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The Song Hunter: How Alan Lomax saved the sounds of America

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The Golden Record by Carl Sagan

Lomax talked Carl Sagan into including over a dozen songs. He wanted to make sure the Golden Record included the broadest range of music possible. Lomax devoted his life to recording communities that had been largely ignored by the outside world.

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