The Field Recorders' Collective ..... Members of the collective, just as did the musicians they recorded, wish to share the tunes and creative individual styles that developed in isolated communities with others seeking their own right of way on the road. Virtually none of these musicians have been heard on commercially released recordings, and certainly none of these performances have been previously available on recordings with such good sound quality. Attention to the best possible sound re-mastering has been accomplished through use of digital audio workstations featuring advanced software that applies techniques such as noise reduction, compression, fast Fourier analysis and multi-band frequency equalization. Most of the musicians recorded by the collective have passed on; however, in many cases we are in touch with their immediate families and, we are able to share financial benefits of these recordings with them. We are extremely pleased to yearly receive letters of appreciation from these families for honoring and keeping the memory of their treasured musician-relative alive. By July 2007 we will have released 40 CDs and 2 DVDs of traditional American music.