Ojai Sam
Staff member
In honor of our new home, I'm starting a new series to document the key record labels, past and present. Where better to start than:
Year founded: 1985
Founder: Johnny Parth (Austria)
Still Active: Yes
Website: http://www.document-records.com/
Genres: Blues, jazz, country reissues
Format: LP, CD, download
Artists: from Ace (Johnson) to Zaidee (Jackson) and hundreds in between
Spotify Playlist:
Johnny Parth was a renaissance man, at various times working as an artist, art restorer, cornet player, concert promoter and happily for us, obsessive record collector. He began listening to blues music during World War 2 while living in Nazi Vienna. After the war, Johnny started reissuing rare jazz on LP and by the 1980's decided to start on the blues. His approach was simple if monumental: put out a series of LP's (later CD's) containing the complete recorded works of every blues artist. Later he added jazz, old time country and other genres.
From the Document website:
"The BIG one. At 679 CDs and growing this is one of the biggest slices of Afro-American music history that you will find anywhere. The complete recorded works of hundreds of blues, gospel, spiritual, boogie-woogie, songster artist; from the late 1800s onwards. Many, many recordings not available elsewhere these are the roots of soul, modern gospel, R&B, rap, black urban vocal music and rock."
Year founded: 1985
Founder: Johnny Parth (Austria)
Still Active: Yes
Website: http://www.document-records.com/
Genres: Blues, jazz, country reissues
Format: LP, CD, download
Artists: from Ace (Johnson) to Zaidee (Jackson) and hundreds in between
Spotify Playlist:
Johnny Parth was a renaissance man, at various times working as an artist, art restorer, cornet player, concert promoter and happily for us, obsessive record collector. He began listening to blues music during World War 2 while living in Nazi Vienna. After the war, Johnny started reissuing rare jazz on LP and by the 1980's decided to start on the blues. His approach was simple if monumental: put out a series of LP's (later CD's) containing the complete recorded works of every blues artist. Later he added jazz, old time country and other genres.
From the Document website:
"The BIG one. At 679 CDs and growing this is one of the biggest slices of Afro-American music history that you will find anywhere. The complete recorded works of hundreds of blues, gospel, spiritual, boogie-woogie, songster artist; from the late 1800s onwards. Many, many recordings not available elsewhere these are the roots of soul, modern gospel, R&B, rap, black urban vocal music and rock."
Last edited:
