Los Angeles-based banjo, guitar and fiddle player Frank Fairfield's self-titled debut album on Tompkins Square, released in Sept '09, made fans of Fleet Foxes (who he toured with), Greil Marcus and Ry Cooder, and received lots of airplay on KEXP among others, An accomplished musician, Frank is also an avid collector of 78 rpm records, The first album on Frank's new imprint, Pawn Records, 'Unheard Ofs & Forgotten Abouts,' provides a broad view of the "Gramophone era", specifically concerning the recording of vernacular music from around the world: from Atlanta, Georgia to Kisumu, Kenya; from the the 10's to the 60's, The records have been beautifully transferred by the highly respected record collector and producer Michael Kieffer.