
FIRST EVER COUNTRY RECORD: Eck Robertson : Sally Gooden [ purchase ] FIRST EVER COUNTRY HIT: Fiddlin' John Carson : Little Old Cabin In The Lane [ purchase ] The first-ever country record was recorded on 30 June 1922 (or possibly on July 1) – not in a random southern location, but in New York City, at the Victor Talking Machine Company on West 38th Street – and it was a fiddle number. Over two days, [...]

After the first instalment of the country history series, it was suggested that I should have at least two compilations for each article. When I floated the idea on this blog's Facebook page, a number of people approved of the idea. So, just to mess up the sequence of posts, here's a second disc for the Pioneer Years – 1920s selection. ... In the first part of the history, we noted the first ever country recording: Sally Gooden by Eck Robertson [...]
1922: The Morning the Fiddlers CameEck Robertson and Henry C. Gilliland, Arkansas Traveler.Eck Robertson, Sallie Gooden.Eck Robertson, Ragtime Annie.The talent manager at the Victor Talking Machine Co. sits in the office of his colleague who runs publishing. He often comes in here when his colleague is out, mainly to hide from his own prospects. He drinks a cup of coffee as he sits in the spare