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Jazz has been of paramount importance to Charlie Crump since the 1940s.听 He began as a collector and went on to play a significant role as discographer, restorer, compiler and historian.听 Here he talks about his introduction to jazz.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

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鈥淩ecords were the be-all and end-all at the time in 1945. 听There was very little live stuff. I suppose the George Webb band was playing down at Barnhurst which was out of town as far as I was concerned.听 On the radio the 大象传媒 had the Radio Rhythm Club with Harry Parry but there was very little jazz.鈥�

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On becoming a collector:

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鈥淚t was mainly 78s 鈥� the Mortons, the Louis, the Mugsy Spaniers, all that sort of thing that built it up. About a year later I bought my first New Orleans revival record which was a 12鈥�78 of Bunk Johnson, 鈥榃hen You Wore a Tulip鈥� and 鈥楶anama.鈥�

I started worrying that I didn鈥檛 know who was playing on the record, there was no personnel listed on the label.听 So I started ferreting around getting all the personnel for these things as I picked them up.鈥�

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On restoring old recordings:

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鈥淏asically it鈥檚 getting the clicks, the crackle and the extraneous noise off the original issue. 听It鈥檚 got to be a very balanced thing.鈥�

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