Between the two series, County Records eventually issued over 150 long-playing records, becoming the leading label exclusively devoted to “old-time” music. A few pioneering companies like Folkways and Arhoolie, and later Rounder, tried their hands with a few record releases mostly devoted to re-issues of old 78s-the County label started that way too, but soon expanded its catalog into two distinct series: its 500-series, devoted to reissues of old 78s, and a 700-seies that featured new recordings of outstanding rural musicians. At the time there was absolutely no interest from the “major” labels in recording music that was essentially non-commercial: the leaders of the five or six important music companies were primarily based in the nation’s biggest cities (mostly New York and Los Angeles) and most likely were not even aware of the rich tradition of musicians who had created and still played countless examples of their own home-made music. 'Those of you who are familiar with County Sales will most likely be well acquainted with COUNTY RECORDS, a label that started up in 1965 trying to preserve examples of the rural music of the Southern USA. King, this four-disc box is sure to appeal to fans of Harry Smith's groundbreaking Anthology of American Folk Music collection as well as the field recordings of John and Alan Lomax. Co-produced by Grammy Award Winner Christopher C. This set contains a 28-page booklet with notes by Kinney Rorrer, annotations by the late Charlie Faurot, several unpublished photos of musicians and essays by contributors to this collection. Ball, Fred Cockerham, Kyle Creed, Tommy Jarrell, Clark Kessinger, Steve Ledford, Hiram Stamper, Wade Ward, Melvin Wine and many others. Legendary performers include: John Ashby, E.C.
Collected and recorded by Charlie Faurot, Bobby Fulcher, Rich Nevins, Barry Poss (Sugar Hill Records) and others, these performances are among the very best old-time recordings, made by "true-vine" musicians.
Thirty of the songs are previously unissued and heard here for the very first time in this edition. Originally issued primarily on LP, most of these tracks have never been released on CD. "Legends Of Old-Time Music" is a deluxe 4CD box set of 113 old-time performances recorded for County Records from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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