"Early black showbiz" and the female blues/vaudeville acts are different than the country singers and some preachers. The choices the papers made of who to cover were dictated by urban tastes formed to some extent by an artificial marketing campaign. Very little documentation is not "stained" by the commerce of the time.
You must factor in the "attitudes" of the folks deciding what to record. Do not think the recordings represent the entire picture. White experiences influence all this stuff. It is impossible to imagine what was missed.
It drives me nuts and sometimes it takes me a couple of months to make a final decision.
FWIW, I have been working on titles by Charles Tyler, Wadada, Lester Bowie, Bobby Bradford and Roscoe. Not often easy choices.
After another 2 days in the studio working on old tapes, comparing new digital masters to earlier digital masters, analog tapes and lp masters. Very interesting.
As I said earlier, they canceled 3 classicals in my list. Tonight I searched for those titles on the site and found all of them. I put them in my basket and placed an order. I will report back if they ship.
All were in my mailbox today.
If you don't see an announcement soon (for the Christmas market), I'd say forget it. Same for the next Prestige Miles box - I know the notes were written 2 years ago.
As I said earlier, they canceled 3 classicals in my list. Tonight I searched for those titles on the site and found all of them. I put them in my basket and placed an order. I will report back if they ship.