Recent releases

Sophie Tucker: Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922

Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 is Sophie Tucker as you've never seen or heard her before. Gathered for the first time, here are Sophie Tucker's earliest recordings, from Edison wax cylinders and impossibly rare discs, chronicling the rough and ready rise of this lasting icon of the double entendre. This unique package comes as a CD-sized hardback book with 72 full-color pages filled with new research into the early years of this icon of the double entendre and dozens of extraordinary illustrations--many of them from Sophie's personal scrapbooks, which she amassed over a 60-year period. More »

1906: "When Things Was Lookin' Bright"

The next volume in our popular Phonographic Yearbook series, 1906: "When Things Was Lookin' Bright" features 27 tracks from the year of the great San Francisco earthquake. The package includes a 24 page full-color booklet with rare graphics, notes on each of the selections and an interpretive essay on historical events of the year. More »

Elsie Janis: Sweetheart of the AEF

Elsie Janis, Sweetheart of the AEF features 24 recordings by Elsie Janis, a star of the stage who took her act to the soldiers at the front lines in World War I. Sweetheart of the AEF comes with a lavishly illustrated, 24 page full-color booklet with notes and scholarship by our late friend and collaborator, Allen G. Debus. More »

News

Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 nominated for 2 GRAMMY awards

Sophie Tucker: Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 has received GRAMMY nominations for Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes. Congratulations to all nominated! [12/2/09]

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Today in Acoustic History: March 22

1912—Joe Weber and Lew Fields recorded "Mosquito Trust (Mike and Meyer)" [listen] 1919—Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band recorded "Kansas City Blues" [listen] and "Slide, Kelly, Slide"

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