Document Records

Document Records was set up in 1990 in Austria by Johnny Parth (Johann Ferdinand Parth) with the intention of compiling and releasing complete works of important early blues artists in chronological order. Document Records is now based in the U.K.

Here is link to the Document Records website.

Document Records started with its 5000 series (now totaling nearly 700 individual titles) which features complete collections of the recordings of many important early blues musicians.

Document Records also has its 8000 series which is releasing pre-World war 2 country music. Document Records has also acquired the exclusive rights to over 360 hours of previously unreleased material recorded by the Edison Company between 1914-1929.

Here are some Document Records recordings we have included among Our Recommendations, Recommended Recordings and Recommended Recordings – Compilations.

Compilations

• Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother, Complete Recordings 1929-1936. Also see the Mississippi Blues Trail marker for Roots of Rock And Roll in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
• Broadcasting The Blues: Black Blues In The Segregation Era, a 3 CD set compiled by blues historian Paul Oliver
• Rude Dudes, a 2 CD set of classic early blues recordings about sex, selected by former Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman

Document Records Releases of Individual Artists

Here are some of our recommendations of Document Records releases of individual artists:

• Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother, Complete Recordings 1929-1936. Also see the Mississippi Blues Trail marker for Roots of Rock And Roll in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Furry’s Blues – Complete Vintage Recordings of Furry Lewis (1927-1929)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

•  Complete Victor and Paramount Recordings 1928-1929

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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