In 1955 Professor Harry Oster. of Iowa State
University began what was to become a unique series of field recordings of black singers and musicians. In the first of five programmes, he tells
Francis Wilford-Smith about his travels, which included state penitentiaries where he discovered a wealth of untapped talent, and he introduces his recordings of Roosevelt Charles, Guitar Welch and Otis Webster.
Producer Derek Drescher
Rptd Wednesday at 10.15pm