Hi all, I'm trying to compile a more-or-less exhaustive list of published classic banjo recordings from within the last 30 or so years. Re-releases or compilations including classic banjo tracks are okay, but for sake of consistency, I am excluding companion recordings to books or other media (another list I am working on).  

Here's what I have so far, in no particular order:

Mozart of the Banjo (2020) by Aaron Jonah Lewis

The Women Wear No Clothes At All (2011), Old Time Fiddle Rags, Classic and Minstrel Banjo (2008), and Camp Meeting: Classic Banjo & Old Fiddle Tunes by The Old 78's/Curly Miller & Carole Ann Rose

Still Fretting: English banjo music (2012) by Rob Murch

The Banjo Goes Highbrow (2003) by Douglas Back

Banjo Time Machine (2019) by Chris Sands and Keith Nichols 

The Highlights: classic banjo & piano (2006) by Chris Sands and Patrick Sykes

The Millennium Classical Banjo Collection (year?) by Elias Sibley

Ray Andrews: English Classic Banjo (2001) from Magazine for Trad Music (mustrad.org.uk)

Tip of the Iceberg (2016) by Titanic String Band

What might I be missing here? 

EDIT: The more I poke around the Internet, the more stuff keeps popping up

At Home (2006)—Black-Tie Banjo, Geoff Freed with Ann Frenkel (piano)

Centennial Souvenir (2012)—Black-Tie Banjo, Geoff Freed with Ann Frenkel (piano)

Clive Palmer’s Banjoland (2005)—A previously unreleased recording of English banjoist Clive Palmer (1943–2014) from 1967.

A Ragtime Episode (2004)—by Clarke Buehling & The Skirtlifters


I also came across mention of an album of Alan Middleton (Only One Pair of Hands?) but can't find any other info about it.



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The following list is all on CD. In addition (not listed here) are the many Neovox cassettes put out by Norman Field..

Double CD: Acoustic Recordings of the Banjo 1898-1924 (2003) by various artists (Phonozoic), 

The Tarrant Bailey Collection Vol 1 (2003) by various artists including Joe Morley (Neophone)

Banjo Burlesque & Bolero (2009) by Olly Oakley (Windy Ridge)

Humoresque (no year indicated) by William Ball (no label indicated)

Pompadour (no year indicated) by William Ball (no label indicated)

Just William (no year indicated) by William Ball (no label indicated)

More William (no year indicated) by William Ball (no label indicated)

Classic Banjo: Early Recordings 1899-1924 (2003) by Vess Ossman & Fred Van Eps (no label indicated)

Vess L, Ossman 5 String Banjo  (year not indicated) by Vess Ossman (Fine Fretted Instruments)

The next three are superb compilations on the Neophone label of early Ragtime recordings each of which contains A LOT of great banjo recordings along with other things such as brass band. (also superb)

Out Of The Dawn/ The Earliest and Rarest Ragtime in England 1899-1913 (2001) by various artists (Neophone)

Twilight Echoes/ English Ragtime in the 20s (2000) by various artists (Neophone)

The Rooster's Revenge/Ragtime On English Pathé (2000) by various artists (Neophone)

Doug Back has another CD called "The Big Trio Reprise" which features him on banjo.

Clarke Buehling (with Bill Morris) also has a cassette called "Buehling Banjos". That was my first recording of classic-banjo being played. I think it came out in the 1980s, so maybe a little older than 30yrs...

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