Hi. I'm new to this site and this is my first post. My name is Rick and I live in Silver Spring, MD. I won't go into too much detail about my background because I'm sure it will dribble out over these pages as we continue to exchange our pearls of wisdom.

Suffice it to say that I've been a huge rock and folk/rock fan for lo these many years. I still am, but I recently discovered the strain of folk music known as "old time" and I see it's having a transformational effect on me.

That said, here's my first inquiry. Does anyone know anything about original Carter Family recordings? I'd like to locate (and frame and hang on my wall) an original 78 they recorded while they were still together, but it has to have a picture sleeve of some sort. I guess an LP would be OK, but again, it would have to be from before the 1950s. Do such things exist?