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Fonotone Records
Various Artists
Fonotone Records
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Pop, Rock, Classical, Classic Rock, Christian & Gospel
 
  •  Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (27) - Disc #2
  •  Track Listings (25) - Disc #3
  •  Track Listings (26) - Disc #4
  •  Track Listings (26) - Disc #5

Massive 5CD set of American Primitive music unearthed for the first time (in various styles: Jug Band, Country, Old Time, Blues and Bluegrass), recorded and documented by Joe Bussard's 78-RPM Fonotone label, 1956-1969 -- n...  more »

     
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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Fonotone Records
Members Wishing: 11
Total Copies: 0
Label: Dust to Digital
Release Date: 12/6/2005
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Pop, Rock, Classical, Classic Rock, Christian & Gospel
Styles: Bluegrass, Classic Country, Traditional Blues, Slide Guitar, Traditional Folk, Instruments, Strings, Southern Rock, Southern, Country & Bluegrass
Number of Discs: 5
SwapaCD Credits: 5
UPC: 880226000325

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Album Description
Massive 5CD set of American Primitive music unearthed for the first time (in various styles: Jug Band, Country, Old Time, Blues and Bluegrass), recorded and documented by Joe Bussard's 78-RPM Fonotone label, 1956-1969 -- not one track previously on CD before. Incredible package featuring 131 tracks over 5 discs, 160-page perfect-bound book, 17 full-color postcards, 3 record label reproductions in souvenir folder and a nickel-plated Fonotone Records bottle opener(!) -- all packaged in a deluxe cigar box. The label that gave us one of the most elaborate packaging presentations of the modern era (Goodbye Babylon, DTD's first release from 2004). What started as a conversation about Fonotone Records metamorphasized into this 5CD box set, for which no stone went unturned. Master reel-to-reel tapes, unplayed for decades but still pristine, were painstakingly remastered; forgotten Kodak slides in old cigar boxes were dusted off and retouched; and musicians! of all stripes who had disappeared more than 35 years ago were tracked down. Their stories, and the story of Fonotone, the last 78-RPM record label in the land, are told here with words, pictures and music. Take a look-see, give it a listen, and get a rare portrait of a long-gone America.
 

CD Reviews

Thanks Joe, you took me back to my Grandmother's front porch
Frances Beasley | Georgia | 12/17/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Fonotone boxed set is outstanding. The quality and selection of the music and the packaging were done with great respect to the artists.



When I listened to the music it took me back to my earliest childhood memories. The cigar box with the book, postcards and pictures, and even the bottle opener placed me back into that era of time. I believe Joe Bussard and the artists would be proud of their legacy "living on". I know my experience with the set created a greater sense of appreciation of their efforts and their contribution to my life.



Thanks again Joe and the people at Dust to Digital!

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Excited about the Fonotone set!
Fonotone's Newest Fan | Alabama | 01/22/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was lucky enough to get to attend the release party for the Fonotone Records box set last Thursday in Atlanta. I got to meet Joe Bussard and hear a band from Tennessee whose family is on the set. I couldn't have had a better time. I bought a copy of the Fonotone set at the show and have been listening to it non-stop all weekend. What a great job Dust-to-Digital did in presenting this music, and what a great job Joe Bussard did in recording it."
Hee Haw ain't got nothin' on this!
Taryn Lester | New York, United States | 01/14/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Fonotone Records box takes me back to a time in music history I never had the chance to experience. So glad Dust-to-Digital has offered such a diverse sampling of a truly influential era in Southern music history; a chance to connect even further with my Southern roots.



This cleverly assembled boxed set is as pleasing to the eyes as it is to the ears! Joe Bussard and his crew were truly "pickin' and grinnin"!"