Jan 9, 2015
Get the new 10-inch LP “Lead Belly: Lost Radio Broadcasts” while the blue vinyl edition is still available. Only 1,000 units pressed!
Nov 8, 2014
The two programs on this special release mark the only existing broadcasts of blues/folk legend Huddie Ledbetter’s (a/k/a Lead Belly) “The Story of Folklore,” a weekly radio program aired on Sunday nights during August 1948 on WNYC New York and hosted by Lead Belly. Never before issued, the programs were recently discovered and acquired by OJL, with the assistance and cooperation of the Lead Belly Estate. Available in a 1950s-styled 10-inch LP, much like those issued by Folkways Records with album notes by Lead Belly biographer Kip Lornell. Available in a special blue vinyl edition for the first 1,000 copies only. To order, go...
Aug 14, 2014
OJL has acquired the only existing copy of two radio broadcasts made by Lead Belly on WNYC New York in August 1948. These fifteen-minute programs, titled “The Story of Folklore,” were previously unknown and have never been released. They will be issued on a special limited edition blue vinyl 10-inch LP with liner notes by Lead Belly biographer Kip Lornell. The record is being produced with the cooperation of the Lead Belly Estate. Look for this special vinyl release soon from Origin Jazz...
Aug 13, 2014
Enjoy the new website! We have a couple more features rolling out in the next few weeks. Stay tuned for credit card processing directly on OJL’s website. For now, you can pay via check or through PayPal.
