Various Artists - Treasures Untold : A Modern 78 RPM Reader - BOOK + CD [RSD 2025] Various Artists

This product is a RECORD STORE DAY 2025 title and not available to pre-order.
Available to buy in-store from 8am on Saturday, 12/04/2025 (Record Store Day).
Remaining copies will be available to buy online from 8pm on Monday 14/04/2025.

The book is designed by Grammy-nominated artist Barbara Bersche, who also designed the Lomax Haiti box set, the Harry Smith B-Sides box set for Dust-To-Digital

Included in this special numbered book edition is an exclusive CD featuring contemporary artists performing songs from the 78s era. Treasures Untold' is 155 pages, hardback, CD inside, 10"x10"

Are 78 rpm records the next format to make a comeback? For the first half of the 20th Century, shellac 78s were the dominant music format

Treasures Untold: A Modern 78 rpm Reader features deep-dive writing from collectors ranging in age from 14 to 87, exploring this mind-blowing musical world and the passions that drive it

Included in this special numbered book edition is an exclusive CD featuring contemporary artists performing songs from the 78s era : Eden & John's East River String Band (ft

Eli Smith & R

Crumb) * Gwenifer Raymond * Muireann Bradley * Luther Dickinson * Down Hill Strugglers * Kevin Barker * Michael Hurley * Billy Childish * Devon Flaherty * William Tyler. Written contributions from musicians, ethnomusicologists, producers, archivists, collectors and dealers

The CD contains ten tracks, eight of which were recorded expressly for this project

The other two have never been on CD/digital

The CD will not be released digitally and is exclusive to the book.