National Recording Corporation - Another New Start

Another New Start

In the late 1980s, Georgia broadcast syndicator / record producer Johnny Carter was in the process of incorporating his business, and when the State of Georgia rejected his original name request, he suggested an alternate name, and it was under the name National Recording Corporation that the new company began operation, producing syndicated radio and television programs, and setting up a manufacturing facility in Rome, GA, which now includes a state-of-the-art soundstage/studio, one of the largest in Georgia. NRC's extensive library of vintage music performances led to NRC working with the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in providing video of Georgia-based artists for exhibition at the museum. There was scant reference to NRC at the museum, which led to hours of investigation of governmental agencies attempting to find out who owned the NRC music library. Upon locating the Storey heirs, Carter purchased their rights in the NRC recordings, reuniting the musical history with the name. Many of the master tapes had been destroyed in the fire, but as an avid collector, Carter had collected almost every NRC recording, and was able to digitally re-create the library. In the process, he found that some of the NRC artists had been given their master tapes when Lowery knew the company was going into bankruptcy. There is an international interest in independent labels in rock and roll's early years, as well as the jazz artists who appeared on the NRC albums. Since Carter's acquisition of the rights to the recordings, most of the NRC releases have been remastered and released on CD.