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Mainspring Press Authors JOHN R. BOLIG is an internationally recognized expert on historic Victor recordings. A retired educator, he is an avid fan of baseball (having attended every World Series game for the past twenty-seven years) and Caruso records. He served for more than two decades as an advisor to the Delaware State Museums' Eldridge Reeves Johnson Memorial, where he arranged the acquisition of the Lynwood Heiges Collection of antique phonographs and recordings. He currently serves as an advisor to the Victor Project at the University of California—Santa Barbara. His extensive publication list includes 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. She is a regular 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 the 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, and is currently working on a revised edition of that work and other projects. 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 wrote and edited for Williams & Wilkens/Waverly Press, ABC-Clio, Greenwood Press, and other publishers before founding Mainspring Press in 1999. The recipient of three ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, his books on early recordings include American Record Labels and Companies: An Encyclopedia (1891-1943) and Recording the 'Twenties. His photographs and articles covering American historical sites and wilderness areas have been featured in Backpacker, Historic Traveler, America's Civil War, Pennsylvania Magazine, National Wildlife Federation books, and other publications. He lives in Colorado with his wife Jill and their golden retrievers Carrie and Rocky. ALEX VAN DER TUUK, a native of the Netherlands, has gained an international reputation in recent years as a researcher of the Paramount label and 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 and has been featured on "The History Detectives" (PBS). He is currently compiling a Paramount discography and researching Midwestern jazz and dance bands. RAYMOND
WILE
is a widely published expert on the early American recording industry,
and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the INTERESTED IN WRITING FOR MAINSPRING PRESS? We welcome serious book proposals from qualified authors. Please see Information for Authors on our Company page. |
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