During a fit of lunacy, I ordered a stack of albums from Jalopy Records , the in-house record label for the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music , located in Red Hook, New York. My first experience with the Jalopy catalog was last year when I reviewed Clarence Ashley, Live and In Person: Greenwich Village 1963 for The Old-Time Herald . Jalopy is one of the few labels today that is publishing old-time music on vinyl. They have a fairly robust catalog of new releases and reissues, as well as its 7 Inch Series that was originally available as subscription service. The 7 Inch Series was pretty unique. Each month, Jalopy pressed a new record for subscribers. Performances were captured as live takes, mixed to a tape machine on location. The music was kept analog all the way through the process of making the vinyl record, and only at the last phase were they digitized for download. This series was produced in 2017 and funded through a Kickstarter campaign to aid in the ...
How to learn to stop worrying and love the twang. A journey into old-time music.