[78-L] Folkways

[Michael Biel]

Folkways and Cook Records went to the Smithsonian, not LC.  You can get 
any record on either label on CD-R complete with a photocopy of the 
original covers and notes thru their web site.  They also have been 
issuing compilations from Asch recordings for over 20 years.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 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........
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>