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The Secret Museum of Mankind: Atlas of Instruments – Fiddles Vol. 1

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The Secret Museum of Mankind: Atlas of Instruments – Fiddles Vol. 1 is available on 140g vinyl, in a beautiful gatefold package. Purchase of the vinyl includes a digital download code.

    The package features a liner notes booklet by curator Pat Conte, original drawings of rare and unique fiddles in Conte’s collection, by artist Jeff Tocci, and beautifully remastered audio by Don Fierro. -- And consider getting the LP + Lithograph combo, with a beautiful art print of fiddles from the cover artwork.

    Additionally, the interior gatefold design features a selection of historic images of fiddlers, also curated by Conte and drawn from his collection.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Secret Museum of Mankind: Atlas of Instruments – Fiddles Vol. 1 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Special LP + Ltd Edition Lithograph combo

    Only 75 available - get the complete package - the Secret Museum vinyl record and liner notes + a numbered limited edition fine art stone lithograph of three fiddles from the album's cover art, by artist Jeff Tocci. These beautiful lithographs are suitable for framing.

    Printed in one color on Kitakata rice paper by print master Tomomi Ono, in Gowanus, Brooklyn.

    Jeff Tocci is a NYC based visual artist and Jalopy Records in-house illustrator. He has lent his expertise in the traditional practice of stone lithography to produce limited edition prints for our Secret Museum of Mankind series.

    His upcoming hardcover release, Animales, is a compilation of etchings and writings produced in Oaxaca, Mexico. Visit his creative projects at www.jefftocci.com

    Tocci's solo exhibitions have included:

    Red Dot Exhibition, Art Student's League, New York, NY
    Selected Works, Gallery at Casa Mezcal, New York, NY
    Sueños Febriles, La Máquina Taller de Gráfica, Oaxaca, MX
    Lapham Gallery, Glens Falls, NY
    Ishuakara Presenta: Imperios Decadentes, Exposición de Jeff Tocci, Oaxaca, MX
    Mexicana: Lost & Found, Casa Estudio Ishuakara, Oaxaca, Mexico
    Jeff Tocci and Robert Cenedella at Taller TEA, Oaxaca, Mexico

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The Secret Museum of Mankind: Atlas of Instruments – Fiddles Vol. 1
Digital download include PDF of the liner notes book.

Curated by 78-rpm record collector Pat Conte, The Secret Museum of Mankind: Atlas of Instruments – Fiddles, Vol. 1 continues the legendary series and seeks to show the diverse range of fiddle sounds and styles developed and practiced across the globe. The compilation, drawn from Conte’s pioneering and remarkable personal collection of 78-rpm discs recorded in the 1920’s-1950’s, presents fiddle music recorded across the world from Crete to Madagascar, Mexico, England, Sicily, Norway, India, the USA, Cape Verde, China and more.
 
The album is available via digital download and on vinyl, in a beautiful gatefold package.  It includes a liner notes booklet by curator Pat Conte, original drawings of rare and unique fiddles in Conte’s collection, by artist Jeff Tocci, and beautifully remastered audio by Don Fierro.  Additionally, the interior gatefold design features a selection of historic images of fiddlers, also curated by Conte and drawn from his collection.

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released September 15, 2023

Album Credits

Edited by Pat Conte

Jacket art/layout: Jeff Tocci and Sean Riley

Engineering and restoration: Don Fierro

Produced by Eli Smith

Transfers: Secret Museum, Maj. PV Contay, ret.

Acknowledgements: Patrick Polisciano, Harry Bolick, Dave Jacobs, Josef Peknik, Rich Nevins

Rare Originals: Eugene Brands, Don Kent, Howard Berg, Jim Hadfield, Benno Haupl, John Pavlis, Joop Goudswaard (requiescat in pace)

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