029

Thank you, and happy listening,

Brad and Louisa

Bradley Reeves
Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound
Knoxville, TN
stymiedc@yahoo.com
865-215-8856