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