Rock gods at the Library of Congress

November 28, 2012 6:52 PM

Joe Smith interviews Jagger, McCartney, Bacharach....apparently pretty much everyone. Retired American music mogul Joe Smith has donated recorded interviews with a who's who of 20th century popular music to the U.S. Library of Congress, which is posting the digitized audio online. The first batch are up now -- more coming at some unspecified future time.
posted by bowline (5 comments total)

I love that these exist. I love that there are yet more to come. I love that they're being made freely available in original form. I love this post.
posted by hippybear at 7:00 PM on November 28, 2012 [1 favorite]

I am part way through the interview with blues diva Ruth Brown and it is most excellent - a real time capsule. I will be spending a lot of time listening to these. Yay. Just wanted to stop to say thanks, bowline, this is awesome.
posted by madamjujujive at 7:31 PM on November 28, 2012

Nice find...thanks!
posted by HuronBob at 7:47 PM on November 28, 2012

[squeals with glee] Thanks!
posted by Galadhwen at 7:54 PM on November 28, 2012

Oh these are lovely. Thank you.
posted by seawallrunner at 11:04 PM on November 28, 2012