Several people have donated valuable out of print recordings. I especially want to thank Sandy Paton of Folk Legacy Records for providing a large number of his out of print but essential folk music recordings for inclusion in the database. Sandy's contribution to traditional musics through his collecting and recording activities are immense, and I am very pleased to be able provide pointers to these recordings in the index.
Others who have contributed important material include:
Thanks are extended to the increasing number of performers, performer's families, or agents who have donated their current tradition-based recordings and who thus help demonstrate the living folk music traditions in today's high tech world. My apologies in advance for those names I may have inadvertantly omitted. These performers include:
Thanks also go to donors of non-original copies of recordings including: Tina Aridas, Kilby Spencer, Jason Myer, Julie Pennick, Don Bille, Bill Hicks, Dick Swain, and the Lost World String Band. Finally I would like to acknowledge copies of out of print recordings made available by Truman Price, Abby Sale, Jerry Kergan, Bethie & Vic Granatstein, Peter Goldberger, Mark Anderson, Rob Nold, Kilby Spencer, and Karleen Tyksinski.
In the print area, Jesse Larsen gifted me with an autographed copy of Hank Bradley's publication, Counterfitting & Stealing; Ginny Hollon, publisher & editor of Mandolin Magazine, provided me with copies of this publication; Merry MacKinnon donated two song folios from the 1930s; Pamela Lyons-Nelson gave me a copy of Heart Songs; Steve Redmond gifted me with David Brody's Banjo Pickers Fakebook; and a fellow fiddler, Peggy O'Neill, provided me with 7 volumes of back issues of Fiddler Magazine, a great addition that brings this important magazine up to date in the index.
I would like to especially thank Dan Williams and the West Virginia University Press for providing the index with a copy of the Eddon Hammons Collection, Vol. 2. Similarly I am extremely grateful to Sue Songer for her donation of the two volume Portland Collection which she & Clyde Curley have put together as part of the Portland Country Dance Community. Special thanks are also due to Mel Bay for providing me with a copy of their wonderful publication, Kenny Hall's Music Book, compiled and edited by Vykki Mendel Gray.
And finally I would like to acknowledge the contribution of George Chudacoff to the folk music community in the Portland-Vancouver area. He recently lost his battle with cancer, and his family very generously made available CDs from his collection, some of which are now indexed.
Other publishers that have contributed valuable records of traditional material include:
And last but by no means least, My thanks go to Sampler Records for donating the Mark Hamilton Songs and Tunes from Wolf Run booklet and "Sackett Harbor", their publication of James Kimball's collection of nineteenth century tunes. My thanks to all of the above and also to the many users who have provided me with feedback about errors and additional information about performers and songs.
These donated resources now account for around 13% (615) of the total number of
items in the index. If you have items that you believe would be useful additions
to the collection, either LPs, CDs, or printed material; feel free to
contact me via email or phone.