Document Records facts for kids

Document Records is a special music company that finds and shares old blues and jazz music. It started in Austria and is now based in Scotland. This company is known for bringing back classic recordings from the past. In 2018, The Blues Foundation gave them a "Keeping the Blues Alive Award." Document Records is the only company in the UK to receive this honor.

History of Document Records

Document Records was started in 1986 by Johnny Parth. He used to own another music company called Roots Records. His goal was to make old blues and gospel songs available again. These were songs recorded before a big musicians' strike between 1942 and 1944.

In 1990, Johnny Parth decided to change from making LPs (vinyl records) to CDs. With this change, he started putting out full collections of music in the order they were recorded. Most of these new releases were under the "Document" name.

The company's main goal became to re-release as many recordings as possible from a famous music book. This book is called Blues and Gospel Records: 1890–1943. Document Records also started to include other types of old American music. This included bluegrass, spirituals, jazz, and other country music styles. These are all part of what's known as roots music, recorded between 1900 and 1945.

Since the year 2000, Gary and Gillian Atkinson have owned Document Records. The company is now based in Newton Stewart, Scotland. Document Records also has special rights to many unreleased songs and sounds. These were made by Edison Records between 1914 and 1929.

Artists on Document Records

Document Records has re-released music from many famous and important artists. Here are some of them:

See also

• List of record labels