[ARSCLIST] Old-time fiddle records

[John Ross <johnross@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Two related questions:

First, I've just acquired an LP by the great Texas fiddler Benny 
Thomasson, entitled "Benny Thomasson Volume Two" on the John's label 
(BT-48015A), copyright 1980, "recorded at Gillian Studio, Chandler, 
Oklahoma." I can't find anything about this record -- I knew Benny 
Thomasson, and I work closely with Voyager Records in Seattle, who 
issued several other BT records, but I'd like to know more about this 
one. Anybody know this label? Any other information? Has anybody ever 
seen Volume One?

And second, a more general question about fiddle records. Is there 
any kind of comprehensive discography of old-time fiddle recordings? 
It seems like many of them were vanity issues, on tiny labels, issued 
by local fiddlers' groups or contests, or otherwise out of mainstream 
distribution. Has anybody assembled a list of these things?

John Ross