Indian House News
| CD's and CD-R's. What's the difference? |
| The Indian House website now shows exactly which titles are available in CD and CD-R format. Both are playable on all CD players although in a very few cases CD-R's do not play as well on some players.
A factory replicated CD is made using a mold, it is "pressed" similar to the old phonograph records. At most CD plants the minimum order is 500 pieces.
CD-R's (CD-Recordable) are individually "burned" into a special coating on the disc using a laser CD recorder. Because they are individually written directly from a digital file, no mold is required, and a very small quantity, such as 10 or 20, can be economically produced. Both formats have equal digital audio quality.
When Indian House has a new release which we think will be popular enough to warrant a 500 piece order, we order from the factory. These discs are silk-screen printed with our usual turquoise background and silver logo and lettering. If album sales have slowed up near the end of the 500 pieces, instead of ordering another 500 pieces, we will make about 25 CD-R's using the same album covers just to keep the album in stock. Our CD-R discs have a dull silver background with light blue logo and lettering.
Indian House takes pride in being a "catalog company" for the past 42 years. This means that every recording we have ever made from 1966 til now is still available in some format. Most record companies discontinue manufacturing an album after it has peaked in sales. We refuse to do this. However, the only way we can continue to keep our specialized albums in stock is to use the CD-R approach where necessary. |
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| STOMP DANCE - Muscogee, Seminole, Yuchi - Vols. 1 & 2 now on CD! |
| We are pleased to announce the CD release of IH 3003 and IH 3004 STOMP DANCE - Muscogee, Seminole, Yuchi - Vols. 1 & 2. Recorded at Okemah, Oklahoma, on May 5, 1978, this CD version was mastered from the original tapes offering a clarity not heard before. Leaders include Jimmie Skeeter, Oscar Pigeon, Vernon D. Atkins, William M. Beaver, John McNac, Harry Bell, David Wind, Red Hicks, Joe Sulphur, Wade Bucktrot Jr., Tony E. Hill, and Tema Tiger. Shell shakers are Linda Alexander, Frances Cosar, Edna Deere, Caroline Harry, and Eliza Wind. We hope you enjoy these two new CD's. |
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| Klagetoh Maiden Singers now available on CD! |
We are pleased to announce that the CD version of the 1974 recording of the Klagetoh Maiden Singers is now available. Included are Navajo spin dance, skip dance, round dance and two-step songs, favorites of the Maiden Singers. |
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| INDIAN HOUSE TO RELEASE CLASSIC RECORDINGS |
| You may have heard recently that Indian House has stopped making new recordings.
Tony Isaacs explains, "We have had a lot of "oldies but goodies" sitting on the shelf for twenty years which have never come out. In the past, I have repeatedly delayed working on these old ones in order to get the new ones out. I want these old ones to come out so people can hear them. I want to direct my energy in this area now instead of going out to powwows, etc. to make more new recordings. This project will probably take about a year." |
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