NEWS
A Grammy nomination for The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922
The Moaninest Moan of Them All has received a Grammy nomination for Best Historical Album! Big congratulations to Team Mac, including our co-producer and co-nominee Colin Hancock, as well as Mark Berresford, who co-authored the notes. This is Archeophone’s 24th nomination overall and 9th in this category, and we’re honored that the art of Loren McMurray is being recognized. Learn more and reserve your copy today!
The Moaninest Moan of Them All: The Jazz Saxophone of Loren McMurray, 1920-1922 now available
The Moaninest Moan of Them All shines a spotlight on Loren McMurray, the singular talent who redefined the sound of saxophone on record and bridged the gap from the polite sax in the 1910s to the genre-shaping sounds of Tram, Hawk, Coltrane, Rollins, and Parker. The 2-CD set features 50 tracks remastered by Grammy-winning audio engineer Richard Martin and comes in a deluxe digipack with 80-pages of notes by Grammy-nominated authors Colin Hancock and Mark Berresford. Learn more and reserve your copy today!
1905: “Deliver Daniel From the Lion’s Den” now available
Our next Phonographic Yearbook, 1905: “Deliver Daniel From the Lion’s Den” is now available. The compilation features 27 selections and a 24-page booklet full of history and illustrations. See the full list of selections, listen to samples, and order your copy today!
1915: “They’d Sooner Sleep on Thistles” is back in print
1915: “They’d Sooner Sleep on Thistles” is newly refreshed and will be back in print in April 2023! The compilation features 25 selections and a 24-page booklet full of history and illustrations. See the full list of selections, listen to samples, and order your copy today!
1904: “Call it the Land of Dreams now available
Our next Phonographic Yearbook, 1904: “Call it the Land of Dreams is now available. The compilation features 27 selections and a 24-page booklet full of history and illustrations See the full list of selections, listen to samples, and order your copy today!
Etching the Voice nominated for two Grammy Awards
Etching the Voice: Emile Berliner and the First Commercial Gramophone Discs, 1889-1895 has received Grammy nominations in two categories: Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes. We’re thrilled to see it recognized by the Recording Academy and honored to have produced only release to be recognized in both of these categories. Congrats to the whole project team as well as our fellow nominees. Learn more about Etching the Voice and order your copy today!
TODAY IN ACOUSTIC HISTORY
- 1904 — Richard Jose recorded Dear Old Girl
- 1918 — Arthur Pryor's Band recorded Rainbow Division March
- 1920 — Bert Williams recorded My Last Dollar
- 1920 — Bert Williams recorded I'm Gonna Quit Saturday
PRAISE FOR ARCHEOPHONE
- “Truly epochal reissues, which unearth completely forgotten chapters of musical history. The tiny Illinois-based Archeophone label has been doing that kind of archaeology for several years now, almost single-handedly championing the popular music of the acoustic recording era.”Jody RosenSlate.com
- “In the digital age, when liner notes have been reduced to a song name scrolling across a streaming playlist, the husband-and-wife team of [Richard] Martin and Meagan Hennessey are an anomaly. They gather rarities from the earliest era of recordings, research the music and put out entire books of analysis alongside the music.”Geoff EdgersWashington Post
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