VA - Excavated Shellac, An Alternate History of the World's Music [2020] (4 x CDs) + PDF Booklet

EXCAVATED SHELLAC

VA - Excavated Shellac, An Alternate History of the World's Music [2020] (4 x CDs) + PDF Booklet

Dust-to-Digital - the US record label that specialises in ensuring “lost” music often made by marginal communities many decades ago - likely needs little introduction. Since founding the label in 2003, Lance and April Ledbetter have done a remarkable job in ensuring rare gospel and blues, Cambodian and East African and Yemeni and Morrocan music, have been made available for contemporary audiences.

The music is superbly mastered so giving the listener a taste of how dynamic these recordings sounded when played for posterity some generations ago. And their box sets are stunning packages, little pieces of art in themselves. Dust-to-Digital might reissue analogue music but they are keyed into our digital world: their daily Twitter and Instagram posts are stunning, amongst the best things on the net, and all the music they issue is available from Bandcamp .

To kick 2021 off and save us all from drowning in the lockdown blues, Dust-to-Digital have gone and issued a stunning package called An Alternate History Of The World’s Music that contains 100 previously un-reissued 78-era recordings and a beautifully illustrated 186 page book (every tune gets discussed - the first is a South African miner’s protest against police brutality, the last a dreamy Cuban innuendo).

The provocative title is there to make interested parties wonder just what is contained within. Well, let’s start with what’s not: no jazz, blues, country, gospel, pop, crooners, classical, opera - you know, the usual suspects when it comes to 78-era reissue projects. Instead, a sonic smorgasbord from across the globe unfolds: Afghanistan, Sudan, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Uganda, Spain, Albania, Mongolia, Mexico and onwards and onwards. Ever wondered what the Crimean Tartar Orchestra might sound like? No? Fabulous (raucous, minor key, brass party music) in fact.

This digital-only release is the work of Excavated Shellac, a website that began in 2007 with a 78-collector doing a daily-post (it's worth following Excavated Shellac on Instagram, Facebook et al for the extraordinary music and info’ posted regularly). Avoiding Robert Johnson and Geeshie Wiley and other such blue chip 78-era collectibles, Excavated Shellac focuses on music recorded across the non-Anglo world, offering a taste of the music being made in myriad communities at the dawn of recorded sound. These three minute snippets from a lost world are fascinating, a daily treat; An Alternate History gathers 100 of such from what website founder Jonathan Ward says of a record collection that “slowly and constantly both grows and shrinks, regularly accessioning and deaccessioning.”

Ward is a Los Angeles-based “metadata czar” who works in the field of museum documentation. Applying scientific rigour to his record collection, Ward has gained huge amounts of information on recordings where there has often been very little. This ensures he has worked closely with Dust-to-Digital on several projects (Opika Pende: Africa at 78rpm, Excavated Shellac: Strings, Excavated Shellac: Reeds) and Sublime Frequencies’ Indian Talking Machine set. Thus, I’m chatting with one of the world’s foremost authorities of the 78-era. (theatticmag.com)

https://theatticmag.com/features/2414/excavated-shellac%3A-an-alternate-history-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-music.html

This collection highlights music that is often invisible in today’s world, the incredible world of global recordings that aren’t jazz, blues, country, rock ‘n roll, R&B, or “classical.”

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Track lists

CD01

01 Caluza's Double Quartet - Abaqafi (South Africa) 3:07

02 Los Chinacos - Zacamandú (Mexico) 3:07

03 Itokazu Kame - Hatoma-Bushi (Okinawa, Japan) 2:34

04 Cheikh Saïd Relizani - Denhar Mabrouk, Pt. 1 (Algeria) 2:57

05 Enosse Kuhanya Muni - O Ta Nikona (Mozambique) 2:34

06 Bonfiglio De Oliveira - Lembrancas Do Passado (Brazil) 2:34

07 Giovanni Vicari - Rose D'italia (Italy) 3:00

08 K. S. Narayana Ayyengar - Mokshamu Galadha, Pt 1 (Saramathi) (India) 3:20

09 Hosseingholi Tatayy - Shur (Iran) 3:42

10 Ne'matjon Qulabdullaev - Bilmasang Bilgil (Uzbekistan) 3:33

11 Che Ta'seah - Lenggang Mak Inang (Malaysia) 3:16

12 Demka Dhe Hajro E Shoket - Këngë E Mahmudisë (Albania) 2:46

13 Liam Walsh - Portlaw Reel (Ireland) 3:05

14 Šule Radosavljevic-Šapcanin - Jeleno, Momo Jeleno (Serbia) 2:53

15 Klaudiya Kotok And E.M. Shishova - Razvogor Dvuh Podrug (Russia) 1:49

16 Fr. Dukli Wiejska Banda - Na Wykretke (Poland) 3:16

17 Triki-Trixa De Zumarraga - Ez Dago Larrosarik (The Basque, Spain) 2:54

18 Margarida, Cantadeira De Paredes - Caninha Verde (Portugal) 2:51

19 Andrés Chazarreta Y Su Orquesta Tipica De Arte Nativo - La Doble (Argentina) 2:40

20 Cuadro Gitano La Coja, Featuring Concha Maya - Fandangos Del Albaicín (Andalusia, Spain) 2:56

21 Cuarteto Caraquita - Las Bellas Noches De Maiquetia (Venezuela) 2:59

22 Sein Bo Tint - Aung Pa Khei Ti Loun (Burma) 3:00

23 Park Booyong - Shin-Gosahn Taryong (Korea) 3:02

24 Ali Muhammadi - Vitha (Sudan) 3:05

25 Hanns In Der Gand - Chant De Guerre Fribourgeois (Switzerland) 3:15

CD02

26 Chimudon, Mashibato, And Togus Ziguradan - The Venerable Genghis Khan (Mongolia) 2:52

27 Muhammad Rashid Al-Rifa’i - Ya Ghusain Alban, Pt 1 (Bahrain) 2:59

28 Negatoua - Ya Bati Zefen (Ethiopia) 3:06

29 Picoglu Osman - Siksara Horon Havasi (Turkey) 3:11

30 Miyagi Michio, Yoshida Kyoto, And Miyagi Sayoko - Sakura Variations, Pt. 2 (Japan) 3:24

31 Paulos Dikito - Hendeyi Kumunda (Zimbabwe) 2:56

32 Saez Y Hermanos Ascuez - Pregonero (Peru) 3:10

33 Grupo Istmeño - Coge El Pandero Que Se Te Va (Panama) 2:52

34 Orchestre Franco-Creole - Prend Yo (Haiti) 3:16

35 Khaledi And Zahedi - Bayat-E Tork, Pt. 2 (Iran) 3:26

36 Mita Stoyecheva - Da Znaya Mamo, Da Znaya (Bulgaria) 3:06

37 Myskal Omurkanova - Oilo Sen (Kyrgyzstan) 3:23

38 Miss Thông - Chinh Ph? Ngâm, Pt 1 (Vietnam) 3:34

39 Vassyl Yemetz - Z Ukrainskyce Stepiw (Ukraine) 3:37

40 Abaimbi Be Kanisa Lutiko Eye Namirembe - Oje Omwoyo Omutukuvu (Uganda) 3:14

41 Nicholas De Heer - Osibonibom (Ghana) 3:01

42 Tamarii-Tahiti - Haere Roa Roa (Tahiti) 2:49

43 Count Lasher - Perseverance (Jamaica) 2:25

44 Paykan - Khayal Dilbar (Afghanistan) 3:28

45 Zohra El Fassia - Erraad, Pt 2 (Morocco) 2:58

46 Gavino De Lunas - Cantu Pastorale (Sardinia) 3:03

47 Coro De Ruada - Foliada De Orense (Galicia, Spain) 2:33

48 Crimean Tatar Orchestra - Taksim Ve Peshraf (Crimea) 2:57

49 Júlio Silva - Fado Melancólico (Portugal) 3:24

50 Salim Abdullah - Kwaherini (Tanzania) 2:46

CD03

51 Adja Mint Aali - El Khar (Mauritania) 3:17

52 Siddiq And Party - Sun Kay Gal Nawab Nai (Punjab) 2:51

53 Khan Shushinski - Qarabag Sik?st?si (Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan) 2:51

54 J. Joseph And Mary - Safarini (Kenya) 2:39

55 Ewert Åhs - Evertsbergs Gamla Brudmarsch (Sweden) 1:47

56 Orchestre Créole Delvi - Du Feu Prix En Tête Man Nordé (Martinique) 2:59

57 Trio Medellín - La Morena (Veracruz, Mexico) 3:08

58 Pasquale Taraffo - Sonatina In A Major (Italy) 2:41

59 Cayla And Demay - Lo Mourolliado (Auvergne, France) 3:21

60 Dachauer Bauernkapelle “strassmaier” - Niederbayrischer Halbwalzer (Germany) 2:43

61 A. Megrelidze And The Georgian Radio Folk Song Ensemble - Rostom Chabuki (Georgia) 2:39

62 Tiwonoh And Sandikola - Tilondo Le Phepo (Malawi) 3:00

63 Sears Orchestra - Bela Aurora (Azores, Portugal) 3:38

64 Poeu Sipho And Poeu Van John - Sompoung Klay (Cambodia) 2:57

65 Toba Batak Ensemble - Riak-Riak (Sumatra, Indonesia) 3:22

66 Emmanuele Cilia - Iz-Zakkiek (Malta) 3:09

67 Mayfair Band - Gathering Peascods (England) 2:01

68 Wei Zhongyue - Shimian Maifu, Pt. 1 (China) 3:11

69 Subeit Bin Ambar - Taksim Hijazi (Zanzibar, Tanzania) 2:56

70 Koni Coumaré - Dabatako (Mali) 2:44

71 Yusuf Taj - Yahya Al-Zaman Illi Jama’na (Lebanon) 2:49

72 Monks Of The Maru Monastery At Lhasa - Tse-Chu Cho-Pa (The Offering On The Tenth) (Tibet, China) 3:39

73 Francis Salomon - Dans La Ville Mahebourg (Mauritius) 2:14

74 Philip Tanner - The Gower Reel (Wales, United Kingdom) 2:38

75 Hernández Brothers - Sérénade (Sing, Smile, Slumber) (Columbia) 3:08

CD04

76 Sigbjørn B. Osa - Bjølleslåtten (Norway) 2:51

77 Durban Lions - Maheshe (South Africa) 2:45

78 Tunde King - Arthur Prest (Nigeria) 2:51

79 El Haja Rouïda - Mallaly, Pt 1 (Morocco) 3:09

80 Margareta Radulescu - Mama?! Tata Când Mai Vine (Romania) 2:46

81 Tom Clough - The Keel Row (Northumberland, United Kingdom) 2:49

82 Superba Molassana - A Partenza Da Parigi (Genoa, Italy) 3:14

83 Valentin Eugenio - Piritipit (Philippines) 3:11

84 San Salvador - Narciso Ku Matadi (Congo) 2:58

85 Rakotondrasoa And Manjakaray - Rakoto O! (Madagascar) 2:53

86 Elenkrig’s Orchestra - Lebedeg (New York, United States) 3:26

87 Ahmet Hulûsi Bey - Haci Yârim (Turkey) 2:47

88 Setrak Sourabian And George Shah-Baronian - Hay Aghchig (Armenia) 3:08

89 Miss Phuaphan And Miss Pleng With The Organ-Phinphat Ensemble Of Bang Khun Phrom Palace - Lakhon Rong Rueang Phali Yat Lohit, Pt 12 (Thailand) 3:22

90 Angus Chisholm - Mr Murray; The £10 Fiddle; The Baker (Cape Breton, Canada) 3:19

91 Kolompár Peti Cigánybandája - Borozó Csárdás Egyveleg (Hungary) 3:11

92 Atan And Sak Ena - Dondang Sayang Singapora, Pt 4 (Singapore/Malaysia) 3:12

93 Al Hadj Taha Abu Mandour - Al Sama’i Al-Thaqil (Egypt) 3:06

94 Gonxhe Manakovska - More Musa (North Macedonia) 2:30

95 Saramacca Band - Moengo Boto Blon (Suriname) 2:38

96 Kawîs Axa - Bîlmez, Pt. 1 (Iraq) 3:10

97 Garifulla Kurmangaliyev - Asylzhan (Kazakhstan) 1:53

98 Ishmulla Dilmukhametov - Hyr (Bashkortostan, Russia) 2:46

99 Abrew’s Portuguese Instrumental Trio - Valsa Continental (Cape Verde) 3:01

100 Sexteto Habanero - Son Las Dos…china (Cuba) 3:13

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