We are Document Records. If you're looking for rare, classic, vintage Blues, Jazz, Boogie-woogie, Gospel and Country music then you have come to the right place
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#SearchingforSecretHeroes NEW RELEASE. The extraordinary story behind Samuel B Charters’ legendary, ground-breaking, 1962 film, ‘The Blues’. How it was made, lost and then rediscovered again, fifty-eight years later. You can find it here 👉🏻👉🏻 thedocumentrecordsstore.com/… #blues
Thank you to Bill Doggett for alerting us to this . He shared it and said "FANTASTIC The New York Times Feature on The Negro Spirituals as Poetry and Resistance. Truly one of the best I have read"nytimes.com/2021/03/05/t-mag…
Today's Blog post comes from D'Arcy our Social Media Manager. He has chosen and discusses 10 Prison Songs from the Document Catalogue. You can listen to them below thedocumentrecordsstore.com/…
Here's another animation of Frederick Douglass that @jcdmce generated earlier today (which got me hooked on these animations in the first place). That subtle smile at the end puts Mona Lisa to shame.
Vernon Jordan, who grew up in the segregated South to become an influential leader in the American civil rights movement, Washington politics and Wall Street, has died at age 85, .huffpost.com/.../vernon-jord…..
United Kingdom based Document Records presents music and cultural historian Bill Doggett in a visceral visit through visual, sound and spoken word media to "look back and look forward" 1619-2021. Sunday, 28.February 11am Pacific, 2pm Eastern, 7pm London
It is Victoria Spivey's Birthday and I nearly shared her Nightmare Blues but the vocals are muffled on our copy . What with Hallloween just around the corner we hope that you might enjoy this instead youtube.com/watch?v=M1-BfyL8…
From the 7th/ 8th October 1955 .Racism knew no bounds and probably still doesn't it makes us heartbroken and livid at the same time . Ella and band wrongfully arrested .See more on our Facebook page
ALT Ella, Dizzy Gillespie,Illionois Jacquet, Norman Granz and Georgiana Henry at the Houston police station October 1955
We remember Vol Stevens Vocalist and Banjo-Mandolin player born 06 October 1892 .This track can be found on our CD DOCD-5685-Memphis Blues Volume 3 (1927 – 1930) with Informative booklet notes by Bob Groom.and detailed discography.youtube.com/watch?v=3mwR4T8W…
Dreamy Autumn Waltz - Poplin-Woods Tennessee String Band youtu.be/jJLXrPqb7bA via @YouTube
From our Apple Bobbing Mix CD and on Docd -8037
#Autumn #autumntreats #Halloween #Halloween2020 #Oldtimeradio #countrymusic #Stringbands
Magic Spell Blues - Charlie Burse youtu.be/ICHh2hP0QmM via @YouTube Our Monstrously cheap Halloween Bundle comprises of “Swingin at the Séance “ , “Apple Bobbin Mix “ and Blues Blues Hodoo Halloween ! A spooky snip this October
. A simmering cauldron of jazzy ,bluesy sounds for all you cool cats , witches , wizards and music lovers in general ! Go here to check the Halloween bundle out here thedocumentrecordsstore.com/…
Aunt Hagar's Children Blues youtu.be/V_3CaN8POrY via @YouTube We are fascinated by the early pioneers of Jazz and Blues .Read Tim Brymn 's story on our Facebook page
Our October /HalloweenMusic Store with New Spooky Album releases is here thedocumentrecordsstore.com/…
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From my book: My father's third movie. The house in which the movie was filmed was in New Jersey. The neighborhood residents believed the house was actually haunted! #HalloweenCountdown #BlackHistory #scarystories #HalloweenMovies
Elgar's Creole Orchestra Nightmare youtu.be/M1-BfyL8RaQ via @YouTube Check out the new Document Records album " Swingin' At The Seance "- Jazz For A Halloween's Night - 21 Ghostly Selections from 1919 to 1953'. (DOCD-32-20-23).
By this day, 3rd September in 1926, Willie Jackson had already made one recording session for Columbia.First to be committed to wax was ‘Who’ll Chop Your Suey When I’m Gone’. Good question !!
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