First folk LP?
Cherrill P. Heaton
full size LP format, pls, and when it was released? 1955 perhaps? Thx.
Kevin Sheils
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> How would I find out what was the first folk music vinyl disc released in
> full size LP format, pls, and when it was released? 1955 perhaps? Thx.
If you mean 12" LP then here in the UK I have a copy (but no sleeve) of
the earliest Topic Records (Workers Music Association) 12", cat no TRL 1
but, which is undated but believed to be around 1955/56 based on the
known dates of later albums.
Details of the tracks and more are at the Musical Traditions web site
Topic Records Discography
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/discos/discog.htm
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Folk Events
Irwin Silber
know whether or not this was the "first" folk LP (although it might have
been) but I am certain it was the first live folk concert LP. The
record is taken from two concerts in NYC during the spring of 1954.
Appearing on it were Pete Seeger, Betty Sanders, Sonny Terry, Earl
Robinson, Laura Duncan, Leon Bibb, Sylvia Kahn, Jerry Silverman, Al
Moss, Bob & Louise DeCormier, and a few others.
The record was reissued by Folkways in 1959 (FN 2511). I imagine it is
still available from Smithsonian-Folkways.
Abby Sale
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>How would I find out what was the first folk music vinyl disc released in
>full size LP format, pls, and when it was released? 1955 perhaps? Thx.
What's "folk music?"
I can tell you that the 1st country Grammy was won on 5/4/1959. By Kingston
Trio for "Tom Dooley."
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Stephen Suffet
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> How would I find out what was the first folk music vinyl disc released
> in full size LP format, pls, and when it was released? 1955 perhaps?
> Thx.
Greetings:
The jacket notes carry a 1954 copyright date on my copy of MARK TWAIN
AND OTHER FOLK FAVORITES by Harry Belafonte, accompanied by Millard
Thomas. It's a 12-inch vinyl LP released by RCA Victor as LPM 1022.
The copyright date is not necessarily the same as the issue date, but
I suspect it is close.
I have several other RCA Victor 12-inch LPs from the 1950s, but they
have later catalogue numbers. And I have a number of 10-inch 33-1/2 rpm
records from even earlier, but that's not what you are looking for. Is
it?
Regards,
Steve
Abby Sale
<Suf...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Cherrill P. Heaton wrote:
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>> How would I find out what was the first folk music vinyl disc released
>> in full size LP format, pls, and when it was released? 1955 perhaps?
>> Thx.
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> The jacket notes carry a 1954 copyright date on my copy of MARK TWAIN
That's a good record, too.
I have a note that CBS 1st demoed the LP in 1948 so that's a earliest.
I'd ask Kurtis Williams <kay...@earthlink.net> who has reacquired the
Stinson catalog, how far they go back. Dyer-Bennet was rrecording for them
in the late 40's but I don't know the medium. And when did Library of
Congress switch from 12" 78's to those wonderful red LP's? Must have been
very early. My Bill Broonzy Sings the Blues is dated 1951 - does that
count? My Guthrie, Talking Dust Bowl on Folkways is a 10" dated 1950.
Several other Folkways 10" from 1950 & a number of 12" Folkways from 1952 -
The Anthology, for example. I don't think Riverside starts until about
1954 but Topic is early 50's too. There are many.
I think you'd really first have to define "folk" to go much farther. Would
anybody care to do that?
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Cherrill P. Heaton wrote:
> How would I find out what was the first folk music vinyl disc released
> in full size LP format, pls, and when it was released? 1955 perhaps?
Nobody seems to be looking outside the US.
When did the Soviets start printing LPs? You'd expect Eastern Bloc
countries to make folk music a fairly high priority: I have some
Rumanian 10" LPs of traditional music which look like they're from
the Fifties, though there's no date on them.
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>How would I find out what was the first folk music vinyl disc released in
>full size LP format, pls, and when it was released? 1955 perhaps? Thx.
Here are some strong contenders for "first folk LP":
Bob Atcher Early American Folk Songs Columbia HL 9006
Richard Dyer-Bennett Folk Songs Decca DLP 5046
Burl Ives Ballads and Folk Songs Decca DL 5013
Burl Ives The Wayfaring Stranger Columbia CL 628
Christopher Lynch The Minstrel Boy Columbia ML 2016
Josef Marais South African Veld Decca DL 5014
Paul Robeson Spirituals Columbia ML 4105
Paul Robeson Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Columbia ML 2038
Josh White Ballads and Blues Decca DL 5082
Josh White Sings Folksongs Mercury MG-25014
All of these were released in 1948 or 1949, as far as I can tell.
Because Columbia was the first label to introduce LPs, it would be my
guess that one of their titles was "first"; probably either the Burl
Ives or the Paul Robeson, both of which were almost certainly taken
from existing albums of 78s. However, the Cristopher Lynch record
(which I've never seen) had a slightly lower number, so it might have
been released earlier.