Told in Sam and Ann Charters’ own words, ‘Searching for Secret Heroes’ is the story of a young couple who left their home in New York with their pioneering idea to try and capture the essence of the blues, what it represented to those that sang and played it and to their wider society in the Southern States of the USA.
Searching For Secret Heroes
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You have arrived at the largest store in the world for vintage Blues, Jazz, Songster, Boogie-Woogie, Spirituals, Old-Time Country music and more. Established in 1985, the Document Records Catalogue contains over twenty-five thousand recordings (and rising), many extremely rare and not available elsewhere. Have a browse, listen to a few tracks. Support the Document project by buying direct.
Every day, we have the blues. Thousands of recordings, covering the entire spectrum of vintage blues; from the very first blues record to be made, to the electric blues of the 1940’s and on. From the well-known to the obscure. Here you will find the full recorded works of nearly every blues artist to record during the Halcion days of the “pre-war” period.
Gospel
“Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air” (Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Mary Knight)
Part of the roots of Soul Music; from the earliest recorded Spirituals from the late 19th century through to the Reverends and their Congregations of the 1920’s and on to the Vocal Groups of the 30’s and 40’s and the huge Gospel sound of the 40’s and 50’s.
JAZZ
“The World's Jazz Crazy And So Am I” (Ma Rainey) Ma’s not on her own and there’s plenty here to keep her and her fellow jazz fans happy. From the earliest recordings through to the revival of the ‘40s. From New Orleans to Chicago and all in between.
OLD-TIMEY
Ballads, Blues, Rags, Reels Jigs and Waltzes. Fiddles, banjos and guitars aplenty bringing tales of railroads, courtin’, rye, huntin’, heroes, villains, “pictures from life’s other side” and so much more. The roots of Country, Western Swing and Rockabilly.
You have arrived at the largest store in the world for vintage Blues, Jazz, Songster, Boogie-Woogie, Spirituals, Old-Time Country music and more. Established in 1985, the Document Records Catalogue contains over twenty-five thousand recordings (and rising), many extremely rare and not available elsewhere. Have a browse, listen to a few tracks. Support the Document project by buying direct.
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