Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World's Music

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mavra Pure gold from J. Ward, the king of obscure world music has done it again! Favorite track: Dondang Sayang Singapora, Pt 4 (Singapore/Malaysia).

Isaac Olson Not everything here will be to everyone's taste, mine included, but so much of this is so, so good. The music on here is so unremittingly intense, joyful and un-alienated that it makes all those experimental music mooks, from Schoenberg on down to bandcamp noiseniks, seem tame and impotent by comparison. This sets me to dreaming and sets me to dancing.

This is a map to a better future, if not for the world, at least for your holiday season. Late AOTY.

Oh, and the liner notes are superb.

Monsieur Vorwaerts What a treasure cave this is! Could not imagine a better (pre) christmas present for myself. Thank you so much for this amazing selection <3

mudslidetheo23 This is only my fav side because there is no “select all” function. The most diverse and well researched collection that I have had the pleasure of laying my eyes / ears on. This is a great encapsulation of the Excavated Shellac blog. Thank you Mr. Ward for this secret museum!! Favorite track: Lo Mourolliado (Auvergne, France).

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	1.	Caluza's Double Quartet - Abaqafi (South Africa) 03:07
	2.	Los Chinacos - Zacamandú (Mexico) 03:07
	3.	Itokazu Kame - Hatoma-bushi (Okinawa, Japan) 02:34
	4.	Cheikh Saïd Relizani - Denhar Mabrouk, Pt. 1 (Algeria) 02:57
	5.	Enosse Kuhanya Muni - O Ta Nikona (Mozambique) 02:34
	6.	Bonfiglio de Oliveira - Lembrancas do Passado (Brazil) 02:34
	7.	Giovanni Vicari - Rose D'Italia (Italy) 03:00
	8.	K. S. Narayana Ayyengar - Mokshamu Galadha, Pt 1 (Saramathi) (India) 03:20
	9.	Hosseingholi Tatayy - Shur (Iran) 03:42
	10.	Ne'matjon Qulabdullaev - Bilmasang Bilgil (Uzbekistan) 03:33
	11.	Che Ta'seah - Lenggang Mak Inang (Malaysia) 03:16
	12.	Demka dhe Hajro e Shoket - Këngë e Mahmudisë (Albania) 02:46
	13.	Liam Walsh - Portlaw Reel (Ireland) 03:05
	14.	Šule Radosavljevič-Šapčanin - Jeleno, Momo Jeleno (Serbia) 02:53
	15.	Klaudiya Kotok and E.M. Shishova - Razvogor Dvuh Podrug (Russia) 01:49
	16.	Fr. Dukli Wiejska Banda - Na Wykretke (Poland) 03:16
	17.	Triki-Trixa de Zumarraga - Ez Dago Larrosarik (The Basque, Spain) 02:54
	18.	Margarida, Cantadeira de Paredes - Caninha Verde (Portugal) 02:51
	19.	Andrés Chazarreta y su Orquesta Tipica de Arte Nativo - La Doble (Argentina) 02:40
	20.	Cuadro Gitano La Coja, featuring Concha Maya - Fandangos del Albaicín (Andalusia, Spain) 02:56
	21.	Cuarteto Caraquita - Las Bellas Noches de Maiquetia (Venezuela) 02:59
	22.	Sein Bo Tint - Aung Pa Khei Ti Loun (Burma) 03:00
	23.	Park Booyong - Shin-Gosahn Taryong (Korea) 03:02
	24.	Ali Muhammadi - Vitha (Sudan) 03:05
	25.	Hanns in der Gand - Chant de Guerre Fribourgeois (Switzerland) 03:15
	26.	Chimudon, Mashibato, and Togus Ziguradan - The Venerable Genghis Khan (Mongolia) 02:52
	27.	Muhammad Rashid al-Rifa’i - Ya Ghusain Alban, Pt 1 (Bahrain) 02:59
	28.	Negatoua - Ya Bati Zefen (Ethiopia) 03:06
	29.	Picoğlu Osman - Sıksara Horon Havası (Turkey) 03:11
	30.	Miyagi Michio, Yoshida Kyoto, and Miyagi Sayoko - Sakura Variations, Pt. 2 (Japan) 03:24
	31.	Paulos Dikito - Hendeyi Kumunda (Zimbabwe) 02:56
	32.	Saez y Hermanos Ascuez - Pregonero (Peru) 03:10
	33.	Grupo Istmeño - Coge el Pandero Que Se Te Va (Panama) 02:52
	34.	Orchestre Franco-Creole - Prend Yo (Haiti) 03:16
	35.	Khaledi and Zahedi - Bayāt-e Tork, Pt. 2 (Iran) 03:26
	36.	Mita Stoyecheva - Da Znaya Mamo, Da Znaya (Bulgaria) 03:06
	37.	Myskal Omurkanova - Oilo Sen (Kyrgyzstan) 03:23
	38.	Miss Thông - Chinh Phụ Ngâm, Pt 1 (Vietnam) 03:34
	39.	Vassyl Yemetz - Z Ukrainskyce Stepiw (Ukraine) 03:37
	40.	Abaimbi be Kanisa Lutiko eye Namirembe - Oje Omwoyo Omutukuvu (Uganda) 03:14
	41.	Nicholas De Heer - Osibonibom (Ghana) 03:01
	42.	Tamarii-Tahiti - Haere Roa Roa (Tahiti) 02:49
	43.	Count Lasher - Perseverance (Jamaica) 02:24
	44.	Paykān - Khayāl Dilbar (Afghanistan) 03:28
	45.	Zohra El Fassia - Erraad, Pt 2 (Morocco) 02:58
	46.	Gavino de Lunas - Cantu Pastorale (Sardinia) 03:03
	47.	Coro de Ruada - Foliada de Orense (Galicia, Spain) 02:33
	48.	Crimean Tatar Orchestra - Taksim ve Peshraf (Crimea) 02:57
	49.	Júlio Silva - Fado Melancólico (Portugal) 03:24
	50.	Salim Abdullah - Kwaherini (Tanzania) 02:46
	51.	Adja Mint Aali - El Khar (Mauritania) 03:17
	52.	Siddiq and Party - Sun Kay Gal Nawab Nai (Punjab) 02:51
	53.	Khan Shushinski - Qarabağ Şikəstəsi (Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan) 02:51
	54.	J. Joseph and Mary - Safarini (Kenya) 02:39
	55.	Ewert Åhs - Evertsbergs Gamla Brudmarsch (Sweden) 01:47
	56.	Orchestre Créole Delvi - Du Feu Prix en Tête Man Nordé (Martinique) 02:59
	57.	Trio Medellín - La Morena (Veracruz, Mexico) 03:08
	58.	Pasquale Taraffo - Sonatina in A Major (Italy) 02:41
	59.	Cayla and Demay - Lo Mourolliado (Auvergne, France) 03:21
	60.	Dachauer Bauernkapelle “Strassmaier” - Niederbayrischer Halbwalzer (Germany) 02:43
	61.	A. Megrelidze and the Georgian Radio Folk Song Ensemble - Rostom Chabuki (Georgia) 02:39
	62.	Tiwonoh and Sandikola - Tilondo le Phepo (Malawi) 03:00
	63.	Sears Orchestra - Bela Aurora (Azores, Portugal) 03:38
	64.	Poeu Sipho and Poeu Van John - Sompoung Klay (Cambodia) 02:57
	65.	Toba Batak ensemble - Riak-Riak (Sumatra, Indonesia) 03:22
	66.	Emmanuele Cilia - Iz-Zakkiek (Malta) 03:09
	67.	Mayfair Band - Gathering Peascods (England) 02:01
	68.	Wei Zhongyue - Shimian Maifu, Pt. 1 (China) 03:11
	69.	Subeit bin Ambar - Taksim Hijazi (Zanzibar, Tanzania) 02:56
	70.	Koni Coumaré - Dabatako (Mali) 02:44
	71.	Yusuf Taj - Yahya Al-Zaman Illi Jama’na (Lebanon) 02:49
	72.	Monks of the Maru Monastery at Lhasa - Tse-Chu Cho-Pa (The Offering on the Tenth) (Tibet, China) 03:39
	73.	Francis Salomon - Dans la Ville Mahebourg (Mauritius) 02:14
	74.	Philip Tanner - The Gower Reel (Wales, United Kingdom) 02:38
	75.	Hernández Brothers - Sérénade (Sing, Smile, Slumber) (Columbia) 03:08
	76.	Sigbjørn B. Osa - Bjølleslåtten (Norway) 02:51
	77.	Durban Lions - Maheshe (South Africa) 02:45
	78.	Tunde King - Arthur Prest (Nigeria) 02:51
	79.	El Haja Rouïda - Mallaly, Pt 1 (Morocco) 03:09
	80.	Margareta Radulescu - Mamă! Tata Când Mai Vine (Romania) 02:46
	81.	Tom Clough - The Keel Row (Northumberland, United Kingdom) 02:49
	82.	Superba Molassana - A Partenza da Parigi (Genoa, Italy) 03:14
	83.	Valentin Eugenio - Piritipit (Philippines) 03:11
	84.	San Salvador - Narciso Ku Matadi (Congo) 02:58
	85.	Rakotondrasoa and Manjakaray - Rakoto O! (Madagascar) 02:53
	86.	Elenkrig’s Orchestra - Lebedeg (New York, United States) 03:26
	87.	Ahmet Hulûsi Bey - Hacı Yârim (Turkey) 02:46
	88.	Setrak Sourabian and George Shah-Baronian - Hay Aghchig (Armenia) 03:08
	89.	Miss Phuaphan and Miss Pleng with the Organ-Phinphat Ensemble of Bang Khun Phrom Palace - Lakhon Rong Rueang Phali Yat Lohit, Pt 12 (Thailand) 03:22
	90.	Angus Chisholm - Mr Murray; The £10 Fiddle; The Baker (Cape Breton, Canada) 03:19
	91.	Kolompár Peti Cigánybandája - Borozó Csárdás Egyveleg (Hungary) 03:11
	92.	Atan and Sak Ena - Dondang Sayang Singapora, Pt 4 (Singapore/Malaysia) 03:12
	93.	Al Hadj Taha Abu Mandour - Al Sama’i al-Thaqil (Egypt) 03:06
	94.	Gonxhe Manakovska - More Musa (North Macedonia) 02:30
	95.	Saramacca Band - Moengo Boto Blon (Suriname) 02:38
	96.	Kawîs Axa - Bîlmez, Pt. 1 (Iraq) 03:10
	97.	Garifulla Kurmangaliyev - Asylzhan (Kazakhstan) 01:53
	98.	Ishmulla Dilmukhametov - Hyr (Bashkortostan, Russia) 02:46
	99.	Abrew’s Portuguese Instrumental Trio - Valsa Continental (Cape Verde) 03:01
	100.	Sexteto Habanero - Son las dos…China (Cuba) 03:13

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This collection highlights music that is often invisible in today’s world — the incredible world of global recordings that aren’t jazz, blues, country, rock ‘n roll, R&B, or “classical.”

"Excavated Shellac: An Alternate History of the World’s Music" includes 100 recordings and 100 stories in an extensive, illustrated PDF with detailed, contextual mini-histories about both musical origins and the beginnings of the recording industry, touching on the complexities of colonialism, economic agendas, and cultural tourism.

Featuring music and musical styles from six continents and 89 different countries and regions, recorded between 1907-1967.

Includes a 186-page PDF with essays and annotations by record collector and compilation producer Jonathan Ward.

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