[78-L] Janet Brace Question, and relevant discographies

[Randy Watts]

--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net> wrote:

> From: Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Janet Brace Question, and relevant discographies
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 6:29 PM
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Randy Watts" <rew1014 at yahoo.com>
> > Think of the Daniels book as a companion volume to one
> Steven C. Barr's 
> > record dating guide. The Barr book focuses on pre-1942
> labels, and the 
> > Daniels book picks up from there and runs through
> 1959.
> >
> In fact, that was exactly what Mr. Daniels and I had in
> mind! He contacted 
> me back when my
> DG was being run off 300 at a time at Print Three...and
> asked if I would 
> mind if he assembled
> and sold a "Sequel" volume!? I told him I thought
> that would be a great 
> idea; he sent me a copy
> of his first attempt (pre-Greenwood)...!
> 
> It is a VERY useful book...particularly if you also own a
> copy of my 
> DG...and indeed one
> wonders how Greenwood could be persuaded to do a
> REprint...?!
> 
> ...stevenc 

I agree that the Daniels book is very useful. While it doesn't have the matrix dating info your book has (and granted, that became less relevant once everyone was mastering to tape), the release date of a single can usually be pinned down with much more precision than with Gart. Main reason I wound up getting the Gart book is that he includes similar information for dating LPs.

Randy