Double CD of Malta's lost voices

Filfla Records, the local vintage music label, is set to release the latest in a series of music publications at Damato Records in St John Street Valletta tomorrow at 7 p.m.

Following the successful release of the publication Malta's Lost Voices in CD-Book form, Filfla Records will be releasing another version of the book in double CD format.

Early in 1931, a group of musicians travelled from Valletta to Tunis to record the very first records of Maltese music.

What ensued was a social phenomenon which took much of society by storm.

Malta's Lost Voices is an intriguing account of musicians, composers, poets and songwriters who, contracted by the Valletta music agents, were sent to Milan and Tunis to record on the major record labels of the day, including HMV, Polyphon, Odeon and Pathe Records

This is the story of music and musicians who made history making the earliest records of Maltese music in the early decades of the 20th century.

This was a musical journey that changed the Maltese people's perception of themselves forever.

Filfla Records, is a label name set up by musicologist and researcher Andrew Alamango, with the aim of releasing a series of productions of local, vintage music to preserve it make it and other audio material publicly accessible.

The project is supported by the National Archives and the Ministry of Education, Employment and the Family.

www.filflarecords.com

http://maltashellac78rpm.wordpress.com/

http://filflarecordsmusic.bandcamp.com/