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NEW Paul Whiteman, Inc.: A Survey of the Whiteman Agency Dance Orchestras
NEW Joseph C. Smith and the Birth of the American Dance Orchestra
NEW Jack Kaufman's Personal Scrapbook
UPDATE The Kaufman Brothers: A Prehistory
of Phil, Jack and Irving
NEW The Sears Roebuck 78 Record Labels: An Illustrated
History (1905–50)
Synthetic Country: Fields & Hall and the 'Hillbilly'
Stereotype (Allan Sutton)
Billy Murray on the Radio: A Detailed Program
Listing, 1925–42 (Revision by Anna-Maria Manuel)
Billy Murray's Victor Recording Contracts:
A Case Study (Allan Sutton)
Caruso and Discography: A Conversation with
John Bolig (ARSC Journal)
Hit of the Week: A History of Durium Products (Allan
Sutton)
Marsh Laboratories:
A Preliminary Discography
(Updated 5/1/2008)
When Did Marsh Laboratories Begin Recording
Electrically?
(Updated 8/22/2007)
"Bixing"—Myths, Lies, and Political Correctness
in Jazz Research (Malcolm Shaw)
Unmasking the "World's Greatest Music"
78 Records
The Leeds & Catlin Story (Allan Sutton)
See Bee: Pioneer Black Record Label of the 1920s
Piracy of Early 78 Disc Records (1898–1922)
The "Million-Seller" Myth: Reappraising
78 Record Sales in the 1920s (Allan Sutton)
A Prehistory of Ada Jones (1888–1905)
Everyman's McCormack: A John Steel Bio-Discography
'A Miniature Concert': Earliest Issued Victor
Electric
Found: Billy Murray’s Draft Registration
Ada Jones:
Blue Amberol Cylinderography
The Arthur Fields Song Shop and Arthur Fields
Melody Records
The Scanlan Scandal: The Rest of the Walter Van
Brunt Story
The Avon Comedy Four: A Detailed History (1901–30)
Steve Porter,
Global Entrepreneur
Out West: California Labels and Recording Studios
of the 1920s (Allan Sutton)
The Birth of Home Theater: Filmophone, Cine-Tone and
the Home-Talkie Films & Records (1927–29)
Dime-Store Dynasty: Scranton Button Co. and the
Plaza-ARC Labels
Dating Paramount's
L-Series Matrixes
(Alex van der Tuuk)
Brunswick Goes Electric, 1921–1926
Victor 78 Record Sales Statistics (1901–1941)
The Origins of Okeh (Allan Sutton)
Disguised White Performers on Black Swan
Columbia "XP" Cylinder Records: Catalog
Number Listing
(1901-1909)
Kiddie Records Wars: Marketing Children's 78-rpm Records
in the 1920s
78 Record Labels Gallery
Historic
Ads
and Photos:
Race Record Ads of the 1920s)
Jazz Comes to New York (1917): A Gallery of Early
Jazz Band Ads
A Billy Murray Scrapbook: Historic Photos,
Ads and Clippings (1910–32)
Broadway Candid — The Stars Off-Stage
(c. 1910–20)
An Enrico Caruso Photo Gallery
Inside the Early Recording Studios
Billy Murray at Home
Ada Jones at Home
Pioneer Studio Stars
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THE
EDISON DISCOGRAPHY
1926–1929
Raymond
R. Wile
The
first volume in the Edison Discography Series, by ARSC Lifetime
Achievement Award winner Raymond Wile. Based on the original Edison files,
this installment covers Diamond Discs, Needle-Type lateral discs,
24- and 40-Minute Records, Sample Records, dubbed Blue Amberols,
experimentals, radio transcriptions, and other special-use recordings.
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"John
Bolig continues to raise the bar, setting new standards in
discographical work." — The Record Collector
(UK)
THE
VICTOR BLACK LABEL DISCOGRAPHY
Volume I: 16000–17000 Series
John
R. Bolig
The
first installment in the Victor Black Label series offers full discographic
details for every version of every 16000–17000-series issue,
compiled from the original Victor Talking Machine Co. and Gramophone
Co. files, correlated with the original records, catalogs, and supplements.
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THE
AMERICAN STAGE PERFORMERS DISCOGRAPHY
Actors, Vaudevillians, and Musical Comedy Stars (Volume 1:
1891–1932)
Allan Sutton
Detailed
bio-discographies for more than 460 stars, from legitimate theater
to vaudeville and burlesque. Covers over 10,000 cylinders, 78s,
radio transcriptions, and synchronized soundtrack discs. |

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PARAMOUNT'S
RISE
AND FALL
An Illustrated
History of Wisconsin Chair and Its Recording Activities
Alex van der Tuuk |
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THE
VICTOR DISCOGRAPHY:
Green, Blue and
Purple Label Series
1909–1926
John R. Bolig |
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GEMS:
THE VICTOR
LIGHT OPERA COMPANY
DISCOGRAPHY
1909–1930
John
R. Bolig |
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CARUSO
RECORDS
A History and
Discography
John R. Bolig |
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JAZZ
AND RAGTIME RECORDS (1897–1942)
Brian Rust / CD-ROM VERSION (Windows)
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PSEUDONYMS
ON AMERICAN RECORDS (1892–1942)
Allan Sutton / CD-ROM VERSION (Windows)
The complete Second Revised & Expanded Edition (2005),
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MONTGOMERY
WARD
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A DISCOGRAPHY
The Complete Victor-Bluebird, Decca-Gennett, and Varsity-Crown
series, compiled from
the recording files and Montgomery Ward catalogs
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THE VICTOR
BLACK LABEL
DISCOGRAPHY:
18000–19000 Series
The
next installment in the Victor Discography Series, covering
black-label issues
from the late acoustic era
into the early electrical era
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