ABOUT MAINSPRING PRESS AUTHORS

ABOUT MAINSPRING'S AUTHORS

JOHN R. BOLIG is an internationally recognized expert on historic Victor recordings. A retired educator and avid baseball fan, he served for over twenty-five years as an advisor to the Eldridge Reeves Johnson Memorial (Delaware State Museums), where he arranged acquisition of the Lynwood Heiges Collection of antique phonographs and recordings. His publications include Caruso Records: A History and Discography , the two-volume Victor Red Seal Discography, and other volumes in Mainspring's ongoing Victor Discography Series. He and his wife Darlene live in Delaware.

ANNA-MARIA MANUEL chairs the Outreach Committee of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections and is a contributor to the Mainspring Press website and print publications. An expert on Billy Murray and other pioneer recording artists, she is currently developing a major manuscript for Mainspring.

KURT NAUCK is the owner of Nauck’s Vintage Records, a premier auction house specializing in rare recordings. He is the founder of the American Vintage Record Labelography database project and co-author of Note the Notes: An Illustrated History of the Columbia Record Label (with Mike Sherman). He produced the American Record Label Image Encyclopedia CD-ROM for Mainspring Press. He lives near Houston, Texas.

BRIAN RUST is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. Widely regarded as the “father of modern discography,” Mr. Rust is best known for his classic Jazz and Ragtime Records (1897–1942), now in its sixth edition. He has published numerous articles and important reference works since retiring from the BBC in 1960, including The American Dance Band Discography and The Columbia Master Book Discography (with Tim Brooks). He and his wife, Mary, live in the south of England.

ALLAN SUTTON is the founder of Mainspring Press and the winner of two ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. His works include American Record Labels and Companies: An Encyclopedia, several editions of Pseudonyms on American Records, and The American Stage Performers Discography. He also writes about American wilderness and historical sites, with articles and photographs featured in Backpacker, Historic Traveler, America's Civil War, and other national publications. He and his wife Jill live in Colorado with their golden retriever Carrie.

ALEX VAN DER TUUK, a native of the Netherlands, is gaining an international reputation as a researcher of Paramount and other early blues recordings. He has contributed widely to such magazines as Doctor Jazz, Blues and Rhythm, Vintage Jazz Mart, and 78 Quarterly. His first book, Paramount’s Rise and Fall, was published by Mainspring Press in 2003. A native of the Netherlands and frequent visitor to the U.S., he is currently researching Midwestern jazz and dance bands that recorded for Paramount.

RAYMOND WILE is a widely published expert on the early American recording industry, and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. A resident of New York, his scholarly articles chronicling the earliest days of the recording industry have appeared in the ARSC Journal and other periodicals since the 1960s. His Edison Discography will be published in several volumes by Mainspring Press beginning in Spring 2008.

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