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Label: LM DUPLI-CATION

Release date: 17/04/2012

Barcode: 0655035043425

Catalog no.: LMCD0000004

Item ID: 371057

In the 1950s, while audio recording was still an astronomically expensive art, limited to the professional studio, a few forward-thinking artists began to experiment with home recording. Deep in Appalachia, folk singer JOHN JACOB NILES (an influential musician to Bob Dylan) recorded a series of EPs in the place where he was most comfortable singing; his living room. Niles's decision may have seemed strange to people around him. He was internationally known, had released music on RCA Victor, played Carnegie Hall, toured extensively in the US and been to England. But to Niles, it must have been a natural choice, as his life was a direct product of the things he made. He f.i. built his own dulcimers, farmed his land, and carved the big doors at his Boot Hill farm. Niles then went one step further, and started his own label, Boone-Tolliver, literally a mom-and-pop affair (his wife RENA was in charge of mail order). The label released two EP's: 'John Jacob Niles: American Folk Love Songs' and 'Ballads By Niles', before larger folk labels, like Tradition, came calling. While an independent, artist-owned label in the 1950s proved too difficult for Niles to run, by shying away from the studio and surrounding himself by family and friends, he succeeded in producing some of the best recordings of his career. Until now, these recordings have not been reissued on any format, so it is with great pleasure that another artist-run, mom-and-pop label, L.M. Dupli-cation, presents them back to the world. Printed on off-set presses from the '40s. Includes a booklet with the original release liner notes plus bonus material on the recordings and the story of Boone-Tolliver by Niles's biographer, DR. RON PEN.

Also available: BOONE-TOLLIVER RECORDINGS (LP).