At that time Yeh Chin-tai was CEO of First Records, which subsequently released a series of 21 albums, including recordings of Hakka eight tone, Fujian ten tone, Hengchun-style sing-and-tell, and so forth. It was the best collection of Taiwanese folk music ever made.
當時是「第一唱片」負責人的葉進泰慨然應允，三年內陸續發行了二十一張唱片，內容包括客家八音、福佬十音、恆春調說唱等，是台灣史上最珍貴的民歌田野採集史料。