Being created with the University of California, Santa Barbara, the collection will include many pioneering Georgia musicians.
Known as “Seven-Foot Dilly,” the tall man in this colorized photo with the guitar was Atlanta fireman John Dilleshaw. Recordings of Dilleshaw will be accessible to the public on the Discography of American Historical Recordings through a partnership between Atlanta’s Dust-to-Digital label and the University of California, Santa Barbara. (Courtesy of Dust-to-Digital)
By Doug DeLoach – ArtsATL
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This story was originally published by ArtsATL.
In 2003, Dust-to-Digital, an Atlanta-based record label founded a few years prior by Lance and April Ledbetter, released its first album. “Goodbye Babylon,” a compilation of vintage gospel songs and religious sermonizing on six CDs, is housed in a light-colored cedar box with a sliding top on which is engraved an illustration of the Tower of Babel by Gustave Doré. In addition to the audio discs, the contents include a 200-page booklet of liner notes and essays, vintage postcards and two or three bolls of raw cotton. Artfully packaged, historically notable and sonically compelling, the album was, at first, a novel revelation. Then it became a bona fide sensation.
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Atlantans April and Lance Ledbetter, founders of Dust-to-Digital, a record label dedicated to historical and contemporary rarities, are collaborating with the University of California, Santa Barbara, to produce an online archive of thousands of rare recordings via the school’s Discography of American Historical Recordings. (Courtesy of Lizzy Johnston)
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One of Dust-to-Digital’s most recent releases is “Excavated Shellac: Voices,” featuring 16 performances from around the world that reveal the infinite versatility and emotional power of the human voice. (Courtesy of Dust-to-Digital)
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Blind Willie McTell busked on the streets of Atlanta and played around the city from the 1930s through the 1950s. Recordings by the legendary bluesman are part of the online archive currently being built. (Courtesy of Dust-to-Digital)
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