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Collection Overview
| Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1270 items) |
| Abstract | The collection of record producer Scott Billington contains audio recordings of live performances and song demos; recording session notebooks; files for Rounder Records sessions and releases; and printed items. Collection materials date from the late 1960s to 2023 with most materials from the 1980s and 1990s relating to Billington's work with Rounder Records on the Modern Masters of New Orleans series. Recordings of live music include performances by Johnny Adams, Lou Ann Barton, Jimmy Buffett, Rita Coolidge, Deacon John, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bo Dollis & Wild Magnolias, Dr. John, Neville Brothers, Rebirth Brass Band, Fingers Taylor, Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Tuts Washington. Demo tapes have unpublished recorded versions of songs by Jonnie Barnett, Bobby Charles, Dr. John, Earl King, Ernie K-Doe, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Lewis, Bucky Lindsey, Percy Mayfield, Dan Penn, Doc Pomos, Jerry Ragovoy, Carson Whisett, and others. Billington's session notebooks date from 1982 through 1987 and document recording sessions for After Dark by Johnny Adams, Hot Tamale Baby by Marcia Ball, The New Rules by Irma Thomas, Out of the Dark by Walter "Wolfman" Washington, and recordings made by Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Solomon Burke, Holmes Brothers, and Sleepy LaBeef. Other session notebooks pertain to recordings of the 1982 and 1984 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Files for Rounder Records sessions and projects contain contracts, correspondence, lyric sheets, photographs, press clippings, proposals, receipts, reviews, session logs, track sheets, and other session materials. Artists represented in the files include Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Duke Robillard, Tuts Washington, and Zydeco Cha-Chas. Most files are listed with corresponding Rounder Records' catalog numbers. Printed items include posters for music concerts, programs for music festivals and the Grammy awards show, issues of Pop Top Magazine from 1974 to 1975 when Billington served as editor and wrote editorials, and issues of Rounder Records' newsletter Concentrics from 1981 to 1986. Acquired as part of the Southern Folklife Collection. |
| Creator | Billington, Scott. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Encoded by: Laura Smith, February 2024
Updated by Davia Webb and Laura Smith, March 2024
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Historical Information
Rounder Records, founded in 1970, is an American roots music record label. Scott Billington (1951-) is an American record producer and songwriter. Billington created and produced the Modern New Orleans Masters series for Rounder Records in the 1980s and 1990s.
Albums produced by Billington for the series featured New Orleans rhythm & blues, New Orleans brass bands, blues, country, funk, soul, zydeco, and other music genres. Artists included Johnny Adams, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Chuck Carbo, Paul Kelly, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Holmes Brothers, Sleepy LaBeef, Irma Thomas, Tuts Washington, and Walter "Wolfman" Washington.
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Scope and Content
The collection of record producer Scott Billington contains audio recordings of live performances and song demos; recording session notebooks; files for Rounder Records sessions and releases; and printed items. Collection materials date from the late 1960s to 2023 with most materials from the 1980s and 1990s relating to Billington's work with Rounder Records on the Modern Masters of New Orleans series. Recordings of live music include performances by Johnny Adams, Lou Ann Barton, Jimmy Buffett, Rita Coolidge, Deacon John, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bo Dollis & Wild Magnolias, Dr. John, Neville Brothers, Rebirth Brass Band, Fingers Taylor, Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Tuts Washington. Demo tapes have unpublished recorded versions of songs by Jonnie Barnett, Bobby Charles, Dr. John, Earl King, Ernie K-Doe, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Lewis, Bucky Lindsey, Percy Mayfield, Dan Penn, Doc Pomos, Jerry Ragovoy, Carson Whisett, and others. Billington's session notebooks date from 1982 through 1987 and document recording sessions for After Dark by Johnny Adams, Hot Tamale Baby by Marcia Ball, The New Rules by Irma Thomas, Out of the Dark by Walter "Wolfman" Washington, and recordings made by Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Solomon Burke, Holmes Brothers, and Sleepy LaBeef. Other session notebooks pertain to recordings of the 1982 and 1984 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Files for Rounder Records sessions and projects contain contracts, correspondence, lyric sheets, photographs, press clippings, proposals, receipts, reviews, session logs, track sheets, and other session materials. Artists represented in the files include Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Duke Robillard, Tuts Washington, and Zydeco Cha-Chas. Most files are listed with corresponding Rounder Records' catalog numbers. Printed items include posters for music concerts, programs for music festivals and the Grammy awards show, issues of Pop Top Magazine from 1974 to 1975 when Billington served as editor and wrote editorials, and issues of Rounder Records' newsletter Concentrics from 1981 to 1986.
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Scott Billington Collection, 1960s-2023
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