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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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Available July 10

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.
 


Victor 78 Records Discography: Black Labels


 
"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.

   

   

American Stage Performers Discography - Actors, Vaudevillians, Musical Comedy Stars

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.




Victor 78 records - Red Seal Discography

THE VICTOR RED SEAL DISCOGRAPHY
Volume I: Single-Sided Series


THE VICTOR RED SEAL DISCOGRAPHY
Volume II: Double-Sided Series to 1930


John R. Bolig


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78 Records - THE PLAZA MUSIC CO - AMERICAN RECORD CORP DISCOGRAPHY

ARSC 2007 Award for Excellence
 

THE PLAZA–ARC DISCOGRAPHY, Volume I
U.S. Issues, Mxs. 5001–11083 (1922–31)


Billie W. Thomas & Allan Sutton
Foreword by Randall Stehle

Winner of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections' 2007 Award
for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research




  
GEMS: VICTOR LIGHT OPERA CO. DISCOGRAPHY

PARAMOUNT'S RISE
AND FALL

An Illustrated History of Wisconsin Chair and Its Recording Activities

Alex van der Tuuk

  
VICTOR DISCOGRAPHY: GREEN, BLUE & PURPLE LABELS

THE VICTOR DISCOGRAPHY:
Green, Blue and
Purple Label Series


1909–1926


John R. Bolig


PARAMOUNT RECORDS - ILLUSTRATED HISTORY

GEMS: THE VICTOR
LIGHT OPERA COMPANY
DISCOGRAPHY


1909–1930

John R. Bolig


CARUSO RECORDS - A HISTORY AND DISCOGRAPHY
CARUSO RECORDS

A History and
Discography

John R. Bolig

CD-ROMs from Mainspring Press Digital
Two classic titles are back as convenient, affordable Windows CDs
   

JAZZ AND RAGTIME RECORDS (1897–1942)

Brian Rust / CD-ROM VERSION (Windows)

The complete 6th Edition on a convenient CD with search engine and other special features. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.*

Note: This title is no longer available in printed form. * Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge at www.adobe.com.

  

PSEUDONYMS ON AMERICAN RECORDS (1892–1942)   

Allan Sutton / CD-ROM VERSION (Windows)

The complete Second Revised & Expanded Edition (2005), with search engine. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.*

Note: This title is no longer available in printed form. * Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free of charge at www.adobe.com.


 
COMING ATTRACTIONS (2008)

 

Raymond Wile

RAY WILE: THE EDISON DISC DISCOGRAPHY

Allan Sutton

John R. Bolig

THE EDISON
DISCOGRAPHY
(1926–29)

Shipping July 10


Covering Diamond Discs,
Needle Types, Long-Playing and Sample Records, and experimentals,
from the original Edison files

MONTGOMERY WARD
RECORDS:
A DISCOGRAPHY

     
The Complete Victor-Bluebird, Decca-Gennett, and Varsity-Crown series, compiled from
the recording files and Montgomery Ward catalogs

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


RETIRED TITLES

Some of our most popular titles sold out recently. We expect to release revised and expanded editions of these books during 2009–10, incorporating the latest research.


     
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