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Arthur Fields Anthology: Singer, Songwriter, Soldier now available

Our newest release is a career retrospective of the great Arthur Fields, who had a long and prolific career as a songwriter, vaudevillian, recording artist, radio personality, and music publisher. Featuring 26 tracks and a 32-page booklet with notes by Grammy-nominated author Ryan Barna, Anthology: Singer, Songwriter, Soldier tells the story of Fields’ four-decade recording career, taking you on the journey from his very first recording (1914’s “Along Came Ruth”) to his last (a 1951 home recording of some of his hits, captured on wire). Learn more and order »

Now available: The Mike and Meyer Files by Joe Weber and Lew Fields

With their potent mixture of slapstick and fractured German dialect comedy, the pioneering vaudeville duo of Joe Weber and Lew Fields can rightly be called the granddaddy of all American comedy teams. Now for the first time, all of the pair’s comedy recordings have been masterfully restored and compiled in one collection that tells the story of this hugely influential duo. The Mike and Meyer Files includes a 32-page booklet with new scholarship by celebrated authors Trav S.D., L. Marc Fields, and Richard Martin. Order today »

Lambert Yiddish Cylinders Added to the National Recording Registry

The Yiddish selections issued on Lambert cylinders from 1901-1905 have just been added to  National Recording Registry. These recordings were researched and preserved on our 2016 compilation Attractive Hebrews: The Lambert Yiddish Cylinders, 1901-1905.

• 1868  — Vess L. Ossman was born in Hudson, New York  
• 1882  — Helen Trix was born in Newmanstown, Pennsylvania  
• 1918  — Albert Campbell and Henry Burr recorded They'll Be Mighty Proud in Dixie of Their Old Black Joe  
• 1918  — Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band recorded Has Anybody Seen My Corinne  
• 1922  — Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra recorded Three O'Clock in the Morning  
• 1961  — Eugene Rose  died in Freeport, New York