I hope any viewers and listeners out there appreciate the music. That means you cannot copy the works here without expressed permission.Īnd of course, if you find any interesting 78s and would like to unload them, please get in touch. The written work on this blog is licensed under aĬreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. With respect to the pioneers: Pat Conte, Richard Spottswood, Benno Haupl, Michael Kinnear, Richard Nevins, Hugo Strotbaum, Rob Allingham, Chris Strachwitz, Pekka Gronow, and Paul Vernon. Yes, yes, it’s okay to download everything and then leave, but seriously – if you feel so moved, give me a shout out!Į-mail me for more information, or if you are the copyright holder of materials herein, and would like something removed. If you like what you’re hearing, drop me a line. So this blog is for my friends, and for you, stranger. But I could not live with myself as a “collector” without at least one person I could share sounds with. I don’t even like the term “record collector.” They’ve been parodied far too many times.

In fact, I believe that it is music of THE FUTURE. This music – old music – never sounds “old” to me, personally. But part of that feeling is thinking how you’d want to share that with others, to have them feel exactly the same way. The feeling that you’ve never heard anything like this before in your life it transports you to a place where words are irrelevant. Of course, nothing beats that feeling, say, when you alone break open that box from Turkey or Indonesia, place the fragile platter on the turntable, only to feel your hair stand on end when the music begins. It’s been my philosophy that good music is best when it is shared. Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music (1907-1967) Now, seven years since we began this production, to reach the point of holding the physical product in our hands brings a strong sense of joy and accomplishment. Radio Valencia, with Haji Maji (podcast, 2012) With just a few rare exceptions, I post items that are not available on CD in any way, shape, or form.įolkcetera, CJSU (podcast, November 2015) These items are from my own collection (unless noted) and have been transferred to the best of my abilities, without the aid of expensive noise reduction software.

A website dedicated to 78rpm recordings of folkloric and vernacular music from around the world.

Excavated Shellac by Jonathan Ward