WELCOME TO DOCUMENT RECORDS
Document Record’s mission began in 1985 when a band of collectors and enthusiasts from around the world vowed to recover, restore, and re-release in chronological order, the complete recorded works, of the majority of Afro American artists and recordings made on cylinder and 78rpm records from the 1890s to the mid-20th century. These recordings are primarily Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Sermons and Spirituals. Each album is presented in chronological order with scholarly notes and full disco graphic details.
Latterly Document was honored by The Blues Foundation in Memphis citing Gary and Gillian Atkinson as the winners of the prestigious Keeping the Blues Alive award.
In addition, Document has also reissued a large catalogue of American Old Timey (Country, Hillbilly) recordings from the 1920s . These titles can be found in 8000 series.
There are also “special projects”, which appear on the 32-20 series and these include albums complimenting the books by Paul Oliver. Document also specializes in themed Christmas and Halloween albums:- vintage recordings , of course.