Among the legendary lost & found Calypsos that we are about to rescue from these tapes are such brilliant pearls as:
Also the cassettes contain a few of Gavitt's special low-fi overdub gems and even a session where he plays mouthorgan! The raising of this treasure was also covered in Costa Ricas newspaper La Nacion - read here. It would be awesome if you could chip in a few bucks to our crowdfundung campaing:
In 2017, nine original tapes were located in Canada:
In 2018, six original tapes were found in Costa Rica:
In March 2019, five original tapes were recovered in the USA:
In May 2019, unreleased parts from Don Walter's "Folkways" album were donated to the Tape Hunt:
In January 2020, another five original tapes were found in Costa Rica:
In October 2020, the biggest catch containing 45 original tapes was unearthed in Costa Rica:
Currently Vol. 1 & 2 of the "Legendary Tape Recordings" are available - containing 30 previously unreleased Calypso treasures rescued by the Tape Hunt :