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Release date: 1972
Album: Biem Aunsiedle (When the Settlers Came)

Reuben Epp was an author of works in Plautdietsch (Mennonite Low German)

This was the first of Reuben's stories told in Low German, with the other album also available on this channel (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1u7PXdHafawe53Yf6uP2DTCLRI88fHin). Aside from the two LPs and his various books, a live recording of a lecture he gave in Germany is, according to wikipedia, available on http://www.plautdietsch-freunde.de

Along with Reuben, two of the tracks feature stories by John Braun and his wife. There is also a skit performed by Stan Thiessen and Abe Falk.

This album will be releasing tracks each Friday starting November 1st until January 3rd.

Downloadable MP3s and artwork for this album:
Gdrive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1glget_50w3s4mukDRzYJFvhIAsn7L4-D?usp=drive_link (Artwork, MP3s)
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/BiemAunsiedle (Artwork, FLAC, MP3s)

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