Historical Records

This article is about the music label. For records of history, see Recorded history. For the early Chinese history by Sima Qian, see Records of the Grand Historian.

Historical Records was an American independent record label, set up in 1965 by Arnold S. Caplin.

Historical Records re-issued rare blues, gospel, jazz and country recordings of the 1920s. It played an important role in the 1960s folk and blues revival by making scarce pre-war 78 rpm recordings available on LP.

The label issued thematic compilations that gathered rare sides by major and lesser-known pre-war artists, often with informative notes by Caplin himself. The label tended to produce thematic groupings of rare 78s rather than concentrating on single-artist compilations.

See also

• List of record labels

External links

• Illustrated Historical Records discography