The Document Label

The Document Label

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.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Frank Hutchison Stackalee [Vocal] Worried Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
3Frank Hutchison The Deal Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi Amazon
4The Allen Brothers Skipping And Flying Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 Amazon
5Sam McGee Buck Dancer's Choice Complete Recorded Works 1926-34 Amazon
6Georgia Yellow Hammers White Lightning The Georgia Yellow Hammers And Associates Vol. 4 "White Lightning – 1929-1931 Amazon
7Kirk & Sam McGhee Brown's Ferry Blues Complete Recorded Works 1926-34 Amazon
8Charley Jordan Just A Spoonful Charley Jordan Volume 1 1930-1931 Amazon
9Blind Willie McTell Searching The Desert For The Blues Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1] Amazon
10Peetie Wheatstraw Kind-Hearted Blues Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4 Amazon
11Barbecue Bob Barbecue Blues Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942 Amazon
12Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon Come On Mama, Do That Dance Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1] Amazon
13Blind Arvella Gray Have Mercy, Mr. Percy Blues From Maxwell Street Amazon
14Charlie Spand Ain't Gonna Stand For That (Pm 12856, 15454–) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
15Leroy Carr Don't Start No Stuff 1934-1941 Amazon
16Laura Rucker St. Louis Blues Female Blues Singers Vol. 13 R/S (1921-1931) Amazon
17Rosa Henderson Don't Advertise Your Man (Take A) Vol. 2-Vocal Blues & Jazz Amazon
18Memphis Mose Hear Me Beefin' at You Georgia Tom – Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (September 1928 – 5 February 1930) Amazon
19Butterbeans and Susie Elevator Papa, Switchboard Mama Please Warm My Weiner (Old Time Hokum Blues) Amazon
20Big Maceo Won't Be A Fool No More Big Maceo Vol. 2 "Big City Blues" (1945 – 1950) Amazon
21Tampa Red Let Me Play With Your Poodle Rude Dudes Amazon
22Nora and Delle Get Away From My Window Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
23W.C. Handy St. Louis Blues Jazzin' the Blues Amazon
24Cleo Brown I'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North) Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935) Amazon
25The Harlem Hamfats She's Trickin' Me Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936 Amazon
26Babe Wallace Git It ('Cause I Love To See You Wid It) Jazzin the Blues Vol. 5 (1930 – 1953) Amazon
27Rev. Lonnie Farris A Closer Walk To Thee Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel Amazon
28Rev. Utah Smith I Got Two Wings Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel Amazon
29Sister O. M. Terrell The Bible's Right Country Gospel 1946-1953 Amazon
30Sister Rosetta Tharpe My Journey to the Sky Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
31Sister Goldia Haynes Traveling Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950 Amazon
32Rev. Robert Ballinger This Train Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon