6
x 9" paperback
240 pages
65 Illustrations
ISBN
#978-0-9825595-6-7
Library of Congress Control
# 2011963240
$35
(US & Canada) . . . .
Praise
for Other Books in the EAR Series:
"Most
brilliantly original ... worth reading and using."
? ARSC Journal
"Without question the definitive account ... raises the bar for
all future studies of the recording industry." —
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"Appeals to anyone interested in music and early twentieth-century
pop culture"
— Book News
About
the Author
Allan Sutton is the author or co-author of twelve books and numerous
articles on historic American sound recording. He is the recipient
of 2006, 2007, and 2009 ARSC
Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.
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Recording
the ’Thirties chronicles an often overlooked and misunderstood
period in the history of the American recording industry.
The recording industry did not go into a decade-long hibernation
during the 1930s, as is so often written. New labels were launched
even during the darkest days of 1930-1931, and the mid-1930s saw a blossoming
of new independent labels, large and small.
This was also the decade in which the record industry lost its innocence,
with the introduction of adult “party record” labels and the use of records to spread political propaganda. There were questionable dealings between record companies and jukebox operators, accusations of appalling working conditions in the pressing plants, and increasingly strident demands by union leaders that the record companies share their newfound wealth.
Like other volumes in the EAR Series, Recording the
’Thirties draws on primary-source materials to offer
a comprehensive, thoroughly documented history of American recorded
sound.
Table
of Contents
Preface
Introduction The
State of the Industry (1930)
The
Hit of the Week (1930–1932)
Longer-Playing Records (1931–1939)
Jukeboxes and the Record Revival (1930–1939)
Recording for the Radio (1930–1939)
Brunswick and Columbia Under New Ownership (1931–1934)
The Budget Labels (1930–1939)
Jack Kapp and Decca Records (1934–1939)
The Changing Face of Country Music (1930–1939)
Rebuilding the Race Record Market (1930–1939)
Records
for the Mexican-American Market (1930–1939)
The Swing Craze (1934–1939)
The Independent Jazz Labels (1936–1939)
Mining the Vaults: The Reissue Labels (1931–1939)
Red Seal Supremacy (1930–1939)
The Independent Classical Labels (1934–1939)
Cut Rate Classics (1938–1939)
Rumblings from the Left (1935–1939)
For Adults Only: The Party Labels (1933–1939)
“Mr. Big”: Eli Oberstein and the Varsity Label (1939)
CBS and the Columbia Revival (1938–1939)
Epilogue
Subject Index
Title Index
Browse
the Index in Adobe Acrobat
Other
Volumes in the EAR Series
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Phonograph in Every Home
The Evolution of the American Recording
Industry,
1900–19
Recording the ’Twenties
The Evolution
of the American Recording Industry,
1920–29
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