Dust-to-Digital is a record company that specializes in documenting the history of

American popular music American popular music has had a profound effect on music across the world. The country has seen the rise of popular styles that have had a significant influence on global culture, including ragtime, blues, jazz, swing, rock, bluegrass, count ...

, including historical recordings of blues,

gospel Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was set out. In this sense a gospel can be defined as a loose-knit, episodic narrative of the words a ...

, and

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

. Their method combines rare recordings with historic images, photographs, and detailed texts describing artists and their works. The company has won a

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...

and a Living Blues award.

History

In February 1999, after taking over an Atlanta college radio station and becoming frustrated at the unavailability of gospel music from before 1940, Lance Ledbetter formed his own label and set out on a search for rare recordings of gospel music. After five years of research, Ledbetter issued ''Goodbye, Babylon'' on his newly formed Dust-to-Digital label. The six-CD box set, containing gospel music from 1902 to 1960, and accompanied by a 200-page book and hand-packed with raw cotton in a wooden box, was well-reviewed. The company's success has been partly attributed to its distinctive packaging, presenting products in pine boxes, silk screen, and raw cotton. The young record company followed up the set with ''Where Will You Be Christmas Day?'' Since 2004, Dust-to-Digital has issued more than 60 titles. A box set chronicling the origins of recorded music in Georgia was planned but never completed.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dust-To-Digital American record labels Blues record labels Jazz record labels Folk record labels Reissue record labels Record labels established in 1999 American companies established in 1999 1999 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)