[78-L] Folkways

[Royal Pemberton]

PS--I haven't been awake long enough, or I would have caught your
second E-mail, and not written my first!

On 4/18/09, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Erm, by 1973 Folkways had been up and running approximately 25 years!
> It's the only record label I've ever heard of that refused to delete
> any of its releases from its catalogue.  Its founder, Moses Asch, died
> in the 1980s (IIRC) but my understanding is the operation went to the
> Library of Congress upon Asch's death.  And they have kept it running
> ever since.
>
> On 4/18/09, maceo <maceo at nugrape.net> wrote:
>> Argh, this is the local company not US, I've been awake too long today,
>> and not when I wrote the previous email....just another example of how
>> IPOD, MP3 generation is changing the record business....
>>
>> Gary
>>> Just heard from a friend with the passing of Folkways label?!
>>>
>>> Sad news, the IPOD generation has no need for such concerns........
>>>
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>>>> Thought I'd let you know that today Folkways finally shut the doors.
>>>>
>>>> 1973-2009. 36 years is a pretty decent run I suppose but can't help
>>>> thinking how much fun it was it those old days when the cartons would
>>>> arrive from obscure little labels on the other side of the globe. Real
>>>> music in a sea of shit indeed! The owners have invited me to the wake
>>>> and, of course, I will pop in later to toast the old gal one more time.
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