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Don Walter & Tape Hunt in ARTE TV Report

November 10, 2024 at 4:10 pm, No comments

Renowned European TV program ARTE screened a short documentary on the life of Walter Ferguson, his music and the lost cassettes. Walter_Ferguson-Arte_titel.jpg

Wimba! On Oct. 30th 2024 renowned European TV program ARTE screened a short documentary on the life of Walter Ferguson, his music and the lost cassettes. The 14 minutes are a well pitched and beautiful hommage to Cahuita town and its famous troubadour. Short interviews and meet ups with Peck, Luis and Doreen Ferguson and Manuel Monestel recount the unique story of Don Walter and his home recorded music that travelled around the world on cassettes and got repatriated to the carribean shore by the tape hunt project. In a short sequence we also get to see Roberto (protagonist of the song Roberto Tours) and even Bambi at a street corner - you immediately get a very authentic Cahuita feeling. Pura vida!

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Watch French version here 

Watch German version here


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Recovered treasures

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:

In September 2021, another original tape was found in the USA: 


Available music albums

Currently Vol. 1 & 2 of the "Legendary Tape Recordings" are available - containing 30 previously unreleased Calypso treasures rescued by the Tape Hunt. 

Also available: Benefit album "Keep The Cabin Above The Wata" with Tape Hunt versions of his favourite calypsos. 

Enjoy it on Spotify or Apple music

 

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