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Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music
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This collection highlights music that is often invisible in today’s world — the incredible world of global recordings that aren’t jazz, blues, country, rock ‘n roll, R&B, or “classical.”"Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music" includes 100 recordings and 100 stories in an extensive, illustrated PDF with detailed, contextual mini-histories about both musical origins and the beginnings of the recording industry, touching on the complexities of colonialism, economic agendas, and cultural tourism.
Featuring music and musical styles from six continents and 89 different countries and regions, recorded between 1907-1967.
Includes a 186-page PDF with essays and annotations by record collector and compilation producer Jonathan Ward.
Presenter of music and sound cultures.
Enjoy top-notch audio restoration, along with in-depth research and lavishly-illustrated design in the PDF that accompanies each Bandcamp download from our catalog.
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Various Artists - Caluza's Double Quartet - Abaqafi (South Africa)
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Various Artists - Los Chinacos - Zacamandú (Mexico)
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Various Artists - Itokazu Kame - Hatoma-bushi (Okinawa, Japan)
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Various Artists - Cheikh Saïd Relizani - Denhar Mabrouk, Pt. 1 (Algeria)
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Various Artists - Enosse Kuhanya Muni - O Ta Nikona (Mozambique)
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Various Artists - Bonfiglio de Oliveira - Lembrancas do Passado (Brazil)
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Various Artists - Giovanni Vicari - Rose D'Italia (Italy)
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Various Artists - K. S. Narayana Ayyengar - Mokshamu Galadha, Pt 1 (Saramathi) (India)
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Various Artists - Hosseingholi Tatayy - Shur (Iran)
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Various Artists - Ne'matjon Qulabdullaev - Bilmasang Bilgil (Uzbekistan)
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Various Artists - Che Ta'seah - Lenggang Mak Inang (Malaysia)
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Various Artists - Demka dhe Hajro e Shoket - Këngë e Mahmudisë (Albania)
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Various Artists - Liam Walsh - Portlaw Reel (Ireland)
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Various Artists - Šule Radosavljevič-Šapčanin - Jeleno, Momo Jeleno (Serbia)
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Various Artists - Klaudiya Kotok and E.M. Shishova - Razvogor Dvuh Podrug (Russia)
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Various Artists - Fr. Dukli Wiejska Banda - Na Wykretke (Poland)
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Various Artists - Triki-Trixa de Zumarraga - Ez Dago Larrosarik (The Basque Country, Spain)
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Various Artists - Margarida, Cantadeira de Paredes - Caninha Verde (Portugal)
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Various Artists - Andrés Chazarreta y su Orquesta Tipica de Arte Nativo - La Doble (Argentina)
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Various Artists - Cuadro Gitano La Coja, featuring Concha Maya - Fandangos del Albaicín (Andalusia, Spain)
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Various Artists - Cuarteto Caraquita - Las Bellas Noches de Maiquetia (Venezuela)
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Various Artists - Sein Bo Tint - Aung Pa Khei Ti Loun (Burma)
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Various Artists - Park Booyong - Shin-Gosahn Taryong (Korea)
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Various Artists - Ali Muhammadi - Vitha (Sudan)
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Various Artists - Hanns in der Gand - Chant de Guerre Fribourgeois (Switzerland)
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Various Artists - Chimudon, Mashibato, and Togus Ziguradan - The Venerable Genghis Khan (Mongolia)
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Various Artists - Muhammad Rashid al-Rifa’i - Ya Ghusain Alban, Pt 1 (Bahrain)
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Various Artists - Negatoua - Ya Bati Zefen (Ethiopia)
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Various Artists - Picoğlu Osman - Sıksara Horon Havası (Turkey)
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Various Artists - Miyagi Michio, Yoshida Kyoko, and Miyagi Kiyoko - Sakura Variations, Pt. 2 (Japan)
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Various Artists - Paulos Dikito - Hendeyi Kumunda (Zimbabwe)
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Various Artists - Saez y Hermanos Ascuez - Pregonero (Peru)
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Various Artists - Grupo Istmeño - Coge el Pandero Que Se Te Va (Panama)
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Various Artists - Orchestre Franco-Creole - Prend Yo (Haiti)
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Various Artists - Khaledi and Zahedi - Bayāt-e Tork, Pt. 2 (Iran)
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Various Artists - Mita Stoyecheva - Da Znaya Mamo, Da Znaya (Bulgaria)
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Various Artists - Myskal Omurkanova - Oilo Sen (Kyrgyzstan)
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Various Artists - Miss Thông - Chinh Phụ Ngâm, Pt 1 (Vietnam)
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Various Artists - Vassyl Yemetz - Z Ukrainskyce Stepiw (Ukraine)
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Various Artists - Abaimbi be Kanisa Lutiko eye Namirembe - Oje Omwoyo Omutukuvu (Uganda)
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Various Artists - Nicholas De Heer - Osibonibom (Ghana)
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Various Artists - Tamarii-Tahiti - Haere Roa Roa (Tahiti)
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Various Artists - Count Lasher - Perseverance (Jamaica)
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Various Artists - Paykān - Khayāl Dilbar (Afghanistan)
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Various Artists - Zohra El Fassia - Erraad, Pt 2 (Morocco)
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Various Artists - Gavino de Lunas - Cantu Pastorale (Sardinia)
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Various Artists - Coro de Ruada - Foliada de Orense (Galicia, Spain)
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Various Artists - Crimean Tatar Orchestra - Taksim ve Peshraf (Crimea)
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Various Artists - Júlio Silva - Fado Melancólico (Portugal)
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Various Artists - Salim Abdullah - Kwaherini (Tanzania)
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Various Artists - Dubiya mint ‘Aliyen - El Khar (Mauritania)
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Various Artists - Siddiq and Party - Sun Kay Gal Nawab Nai (Punjab)
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Various Artists - Khan Shushinski - Qarabağ Şikəstəsi (Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan)
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Various Artists - J. Joseph and Mary - Safarini (Kenya)
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Various Artists - Ewert Åhs - Evertsbergs Gamla Brudmarsch (Sweden)
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Various Artists - Orchestre Créole Delvi - Du Feu Prix en Tête Man Nordé (Martinique)
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Various Artists - Trio Medellín - La Morena (Veracruz, Mexico)
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Various Artists - Pasquale Taraffo - Sonatina in A Major (Italy)
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Various Artists - Cayla and Demay - Lo Mourolliado (Auvergne, France)
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Various Artists - Dachauer Bauernkapelle “Strassmaier” - Niederbayrischer Halbwalzer (Germany)
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Various Artists - A. Megrelidze and the Georgian Radio Folk Song Ensemble - Rostom Chabuki (Georgia)
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Various Artists - Tiwonoh and Sandikola - Tilondo le Phepo (Malawi)
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Various Artists - Sears Orchestra - Bela Aurora (Azores, Portugal)
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Various Artists - Pov Siv Nou and Pov Van Chorn - Sompong Klay (Cambodia)
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Various Artists - Toba Batak ensemble - Riak-Riak (Sumatra, Indonesia)
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Various Artists - Emmanuele Cilia - Iz-Zakkiek (Malta)
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Various Artists - Mayfair Band - Gathering Peascods (England)
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Various Artists - Wei Zhongle - Shimian Maifu, Pt. 1 (China)
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Various Artists - Subeit bin Ambar - Taksim Hijazi (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
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Various Artists - Koni Coumaré - Dabatako (Mali)
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Various Artists - Yusuf Taj - Yahya Al-Zaman Illi Jama’na (Lebanon)
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Various Artists - Monks of the Maru Monastery at Lhasa - Tse-Chu Cho-Pa (The Offering on the Tenth) (Tibet, China)
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Various Artists - Francis Salomon - Dans la Ville Mahebourg (Mauritius)
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Various Artists - Philip Tanner - The Gower Reel (Wales, United Kingdom)
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Various Artists - Hernández Brothers - Sérénade (Sing, Smile, Slumber) (Colombia)
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Various Artists - Sigbjørn B. Osa - Bjølleslåtten (Norway)
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Various Artists - Durban Lions - Maheshe (South Africa)
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Various Artists - Tunde King - Arthur Prest (Nigeria)
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Various Artists - El Haja Rouïda - Mallaly, Pt 1 (Morocco)
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Various Artists - Margareta Radulescu - Mamă! Tata Când Mai Vine (Romania)
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Various Artists - Tom Clough - The Keel Row (Northumberland, United Kingdom)
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Various Artists - Superba Molassana - A Partenza da Parigi (Genoa, Italy)
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Various Artists - Valentin Eugenio - Piritipit (Philippines)
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Various Artists - San Salvador - Narciso Ku Matadi (Congo)
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Various Artists - Rakotondrasoa and Manjakaray - Rakoto O! (Madagascar)
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Various Artists - Elenkrig’s Orchestra - Lebedeg (New York, United States)
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Various Artists - Ahmet Hulûsi Bey - Hacı Yârim (Turkey)
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Various Artists - Setrak Sourabian and George Shah-Baronian - Hay Aghchig (Armenia)
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Various Artists - Miss Phuaphan and Miss Pleng with the Organ-Phinphat Ensemble of Bang Khun Phrom Palace - Lakhon Rong Rueang Phali Yat Lohit, Pt 12 (Thailand)
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Various Artists - Angus Chisholm - Mr Murray; The £10 Fiddle; The Baker (Cape Breton, Canada)
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Various Artists - Kolompár Peti Cigánybandája - Borozó Csárdás Egyveleg (Hungary)
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Various Artists - Atan and Sak Ena - Dondang Sayang Singapora, Pt 4 (Singapore/Malaysia)
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Various Artists - Al Hadj Taha Abu Mandour - Al Sama’i al-Thaqil (Egypt)
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Various Artists - Gonxhe Manakovska - More Musa (North Macedonia)
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Various Artists - Saramacca Band - Moengo Boto Blon (Suriname)
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Various Artists - Kawîs Axa - Bîlmez, Pt. 1 (Iraq)
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Various Artists - Garifulla Kurmangaliyev - Asylzhan (Kazakhstan)
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Various Artists - Ishmulla Dilmukhametov - Hyr (Bashkortostan, Russia)
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Various Artists - Abrew’s Portuguese Instrumental Trio - Valsa Continental (Cape Verde)
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Various Artists - Sexteto Habanero - Son las dos…China (Cuba)
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