In Fall 2010, the second installment of the Excavated Shellac series will be released: Opika Pende: Africa at 78rpm. This LP marks the first collaboration between Jonathan Ward and Dust-to-Digital / Parlortone. Future Dust-to-Digital / Parlortone releases that are in the works include a major survey of Jonathan's extensive collection of African 78s (traditional, ethnographic, guitar, pop, South African jive, and more), alongside more LPs in the Excavated Shellac series featuring vocals, reeds and percussion. The Excavated Shellac archives are hosted on WFMU's Free Music Archive, and are essentially an (inter) national treasure.
None of these tracks have appeared prior to this release either on Excavated Shellac or on any CD or LP compilation of which we are aware. Generally sharing these through his well-known blog, Excavated Shellac, Ward's one of a kind collection is showcased for the first time on Dust-to-Digital's vinyl imprint, Parlortone. 11/ compiler bio : Jonathan Ward is a young 78rpm collector and music researcher who has amassed an absolutely incredible collection of rare 78rpm records from around the world. 10/ packaging description : Pressed on high quality vinyl, full color cover featuring 78rpm record sleeve graphics, with an insert of extensive liner notes and photos. All previously unreleased, carefully transferred and mastered and presented with detailed liner notes.
Featuring fiddles, shamisen, charango, Paraguyan harp, Indian vina, Lebanese oud, Persian violin, Vietnamese moon guitar, and more. 14 outstanding compositions from the four corners of the world played on stringed instruments and recorded and released 78rpm records circa 1920-1950.
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