Get your morning cuppa roots sounds with a look at the record label whose catalog is overflowing with some of the most important recordings of the 20th century. From the birth of the blues to the birth of jazz; from the earliest gospel jubilee sounds of the deep South to the the electrifying sacred steel sounds of the late century; from the hillbilly string bands to the hokum sounds of the urban South…it’s all there. Document Records has amassed one of the world’s most revered collections of Americana out there and you can tune into Sonoma County community radio for a sampler of the music that has survived the century’s shift in technology , infiltrated our culture, and influenced performers to this day.
No.
1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Frank Hutchison
Stackalee [Vocal]
Worried Blues [Disc 1]
3
Frank Hutchison
The Deal
Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
4
The Allen Brothers
Skipping And Flying
Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
5
Sam McGee
Buck Dancer's Choice
Complete Recorded Works 1926-34
6
Georgia Yellow Hammers
White Lightning
The Georgia Yellow Hammers And Associates Vol. 4 "White Lightning – 1929-1931
7
Kirk & Sam McGhee
Brown's Ferry Blues
Complete Recorded Works 1926-34
8
Charley Jordan
Just A Spoonful
Charley Jordan Volume 1 1930-1931
9
Blind Willie McTell
Searching The Desert For The Blues
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
10
Peetie Wheatstraw
Kind-Hearted Blues
Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4
11
Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Blues
Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942
12
Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon
Come On Mama, Do That Dance
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
13
Blind Arvella Gray
Have Mercy, Mr. Percy
Blues From Maxwell Street
14
Charlie Spand
Ain't Gonna Stand For That (Pm 12856, 15454–)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
15
Leroy Carr
Don't Start No Stuff
1934-1941
16
Laura Rucker
St. Louis Blues
Female Blues Singers Vol. 13 R/S (1921-1931)
17
Rosa Henderson
Don't Advertise Your Man (Take A)
Vol. 2-Vocal Blues & Jazz
18
Memphis Mose
Hear Me Beefin' at You
Georgia Tom – Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (September 1928 – 5 February 1930)
19
Butterbeans and Susie
Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama
Please Warm My Weiner (Old Time Hokum Blues)
20
Big Maceo
Won't Be A Fool No More
Big Maceo Vol. 2 "Big City Blues" (1945 – 1950)
21
Tampa Red
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
Rude Dudes
22
Nora and Delle
Get Away From My Window
Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3
23
W.C. Handy
St. Louis Blues
Jazzin' the Blues
24
Cleo Brown
I'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North)
Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
25
The Harlem Hamfats
She's Trickin' Me
Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
26
Babe Wallace
Git It ('Cause I Love To See You Wid It)
Jazzin the Blues Vol. 5 (1930 – 1953)
27
Rev. Lonnie Farris
A Closer Walk To Thee
Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
28
Rev. Utah Smith
I Got Two Wings
Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
29
Sister O. M. Terrell
The Bible's Right
Country Gospel 1946-1953
30
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
My Journey to the Sky
Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
31
Sister Goldia Haynes
Traveling
Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950