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Dust-to-Digital 
Founded 1999 Founder Steven Lance Ledbetter Genre Gospel
Country
Blues
Jazz
WorldCountry of origin 
U.S.Location Atlanta, Georgia Official Website dust-digital.com Dust-to-Digital is a record company which specialises on documenting the history of American popular music, including historical recordings of blues, gospel and country music. They have described their aim as the production of high-quality, cultural artifacts, which combine rare recordings with historic images and detailed texts describing the artists and their works. The company has won a Grammy award and a "Living Blues" award for their releases.
Contents
History
In February 1999, Lance Ledbetter set out on a search for rare recordings of gospel music. After five years of research, Ledbetter issued Goodbye, Babylon on his newly-formed Dust-to-Digital label. The six CD box set, accompanied by a 200-page book and hand-packed with raw cotton in a wooden box, was well reviewed.[1][2][3] The young record company followed up the set with Where Will You Be Christmas Day? Since 2004, Dust-to-Digital has issued 18 titles, and more are planned for the future.
Discography
DTD-01: Goodbye, Babylon
DTD-02: Where Will You Be Christmas Day?
DTD-03: Fonotone Records: Frederick, Maryland (1956-1969)
DTD-04: How Low Can You Go? : Anthology of the String Bass (1925-1941)
DTD-05A: Desperate Man Blues: Discovering the Roots of American Music : Soundtrack CD
DTD-05V: Desperate Man Blues: Discovering the Roots of American Music : DVD
DTD-06: I Belong to This Band: 85 Years of Sacred Harp Recordings
DTD-07: Art of Field Recording (Sampler CD)
DTD-09: Melodii Tuvi: Throat Songs and Folk Tunes from Tuva
DTD-10: Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics
DTD-11: Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days
DTD-13: Take Me to the Water: Immersion Baptism in Vintage Music and Photography 1890-1950
DTD-14: Let Your Feet Do the Talkin' : DVD
DTD-15: Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely : Hardcover Biography with CD
DTD-16: Baby, How Can It Be? (Songs of Love, Lust and Contempt from the 1920s and 1930s) : 3 CD set
DTD-17: Rev. Johnny L. "Hurricane" Jones: The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta : 2 CD set
DTD-18: Ten Thousand Points of Light : DVD
DTD-21: Your Past Comes Back To Haunt You: The Fonotone Years 1958-1965 : 5 CD set
Awards and nominations
ARSC Awards
- 2008
- Art of Field Recording Volume I
Nominated for Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
- Victrola Favorites
Nominated for Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
Grammy Awards
- 2004
- Goodbye, Babylon
Nominated for Best Historical Album
Nominated for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
- 2006
- Fonotone Records 1956-1969
Nominated for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
- 2008
- Art of Field Recording Volume I
Winner of Best Historical Album
Nominated for Best Liner Notes
Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards
- 2008
- How Low Can You Go?
Nominated for Reissue/Historical Box Set of the Year
Living Blues Awards
- 2007
- Desperate Man Blues Soundtrack CD
Winner of Best Historical Reissue
- Lance Ledbetter
Winner of Historical Producer of the Year
Footnotes
- ^ "Review: Various Artists, Goodbye Babylon". Uncut magazine. 2005-12-02. http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/various_artists/reviews/6988. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ^ Taylor, Charles (2004-02-15). "Vintage gospel box set receives ecstatic review in Mojo magazine.". Crossrhythms magazine. http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Goodbye_Babylon/12432/p1/. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
- ^ Daniel M. Gill (2004-04-16). "Goodbye Babylon". Dusted magazine. http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/8. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
References
The New Yorker "The Last Verse"
Pitchfork-Various Artists: The Art of Field Recording, Vol. 1
Interview with Lance Ledbetter
External links
Categories:- American record labels
- Blues record labels
- Jazz record labels
- Folk record labels
- Reissue record labels
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