Revenant Records
Revenant Records is an independent American record label that focuses in particular on jazz , country and blues music . The company was founded in Austin, Texas in 1996 by John Fahey and Dean Blackwood.
meaning
Revenant Records specializes in reissue editions primarily of early American music, but also works by Charlie Feathers , The Stanley Brothers and Jenks Carman . Avant-garde artists such as Derek Bailey , Cecil Taylor , Captain Beefheart and Jim O'Rourke have also been published there.
The publication of the complete edition of Charley Patton's work together with an extensive apparatus in October 2001 caused a sensation ; This edition of Screamin 'and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton , released in a box with seven CDs, received three Grammy Awards in 2003 . In 2004 the label released the Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962-70) collection with nine CDS of previously unreleased or rare recordings with free jazz pioneer Albert Ayler . In 2013 and 2014 the label portrait The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1927 was published there.
Web links
- Revenant at Discogs
- Annotated discography (until 2001) on The Austin Chronicle
- Web presence of the label
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eddie Dean: In Memory of Blind Thomas of Old Takoma Archived from the original on February 12, 2003. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Washington City Paper . March 9–15, 2001. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
